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Here are the babies at 4:30 a.m.! It's official we are on the vampire schedule already! I don't know what it is about NOT having to get up.....I feel like a kid & have to stay up ALL.NIGHT.LONG!
I have been getting lots checked off my to do list at least & that is a shocker!
I wanted to share some fun we had in the classroom before I started this MUCH NEEDED BREAK.....
|We got a call from the front office telling us we had a very cold package in the office!
|After I read the book and we talked about our new surprise the kids went to special. This is where the elf was when we returned.
|Staring in amazement!
|Fred changed the lunch choices!
|Everyone got popcorn!
|Reading Parts by Tedd Arnold to the Grinch!
|He left the class some cereal!
|Happy 50th Birthday message to our principal!
|Hiding in the crayons!
|He left us donuts but took a bite out of mine!
|I'm watching you!
|We caught Fred picking out what he wanted for Christmas!
|Just "peeping" in to check on us!
|Fred shredded all the homework!
|Fred had to make a Flat Gingy!
Me: "What does that say doll?"
Student: "Vaginga"
Me: "What does that mean?"
Student: "It's the name of my Flat Gingy!"
I guess you had to be there but I peed my pants a little & ran to tell all my friends!
My sweet BFF at school had this on my desk for my birthday with Fred attached! I was so excited & touched! Stop looking at the clutter on my desk!
Here is my partner in crime dressed as an elf! I am soooooo doing this next year! We both really got into the elf this year! I was so stoked to have others to plot with!
I saw this on FB & COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING! This is our goal for next school year.
Sydney-don't lose any more teeth....girl!
Brandon-you better help mom with the twins!
Reagan-girl you talk too much!
Landon-you have 4 days to learn to tie your shoes!
They were truly amazed & stood there with their mouths hitting the floor. There were a few that even cried. All we had them do was spin 3x & beg the elf not to tell Santa....lol.
We decorated sugar cones while watching The Grinch! They were hot little messes!
|Looking at the big mess!
|Fred was found with band-aids all over him after he was stepped on & kicked a few times!
|Our Elf on the Shelf daily journal included in my Elf on the Shelf Daily Writing activities!
|We found Fred taking a nap. He was wiped out after a hectic day!
|Uh-oh! Santa Claus wrote us some reminders about following the rules.
|Fishing under the Grinch tree.
Working on some of the items from my Elf on the Shelf Daily Writing activities.
Tons of journal prompts kept all my little elves super excited about writing during Daily 5!
Dear Santa persuasion letter!
Writing to the elf about how they are bucket fillers!
These pictures turned out cuter than I ever imagined!!! All I did was use some clipart & taped dowels to the back of each prop. I made enough for the whole class....I was a bit OBSESSED! I took one picture of each student by themselves. Then they got to pick two friends to take a picture with them. We also took a class photo. I always get photo Christmas cards on clearance at the end of the season. I developed the pictures at Meier & added some cutesy detail to each. I put the the student solo pics in a photo card for the parents. I gave each student a copy of the pic with their friends & a copy of the class picture. They were beyond excited!
|This is what the picture looked like once I did my magic!
|After we had our photo shoot we found Fred like this!
|Uh-oh Fred brought coal as a warning.
|Our class photo!
Aren't these beautiful?????? I brought a massive amount of acrylic paint to school & spent about $20 just to make sure I had enough paint for these. Each student got to pick out 4 different colors. I poured each of them in & let the kids roll the ornaments. Then I put let them drain into a clear cup. When there was a good amount of paint I used their leftover paint & made the ones on the right for my hippie tree at home. I was uber stoked about this gift when I left on Friday. I let them drain over the weekend...........................
After I let them drain over the weekend this is what I come back to on Monday!!!!! I just about had a meltdown! I was ready to cry.....cry like a baby. My coworker who has a gift of calming me down gave me an idea. I ended up putting the colors they used back in. I let them drain for about 30-45 minutes & then left them sideways in the container they came in. I waited until the next day to see what happened. They were fine.....PHEW! I wrote their name, a peace sign & the year with a paint marker & got them OUT OF THERE! The kids absolutely loved them but they were actually a parent gift. I attached a peace ribbon on the hook & they turned out fabulous.
I made each student their own bookmark & placed it in a book I ordered with my points from Scholastic. They totally loved these! I made some additional ones for former students who visit 2x a day....get over me already! I also made some for my friend's children.
We used white lunch bags to place the ornament in. I had a parent tell me she cried when she saw it...awe!
The front of the card was done by painting each child's fingers & placing them in the middle of the card. We let them dry over night. Then we let them go back & paint the snow hill. After that was dry they added the snowflakes with a white crayon & colored the details with sharpies.
Here is my cutie patootie hubs opening presents on Christmas day! I made him a coupon book with about 15 different coupons for a stocking stuffer. Of course this was his very favorite present! There are some coupons that needed to be hidden when mom came over.....LOL. I will make one for Valentine's Day & post it for you.
I had to sneak in a pic of Big B (Bentley). They got more presents than me! He inhaled every single snausage within 30 seconds!
As my students and I were having so much fun last week I couldn't help but cry my eyes out after they left. All I did was think about those poor little babies that were taken from their parents way too soon. Words can't express the heartache each and every person in this country feel for these families. I just couldn't even imagine. I told the parents of my students that they are safe with me and I would do anything to protect them. I know each and every one of you would do the same for your students. May those precious little angels rest in paradise.


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How Policies Can Have Unintended Consequences in Washington, D.C.
How Washington Actually Works For Dummies
Even well-intended and well-analyzed policies from Washington, D.C., can bring about unintended consequences. An action meant to bring about one set of reactions can inadvertently create incentives that lead to another set of unforeseen costs and adverse effects.
For example, when the U.S. auto industry began to experience competition from cheaper, more fuel-efficient Japanese cars, the industry lobbied U.S. policymakers to help it remain competitive. Its efforts brought about the 1981 voluntary export restraint (VER) agreement with Japan, which limited Japanese auto exports to 1.68 million cars annually.
Though the agreement did bring fewer Japanese cars into the United States, it also incentivized the Japanese to export bigger and more expensive cars. This paved the way for Japanese luxury brands such as Lexus, Acura, and Infiniti, which soon outcompeted American luxury brands. In addition, the Japanese auto industry began establishing factories in the United States that produced Japanese-brand cars, defeating the purpose of the VER.
A more recent example is that of U.S. government subsidies for biofuel production. Though they're intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, critics of the subsidies say that ethanol, made mainly from corn, has diverted grain (and associated land use) from food to fuel.
Subsidized ethanol subsequently helps drive up the price of grain, which may be good for farmers and rural communities but bad for city dwellers who must pay more for the food they eat.
These examples show that even the most careful and deliberate policymaker may not be able to anticipate the full effects of a policy's implementation. This makes the case even greater for public participation, open debate, and full transparency in the policymaking process.
The more information and greater the variety of stakeholder input policymakers have, the more likely they are to think of all the possible variables and outcomes that could result from a policy. A system that allows interest groups with different perspectives to voice concerns throughout each step of a law's implementation can help avoid the most harmful unintentional consequences when implementing a policy.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
NASCAR v. Planned Parenthood - guess who won!
Defunding Planned Parenthood. As we all know, or those of us who can read above the level of Run Spot Run, one of the "platforms" of the tea party movement is that of being anti choice. They want to make sure there is never an abortion ever again in this country, no matter if it saves the life of the mother, whether it's a result of incest or rape, or if the mother is 13 years old. No More Abortion EVER is their constant shriek - usually from a bunch of middle aged MEN. so - in their never ending quest to make sure they are as foolish as possible - they vote to defund a group that has provided health care including contraception to MILLIONS of lower income women; to women whose health insurance didn't include contraception (but usually included Viagra); to college students; low income women; women who needed good quality health care of all kinds. THAT's who they decided shouldn't get any more federal tax money.
You know who they decided should continue to be funded, to the tune of $6 million dollars? The US Army NASCAR team. Yup - your tax dollars at work, y'all! NASCAR team over low income women.. I think I see the priority, staring me in the face.
Does this piss me off? OH HELL YEAH! I've been fighting this for decades. I'm sick of that way of thinking. Sick of the prattling fools who piously tell me that it's "god's will" if a woman gets pregnant; sick of the morons like that military chaplain who told a woman that it was "god's will" that she was raped and she should go to church more often; sick of the indescribable barbarity of a proposed law that no abortion could be performed in the most exigent of circumstances - when a woman is bleeding to death and the only way to save her is to abort; sick of MEN deciding that procreation on THEIR terms, on THEIR schedule, is how WE live our lives. If they want to go back to the "good old days" when a woman bore children yearly, or miscarried, or found a back alley abortionist; when women's sole purpose on earth was to procreate, stay home and keep his house clean, slippers at the door - I suggest they toddle their misogynistic little selves off and find a good fundamentalist state where the man rules, the women stay in purdah and wear the burka outdoors.... Anyone else know where this bastion of male superiority can be found - oh yeah, try heading to Kabul, then head south, into the Hindu Kush..
6 comments:
- Natalia said...
I'm so disgusted by this, the whole thing makes me ill. I've signed petitions, written letters to my Senator and of course spread the word through social media :-)
I am beginning to think that any woman who declares herself a member of The Tea(bag) Party doesn't really understand what it stands for. I'm seeing parallels to another extremist religious sect that hates women... starts with with "T"...
Yeah, I went there.
This is disgusting.
- L. said...
This makes me sick to my stomach; I've written my representatives, emailed my friends, and plan to attend the Walk for Choice this Saturday. I refuse to believe that these voices of insanity represent the way that the majority of this country feels. Ugh.
- Christine said...
I wouldn't want to see tax dollars going to Nascar OR Planned Parenthood. Abortion is so controversial and people are against for all sorts of reasons. Planned Parenthood should accept donations and look for sponsors rather than the government. I support free/low cost mamo's, STD testing, pregnancy tests, paps, ect. But for the most part Planned Parenthood is a crooked business that I supported for 10 years.
- liberal army wife said...
from all the reports I have seen, published by both sides, less than 10% of Planned Parenthood's activities are related to abortion. As for finding sponsors - they are all too scared of the protesters, some of whom think nothing of physically threatening or even in some extreme cases, killing providers of this legal operation. I've never figured out why a sentient human being's life is so much less important to them. And I never will.
- Kristen said...
I can't even stand to think about this. It's so infuriatingly stupid that it hurts my head.


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Trent Meacham and Theresa Lisch, a pair of college basketball guards, spent their first date in -- where else -- a basketball gym. They shot baskets, played one-on-one and talked for 3 hours.
Trent Meacham and Theresa Lisch, a pair of college basketball guards, spent their first date in -- where else -- a basketball gym. They shot baskets, played one-on-one and talked for 3 hours.
Meacham, the Illinois senior, admitted that he might have lost the first game of Horse to Lisch, a Saint Louis University junior who leads her team by averaging 17.6 points per game and earned third-team all-Atlantic 10 Conference last season. The daughter of former Bears, Cardinals and Notre Dame quarterback Rusty Lisch, she was Illinois' Miss Basketball as a Belleville Althoff senior.
But this was a match made in heaven, not at the 3-point line.
Meacham and Lisch both have a strong religious faith that plays a key role in their behavior off the court. After meeting a year ago, Meacham popped the question in September, and Lisch only takes the ring off for safe keeping before stepping onto the court.
"Basketball is a bond that we have and a big part of our lives,'' Meacham said. "It's important to us, and we've grown up playing. It's not why we love each other.''
When Illinois meets Missouri in the Braggin' Rights game at Scottrade Center on Tuesday (6:30 p.m., ESPN2), Lisch gets a rare opportunity to watch her fiance play basketball. The only time she saw him play last season came during Illinois' run in the Big Ten Tournament. Meacham sat in the stands for one of Lisch's games for the first time last week during the Illini's break from semester finals.
Lisch will return to St. Louis on Tuesday following a two-game road trip to Wyoming and Colorado. She's the star of a struggling program and earned A-10 player of the week earlier this season after putting up 32 points, eight rebounds and eight assists against Morehead State.
"Take those numbers, divide by two, and I'd be happy,'' Meacham said.
They met after Meacham shared the backcourt during an Athletes in Action tour through France in the summer of 2007 with Lisch's older brother, Kevin, a Saint Louis guard and a former Illinois recruit.
Instead of proposing on a basketball court -- "I thought about that,'' Meacham said -- he got one one knee on the Illinois quad at the Eternal Flame. In a sport that creates so much notoriety, it's rare for a college basketball player to be engaged or married.
Meacham will have three more classes after the spring semester to finish a master's degree in human resource management. Lisch will graduate in speech pathology after the spring semester. Meacham would like to play pro basketball anywhere in the world. Their plans aren't set beyond that, and they haven't set a wedding date.
"I wouldn't say it was love at first sight, but it didn't take me long,'' Meacham said. "I told my mom last Christmas that I was going to marry this girl. She said, 'I know.'
"We have a lot of questions of where we'll be or what we'll do, but the biggest thing for me is that I know who will I spend it with. I'm pretty young to figure that out. I feel really blessed.''
A long-distance relationship isn't ideal, but the couple's strong faith makes things easier.
"I want somebody who can help me spiritually,'' Lisch said. "If you both have that solid Christian foundation of faith, it makes it a lot easier when tough times come up.''
Meacham must love her, considering the day he wore the Saint Louis women's basketball T-shirt to the Ubben Basketball Complex court. For now, the couple make the most of living apart, burning the minutes on the cell phone and seeing a game every now and then.
"We realize that's how it is right now,'' Lisch said. "We're both doing things we love in playing college basketball. We make the most of it.''
Women's basketball
Illinois junior center Jenna Smith was one of 50 named to the watch list for the Naismith Trophy that goes to the college player of the year.
Smith, an honorable mention All-America last season, carried averages of 18.9 points and 7.5 rebounds into the Big Ten Conference opener against visiting Purdue on Monday.
Smith, a native of Bloomington, Minn., already surpassed 1,000 career points in the first game of the season. Michigan State center Allyssa DeHann, Ohio State center Jantel Lavender (the Big Ten's preseason player of the year) and Northwestern center Amy Jaeschke were also on the watch list.
In other news
The Big Ten will hold its conference baseball tournament in May at Huntington Park, the home of the Triple-A Columbus Clippers. The event will mark the first time the tournament has a neutral site since 1994.
John Supinie can be reached at email@example.com.


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Monday, January 31, 2011
for sail
these kids today with their x-box and ipods
breaking good
do us and our friend trixie con queso a favor, go to the youtube page and leave a message, plus a "like" for her efforts...maybe she'll actually get on the show!!
monday musings
giving makes the brain physiqcally happier
targeting planned parenthood
and finally, don't be timid, gop
Sunday, January 30, 2011
environmental news stories sunday
today, in "honor" of 1/2 governor 1/2 wit sarah palin's visit to the santa barbara area soon, a few stories involving alaska.
one bear's long swim illustrates sea ice shortage. - in one of the most dramatic signs ever documented of how shrinking arctic sea ice impacts polar bears, researchers in alaska have tracked a female bear that swam nine days across the deep, frigid beaufort sea before reaching an ice floe 426 miles offshore - latte times
alaskan chronicles polar bear's 9-day swim. - one of alaska's own polar bear experts is making headlines this week with a new revelation about the toll climate change is taking on polar bears as a result of melting sea ice. scientists recently documented a mother bear's "epic nine-day swim in search of ice" in the waters of the beaufort sea. - anchorage alaska dispatch
fairbanks' pollution levels could hinder federal money. - commissioner larry hartig told the alaska house finance committee on friday that the decision by residents could have statewide ramifications for federal road dollars to alaska, which depends on a federal order that the city reduce pollution levels by 2014 - ap
arctic waters are warmest in 2000 years: study. - water flowing into the arctic ocean from the north atlantic is now the warmest in at least 2,000 years, reports a new international study that's bad news for climate change as well as polar bears needing sea ice for survival. - ustoady
alaska seeing impact of climate change in its infrastructure, villages. - climate change has already begun to make life difficult for state transportation managers. and they expect it to become a bigger and more expensive challenge if warming trends continue as predicted - fairbanks daily news miner
fairbanks borough follows ballot measure weakens air quality regulations. - the fairbanks north star borough assembly passed an air quality ordinance thursday that eliminates emissions fines but keeps penalties for prohibited fuels. - fairbanks daily news miner
Labels: alaska, animals, climate change, global warming, pollution, regulation
More Soundgarden...
Labels: music
Saturday, January 29, 2011
rip charlie callas
a 1982 article in the tmes said callas "will strut, stroll, fall down or drape himself over anything handy to get laughs during his routines."
"somebody once told me, 'You look like a cartoon that somebody just drew,' " callas recalled in a 1991 interview with new york's newsday. "and that's what I am, a cartoon come to wreak havoc, like a wild kid. i'm silly."
the whippet-thin callas, whose visually oriented brand of humor included celebrity impressions, was a regular guest on tv variety and talk shows in the 1960s and '70s, including "the merv griffin show," johnny carson's "tonight show" and the "dean martin celebrity roasts."
read the comments on this ac club piece for further tidbits about this amazing man's career.
rest in peace, charlie callas
Times Are Gone For Honest Men, And Sometimes...
Labels: music
Friday, January 28, 2011
dorothy surrendered to the big bad wicked witch
but...why? apparently because of friends in "high places."
according to informed sources, the ceos of whole foods (wfm) and stonyfield are personal friends of former iowa governor, now usda secretary, tom vilsack, and in fact made financial contributions to vilsack's previous electoral campaigns. vilsack was hailed as "governor of the year" in 2001 by the biotechnology industry organization, and traveled in a monsanto corporate jet on the campaign trail. perhaps even more fundamental to organic inc.'s abject surrender is the fact that the organic elite has become more and more isolated from the concerns and passions of organic consumers and locavores. the organic inc. ceos are tired of activist pressure, boycotts, and petitions. several of them have told me this to my face. they apparently believe that the battle against gmos has been lost, and that it's time to reach for the consolation prize. the consolation prize they seek is a so-called "coexistence" between the biotech behemoth and the organic community that will lull the public to sleep and greenwash the unpleasant fact that monsanto's unlabeled and unregulated genetically engineered crops are now spreading their toxic genes on 1/3 of u.s. (and 1/10 of global) crop land. - organic consumers association
there can be no such thing as "coexistence" with a reckless industry that undermines public health, destroys biodiversity, damages the environment, tortures and poisons animals, destabilizes the climate, and economically devastates the world's 1.5 billion seed-saving small farmers. there is no such thing as coexistence between gmos and organics in the european union. why? because in the eu there are almost no gmo crops under cultivation, nor gm consumer food products on supermarket shelves. and why is this? because under eu law, all foods containing gmos or gmo ingredients must be labeled.- organic consumers association
Labels: monsanto, organic, spineless, usda, whole foods
friday fare
bomb found @ mlk day parade may have contained poison
reports of police massacres of civilians in egypt
and it's always good to remember...
Thursday, January 27, 2011
skippy's thursday nite music club
Labels: movies, music, skippy's music club, things that make you go hmmmm
Open Up...
Labels: music
this financial hell was avoidable
the 2008 financial crisis was an "avoidable" disaster caused by widespread failures in government regulation, corporate mismanagement and heedless risk-taking by wall street, according to the conclusions of a federal inquiry.
..."the greatest tragedy would be to accept the refrain that no one could have seen this coming and thus nothing could have been done," the panel wrote in the report's conclusions, which were read by the new york times. "if we accept this notion, it will happen again." - nytimes
Labels: banking, crooks, financial markets, liars, terrorists
thursday things
the unbearable whiteness of being pro-life
surprise! ted haggard is bisexual
but these russian tourists, while researching weird american laws, had sex w/a porcupine
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
More Gen Xer Goodness...
Labels: music
tweet of the day
"deviltry and mahem"...i'm diggin' it.
Labels: #fok, olbermann, tweet of the day, tweets, twitter
happy australia day
let's hope they have a break in their natural disaster to "celebrate what's great" about their wonderful country.
Labels: australia, holiday, natural disasters
j.p.morgan crooks
former bear stearns mortgage executives who now run mortgage divisions of goldman sachs, bank of america, and ally financial have been accused of cheating and defrauding investors through the mortgage securities they created and sold while at bear. according to e-mails and internal audits, jpmorgan had known about this fraud since the spring of 2008, but hid it from the public eye through legal maneuvering. last week a lawsuit filed in 2008 by mortgage insurer ambac assurance corp against bear stearns and jpmorgan was unsealed. the lawsuit's supporting e-mails, going back as far as 2005, highlight bear traders telling their superiors they were selling investors like ambac a "sack of shit."
news of internal whistleblowers coming forward from bear's mortgage servicing division, emc, was first reported by the atlantic in may of last year. ex-emc analysts admitted they were sometimes told to falsify loan-level performance data provided to the ratings agencies who blessed bear's billion-dollar deals. but according to depositions and documents in the ambac lawsuit, bear's misdeeds went even deeper. they say senior traders under tom marano, who was a senior managing director and global head of mortgages for bear and is now ceo of ally's mortgage operations, were pocketing cash that should have gone to securities holders after Bear had already sold them bonds and moved the loans off its books.- the atlantic
Labels: banking, crooks, financial markets, mortgages
with a future that depends on science
just 1 out of every 100 u.s. schoolchildren excels at science, while less than a third of their peers reach grade-level proficiency in the subject, according to the nation's report card released tuesday. - sfgate
Labels: california, education, schools
wednesday wares
91% of americans approve of obama's sotu
gop roadmap would dynamite social security and medicare
dems don't have cooties
state of the yoga
Labels: philosophy, religion, union
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
sotu stfu
by airing michelle bachmann's "tea-tuttle" tonite, cnn will provide 2 gop views to obama's one dem view
the prez will not endorse social security cuts in the speech
and of course, tradition holds that we all gather @ the first draft crack van to live blog sotu tonite!
[addendum: and let's all play sotu buzzword bingo while we do!
tuesday tidbits
laurence o'donnell pays tribute to keith olbermann
media mostly ignores domestic terrorism bomb found @ mlk day parade
kevin smith protests the protesters protesting his film red state
Monday, January 24, 2011
Labels: music
bye bye blackbird sang the usda
it's not the "aflockalyptic" fallout from a secret us weapon lab as some have theorized. but the government acknowledged thursday that it had a hand in one of a string of mysterious mass bird deaths that have spooked residents in arkansas, louisiana, alabama, south dakota, and kentucky in the last month. - christian science monitor
Labels: aflockolypse, birds, things that make you go hmmmm, usda
tweet(s) of the day
Labels: olbermann, tweet of the day, tweets, twitter
The Right Man for the Job?
Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of General Electric, is leading the Jobs Initiative for the Obama White House. He has been at GE for about a decade now, so let's see how he has done.
If you look at the GE Annual Reports, you can see the staff growth under Immelt. 2000 Annual Report (PDF; the last one with "Neutron Jack" as head of the company), GE had 131,000 U.S.-based employees and 92,000 non-domestic ones.
For the 2009 Annual Report (also PDF), there are 134,000 U.S.-based employees and 154,000 non-US ones.
So the man charged with solving the greatest level of U.S. unemployment since July of 1983 is someone who has added jobs domestically for his own firm at the rate of 0.25% (just to be clear:0.0025) per year.
Or, to put it another way, a man whose firm has added less than one domestic job for every twenty added elsewhere.
One of the reasons that is perpetually given for the high level of unemployment is a poor fit of the "skill set" required to do the job. It's a pity the Obama Administration doesn't follow the lead of the private sector.
out and about
keith olbermann removed from msnbc site
7 reasons the right will have a tough time defeating obama
happy birthday michelle obama!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
I Dare Not...
Labels: music
A Northeast Philadelphian Explains It All to You
In honor of my being homesick for an area I left more than forty years ago, the following is offered as the source of all the commentary at Redstate.com.
breaking: jane hamsher detained @ quantico
environmental news stories sundays
i apologize for neglecting my editor status duties last sunday, however, i do have a good explanation. i was in baghdad-by-the-bay for the winter fancy food trade show held at the moscone center.
so..that being said..lets get down to bloggin' "dirt" about mother nature and our "battles" with her, shall we?
frankenfish or super salmon? - controversial salmon research pioneered at memorial university decades ago is in the final stage of the u.s. approval process. if the fda gives it the go-ahead, the salmon will be the first genetically modified animal species ok'd for sale to americans - a move that could open the floodgates to other engineered animals - st. john telegram
california's 'big one' might be a megastorm. - california's "big one" may not be an earthquake at all, but a devastating megastorm that would inundate the central valley, trigger widespread landslides and cause flood damage to 1 in 4 homes in the state - latte times
fish threatened by global warming to be moved north. - fish from the lake district will be moved to cooler waters in scotland under radical plans – which will be unveiled this week – aimed at coping with climate change. - london independent
europe begins to run short of water. - half of the czech republic's population could face water shortages because of climate change, a top climate change expert has warned - inter press service
climate-change secrets in foam. - the mountains of foam which coat coast beaches after wild weather could provide more than hours of fun for youngsters. scientists believe they might also provide indications about global climate change and pollution. - marochydore sunshine coast daily
the world is warming and waiting for science. - most of the major discoveries in climate science have not been reported by the major media. Instead, mainstream media continue to focus on climate scientists at the expense of climate science. - orlando sentinel
changing climate means changing oceans. - from acidification and warming temperatures to sea-level rise and sea-ice loss, ira flatow and guests look at how the oceans are changing with changes in climate - talk of the nation npr
and then there are poor deluged australia, brazil, sri lanka and south africa
more natural disasters on australia's radar. - an expert says australia will see a higher incidence of extreme weather events like the flooding in queensland. - australia abc news
the great avoidable flood: an inquiry's challenge. - for reasons now highly controversial, on january 13 australia's third-largest city was devastated by a major flood in the brisbane river. at first it was put down to the wrath of mother nature. but, as engineers and hydrologists model data on the performance of the dam, a very different picture emerges. - sydney australian
reefs reeling from queensland floods. - researchers say the recent queensland floods are carrying tonnes of fresh water, nutrients and pesticides to the ocean, placing enormous stress on the great barrier reef. - australia abc news
anxious wait for moreton bay . - queensland environmentalists are anxiously waiting to see how much of moreton bay's "unique playground" will be destroyed by the unprecedented pollution that is still gushing down the brisbane river. experts say turtles, dugongs and various fish species are certain to die as toxins kill their main food source, sea grass. - brisbane times
report reveals flooding's massive impact on farms and mining. - the devastation from recent floods will cost the australian agricultural sector $500-600 million, while coal exports will take a $2-2.5 billion hit in 2010-11, according to a new report. - sydney australian
new victorian flood front ruins farm sector. - victoria's flood disaster will cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars, delivering a second crippling blow to the country's economy in weeks, after rampant floodwaters devastated the state's farming sector and rural infrastructure - sydney australian
brazil tallies destruction in deadly floods. - in brazil, officials are tallying the dead and missing after last week's floods and mudslides. nearly 800 people have died; 400 more are registered as missing. It's one of the deadliest disasters on record for brazil - npr
sri lankan floods could leave 400,000 children without enough food. - the worst floods in sri lanka's recent history have destroyed homes, schools and agricultural land. up to 1 million people, including 400,000 children, are facing a food crisis, a children's charity has warned - london guardian
food appeal for sri lankan flood victims. - record monsoon rains driven by an unusually strong la niña weather pattern in the pacific have caused devastating floods in sri lanka, killing dozens and driving more than 300,000 people from their homes in recent weeks, the united nations said in an urgent appeal for relief funds on Wednesday - nytimes
floodwaters rising across southern africa. - as south africa declares a national disaster due to flooding, other countries in the region hold their breath while water levels continue to rise. with dozens dead and damages exceeding $50 million across eight of its nine provinces, south africa is experiencing its heaviest floods in years. - inter press service
Labels: brazil, california, climate change, drought, earthquake, europe, fish, floods, global warming, natural disasters, ocean, salmon, scotland, water
sunday potpouri
message from corporate america: work longer, harder, faster
ministers attack billboard depicting black gay men in church
the making of glenn beck
In The Old Days...
Labels: life
Labels: beck, hate mongering, violence, youtube
Saturday, January 22, 2011
skippy's saturday nite music
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
exit stage left
i admit. i have a big crush on keith o.
handsome. intelligent. witty. well read. natty dresser. leans to the left. my kind of man. usually when i see mention of keith, my heart skips a beat, but, alas, last night when reading my twitter feed, the mentions of keith brought about my heart to sink. low.
as i wait to have the countdown episode from last night to download onto itunes, i'm taking a look at some of the articles that are out about his announcement and it's making my heart sink even further.
yeah, it's been a big day at msnbc...at least it's been a big 15 minutes...i know very little about it, all i know is that it was between keith and the company and it didn't involve any of the rest of us and he was really gracious and nice when he left. - businessinsider.com
bill carter just told anderson cooper that part of whatever deal they struck will likely keep olbermann of tv "maybe not for two years" but for an extended period of time. - businessinsider.com
the virtual war in which olbermann was engaged with his bosses at msnbc and nbc news could not have been something that comcast wanted a part of. and while thus far there is no specific evidence that comcast had a direct hand in this development there no almost no question that comcast provided some sort of support to nbc to end olbermann's contract, an action that jeff zucker might not have supported. - mediaite
whether or not the recent comcast-nbc merger has anything to do with it, we may never know. but, the timing does seem, well, a little too "conveeeeeeeeeenient" for the comcastic company and way too inconvenient for viewers who appreciated a tall, dark and handsome american who called out to the "emperors" that they had no clothes.
speaking truth to power. more often than not, the "power" wins.
so, keith. so long for now (i'm hoping that it is not goodbye)...and good luck.
blogging around
roll back citizens united
can harry reid save social security?
birthers twarted: obama's birth certificate declared private
Friday, January 21, 2011
bad news for modern man
the host, who has had a stormy relationship with the management of the network for some time, especially since he was suspended for two days last november, came to an agreement with nbc's corporate management late this week to settle his contract and step down.
in a closing statement on his show, mr. olbermann said simply that it would be the last edition of the program. he offered no explanation other than on occasion, the show had become too much for him.
in a statement, msnbc said : "msnbc and keith olbermann have ended their contract. the last broadcast of 'countdown with keith olbermann' will be this evening. msnbc thanks Keith for his integral role in msnbc's success and we wish him well in his future endeavors."
[addendum: dave neiwert, the best writer in blogtopia and yes, we coined that phrase, gives us keith's farewell starement.]
for one thing, it's the shortest month of the year
it's going to be hard. we are, after all, comedians at heart, and it's a little like saying "here's a gun, there's a barrel of fish, no shooting!!"
but we figure that if mr. milbank, someone who actually gets paid for rendering his opinion, can go 28 days w/o mentioning sarah palin, we can too.
we like this line from milbank's essay:
but maybe, at least, the lack of attention will piss her off.
they get letters
if president obama mentions cutting social security during the state of the union addrees then the only reasonable thing for you to do is walk out of the chamber immediately.
please write to your representatives as well.
find your senators
write your representative
[editor's addendum: more here]
Labels: action alert, bipartisanship, social security
Thursday, January 20, 2011
morning round up
ny schools chancellor jokes school overcrowding could be fixed by birth control; parents not amused
change tea baggers can believe in: house tea party caucus requested over $1b in earmarks
fox: the most distrusted name in news
and another radio station drops beck and hannity
ask not what your country can do for you
we were a different country then. we were a different people. we dreamed of a better world. we vowed to make it a better world. we were inspired.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
they just don't want the general public
the university of california will shut out tens of thousands of qualified students over the next decade as deep budget cuts force the nation's premier public university to become more exclusive, uc president mark yudof told the regents today in san diego. - sfgate
Labels: budget, california, colleges, ucsb
This Jared Kid (Part Three...)
Hell, This One's Easy...
...I'm sure many of you will want to say "They were always this dumb." They just weren't though. It's been a noticeable shift in both stupidity and meanness. Somehow or another they've managed to take the old stupid/evil continuum and figured out how to get stupider and more evil.
Labels: it is what it is, politics
travelin' memes
house gop members explains why they won't give up their govt-sponsored health care
palin unfavorability ratings at an all time high
new alabama gov says only christians are his family
(thx to memeorandum for the links!)
blogging around
feel the joe-mentum! lieberman will not run for re-election
but operation rescue's randall terry will!
and rip peace corp founder, special olympics organizer, former vp candidate and maria's dad sargent shriver
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
oh no there's no right wing violence
three parade workers spotted a backpack with visible wires on a bench at north washington street and west main avenue in downtown spokane about 30 minutes before the parade was scheduled to begin monday. authorities rerouted the parade while officers from the spokane police department's bomb disposal unit worked on the bomb.
fbi special agent frank harrill, the supervisory senior resident agent in spokane, told abc news that the backpack was "a viable device."
the prattle hymn of the she-public
sarah palin battle hymn
stuff n' nonsense
tim pawlenty wants to undo don't ask don't tell
america's biggest persecuted minority: republicans
78% approve of obama's response to the tucson shootings
Monday, January 17, 2011
goldman sachs, the great vampire squid of the american financial industry
goldman sachs has decided to block u.s. investors from getting in on its big investment in facebook. the decision comes after a wave of media attention when goldman invested $450 million in facebook, a privately held company, as reported by our sister blog money & company.
excluding american investors will keep goldman and facebook from having to fall in line with some u.s. securities laws -- such as having to report certain financial information when a cap of more than 500 u.s. investors is broken so that investors can have an idea of the risk they face in the stock. - latimes
Labels: facebook, financial markets, goldman sachs, lawlessness, liars
Martin Luther King, Jr...
Labels: martin luther king
"Sing, O Goddess, The Anger Of Achilles"...
monday miscellany
new rhetoric from the tea party dissing both obama and mccain
eric fuller, victim of tucson shooting, says palin should be incarcerated for her incendiary speech
progressive activists protest koch bros. face-to-face
Sunday, January 16, 2011
This Jared Kid (Part Two)...
Labels: it is what it is, life
take a bad flow chart and make it better
via i love charts (original here)
Fools Must Pretend To Be Wise...
Labels: music
morning miscellany
activists protest anti-gay pastor's book-signing in el paso
now is on bill o'reilly's enemies list
teabaggers: welcome to washungton
sunday headlines
holiday sales up but outlook still poor
dadt dead enders dig on
rip superman's mom suzannah york
Saturday, January 15, 2011
This Jared Kid (Part One)...
Labels: it is what it is, life
the $1 billion dollar fence goes nowhere
the department of homeland security on friday canceled a project to build a technology-based "virtual fence" across the southwest border, saying that the effort — on which $1 billion has already been spent — was ineffective and too costly.- new york times
Labels: boondoggles, homeland security, immigration
tidbits...a week later
jon stewart takes on fox's take on the memorial
sign the letter, tell arizona lawmakers "don't turn the tucson tragedy into an arms race"
"glenn beck has been responsible for three twarted assassination attempts"
joe scarborough says palin's political career is over. and this is coming from a man who had a dead intern found in his office
Friday, January 14, 2011
this should be the new nra motto
- eric fuller, 63 yr old disabled vet, who was a victim of jared loughner's shooting rampage last saturday
tweet of the day
Labels: comedians, tweet of the day, tweets, twitter
banks want to "take back" capitol hill
it's time for america's banks to turn around the conversation about the financial system and retake their position as enablers of economic recovery.we have already seen a little of the future the banks want for us...what do they want next, debtors prisons?
that's the message richard davis, the chairman, president and ceo of u.s. bank, brought to santa barbara on jan. 13.
during an interview with the business times just a few hours before a major speech to the california bankers association, davis said it's time for the nation's bankers to "take back the hill" and reshape the political dialogue about banking and the future of the economy.
davis, named "banker of the year" by the trade publication american banker, leads the fifth-largest banking enterprise in the country, and one of the healthiest. In addition to his talk at the bankers' group, he was in santa barbara to open a new private wealth management operation on state street.
...but he also meant banks need to literally take back capitol hill, where bankers have faced tough questions about their role in the near-collapse of the nation's economy. in part, he said, smaller community banks, medium-sized banks and large banks such as u.s. bank must speak with one voice on key issues. - pacific coast business times
the half-term half-baked governor from alaska
former alaska gov. sarah palin (r) will deliver a keynote address to a gun convention later this month. palin will speak saturday, jan. 29, to the safari international club (sci) in reno, nev., according to the group's website.
the organization bills itself as "the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting wildlife conservation worldwide." - the hill
out and about
republican national committee raises on debt ceiling
rush limbaugh's billboard depicting bullet holes
new jersey cuts bond sale after christie's "bankrupted state" remarks
the hardly-ever-right wing is so desperate, they (incorrectly) parse the meaning of "open her eyes" to call obama a liar
anti-palin posters appear in sf
is this irony? newspaper w/"christian science" in its name calls astology "a big load of nonsense"
Thursday, January 13, 2011
sarah palin facebook scrubbing in real time
watch the total number of comments vacillate up and down
tweet of the day
Labels: arizona, obama, tweet of the day, tweets, twitter
stochastic terrorism
read over at open left and the agonist and refer to the diary of g2 over at the "great orange satan" about it...so we can call people out on it.
(tip o' the kangaroo tail to thom hartmann)
Labels: terrorists
various n' sundry
white house thinks this is "interesting": sen. mark udall suggests dems and gop sit together @ sotu speech
and the prize goes to adam serwer for being the first one to correctly predict the wingers' outrage @ the cheering crowds @ last nite's obama speech
was threat against rep. mcdermott inspired by bill o'reilly?
stuff n' such
palin's callous indifference to violence: it's not a bug, it's a feature
the cable news networks on obama's speech
not sure if we believe this one: palin aides says death threats against her at an "unprecendented level"
joe gandelman @ the moderate voice has a nice round-up of opinions on palin v. obama speeches
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
They Called It Off...
Labels: hate mongering, politics
they are never happy unless they are miserable
(we won't link to michelle malkin, the biggest complainer of all, even tho that would bring in the traffic hits. instead, read tmpdc's account)
well, if the rightists hate tonite's celebration of the good that the shooting victims lives created, they would abolutely burst a blood vessel had they been at this funeral:
there goes the jewish vote
plus, w/6 people dead, including a 9 yr old girl, and w/several people in the hospital fighting for their lives, including a sitting united states congresswoman, leave it to caribou barbie to make it all about her.
oh no, there's no violent rhetoric on the right
dave niewert, the best writer in blogtopia (y!wctp!), lists over @ orcinus some of the egregious examples of hate speech from accepted leaders and pundits (ie, not anonymous bloggers) speaking for the right wing:
stop the aclu [post since removed]:
rope + tree + aclu lawyer = pinata
ann coulter: "i think our motto should be, post-9-11: 'raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences.'"
ann coulter: "we need somebody to put rat poisoning in justice stevens' creme brulee. ... that's just a joke, for you in the media."
glenn beck:
with that being said, you are a democrat. you are saying, "let's cut and run." and i have to tell you, i have been nervous about this interview with you, because what i feel like saying is, "sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies."
and i know you're not. i'm not accusing you of being an enemy, but that's the way i feel, and i think a lot of americans will feel that way.
bill o'reilly:
everybody got it? dissent, fine; undermining, you're a traitor. got it? so, all those clowns over at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. will you have that done, please? send over the fbi and just put them in chains, because they, you know, they're undermining everything and they don't care, couldn't care less.
michael reagan:
"howard dean should be arrested and hung for treason or put in a hole until the end of the iraq war!"
blood libel
former bush speechwriter david frum, writing on politico's arena, notes "now is not the time to use words like "blood libel" or to attack those who seek to lessen the use of violent words or deeds."
indeed, jewish groups are taking offense to palin's choice of the term. noting that accusations of blood libel have been "directly responsible for the murder of so many jews across centuries," the national jewish democratic council condemned palin's use of the term. - think progress
representative james clyburn puts it succinctly.
"you know, sarah palin just can't seem to get it, on any front. i think she's an attractive person, she is articulate," clyburn said on the bill press radio show. "but i think intellectually, she seems not to be able to understand what's going on here."- the hill
mad about tom in prison, no delay!
update on the queensland flooding
twelve people are confirmed dead, with one other possible. the qld. police commissioner stated that they expect that to rise. the loss of animals, including livestock and pets, is unknown but very high. the fed. government has said that the expect that cost of this disaster to be at least 1% of australia's gdp for the next year, and that prices of food and commodities globally will rise significantly. qld. was the largest exporter of thermal and coking coal, and several mines are completely flooded. coking coal is used primarily these days to manufacture steel worldwide, so steel prices are going to rise.
a large area of qld. is without power as utilities were forced to shutdown supply to flood areas. several sewerage & treatment plants have been flooded, and much of the flood water has been contaminated, which has then contaminated catchment areas, dam's and river systems. so clean drinking water is a big problem ironically. some outbreaks of gastro problems have been reported primarily caused by e. coli. outbreaks of dengi & ross river fever are expected also. emergency hospitals and medical centers have been setup where possible near affected areas, and the army medical corps have setup at least one rapid deployment field hospital with staff experienced in tropical disease control.
as well as sanitation issues, and dealing with hundreds of annoyed critters like red-bellied black snakes and assorted spiders looking for a dry place, a bull shark was spotted swimming up the main street of goodna, a suburb of ipswitch. though the street was under 6m of water at the time.
Labels: australia, floods, natural disasters
susie quotes rfk jr.
Neither Beck, Hannity nor Savage not the hate merchants at Fox News and talk radio can claim to have invented their genre. Toxic right-wing vitriol so dominated the public airwaves from the McCarthy era until 1963 that President Kennedy, that year, launched a citizen's campaign to enforce the Fairness Doctrine, which required accuracy and balance in the broadcast media. Students, civic and religious groups filed more than 500 complaints against right-wing extremists and hate-mongering commentators before the FCC.
go read the whole thing. then consider sending some complaints to the FCC yourself. demand a return to the fairness doctrine.
blogging around
americans are five times more likely to die of gun shot in arizona tha hawaii
blowback for palin?
and here's palin's response
rip david nelson of "ozzie and harriet"
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
From A Deadbeat To An Old Greaser..
Labels: music
the rains in australia...keep coming...and so do the waters
up to 40,000 properties are expected to be impacted by flooding by thursday based on the latest flood modelling.some are managing to keep their sense of humour, as some tweets can attest.
of these, 19,700 are residential properties which will have flooding across their entire property. a further 12,000 are expected to have flooding across part of their property.
about 3500 commercial premises will have flooding across their entire property and a further 2500 will have flooding across part of their property.
a further 2300 properties such as parks and vacant land will also be flooded.
the depth of flooding on individual properties is not known because this flood event is expected to exceed all previous records. - courier mail
squirrellykoala rt @kollektor: me, to mate in brisbane: "you ok? need anything?" him: "send the biggest shamwow you can find." bless.
nasa has some images.
please consider donating to aid them in their hours(s) of need.
Labels: australia, disasters, floods, natural disasters
various n' sundry
remember the 2009 report that warned that something like tucson could happen in today's extreme climate?
hardly-ever-right wing deperately tries to prove loughner is a liberal
"shoot the unemployed"
Monday, January 10, 2011
skippy's monday nite music club
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
our hearts go out to our aussie global neighbors
Labels: australia, floods, natural disasters
Somebody Please Tell Me This Is A Hoax...
Labels: wtf
matt taibbi asks...
Labels: arizona, matt taibbi, multi-millionaire media, rolling stone
nothing says "stop the violence"
Labels: beck, mental illness, violence
murdoch gets letters
...you have the power to order them to stop using violent rhetoric, on and off of fox's air. if they fail to do so, it is incumbent upon you to fire them or be responsible for the climate they create and any consequences thereof. - media matters
Labels: faux news
thank you sheriff dupnik
why not leave a message of support for sheriff dupnik?
just a taste of the violent rhetoric
senator phil gramm: "we're going to keep building the party until we're hunting democrats with dogs."
rep. james hansen on bill clinton: get rid of the guy. impreach him, censure him, assassinate him."
john derbyshire intimated in the national review that because chelsea clinton had "the taint," she should "be killed."
ann coulter: "we need to execute people like john walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too."
ann coulter: "my only regret with timothy mcveigh is he did not go to the new york times building."
bill o'reilly: "if those clowns over at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. will you have that done, please? send over the fbi and just put them in chains."
radio host glenn beck said he was "thinking about killing michael moore" and pondered whether "i could kill him myself, or if i would need to hire somebody to do it," before concluding: "no, i think i could. i think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and i could just be choking the life out -- is this wrong?"
fresno city council member jerry duncan in 2003 wrote in an email that police should "cap" members of the human relations commission and wrote, "if i had one dirty bomb and i could eliminate all the liberals in fresno at once."
vandals hit at least five dem offices nationwide, threaten to 'assassinate' children of pro-reform lawmakers.- think progress
severed gas line found at home of perriello brother - daily progress
with his kew gardens office still closed after a white powder incident yesterday afternoon, pep. anthony weiner (d-brooklyn/queens) blasted sarah palin for sending out a tweet that he says could be interpreted as a call for violence. - gothamist
quotes collected by commonplace book:
"i would have no problem with [new york times editor bill keller] being sent to the gas chamber." -- melanie morgan
""[t]he day will come when unpleasant things are going to happen to a bunch of stupid liberals and it's going to be very amusing to watch." -- lee rogers
"and if al qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. we're going to say, look, every other place in america is off limits to you, except san francisco. you want to blow up the coit tower? go ahead." -- bill o'reilly
"howard dean should be arrested and hung for treason or put in a hole until the end of the iraq war!"-- michael reagan
"let's start with the following new york times reporters and editors: arthur "pinch" sulzberger jr. , bill keller, eric lichtblau, and james risen. do you have an idea where they live? go hunt them down and do america a favor. get their photo, street address, where their kids go to school, anything you can dig up, and send it to the link above. this is your chance to be famous -- grab for the golden ring." -- "the political insight"
orcinus has quite the collection, too...
Labels: beck, coulter, gop, hate mongering, limbaugh, o'reilly, republicans, violence


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MK*620 - Applied Consumer Behavior Research
(3 cr.) This course provides a basic understanding of the major concepts and theories in consumer decision-making and behavior and how these can be used as the basis for empirical research on the way consumers process information, form preferences and make buying choices. This is a course in which theories from psychology, sociology and economics are applied to the study of consumer behavior. Prerequisite: MBA 645., As Needed


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|Dr William Lee Dawson 1819 - 1871
Two weeks ago I bit the bullet and undid the precious cylinder. I'm not sure how many times it has been opened and the contents removed. However, I don't think it would have been all that often.
|Cylinder containing medical certificates dating from 1845.
The cylinder probably was purchased some time between 1845 when my great great grandfather began his medical training at St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin and 1853 when he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London.
Almost immediately afterwards he sailed for New York aboard the Asia steam ship and afterwards he joined the Dee, sailing round the Carribean. His diary tells us that he resigned as he was not satisfied with the conditions for Surgeons as they did not have the same privileges as other officers.
In 1854 William Lee Dawson became the surgeon aboard the Mootan bound for Hobart Town. The cylinder had now been from Ireland, to England, to New York and the Carribean, back to England and then on to Hobart Town. The cylinder stayed in Tasmania until Dr Dawson's death in 1871. About 12 months later his widow Emma moved to Melbourne and the cylinder stayed there until this century.
I was given the cylinder about 6 years ago, as the custodian knew of my great interest in the family. I had previously written a book, Kilronan to Franklin and Beyond – The Story of Dr William Lee Dawson and his Descendants and some of the contents of the cylinder were published in the book.
What is in the cylinder? There are 27 certificates from various medical institutions in Dublin. Each course of study earned a certificate – from anatomy and physiology, surgery, diseases of the eye, to midwifery and diseases of women, lectures and dissections. From St Vincent's Hospital, the Apothecaries Hall, Mercer's Hospital, Coombe Lying in Hospital to the Dublin School of Medicine and the School of Anatomy, Medicine and Surgery.
As well there are letters of reference obtained during his studies, a letter with a duplicate copy written by the Colonial Secretary stating the immigrants on board the Mooltan arrrived in a clean and healthy condition. Another certificate appoints Dr Dawson as the Surgeon of the Huon Rifle Company Southern Tasmanian Volunteers in 1861.
Now to your collective wisdom. What do I do with these treasures? I want to get them scanned so that I actually have a digital copy. Do I roll them back up and put them back in the cylinder? Do I place them in archival material? I am concerned that separate from the cylinder they may become lost. Some of the larger certificates are quite damaged on the edges as they have been crammed into the cylinder. So you can see that I am concerned about what is the best course of action. Any suggestions?


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CanaDream Corp., a Calgary, Alberta-based tourism and RV rental firm, announced today (Aug. 25) that it has entered into a binding agreement with Apollo Motorhome Ultimate Holdings Pty Ltd. in connection with an equity investment commitment of $1,971,669.
Apollo is the largest privately owned leisure vehicle operator in the Southern Hemisphere with a fleet of over 3,000 vehicles and 300 employees. It has 10 branches in Australia, two in New Zealand and three in the U.S., in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco.
The investment shall consist of the issuance by CanaDream of 3,286,115 common shares of the corporation and warrants to purchase up to 1,975,816 common shares of the corporation for $1,971,699. The warrants are exercisable at an exercise price of 60 cents per share, according to a news release.
CanaDream has received verbal confirmations of support from a sufficient number of shareholders to obtain this requisite level of approval and expects to obtain approval in writing from such parties via written confirmations of consent. If, however, sufficient consent is not obtained via written confirmations, the corporation will seek approval of the investment by way of ordinary resolution at the next annual general and special meeting of shareholders of the corporation in October.
The investment is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval and is expected to close on or about Sept. 1.
In announcing the investment Brian Gronberg, CanaDream president and CEO, said, "This is an exciting development for CanaDream. By aligning ourselves with Apollo we are joining forces with a company that is a global RV solution. Both companies share a philosophy of exceptional customer service, quality vehicles and competitive rates."
Luke Trouchet, Apollo CEO, said, "We feel very privileged and honored to have been able to invest in and align ourselves with such a well respected business as CanaDream. Our expansion to Canada answers the call of many travel industry partners who are looking for global RV rental partners."
CanaDream is a Canadian tourism company that is utilizing its proprietary business-to-business web-enabled system, www.canadasbest.com, and its business-to-consumer online Internet reservation system, www.canadream.com, to operate and expand its network of RV rental locations in Canada.
CanaDream maintains company-operated locations in Calgary, Vancouver, British Columbia, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Toronto, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company is also leveraging its proprietary technology to build a franchised network of associate dealers that are fully interconnected to CanaDream's e-commerce systems. CanaDream currently has one associate dealer franchisee in Kelowna.
Apollo's first international expansion was in 2003 when it opened in New Zealand. In 2008 Apollo opened in the U.S. after acquiring Los Angeles based Happy Travel Campers. Demand was so great that the company opened in Las Vegas and San Francisco.
The Edmonton Sun noted that Apollo could become the largest single shareholder in Calgary-based CanaDream Corp. If Apollo decides to exercise the warrants, it would hold 27.1% of CanaDream's shares, thereby becoming its single largest shareholder.


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PAAT Consulting necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 181 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
PAAT Consulting
Company Key Features
- Headquartered in Shanghai
- Branch offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Chongqing and Hong Kong
- Targeting great China and serving worldwide clients
- Accounting, tax, legal, M&A, business advisory (comprehensive consulting)
- Fast growing
- Experts on China market with a reasonable fee level
- Focused on SME (small and medium enterprises)
PAAT Stands-for
Professional accounting and tax
We are expanding our customer base to include more and more international companies who want to start doing business in China. We can help with all of their business needs as well as individual tax and financial planning. Our firm can work on many of the same projects as the Big 4 accounting firms, but at a much lower cost.
We are looking for a logo to replace our current logo.
- International and modernized
- Give a feeling of competence and no-nonsense
- Simple
- Navy blue color or other deep color
- Chinese and English combined (Chinese characters ????)
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Comedian Denis Leary's always been controversial, but now he's sticking his finger in Hollywood's eco-friendly eye, claiming he needs trucks and his goal is to leave Earth with the biggest carbon footprint he possibly can.
The delightfully contrarian sentiment comes whenever reporters ask what he's doing to be eco-conscious. His response is matter of fact and to the point; he lives on a horse farm, loves space and delights in the fact capitalism means he can choose what he drives.
"My goal is to leave this planet with the biggest carbon footprint I can possibly leave. First of all, I have to have trucks because I live most of my time on a horse farm, so I've gotta have trucks. It's in the northeast, I've got to have pickup trucks to move snow, number one. Number two, just if I'm driving, I don't have to have an SUV but I want a big car. That's why I love America. That's why I think we should save the auto industry. I don't care."
So that probably means he won't be drinking wheatgrass smoothies in a Prius while going to the Yoga Shelter. Thank God. [Starpulse]
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June is Get Outdoors Month, with activities planned nationwide as part of a long-term campaign to improve public health by encouraging fresh air and exercise in public parks.
The East Bay Regional Park District will get outdoors with all kinds of "Healthy Parks Healthy People" activities all month long at many of its parks.
For starters, there's a "Healthy Day By the Bay" planned from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Tidewater Boating Center in Oakland at Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline.
It's kind of an outdoor sampler, with free biking, hiking and canoeing adventures offered to visitors on a first-come-first-served basis and all equipment provided. Other activities will include arts and crafts, field games, camping gear demonstrations and a chance to meet a llama. The entrance to the Tidewater Boating Center is at 4675 Tidewater Ave. off High Street in Oakland.
The park district's celebrations of Get Outdoors Month will continue with the annual Sand Castle and Sand Sculpture Contest on June 7 at Crown Beach in Alameda; the 15th annual Butterfly and Bird Festival at Coyote Hills in Fremont on June 8, the same day as a family campfire program at Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley. I'll have more information about those events in next week's column. Meanwhile, view all the June "Healthy Parks Healthy People" programs on this page: http://www.ebparks.org/activities/hphpHPHPBayArea#Programming.
CRAB COVE: Music lovers will enjoy a free Concert at the Cove scheduled for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 13 at Crab Cove Visitor Center in Alameda, featuring "Petty Theft," a Tom Petty tribute band. Preconcert activities start at 4:30 p.m. on the deck at the visitor center. You can bring a lawn chair and a picnic dinner or buy food and beverages at the site.
Crab Cove is at 1252 McKay Ave. However, parking is on Webster Street, or more likely at the Crown Beach lot at the intersection of Westline and Otis Drives. From there, it's an easy walk to the concert. Concert sponsors are the park district and the Alameda Rotary Club. For information, call Crab Cove at 510-544-3187.
Roberts: Redwood ecology will be the theme of a Saturday Stroll on May 31 from 10 a.m. to noon at Roberts Regional Recreation Area in the Oakland hills. It's family-friendly, and dogs are welcome. This one's a hilly 3.5-mile hike.
And you can help with a research project that's scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Roberts and Redwood Regional Parks. Leaders are park district naturalist Sara Fetterly and Deborah Zeirton of Save the Redwoods League. Participants will help to collect data to measure how changing climate is affecting the redwood forest. The program is for ages 8 and older.
Both the stroll and the climate change program meet at the Redwood Bowl staging area on Skyline Boulevard just south of the Chabot Space and Science Center. For information on either program, call 510-544-3187.
Tilden: "Fun with Felt" is the title of a free program from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Tilden Nature Area in Berkeley, led by naturalist "Trail Gail" Broesder. She'll show participants how to make a unique work of art using soap and felt from the Little Farm sheep.
Naturalist James Wilson will lead two programs at Tilden on Sunday. There's a "morning meander" from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in search of the park's wildlife and an insect safari from 2 to 4 p.m. The insect hunt is designed for ages 6 and older.
For all three programs, meet at Tilden's Environmental Education Center. Construction is still under way near the center, so you have to get there by parking at the end of Lone Oak Road off Central Park Drive, then following the directional signs on foot. Call 510-544-2233 for more information.
hump day hikers: Wildcat Canyon in Richmond is the destination for the Wednesday Walkers informal hiking group next week, starting at 9:30 a.m. This one is a strenuous 7-miler up to the top of San Pablo Ridge. The payoff is great views west to San Francisco Bay and east to Mount Diablo.
Meet at the trailhead at the end of Park Avenue off McBryde Avenue in Richmond. For information, call 888-327-2757, ext. 3282 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
CONTRA LOMA: It's Sunday Funday this weekend at Contra Loma Regional Park in Antioch. From 10 a.m. to noon, naturalist Ashley Elliott will help families look for animals, explore the shoreline and play games.
The activities are geared for ages 6 and older, and one adult is required for every three children younger than 14. Contra Loma is located at the end of Frederickson Lane off Golf Course Road. There's a parking fee of $5 per vehicle. For Sunday Funday, meet at the boat launch parking lot, which is straight ahead past the entrance kiosk. For information, call 888-327-2757, ext. 2750.
BIG BREAK: Birds are the theme of a fun-and-games program from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday at Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley. All kinds of waterfowl live in the area, and the park's naturalist staff will help you identify them. Big Break is at 69 Big Break Road off Main Street. For information, call 888-327-2757, ext. 3050.
Ned MacKay writes a regular column about East Bay Regional Park District sites and activities. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Y! Music's Ian Rogers view on DRM: "I won't let Yahoo! invest any more money in consumer inconvenience." Read the full transcript of the presentation to music execs here. Wonderful stuff. Via Boing Boing
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November 5, 2007
Great entry!
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CHART stands for Coordinated Highways Action Response Team. The CHART program is Maryland's entry into the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) arena.
This program started in the mid-1980s as the "Reach the Beach" initiative, focused on improving travel to and from Maryland's eastern shore.
The CHART program has become very successful that it is now a multi-jurisdictional and multidisciplinary program. Its activities have extended not just to the busy Baltimore-Washington Corridor, but into a statewide program.
The program is directed by the CHART Board, consisting of senior technical and operational personnel from the Maryland State Highway Administration, Maryland Transportation Authority, Maryland State Police, Federal Highway Administration, University of Maryland Center for Advanced Transportation Technology and various local governments. The board is chaired by the Chief Engineer of the State Highway Administration (SHA).
This comprehensive and advanced traffic management system is enhanced by a newly constructed state-of-the-art command and control center called the Statewide Operations Center (SOC).
The SOC is the "hub" of the CHART system, functioning 24 hours-a-day, seven days a week with satellite Traffic Operations Centers (TOCs) spread across the state to handle peak-period traffic.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Getting a job in Jordan? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Getting a job in Jordan? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Middle East Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message praterr2Joined: 24 Sep 2012Posts: 2 Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:57 pm Post subject: Getting a job in Jordan? Does anyone know when ESL positions generally become available in Jordan, and what qualifications are usually sought after in an applicant? I have no prior experience teaching English abroad, and I am armed solely with a BA in Political Science and a certificate to teach ESL from Oxford Seminars. A primary reason why I want to go to Jordan is because of its large Palestinian population, as well as its geographical proximity to Palestine. I know my lack of qualifications may be an insurmountable hindrance, but if anyone has any helpful advice, I would greatly appreciate it if you could relay it to me. Thanks! - Ryan Back to top rdobbs98Joined: 08 Oct 2010Posts: 236 Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:22 am Post subject: You'll want to start by getting a better TEFL quantification because Oxford Seminars isn't going to cut it in the Middle East. http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/celta-online/index.html Back to top nomad soulJoined: 31 Jan 2010Posts: 11446Location: The real world Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:37 am Post subject: Re: Getting a job in Jordan? praterr2 wrote: I have no prior experience teaching English abroad, and I am armed solely with a BA in Political Science and a certificate to teach ESL from Oxford Seminars. A primary reason why I want to go to Jordan is because of its large Palestinian population, as well as its geographical proximity to Palestine. I know my lack of qualifications may be an insurmountable hindrance. As rdobbs98 suggested, you need a solid TEFL cert---go for a CELTA. But even with a valid certificate, your lack of experience and non-related BA aren't likely to qualify you for a TEFL job for any countries in the region. However, if you're seriously interested in teaching Palestinians, there's a recent ad on Dave's seeking volunteer teachers in Nablus (http://www.eslcafe.com/joblist/index.cgi?read=26729). Back to top praterr2Joined: 24 Sep 2012Posts: 2 Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:07 am Post subject: Thanks Thank you both for your timely replies. I especially thank you for the heads up regarding the opportunity in Palestine. Your interaction is what makes Dave's ESL Cafe a valuable tool for those within the ESL market. -Ryan Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Middle East Forum All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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Postponed Championship matches, father and son England players and the career of Squire Wilkins
John Griffiths
February 13, 2012
Saturday's Six Nations meeting between France and Ireland fell victim to cold weather © PA Photos
Welcome to the latest edition of Ask John where renowned rugby historian John Griffiths will answer any rugby-related query you have!
So, if there's something you've always wanted to know about the game we love but didn't know who to ask, or you think you can stump our expert - then get involved by sending us a question.
In this edition, John Griffiths answers questions on postponed Championship matches, father and son England internationals and the career of Squire Wilkins.
I know the foot and mouth epidemic caused disruption to fixtures, but which was the last Six Nations game to be called off due to snow or ice? Geat, United Kingdom
Since the Six Nations was launched in 2000, the weather had never interfered with planned fixtures until the France-Ireland clash was postponed 10 minutes before kick-off on Saturday night.
In more recent times the start of the tournament has been put back to the first weekend of February, usually avoiding the January freezes that had occasionally disrupted matters in the past.
The last time a Championship match was postponed owing to a freeze was in January 1987. England and Wales were due to host Scotland and Ireland respectively on January 17. The authorities at Twickenham and Cardiff took the decision to rearrange the matches for early April three days before they were due to take place.
Although both pitches were perfectly playable, the decision was reached because travel was particularly hazardous in the north of England, in Ireland and in Scotland. Spectators (and travelling teams) were consequently spared unnecessary worries.
That was the third time during the 1980s that ice and snow had caused January postponements to Five Nations matches. Heavy snow in 1982 meant the Ireland-Wales game at Lansdowne Road was postponed for a week and in 1985 the opening weekend was hit, causing the Ireland-England and France-Wales matches to be put back to late March. That year also saw the Wales-England game (scheduled for February) hit by the weather, the match eventually taking place in late April when a young Jonathan Davies made his Wales debut.
The only other time since World War Two that a Twickenham Five Nations match had to be postponed owing to snow was in the big freeze of 1947. The game was scheduled for the last weekend of February but was eventually played in mid-April. The 1952 England-Ireland match at Twickenham was postponed from early February until late March because of the death of HM King George VI.
The Arctic winter of 1963 saw countless club and county matches postponed and cancelled, but miraculously every Five Nations international went ahead as scheduled. The Murrayfield electric blanket had to work overtime in February to ensure that Scotland's matches with Wales and Ireland beat the weather.
France and Ireland went ahead on a bone-hard pitch in Paris in 1978 when the referee, players and officials in the visiting Irish party did not want to play. In those days the decision regarding staging of the match was in the hands of the "visited Union" and the FFR insisted that the match took place. It was a miracle that no-one was seriously injured in a game France won 10-9.
The foot-and-mouth epidemic disrupted the 2001 Six Nations, causing Ireland's matches with Scotland, Wales and England to be postponed until September and October of the 2001-02 season.
That was only the second time that International Championship fixtures had to be postponed to the next season. In 1962, during the former Five Nations tournament, a smallpox epidemic in South Wales led to the rearrangement of Wales' visit to Dublin. The match, originally scheduled for March 10, was provisionally put back to April 28, but at length it was not played until November 17. The famous Irish fullback, Tom Kiernan, had uniquely been selected to play at centre for the original fixture. By the time the game was eventually played he occupied his normal position.
The only times that Five Nations matches were cancelled were in 1914 and 1972. France and Scotland did not meet in 1914 owing to a riot in Paris the year before which caused relations between the two Unions to become fraught. In 1972, the political situation in Ireland led to Scotland and Wales cancelling their visits to Dublin.
How many Harlequins have led England in Tests? Graham, England
Chris Robshaw became the 14th England skipper nominated direct from the Harlequins club earlier this year.
His predecessors were John Birkett, Will Carling, "Lump" Cartwright, Peter Dixon, Nick Easter, "Jenny" Greenwood, "Curly" Hammond, Bob Hiller, Jason Leonard, Adrian Stoop, Wavell Wakefield, Bob Weighill and John Willcox.
Six other well-known Quins led England whilst playing for other clubs: Joe Mycock (while at Sale), David Perry (Bedford), Ronald Poulton (later Poulton-Palmer - Liverpool), Vic Roberts (Penryn), Keith Scott (Redruth) and "Drewy" Stoddart (Blackheath).
Wavell (later Lord) Wakefield was a Leicester player when he first led England (to the Grand Slam in 1924). He was with Harlequins when he captained the England sides in 1925 and 1926.
I am researching my family history and wondered if you had any information on a relative named Dennis Thomas Wilkins, who played rugby for England? P J Wilkins, UK
Dennis Thomas "Squire" Wilkins was born in Leeds on Boxing Day, 1924. He played soccer at school before taking up rugby seriously during his service days. He volunteered as a teenager in 1943, served in the Fleet Air Arm as a pilot during the World War Two and remained in the Navy until 1958 (captaining their rugby teams in 1952-3 and in his last year in the service).
He was a Roundhay player at club level but it was his efforts for the Combined Services and the Royal Navy that earned him promotion to England's second-row in 1951. He was ever-present in the England Five Nations sides of 1951, 1952 and 1953 and was an outstanding member of the pack that gave South Africa a run for their money at Twickenham in January 1952. All told he won 13 caps.
He also played for the Barbarians and for Yorkshire in the County Championship (captaining the county in 1952-53). After leaving the Royal Navy he worked in marketing with Kimberly Clark Ltd, rising to marketing director. He died on January 30, aged 87.
How many father/son combinations have been capped by England and which family has the shortest generation gap between appearances? Chris, England
The Farrells became the 12th family in which father and son(s) have played Test rugby union for England:
R H Birkett (1871 - 1877) and son J G G (1906 - 1912)
The Farrells, it will be seen from the years set out above, have the shortest generation gap (five years) between debuts.
When Bradley Davies was sin-binned against Ireland there seemed to be not much more than 10 minutes left on the match clock, yet he was back on with several minutes remaining. Is the rule, 10 minutes ignoring stoppages or 10 minutes of match time, as I believe it should be? Tony Phillips, England
Nowadays there is a match clock that measures playing time and it is regularly stopped and started by the Television Match Official (TMO) at the referee's instruction. The 10-minute spell for the yellow card would have been timed by the match clock and not by the actual time elapsed since the player's temporary dismissal.
The carded player needs permission from the referee and pitch-side officials during a break in play before his return is allowed - the player may not return immediately the ten minutes of playing time have elapsed if, at that instant, the ball is in play.
Bradley Davies officially received the card at 64:53. He was technically allowed back when the match clock showed 74:53, but at that moment the game was live. The next stoppage came after George North's try at 75:46, referee Wayne Barnes calling time-off to TMO Geoff Warren at 75:54 to review whether or not North had scored. Leigh Halfpenny failed with the conversion attempt and the game restarted with Ronan O'Gara kicking-off at 76:50, at which time Davies was back in action.
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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — The Dufour-Lapointe family of Canada will have a few things to share and compare when they get home from Russia.
Try Olympic gold and silver medals.
Youngest sister Justine took the gold in women's moguls Saturday night and middle sister Chloe got the second-place prize.
Oldest sister Maxime also made it into the finals, where she finished 12th — a more-than-interested onlooker to a slice of Olympic history. Justine and Chloe join French skiers Marieele and Christine Goitschel and Austrian lugers Doris and Angelika Neuner on the short list of sisters to win Olympic gold and silver in the same event.
"The path we walked, we did this side-by-side," Maxime said. "These tears I'm crying, these tears are not of disappointment. They're tears of joy."
Their father, Yves, was crying those same tears.
"A dream. A long time, we've dreamed this," he said. "It doesn't get any better than this. It doesn't."
Over the past year, Justine Dufour-Lapointe has proven one of the few moguls skiers who could challenge American Hannah Kearney, who was the defending champion and also strung together 16 straight wins during a span from 2011-12.
On the biggest stage, the 19-year-old Justine more than challenged. She beat Kearney.
Going third-from-last, Justine set the bar with a straight, solid run — skis pointed straight downhill and the bright red knee pads that help the judges gauge the quality of the run moving together in unison. Her jumps — a 360-degree twist and a back layout — were simple and ramrod straight. She scored a 22.44 — a combination of her speed, her work through the moguls and 12.5 percent for each jump.
Chloe, 22, who finished fifth at the Vancouver Games and was the only sister with Olympic experience, came next. Her jumps were a bit more complex — they both involved crossing her skis — but the run itself was a little less clean. She scored 21.66.
Kearney went last, with a chance to become the first skier to go back-to-back in 22-year history of Olympic freestyle. But it was her landing after the first jump, one she had trouble with in practice, then during two earlier runs as well, that tripped her up. Her left ski went flailing up and she struggled to keep her balance.
Kearney's final jump, which includes a difficult grab of her ski, wasn't enough to make up for the earlier problems.
"The run felt like a battle more than an accomplishment," Kearney said. "It was mine to take and I felt like I gave it away."
She stood there, glassy-eyed, during the flower ceremony. Justine, meanwhile, grabbed her sister's hand as the two ascended the first- and second-place steps.
"Holding Chloe's hand meant that I wasn't alone," Justine said. "I was in shock. I saw Chloe and I felt calm. Holding her hand, I knew it would feel more like home."
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