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"Arise and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time." Winston Churchill
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Monthly Archives: March 2006
No turmoil please: we're Chinese
More evidence that our only options with respect to Iran's development of nuclear weapons are (a) to tolerate a nuclear Iran or (b) to take or support miltary action to block Iran from going nuclear now. Meanwhile, you've got to love China's excuse for not supporting economic sanctions against Iran: "There has already been enough turmoil in the Middle East. We don't want new turmoil being introduced." No turmoil, then; »
If McCain won't forget, neither should we
Ed Whelan reports (via "a senior staffer in Senate leadership") on the outlook for stalled judicial nominees. According to Ed's source, the Senate "will likely turn to floor action" on Terrence Boyle (4th Circuit) and Brett Kavanaugh (D.C. Circuit). William Myers (9th Circuit) remains stalled while "Republican Senators sort[] out how his testimony on one issue meshes with the documentary record." Finally, Ed's source reports that John McCain is committed »
"Think Progress" rallies to the defense of terrorists
Some conservative commentators, including John, have criticized the statement of Jill Carroll, the reporter held hostage by terrorists in Iraq, that she was well-treated by her captors. As John explained, far from treating Carroll well the terrorists threatened to cut off her head and kept her in fear of her life for nearly three months. John and others suggested that Carroll's willingness to view her captors in an absurdly favorable »
Follow the money
David Frum follows the money in understanding Mexico's posture in the illegal immigration debate. He finds: In 2005, Mexicans in the United States remitted some $20 billion home. That's 3% of Mexico's entire national income. Remittances have. . .emerge[d] as the country's top single source of foreign exchange. For the 6% of Mexican households that receive remittances, these funds can mean the difference between extreme poverty and an income roughly »
McKinney: "I'm a Victim!"
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney is in hot water for slugging a Capitol Police officer who tried to stop her from entering a House office building without going through security. Today her lawyer, James W. Myart Jr., pronounced her a victim of racial prejudice: Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, like thousands of average Americans across this country, is, too, a victim of the excessive use of force by law enforcement officials because of how »
Hitting Back on Censure and Impeachment
The RNC has put out a good ad responding to the loony Dem call for censure or impeachment of President Bush, on account of his aggressive pursuit of terrorists. You can watch it here. As usual, I wish they'd spend the money to put it on television, not just on the web. »
State vs. Defense
Blog of the Week Big Lizards describes the two real branches of government, and distinguishes Presidencies based on whether they are State or Defense administrations: Just forget everything. Forget everything They ever taught you — it's garbage anyway. Yeah, yeah, I know what you learned; I learned it too. There are three branches of federal government, not two: 1. Excutive 2. Legislative 3. Dictatorial But those are just the branches »
Power Line News Video Is Here
As I mentioned last night, we have been working for some time on developing a unique video capability to complement this site and Power Line News. We've been delayed by a series of technical issues, which have now been solved (I think), mostly by the remarkable Joe Malchow. You probably remember the woman who spoke up at President Bush's appearance in West Virginia a week or two ago, pointing out »
Whose backlash?
RealClearPolitics has an excellent lineup of columns weighted to immigration this morning, foremost among them Victor Davis Hanson's "What backlash?" He writes: If many thousands of illegal aliens marched [last weekend] in their zeal, many more millions of Americans of all different races and backgrounds watched–and seethed. They were struck by the Orwellian incongruities–Mexican flags, chants of "Mexico, Mexico," and the spectacle of illegal alien residents lecturing citizen hosts on »
In search of Taliban Man at Harvard
The New York Post's dogged Deborah Orin gets the runaround from the authorities at Harvard in her search for Taliban Man at Harvard: "Taliban at Yale — and Harvard?" And the Yale Daily News opens its pages to John Fund: "University must address Hashemi issue head-on." »
Alan Dershowitz on deck
In a column for the New York Sun, Alan Dershowitz discusses his challenge to the Mearsheimer/Walt's execrable "Israel Lobby" paper: "High stakes at Harvard." The Boston Globe reports that Dershowitz's request to post a response to the paper on the Kennedy School site has resulted in the adoption of a new policy: "Harvard dean opens faculty papers to rebuttal." On the subjects of Israel, American foreign policy, and the other »
And Now, For Something Completely Different
Watch this. Really. Then there's this. Don't try it at home, or anywhere else. The driver apparently didn't get caught, but we're told the film-maker was later arrested. Video of various kinds is everywhere on the web. For some time, we've been working on developing our own unique news video capability. It should be ready to unveil soon. Stay tuned. »
Critical mass
Yale freshman Daniel Gelernter announces a new blog to unite college conservatives: The renaissance of American culture will be the work of conservative students now on college campuses. We have seen religion in America grow weak and we want to make it strong again. We have seen Americans forget the meaning of good and evil, and of man and woman; we want to remind them. We have seen teachers politicize »
A stand too far
We have written about the U.N.'s laughable attempt to reform its Human Rights Commission (HRC). That reform purports to address issues that made the HRC such as embarrassment, including the fact that some of the world's worst human rights offenders, such as Sudan, Libya, participated in and even chaired the body. However, the new plan does not establish strong membership eligibility criteria and, in fact, provides no reason to believe »
The Censure Farce Continues
The Associated Press reported today that Russ Feingold has invited John Dean, former White House counsel who was imprisoned and disbarred following Watergate (great witness!), to testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in favor of censuring President Bush for using electronic surveillance of international communications to catch terrorists: Dean, a one-time White House counsel under President Nixon, testified before the Senate committee investigating the events that eventually led to »
Educating citizens
The current debate over issues of immigration also brings to the fore issues of American principles and the nature of citizenship. As part of its contribution to the debate, the Claremont Institute is posting relevant essays by Claremont scholars. First up is Christopher Flannery on multiculturalism and educating Americans. »
First things first
George Will argues in favor of a fence to seal the Mexican border and a guest worker program to supply what the U.S. economy demands. I agree in principle. However, I'm not convinced that we have the combination of resources, will, and competence to effectively prevent continued illegal immigration. Since the public reasonably considers doing so a vital element of any immigration reform package, my view is that we should »


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Quote from: Dice on January 13, 2014, 08:31:35 PMShock, sadness, collapse.I keep waiting for their heads to explode but they keep not exploding.
Shock, sadness, collapse.
Honestly, the photos from Ukraine look like the frontline of a zombie/nuclear breakout.
If Mongoosey and I did a DBZ "FUUUSION!" this would be out spirit animal....yea.

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Beneful Prepared Meals Simmered Beef Entree Review
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Review of Beneful Prepared Meals
Simmered Beef Entree
This product is manufactured by Nestlé Purina Petcare.
According to our data, this Beneful recipe provides complete & balanced nutrition for the maintenance of adult dogs. In other words, this formula is AAFCO approved.
Beneful Prepared Meals Simmered Beef Entree is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for the maintenance of adult dogs.
Ingredient Review
We'll begin this review of Beneful Prepared Meals Simmered Beef Entree with a detailed discussion of the ingredients.
The first ingredient is beef broth. Beef broth provides both flavor and moisture; however, as with other broths, beef broth does not provide any notable nutritional contribution.
The second ingredient is beef. Although beef is an excellent protein source, raw beef contains more than 60% moisture. After cooking, the relative meat contribution of beef is dramatically reduced. Therefore, it's important to ensure that other meat sources are included within the first few ingredients to ensure the product derives most of its protein from meat.
The third ingredient is wheat gluten. Wheat gluten is the main protein of wheat. Although wheat gluten is mostly protein, wheat gluten is considered controversial because it significantly boosts the protein content of the product. This is undesirable because plant based protein does not provide the same amino acid profile as meat based protein.
The fourth ingredient is liver. Liver is a controversial ingredient because the source animal is not specified. Anonymous animal ingredients are typically very low quality and may contain almost any animal, including dogs and cats!
The fifth ingredient is meat by-products. By-products are defined by AAFCO as the "non-rendered, clean parts, other than meat, derived from slaughtered mammals." Thus, meat by-products contain nearly all parts of the animal which are typically not consumed by humans. These parts include the liver, lung, spleen, kidney, stomach, blood, intestine, bone, etc.
This ingredient is marked controversial because the meat source is not identified. Anonymous ingredients such as meat by-products are typically very low quality additions. The most unpleasing property of this ingredient is that the animal source can contain any mammal, even dogs & cats.
Because ingredients are listed in order of pre-cooked weight, the remaining ingredients in Beneful Prepared Meals Simmered Beef Entree are not as important as the first five ingredients.
However, collectively they still have a significant impact on the overall quality of the product. Therefore, we'll continue discussing the remaining ingredients in this Beneful recipe.
Next we have modified corn starch. Modified corn starch is derived from the endosperm of the corn kernel. The modified term indicates that the corn starch has been treated or processed in order to expose or improve some property. Typically, corn starch is used as a binder in kibble.
The next ingredient is carrot. Carrots are an excellent source of dietary fiber and minerals. In addition, carrots are rich in beta carotene, an antioxidant which is a precursor to vitamin A.
Then we have barley. Barley is a nutritious carbohydrate source, naturally rich in dietary fiber and various minerals. Unlike pearled barley, regular barley contains the entire grain.
Moving on, we have wild rice. Wild rice is a gluten-free grain which supplies protein, dietary fiber, certain minerals, and B vitamins.
Moving on with this review, we have spinach. Spinach is a nutritionally dense dark green vegetable rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
The next ingredient in this review is salt. Salt is an important mineral for both humans and dogs. Depending on the quantity of salt used (which we cannot determine), salt may or may not be a nutritious addition in the recipe.
Our next ingredient is soybean flour. Soybean flour contains more than 50% protein. Therefore, soybean can significantly boost the protein content of the product. The inclusion of non-meat protein typically degrades the overall quality of protein in the recipe. This degradation is due to the inferior amino acid profile of plant based proteins.
potassium chloride is the next ingredient in this recipe. Potassium chloride is a potassium supplement.
The remaining ingredients in this Beneful Prepared Meals recipe are unlikely to affect the overall rating of the product.
Our analysis of the ingredients show that this product derives most of its protein from animal based sources. This is an excellent property because meat based protein contains all of the necessary amino acids required by dogs. In our option, this is one of the most important properties to judge when reviewing pet food, therefore we believe this is an exceptional product in this regard.
Final Thoughts
In summary, we recognize that this product contains anonymous meat ingredients. These are not necessarily always negative; however, they are typically low quality and inexpensive additions. If the particular anonymous meat ingredient is controversial or low quality, it should have been discussed earlier in this review. Otherwise, it is safe to assume the anonymous meat ingredient is an acceptable addition.
The official PawDiet rating for Beneful Prepared Meals Simmered Beef Entree is 2.5 out of 5.


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France agreed on Friday to support the European Union in negotiating a free-trade deal with the United States, EU officials said, giving the go-ahead for talks on what could be the world's most ambitious trade agreement.
"A consensus on the mandate was reached," said an EU official who was present during the talks in Luxembourg.
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EU ministers reached the deal after 12 hours of talks, accepting a French demand to leave Internet, film, TV and digital services out of the negotiations that are due to start in July, although they left open the possibility of including them at a later stage.
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A scorched landscape with lime-rich soil lined with rows of gnarly vines weighed down by heavy bunches of juicy dark-purple grapes – does that sound familiar? You will certainly enjoy a visit to the vineyards, followed by a tour of the wine cellar and a wine tasting. Alicante offers a ready-made wine route: the Ruta del Vino.
When even the Alicantinos prefer a Rioja or Ribera del Duero, you know there is something seriously wrong with the image of the local wines. This image problem is undeserved: this province produces excellent wine. In the 17th century, it was as famous as Rioja wine is today. The D.O. Alicante (Denominación de Origen) is making a comeback. The sumilleres (sommeliers) in the better wine bars in town will talk passionately about the local wines and are happy to recommend bodegas around the province that are worth a visit. There you will taste wine that is too good to spit out.
Alicante's wine comes from 2 well defined regions: La Marina on the northern coast above Benidorm, which produces mainly white wine with muscat grapes, and Vinalopó in the south on the banks of the Vinalopó river, which mostly grows monastrell grapes for red wine. The area is dotted with wineries among the vineyards; visitors are always welcome. One of the most modern vineyards is El Sequé near the village of Pinoso. The production involves more science than romance: fermentation occurs in gigantic stainless steel vats, the quality is checked in a sterile lab and the tasting room resembles the lobby of a designer hotel. But you can still find some romance here: the cellar houses traditional oak vats, in which the outstanding El Sequé wine is aged. This wine should be savoured; back home, a bottle will set you back 30 euros. In Spain, you usually pay 10 euros less. Prefer a more traditional experience? Visit the Casa Cesilia in Novelda; here you can not only sample wines but also enjoy delicious food.
""A bottle of this outstanding wine will cost you 30 euros back home. In Spain you pay only 20.""
You don't need to head inland to sample a good glass of Alicante wine. The city offers an increasingly fine selection. Popular El Portal Taberna & Wines (Calle Bilbao) has a large selection of tapas and 4 sommeliers to help you choose from the 300 different wines in stock. La Taberna del Gourmet (Calle San Fernando) serves hip tapas, fresh fish and over 20 different Alicante wines. Every year in June, the archaeological museum MARQ hosts a wine festival. Looking to stock up for at home? Then visit the wine store Vino & Más (Carrer Metge Antonio Anguiz), with a selection of more than 50 Alicante wines. Also grab a bottle of Fondillón, a typical Alicante semi-sweet dessert wine.


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by Jim Harris
Forty years ago, America's "War on Drugs" was officially declared by President Richard M. Nixon, who was definitely NOT on drugs at the time (although he did look a bit sweaty and paranoid).
Anyway, a report just released from the Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP), a bland-leading-the-bland group that includes former Secretary of State George Schultz, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, has concluded that the war on drugs "has not, and cannot, be won." Volcker said he knows what it's like to rebel against society's norms because when he was in college, he went through a rebellious phase and experimented with drugs himself.
"I had a strange reaction after using drugs," he said. "I thought to myself, 'I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other … Then, fortunately, I found Jesus. He was in the trunk of my car when I got back from Tijuana."
One of the many findings in the report is that 15 percent of all men who used drugs in the past three months have fallen out of bed during sex. And they were all alone at the time. Another finding is that women who use drugs prefer really old men because they can always show you a few new wrinkles.
In the course of doing research on the relationship between drugs and obesity, the researchers also discovered the master switch that controls obesity. It's called a refrigerator light. They also discovered that people use more drugs when the economy is bad and that the worldwide economy is currently so bad that third graders in China are being forced to take second jobs. And last week Somali pirates hijacked a cruise ship just for the buffet.
The report cited several examples of the devastating consequences of heavy drug use. For example, in one case a drug user was found dead with 12 nails in his head. Police investigating the cause of the tragedy discovered that he had been trying to assemble two tables from Ikea.
The White House was quick to disagree with the findings of the report, citing the fact that in spite of all the government officials who may have used drugs, the overall number of Americans getting high is not getting higher.
The GCDP report suggests that government resources could be better used for the prevention and cure of the causes of addiction, rather than for putting drug users and small time dealers in jail, where they watch soap operas on TV, lift weights, play pool and cards, read lawbooks, enjoy three meals a day and earn college degrees, all at taxpayers' expense.
Reaction to the report has been varied from different factions of the drug world. A group of drug cartel kingpins headed by Sergio "Mucho Loco" Valdez called a press conference to share their opinion on the report, then shot everyone in attendance, chopped off their heads and burned the building to the ground. This was generally interpreted by drug pundits as a "thumbs down."
Response from the medical community has been more positive. Treatment centers are popping up all over, with an ever widening range of insurance-covered therapies, including: confrontational (they YELL AT YOU), cognitive, holistic, neo-pagan, do-it-yourself, mix 'n' match, 12-step, two-step and subliminal square dance.
Of course, reaction from confirmed drug users has been positively ecstatic. Randy Stoner, Head Honcho of "Drugs Are Fabulous For You" (DAFFY), recently spoke at the headquarters of the North American Recreational Chemicals Association (NARCO).
"It's great to be here," he said. "Anyone here NOT high?" (One reporter raised his hand.) "Well what are you waiting for, stodgy pants? Get on the groove train! Let me tell you something. Drugs don't kill people; guns kill people. No, wait. People kill people, yeah, and paper covers rock, and scissors cut paper. Dig? That's just how things roll, bro."
All seriousness aside, at my age I'd rather have fireworks in my pillowcase than get involved with drugs. All that late-night driving, climbing tenement stairs, running from police, dodging bullets — I could never keep up. I'd be in thick gravy. That's for the youngsters out there. (Just in case I do decide to do drugs, my wife is saving up to put me through hell.)
FYI, if you'd like to read the GCDP report (a real page-turner), you can download a copy at http://www.globalcommissionondrugs.org/
Rest assured, no salesmen will call (except maybe a guy named "Sergio").


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Tuesday, 13 March 2012
a very happy un-birthday to me! ~ give away time!~
Today I am feeling a bit better, the fever is gone and I feel like eating again so I think it is time for some cake, presents and the give away I promised!
Up for grabs are four coordinating fat quarters handpicked by yours truly. From top to bottom they are Pinelope pincushions and scissors, a sketchy dot in red (by Holly Holderman? not sure), and two herringbone stripe prints in red and green from Sweetwater's Reunion.
I personally love it when I find a combination of greens and reds that doesn't remind me of Christmas in the slightest and I hope you will too :)
You will also receive a little house lavender bag I made with Kerry's tutorial and one scrappy leaf coaster.
To enter: leave me one comment on this post, I'd love to hear your birthday party stories the good the bad the ugly I want to know it all!
I will keep the comments open until midnight Sunday. Anyone, anywhere can enter just make sure there is a way for me to contact you if you win.
Good luck!
x Leila
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Wish I was still 33 ;-)ReplyDelete
Birthday stories... I spent part of my 21st with my head down the loo which has kind of put me off alcohol and I've never ever got to that stage since...and my 21st was a wee while ago ;-)
- Anonymous13 March 2012 at 16:13
Too many birthdays have come and gone...but always love spending time with my family!ReplyDelete
Glad you are feeling better today! Love that little pincushion print-so sweet.
Happy belated birthday! My best birthday was when I turned 22 and my husband threw me a Little Mermaid themed surprise party. I almost cried lolReplyDelete
happy birthday - hope you are feeling better today! on of my favorite celebrations was in high school when a group of us went to the art house movie theater in town and saw the Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense movie!!ReplyDelete
My favorite birthday was my first birthday after my husband and I got married. We didn't have much but he tried to make it as special as he could. And spending the day with him was enough to make it amazing!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
I just had a landmark birthday and a broken arm :(
I'm so glad you are now better, I am too.
Happy belated birthday, Leila. So sorry to hear you were not feeling well on your birthday. I was watching a TV show about Dutch TV shows in Japan and thought you have so many fun TV shows there! (Game show was my favorite!)ReplyDelete
My 20th birthday party was fun! My friends threw a surprise party for me and we just chatted about random stuff until 7am. We did stupid stuff like dressing up and going to a convenience store just to make staff laugh, etc! It was hilarious!
Happy birthday an get well soon!ReplyDelete
I also turn 33 soon, so maybe your give away is an early birthday present?
How does it feel 33? It seems to me that's the first real 30 something...
Greetings Els04 (you can find me on Flickr!)
For my birthday inFeb I had a karaoke party at my house. It was great fun but not sure th neighbours appreciated it!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday, and I am glad you are starting to feel better! I like to chill at home on my birthday, and I never really go out. My partner's the opposite, and for his 40th we threw a party at our home (we live way out the country), with live bands and music and circus. We had about 250 people camping in the fields around us, it was absolutely crazy!!! It took us a couple of days to get rid of everyone!ReplyDelete
Oh Leila! Happy birthday for yesterday. I do hope you feel much better really soon.ReplyDelete
I also turn 33 this year, but I've told my kids that I am sticking at 29, so really I'll be 29 (again) this year :-)
Happy Birthday.ReplyDelete
I think that my worst birthday party was when I turned fourteen, I was ill and slept through the entire party (and there was a real party going on with the entire family + friends).
So sorry to hear that you weren't feeling your best! If it helps, I pretty much never do anything to celebrate my birthday, so I'm not quite sure if I have any stories fitting this giveaway...In grade six, I did receive duplicate copies of Ace of Base's The Sign album from two different people. Um, that was disappointing -- I don't even like dance music! But hey, you learn with age, right?ReplyDelete
Happy belated birthday and hope you're enjoying that cake!
Happy Birthday Leila! Hope you're feeling all better soon. One of my very favorite birthdays was when I turned 40 and we had a big party with friends and family and loads of good food. It didn't hurt that my hubby gave me a diamond necklace, either! But the best part was definitely celebrating with the people I love.ReplyDelete
For my 30th birthday, I told me husband he better be doing something special for me. When I got his standard reply of "sure", I did what any sane girl would do. I called his mom. And told her that her son better be doing something special for my 30th. I ended up with a surprise party and he brought my parents up from Louisiana (to Ohio) to surprise me. :) He did good. LOLReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! I don't have a story about one of my own birthdays, but my favourite story as a child was one of the "My Naughty Little Sister" stories by Shirley Hughes. In this particular one, My Naughty Little Sister is invited to Bad Harrys Birthday Party, where bored of playing party games they sneak off to the kitchen and devour a whole trifle. Bad Harry is then send to bed feeling very poorly and has to miss his own party. My kids also love this story!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday. I did spent a birthday with a bad flu, 'dying' on the bathroom floor, unable to get up with my 3 girls running wild for the day. They would stand over me demanding snacks and all kinds of things. Umm, mommy is dying right now. Come back later. We all survivedReplyDelete
Happy unbirthday! I don't think i really have any interesting birthday stories... oh, except I remember one, I think I was 10 or somewhere around there. I laughed so hard at my party I peed my pants. And not just a little, a full on get out the mop pee. Fun!ReplyDelete
What a lovely gift to give away on your birthday - how generous! Glad you are feeling better - hope you can party it up now - eat some cake for me too!ReplyDelete
I don't ever have birthday parties - I feel bad for making my friends pay attention to me by throwing a party and I feel even worse if they think I need a present because I mention it is my birthday so I keep it to myself generally. I never have a problem celebrating other people's birthdays tho and don't think they are just trying to get attention... hrmm.
I want to have a party on my 30th birthday tho - 2013... it is coming up fast! Any suggestions?
Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
Iam a summer child, so i spent my Birthdays in differend places. This year we where in Florance,and i had my most expensief ice cream ever!!
happy birthday! my best and most exhausting birthday was probably my 21st. i had a week long celebration as the last person among my roommates to turn 21.ReplyDelete
Happy Unbirthday - Best birthday party story I can come up with is: In my last year at Primary school all the girls in my class threw me a surprise birthday party one lunch hour at school. Our teacher gave them permission to use a room so it was all set up for a party. One girl got her Mum to make a cake. I had no idea - even when the teacher sent me down to the room on some pretence. I thought for a week before, everyone hated me because whenever I went in the cloakroom people would shut up talking and there was all this whispering in corners. Little did I know it was because they were plotting the surprise party.ReplyDelete
I'm glad you're starting to feel better. I just love to hang out with my family on my birthday. We have a tradition of letting the birthday person pick what is for dinner. My daughters and I have started making special cakes for the birthday person. It started with my husband's trout shaped cake, the latest was a Tardis cake for my youngest daughter and a golf cake for my son.ReplyDelete
Happy belated birthday sweetie, I do hope you're feeling much much better soon. Sounds like you "party" the same way I do ;-) lol Cant really think of any Birthday stories, I'm not much of a party girl (no...really?!) Mum always made me fabulous cakes when i was growin up though - guitars, houses, tents, coffins.... (that was a Dracula themed birthday)ReplyDelete
I am turning 33 this year too! My fave birthday was when I was a teenager. Too cool for any attention for my parents, but secretly hoping they do something special. I woke up to balloons and glasses full of candy that they had snuck into my room in the night! They always make me feel like a special little girl, even now when I am a grownup :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous13 March 2012 at 17:47
Happy Birthday and so glad your feeling better! No fun being sick on your birthday!ReplyDelete
I don't do birthdays, they can make you feel old.heh.eh.eh.e.he.e.e
Happy Birthday! Hope your feeling better by now!ReplyDelete
I don't have a story to tell! not a great fan of my own birthday!!
What lovely gifts. I am sorry that your actual birthday was not wonderful. but I am glad that you are feeling better now.ReplyDelete
My own birthday is coming up the end of this week and I am looking forward just spending time with my hubby and my 2 wonderful children.
I am grateful for each birthday that I do have, at least I know that I am still here.
I thought I was turning 32 this year. Turns out I'm going to be 33. I missed a whole year!. Sheesh. I canct keep track. I've decided to be 30 until I turn 35 etc. I'll just (try) to remember the fives.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday!!!ReplyDelete
And thank you for this lovely giveaway!
Birthday stories... uhm... I like this kind of celebrations, but I like to celebrate in my essential and simple ways. So... handmade cakes, some precious friends and time outdoor (my birthday is in april).
Some years ago I spent my Birthday in Paris and, another year, in London. My fiancè "gave" me this travels as a gift! *___*
Great time! :)
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I'm sorry that you were still miserable for your birthday. I am turning 38 so birthdays are really losing their charm for me!! I enjoy celebrating my kids birthdays much more.ReplyDelete
My birthday has always been a bit awkward. My father was often away as it was the middle of the growing season and he need to assess his field trials. Later on when I had moved out my birthday was usually in the middle of the exams. Nowadays my daughters get more exited than me about my birthday but I am trying to ignore the fact that I am no longer early thirties.ReplyDelete
Aww bless you. It sucks to be poorly on your birthday. I spent my 27th bday recovering from major surgery and feeling really ill ending up rushing to A&E the day after due to complications! I made up for it the year after (28th) though :P Glad you're better and up to birthday cake! Happy belated birthday :)ReplyDelete
Happy belated birthday!! Hope you're eating lots of cake now and glad you're feeling better :) I think it's really going around, we're all getting sick! I can't think of any birthday stories worth telling but my son turns 4 this weekend and we're hiring a bouncy castle so there might be some tales next week!! :)ReplyDelete
Happy birthday! 33 is a wonderful age - I am 20 years older than that and love my 50th and my surprise of a hot air balloon ride! it was wonderful!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday. I hope you are feeling better soon. Ah, to be 33 again. I am in the process of planning my 60th birthday. I guess that deserves a party...ReplyDelete
happy birthday wishes! my birthday story; i share my birthday with my dad. that's it. :) feel better soon. that flu bug has been a nasty one this year!ReplyDelete
Happiest of birthdays!! Always a bummer to feel low on your birthday. Hope you feel up to celebrating soon!!ReplyDelete
happy birthday wishes. hope you feel better soon.ReplyDelete
i must say, i party just as "hard" you since i have my daughter. i remember her birthdays more fondly than my own (and my last one was only a good week ago!). whenever someone asks me these days what i want for my birthday, i just say "peace", meaning that all of us are happy and healthy and continue to love each other. everything else is just not as important as it used to be. :)
Sorry to hear you were sick. My oldest who is six is home wih a stomach bug today. She is the most wonderful daughter and I love having her company, so I'll be sad when she goes back to school tomorrow. When I turned 26 I just started saying I was 30. That way when I really turned 30 it wasn't such a huge deal (actually it still felt pretty bad, but probably not as bad as it could).ReplyDelete
- Anonymous13 March 2012 at 19:28
It was my birthday today and my fab friends planned me a surprise party - they're the best kind! xReplyDelete
I'm going to be turning 33 in a little over a month. It's funny, because one would think that I'd want a party and all that jazz; but what I really want is the day off to be able to do what I want...yet that's never gonna happen because my work schedule is crazy.ReplyDelete
I don't like to celebrate my birthday with a big party. Just a nice day with my husband and children will do just fine.ReplyDelete
But I do like presents! So I would like to take a chance in your give-away!
xxx Corien.
Happy birthday! I am glad that you are feeling better. Your little house is adorable!ReplyDelete
Well Happy Birthday to you! Sorry you were sick for your Birthday! That is stinky:( It is very nice of you to have a give a way! I would love some new goodies:0 Take care, email@example.com
Happy birthday! I'm having one later this month and I'm not looking forward too much to this one. I'm getting way too old for my liking... Anyhow. To cheer you up, I'm doing a small fabric-related givaway over at my blog. So feel free to enter, who knows you might even win a belated birthday goft for yourself! Get well soon, HimikoReplyDelete
Happy birthday! Hope you'll feel much better soon.ReplyDelete
I might have told this story already, but the birthday I remember most was my 18th. We celebrated together with my friend who was born on the same day and there was my sister and two cousins, too. We had a bonfire on a little clearing opposite my aunts house and we got (gasp) maybe half a litre of mulled wine (for the 5 of us). And every 10 minutes or so either mum or one of our two aunts would emerge from the bushes just to see how we were doing and whether the wine was not getting into our heads too much. That was somehow so hilarious we were literally rolling in the grass with laughter.
Happy Birthday!!! I hope you feel better, it's not fun to be ill on birthday! I love birthdays - or loved till last year - now I wouldn't like to get older anymore.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing those beautiful presents!
x Teje
happy birthday hope you are feeling better and can eat cake !!!thanks for the giveaway looks lovely .ReplyDelete
Happy birthday! When you've had as many birthdays as I've had, they all blur together a bit!ReplyDelete
Belated happy birthday for yesterday. Now you're feeling a bit better, I'd just eat cake all day if I were you ;o) Thanks for sharing your pressies too :o)ReplyDelete
As for birthday tales, hmm, I only really remember the disappointing ones, so lets not go there!
We have the same birthday! I turned 23 yesterday! Happy birthday to us! I had a great day yesterday, my husband took the day off and we went shopping, got my nails done and went out to dinner!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday to you! I don't really celebrate them. Maybe that's why I have to do math to remember how old I am.ReplyDelete
Happy bday! When I turned 40 I cancelled a party that was being thrown for me because I just couldn't stand the thought of being 40. Two year later, I am loving every single bday I have. Enjoy your 30s! And remember, every year is truly a gift so celebrate all that is you!ReplyDelete
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My most amazing birthday was my 40th which we spent as a family in a small hotel beside Lake Ullswater, UK. The hotel owner, in conjunction with my husband, arranged for the local Lord's personal piper to serenade me on the bagpipes. I knew nothing about it and was called to the window in time to see our children, Chris and Caroline (carrying a basket of flowers) seem to appear out of the lake itself, walking either side of the piper, tall, handsome and dressed in his full kilt. A wonderful memory which I treasure as our son died in a car accident a few years later.ReplyDelete
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My birthday in February wasn't so hot either. Didn't do anything. My DH and I don't exchange gifts so there were no surprises and one of us was sick so didn't even go out for dinner.ReplyDelete
The best birthdays are those of my two little girls!! we always have so much fun planning an outdoor party (lucky they are both in the summer!) & making a cake form scratch!ReplyDelete
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Oh! I hope you feel better soon! I'm not 100% either, but at least it's not my birthday...ReplyDelete
I remember a great unplanned party when I turned 29. Only a few people were told to come by for a glass of wine, nothing special, and they seemed to have told other people and other people and more people... about 30 people came at the end and it was great!
thanks for sharing this giveaway!
Hope you feel tip top soon! I think I had a birthday just like that this year too, come to think of it. I've got a twin brother so I mostly remember tandem birthdays, but one that stand out since I was a grown up was a birthday my boyfriend (later husband) scraped up, giving me a blueberry muffin from the drugstore with a cup of coffee, a package of crackers, and a tiny jar of caviar he had saved. Not much substance, but all heart!ReplyDelete
♫ ♪ Best birthday wishes to you! ♪ ♫ When I was young, a man I worked with and I had the same birthday so each year he'd rent a stretch limo and I could invite my friends along for a night of Chicago Blues pub crawl--all drinks and fun free of charge! Quite a generous guy, and I have so many happy memories of my birthday nights in my 20's!ReplyDelete
Ooh lots of birthdays have been and gone - this past one I had lunch with hubby in London and then shopping in Anthropologie and Liberty's - not too bad as birthdays go...!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday to you!! I'm sorry to hear you were sick on your birthday. Hope you're feeling much better now :) One of my favourite birthday memories is still my 3rd birthday when my Mum made me one of those cakes with a little china doll on top and the cake for her skirt. I thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen! And I still have the doll :)ReplyDelete
oh, goodness....I remember 33~ReplyDelete
Hope you have a lovely year ahead and are feeling much better soon! If it is any consolation, I assumed you were much older because you seem quite accomplished.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday :) I remember being home with chicken pox as a kid on my birthday...not fun :)ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!! It's a shame you weren't feeling good!!ReplyDelete
For my 21st my Mother took me to New York for a week twas amazing!!! So want to go back!
My 22nd went out to dinner with some friends. A magician came over and showed us a few tricks and I even got my very first balloon animal!! A cute little orange doggy...sadly he shrunk and eventually was no more. Twas a sad day in balloon animal land
Happy Birthday! I don't really have many birthday memories, good or bad. We have never really celebrated birthdays. They are pretty much just another day.ReplyDelete
Oh be gone crappy illness!!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday though youngster! I think my 33rd was the last one I don't remember; 34th I was pregnant and been a sober mummy ever since! Best one - my 40th - night in London with hubby and Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
Take care xxx
My birthday was earlier this month and I spent it in a workshop with a bunch of people who didn't know it was my birthday. It was weird and nice at the same time. My phone kept going off though with all the texts and messages from my friends and family!ReplyDelete
Sorry your birthday was a little crappy, I retreat a little at birthdays, I find big occasions all a bit much. On my 40th, I invited family and friends to a local Italian for coffee and cake- now that was good, no booze any more just caffeine! Happy Birthday xReplyDelete
Happy birthday and I hope cake will make you feel better! I don't even remember 33!! But I am sure it was fun!ReplyDelete
Thanks for a lovely giveaway.
Happy Birthday! I hope you are feeling better. My best bday was my last. I had wanted to go to High Tea and a nearby tea house for many years. My fiancé took me.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
The most recent birthday party I had was for my son's 4th. He had four friends and a dinosaur theme. I sewed darling fat and spikey stuffed dinosaur tails that wrapped around their waists like belts and closed with velcro. I also made dinosaur "eggs" out of flour and sand and water and they had a treasure hunt to find them in the woods and then "excavated" with hammers and brushes like palaeontologists to discover little dinosaurs inside. The cuteness of little boys with dino tails waddling through the woods and the joy and excitement of finding dinosaurs in their "eggs" will never leave me. It was the best birthday ever!
thanks for hosting the giveaway - the fabrics are lovely!
Happy Birthday!! My favorite birthday story is about my oldest son - now almost 20, but then only three. We had a Winnie the Pooh party and all of his little buddies came over to play, but... being the possessive preschooler that he was, he cried whenever anyone touched one of his toys - even the slide!! So, the birthday boy watched from inside as everyone played and had a great time! Boy, I really don't miss those days!!ReplyDelete
Birthdays should always be special no matter what year... in fact, plan to celebrate in small ways for a week!! My birthday is on New Year's Day so there is always a celebration and I do love it! When I was in my 20's I'd always be looking for that second kiss after midnight because "It's my birthday too" (but only for the most handsome boys!)ReplyDelete
I lasted less than an hour on my 21st. Spent the remainder of it passed out in the mini-van we all used to get to the bar. It was pretty embarrassing, but the first 1/2 hour was a blast. Last 1/2 hour before passing out I would rather not remember. Lets just say I'm glad it wasn't a bar I frequented. All of my other birthdays are not as memorable, but MUCH tamer. I prefer it that way even if they all sort of blend together. Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
No particular birthday party comes to mind for me, but I have come to accept that I am a "birthday princess" (as my partner frequently teases me) and it is important to me to get extra attention on my birthdayReplyDelete
For my 30th birthday my husband gave me a book off my amazon list. We both thought the book was a cookbook with science stuff with it. Like the science of why the bread raises type stuff. Well I opened the gift after dinner with my mother. I was very excited to receive this book and started thumbing through it. The first "recipe" I came to was for editable underwear. I was instantly emberest to be looking at that with my mother and son waiting to hear about want was in the book. Us adults laughed about it later. I won't be forgetting that birthday for a while. :)ReplyDelete
happy birthday! i do it up for my little one (who's actually not so little anymore), but keep my own pretty low-key. the big 4-0 is on the horizon, though, so maybe i'll break free and go a little cuckoo... i'm enjoying the other comments as inspiration! thanks for the chance... really lovely goodies.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! Hope you are feeling better and that you get to celebrate more. My worst birthdays were when I was married - over 20 years and he only remembered 4 times (if that many). Enjoy then all. Thanks.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!! I hope you feel better quickly! When I turned 21, I was pregnant with my first child, so I couldn't celebrate the way all my friends and family typically did on their 21st birthdays. So..my hubby, friends, and family either bought or made candles for me that came in some type of drinking glass and at my party they kept handing me these candles throughout the night, the same way they would have fed me alcohol! It was pretty funny and I still have two of them (from ten years ago!) :)ReplyDelete
Well, when I was a lot younger I tended bar for a living. One of my bosses (and a good friend) shared a birthday with me & we used to celebrate together. He owned an old schoolhouse that still had all of the utilities hooked up, as it happens our shared birthday is October 29. So it was on for a Halloween party at the schoolhouse. It was a huge old 2 story brick building and the whole thing got decorated. Needless to say, I don't really remember a LOT about that night, but I do know that I had a lot of fun ;)ReplyDelete
I hope you are feeling better and up to celebrating your birthday!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday!:) This year I will also be 33.ReplyDelete
My most memorable birthday was six years ago when I was pregnant with first son. All my friends came with congratulations, and I was so huge that I could not even stand up from sofa and kiss them!
What a cute giveaway! Happy Birthday to you too :) My favorite birthday memory was on my 8th birthday. I had it at the local skating rick (in the 80's) and got to skate a "slow" song with the cutest boy at my school. So silly but a really good memory :)ReplyDelete
My best story was a major birthday, my husband had me picked up by a limousine, along with friends, and we had appetizers in the classroom of my favorite quilt shop and then we went out for Japanese food. It was really fun. Very happy un-birthday to you.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday! I love all birthdays with my friend and family. They are the best gift i can ever ask for :)ReplyDelete
Happy birthday!ReplyDelete
Actually I never celebrate my birthday. But I do enjoy my daugthers birthdays
Seeing they're smiling faces while eating the birthday cake and opening the presents, wonderfull.
Greetings from Belgium,
Leila (nice to have the same name as somebody that makes such wonderfull things)
When I turned 40, my husband sent me and a friend away for a spa weekend. On the way home we stopped to go shopping and got soaking wet. No problem, right? Well, what I didn't know was that he'd also planned a surprise party for me when I got home. There I was-frizzy hair and smeared makeup-greeting a a room full of my friends and family! I was at first so embarrassed. Then I got over it and enjoyed the evening.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday to you. I'm glad you're feeling better
Aw - Happy Birthday, and hope you are feeling better soon!!!ReplyDelete
A fun Birthday memory for me is actually my fiance's 40th last year...It was so much fun gathering old embarrasing photos of him and plastering them all over the house and on the front door...and then watching him drive up and see his reaction!
My best birthday celebration was a week long road trip with my friends. We went from Fl to Indiana for a friends wedding. We stopped in ATL, Chattanooga and Nashville. It was a blast filled with site-seeing stops, family, good food, sleeping on the floor and staying in a dumpy hotel. I love roadtrips!!ReplyDelete
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Happy Belated Birthday!!! I've only had two parties in my life, for my sixth and for my 40th. Not much of a hard partier here! And my family never did birthdays big.ReplyDelete
Sorry you felt like crap for your birthday. Bummer. This year my husband and I were so worn down that for my birthday we had "drive through" and then did our favourite date thing ... we went through the car wash. And that was it. It had been an exhausting week with more to come. Some years are just like that. And that's okay.ReplyDelete
happy birthday! glad you are well enough now to eat cake, that is a marker of health for sure. they should include that on dr's office questionnaires! i love a good birthday, others more than mine!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! What beautiful pieces of work you are giving away! Birthday memories? Being little and having 'party dresses', the wearing of which meant getting to run round in circles with other little people, drink coke through a straw and eat sweet things in little paper cases!ReplyDelete
I'm sorry you felt punky on your birthday. I never really had an actual party, not since I was a little kid though - it would be fun. Maybe someday :)ReplyDelete
30th - Golden Birthday - no party and all close friends got married the summer before and 2 moved away. 40th - my ex had just left the children and I. So when 50 came around last year, I was determined it would be better! I went on a mission trip to Cabo San Lucas, and had a family dinner where my brother gave me 50+ garnets in jewelry pieces he had bought on online auctions. MUCH BETTER! Lovely giveaway, thank you for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I am 33 as well (born in 1978 though.) Last year I hosted a Party Bridge Tournament for my birthday party and it was alot of fun!ReplyDelete
Sorry you weren't feeling well for your birthday. That's the way life goes and you don't need a birthday to have a party anyways!
Hope you are feeling better Leila - if you spent the day in bed with your beautiful AMH quilt then it would have been a great day anyway:)ReplyDelete
Happy birthday! I hope you feel better... Tomorrow I'll be 36! Agh! My countdown for 40! But I feel the same as when I was 20, hahaha :)I'll celebrate a home party with friends next Sunday. I love your giveaway items!ReplyDelete
Happy Day of Your Birth!ReplyDelete
I'm not a big fan of my birthday, so it's usually really low key. But last year I received tickets for Phantom of the Opera as a Broadway musical (in Los Angeles). It was pretty amazing.
We always have birth weeks in my family, partly because we are unorganised, and also because I am a Christmas baby, and my husband is an April fool baby, hard days to organise parties, I actually think that the best present anyone could give me would be a day to myself, which I would probably spend looking at blogs i love, including this one, and planning lots of projects that I then won't have time to make! Oh well, dreams are great!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 March 2012 at 16:02
What a shame you were still poorly on your birthday. We don't really celebrate birthdays, we do the card and gift giving and celebrate just with a nice family meal out somewhere.ReplyDelete
I hope you feel better soon.
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Glad to hear you're feeling better. Nothing worse than feeling older/sick at the same time! Birthday story. Mine is the same every year and I love it. I stay out in the yard all day playing in my garden and don't cook, clean or even think about anyone else. It's wonderful.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday, and I hope you're feeling all better soon! I remember a memorable birthday when my MIL gave me a freshly killed chicken. Yes, it was memorable.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! Glad you are feeling better -- on my 16th birthday I was sick with mono but had scheduled my drivers license test, which I was NOT going to miss! I ended up passing despite my mono AND a snowstorm - definitely a memorable birthday!ReplyDelete
Hope you are feeling better...nothing worse than being ill on your birthday.ReplyDelete
I can remember my 16th when my step mother make liver and onions for my birthday dinner... I wasn't impressed!
Lovely fabrics...please count me in :-)
Happy Birthday! Hope you are feeling better soon!ReplyDelete
My worst birthday story - on my 17th birthday, my boyfriend broke up with me - in my yearbook!
The first surprise birthday some new friends at English class made to me, it was the best thing that happened to me that year!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations to you, Happy Birthday!!
Happy Birthday, and thanks for the giveaway. Hmmm, birthday stories. Well, DH had rotator cuff surgery on my birthday this year. And there was the year after my oldest daughter was born that DH forgot to get a sitter, so we finally ordered pizza about 10 pm. Or the 5 years in a row when I was a teen that someone was in the hospital. But despite all that, in 55 years there have been some fun ones too, like the year when I was first married that I was so homesick my husband flew me home to see my family, or the year I turned 50 and he took me to New York to see Phantom.ReplyDelete
Hope the rest of the year makes up for being sick on your birthday!
All the best.
- Anonymous16 March 2012 at 18:35
The worst was when my husband threw me a suprise 30th birthday party. Little did I know his girlfriend he was cheating with was there as well as my whole family. He is now my ex!ReplyDelete
Happy belated birthday! I've reached the age where birthdays aren't as much fun :)ReplyDelete
My most memorable birthday was my 50th, which I spent snorkling in the Caribbean! Happy Birthday to you!ReplyDelete
What a great prize--thanks for the chance!!ReplyDelete
I turn 33 in May...I'm glad because three is my favorite number so I have high hopes for that year. :)
I am sorry that you are sick for your birthday. I too was sick on mine and my friend insisted that we go out and eat anyway. It was the most horrible night ever. Proven fact, not all birthdays are not all that great. Next year maybe.ReplyDelete
I hope you are feeling better lovely lady.ReplyDelete
I am having a very difficult time thinking of a birthday memory : )
So many have come and gone. I'm thinking my 50th will be very memorable and unfortunately not that far away.
- gabraden17 March 2012 at 03:41
I had a lovely 50th birthday party planned for my husband and myself but Hurrican Wilma came to town!ReplyDelete
my birthday's right before christmas so it gets lost...that being said, good food, bowling, and a handmade card are all birthday favorites of mine.ReplyDelete
happy birthday youngster!
thanks for the generous giveaway!
i hope you have a happy day today! sorry you were feeling poorly yesterday!ReplyDelete
happy belated birthday!! what a pretty giveaway! i turn 30 this summer and have planned a trip to nashville with a few girlfriends to celebrate...hopefully it will go as planned!ReplyDelete
Happy belated birthday to you! This past year was the first birthday I've truly enjoyed in many years. I've come to dream my birthday, not just because I'm turning a year older but also because I could never think of anything to do that day that would make me happy. So I had a lot of baaad birthdays since I'd end up doing something or going somewhere that I didn't really want to do/go to. Finally, last year I figured out what really, truly would make my birthday a happy one and I told my husband what I wanted to do. I baked a cake with my kids, invited my family over for pizza and spent the afternoon/evening hanging out with my loved ones. It was the absolute best birthday I've had in years. :) Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
I´ve had the saddest birthday party ever this year - you said you want to hear sad and good stories .... I had to go to the funeral of my brother on my 44th birthday ... that was pretty hard.ReplyDelete
I hope you´re feeling better today :)
Happy birthday! It's too bad that you haven't been feeling well :( For my 25th birthday, my boyfriend planned a surprise trip to the Lake District.. It was amazingly beautiful!ReplyDelete
thank you for the giveaway hope you feel betterReplyDelete
Love the site. Happy Birthday - my last was spent hairless (chemo) and sick - this year (next month) I aim to really let my hair down (yes it has grown!)ReplyDelete
I also am having a giveaway - pop over to mine - good luck. xx
Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
I tend to go crazy with cooking for birthday parties (both mine and my other half's) so I don't remember much afterwards :)
I turned 30 in January. I started the day by joining a gym. Then I went to lunch and a movie with my parents and granddad. And I went to sleep at 5:00 because the gym wore me out. I was a party animal!ReplyDelete
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Children do not raise themselves. You have to teach them morals and values. You have to set boundaries and implement consequences when they're compromised (and they will inevitably be compromised). You have to express your expectations and above all, impart basic right and wrong.
Knowing that, someone is falling down on their job. Because the day that a kid feels comfortable plucking/slapping/swatting her teacher—an adult—upside the back of her head, it's a flashing neon sign that home training 101 has not been taken seriously. It happened in a Baltimore school when a student humiliated a substitute while her classmates laughed heartily. Someone pulled out a cell phone camera and the whole disgusting incident has gone down in YouTube infamy.
There have been all kinds of natural disasters—hurricanes, mudslides, tornados, floods, and tsunamis—but I'll be darned if this couldn't be just as viable a sign of the end of the world. When we live in a society where children feel bold and brazen enough to harass a standard object of authority, I don't know what the heck could be next. On top of being despicable, it's downright scary. I wonder how her parents felt when they saw this video. If their reaction was anything other than out and out, hide-me-under-a-rock, wait-until-I-get-my-hands-on-her outrage, I have no hope.
I was a substitute teacher, too, once upon a time, also in the Baltimore public school system and I have nothing but sympathy and compassion for the poor mistreated woman in this video. My first day on the job, a girl screamed me down because I refused to let the class play spades and threatened to wait for me in the parking lot.
But because I was barely five years older than her—I was just out of college and was subbing while I waited for my first "real job" to come through—I didn't take too kindly to her attitude or her blowhard shouting. I checked her like we were just two girls on the block, complete with neck-rolling and hand-waving. I didn't have any problems with her or any other student after that. I guess word got around, which is really good since I can't fight to save my life and some of those kids were taller, stockier, and much, much more sturdily built than I was then or now.
There's no defending this kind of behavior because even someone who was raised in the most deplorable households and living situations knows that you're not supposed to hit your teacher. I mean, that's just as basic as it gets. So come to her aid if you want to, but I think this trifling-acting child needs to be removed from the classroom and put in some kind of remedial training since she 1) doesn't respect authority, 2) doesn't respect the opportunity to learn, which makes her a distraction to other students, and 3) needs a refresher on the kindergarten lesson of keeping your hands to yourself.
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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
After three weeks, a pair of one-possession losses in week two remain the only blemishes on Lincoln College's schedule. The Wildcats are making some noise in 2013.
With victories over three conference opponents last week, the Lincoln College men's basketball team has improved to 7-2 overall. The Wildcats are riding a five-game winnings streak and are already making a case for the postseason.
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Kyre Jackson owned the paint with 22 points 13 rebounds, and four steals, and five Wildcat shooters peppered long range jumpers. On Monday, Nov. 18, Lincoln College rallied to an eight-point lead at the break and held on for a 76-73 win over crossstate rival Gateway CC (2-2).
Carmine Santorelli (20 points, 6 assists) rallied for five three pointers, and Andre Wright converted four shots beyond the arc to lead Gateway, but the Lions couldn't rise above early shooting problems.
Chris Austin scored 15 points and six assists for Lincoln. Jalen David added 10 points and eight rebounds. Jordan Taylor (8 rebounds), Kojo Lockhart, and Dairyon Davis scored seven points apiece in the road win.
Holyoke falls fast
On Thursday, the Wildcats rallied for 51.4 percent shooting as they broke open a two point halftime lead with a 54-point surge after the break.
Lockhart paced the attack with 21 points and five assists. Jalen David scored 19 points and collected three of the Wildcats' 11 steals.
Taylor scored a double double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Dominic Johnson added 10 points off the bench, and Michael Campbell contributed eight points and eight rebounds.
Cornelius Tyson led the Cougars with 24 points, including 16 points in the second half, but it wasn't enough as Holyoke fell to 0-5. Abdul Halim King scored 17 points. Xavier Cruz added 15, and Jovan Jackson scored 13 points, but the Wildcats held the Holyoke bench to just five baskets in the game.
Northern Essex win
On Saturday, the Wildcats improved to 2-0 at Bristol Eastern with a 78-72 win over Northern Essex. The victory marked the first three-win week of the season despite a 1-for-7 effort from three point range.
Chris Brown scored a team-high 17 points off the bench and went 8-for-10 from the free throw line as the Wildcats battled back from a 41-35 deficit at the break.
Lockhart scored 15 points with 12 rebounds. David scored 11 points with seven boards and four steals. Taylor (10 rebounds) and Austin added 10 points apiece, and Jackson chipped in eight points with 12 rebounds.
With the victory, the Wildcats improved to 7-2 (6-2 in the conference). The Northern Essex Knights fell to 4-5 (2-3 in the conference).
Lincoln will look to continue their streak into the holiday week with a home game against UConn-Avery Point on Tuesday in Harwinton and two games this weekend at the Westchester Community College Thanksgiving Tournament.
The Wildcats have just five games remainings until the semester break.
To comment on this story or to contact sports writer John Goralski, email him at jgoralski@ southingtonobserver.com.


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DAVID Dunn and his fellow Blackburn Rovers team-mates believe boss Gary Bowyer has made the perfect decision to hand Grant Hanley the club's captaincy.
Academy graduate Hanley marked his appointment as the new Rovers skipper by scoring the crucial second goal in Saturday's 2-0 home victory over Blackpool.
Dunn, who broke the deadlock with a solo strike, is delighted for the 22-year-old.
And he has no doubt that Hanley will go on to become a great leader for Rovers.
"Grant is what every young player at this club should want to be," said Dunn, 34, a past Rovers captain.
"The commitment that he shows, how well he has done and the attitude he shows every single day.
"He's a leader and a winner so he was certainly the stand-out choice for me."
Bowyer could have turned to more experienced players like Dunn, Paul Robinson or Matt Kilgallon to take over the captain's armband after skipper Scott Dann's transfer deadline day departure to Crystal Palace for a fee that could rise to more than £2million.
But the Rovers boss had no hesitation in naming the Scotland international as Dann's successor.
Bowyer said: "I've seen Grant do the job for many a year at youth and reserve level – he's captain material.
"I know other people have spoken about him being national captain for Scotland one day and I honestly believe he'll do that too.
"He is an organiser and he leads by example – not just on matchday but every day in training.
"He gets the respect of the older players as well, which says a hell of a lot for him as a person and as a player."
Hanley's fellow defender Tommy Spurr backed up his manager.
Left-back Spurr, 26, said: "Everyone knows how good Grant is and the stature that he has – everyone respects him.
"But the lads all respect each other so whoever would have stepped in would have had the same.
"But I think Grant's perfect for it."
The win over Blackpool stretched Rovers' unbeaten run in the Championship to three matches.
But Dunn admitted it was vital to pick up the three points after having to settle for draws against Barnsley and Derby County.
He said: "After drawing the last two games – games which we thought we could have got a little bit more out of – it was important to get the win.
"I was pleased with my goal and the performance although I was a little disappointed we stopped playing a little bit in the second half.
"But the lads showed great resilience to go and get that second goal and put the game to bed."
Rovers boss Bowyer confirmed he will have to assess the injury which forced substitute Josh King to come off 20 minutes after coming on during Saturday's win.


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The 400 million liters of water purchased by the Australian Conservation Foundation with donations from people from all over the country has started to flow into the Hattah Lakes wetlands in northern Victoria.
The foundation's Just Add Water initiative, launched on March 15, aimed to raise enough money to purchase 200 million liters of water for Hattah. But the response from the public was so big that within two weeks, the foundation doubled its target.
"It's a thrill to see the water flowing back into this wetland which has not had a major flood since 1996," said Paul Sinclair, Ph.D., the foundation's Healthy Ecosystems program manager. "Environmental watering like this is necessary because too much water has been taken out of the Murray-Darling over too many decades, mostly for irrigated agriculture. In fact, 90 percent of wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin have already been lost."
The water is being delivered to Hattah Lakes through the Victorian government's environmental watering program in partnership with Parks Victoria and the Mallee Catchment Management Authority.
Remote cameras have been installed to film the lakes filling over the next three months. Live footage can be viewed at www.justaddwater.org.au.


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Excellence in Teaching
New Mexico Tech instructors take pride in developing and maintaining a difficult curriculum. Tech professors have a long list of publications. In many cases, Tech professors have literally written their own text books. Our professors are recognized nationally for research, but they also take pride in teaching classes at all levels, from introductory classes to doctoral-level instruction.
An interesting study by the National Science Foundation showed that the research university in Socorro makes the grade for awarding the highest percentage of doctoral degrees among all the nation's public universities.
New Mexico Tech is 15th in the nation and No. 1 among public universities for the percentage of bachelor's students who later complete a Ph.D.
The National Science Foundation examined doctoral degrees awarded at all U.S. universities from 1997-2006. During that period, 118 students who earned bachelor's degrees at New Mexico Tech were awarded Ph.Ds. In other words, 8.7 percent of Tech graduates went on to complete a doctoral degree during that decade.
"People who end up getting a doctoral degree – where did they get their bachelor's?" said Dr. Van Romero, Vice President of Research. "The idea is that students need a good foundation to get a Ph.D. What schools do that? By this measure, our students get the best undergraduate education of any public school."
New Mexico Tech is ranked by every major magazine as a top university in the nation – Newsweek, Forbes, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Monthly and The Princeton Review. However, the NSF study mentioned above speaks volumes about the preparation Tech students get during their undergraduate years.
Every student at New Mexico Tech is required to take six basic science courses: Math 131 and 132 (Calc I and Calc II), Physics 121 and 122 and Chemistry 121 and 122. Even the psychology and management majors must take these classes. Tech is a science and engineering school, after all.
A crucial part of completing a degree is the "capstone project." In engineering disciplines, students must successfully complete the Senior Design. These classes are team-based, real-world projects that often pair students with private companies, government agencies or branches of the military.
Most of the Senior Design classes last two semesters and mimic the life cycle of an industrial engineering project. Students are given a real challenge and asked to find a solution. They work with a budget, deadlines, planning and teamwork.
In addition, Tech students have the opportunity to participate in clubs sponsored by professional societies and advised by professors.
The line between research and instruction is often blurred at New Mexico Tech. In many cases, research is instruction and instruction is research. Many Tech students are cited as authors of technical or scientific papers before they earn a bachelor's degree.
Here are a few examples of some student and faculty successes that highlight the excellent teaching available at New Mexico Tech:
Every year, the mechanical engineering Senior Design Clinic teams competed in the National Mini-Baja competition and the SAE Aero Competition. The Mini-Baja team of eight students finished in the top 10 out of more than 150 schools in 2008. Team Canary placed in the top 20 nationally in 2010.
The Magdalena Ridge Observatory's 2.4-meter telescope is a key research instrument at New Mexico Tech, but the installation is also used for instruction. An introductory class in physics gives freshmen the opportunity to observe and characterize asteroids. The telescope also hosts a class for students in the Master's of Science Teaching program.
The Computer Science and Engineering Department has been recognized as a top program in the nation. Allen Paller, director of the SANS Institute in Washington, D.C., praised New Mexico Tech for educating top-notch computer scientists in the March 2009 edition of Government Computer News. Paller said Tech is among a handful of schools that trains students in the two vital sides of computer security – policy and programming.
Not only does New Mexico Tech represent an exemplary leader in the computer science instruction, but Tech offers unique opportunities through the Scholarship For Service program. Computer Science students can get two-year fellowships in exchange for two years of government service after graduation. In other words, students get free tuition and are guaranteed a job after graduation.These achievements are largely due to the fact that New Mexico Tech attracts brilliant students. However, those student are carefully cultivated by top-notch professors who stay involved with their students' academic work and research activities.
In addition to publications, New Mexico Tech professors are routinely recognized as the top scholars in their fields.
Geophysics professor Dr. Jeffrey Johnson leads an international mini-course in volcanology every summer. Johnson's next summer field trip will be in Ecuador and will include a dozen vulcanology students from Tech and from around the world. The 2010 course involved intensive field work and research at Kilaeua, an active volcano in Hawaii.
Geophysics professor Dr. Rick Aster is currently a serving a three-year term on the board of the American Geophysical Union. He is also serving as the president of the Seismological Society of America for 2011.
Dr. Aster, along with Tech math professor Dr. Brian Borchers wrote a text book on called "Inverse Theory." This text is used widely at universities around the world.
Geophysics assistant professor Dr. Glenn Spinelli was selected by the Consortium for Ocean Leadership to be host a series of national lecture series.
Dr. Nadir Yilmaz of the Mechanical Engineering Department was honored by the SAE with the annual Ralph Teetor Educational Award in 2010. He was recognized for his dedication to students, volunteer work with SAE and his research projects.
Geophysics professor Dr. Kent Condie first published his text book, "Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution," in 1976. The text is now in its fourth edition and continues to be a popular text book at universities across the nation.
Geomicrobiology professor Dr. Penny Boston was featured at the TED conference in 2006, where she was asked to give "the talk of her life." Boston studies the biology and geology of caves – and how it might relate to life on Mars. She was one of the main scientists featured in the National Geographic Channel special "Into the Lost Crystal Caves," which aired in 2010.
Professor of electrical engineering Dr. Scott Teare recently published a text book tutorial, "Introduction to Image Stabilization." Also, Teare received a career honor by being named a Senior Member of SPIE, the professional organization devoted to the study of optics. Not only does Dr. Teare teach classes in optics; Tech students can also take his karate class.
These are just a few examples of the excellent professors at New Mexico Tech. In every department, professors are at the top of their field and provide personalized instruction for students at every level.


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In San Francisco, it is estimated that 80,000 adults--one in every five--have some difficulty with basic reading and writing. Since 1983, Project Read has provided free one-on-one tutoring, workshops, and ongoing instructional support to English-speaking adults who seek to improve their basic literacy skills. Project Read recruits learners and volunteer tutors while also raising awareness of literacy issues. Project Read is located in The Bridge at Main Literacy and Learning Center on the 5th floor of the Main Library.
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- Referrals to other educational programs
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Live Chat: Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Start-Up
Harvard Business School professor Noam Wasserman says if entrepreneurship is a battle, most casualties stem from self-inflicted wounds. Within high-potential start-ups, nearly two-thirds of failures are caused by the founders' decisions about the people they involve. First-time founders lack a roadmap and understandably rely on their "heart" – on gut, intuition, and rules of thumb. In fact, three out of four venture-capital funded start-ups fail.
Professor Wasserman, author of "The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls that Can Sink a Startup" took reader questions about creating successful start-ups in a live chat on Sept. 20, joined by Small Business editor Vanessa O'Connell. Replay the event.


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If Americans were concerned about Congress getting its grubby hands on their Medicare, wait till it touches their breast implants. Among the ways the Senate health care bill pays for itself is a 5 percent tax on elective cosmetic surgery like tummy tucks, face lifts, hair plugs, collagen injections, and any other nonrequired procedures—a proposal known as the "Botax."
Plastic surgeons, like many of their patients, aren't smiling. Industry groups like the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons have launched campaigns against the tax, arguing not only that it would hurt business during a recession—elective surgeries are down already—but that it doesn't target the high rollers Congress is aiming for. Furthermore, says Big Knife, taxing cosmetic surgery could sag the economy as a whole, just when it needs a lift most. (The tax would raise an estimated $6 billion.)
The tax seems like an easy populist sell. One imagines the main clientele of plastic surgeons as the cast of the Real Housewives of New Jersey. But the tax isn't as progressive as it sounds, say surgeons. According to a 2005 survey by the ASPS, one-third of people who get plastic surgery make less than $30,000 a year, 70 percent of clients make less than $60,000, 86 percent make less than $90,000, and only 13 percent make more than $90,000. (Of course, that survey was based on people planning to get elective surgery, not those who actually got it.) Indeed, cosmetic surgery is an industry supported largely by people who can't afford it—a full 85 percent of operations are paid for using credit, according to Middlebury sociology professor Laurie Essig. As a result, the tax would hit low-income consumers especially hard.
But the argument isn't just that taxing plastic surgery is bad for the economy. It's also that plastic surgery itself is good for the economy. Call it a … (rimshot, please) stimulus package.
It's well established that attractive people have relatively high incomes. A 2005 study by the Federal Reserve of St. Louis found that good-looking people make about 5 percent more money than their average-looking counterparts, who in turn make 9 percent more than people with below-average looks. Daniel Hamermesh, an economics professor at the University of Texas at Austin, found similar results in a new study.
Assuming that cosmetic surgery on the whole improves one's physical appearance, which in turn correlates with higher income, it's not a stretch to conclude that going under the knife could make individual Americans better off, says Gordon Patzer, author of Looks: Why They Matter More Than You Ever Imagined. "Cosmetic surgery makes you more attractive, and it also increases self esteem, confidence, and persuasiveness," all of which make you a more productive and valuable employee, says Patzer.
Unfortunately—or maybe fortunately, for surgeons—numbers are hard to come by. No one really measures income levels before and after plastic surgery. But surgeons say there's plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that a larger cup size (or smoother nasal curvature or tighter buttocks) leads to a higher tax bracket. "People come to us between jobs or after losing their jobs to freshen up, look fresh, look alert—to be or at least feel more competitive, which makes them more competitive," says Steven Hopping, past president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery who now runs the Center for Cosmetic Surgery in Washington. Renato Saltz, president of the ASAPS, says he sees job improvements all the time: "A lot of these women are in their early 30s, have lost their self esteem, lost their spouse, they feel very insecure, they come in, have these procedures, and they immediately start losing weight, exercising, they are very proactive, many go back and get a job and become functional in society."
Hamermesh, who conducted the most-cited study on beauty and income, disagrees. Yes, his survey found that beauty does lead to higher wages. But he also says that attempts to improve one's attractiveness, whether with clothing, Brylcreem, or surgical intervention, make no difference when it comes to income. The reason, he says, is that people can tell the difference between natural beauty and artificial beauty. If you had a convincing facial overhaul, like John Travolta in Face/Off, you might get a raise. Otherwise, probably not.
Hamermesh also disputes the notion that better looks lead to better productivity: "Are they truly more productive, or just being favored relative to somebody else?" Of course, if the surgeons are right that nips and tucks boost confidence, perhaps their patients will become more productive. After all, Hamermesh's own research found that good-looking executives bring in about 10 percent in extra sales relative to their average-looking colleagues.
Big Knife would add that the only plan to tax cosmetic surgery so far, in New Jersey, has been a failure, costing $3 in administrative spending for every dollar of revenue. The main problem, apparently, has been the difficulty in defining "elective" versus "reconstructive" surgery. Who decides whether an operation to fix your nasal breathing, which also happens to make your nose look straighter, is functional or aesthetic?
If Congress really wants to learn about the economics of cosmetic surgery, they should commission a study. If it turns out there's no connection between surgery and increased productivity, the case for a tax might be slightly stronger. But if there is a connection, then taxing cosmetic surgery could turn out to be like the surgery itself: a superficial fix for a deeper problem.


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