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An Illustrated View of Multiple Sclerosis
Wanda says:
As of to day I have lost my taste buds didn't know that it had anything to do with my ms but guess what ms has found a other way to knock me down I was diagnosed with ms in 2008 please keep me in your prayers as I will keep you all in my prayersReply
Maureen says:
Hi Wanda…I just saw this! I have that issue quite frequently; it comes and goes, but is mostly here to stay. It's one of those weird "SURPRISE…I'm a SYMPTOM" things. Be mindful of milk! It gets me out of telling someone that their cooking is "less than"!Reply
Tameka says:
I actually lost my taste in 2014 and that's how I was diagnosed. It only lasted for a few months but losing my taste was the beginning of my journey.Reply
Heidi Weber says:
I am feeling and am out of control……..that is the worst I have ever felt. Depressing, but nothing to do but thinking tomorrow will be better.Reply
Jim says:
I know your challenges. Sometimes, it's too hard to even think about tomorrow because somehow, someway, I have to get through today without breaking down in tears. You're not alone.Reply
Sophia says:
I too went through the lowest these last 2 nights. I actually had to call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline because I was feeling too low. They put me on hold for so long, I called a friend instead.Reply
Billie Lombardo says:
I am so sick of being sick! My latest symptom to creep up is uncontrollable bowels. It has affected everything! I had to take fmla from work and my boss is not the nicest woman. If she could feel, for just ONE day what I do, then maybe there would be some compassion and understanding! I know I look fine, but lady if my ms was visible I would look like a freakin monster! 😕Reply
D. says:
Stay strong… I think my bowels are starting to go too… I'm rooting for youReply
Tricia says:
So sorry to hear what you have to endure with a noncaring supervisor on top of MS! I pray things will get better for you!🙏🏽 I think we work for the same person! 😢Reply
Adreanna Meacham says:
you should try and go see a urologist. my urologist help with prevent the problem with my bladder and bowels. I had it worst with bladder. your boss should know better then mess with you. cause you are protected by ADS and she can get in big trouble if she violate any of your rights under ADA.Reply
Heidi Weber says:
I am using medical marijuana as theReply
last road. Let me see where this road takes me.
Adrean says:
I'm afraid to use medical marijuana. because they can not tell me for sure it will worsen my already issue with my thinking and damage MS caused to my brain. So afraid will progressive the damage in my brain.Reply
Tammy Mann says:
Have you looked into CBD Oils. Also. I have bladder and bowel issues as well. 11 years ago I had a SP Catheter surgery. My catheter comes out of my abdomen/pubic area. Best decision I ever made. In regard to bowel; I no longer eat greasy or deep fried foods. Esp if I am not at home.
Anita Hohls says:
How are you doing on the marijuana treatment? Any improvements Heidi? I was too scared to try it and my psychiatrist says it benefits some for a while and others not.Reply
Since I have been on Betaferon injections every second day, I have duller pain and very few relapses where I needed steroid treatment. My neurologist gave me medicine to take in the morning called Neucon which is used to treat ADD or ADHD but in us MS people it has the opposite effect., it actually makes us more awake and energetic. I don't need sleep during the day anymore and sleep well at night from 10pm to 6am.
The adjustment of my medication by my Neurologist and Psychiatrist has made a great change in my life. The Illustrated View of MS are great.
Erica P. says:
When people believe you're perfectly fine because you hide things so well that it appears you're functioning somehat normally. So,when you mention a headache or body ache they quickly compare themselves to you and say, oh,me too! Excuse me -Do you have MS? Then, no. You dont know what it's like.Reply
Adrean says:
I recently heard this saying that I tell people when they try to compare there pain to mind" I am not look sick on the outside but on the inside it feel like the MS is alien trying to kill me from the inside of my body ripping though every part of my body and trying to get though my spine. when you feel that kind of pain come talk to me.Reply
mbnelson says:
Thank you, thank you! The illustrated view of MS is a wonderful way to explain this to anyone but especially for children The drawings are eye catching. The captions are both simple and smart.Reply
On a more personal note, I am ecstatic to encounter a MS website that is informational and promotes positive thinking.
Mbinaustin says:
I agree – thanks!Reply
Phyllis Gooch says:
That's me….except for the sleeping part..rarely get sleep.Reply
Birda Trujillo says:
Exactly. So true. Real life. On point. Reality.Reply
Lindsey Hatlevik says:
The reason I can no longer work as a Social Worker. By 2 pm I am done.Reply
Leah Bowditch says:
Hi I have been diagnosed since 2015 and just about to start my social work degree. I'm hoping I can cope with the hours. So sorry to hear you cannot do this anymore. it is a worry of mine that this will happen to me.Reply
Cathleen says:
Leah, go for your goals. I was dx with MS in 1994, in Oct right when I had started my dream job as an Elementary School Counselor after finishing my masters. I was so discouraged but determined not to let it keep me down. I loved my work and didn't retire until 2014 because of my MS progression….which I was very angry about, but I managed to get 20 years in doing a job I loved with so many children i'll remember forever!
Andiee says:
One day I opened up my computer and couldn't remember my passwords for the systems and I couldn't remember how the do my job! A job I had done 14 years and I had trained numerous now employees how to do! When I finally quit I Think my office was relieved. They didn't want to say anything to me to upset me because I had work with these lady's a long time.Reply
Tracy Long says:
I am dealing with this so bad here lately.Reply
George Kafantaris says:
SAME STORY ALL THE TIME,,WE KNOWReply
Ann Lafontaine says:
I feel like this today.Reply
Deb Martin says:
Very true!!!Reply
Natalie Roussere Claunch says:
My husband says our house could be in fire and I wouldn't wake up.Reply
Phil Singleterry says:
Yep all that and more..welcome to the world of MSReply
Sheena Ewing says:
One if the worst things about MSReply
Deb Martin says:
I totally agree!!Reply
Maxine Lomas says:
Iv felt knackered all week and body aching all overReply
Lovely Caltzontzin says:
Thats true. My employer dont understand how i feelReply
Tanya Millspaugh says:
Fatigue shuts my brain down…Reply
Sally Lloyd says:
So trueReply
Patsy Nelson says:
I wish I could just fall asleep like that! After all that misery, and then have trouble sleeping! UuughReply
Barb Kirby Lannan says:
So truesReply
Robin Myers says:
George Kafantaris says:
POSITIVE ABOUT WHAT ? MAYBE BECAUSE WERE STILL ALIVEReply
Angie Freeman says:
That's about it ecept the PAIN I feel every single dayReply
Regina Langa Barry says:
Yup. It's hard to explain this to people. It can happen so fast.Reply
Patti Rathbone Pinkston says:
BrettandKathy Doyle says:
I do hate the fatigue, but really, really, really hate the ms hug. Who would ever name it something nice like that? Wait…someone who has never dealt with it. Silly me!Reply
Linda Kaye says:
sadly autoimmune diseases do not keep their symptoms neatly in labeled divisions by ailment…wait, it is all one big f~[£ing ailmentReply
Erin Bedell says:
Yes except when you don't sleep wellReply
Josie Esquivel says:
This is me today…..Reply
Margaret Taylor says:
Sad but so so true.Reply
Cathy Watson says:
Urgghh. I need a napReply
Kim Black-McKinley says:
I hear you there! So hard 😓Reply
Nancy Glenn Wenzel says:
Except I crash and still can't sleep. 🙁Reply
Randy Handfield says:
It stinks!Reply
Darlene Amendola says:
Linda Westmoreland says:
so very true….a trip to see the doctor is major for me..just getting ready and then going and then waiting and then coming home and by then I am done for the day !!! Sounds crazy I know but true !!!Reply
Eddie High says:
Completely agree I'm a veteran an I feel the same way but I completely enjoy the time I'm out and try to do as much as I can before I get home cuz as soon as I do I know I'm not going to be able to do anything elseReply
George Kafantaris says:
POSITIVE ? ABOUT WHAT ?Reply
Toni-anne Johns says:
Perfect summation .Reply
Marsha Bell says:
For me the fatigue skips my extremities and melts my face insteadReply
Sheryl Braswell says:
Yep, good description.Reply
Marybeth McKay says:
Random cramps in your legs or that thumb thing? Hate itReply
Deb Singer D'Angelo says:
Ron Wheeler says:
On stilts.Reply
Lynnette Rex Russell says:
Isn't that the truth?!Reply
Sue Jochens says:
Unless all the aches and pains keep you from sleeping…..Reply
Monika Sharma says:
5 things not to eat if you have MS.Reply
Bettes S. says:
Yes, yes…indeed. All so very true.
Several of these aren't on my radar screen…and I'm grateful for as long as they stay away.
And to hear…'you look so good' means that I must be just fine…because I know it's not all in my head. Such a nice compliment to hear…and then I find myself questioning the speaker AND myself. It almost can feel like a form of gas-lighting at times. We're okay….we live positively with MS>Reply
Kristi Waltz Crum says:
I agree! So true! I also try to hide what lies beneath, but it peaks out every once in a while.Reply
Trish Wescombe says:
So true. I try to hide the stuff lying beneath. Sometimes more easily hidden than other timesReply
Mike Stofiel says:
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Mirella Cometti-Mammoliti says:
How very trueReply
David Pepe says:
What they don't see changes day to day, if not hour to hour.Reply
Nariman Bisma says:
Aahhh… sooo fuckin true ! Someone knows.. someone writes about it.. but no one understands :'(Reply
Nick says:
Yeah it kinda isn't good.. but will be okReply
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Mo Bad Blues
At first it wasn't too bad. In the right light, my mo looked fairly legit. It was rough and tough and ready to rumble, just like you might think I am, if you don't know me very well. Seven days in, I could even be considered debonair.
Then the gingers came in.
Now, I don't have anything against the ginger peoples. Some of my best friends—well, no, all right, that's not true. I shun them. But I have several close ginger relatives. Lovely people. Really courageous. Also, there's no problem with ginger if you're a woman. For chicks, red hair means: "I am so aflame with animal passion, I could burst into fire at any moment." I think we can all agree on that. But on a man, ginger hair is not popularly translated as "fiery, dangerous love beast." It's more "weird pervert from Accounting."
On top of that, I keep accidentally cruising for gay sex. I don't mean to. I just haven't adapted to the signals my mo is sending out. For example, on my run this morning, I jiggled my eyebrows in greeting to a runner passing by. Usually, this means, "Nice morning." But now, apparently, it means, "Nice thighs." At least, that's what I'm getting from the look of terror that crossed the guy's face.
I'm beginning to catch glimpses of it in my peripheral vision. When I have a drink, it gets there before I do. The other day I blew my nose, and three hours later realized my upper lip was hoarding bits of tissue. Also, despite my private hopes, Jen has not been harboring a secret passion for circa 1970s tennis stars. Hairy, scratchy, ginger lip caterpillar: apparently not a turn-on.
It's just as well I'm doing this for a good cause. Thanks so much to everyone who donated. I just want you to know, it's because of you that I'm stuck with this thing until December.


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Summer Of Sonic
Summer of Sonic, Sonic Boom 2012 dates
Sega has confirmed its hedgehog-flavoured fan events will return this year.
Summer Of Sonic headlines
PSA: Summer of Sonic takes place on June 25 in London
Fan-organised, yearly Sonic convention, Summer of Sonic, will take place on June 25, its been announced. Sega's supporting the event, which will also be around the time of the blue fella's 20th anniversary on June 23. The head of Sonic Team and long-time producer and director, Takashi Iizuka, as well as Yuji Naka, the programmer […]
Sega's announced a Summer of Sonic event, to take place in London's Covent Garden. From Destructoid: Summer of whaaaa? Yes, SEGA has teamed up to give some backing to a fan venture for the first full on Sonic Convention which will be taking place in London on Saturday August 9th. It's a creation of the […]


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Forza Motorsport 3's car lineup continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with ten new rides for the Xbox 360 racer now available for purchase in the Road & Track Car Pack.
Jalopnik readers and AutoWeek have taken their turns selecting cars for Forza Motorsport 3, and now it's car enthusiast magazine Road & Track's turn. They've picked the ten cars featured in the Road & Track Car Pack, hopefully creating a group of new vehicles worthy of the 400 Microsoft point asking price.
The complete car listing in the Road & Track Car Pack is as follows:
• 2010 Volkswagen Golf R
• 2009 Holden HSV w427
• 2010 Ford Taurus SHO
• 2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG
• 2010 Renault Megane RS 250
• 2010 Vauxhall Insignia VXR
• 2010 Mini Coupé Concept
• 2010 Bentley Continental Supersports
• 2010 Mazda MX-5 Superlight
• 2010 SEAT Leon Cupra R
Not a bad list, though I'd say the 2010 Bentley Continental Supersports is a strange choice, considering the vehicle's suspension...
...nope. I tried, but I know nothing about cars whatsoever, to the point where I cannot even pretend I do. It was a valiant effort if I do say so myself, but I am thwarted.


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As an optometrist at Hebrew SeniorLife, many of the eye problems that I treat in my patients are age-related. It is not uncommon for eyes to weaken as we age. One of those ways in which age can impact eyesight is through the onset of cataracts. Cataracts are one of the most commonly diagnosed eye disorders among older adults. In fact, by age 75—about 70 percent of people will have had cataracts.
What are cataracts?
A cataract occurs when the normally transparent lens of the eye becomes cloudy or opaque, limiting vision. Cataracts tend to develop slowly, making it difficult to detect a change. In some cases, a cataract doesn't impair vision or affect daily life enough to warrant surgical intervention.
Cataracts are not painful but can impact a senior's day-to-day activities and limit independence. It's important to seek out a consultation with an ophthalmologist to discuss surgical options if you notice problems with vision that begin to interfere with your daily activities.
Cataract symptoms can include:
- Cloudy, blurry, dimmed or yellowed vision
- Increased difficulty seeing at night
- Sensitivity to light and glare
- Frequent changes in glasses or contact lens prescriptions
- Double vision
Age is a common risk factor for cataracts but it's not the only one. Those who smoke, excessively tan, have diabetes, a history of steroid use or a previous eye injury or surgical procedure on the eye are all at greater risk for developing cataracts—particularly as you age. A family history also increases cataract risk.
The most important step you can take to keep your eyes healthy and prolong independence is to see an eye specialist annually. Your ophthalmologist will be able to diagnose cataracts during a routine eye exam—allowing you to monitor them closely and take necessary medical steps if your vision degrades.
Other ways to prevent cataracts are:
- Having regular medical check-ups with your primary care physician
- Avoiding tanning booths and wear a hat or sunglasses when out in the sun
- Quitting smoking
Receiving a cataract diagnosis does not necessarily mean you will need a surgical procedure right away. Changing your eyeglass prescription or using brighter light bulbs around the house can make surgical intervention unnecessary for months or even years.
If you are a candidate for surgery, a less-invasive surgical cataract procedure has made cataract surgery easy to undergo and recover from. The procedure, which takes about 10 minutes, often allows you to return to normal activities the very next day—with full healing of the eye in about a month.


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This is how Carl Archambeault found his ancestors.
He read my article about Philip Archambeault obituary.
This is William Kaminski Sr.'s obituary.
KAMINSKI, William, Sr.
William Kaminski, Sr., 66, of Kensington, the loving husband of Rosemary "Cookie" (Zottola) Kaminski, passed away Tuesday evening, (January 3, 2006) at Haven Health/Cromwell Health Care Center with his loving family at his side. Born and raised in Bristol, the son of the late Peter and the late Isabel (Chagnon) Kaminski, he attended St. Joseph School, graduated from St. Anthony High School, and served in the U.S. Army. He started his law enforcement career as a Connecticut State corrections officer, and became a Farmington Police Officer before entering the State Police Academy, Class of 1966. After a 23 year career with the State Police that included assignments to Troop "H", Hartford, and the Western District Major Crime Squad, he retired in 1989, and became a Judicial Marshal from 1994 until 2000. He was a member of St. Paul Church in Kensington, a member of Elks Lodge #957 in New Britain, past president of the Franco-American Club in Bristol, and a member of the I.P.I.C. in Kensington where he was affectionately known as the "Polish Rifle" in the Bocce League. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, William Kaminski, Jr.; and two daughters and sons-in-law, Pamela and Dale Souza, and Kimberly and David Glanovsky, all of Bristol; two step-sons, James Karam, Jr. and his wife, April, and Anthony Karam, all of Kensington; a brother, Peter Kaminski and his wife, Beverly in Ocala, FL; a sister, Patricia Palin in Kansas; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Born and raised in Bristol, the son of the late Peter and the late Isabel (Chagnon) Kaminski.
What about the Kaminski family.
This for a start.
Now I will sit and wait.
Footnote This article was written before Joe wrote this on Thurday…
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World Markets Year-End Review: Good Riddance to 2011!
by Chart School - December 31st, 2011 5:35 pm
Courtesy of Doug Short.
Our gang of eight world market indexes finished 2011 with a thinly traded, holiday-interrupted week that saw little drama. The average weekly performance of the eight was flat, with the CAC 40 taking the top spot for the second week in a row, and the BSE SENSEX at the bottom, equidistant below the flat line.
The Final Numbers for 2011
The adjacent table shows the final 2011 performance for our featured indexes. I said earlier that last week saw little drama. Actually there was a minor nail-biter over the question of whether the S&P 500 would finish the year with a gain or loss. The question wasn't answered until the final trades were resolved at the market close. The 500 finished the year in the red by the three one-thousandths of a percent. I've added an extra decimal place in the table because at two decimal places, the finish rounds to zero.
The final tallies illustrate that, although the eurozone financial crisis has garnered all the attention in recent months, the Asia-Pacific was home to the year's biggest losers. The SENSEX had the worst year, with a loss of nearly 25%. But the Shanghai Composite has fallen furthest from its interim high (see the inset in the line chart below). It is down a whopping 36.64% from its 2009 high, with the Nikkei, Hang Seng and SENSEX in a near dead heat for next to last, posting declines in the 25%-26% area.
A Closer Look at the Last Four Weeks
The tables below provide a concise overview of performance comparisons over the past four weeks for these eight major indexes. I've also included the average for each week so that we can evaluate the performance of a specific index relative to the overall mean and better understand weekly volatility. The colors for each index name help us visualize the comparative performance over time.
The chart below illustrates the comparative performance of World Markets since March 9, 2009. The start date is arbitrary: The S&P 500, CAC 40 and BSE SENSEX hit their lows on March 9th, the Nikkei 225 on March 10th, the DAX on March 6th, the FTSE on March 3rd, the Shanghai Composite on November 4, 2008, and the Hang Seng even earlier on October…
Two Lectures On The History Of Austrian Economics
by Zero Hedge - December 31st, 2011 5:01 pm
Courtesy of ZeroHedge. View original post here.
Submitted by Tyler Durden.
When it comes to the types of people in this world, there are those who say that the only way to fix the current economic catastrophe is to keep doing more of the same that got us in this condition in the first place (these are the people who say mean regression is irrelevant, and 10 men and women in an economic room can overturn the laws of math, nature, physics, and everything else and determine what is best for 7 billion people), and then there is everyone else. The former are called Keynesians. The latter are not. Only those in the former camp don't see the lunacy of their fundamental premise, a good example of which is the following. Luckily, the world is nearing the tipping point when the camp of the former, which for the simple reason that it allowed the few to steal from the many under the guise that it is for the benefit of all, is about to be overrun, hopefully peacefully and amicable but not necessarily, and the camp of the latter finally has its day in the sun. Naturally, when that happens the status quo loses, as the entire educational and employment paradigm is one which idolizes the former and ridicules the latter even though the former has now proven beyond a shadow of a doubt it is a miserable failure (ref: $20+ trillion excess debt overhang which will, without doubt, lead to a global debt repudiation or restructuring, with some components of "odious debt"). So for all those still confused what some of the core premises of the ascendent "latter" are, below we present two one-hour lectures by Israel Kirzner. We urge readers to set aside two hours, which otherwise would be devoted to watching rubbish on TV or waiting in line for In N Out burger, and watch the two lectures below. Because, contrary to what the voodoo shamans of failure will tell you, there is a way out. It is a very painful way, but it does exist. The alternative is an assured and complete systemic collapse once the can kicking finally fails.
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h/t ZH_Crown
Additional 2012 Predictions: Trade Wars, US Election, Precious Metals, Energy
by ilene - December 31st, 2011 4:39 pm
Courtesy of Mish
I inadvertently left off an item regarding trade wars that I intended to mention in Mish 2012 Predictions; 2011 Year in Review with Max Keiser. I also have some commentary on the US election, precious metals, and energy.
Trade Wars
Expect Global Trade Wars: Look for tit-for-tat trade wars to heat up in 2012 as noted previously in China to Impose Anti-Dumping Duties on GM; "Fair Trade" Idea is Self-Serving Scam; Proposal to Stop "Free Sunlight" Gains Support From Mitt Romney. Should Mitt Romney win the election, expect global trade to collapse in 2013. Trade wars will not be good for equity prices.
US Election
US Political Roadmap: If President Obama dumps Joe Biden for Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential candidate as Robert Reich suggests in My Political Prediction for 2012: It's Obama-Clinton, Obama will win re-election unless the Republican candidate is specifically Ron Paul. Clearly this is not an endorsement of Obama, it is a prediction. Some mistook my 2008 prediction for Obama as an endorsement. It wasn't. I wrote in Ron Paul in 2008 and will do so again unless he is the nominee. If Ron Paul is the Republican nominee I think Paul would draw enough crossover votes from independents and Democrats who are sick of war and big government to win. If it's Obama-Biden vs. Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney then it's too close to call.
Oil is a wildcard. My prediction is cooler heads prevail. However, the election is 11 months away and that is a lot of time for someone to get carried away. The odds the US initiates an attack on Iran under Ron Paul are virtually zero. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for any of the other major candidates. Should the US or Israel attack Iran (I do not believe the US will), then the price of crude will quickly skyrocket by $50 or more. Such an oil shock would immediately send the entire global economy into a severe recession.
Precious Metals
Precious Metals Roadmap: What follows is more of an approach than a prediction. Gold remains a much safer play than silver, something I have said for years. Technically silver is flirting with a breakdown of major support at $27. If that low does not hold, a decline to the low-to-mid $20′s is likely (something I said earlier this year when silver was near…
17 States Still Project Budget Deficits (It Will Get Much Worse); Moving Targets and the Slowing Global Economy
by ilene - December 31st, 2011 4:36 pm
Courtesy of Mish
State economies have partially recovered from the depths of 2009 and early 2010, but 17 states still project deficits. Moreover, there are no rainy day funds or untapped revenue sources, and some "temporary" tax hikes are set to expire. California is $13 billion in the hole but that is a huge improvement compared to the $40 billion hole previously.
Yahoo!Finance reports State revenue rises, but not enough to offset cuts
Twenty-nine states are spending less from their general funds today than they did before the recession, according to a recent joint survey from the National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers.
More than 30 states have raised taxes since the recession began, but some of those increases were temporary and are expiring soon, as in Arizona. With the economy slowly reviving and unemployment rates dipping, many governors and lawmakers say they don't want to jeopardize the recovery by raising taxes again.
But tax revenue is not expected to grow enough to make up for the impact of four years of dismal economic times. Rainy-day funds, internal transfers and other one-time sources have largely been tapped, so governors and lawmakers must look for new places to cut spending.
Changes to public employee retirement benefits and sweeping reforms to health care programs such as Medicaid are among the most likely targets.
At least 17 states project budget gaps for the next fiscal year, while a handful need to balance budgets in the remaining six months of the current budget year. The revenue of all 50 states combined remains $21 billion below 2008 levels, according to the National Governors Association-NASBO report.
Budget gaps in states projecting shortfalls in the 2012-13 fiscal year are estimated to total $40 billion. By comparison, California alone closed a deficit of $42 billion in 2009, during the worst of recession.
Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers have fewer options to close the $13 billion shortfall that is projected over the next 18 months.
In December, Brown ordered $1 billion in midyear spending reductions to public schools, universities and social services because tax revenue did not meet projections. The state has given school districts the option of slicing another seven days from the current school year, now 175 days long. That already is five days shorter than before the recession.
Low-income seniors and the disabled will get less in-home
Manufacturing Jobs Coming Back, but Workers Face a New Era of Lower Wages
by Market Montage - December 31st, 2011 3:20 pm
Courtesy of MarketMontage. View original post here.
I've written often in the past stories showcasing the statistics about "what" kind of jobs are coming back, rather than simply focusing on "how many". What has been striking during the Great Recession and its aftermath (also known as a recovery), is the loss of jobs in the higher strata of wages, and the replacement of those jobs with those at the lower strata. The long term societal implications of this if it does not reverse itself in the future are many. With the full flowering of globalization I've written since 2007 this will not reverse – indeed the wages of those in developing countries will increase, while the wages of those (in direct competition) in developed countries will decrease. I've called this "global wage arbitrage". While these wages between developed and developing will not exactly converge (many other items such as regulation, environment, taxes et al will impact) they will become much closer as a global labor force becomes closer to reality. I've written long ago this is going to mean much tougher times for those in high cost of living countries and I believe this has surfaced over the past decade in the States.
This NYT story takes a look at one of those sectors of the economy in global competition – manufacturing. Yes, some jobs are being created but most are a far cry from the type of wages (relative to cost of living in the country at the time) once offered. Locally, with the Big 3 there is now a two tier wage system with recent union contracts. Work that once was done for $28+/hour is now being done by $14/hr workers. Considering Walmart pays cashiers somewhere around $11-12/hr for a much less physically taxing type of workload we can see how the expectations of many in this country need to change to the new reality. It also poses a lot of challenges to the government as there will be much more strain on social services, and far less of a taxpayer base to create revenue. So as we celebrate job 'creation' each first Friday of the month, we need to think much deeper than just the raw number – it's not just quantity but quality.
Please note – as stock speculators whose only 'concern' is profits, we 'embrace' these changes as…
2011 – Catch-22 Year In Review
by ilene - December 31st, 2011 2:55 pm
Courtesy of Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform
2011 – Catch-22 Year In Review
"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." - Mark Twain
I published my predictions for 2011 on January 3, 2011 in my article 2011 – The Year of Catch-22. Humans evidently enjoy being embarrassed by how pitiful they are at predicting the future, because we continue to do it year after year. The mainstream media pundits don't dare look back at their predictions or the predictions of the Wall Street shills that parade on CNBC and get quoted in the Wall Street Journal, eternally predicting 10% to 15% stock market gains. The multi-millionaire Wall Street strategists like the spawn of the squid, Abbey Joseph Cohen, have used all of their Ivy League brain power to predict at least a 10% stock price gain every year since 1999. The S&P 500 stood at 1,272 on January 6, 1999. As of this writing it currently stands at 1,261. ZERO appreciation over the last twelve years.
The Wall Street mantra of stocks for the long run is beginning to get a little stale. If Abbey Joseph Cohen had been right for the last twelve years, the S&P 500 would be 4,000. For this level of accuracy, she is paid millions. Her 2011 prediction of 1,500 only missed by16%. The S&P 500 began the year at 1,258 and hasn't budged. The lowest prediction from the Wall Street shysters at the outset of the year was 1,333, with the majority between 1,400 and 1,500.
The same Wall Street clowns are now being quoted in the mainstream media predicting a 10% to 15% increase in stock prices in 2012, despite the fact we are headed back into recession, China's property bubble has burst, and Europe teeters on the brink of dissolution. They lie on behalf of their Too Big To Tell the Truth employers by declaring stocks undervalued, when honest analysts such as Jeremy Grantham, John Hussman and Robert Shiller truthfully report that stocks are overvalued and will provide pitiful returns over the next year and the next decade.
I will take my chances with a few predictions for 2012 after reviewing my lack of foresight regarding 2011. I declared 2011 the year of Catch-22 because no matter what…
The Most Hilarious Year-End S&P 500 Finish in Market History
by ilene - December 31st, 2011 2:35 pm
Courtesy of Joshua M Brown, The Reformed Broker
Yeah I said it.
So much screaming and yelling and blogging and digging and questioning and panicking and crying and fighting and analyzing and hand-wringing and soiled diapers – and at the end, the S&P 500 closes down less than 5 tenths of a percent, de facto breakeven on the year. Listen closely – the Gods are mocking us; the very heavens and firmament shake with their bellicose laughter.
Here's my friend Steven Russolillo at the Journal with a rundown of a ludicrous end to a ludicrous year:
The three main U.S. stock indexes offered something for bulls, bears and the indifferent this past year: the Dow was up, the S&P was flat and the Nasdaq was down.
And the ride from the beginning of the year through Friday was volatile and filled with uncertainties and the unexpected.
It came down to the wire, but in the final minute of 2011 trading, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index closed the year virtually unchanged from where it closed in 2010. The S&P 500 closed Friday down 5.42 points, or 0.43%, to 1257.60. The full-year decline of 0.04 point, or 0.0028%, was the smallest annual move since at least 1947, according to preliminary S&P calculations. S&P Indices scrambled after the close of trading to determine an extra decimal place in the 1947 data to figure out which was the slimmer move of the two years.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fared better in 2011. The Dow finished down 69.48 points, or 0.57%, to 12217.56 on Friday, but closed the year up 5.53%. The blue-chip index closed the fourth quarter up 12%, its biggest quarterly percentage jump since 2003.
The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 8.59 points, or 0.3%, to 2605.15, and closed the year down 1.8%.
A portfolio loaded with defensive stocks and Treasurys would've crushed the market. Conversely, a portfolio loaded with Netflix, Green Mountain Coffee, Sina, Baidu, silver, palladium and all the other "can't miss" garbage would've impaled you like a Transylvanian dissident. And the more you "traded the news" this year, the more your portfolio came out of it looking like ground hamburger meat, let's keep it real.
But enough about the 2011 hilarity. What's next?
Dow Gains 5.5% in 2011, as S&P Ends Flat (WSJ)
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Extreme Predictions 2012
by ilene - December 31st, 2011 2:27 pm
Courtesy of Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism
I tend to avoid the year end retrospective/forecast blizzard, although some of the more creative compilations can be fun.
However, some 2012 forecasts crossed my screen, and two were such striking outliers that I thought I'd call them to your attention and seeing if readers have come across other Extreme Predictions for the new year (aside from the Mayan end of the world sort).
The first come from Matt Yglesias, "Happy Days Are Here Again!
Don't believe the naysayers: An economic recovery is right around the corner." No, this is not a parody, this is a real article. And whoever came up with the title at Slate has a subversive sense of humor. The song, "Happy Days are Here Again," was an end-of-Roaring 20s confection (published and first recorded in 1929), and made famous in a 1930s movie and as the theme song for FDR's 1932 presidential campaign. Needless to say, happy days (at least on the material front) proved to be far more remote than that standard promised.
Yglesias's argument is (basically) that with interest rates super low, consumers will start "investing" again in cars, durable goods and housing. He relies on the idea of the natural rate of interest of Knut Wicksell. Yglesias claims it is "so fundamental that people sometimes forget to return to it." Huh? This is the old loanable funds theory; it has been debunked repeatedly, recently and rather decisively debunked in an critically important BIS paper earlier this year by Claudio Borio (who with William White of the BIS called the international housing bubble in 2003) and Piti Disyatat. This paper makes an key conceptual contribution to economics yet does not seem to have gotten the attention it deserves (certainly not in the econoblogsophere, no doubt because it is too threatening to orthodox ideas).
To give you an idea of how far Yglesias has to stretch to make his case, his argument that the US has a housing shortage refers back to a recent Slate article of his own, which in turn refers back to another article of his that argues that we merely had a bubble in home prices, not home construction.
He ignores the overhang of unsold properties and shadow inventory (we have a post from Michael Olenick on that tomorrow that suggests it may be much larger than most people think), or what…
Lessons of Financial Amnesia
by ilene - December 31st, 2011 2:22 pm
Courtesy of Larry Doyle, Sense on Cents
We often hear that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Does anybody in the audience contest those words of wisdom?
Why do you think I hear from many former colleagues and other Wall Street insiders that we are very likely going to experience another economic crisis—or perhaps merely a prolonging of our current crisis—and accompanying significant market decline?
My 'sense on cents' indicates to me that we will have more economic and market turmoil for the very simple reason that our financial titans, our political leaders, and our nation as a whole have not embraced nor learned from the lessons of the past.
I do not believe this 'financial amnesia' is an involuntary development but very much a result of misguided and misdirected plans and policies which have benefited a small minority at the expense of our nation as a whole.
What are the lessons we have failed to learn? In what reads like a Sense on Centsencyclical, these lessons were recently highlighted by the CFA Society of the UK.
Financial amnesia is when financial market participants forget or behave as if they have forgotten the lessons from financial history. Financial market participants are composed of two main groups, regulated financial firms and regulators. Despite the history of bitter experience, the same mistakes occur with alarming regularity (see Appendix 1). The three key lessons that participants appear to forget are:
Lesson 1: "Innovation", the illusion of safety and "this time it's different": "The world of finance hails the invention of the wheel over and over again, often in a slightly more unstable version" (Galbraith).The expansion of credit plays a key role in fuelling "innovation" while the creation of an illusion of safety results in a "this time it's different" approach that enables the continuation of unsustainable activity and risk taking. Sadly, each time it is always the same and never different.
Lesson 2: Regulated financial firms are prone to failure: It has been presumed that regulated financial firms by acting in their own self interest and in the interests of their shareholders, impose market discipline. History has demonstrated that because failure to impose market discipline is not uncommon, over-reliance on market forces can be misleading.
Lesson 3: Ineffective regulation. The frequency of market failure places a greater onus on the regulator to be more effective in encouraging and imposing market discipline. Sadly, regulators focus on the symptoms of failure rather
Investors Rushing In… and Out… Together
by Market Montage - December 31st, 2011 2:19 pm
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One of the major themes since 2008 has been the immense increase in correlations among asset classes. While this was already a growing trend since mid decade with the proliferation of computerized trading techniques and the rise of the ETF (i.e. when an ETF is bought en masse, all underlying equities are bought regardless of individual merits…. and vice versa) – it has accelerated in the 2008-2011 period. Headline risk and macro movements have come to dominate causing neck breaking whiplash. We call this "risk on", "risk off" – although I've called it 'student body left (right) trading' before the former terms became popular. While there have been times these correlations lessened during 2010 and early 2011, the back half of 2011 brought the return of this action in force. To wit, James Grant has noted that in the entire history of the S&P 500 there have been 11 instances where 490+ of the 500 stocks traded in the same direction. Of those 11, 6 have happened since July 2011. An incredible statistic. Essentially each day you "buy risk" (risk on) or you "buy US Treasuries" (risk off) – and every 24 hour period is unto itself, with no memory of the previous day.
This type of movement has created havoc for anyone trying to outperform the index, because often the market moves down (en masse) than 48 hours later a rumor or a 'rescue' will move all the same assets up en masse. And this gyration continues day after day, week after week, making it impossible to ride this bucking bronco. To that end, both mutual funds [Dec 20, 2011: Average Mutual Fund Down 5.9% with a Handful of Days Left in the Year] and hedge funds [Dec 20, 2011: Every Major Hedge Fund Strategy Also a Loser in 2011] have had a horrid year trying to beat the indexes. Last evening, I went through the Morningstar top fund performers of the year to see what I could glean. Not much. It was a whose who of utility (yield) mutual funds – trailed by dividend paying (yield) large cap healthcare and REIT (again a reach for yield) funds. These are now the most crowded trades on earth, now that gold has been bludgeoned of late. As these 'safe' sectors become…


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The film is about a teenage girl in Ocean City, Maryland, who finds herself in trouble and seeks help from her aunt and uncle, who are splitting up.
The cast features Ned Oldham, Kim Taylor, Deragh Campbell and Hannah Gross.
Porterfileld's last feature Putty Hill also screened in Berlin's Forum.
A work-in-progress cut of I Used to be Darker screened at the 2012 US in Progress Wrocław, where it received the Europa Distribution and CICAE award. The film was already picked up by the Sundance Channel Global for numerous territories in Eastern Europe and Asia.
The film marks the third feature on New Europe's slate, after Now, Forager: A Film About Love And Fungi and It Looks Pretty From A Distance. The company's catalogue also includes more than 40 shorts.
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Yanks spend big on 3D
Europeans too
Americans have already spent more than $55m on 3D TV and Blu-ray kit - despite a dearth of suitably stereoscopic material to play on them.
The total comes from local market watcher NPD, which yesterday said that all the money had been spent during the three months from February, when 3D kit announced at the January Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas began to appear on shop shelves.
Comparative European numbers are hard to come by - it's very early days for the technology, after all - but retail sales tracker GfK has said that some 25,000 3D TVs had been bought over here by the end of May.
To put that in context, GfK expects some 252 million TVs to be sold worldwide, this year.
Assume an average US price of $3000 per set, and that's only 18,333 TVs - less if the average price is higher and you assign more of the spend to Blu-ray products. From that perspective, European buyers appear keener on the technology than their transatlantic counterparts.
Still, the numbers show there is a keen early adopter market in both Europe and the US, even though there's relatively little 3D content available through broadcast channels or pre-recorded media yet.
For that reason, 3D will remain "a premium home entertainment experience" this year, NPD bigwig Ross Rubin noted.
And happy to buy expensive 3D equipment these early adopters may be, there are limits. More consumers surveyed by NPD - some 41 per cent - said the cost of the extra pairs of 3D glasses needed to allow groups of people to watch together was a key barrier to the adoption of 3D than those who said wearing 3D specs made them look silly - ten per cent.
That's in marked contrast to less self-confident Brits. In a recent survey, more than sixty-six per cent of respondents admitted they feel they'll look silly wearing 3D specs at home. ®
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What do you use, slings and or belts/vests?
hello everyone,
I am sure I am in need of some help & experiences please.
I believe I'd like to add slings to one or both of my longer guns. Moss 930 SPX, & Bereta CX4. They likely will see very limited duty, but I'd want at least one which I can use on either weapon.
I'd like for it to allow me to carry the gun at waist level & ready condition for one thing, and be lenfgthy enough to aid in my shooting position. Of course I'd want to be able to carry whichever one normally or on the shoulder too.
Will any of the slings out there attach immediately to the existing studs or OEM holes each weapon has built into them, or must I drill in new points of attachment, here or there?? or use & or add more pick rails? I hope not but....
Some of the terms I see associated with sling ads escape me so help there too would sure be nice.
Along with this crazy idea, it seems only right to carry along ammo for either rifle or shotgun too so perhaps a belt or vest is in order.
I sure would appreciate any of your present solutions for all or part of these notions of mine.
Just looking for simple to install and use, comfortable, reasonably durable, and not those items listed in the top price ranges, please.
Thanks so very much!
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All standard rifle-type slings will carry a weapon upside down if you try to carry it in front of you (plus they won't be long enough). They are made to "shoulder-carry" your gun.
|June 12, 2012, 09:43 AM
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Isn't the primary use of a sling to steady the weapon when shooting?
I think what you're looking for is a "battle sling".
I'd imagine they'd use the same attachments as any other sling, but they might not. There seems to be several styles of slings that have different number of attachment points.
As far as extra ammo goes, for the shot gun I'd go with either a butt cuff, or a side mounted shell carrier. I've never had a pistol caliber carbine, so I can;t really say what would work well for the Beretta.
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Look for a 3-point sling. That's about the closest to what you're looking for. As for an ammo belt and/or vest well that's up to you.
When I'm hunting I just stick a handful of loose cartridges in a pocket of my coat or vest (depending on the weather). On the other hand if I'm thinking of a SHTF situation I've got a tactical vest and belt with pouches that are filled with mags.
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Thanks for the input here so far….
know of any outlet for acquiring these slings or who makes decent ones?
Upside down doesn't really work…. Not long enough to wrap up in doesn't either.
Apparently I am seeking some SHTF oriented gear. I felt it an approach to more easily allow access to ammo and operation of the guns themselves however…. But no matter… BATTLE gear it is then.
Black or cam'd up works just fine for me. I'll not squawk on colors much. Aside from Desert or coyote tans. I'm in alligator & hog country.
I thought to get some listings here on duty belts I can attach magazines and maybe a holster for my FNP 45 Tactical w/laser, onto as well as a few links to decent slings.
As one poster said already, 'battle sling' types.
Nuttin' Fancy… durable, military like belts, and reasonably confortable materials for the slings. Mag pouches ought to be easy enough to come by… how they affix or if they do is the ticket.
Thanks all so far, and I'll keep looking too though.
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Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra
Born: 1092 in Tudela, Emirate of Saragossa (now Spain)
Died: 1167 in Calahorra, Spain
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Rabbi Ben Ezra lived in Muslim Spain. Little is known of his life except that he was on friendly terms with the eminent poet and philosopher Judah ha-Levi, who some historians believe was ibn Ezra's father-in-law. Ibn Ezra made his reputation as a scholar and a poet. It is recorded that during this period of his life, up to 1140, he travelled to North Africa and possibly visited Egypt.
From 1140 to 1160 ibn Ezra's life changed markedly. He was forced to wander throughout Europe during this period and he eventually settled down in Rome, then Lucca, for a few years before his death. It was during this latter period of his life that he composed his most famous works. In addition to his poetry, ibn Ezra wrote on [7]:-
... grammar, exegesis, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, and astrology.In addition to these topics, ibn Ezra wrote on permutations and combinations, the calendar, the astrolabe, and Biblical studies. He is of particular importance because he spread the learning of the Arabs through Europe at a time when scholarship in Christian Europe had been been neglected for five hundred or more years.
Of the most interest to us in this archive devoted to the history of mathematics is ibn Ezra's work on numbers. He wrote three treatises on numbers which helped to bring the Indian symbols and ideas of decimal fractions to the attention of some of the learned people in Europe. The Book of the Unit is a work on the Indian symbols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. A second work is the Book of the Number which describes the decimal system for integers with place values from left to right. In this work ibn Ezra uses zero which he calls galgal (meaning wheel or circle). Despite ibn Ezra's books, these ideas would not become accepted into mainstream European mathematics for several more centuries.
Ibn Ezra translated al-Biruni's commentary on al-Khwarizmi's tables and made interesting comments on the introduction of Indian mathematics into Arabic science in the 8th century. Historians of science try today to quantify precisely how much Arabic mathematics was influenced by knowledge of Indian mathematics, so ibn Ezra's writing on this topic are carefully studied.
Ibn Ezra's writings on grammar and poetry were often motivated by the "paytanim" [2]:-
Synagogues began ... to appoint official precentors, part of whose duty it was to compose poetical additions to the liturgy on special Sabbaths and festivals. The authors were called "paytanim" (from the Greek poietes, "poet"), their poems "piyyutim". The keynote was messianic fervour and religious exuberance. Besides employing the entire biblical, Mishnaic, and Aramaic vocabularies, the paytanim coined thousands of new words. ... Abraham ibn Ezra... attacked the language and style of the early paytanim; he [was] the first to use Arabic metres in religious poems.In fact to ibn Ezra there was no conflict between science and religion for he considered that science and astrology were at the basis of Jewish learning [7]:-
For ibn Ezra revelation and reason are ultimately perfectly congruent. His critical reading of the biblical text and his astrological interpretations of some biblical passages arise from his consistent application of a naturalist and rationalistic exegetical method and express his commitment to the view that rationality in inherent in revelation itself.
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BERLIN- Former Stephen Decatur wrestling standout Dan Miller, now a senior at the U.S. Naval Academy, last weekend won the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) championship in the heavyweight division and will now compete in the NCAA Division I championship meet.
Miller, who won three straight state championships at Decatur, entered the EIWA meet last weekend in Piscataway, N.J. as the fourth seed in the heavyweight division and knocked off a couple of the higher seeds ahead of him on the way to the championship. Miller upset number-one seed Billy Smith of Rutgers in the semifinals last Friday to reach the championship bout.
In the final, Miller took on second-seeded Blake Herrin of American University on Saturday with a chance to avenge a regular season loss. After a scoreless first period, Herrin took a one-point lead in the second and held the advantage until late in the third period. With just 25 seconds left, Miller earned an escape to send the match into "sudden victory." After neither wrestler was able to gain an advantage in the first overtime period, the match was sent to a tiebreaker and Miller prevailed to take the championship.
Miller's championship was one of nine place winners for Navy in the EIWA tournament. Six of the 10 Navy wrestlers finished in the top five in their respective weight classes and each, including Miller, advanced to the 2013 NCAA Division I championships in Des Moines, Iowa on March 21-23.


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know that you are deeply loved
no matter what your grades are
no matter what your mood
& whether you clean your room or not
i'm so proud of you my little bird
Happy 15th Birthday
& loved by her mama
know that you are deeply loved
no matter what your grades are
no matter what your mood
& whether you clean your room or not
i'm so proud of you my little bird
Happy 15th Birthday
She is beautiful! I adore her hair. Precious.
What a precious daughter you have.
She is beautiful outside and in.
Gorgeous pictures!! I love the chair in front of the old barn.
Precious, precious!!!
Happy birthday to your sweet 15 year old!
Such a beautiful gift to your child . . . your unconditional love.
1,321 songs!? Whoa! Didn't know that was possible.
My baby turns 16 next weekend. What the heck is happening here? If they are getting older I must be too, but I don't feel any older.
Okay, question....what do you do for a 15 or 16 year old birthday party? My daughter is asking for one and I don't do birthday parties at all. I just don't know what I could do that that age group would find fun or interesting. Any suggestions?
What a list. What an amazing, fabulous, wonderful, incredible list.
There is no reason she cannot and will not do ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING.
Happy Birthday, Madison!!!
Oh Paige, I have yet to read one of your posts and not have a tear in my eye!
This was beautiful.....I know I tell you this every time, but your girls are absolutely gorgeous....I love hearing you talk about them.
Wonderful photos.....I love the previous post and what you have done with Photoshop....wow!!! I have yet to master that...some day :)
Such a beautiful young lady! Such lovely words! I shed a few tears reading this post... having two little girls of my own, my heart aches when I think of how quickly the time goes by.
Happy 15th Birthday to Madison Grace!
Oh that ballerina picture... just darling! This was a sweet tribute to a precious daughter. I loved that age...
I love nearly all of the things she loves... I wonder what that means. LOL
I have tears in my eyes. I am there too, my little boy will be 15 in 2 months and just got his learners permit yesterday.
Our babies are growing up Paige! Sniff, sniff! Hmm, too bad we don't live down south, she sounds like a girl that I would "approve" of in every way!!! What a beautiful daughter you have and I can tell you are very proud of the incredible young woman she is becoming. Happy Birthday!
So sweet -- happy birthday to your birthday girl! She is lovely!!
They grow up so fast, don't they? No surprise that a mother with a beautiful heart has such a beautiful child. Happy Birthday to you both sweet mama.
She is beautiful, Paige! And you are an amazing mother and person...I miss seeing you at the gym!
what a precious tribute to your sweet girl!
that ballerina picture is so unbelievable - it reminds me of a Degas painting!!!
What a precious post. You are so blessed! Happy # 15, beautiful girl!
Is it weird that I always say your girls are gorgeous??? I hope not...but they are! Happy birthday to sweet Madison...and love your picture edits on them too!
Love your photos! The one of your daughter in the chair is great!
I can't believe she is 15!!! I remember giving her a puppy for her birthday in kindergarten!!! She is one beautiful girl and I know you are so proud of her!
Meredith (Spitler) Haskell
You've got to start putting bricks on the heads of those girls to stop them from growing up so fast. It takes my breath away to see how fast time goes by. They were little yesterday. You should be so proud of how they are turning out. You are an awesome mama!
Happy Happy 15th to your beautiful daughter!! My daughter is 7 today too!! ahhh
i love the format?? you used for your letter to your child. the pictures and words are beautiful.
Happy Birthday sweet girl... Paige, she's a beauty, that ballerina picture is gorgeous!!!
What a beautiful post to your beautiful daughter...Happy, Happy Birthday to her!! So sweet!!!
What a beauty . . .
Your daughter is gorgeous. I love your photos and the overlays are amazing.
tell her Fin will be 5 tomorrow and he likes older girls.
10 years is not that big of a deal.
Love this post Paige...what a beautiful tribute to your lovely daughter. That photo of her getting ready to take the stage...breathtaking! Love her hair style.
What a beautiful post! I have tears in my eyes reading your sweet words for your beautiful daughter. I hope you both enjoy this special day ~ Tina x
happy birthday madison! wow! what a wonderful daughter! and what a wonderful mama! and beautiful pictures of course! xoxo
So sweet. Happy birthday to your beautiful gal. And happy birth-day to you!
Happy Birthday sweet beautiful child of a sweet and lovely mother!
Happy Birthday Madison! Love that ballerina photo...gorgeous!
Madison Grace - what a gorgeous name for an equally gorgeous girl!
oh these photos - they have me swooning! you are awesome!! love the flare - love love love these!
Happy Birthday Madison!
happy happy birthday madison.
beautiful girl paige. i love her hair!!!!!!! do all those exclamation points get the point across of how much i love her hair. perfect on her. great photos and love all the textures!!!
you have amazing daughters paige.
All beautiful...but that ballerina picture is INCREDIBLE. Put that on a canvas!!
She's beautiful...Happy Birthday!
your daughter is gorgeous and your photos are amazing!
no braces ~ yay ! ~
i'm tearing up b/c i just posted a similar blog for my son- he's only two and that's why i'm sobbing! someday, sooner than I want, I'll be posting yours ~on his 15th! amazing gifts . . . theses babies of ours (of His)!!!
Artistic, lovely, fun, talented & too sweet for words! =) what a beautiful post for your daughter!
Just Jenn~
So sweet, that photos of her in her ballerina outfit is just beautiful~!
Now that is just perfect and beautiful.
Happy 15th Sweet Madi!
Happy birthday to your darling Madison! She sounds like an amazing daughter! You've really captured her charm and spirit here.
Girlie, the photos you took were amazing...what kind of camera do you use??
she has such beautiful eyes! and I love that she's a juicy girl!
that photo of her as a ballerina is a total framer!
I love doing birthday posts for my children. So precious. She is a beautiful young lady. I was so happy to find you through Artful Blogging magazine. I thought I must visit after reading your words about simplifying and blogging for accountability. Those were my thoughts as I started my blog this Jan. I am also a first born, type A, mother of 4. We even have a Golden Retriever! Thanks for the inspiration!
She is just gorgeous! Look at thoses eyes. Great and sweet sentiment. Hang onto it. SHe will most likely not appreciate or fully appreciate this until she is 30!! LOL!
i truly hope you frame that ballet picture you took..that is breathtaking Paige!
thanks for your sweet comment, but i confess, ....my little fuji does the job, but not was well!
Beautiful girl!
Happy 15 to her. :)
simply beautiful. oh my goodness. just lovely.
i love this post.
What daughter wouldn't want to hear that she is not only known so well...but loved so completely!! You are doing good mama!!!!
Happy Happy Birthday to your gorgeous girl!
I love the special realtionship you have with all of your daughters Paige. It is such a blessing to see the enormous amount of love and adoration you have for all of your children.
You are one incredible Mother....you really are.
I am so thankful that God saw fit to have our paths cross. I thank you for your friendship Paige and for that incredible heartfelt comment you left me over the weekend. You brought me to tears.
I would love to talk with you over the phone when you have time. We have to catch up!
In the meantime, May HE pour out MORE than you have room enough to receive this week.
Many Blessings Beautiful Friend,
Hey Sweet Friend-
Your daughter is so beautiful- and those eyes!!!! Whoa!
Just wanted to tell you that I picked up The Help to read in the hospital while I sat with Hutton. I am on the last chapter and don't want to finish it because I am not ready for it to end! Thanks for the recommendation!
Happy 15th birthday! Lovely family..Great blog and style..newest follower! ~lulu
i saw you photo at the bottom of my blog for a couple of days...then i'm thinking...my dd turns 15 in a couple of months too. i don't keep up with all the birthdays now.
these photos are stunning...what a great keepsake. love the ballerina, and the textures are perfect.
i know i am late reading this!! such a beautiful girl, happy birthday to her! loved hearing all of the fun things about her too;)
The girls are so beautiful. Such precious things you say about her. She's a lucky girl. (And of course you are a lucky mom)
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