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Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Is it a Bird, is it a plane.......
What is it, Mam?
Yes Mam I can see it too!
Behind you Mam - Yes it's up there.......
Yes it's the SUN!!!!! hURRAY!
Today at the park the sun did indeed shine, for a short while there was even some warmth to be had from it, that was until of course the sleet started to fall,but look even more flowers are sprouting!
Ruby was a very good girl today, every time I shouted her name she came running - Oscar are you listening!!??!!
Coming back to Mam
What a good girl Ruby!
Posted by Oscar the Beagle! at 10:04
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I can see it too!ReplyDelete
Glad you had a nice and sunny day!
Kisses and hugs
Glad you all got to see the sun - however briefly it might be there!ReplyDelete
Well done Ruby. That is what we do until our mum thinks she can trust us and then we're off..........
It is a hound thing..........these humans just don't get it!
Martha & Bailey xxxx
Little Ruby .com is very good, the sun has not warmed us up very much.Check out splorin woolfies go back a few post look at there snow. look at the size of grandad sitting in the arm chair and the size of the dogs. Nice to see every body and furbody today.ReplyDelete
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The concept of Dual (or double or yin/yang) is a prevalent concept in Taoist thinking. In Tao Te Ching chapter 42, it says (my translation):
In the beginning
Tao comes to beget one
One develops into Two opposites
While Two breeds the possibility of a reunification
named Three
and Three being the nature of everything.
Hence everything consists of both Yin and Yang
and when facilitated by Essence
they will be combined together as one....
as Tao.
In actual meditative practice, it is the reunification of yin and yang to reach back to Tao. A kind of reverse drive.
Concerning the objectives of the practice, there are indeed two: Life and Death. What is the Life objective? It is a personality change. For the most devoted it would be turning into a "worldly Immortal", not in the sense that he or she won't die, but in the sense of he or she is saintly selfless, similar to a Bodhisattva in Buddhism. Although in practical terms, it is more like an ideal for most people, it can be (and is being used as) an objective towards which a practitioner tries to achieve. In modern terminology, the objective will be like becoming a better person. Or simply to have a higher EQ!
Some of my readers may think that this objective is common place, or nothing new, not profound enough as a life objective. Wait until next time when you talk to a "spiritual person" over the internet or face to face and notice how he changes his face when you disagree with him on some issues during your discussion!
How about the Death objective? It is a preparation for death. Why we need to prepare for death? Because we can't put down our "images" of worldly possession. If one can lay down such "false attachment", one will welcome the joining with Tao with a calm mind (unlike modern populist spiritualism, happiness is NOT assumed here - happiness, like sadness, is still an attachment in high-level Taoist thinking). According to "Taoist yoga" of Zhao BiChen (趙壁塵), a devoted Taoist should not practice the highest level of joining with Tao too early (he was referring to the second objective here). First he should raise up his kids who would then be able to take care of his spouse (their mother), and then he had to wait until his parents were passed away, and he should have retired too. With no worldly attachment, he could "freely" go into the practice with the ultimate objective of preparation for death (or Immortality). If a modern reader is still skeptical about my exposition of this second Taoist objective, he should refer to the commentary written by Carl Jung in Wilhelm's Secret of the Golden Flowers, a seminal Taoist text. Jung drew the same conclusion there.

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Our last day in China, ChunPing's Father wanted to take us to the village he grew up in. It was about 45 minutes away from the town we were staying in, and we were told it was a poor farming village. He mostly wanted to take us there because many of these people had never left the village and had never seen a white person before. So it was basically a trip to show off Mark. Good thing I married such an easy-going guy!
When we arrived in the village, the first stop we made was at an elementary school. Here's the front gate.
Here are a couple shots of the outside of the school.
Sorry it's so blurry, but here's the only pic I got of the kids in class. Can you believe how many kids are in this classroom? This is only about half the class, the rest is behind the wall.
Then the kids were given the opportunity to pose with Mark for a picture. They were all keeping a safe distance from him until one was brave enough to touch him. After that, all hell broke loose and kids swarmed him.
My camera died after visiting the school, so those are the end of my pics.
After we went to the school, ChungPing's father took us to the actual village he grew up in. It was like stepping into another world. America has its poor areas, but I've never seen poverty quite like this.
We first went to the house of some relatives of ChunPing. They lived in a small house surrounded by a fenced in yard. We never actually went into the house, as they brought out tiny stools for us to sit on in the yard. But from the outside of the house it was apparent that there was no electricity or heat. When ChungPing's sister had to use the restroom, she was directed to an outhouse. There were sheets hung over where the windows and doors should be. This is not a warm area -- it's weather is comparable to that of St. Louis with 4 seasons and snow.
After we sat at their house, ChungPing's father walked us through the rest of the village knocking on random people's doors to show off Mark. Pretty much every house looked about the same as the first. We saw children with dirty clothes and no toys.
But the thing is, these people were happy! They all seemed completely content with their lives and though they didn't have much, were pleased to see ChungPing's father and receive the cigarettes he was handing out. Actually, ChungPing's father gave his relatives some money, and they tried to refuse it several times. And then, as we were leaving, came running out with a dozen boiled eggs for us.
Kind of a wake-up call for we who have so much. It's so easy to get caught up in consumerism and the feeling that there are so many things we need. But really, seeing the contentment in these people was a strong reminder of the things we should be most grateful for this Thanksgiving.
I'll go first. Above all, I'm grateful for my loving and supportive husband, family, and friends. I'm grateful that I have been given the amazing opportunity to live in the country I was born in and to learn the language. I'm grateful that I've always had enough to eat and for a warm house.
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Yes, I very much enjoyed the expedition. We enjoyed a fantastic weather that made everything easy. I would say this trip was fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Obviously, Vern is a wealth of experience and knowledge and historical context, given how long he has been in the business. Ben is also very, very good guide. Both exhibited strong leadership skills. They were diligent and granular in their approach, but at the same time explaining the context and ramification of decisions and routs. Very good.
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Vern demonstrated excellent leadership skills. He gave clear expectations and instructions every day, and I learned lots about setting up tents and winter camping. Appreciate also being asked about my opinion on the plan for the day given weather and energy levels which Vern did often. Vern obviously knows the mountain very well and I always knew 100% that our team was in good hands. Vern is personable and easy to get along with. He is a wealth of knowledge, has many interesting stories, and also a great musician!
Awesome job – staff always responded to my questions very quickly! (even after I sent my money in) Course material was good and answered most questions I had clearly. Strengths – Vern and his leadership and experience. Real food on the mountain. ALE and the camps were awesome. Also was happy with the extra time built into the schedule as I felt I had plenty of time around Union Glacier and in Punta Arenas for sightseeing after my trip. I will highly recommend Alpine Ascents and Vern / Paul to anyone looking for a guide! Thanks guys!
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We had a great climb and were blessed with some really good weather. My guides were both quite organised and made the whole trip really enjoyable. We were really pleased with the guiding that they did. Taught us things along the way and they were quite relaxed and easy to get along with. Pretty well organised expedition. The food and planning worked out well along the way. All the camps were set up with gear which minimised the need to carry a lot of extra stuff – a real strength for AAI. All the office stuff was really well organised and this worked really well. Lots of info and we felt well informed.
As usual very well organised; the logistics on this one are difficult to say the least and as usual AAI brings it all together very well and provides a great experience of the Antarctic. Both of my guides have first class mountaineering skills; the experience they bring to a group are second to no-one. Strong logistics; good guides and very well understood environment- the complete package
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The British Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has relayed Japan's request for 2 million sheets of plywood for reconstruction.
According to the EIA, the Japanese government has apparently contacted Indonesia for help. Since September 2011, this major lumber exporter has implemented a system of traceability for its forestry industry.
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Perennial powerhouse Loomis Chaffee traveled to the Hilltop on Wednesday and hung a 5-1 loss on the game-but-overmatched Knights. The Pelicans jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but the Salisbury defense withstood further advances, while the attack produced a goal before halftime to trim the deficit to 2-1 at the break. Three unanswered Pelican goals in the second half put the game out of reach. The win was the fifth straight for Loomis (8-2), who have rung up 33 goals in the streak while allowing just 3.
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Thursday, 25 September 2008
Mont Blanc, September 2008
Well what a trip! Unsuccessful but fun none the less. The plan was simple, climb the highest mountain in Western Europe (Mont Blanc, 4808m) and fly off the summit with paragliders. I'd already climbed to the summit and flown off (Dôme du Goûter) almost 20 years previously and wanted to have another go but the mountain had other ideas ...
So Andrew, Jay, Hoppy, Chris and I had a bash but the weather just wasn't cooperating at all. We decided to climb the 'Normal Route' which is a non technical route which ascends up via the Goûter ridge, Dôme du Goûter, Bosses Ridge to the summit. But it was windy, windy, windy. Ascending up to the Goûter ridge was more like an ice climb as snow had recently fallen and was all the way down to the tramway station. Needless to say that there were loads of spaces in the normally packed Tête Rousse and Goûter huts as the weather forecast was not the best. Andrew entertained us by teaching us various card games and Jay brought the whisky ... Boy it was cold, really cold.
When the summit morning came at 3am we all set off without our gliders to have a summit attempt. Did I say it was windy? Yes it was really windy. We trudged up to about 4300m just below the Dôme du Goûter but had to turn back due to the wind and the fact we couldn't feel our hands and feet anymore.
Great fun with the lads and we did get to fly our gliders a few times although not from the summit. Congratulations to Jay and Tom for getting to the summit a week later. They and Hoppy even managed to fly from the Goûter ridge!
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By Nelda Luce Blair,
Chairman of the Board, Town Center Improvement District
WHAT are these three Propositions that voters in The Woodlands will be asked to consider on Tuesday, November 6, 2007?
The Propositions stem from legislation passed in the 2007 Texas Legislative Session. Authored by State Senator Tommy Williams and State Representative Rob Eissler, the legislation had its roots in recommendations from a 5-year study by The Woodlands Governance Steering Committee. Basically, through Regional Participation Agreements with the cities of Houston and Conroe, The Woodlands will contribute a portion of its sales tax towards regional projects, and in exchange, The Woodlands is released from the possibility of annexation by these cities.
In connection with implementing the Regional Participation Agreements, residents will be asked to vote FOR or AGAINST three Propositions:
1. Confirm the expansion of the Town Center Improvement District (TCID) boundaries to cover all of The Woodlands;
2. Confirm the restructuring of the TCID Board of Directors to be elected by all of The Woodlands residents;
3. The levy of an ad valorem property tax by TCID (in place of community association assessments).
The legislation provides that the election take place this November. If the Propositions do not pass, the opportunities expire and there is no provision for another election.
WHO are the Town Center Improvement District, and The Woodlands Township?
TCID is a local government created in 1993 by the Texas Legislature, whose boundaries have been expanded several times since its inception. It provides public safety and economic development to the Town Center area of The Woodlands. As an existing governmental entity, TCID was designated in the legislation to become a part of the Regional Participation Agreements, rather than create an all new government body. If the Propositions are passed by the voters, the name of TCID will change to "The Woodlands Township" to better reflect its constituents and responsibilities.
HOW does The Woodlands proceed if the Propositions are passed, and how does The Woodlands proceed if the Propositions are not passed?
If Passed: The TCID will change its name to The Woodlands Township, its boundaries will expand to cover all of The Woodlands, and its board of directors will become fully elected. The Woodlands Township will be able to assess an ad valorem property tax, to reduce current community association assessments on a dollar for dollar basis. The ad valorem tax will be deductible from federal income taxes, whereas the community association assessments are not. The ad valorem tax rate will be less than the current community association assessment rates. The Woodlands residents will be free from forced annexation, and will have the opportunity to choose a future form of government.
If Not Passed: (Note: Propositions 1 and 2 are dependent on one another. If either fails to pass, they both fail, and so does Proposition #3. The TCID will not evolve into The Woodlands Township, its boundaries will not be expanded, and the board of directors will not be reorganized. The Regional Participation Agreements with the cities of Houston and Conroe will be null. Various parts of The Woodlands will remain within the extraterritorial jurisdictions of those cities, subject to annexation by them. The community associations' assessments will not be replaced by an ad valorem property tax. WHERE do voters register, and vote? Residents of The Woodlands who are registered to vote by October 9, 2007 are eligible to vote in the election on Tuesday, November 6, 2007, and in early voting from October 22 through November 2, 2007, at voting locations designated by the Montgomery County Elections Administrator.
WANT MORE? Details, links to the legislation and the elections office, and answers to Frequently Asked Questions can be found on the informational web site www.thewoodlandsdecides.com.


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Seriously, guys — you'd think PowerPoint would be the easiest platform in the world to use. It's the de-facto presentation software for most businesses, but most of us don't use the program to its full potential.
There are lots of hidden tricks you can do in the platform. Need an easy way to angle a photo? There's a button for that. How about removing the background of an image? Simple as a few clicks.
The problem with these little PowerPoint tricks is that they aren't always easy to discover. This issue becomes even worse because, as a typical Gen Y-er, I hate to read manuals. So, unless I stumble on a new feature or just search for one when it's absolutely necessary, I never discover those tips and tricks that could make my life much, much easier.
To help you make the most of this fairly powerful design tool that's sitting unused on your computer, here are five little PowerPoint tricks that all marketers should have up their sleeves, complete with animated GIF instructions. Try them out for yourself!
Trick 1: Create a Custom Background Size
If you've ever tried to create an infographic or virtually anything else that won't fit in the default slide size in PowerPoint, you've probably felt this pain before. So go ahead, free yourself from the binds of PowerPoint slides, and embrace your custom image with this tip.
1) In the top-left corner, choose 'File.'
2) Select 'Page Setup.'
3) Type the height and width of the background you'd like, and click 'OK.'
4) A dialogue box will appear. Click 'OK' again.
5) Your background is resized!
Tip: Resize your slides before you add any objects to them or the dimensions of your objects will become skewed.
Trick 2: Edit Your Slide Template
If you've ever tried to get your marketing department to stay on-brand when developing SlideShares or giving presentations, you know how annoying it is to try to get everyone on the same page. Now, all you need to do is edit your Master Slides, and then let the branding commence!
1) Select 'Themes' in the top navigation.
2) In the far right, click 'Edit Master,' then 'Slide Master.'
3) Make any changes you like, then click 'Close Master.' All current and future slides in that presentation will use that template.
Trick 3: Save Slide Components as an Image
The problem with saving each slide as an image is that you often get unwanted background colors in them, meaning it becomes difficult to make versatle images in PowerPoint. Here's how you avoid that pesky background problem and just save objects as your image.
1) Select all objects by holding down 'Shift' while clicking on them.
2) Right click, then select 'Grouping' and then 'Group.'
3) Right click on the whole group, then select 'Save as Picture.' Boom, no white space in the back.
Trick 4: Align All of Your Objects
You can manually try to line up your images, but we all know how that works out. You're trying to make sure all of your objects hang out in the middle of your slide, but when you drag them there, it still doesn't look quite right. Get rid of your guessing game and let PowerPoint work its magic with this trick.
How to align objects to each other:
1) Select all objects by holding down 'Shift' while clicking on them.
2) Select 'Arrange' in the top options bar, then choose 'Align or Distribute.'
3) Choose the type of alignment you'd like.
How to align objects to the slide:
1) Select all objects by holding down 'Shift' while clicking on them.
2) Select 'Arrange' in the top options bar, then choose 'Align or Distribute.'
3) Select 'Align to Slide.'
4) Select 'Arrange' in the top options bar again, then choose 'Align or Distribute.'
5) Choose the type of alignment you'd like.
Trick 5: Turn Square Images Into Custom Shapes
We all know how important it is to use photos in your marketing (maybe you downloaded our recent stock photo collection, perhaps?), but do you know how to customize them? Make them fit into your favorite shapes in PowerPoint — all with just one click.
1) Click on the image and select 'Format' in the options bar.
2) Choose 'Crop,' then 'Mask to Shape,' and then choose your desired shape. Ta-da! Custom-shaped photos.


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It turns out you can have your cake and eat it, too.
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The major reason to visit here is the rock cut churches. Mind-blowing really. Ennui free here!
I only had a few hours to see the 12 churches. But they are all close together so it was surprisingly easy. Without rushing I visited them all within 3 hours, so I am quite glad I didn't spend three days her as originally planned. I am pleased I listened to the advice of the Ethiopian Airlines man who I bought my flights from "Three days? Oh no sir - you will be plenty bored."
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Closing in on 50 we realize that being at the tail end of the baby boomer generation put us in a unique gray area between two very different groups. Most of us did not feel the wrath of the depression although our parents certainly did; they seemed to shield us from those horrifying times memories.
Yes we all heard the stories from our grand parents about food lines and pot luck dinners. I heard a story about people stealing the paper off of apples in the market to use as toilet paper. I heard about endless dinners of potato soup and leaks and I heard about how my grand mother killed my mother's pet chicken for dinner one night. She never ate chicken again.
We came from modest middle class families wearing hand-me-down clothes and playing with passed down toys. But we had more than our parents did when they were children.
So what was our contribution, our obligation to the next generation?
We were taught that a penny saved is a penny earned. We were taught not to buy anything unless we had the cash to pay for it. We were also taught to help people less fortunate then ourselves.
The shield our parents held protecting us from the harsh realities of the depression dulled our sensibilities toward the possibility it may happen again. Did we do our job teaching the next generations the lessons from the past? Explaining to generation X and Y that hard work is the only way to succeed. Feeling good about your accomplishments is really the reward not your ability to put $1300 down on a $60k vehicle with a payment of $500 a month. To feel good about the fact no one gave you a free pass because of your hard work. Or did we sit back and let them create their own path? Hoping that they would find an easier way, a faster way to reach their goals and protect us in our old age.
We did sit back, and we gave them the reins too early. We didn't spend enough time telling them, warning them about what could happen.
Credit Cards, Equity loans and leasing cars became the norm. By the end of the century most families were spending 1/3 more per month than their income. People were living on borrowed time and we all watched it happen.
What should my Generation do? We need to be heard, we need to take back the reins. We can't spend or borrow our way out of this mess. There has to be a correction, a re-set on how we all live.
This is what my generation has to offer, only if we're giving the opportunity. But it may be too late.
Closing in on 50 we realize that being at the tail end of the baby boomer generation put us in a unique gray area between two very different groups. Most of us did not feel the wrath of the depression although our parents certainly did; they seemed to shield us from those horrifying times memories.
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- Stephanie Faris November 17, 2009 at 1:40 PM
I'm almost 40 so I'm one of Generation X. I'm not sure how my generation is perceived at this point. I don't think we're, as a whole, as successful and driven as previous generations have been.
- Autore November 17, 2009 at 2:13 PM
My generation did not do a good job teaching your generation. We were hoping Gen X and Y would re-invent the wheel. It's not the lack of drive it's the direction that screwed everything up. A 30 something friend told me working hard is for fools-working smart and using other people's money is the way to go. Discipline, honesty, integrity and hard work will always be the recipe for success.


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quotas. You can also configure quotas using the DirQuota command-line tool. Additionally,
you can configure disk quotas by using Group Policy settings or by using Windows Explorer.
The sections that follow describe each of these techniques.
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Configuring Disk Quotas Using the Quota Management Console
After installing the File Server Resource Manager role service, you can manage disk quotas
using the Quota Management console. In Server Manager, you can access the snap-in at
Roles\File Services\Share And Storage Management\File Server Resource Manager\Quota
Management. The Quota Management console provides more flexible control over quotas and
makes it easier to notify users or administrators that a user has exceeded a quota threshold or
to run an executable file that automatically clears up disk space.
Creating Quota Templates The Quota Management snap-in supports the use of quota templates.
You can use a quota template to apply a set of quotas and response behavior to volumes.
Windows Server 2008 includes the following standard templates:
■ 100 MB Limit Defines a hard quota (a quota that prevents the user from creating more
files) of 100 MB per user, with e-mail warnings sent to the user at 85 percent and 95
percent. At 100 percent of the quota, this template sends an e-mail to the user and to
■ 200 MB Limit Reports To User Defines a hard quota of 200 MB per user, with e-mail
warnings sent to the user at 85 percent and 95 percent. At 100 percent of the quota, this
template sends an e-mail to the user and to administrators and sends a report to the user.
■ 200 MB Limit With 50 MB Extension Defines a 200 MB quota. When the 200MB quota
is reached, the computer sends an e-mail to the user and administrators and then applies
the 250 MB Extended Limit quota to grant the user additional capacity.
■ 250 MB Extended Limit Primarily used with the previous quota template to provide the
user an additional 50 MB of capacity. This template prevents the user from exceeding
■ Monitor 200 GB Volume Usage Provides e-mail notifications when utilization reaches
70 percent, 80 percent, 90 percent, and 100 percent of the 200 GB soft quota.
■ Monitor 500 MB Share Provides e-mail notifications when utilization reaches 80 percent,
100 percent, and 120 percent of the 500 MB soft quota.
These standard templates are provided as examples. To create your own quota templates,
right-click Quota Templates in the Quota Management console, and then choose Create
Quota Template. In the Create Quota Template dialog box, select a standard template you
want to base your new template on, and then click Copy. Figure 11-6 demonstrates copying a
quota template.
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Figure 11-6 Creating a quota template
Thresholds define what happens when a user reaches a quota (or a percentage of a quota). To
add a threshold, edit a quota template or a quota, and then click Add. The Add Threshold dialog
box has four tabs:
■ E-mail Message Sends an e-mail notification to administrators or to the user. You can
define the [Admin Email] variable and other e-mail settings by right-clicking File Server
Resource Manager and then choosing Configure Options.
■ Event Log Logs an event to the event log, which is useful if you have management tools
that process events.
■ Command Runs a command or a script when a threshold is reached. You can use this
to run a script that automatically compresses files, removes temporary files, or allocates
more disk space for the user.
■ Report Generates a report that you can e-mail to administrators or the user. You can
choose from a number of reports.
Use thresholds to notify users or administrators that a user has consumed a specific amount
of disk space.
Creating Quotas To apply quotas consistently, you should always create a quota template
first and then create a quota based on that template. To create a quota, follow these steps:
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1. Select and right-click the Quotas node in Server Manager, and then choose Create Quota.
The Create Quota dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 11-7.
Figure 11-7 Creating a quota
2. Click the Browse button to select a folder to apply the quota to, and then click OK.
3. Optionally, select Auto Apply Template And Create Quotas On Existing And New Subfolders.
Selecting this option applies a template to any new folders created within the
parent folder you select.
4. Select the Derive Properties From This Quota Template option, and then select the
quota template from the drop-down list. Otherwise, you can select the Define Custom
Quota Properties option and then click the Custom Properties button to define a quota
not based on an existing template.
5. Click Create.
The Quotas snap-in shows the newly created quota, which is immediately in effect.
Configuring Disk Quotas at a Command Prompt or Script
You can use the DirQuota command to configure disk quotas at the command prompt or from
a script. For example, the following command applies the standard 200 MB Limit Reports To
User template to the C:\Shared folder:
dirquota quota add /Path:C:\Shared /SourceTemplate:"200 MB Limit Reports To User"
To create a hard limit of 100 MB, run the following command:
dirquota quota add /Path:C:\Shared /Limit:100MB /Type:Hard
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Although you can create multiple thresholds and notifications using the DirQuota command,
it is typically easier to create templates and use DirQuota to apply the templates. For complete
usage information, type the command DirQuota /?.
Configuring Disk Quotas Using Windows Explorer
Although you should always use the Quota Management console to configure quotas in Windows
Server 2008, the operating system continues to support quota management using Windows
Explorer, using the same interface as earlier versions of Windows. To configure disk
quotas on a local computer using Windows Explorer, follow these steps:
1. Open Windows Explorer (for example, by clicking Start and then choosing Computer).
2. Right-click the disk you want to configure quotas for, and then choose Properties. You
cannot configure quotas for individual folders.
The disk properties dialog box appears.
3. In the Quota tab, select the Enable Quota Management check box, as shown in Figure
Figure 11-8 Enabling quota management
4. Select the Limit Disk Space To option. Specify the limit and warning levels. Windows
does not notify users if they exceed either threshold. In fact, if you choose not to enforce
quota limits, the only difference between the two thresholds is the event ID that is added
to the System event log.
5. To add an event for the warning or limit levels, select the Log Event When A User
Exceeds Their Quota Limit check box or the Log Event When A User Exceeds Their
Warning Level check box. Events are added to the System event log with a source of
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NTFS. Event ID 36 indicates that a user reached the warning level, and event ID 37
indicates a user reached the quota limit. Use event triggers to send an e-mail or run a
program when these events are added so that systems administrators can address the
problem. For more information about event triggers, read Chapter 10, "Monitoring
6. Optionally, select the Deny Disk Space To Users Exceeding Quota Limit check box. If
you select this check box, users will be unable to save or update files when they exceed
their quota limit. For this reason, you should typically not select this option—the potential
harm to user productivity is rarely worth it. Instead, create an event trigger that notifies
IT when a user exceeds the quota limit so that IT can follow up with the user.
7. Click Quota Entries to view the current disk usage, as shown in Figure 11-9. In the Quota
Entries window, double-click a user to configure a user-specific quota that differs from
the default settings for the disk.
Figure 11-9 Viewing quota entries
8. Click OK to close the Quota Settings For user name dialog box, close the Quota Entries
For drive letter window, and then click OK again to close the Local Disk Properties dialog
box. If prompted, click OK to enable system quotas.
Configuring Disk Quotas Using Group Policy
You can also configure simple disk quotas using Group Policy settings. In the Group Policy
Management Editor, select the Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\
System\Disk Quotas node to define these policy settings:
■ Enable Disk Quotas You must enable this policy to use disk quotas.
■ Enforce Disk Quota Limit Equivalent to selecting the Deny Disk Space To Users Exceeding
Quota Limit check box when configuring local disk quotas.
■ Default Quota Limit And Warning Level Defines the quota limit and warning levels,
exactly as you can when configuring disk quotas using Windows Explorer.
■ Log Event When Quota Limit Exceeded Equivalent to selecting the Log Event When A
User Exceeds Their Quota Limit check box in Windows Explorer.
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■ Log Event When Quota Warning Level Exceeded Equivalent to selecting the Log Event
When A User Exceeds Their Warning Level check box in Windows Explorer.
■ Apply Policy To Removable Media Defines whether quotas are applied to removable
media. Typically, this policy should be disabled.
Sharing Folders
You can share folders across the network to allow other computers to access them, as if the
computers were connected to a local disk.
Sharing Folders from Windows Explorer
The simplest way to share a folder is to right-click the folder in Windows Explorer and then
choose Share. As shown in Figure 11-10, the File Sharing dialog box appears and allows you to
select the users who will have access to the folder. Click Share to create the shared folder, and
then click Done.
Figure 11-10 Using the File Sharing dialog box to share a folder
Using this interface you can select four permission levels:
■ Reader Provides read-only access. This is equivalent to the Read share permission.
■ Contributor Provides read and write access. This is equivalent to the Change share permission.
■ Co-owner Enables the user to change file permissions, as well as granting full read and
write access. This is equivalent to the Full Control share permission.
■ Owner Assigned to the user who creates the share and allows changing file permissions
and read and write files. This is equivalent to the Full Control share permission.
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Sharing Folders Using the Provision A Shared Folder Wizard
Using the Provision A Shared Folder Wizard, you can share folders, configure quotas, and
specify security by following these steps:
1. In Server Manager, right-click Roles\File Services\Share And Storage Management, and
then choose Provision Share.
The Provision A Shared Folder Wizard appears.
2. On the Shared Folder Location page, click the Browse button to select the folder to share.
Click OK. Click Next.
3. On the NTFS Permissions page, select Yes, Change NTFS Permissions and then, if necessary,
click Edit Permissions. Configure the NTFS permissions as necessary, and then
click OK. Click Next.
4. On the Share Protocols page you can choose whether to share the folder using Windows
protocol (indicated as SMB, which stands for Server Message Block) or using a UNIX
protocol (indicated as NFS, or Network File System). Typically, SMB will suffice, even for
UNIX clients. NFS is available only if the Services For Network File System role service
is installed. Click Next.
5. On the SMB Settings page, click Advanced if you want to change the default settings for
the number of simultaneous users permitted or Offline Files. Click Next.
6. On the SMB Permissions page, as shown in Figure 11-11, select the permissions you
want to assign. To define custom permissions, select Users And Groups Have Custom
Share Permissions, and then click the Permissions button. Click Next.
Figure 11-11 The SMB Permissions page
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7. On the Quota Policy page, select the Apply Quota check box if you want to define a
quota. Then, select a quota template. Click Next.
8. On the File Screen Policy page, select the Apply File Screen check box if you want to
allow only specific types of files in the folder. Then, select the file screen you want to use.
Click Next.
NOTE Configuring file screening
You can configure file screening using the Roles\File Services\Share And Storage Management\
File Server Resource Manager\File Screening Management node of Server Manager.
You can use the FileScrn.exe command-line tool in scripts or when running Windows Server
2008 Server Core.
9. On the DFS Namespace Publishing page, select the Publish The SMB Share To A DFS
Namespace check box if desired. Then, provide the DFS namespace information. Click
10. On the Review Settings And Create Share page, click Create.
11. Click Close.
Sharing Folders from a Command Prompt or Script
You can share folders from a script or a command prompt (for example, when running Server
Core) using the net share command.
To view existing shares, type the following command:
net share
To create a share, use the following syntax:
net share ShareName=Path [/GRANT:user,[READ|CHANGE|FULL]]
For example, to share the C:\Shared folder using the share name Files, type the following
net share Files=C:\Shared
To share the same folder with read access for everyone but disallow Offline Files, type the following
net share Files=C:\Shared /GRANT:Everyone,Read /CACHE:None
To remove a share, specify the share name and the /DELETE parameter. The following example
would remove the share named Files:
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net share Files /DELETE
For complete usage information, tyep the following command:
net share /?
Connecting to Shared Folders
Client computers connect to shared folders across the network by using the Universal Naming
Convention (UNC) format: \\<server_name>\<share_name>. For example, if you share
the folder MyDocs from the server MyServer, you would connect to it by typing \\MyServer
You can use UNC format just as you would specify any folder name. For example, you could
open a file in Notepad by providing the path \\MyServer\MyDocs\MyFile.txt. At a command
prompt, you could view the contents of the shared folder by running the following command:
dir \\MyServer\MyDocs
Most users prefer to access shared folders using a network drive. Network drives map a drive
letter to a shared folder. For example, although the C drive is typically a local hard disk, you
could assign the Z drive to a shared folder. Client computers can connect to shared folders
from Windows Explorer by clicking the Map Network Drive button or by clicking the Tools
menu and then choosing Map Network Drive. Alternatively, you can map a network drive
using the Net command at a command prompt with the following syntax:
net use <drive_letter>: \\<server_name>\<share_name>
For example, the following command would map the Z drive to the \\MyServer\MyDocs
shared folder:
net use Z: \\MyServer\MyDocs
DFS Overview
Large organizations often have dozens, or even hundreds, of file servers. This can make it very
difficult for users to remember which file server specific files are stored on.
DFS provides a single namespace that allows users to connect to any shared folder in your
organization. With DFS, all shared folders can be accessible using a single network drive letter
in Windows Explorer. For example, if your Active Directory domain is contoso.com, you
could create the DFS namespace \\contoso.com\dfs. Then, you could create the folder
\\contoso.com\dfs\marketing and map it to shared folders (known as targets) at both
\\server1\marketing and \\server2\marketing.
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Besides providing a single namespace to make it easier for users to find files, DFS can provide
redundancy for shared files using replication. Replication also allows you to host a shared
folder on multiple servers and have client computers automatically connect to the closest
available server.
Installing DFS
You can install DFS when adding the File Services server role using the Add Roles Wizard, or
you can add the role service later using Server Manager by right-clicking Roles\File Services
and then choosing Add Role Services. Whichever method you use, follow these steps to complete
the wizard pages:
1. On the DFS Namespaces page, choose whether to create a namespace. Click Next.
2. If the Namespace Type page appears, choose whether to use a domain-based namespace
(for Active Directory environments) or a stand-alone namespace (for workgroup environments).
If all DFS servers for the namespace are running Windows Server 2008,
enable Windows Server 2008 mode. Click Next.
3. If the Namespace Configuration page appears, you can click the Add button to add folders.
You can also do this later using the DFS Management snap-in. Click Next.
If you don't create a DFS namespace or add folders, you can add them later using the DFS
Management console in Server Manager.
Creating a DFS Namespace
The DFS namespace forms the root of shared folders in your organization. Although you might
need only a single DFS namespace, you can create multiple DFS namespaces. To create a DFS
namespace, follow these steps:
1. In Server Manager, right-click Roles\File Services\DFS Management\Namespaces, and
then choose New Namespace.
The New Namespace Wizard appears.
2. On the Namespace Server page, type the name of the server that will host the
namespace. You can add servers later to host the namespace for redundancy. Users do
not reference the server name when accessing the DFS namespace. Click Next.
3. On the Namespace Name And Settings page, type a name. This name acts as the share
name when users access the DFS namespace—for example, \\domain_name
\namespace_name. Click the Edit Settings button to configure the permissions for the
namespace. Click Next.
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4. On the Namespace Type page, choose whether to create a domain-based namespace or
a stand-alone namespace. Domain-based namespaces use the Active Directory domain
name as their root, and stand-alone namespaces use the server as their root. Click Next.
5. On the Review Settings And Create Namespace page, click Create.
6. On the Confirmation page, click Close.
After creating a namespace, you can adjust settings by right-clicking it and then choosing Properties.
The Properties dialog box for the namespace has three tabs:
■ General Allows you to type a description for the namespace.
■ Referrals When a client accesses the root of a namespace or a folder with targets, the client
receives a referral from the domain controller. Clients always attempt to access the
first target computer in the referral list and, if the first target computer does not respond,
access computers farther down the list. This tab gives you control over how multiple targets
in a referral list are ordered. Select Random Order from the Ordering Method dropdown
list to distribute referrals evenly among all targets (with targets in the same site
listed first). Select Lowest Cost to direct clients to the closest target computer first using
site link costs (which you can define using the Active Directory Sites And Services console).
If you would rather have clients fail instead of accessing a target in a different
Active Directory site, select Exclude Targets Outside Of The Client's Site. Folders inherit
the ordering method from the namespace root by default, but you can also edit the properties
of individual folders. The Cache Duration setting defines how long clients wait
before requesting a new referral.
Exam Tip Know the different referral order types for the exam!
■ Advanced Choose from two polling configurations: Optimize For Consistency or Optimize
For Scalability. Optimize For Consistency configures namespace servers to query
the primary domain controller (PDC) each time the namespace changes, which reduces
the time it takes for changes to the namespace to be visible to users. Optimize For Scalability
reduces the number of queries (thus improving performance and reducing utilization
of your PDC) by querying the closest domain controller at regular intervals.
Adding Folders to a DFS Namespace
Before your namespace is useful, you must add folders to it. Folders can be organizational,
which means they exist only within the DFS namespace, or they can be associated with a
shared folder on a server. When users connect to a DFS namespace, these folders appear
exactly like folders in a traditional file system.
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To add folders to a DFS namespace, follow these steps:
1. In Server Manager, select Roles\File Services\DFS Management\Namespaces.
2. In the details pane, right-click the namespace, and then choose New Folder.
The New Folder dialog box appears.
3. Type the name for the folder. If the folder is to be used only for organizational purposes
(for example, it will contain only other folders), you can click OK. If you want the folder
to contain files, click the Add button to associate it with a shared folder. If you add multiple
folder targets, you can configure automatic replication between the folders.
4. Click OK.
Configuring DFS from a Command Prompt or Script
You can use the DFSUtil tool to configure DFS from a command prompt or script. For example,
to view the DFS roots in a domain, run the following command:
dfsutil domain <domain_name>
To view the roots on a specific server, run the following command:
dfsutil server <server_name>
To view the targets in a namespace, run the following command:
dfsutil target \\<domain_name>\<namespace_root>
To view the targets for a folder, run the following command:
dfsutil link \\<domain_name>\<namespace_root>\<folder>
To view which Active Directory site a client participates in, run the following command:
dfsutil client siteinfo <client_name>
For complete usage information, type dfsutil /? at a command prompt. To troubleshoot DFS,
use the DFSDiag command-line tool. For more information, type dfsdiag /? at a command
Offline Files
Mobile users might need access to shared folders even when they're disconnected from your
internal network. Offline Files makes this possible by allowing client computers to automatically
cache a copy of files on shared folders and by providing transparent access to the files
when the user is disconnected from the network. The next time the user connects to the network,
Offline Files synchronizes any updates and prompts the user to manually resolve any
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Server administrators can configure Offline Files at the shared folder, and users of client computers
can configure Offline Files when connected to a shared folder. To configure Offline
Files caching behavior for a shared folder, follow these steps:
1. In Server Manager, select Roles\File Services\Share And Storage Management.
2. In the details pane, right-click the share you want to configure, and then choose Properties.
3. In the Sharing tab, click Advanced.
4. In the Advanced dialog box, click the Caching tab, as shown in Figure 11-12. Select one
of the following three options, and then click OK twice:
❑ Only The Files And Programs That Users Specify Are Available Offline Users must
manually select the files they want to access while offline. This option works well
when users understand how to use Offline Files.
❑ All Files And Programs That Users Open From The Share Are Automatically Available
Offline Files that users access while connected to the network are automatically
cached for a limited amount of time. This option works well when users do not
understand how to use Offline Files.
❑ No Files Or Programs From The Share Are Available Offline Prevents users from
accessing Offline Files. This option is the best choice for confidential documents
that should not be stored on mobile computers.
Figure 11-12 Configuring Offline Files behavior for a shared folder
You can also access the same settings from Windows Explorer by clicking Advanced
Sharing in the Sharing tab of the shared folder's properties dialog box and then clicking
the Caching button.
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If you choose Only The Files And Programs That Users Specify Are Available Offline, users
must configure mapped drives for use with Offline Files. In Windows Vista, configure a
mapped drive for Offline Files by following these steps:
1. In Windows Explorer, right-click the network folder or file, and then choose Properties.
2. On the Offline Files tab, select the Always Available Offline check box. Then, click OK.
NOTE Using Offline Files in Windows Vista
In Windows Vista, you can right-click a network file or folder and then select Always Available
Windows immediately synchronize the file or folder. Users can return to the Offline
Files tab later and click Synch Now to copy the latest version of the file.
PRACTICE Working with Shared Folders
In this practice, you create a redundant DFS namespace.
Exercise 1 Add the Distributed File System Role Service
In this exercise, you must add the File Services server role and Distributed File System role service
on both Dcsrv1 and Boston. Then, you will create a DFS namespace that is hosted on both
computers and create shared folders that will be part of that namespace. The shared folders
will automatically replicate files between each other, providing redundancy for clients who
need to access the files.
To complete this exercise, Dcsrv1 should be configured as a domain controller and Boston
should be configured as a domain member.
1. On Dcsrv1, in Server Manager, right-click Roles, and then choose Add Roles.
The Add Roles Wizard appears.
2. On the Before You Begin page, click Next.
3. On the Server Roles page, select the File Services check box. Click Next.
4. On the File Services page, click Next.
5. On the Select Role Services page, select the role services File Server, Distributed File System,
and File Server Resource Manager check boxes. Click Next.
6. On the Create A DFS Namespace page, type the namespace name Public. Click Next.
7. On the Namespace Type page, leave the default settings selected. Click Next.
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Where do you spend more of your time "" discussing how to get more customers or members "" or how to keep the customers or members that you have?
According to Google over the past decade, we, as a society, clearly spend more of our time looking for ways to grow our organizations than we do trying to keep our current customers or members.
With all of the time, resources, and money you put into acquiring your customers or members, it is important to know that your efforts aren't wasted when customers don't stick around.
Understanding your customer retention rate is one of the best ways to measure how successfully your company or organization is maintaining customer relationships. On a more granular level, you need to know which types of customer you are keeping and at which point in the relationships customer or members might leave, so that you can identify problematic issues and make necessary adjustments.
There are a lot of things that businesses and membership organizations can do to improve customer or member retention, from personal outreach programs to boosting engagement and the value your customers/members are receiving using your organization's private online community.
Before we get into strategies and tactics, you must start with the basics of customer retention and how to effectively measure it.
Just How Important IS Customer or Member Retention?
It's a common assumption in the marketing world that it costs more money to get new customers than to keep the ones you currently have.
According to a recent study by social media marketing software provider, Flowtown, that's even more evident than we've always suspected. The study found that maintaining existing customers costs six to seven times less than acquiring new customers.
Not to mention, the best thing about current customers is their likelihood of becoming repeat buyers or expanding their financial relationship with your organization. You've already done the work of gaining their trust and studies have shown customers are much more likely to buy from companies with which they have an existing relationship.
Increasing your customer or member retention rates also helps increase your profit. This study by Bain and Company reports that increasing your customer retention rates by just five percent led to an increase in profits between 25 and 95 percent.
With statistics like these, you shouldn't wait any longer to get a clear picture of where your organization stands on its customer or member retention rate. In fact, we've broken down the formula for calculating your customer retention rate into five easy to understand steps, so you can become proactive with your retention strategy right now.
Five Steps to Calculating Your Customer or Member Retention Rates
Though there are more complicated formulas out there, we're keeping it simple with a proven classic: ((CE-CN)/CS)) x 100. Don't worry""it's not as confusing as it looks.
Step #1
The first thing you need to do to calculate your retention rate is identify the specific period of time you're focusing on. Perhaps you're looking at the last year, maybe you'd rather just examine the last six months, or maybe you're interested in quarterly or monthly retention rates. Regardless, the formula is the same""it's just your figures that will vary.
Step #2
Next, you need to know how many customers you had at the end of that period of time. If you're calculating a current retention rate at the end of the period during which you'd like to measure, it might be as easy as determining how many customers you currently have. This number is represented by CE in our formula.
Step #3
You also need to know how many new customers were acquired during you period of interest, so that you don't include them as retained customers in your final retention measurement. This number is represented by CN in our formula. Now you're ready to do your first calculation: subtract your CN number (new customers acquired during the period) from your CE number (number of customers at the end of the period).
Step #4
The final number you need to know is how many customers you had at the start of your period of interest. This number is CS in the formula. For your next calculation, you will take the solution to Step 3 (CE-CN) and divide it by how many customers you had at the start of your period (CS). This covers the first part of the equation: ((CE-CN)/CS)
Step #5
Finally, you want to turn that number into a percentage by multiplying it by 100. Your final number is your customer retention rate for your period of interest.
See? That wasn't so bad, was it? Now, to illustrate things even further, let look at an example. Remember, our formula is ((CE-CN)/CS) x 100.
Customer Retention Rate Example
Your company or membership organization started the year with 500 customers. Over the course of a year, you gained another 50 customers and lost 20.
((530-50)/500) x 100 = 96%
Your company's customer retention rate is 96%.
What is a Good Customer or Member Retention Rate?
While the percentage you're striving for will depend on the goals and financial models of your company or membership organization, obviously the higher the number, the better.
In a perfect world, all of our retention rates would be 100%, but history tells that isn't likely to happen due to forces both within and outside your control. Still, for most industries, shooting for above 90% is a great goal.
Customer or Member Retention Rate Takeaway
They say knowledge is power and knowing your customer or member retention rate is no exception. Once you are aware of your percentage, you can start making plans to improve it.
Maintaining customer relationships is a tried and true method for increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty. Private online customer or member communities help to maintain strong relationships with your current customers or members. Your private online community can also give you insight into which customers or members are at risk of ending their relationship with your company or organization so you can take steps to earn back their trust, attention, and business.


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Three and a bit years ago I was getting fit. I was starting to run again for the third time and I was about to turn thirty.
My friends got me a 30th birthday present. It was entry to the midnattsloppet, and apparently it was so the 'tant' genes didn't take over. Midnattsloppet is a night time run in Sweden. It's 10km and has been held since 1982.
I'd only ever managed to get myself up to running 5km. But the challenge seemed like a good idea. So I started training for the 10km. Only to get pregnant a few weeks later and have tiredness and nausea slow me down considerably.
I then had the misfortune of having my grandfather pass away when I was 7 weeks pregnant and I took myself back to Australia to see my family. During my visit, I wasn't training at all. I was eating as frequently as possible to stave off nausea and sleeping vast swathes of my life away.
Upon my return to Sweden, I was 11 weeks pregnant and the race was just two weeks away. I decided not to do it. I also found several weeks later that my hips do not enjoy pregnancy and were trying to move apart from each other, a painful condition known as SPD.
So running and I were not on friendly terms again until TWO was about two. I tried running a bit the summer after she turned one, but my hips were not too keen on the idea at all.
Fast forward from that painful time to about March this year. TWO turned two and my friend Ana asked me to train with her. She had never run before and wanted to give it a try. We started doing the couch to 5k program and were most dedicated, even running in the snow one evening.
I had used the Robert Ullrey podcasts previously to get to 5km, found here, and they were great again. But once we reached 5km, it was time to get something to get us all the way to 10km. Ana had her own programme going and I found Suz's 5 to 10km podcast and decided to give it a go. The combination of the 90s R&B and hip hop and Suz's high voice had me hooked. I used it, sang along at times, and found a new appreciation for TLC that I thought I'd never have.
I ended up being inexplicably injured two weeks before the official race day, and thought perhaps I would have to miss out. But fate was on my side and I completed the race in 1 hour and 7 mins. Which is pretty close to my goal of doing it in an hour.
Since then my running has dropped off considerably. And I think my mood had dropped off too. So in the last few weeks I have asked the boy to make me go running when it isn't pissing down with rain.
Today was an example of that kind of run. The rain was holding off, it was 7 degrees C and windy. But I went out running. I've been a bit stressed in the last couple of days and the running helped me distract myself from the stresses and worries. The cold sped me up and the endorphins made me a much happier person when I got home.
Considering the weather predicted in the next few weeks (rain, rain and more rain), I've decided to join a local gym for the opportunity to run when it suits me and not the weather. I'm thinking after dagis drop off of TWO. The gym is between dagis and home, perfect way to get some running endorphins in me. I just hope that the treadmill doesn't bore me stupid. I guess I'm stuck listening to Suz's podcast while I run so I can keep entertained.
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"also, that panel was my entry into US comics. Sim was funding the Bissette-Totleben Taboo plan, and Steve and John stayed overnight with me and Anne in Brighton and we took them to Gatwick airport the next day. That meeting resulted in Steve using my pyjama girl story in Taboo #1. Sim wrote the check for it."
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Now, I am not a diehard sports fan, but Cole's Mom (my daughter Erin) and his Daddy Matt were U of O cheerleaders in their college days and my daughter Abby also graduated from there...so I became an avid DUCKS fan!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Three Clover's Thursday Challenge #45-New Year or Celebration! GO DUCKS!
Now, I am not a diehard sports fan, but Cole's Mom (my daughter Erin) and his Daddy Matt were U of O cheerleaders in their college days and my daughter Abby also graduated from there...so I became an avid DUCKS fan!
22 comments:
- Elena said...
Wow! That is an awesome mini-album! You always amaze me with your projects and creativity, Sue!It's a real treasure to keep through the years! GO DUCKS!
And Happy New Year to you and Family!
- December 31, 2009 at 5:04 AM
- Danni said...
This made me smile..so adorable!
- December 31, 2009 at 12:47 PM
- Shirley N said...
That is a super mini album, Sue! Great idea and keepsake. Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year!
- December 31, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- Lynn Mercurio said...
What a fun and totally ducky project. So creative and so many fun elements! Happy New Year!
- December 31, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- Ida P. Krause said...
What a wonderful album. I'm rooting for the Ducks along with ya tomorrow. Happy New Year!
- December 31, 2009 at 3:07 PM
- Allison said...
OMG...how sweet! And what a unique idea for a mini-book! T and I are working on one for Avery tonight!
- December 31, 2009 at 3:41 PM
- Kristen said...
This is a fabulous album and even better, a wonderful gift. Love it...Super cute. Happy New years
- December 31, 2009 at 6:58 PM
- Sharon Caudle said...
Oh I think this album is fantastic, Sue!!! Love the pics and the shape! A very safe, happy, and healthy New Year to you and yours! hugs!
- December 31, 2009 at 9:19 PM
- "Kirby" (KrB) said...
Sue, I LOVE your album! How clever, and those pics are too, too cute! Great job on this and how nice to share it with the other grandparents. Happy New Year!
- December 31, 2009 at 9:20 PM
- Cindy Haffner said...
Sue your work is FABULOUS!! Happy New Year!!
- December 31, 2009 at 9:57 PM
- Ila said...
What a Fabulous mini Album!! the photos and layouts are Wonderful!!...Happy New Year!!..Hugs, Ila
- December 31, 2009 at 10:08 PM
- Our Little Inspirations said...
This mini album is such a keepsake, sure to be treasured for a lifetime of memories! Adorable work Sue! Happy New Year my friend!
- January 1, 2010 at 4:19 AM
- Sue said...
Oh Sue, this is wonderful. Your Grandbaby is so darling and what fun that the family all take in the football games together. The mini album is so nice and what a treasure to look back on. Love how you used the school colors and mascot in the album too, even though Cole is the STAR! Happy New Year.
- January 1, 2010 at 5:29 AM
- Silli said...
Hello dear Sue, your mini ist so great!!!! ;-) I love albums, the images are soooo cute!!!! I wish you all the best for the new year!!!! Big hugs Silke
- January 1, 2010 at 8:33 AM
- Larissa said...
Hi Sue
Happy new year! I hope you had a great christmas! Your mini album is really awesome! Cute pictures from Cole and such a great gift!
- January 1, 2010 at 10:44 AM
- Lynn said...
OMG this little album is too darn cute!
- January 1, 2010 at 11:10 AM
- Mel M. M. McCarthy said...
Oh my! This is cuter than words can say. What a sweet album shape & all the details. Gorgeous. And your photos are tugging at the strings of the ol' maternal clock. heehee. Seriously stunning photos. What a treasure to last a life time!
- January 1, 2010 at 1:40 PM
- joey said...
Hi Sue
this is gorgeous, you have ised some amazing piccys
Happy New Year to you.
- January 1, 2010 at 4:15 PM
Oh wow!! This is just adorable!! I love your photos and your clever idea!!! TFS!! Happy New Year!! HUGS
- January 1, 2010 at 4:38 PM
- mycardz said...
OMGoodness Sue! He is just the most adorable little boy ever! Wow, the album is truly amazing - what an awesome, awesome keepsake and SOOOOOOOOO well done! Wowzers. I love it. What a luky little boy to have such a talented Grandma!! hugz, Mary
P.S. A VERY happy new year to you ... wishing you all the best in 2010!
- January 2, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Jenny Gropp said...
OH SO SWEET! Love it, Sue!!!
- January 3, 2010 at 5:35 AM
- Maroussia said...
It will be great to watch Oregon Ducks, i have bought tickets from
http://ticketfront.com/event/Oregon_Ducks-tickets looking forward to it.
- January 25, 2010 at 1:51 AM


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