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Eagle Bluff is home to a multitude of unique and adventurous, overnight summer camps for kids entering grades 3 through 12 as well as two family camp weekends in June and August. Each camp allows the campers to experience the best of Eagle Bluff's adventure activities on our high ropes courses and at the archery range, but also has its own distinct theme. Each theme allows them to explore and immerse themselves in a new focus area of their choosing. From learning to handle raptors to discovering what it's like to sleep outdoors in their own shelter, Eagle Bluff campers gain new skills, build their self-confidence, and foster their relationship with the natural world.
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* Returning Camper Discount: Enjoy 5% off the listed price if your camper attended an Eagle Bluff Summer Camp in 2018 (excluding 2018 Firearms Safety Camps). Your discount code will arrive both in the mail and via email, and is used on our Eventbrite Online Registration Page. Discounts can be applied to all 2019 camps, excluding Firearms Safety, each of the Counselor-in-Training weeks, and Becoming an Outdoors Family.
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Move It or Lose It
Variety of training helps create a well-rounded athlete
For runners in the Southeast September rolls in with a tantalizing sort of torture, promising happy long runs with a crisp wind at your back and the rustle of leaves on the path - a sort of runner happy medium where the temperature is just right for long, relaxed runs and afterwards there's the promise of cider and scarves.
Except September is never like that in North Carolina. It will tease you with one or two such days and then when it's time for the weekend long run the sun glares hot and humid and your tank top and shorts stick to you with all the chafing discomfort of July. Summer always outstays its invitation and leaves you in a miserable puddle at the end of nine miles.
And when those nine miles already include sore muscles, cracked toenails, and blood blisters on your feet? Yeah. Not fun.
You don't really realize just how repetitive the motion of running is until you try doing something else. I had decided not to play soccer this summer or fall season because of a full schedule and the propensity of picking up odd injuries here and there - black, cracked, or missing toenails; pulled or bruised muscles; twisted or sprained ankles, the various spikes to the shins and calves; knee pain from taking a blow to the knee or stressing the tendons and ligaments with sharp turns; and even the occasional concussion. Very few of the injuries ever sidelined me for more than a week or so, but with the late twenties I've noticed that the injuries take another toll: that of tiredness and the inability to immediately bounce back. And so I decided to take a break from soccer to give myself more time to rest and recover and avoid the temptation to overdo it and go too hard.
Of course, when I got the desperate text asking if I could please sub for a team that was going to be drastically short some placers I said yes, so on Thursday evening I pulled my soccer bag from the back of my closet and laced up the cleats.
You really don't know what your body is used to until you quit an activity and come back to it. I'm usually pretty good at activating my glutes on runs, but there's nothing like firing a hard kick at a soccer ball to remind yourself of how much more you can be using your glutes. I'm usually pretty efficient with my torso movements on a run, but there's nothing like the hard twists and turns playing defense on the soccer field to remember that you've got some lazy lats. And there's nothing quite like the hard, uncushioned minimalist cleat to remind your plantar fascia how easy they have it in their over-engineered running shoe. Oh, and don't forget the toenail you almost lost by halftime after you and another player's feet got tangled up and that nail shifted and rubbed the rest of the game so that your nailbed was dark and bloody by the time you peeled your sock off at home.
Oh yes, there's nothing like playing a dynamic sport to remind you that, for as wonderful running is, it's just one part of fitness. Those sore, forgotten muscles remind you of the neglect and nag you to do better, be stronger, because there's always room for improvement.

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Dr. Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was born in Ancona, Italy in 1870. Her father was a factory manager and her mother, who prized education, instilled a love of learning in the young Maria. At the age of 13, Maria began challenging the conventional education system when she entered an all-boys school to prepare for a career in engineering. Ultimately, she found medicine and graduated as one of Italy's first female doctors in 1896. Finding work as a female physician was difficult and she accepted a position working with children in an institute for special education. Dr. Montessori was a scientist and approached her work by experimentation and careful observation. Her thoughtful responses provoked unexpectedly positive results with this challenging group of students. Her success led others to wonder what might be accomplished if her methods were used with typically-developing children and soon Montessori education spread throughout Italy, Europe, and the world.


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Benefits of gyms in North Las Vegas8/12/15
Exercise is something that it's easy to put off. How often have you heard yourself saying, "I'll get around to it someday"? Well, "someday" is "today," and there's no better way to begin your fitness journey than at one of the gyms in North Las Vegas. There are numerous benefits to using gyms, so they're a great way to kick start your new exercise regime.Read more


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1) All guns are always loaded.
2) Finger out of the trigger guard until the sights are on target.
3) Never allow the muzzle to point at anything you are not willing to destroy.
4) Know your target and what is beyond and around it.
"I took three classes from Aron "Coach" Bright and couldn't be happier with the level of knowledge, competence, instructional ability and patience that he portrayed. He is a natural instructor, knowing which teaching methodology to use for each individual. He was extremely safety conscious, which is imperative when teaching individuals who may or may not have much experience with handguns. I will most assuredly continue to take Aron's classes and actually repeat a class after practicing what was originally taught. I highly recommend Aron Bright to everyone from handgun beginners to all levels of competency.
By the way,two of those classes I took with my husband. He also thinks highly of Aron's instructional quality."
Susie O.
"I recently took a safe gun handling class with Mr. Bright. I enjoyed every minute of it. He was knowledgeable and thorough. We covered a lot of material, but I never felt rushed. He was helpful without a trace of condescension. He not only told us HOW to do things, he also told us WHY we do them. I would highly recommend him for any training you may need."
Mary B.
"I had never shot a hand gun before taking one of Aron's shooting classes..Aron has a great way of training and making the classes enjoyable... Give him a shot, take a class."
Tom B.
"If I hadn't stumbled on to Aron's competition class I wouldn't be shooting USPSA today.Aron is a skilled and patient instructor that has a knack for seeing where your problems are and showing you how to fix them.My wife and daughters have taken several of Aron's beginning classes and I heard nothing but rave reviews.My family will be using his services in the future."
Jeff M.
"I have taken several defensive and competition handgun classes instructed by Aron (Coach). He has an excellent teaching style. He has helped me increase my proficiency and confidence with a hand gun to go from a D class novice shooter to B class in USPSA in a short amount of time. If your interests are competition or defensive, I would recommend any of the training classes he offers. Thanks Coach!"
Kevin W.
I have participated in several handgun courses taught by Aron where the attendee's proficiency with firearms has varied from beginners to Master class shooters. Aron is the only instructor I have observed who can provide valuable instruction to such a wide range of skill levels.
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Stuff of Dreams
by Cheryl W. Ruggiero
and Susan A. Hagedorn
part 1 of 2
Freefall from 15,000 feet didn't kill him. It woke him up and saved his life.
Heart pummeling his sternum, Mike Deem gulped ship-stale air in the dark, felt the warm inner hull along his right arm, and heard the quiet chatter of the ship's self-talk: all proof that he was alive, that plunging toward death in an icy landscape was just a nightmare.
He was not falling. The ship was not falling. Well, actually, it might have shifted from powered flight to freefall from Mars toward Earth. His arm against the hull... yes, it was floating. How did it get outside the sleep sack? Well, that was that. Freefall in space triggered freefall in a dream. There's always an explanation. Flux! He had to pee.
He unzipped the sack and squashed through the gnome-sized hatch. The pennypinchers who designed this tiny tub oughta be forced to live in it. But gotta save credits somewhere. It was the taxpayers' money after all, since the hound who'd sent this boat after him, Major Justus Bahr, was Military Intel.
Mike, too, was now Mil Intel, and he'd been drowning that truth in the sense-pots of Mars Strip when Lieutenant-Gofer Gambell showed up in this spacefaring kennel. Major Bahr, of course, was scratching his backside comfortably on Earth. Well, maybe not so comfortably, since the recall orders were for McMurdo Station.
Antarctica. The land he fell to in his dream.
Mike could barely mash his whole self into the hygiene station, but at least it processed things efficiently and didn't talk to him the way almost everything else on the ship did.
Wham! Air was sucked from his lungs as oxy-gel expanded to pin him half-naked in its slimy embrace. Total blackness, and all he could think was that he'd sold his soul to Bahr and was dying in the john.
Air filled his lungs as the gel de-structured. "FLUX!" If he could cuss, he must be alive.
He shoved the door release. Nothing moved. The ship's courteous, androgynous voice intoned advice. "Hygiene station repressurization complete. Egress prohibited until repressurization of entire habitat is complete."
"Egress, my ass! I want a suit!"
Monotone politeness replied. "Your ass may not egress until repressurization is complete. No body part may egress until repressurization is complete."
"Extrude me a pressure suit, blast you." He pounded the extruder that offered a catalog of objects on demand.
"Extruding pressure suit for Deem, Michael, Lieutenant."
Two minutes later Mike extracted a multi-layer skinsuit, dropped its rubbery mass on his head, and shivered as it rolled down his body, enveloping, sealing, bubbling out over his face to feed him three hours of air from its chemical stores, congealing between his bare feet and the floor that was turning icy cold. He levered his feet toward the hatch in zero-gee to be ready to launch himself through it.
"I'm suited. Egress my whole person. NOW."
A soft line of light scanned him. "Suit secure. Spin-simulated gravity not restored. Habitat currently pressurized to ten percent. Hatch opening."
Equalizing pressure sucked him through until his shoulders jammed and his guts screamed like they'd egressed a mile ahead of him.
He hated it when the ship was right.
He struggled out into the corridor and floated for a moment. He figured he'd better call Gambell, the only other human in the ship and supposedly in command of this recall mission, though Mike had wondered in the past few hours if Gambell was in command of himself. In Mike's medical opinion, the guy was distracted, to say the least. Mike growled into the pressure suit's link. "Control? What happened?"
No response.
He looked back the way he'd come, toward the cluster of four cabins, his and Gambell's next to each other on the starboard side. Loose stuff congregated there in the weak air pressure and freefall: a yellow message flimsy, an insulated glove, blobs of reddish ice. Blood? Mike pushed off toward them.
The paired doors to their two cabins were ruins. Mike activated the suit's headlamp to supplement dim cabin emergency lighting. He peered into Gambell's unit and wished he hadn't.
In the hull, Gambell's head and shoulders, dead and icy, protruded from the sealant that had flash-extruded and hardened across an exploded gap, a gap that wrecked the bulkhead between cabins and cracked along the hull just where Mike's head had been dreaming of freefall. Sealed and frozen near Gambell's face was Gambell's right hand, gripping a blaster.
Mike shuddered and tried to swear, but he knew neither foul enough words nor gods he could blame. Gambell must've fired a blaster beam through the hull, been sucked out feet first, and been cut in half by the force of the sealant's violent deployment.
Mike didn't want to think about where the rest of Gambell was, though he knew he'd have to send a bot back for it.
Personal log entry, Deem, Michael, Lieutenant
Rosie (Communication Unit ROS 32-417 sounds too impersonal), clean up my grammar, etc., even if only the two of us will read it, that's a good girl.
Sergeant Russell L. Gambell arrived at my Mars resort with sealed orders: immediate recall from Major Bahr for a hush-hush investigation at the Earth McMurdo station. And I should observe Gambell for any anomalies. (Anomalies? Bahr should see what's acceptable at Paradise Ltd., Mars if you have enough credits!). OK, back to my M.D. hat.
Patient refused to speak, exhibited sleep disruption with concomitant waking distraction and disconnection. Ship's control monitor showed that the night of the incident he was moaning when conscious, moving erratically, mumbling "Rock, rock, solid rock, gotta get out." He took a blaster to the hull. Trying to get out of a spaceship by blasting a hole in it, I'd call that an anomaly.
McMurdo dock was deserted. Even so, on Bahr's orders, the ship had been illegally cloaked the entire trip, and Mike's suit carried a prohibited scrambler that would make him unreadable to satellites. Good thing Bahr's ship was small enough to land like a shuttle.
He waded through a veil of dry snow blowing across the icy surface where snowpack still clung, still damn cold, even in the thrall of the latest warming short-cycle. The habitat and labs were deserted.
Bahr's voice snarled in his headset. "Deem. Where's Gambell?"
"Where the flux are you, Bahr?"
"I'm in control."
Mike turned down a passage and stopped at the door to the control room, where a seal warning glowed. "Why are you sealed in?"
"Where's Gambell?"
"The aft parts of him are being botted down 48 hours behind me. The forward parts are frozen in his cabin hull."
"What do you see in front of you, Deem?"
"What do you mean what do I see in front of me? I see a sealed door. What's wrong with you?"
"How did Gambell get frozen into the hull?"
"I'll beam you the record, Major—"
"No, Deem, you moron! No beam. Did you beam anything else?"
"No, sir. Gambell passed me your hush orders, Major Bahr, sir."
"Cut the protocol, Deem. Talk like that and I know you're lying. Get your ass in here."
The seal light faded and the door opened. Bahr was seated at the control console, fully pressure-suited and holding a blaster.
A body lay in the freezer shed, serenely icy. Mike had not really been afraid of Bahr's weapon, but the corpse frightened him deeply. He knew her. Lieutenant Laura Wurly and he had run together in training. She was small, wiry, and very fast. He wanted her goofy laugh and quirky smile to replay in his head, but no image would come and blot out the sight of her now, naked and cold. He took a breath. Two. It was his job to make the next words come out: "What has sampling revealed?"
"Like I know how to sample, Deem? That's what I had Wurly and Pyrush for."
"Where's Pyrush?"
Bahr turned away from the body and glared at Mike. "Babbling and raging in the food locker. He went as nuts as Wurly. And, oh, when he tried to gut me with an ice axe, I hit him in the head with a flashtube, all I had in my hand at the time. See if you can salvage him, Deem." His glare dared Mike to object.
"Salvage? Maybe he just took exception to your attitude, like, oh, he'd rather be a person than a piece of equipment."
"A defective piece of equipment now, anyway. So they're out of action and now I have you. Sample 'em yourself."
Mike finally asked the obvious. "So what happened?"
"More or less what you reported with Gambell." Bahr's palm slid across his faceplate, as if he were trying to wipe his face. "Damn suit! No... Good suit! Good suit!" He shivered.He went on. "Wurly pulled off her station knits like they were on fire and ran screaming out into a freezing whiteout. Nobody was in the hab lounge with her at the time, but we got the action on one of my cams. No suit, no locator. We found her hours later. Dead, of course. When we got the body back here, Pyrush shrieked like a demon and came at me with an ice axe. I slugged him, and Gambell and I dragged him into the food locker. Gambell seemed OK, so I sent him to get you."
"I need to see those vids."
"No, Deem. I've had all monitors here rigged to show nothing but the same empty station loop since before we got here. I erase my own cams when I've seen what I need, and I'll wipe the ship's log, too."
"We're not supposed to be here. You know that. No one's been allowed here since the 2198 spill. Just do your medical thing and find out what went wrong with them, and find out how to keep it from going wrong with us too."
Personal log entry, Deem, Michael, Lieutenant
All right. All right. Two days now, and I'm getting used to keeping company with the dead. And the nearly dead; Pyrush is non-responsive but febrile. The few tests I can run with my own kit and stuff from the ship's medberth show increasing cerebral inflammation, in spite of the anti's I've given him. If he doesn't come around soon, I'll have to get him out of here. I'll check on him again in an hour.
But Rosie, you'd better treat me right; you've got some new competition for my affections!
These dreams! Last night, SHE stayed with me all night. Oh, warm. Oh, dark. I'm glad I can't see her; I think she wouldn't look exactly human. I can feel that she's hairy and smells like... hmmm... but then I'm hairy too, in my dreams. And we all smell the same in my dreams.
And I can smell things I know have big teeth. And hear things I know have big claws. And my mother died, and the big teeth came and ate her. And we all ran and ran. And we were hungry. And we slept in the dark and SHE was so warm!
Mike thought Bahr looked rougher inside his sealed suit each morning. "Not sleeping well, Chief?" He hoped the boss suffered all night. At least Bahr looked better than Pyrush, who was hot, twitching, moaning, but unresponsive to stimuli.
The bot boat arrived with the rest of Gambell. Bahr himself towed the half-body into the shed and then left. Mike looked out the viewport just in time to see the boat disintegrate and disperse on the wind. Bahr trudged back into the station.
Too late, Mike yelled anyway. "You should've contained that stuff! What were you thinking?"
Copyright © 2012 by
Cheryl W. Ruggiero
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KAWAI, CX-21D, 48" Professional Upright/
PIANO: KAWAI, CX-21D, 48" Prof. Upright Piano & Bench, serial # 2010562
Finish: Ebony Polish Finish.
Description: Kawai is one of the famous Japanese Piano builders who specialize in fine craftsmanship and a warm rich tone in their pianos. Favored by conservatories and teachers around the world, Kawai has created their reputation based on their deep understanding of European piano building and partnerships with famous makers like Ibach and now Steinway. Kawai builds the Boston Pianos for Steinway and this endorsement should say enough about their quality of manufacture. This piano was purchased new in 1991 from Hilton Piano in Latham Circle Mall and has been played lightly. Recently, the family decided to trade in the piano to us for a high quality grand piano for their living room. The comparable new model is the K-25 which is made in Indonesia while this model was made in the Hammamatsu factory in Japan.
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It doesn't matter who you are or what you do for a living, everyone likes to feel appreciated for either who they are or something they have done.
"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention." ~ Oscar Wilde
Let's take a second to investigate and think about the above quote. How often do you have good intentions in mind for someone yet fail to follow through with those intentions? Probably more often than not for myself and many other folks. But have you ever noticed how something so small and simple as a "thank you" can make a positive difference in the way you interact with people?
Not only is saying thank you a decent and mannerly practice to take part in regularly, but in terms of business it can be an extremely cost-effective measure to strengthen the relationship between your employees, your clients, and customer base. It is easy to express your thanks in many different ways, so why wouldn't you want to? What do you have to lose?
Three Benefits of "Thank You"
Do you ever notice how often you actually say "thank you" on a daily basis? Whether it be to the checkout girl at the store for bagging your groceries, someone on Twitter for retweeting your tweet, or even your spouse for making dinner, do you actually mean it when you express thanks or gratitude? Here are three huge benefits that Incept experiences by simply saying "thank you" in different ways to our employees and clients.
- Appreciation can easily increase employee loyalty and work place camaraderie.
I will never forget when I had a phone call with a gentleman in Chicago about donating blood at his local donor center. I must have suggested at least five to six different blood drives that would fit his scheduling needs, yet he was still on the fence about committing to a drive to donate. This was the type of phone call that tested my abilities as a Conversational Marketing Expert™ (CME). Long story short: I ended up getting the gentleman to commit to a date and donate, but after the phone call my boss, Steve Kieffer, came up to me after listening in on it to thank me for doing such an excellent job with the situation. I'll never forget because he pointed out the positives and was professionally personable. He even rewarded me with an extra break. That was a little gesture that reinforced the fact that I work for a great company and have great bosses who care about my work. That was almost a year and a half ago.
- Saying "thank you" (and meaning it) can increase customer or donor loyalty.
When people feel appreciated for something they have done, they are more likely to do that same action again. When it comes to Incept and recruiting blood donors, we make sure the donor knows they and their actions are deeply valued and appreciated. We do this in the form of a thank-you call in which we thank the donor for their recent donation and ask them to complete a simple, one-question survey regarding their experience. When I've made thank-you calls to donors, there have been times where you can hear in their voices the gratitude they're feeling that you called and recognized them. This increases the probability that they will donate again.
- "Thank you" is an easy way to strengthen the relationship overall with your customers or donors.
Saying "thank you" doesn't cost a thing, yet the benefits in actually strengthening the relationshipbetween yourself and whomever you are talking to are vast. I say this even knowing that while I pride myself on being a fairly decent performer when surfing the phone lines, I don't get an appointment on every call. Sometimes people can't donate due to physical reasons, extremely unorthodox schedules and many other contributing factors. I don't let the fact that I won't close out the call with an appointment stop me from providing good customer service and relations, though. I still make it a point to thank them for donating in the past and taking my call. Why, though? Because no matter if you get the close for an appointment or not, we do everything we can to strengthen the relationship with the donor on our client's behalf. Saying "thank you" is an easy way to leave a favorable impression on them for when we call back.
Do you have someone in your life you should say thank you to? It really is amazing to see (or in my case, hear) people's reactions when you say those two, simple words and genuinely mean it.What are some other ways you can say "thank you"?


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Due to technical difficulties todays episode of Friend of the Family is temporarly running behind! Do not worry my dear listeners, we will return with Alices adventures very soon! In the mean time... Lawrence and Asmodeus have submitted this morsel to tide you over. Please enjoy- If you can... Letters to Asmodeus! The proper episode is coming I promise you!
-warm regards, your narrator
Please do not follow that monsters advice.
Friend of the Family is created by C. Paras
All music is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) via creative commons


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The following is a list of individuals who were arrested on prostitution and/or public lewdness related charges (or who have a history of prostitution/lewdness charges) during the week of 09/05/2016 – 08/11/2016 according to public records maintained by the Oklahoma County Jail and the Oklahoma City Police Department.
Arrested 9/07/2016
Felix Omoruyi, DOB 12/9/1986, reportedly resides in OKC, OK. Arresting agency: PTS. Arrested on an Oklahoma County warrant on charges of aiding and abetting prostitution, child neglect, possession of criminal proceeds, and concealing criminal proceeds.
Kevyn Marye Dunn, DOB 5/13/1988, reportedly resides in OKC, OK. Arrested by members of the Oklahoma City Police Department on a failure to appear warrant and new charge - including offering to engage in an act of prostitution, felony computer crimes, possession of CDS and drug paraphernalia.
Arrested 9/8/2016
Crysta Rice, DOB 12/21/1993, reportedly resides in OKC, OK. Arrested by members of the Okla. County Sheriff's Office on an Okla. County warrant for engaging in prostitution, felony computer crimes, conspiracy to commit a felony and possession of marijuana.
Patricia Ann Stamps, DOB 4/29/1969, reportedly resides in OKC, OK. Arrested by members of the OKC Police Dept. on an Okla. County warrant and violation of deferred sentence. Has prior for offering to engage in prostitution.


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11 March, 2009
Tablescape Thursday...or...Easter Brunch
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Salut Debbie,ReplyDelete
Oh, je l'aime, je l'aime! Les petits oeufs sont adorables....et le lapin est mignon...et les assiettes de dentelles(?)sont jolies! Il ne faut pas dire à "tu sais qui" où tu as trouvé les petits oeufs. "Mon endroit favori" doit continuer à être un grand secrèt. (Que veut dire MDR? ??rire?) Linda
Okay you need to tell Linda to stop showing off! (LOL) La tableaux est tres beaux! I really don't think that's correct French but c'est la vie! It's a toss up! Ha! pun intended! on the eggs...I think I like the last one best...but definitely the first doily best! It's pretty in pink! Ha! another joke! Oh, I'm on a roll tonite...must be all the birthday cake (not on my diet!) I ate today! God Bless! Lauralu :)Okay I'm listening to Easter Parade...trivia question...who played the guy who had a crush on Judy Garland in this movie?ReplyDelete
Oh, Debbie, this is just the cutest table yet! I love it! I love your pink depression glass and want some of yours! :) The plates are so pretty! The centerpiece is gorgeous and love the funny bunny.ReplyDelete
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Debbie, I love your Easter brunch setting! You know I almost bought those plates at TJ Maxx last week when I saw them. They are really pretty with the gold edging. But I was able to control myself, lol! I love the doily plates. I did not see those or I wouldn't be able to control myself on those. The bunny, napkin holders, salt and pepper shakers and the eggs are all so pretty....ChristineReplyDelete
Debbie: This is so pretty and I LOVE the rabbit! Thank you for visiting my blog! I love yours and visit it OFTEN!!ReplyDelete
Have a geat Thursday!
Lou Cinda :)
This is the perfect Easter table to me! I love all the pink and the plates from TJ Maxx are the best. Such a great deal on your napkin rings and they are so pretty! Your table is pretty in pink and I love it! Cindy
Hi Debbie, This is the perfect easter tablescape, LOVE IT! The rabbit is adorable and I love the egg napkin holders!ReplyDelete
This is too cute for words ... how will I ever top this?ReplyDelete
I love this tablescape, it is putting me in the mood for Easter which comes early this year. I have seen the doily plates somewhere here in blogland and I have been meaning to go to Pier I to have a look~I love them and they go with almost any dinner plate! And your little (and Big!) bunny adornments add a little whimsy, what fun! I think you are right, putting the smaller things on the plates centers them, I will have to try that...
Very pretty tablescape. One day I will try this, goodness knows I have enough dishes!
Tee hee, Deb is turning into a pink gal! I love this table, it is so fresh and "springy" (is that a word?) I love those doily plates, and the plates from TJ Maxx are great. You have such cute, creative ideas. I just love this. Hugs, KathyReplyDelete
Oh Debbie, every week you just amaze me at what you put together. This is just stunning. I absolutely love all the dishes and all the bunny and egg decorations. Tieing bows to the eggs is such a pretty thing to do and the lace edge plates are all just gorgeous. I really love those. This just looks so perfect and I bet your Grandson will love seeing all the bunnies and eggs. Hugs, MartyReplyDelete
Debbie, that is the most adorable tablescape, and it just makes me smile! I love it! You really outdid yourself with this. It's fresh and fun and pretty all rolled into one! I love that large bunny, and the little bunnies on the plate are as cute as can be. Love the egg napkin rings, the frilly plates from Pier I, and your Met Monday chargers. Good work! It's just a very festive table for one of my favorite holidays! Now, I'll bring the takeout, and we're set! ;-)ReplyDelete
Sheila :-)
Well, you have just outdone yourself on this beautiful, BEAUTIFUL table. Every thing is so pretty. I love the dishes, napkin rings, that PRECIOUS bunny and the flowers are lovely.ReplyDelete
Happy day
oh so cute, wish i could join you for easter brunch....ReplyDelete
best to you kate
Love your table. I think Mr Bunny hopped right in there and stole the show. Easter Brunch is going to be wonderful. Thanks for letting me share, MaryroseReplyDelete
Debbie! I really love it all!!ReplyDelete
The napkin rings are calling to me.
The chargers and all the dishes are so lovely!
Happy TT to you...
Hi Debbie....love those doily plates from Pier1....and that bunny with the huge ears is adorable...Very cute table and I love the pink and white on the chocolate table...very keen observation! had trouble leaving a post earlier I hope this one goes through....sue.ReplyDelete
Debbie... beautiful tablescape as always! I love the little pier one plates. I thought about buying those pink ones myself... but alas... I already have too much stuff and I'm trying to purge! Everything on your table is just beautiful from flowers to shakers...ReplyDelete
thanks for stopping by French Lique earlier.
blessings. Dixie
I tried so many times to leave you a message. Blogger was having issues! Anyways..I love your long earred bunny and I can not stand how cute those easter egg napkin rings are!! Great post!ReplyDelete
Beautiful tablescape Debbie! The salad plates are amazing and I loved all of them. You'll just have to play musical chairs with them. The bunny is precious. Fantastic tablescape post! ♥ReplyDelete
SOOOO PRETTY Debbie!ReplyDelete
I love the little artichokes, eggs and ribbon.
That is just the sweetest.
Gorgeous Pink dishes!
I just set my Easter table tonight complete with a Bunny centerpiece as well.
Great minds....LOL!
I'll have to join in TT next week.
It was too late to take any photos.
Miss Kitty did very well as hostess.
All of your kitties are so beautiful.
~Melissa :)
I just love your tablescapes week after week. I love the tulips, the bunny, the napkin rings, and the ribbons tied around the eggs (how cute). But I especially love seeing Miss Kitty in charge!ReplyDelete
Just love it Debbie,you are so good at these tablescapes! It's all so nice,Ive always loved pink.The tulips look so pretty,I prefer them to roses.The napkin rings are so cute,I've never seen anything like it.ReplyDelete
Oh what a pretty table --- think I'll just hop on over for some Easter brunch with you on those pretty plates - love the bunny!ReplyDelete
YOU are the cleverest, most creative and imaginative lady I have ever met. It is amazing what you can do. I go from blog to blog and never failed to be amazed and delighted at what I find and yours is one of them. Everything is just the sweetest. I can't wait for the next one. And so it goes....ReplyDelete
See you soon..
Oh, Oh...you must see the kitty I bought at a thrift store on Sunday. I will take a picture of her and send it. It looks just like Miss Kitty and I am not joking. She is about a foot high and is a Gobel. You really must see her..
I LOVE it all! The bunny is FAB! And the kitty...she looks likes she's VERY helpful!ReplyDelete
Beautiful job, Debbie! I love the pink touches and the eggs are just the right icing on that great cake of a table! The bunny is precious!ReplyDelete
Great share today! Happy Thursday!
Debbie, you did it again. Another beautiful table. I love the plates, the eggs, every single thing there.ReplyDelete
Bonjour Debbie!ReplyDelete
J'adore les ronds de serviettes en forme d'oeufs! C'est très mignon!
A bientôt!
There is no way I could pick a favorite lacy plate or napkin ring. They are all too cute!!! I love the artichoke egg cups and your salt and peppers also! Great table. :D JewelReplyDelete
Debbie, this is my favorite tablescape! Love it!ReplyDelete
Love that bunny with the pastel tulips. Just beautiful. Also love those napkin rings. Great table.ReplyDelete
Mornin' Girlfriend...ReplyDelete
Was so nice to get your note...thank you for visiting my little frenchy studio/office once again...hehe!!! I've been having fun with all of those old, old family photos!
Well my friend, you have totally "out-done" yourself with this beautiful Easter tablescape...it's absolutely gorgeous!!! I love that you used your white rattan placemats...and you're right, just like an Easter basket...they're perfect!!! Love your place settings, the pretty pink plates...beautiful!!! But those white lacy dessert plates...ohhh my goodness, I just adore them!!! I need some of those, Girlfriend! Everything is just "Eastery" beautiful...love your egg napkin rings...sheeesh, $1.50? What a deal!!! And of course, your bunnies and pink tuleps are the icing on the cake, Sweetie!!! Beautiful, beautiful table!!!
Love ya,
PS...you'll have to stop by and take a peek at my latest "treasure find"...hehe!
I love it Debbie!! The dinnerware and accessories against the wood look fabulous!ReplyDelete
I saw the BL chargers, the other day. I also saw the Walmart chargers...make that charger. They only had one round one and that was what I was looking for. I'll look around, see if I can find more at another Wallyworld. I love how you white washed yours.
Hi Debbie!ReplyDelete
I LOVE your table...I tried to leave a comment last night, several times and couldn't get the comment thing to work...weird!
anyway...your table is beautiful...I love every detail! And how cute those easter egg napkin rings are!
Have a fabulous day!
Oh Debbie,Oh Debbie,Oh Debbie.This is your finest hour.You win today.Wowow.This is just so sweet and special and fragile.I love the plates,and the napkin holders.And the bunny and the shakers.Oh my.I love it all.I have goose pimples.love------it...annReplyDelete
Good morning! This is just such a precious table!!! I love the way you used your white-washed chargers--perfect! The doily plates are chrmings and so delicate looking...it would be impossible to choose a favorite. I love all the pink...my very favorite color! I adore pink tulips in the spring--they are so happy!ReplyDelete
Debbie, that is just beutiful...I love the colors, and those napkin rings are unbelievable..you know I am a bargain hunter!ReplyDelete
Beautiful Easter table..
After the 17th I will drag out my collection...after I put all the St Pat's away..Dish addicts move from one holiday to the next!
Have a wonderful week!
Oh what a beautiful Easter table! So many wonderful details. I love those white plates, each one different. They are so versatile -- I'll bet you use them often. :)ReplyDelete
Debbie, I'm not a pink person either but I just LOVE this table!! The rattan chargers you painted look fantastic with everything. I really can't pink a favorite in napkin rings or the white doily plates..all of them are beautiful.ReplyDelete
Super table and post!!
This is my first time visiting your blog.ReplyDelete
What a sweet table you set up, I have enjoyed my stay! Cathy
What cute bunny table. Looks so springy and pretty.
Deb, I love this,I am a pink girl and bunny girl so this table just delights me!!! You little floppy eared bunny is precious.Love the artichokes used to hold the eggs and the pink ribbon contrasting on the brown egg is perfection.The little salt and peppers are darling.Anyone would feel special sitting at this table.Great Job Miss TT PRO.Hugs KathysueReplyDelete
POsitivly charming tablescape! I would so love to come to lunch!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Debbie, Everything looks wonderful! I love napkins rings and have never seen any like these. They are so pretty! I love your bunny center peice with the tulips. So pretty! Your placemats look fabulous! Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful ideas with us.ReplyDelete
Fantastic table setting...you have such a way of putting things together to set such a cheery table. What a breath of spring. Peggy from PAReplyDelete
I love your Easter table!! I really like the cute bunny and the plates and the salt & pepper shakers. Heck, I love everything!!! I really liked your white washed chargers. They turned out really great & look fabulous with your tablescape.ReplyDelete
I love the floppy bunny & all of the dishes & chargers!ReplyDelete
Debbie, this is darling, love the pink and it gets me in the mood to start digging out my Easter things for next month.ReplyDelete
Lovely, those napkin rings are cute!
Linda Q
Very pretty Debbie. Although different, our themes and colour choices this week are quite similar. You are so right about the dark table/chocolate look. The bunny salt/pepper are too cute, and remind me that I should get my little Easter teapot set with matching salt/pepper out too.ReplyDelete
The table is devine, and I agree that the lace plates from Pier One are perfect. See ya at pier One.ReplyDelete
Okay...that's it. I am coming to your place and STEALING everything on your table!! THIS is my favorite one you've ever done...I think it's partially due to my love for pink! :-) The doily plates....ohhhhhh DEVINE!!!! L~ReplyDelete
You have the cutest egg cups and napkin rings. Your plates and the pink colors are stunning.ReplyDelete
Oh my, That bunny and the tulips make that setting, oh and the plates, and the napkin holders, etc....ReplyDelete
Beautiful table! Happy Tablescape Thursday ~ReplyDelete
This is so lovely. My fave is the egg napkin rings. O and I see those chargers you got at WalMart and whitewashed. They are perfect for this tablescape. :) Seeing your Miss Kitty as hostess reminds me so much of my "Baby" who disappeared about 19 months ago. We think she was probably dinner for some coyote that I didn't know was in our neighborhood. Your kitty is so pretty and she makes a wonderful hostess.ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend. :-) Brenda
What a lovely table. I love it. The bunny is adorable and your tulips are stunning. All of your accessories are so whimisical and certainly make the table.ReplyDelete
Have a great evening,
I love everything on this table. Those egg napkin rings were such a wonderful find! Love those "lace edged" plates. That s/p set is delightful, and so is your big ear bunny! It all looks so pretty. My computer was down last night, so I'm just getting here. laurieReplyDelete
Lovely table setting and I really like those lacy plates!ReplyDelete
I want to shop with you! I spot the wicker chargers that you painted and they look so pretty under the plates. Love the egg napkin holders and I would have fought you for them if I had been in that flea market! haha Love your blog, it's refreshing and LIGHT...no calories!ReplyDelete
Oh Debbie it's all soooo wonderful!! The textures, the gold trim, the lacy plates, all the charming details! I LOVE everything!!! VannaReplyDelete
I just LOOOVE this table! The napkin rings are definitely my favorites cause I have SEARCHED for Easter napkin rings with NO luck....so I am adding something to regular rings...I'll be posting my Easter table a little later. This table of yours is jst GORGEOUS! I love the bunny, the tupips are exquisite, and I love your dishes too! Have a great evening! Hugs, PinkyReplyDelete
I love seeing your chargers with the dishes! Yes, an easter basket! I love the floppy ear bunny! The egg napkin rings! Oh YES! I love the plates from Peir one! OK, I had grandchildren for months, and worn out. You have given me the dish spirit! I might can get creative now. lol I bought lots of dishes this last month, and searching for a place to put them. Thinking of using an rod iron with wooden top with drawers for a buffett, ( until find my antique dream one) I shall need shelves above to hold the new dish patterns, I have bought. lol Got to get to work! Love your Easter table.ReplyDelete
Mr. Bunny makes all of us feel welcome at your table! Thank you for sharing this delightful setting.ReplyDelete
I have to tell you that I could not believe my eyes when I stumbled on this post! Because there in the first picture of your adorable table were the pink dishes I wanted so badly just last week! You see my husband & I were visiting my in-laws in PA and I grabbed a chance to go to Marshall's...on the back clearance isle were these dishes (I noticed the tea cups first!)and when I turned them over to check for prices my heart jumped...$1 and $2 per piece(and I could have had place settings for 6)! I could not believe my find but was immediately bummed because there was no way I could get them on the plane with me. In sharing my discovery later my mother-in-law said she would have shipped them to me and I only wish I would have thought of that! Then she offered to go and get them for me(it's 45 minutes away and we wouldn't be able to go back before leaving) the next time she went to work. Well I got the call last week that the beautiful dishes were gone...sigh...so imagine my surprise and shock of discovering your blog and the very same dishes! Hope you don't mind, but I couldn't resist sharing my story! Loved reading on the little details and findings that went into creating your table!ReplyDelete
Delightful tablescape!ReplyDelete
Debbie, This is so.. beautiful! I love everything about it! I miss you!ReplyDelete
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LAKE WICHITA. Lake Wichita is a manmade reservoir on the southern edge of Wichita Falls in southeastern Wichita County and northeastern Archer County. In 1887, Joseph A. Kemp proposed a bond issue to finance the construction of a dam and a reservoir on Holliday Creek. However, the Texas Constitution of 1876 then prohibited such bond issues. When lobbying trips to Austin and even Washington, D.C., failed to secure backing for a constitutional amendment, Kemp moved to establish Lake Wichita through the Lake Wichita Irrigation and Water Company, which with a partner from Galveston, privately financed the construction of a dam and a reservoir just south of Wichita Falls. Within months, construction of the lake began. Residents of Bowman had to move to allow the water to fill the valley. Mr. J.S. Bridwell donated a portion of his land for the construction of the dam.
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Lang, T., and R. Mauk. 2012. 2012 Fisheries Management Survey Report : Wichita Reservoir. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division. FEDERAL AID PROJECT F-221-M-3.
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If there is one image that says "San Francisco" around the world, it is a view of our iconic Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge is seen in many television shows and news programs reporting all kinds of San Francisco Bay Area stories.
Our Golden Gate, not painted gold but rather International Orange with the official color number C#0362C, was open to the public in 1937. It is a vital part of San Francisco's transportation corridors. On October 19, 1968, the bridge initiated one-way toll collections. Auto tolls for north bound travelers became no charge and south bound cars paid 50 cents each.
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Visitors have long commented that life is usually unique in our beloved city. But this recent news about our bridge commute was such an unusual occurrence, it was reported around the world:
Couple of things. Native San Franciscans will know that none of the reporters from other locations seemed to be able to properly pronounce "Marin" County. And those of us who use the bridge regularly know that since 1968, you never pay a toll to leave the City, as the deer were doing. You pay to enter San Francisco.
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Cassette hub loving steeze machine and all around awesome human being Mo Nussbaumer just made the switch over to the BATTLESHIP frame and built up a brand new bike in Dan Kruk's signature #KONFETTI Black colourway. Mo always builds incredible looking bikes and this one is no exception.
Frame: Wethepeople BATTLESHIP 21" Dan Kruk #Konfetti Black
Fork: Odyssey
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Stem: Odyssey
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Rear Wheel: Odyssey
Tires: Wethepeople Feelin Tires 2.35' front, 2.25" rear
Pegs: Wethepeople Dill Pickle 4.5" pegs x4
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Probably the Feelin tires, especially the new bigger 2.35" version I have up front. The Feelin's are the best tires I've ever ridden, they are super grippy on all surfaces, but also really low in weight. I must also say the Switch Bar, it feels good and I really dig the crossbar.
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Everything, the whole bike is brand new.
Oldest part
Nothing haha, lucky me!
You just switched up from the Patron and are now riding the Battleship frame, how are you finding it?
Although I haven't had that long to get used to it, I'm really into it. It's sick, for sure the best frame I've ever had. The backend is the shortest I think I've ever run, but I'm really into it. It makes stuff so much easier. Once you ride that shorter 12.7" backend, you can't go back. It's just makes everything so much more fun to do.
Being a street technician, what are your top 5 flat ledge tricks?
- icepick grinds to 180s, with plastic pegs (that's why I run them haha)
- The good old feeble switch 360
- Those pedal feeble/crankarms are fun
- Hang 5 whiplash, probably the best feeling possible on a bike
- Ice to bars
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It's funny because I actually started riding exactly 10 years ago, my first bike was a 2007 WTP addict, it was sick! It had a rear break, no pegs, and was for sure a lot smaller than what I'm riding these days. My current bike is much longer and taller (thank god).


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Luigi Rinaldo Legnani (7 November 1790 – 5 August 1877) was an Italian guitarist, singer, composer and luthier. Born in Ferrara, Legnani was trained as a string player while very young but dedicated himself to guitar and voice. His debut was in Ravenna in 1807; in the 1820s he performed as a tenor in operas by Rossini, Pacini, and Donizetti. His career as a guitarist began with a concert in Milan in 1819; his 1822 concerts in Vienna were a great success, and he was hailed as a star when he returned there in 1833 and 1839. He is perhaps best known for his 36 Caprices for the guitar, which cover all the major and minor keys, and which were probably inspired by Paganini's 24 Caprices for the violin. He and Paganini were friends from the 1830s; while it was once thought that he and Paganini performed together in public, this is no longer accepted. After the 1850s Legnani retired from active performance and became an instrument maker, concentrating on guitars and violins. The "Legnani model" guitar was popular in Central Europe through the middle of the nineteenth century. Legnani composed some 250 works, which were published in his lifetime throughout many of the major publishing houses in Europe. He died in Ravenna. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.


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Baptists oppose gay rights. In any other week, such a statement would have been about as earth-shattering as a hummingbird fart, but not these days. The blogosphere lit up when the Southern Baptist Convention declared in one voice their opposition to marriage equality and gay rights in general.
Their resolution declared that marriage is "the exclusive union of one man and one woman" and that "all sexual behavior outside of marriage is sinful." Again, this isn't something that is new for Baptists — they've been saying this for years. What really got the attention of those of us who push verbs against nouns in order to blow something up — is their resolution on gay rights.
Fox News was in New Orleans to cover the convention, and described the resolution thusly:
The resolution acknowledges that gays and lesbians sometimes experience "unique struggles" but declares that they lack the "distinguishing features of classes entitled to special protections."
"It is regrettable that homosexual rights activists and those who are promoting the recognition of 'same-sex marriage' have misappropriated the rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement," the resolution states.
This comes from a denomination that wasn't a huge fan of the Civil Rights Movement, either. This comes from a denomination that was founded to dig their heels into the institution of slavery and did not publicly acknowledge their own racist past and history until 1995 — more than three full decades after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Of course they're not going to support "special protections" to LGBT people because they believe that gays are completely, totally reprobate and should not be afforded protections for housing and employment. A gay man is too immoral to have a job, and a lesbian couple is too vile to rent an apartment to… or a bed and breakfast room. Businesses should be able to put "NO GAYS ALLOWED" signs and hell, while we're at it, let's put up some STRAIGHT ONLY drinking fountains. That'd be fun.
Since some of my readers are conservative, and genuinely don't know the history of the struggles that LGBT people have faced in America, let's review it a bit.
- In Colonial America, sodomy was a serious crime, with penalties ranging from imprisonment, whipping, or even the death penalty.
- It was a crime for two men to hold hands.
- Gay men were regularly rounded up and thrown into jail just for kissing in a gay bar.
- Same-sex relationships were illegal in every state until 1970. Seventeen states maintained sodomy laws for same-sex behavior until they were struck down by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2003 with the Lawrence v. Texas decision.
Truth Wins Out's Bruce Garrett wrote a fantastic piece last year that discussed the history of legal discrimination and persecution against the LGBT community. In it, he outlines many of the atrocities posted above and then some. One statement in the article stood out to me:
No, we never rode the back of the bus. We rode the boat back to the mainland and to jail. We sat in the cells of all the 50 states where sodomy laws put us.
That the nation's largest Christian denomination would ignore — either willingly or out of complete ignorance — this history of abuse toward the gay community is not surprising at all. What is surprising is the fact that so many of us who ARE gay don't know our own history.
As a result, we end up fighting ignorant bias with ignorant bias, making lots of noise and accomplishing nothing. When major groups make asinine statements that gays merely have "unique struggles," we must point to photographs of pink triangles on uniforms during the holocaust. We must remind them that for years, we were imprisoned, and that we have no real influence over public policy — after all, there's still only a handful of openly gay legislators across the country.
People are still fired for being gay and still denied housing for being gay… or perceived as being gay. This isn't a matter of "religious conscience," the new buzzword among bigots these days — it's a matter of sheer, undeniable bias against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people. It's that simple.
For years, black pastors and ministers have pushed back against the idea that gay rights are civil rights. Never mind the fact that some of the most vocal civil rights leaders in our nation — including the late Coretta Scott King — have all pushed for gay equality. This year, the NAACP endorsed marriage equality, an act that is finally bringing these needed conversations within African-American culture.
African-American culture has long been steeped with deep homophobia. Black gays and lesbians are often shunned by their families or opt to live "on the down low" engaging in risky sexual encounters while raising families. These issues relating to sexuality are finally beginning to come to the forefront, with some pretty loud voices calling people to accountability. One such voice is Pastor Frederick D. Haynes III, senior pastor of the Friendship-West Baptist Church, who spoke on homosexuality:
"Have you ever read the Gospel and heard Jesus say anything about homosexuality? …Black folk can't even deal with homosexuality because we got issues with sexuality. And because we got issues with sexuality we can't have a healthy discussion about homosexuality. Why, why do you get so upset? Why are you so mad at the president?"
The time has come for all Southern Baptists — black and white — to truly learn the history of their own denomination and the history of the LGBT community, and realize that there are serious issues that must be dealt with. "Biblical Truth" has — for too long — been a substitute for treating people like human beings.
Pastor Haynes gets it. What about the rest of us?


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Whoa. Okay, I didn't even see the adorable and fun apartment section that Mod Cloth has for your nest. Fantastic.
These Best Friend bowls and mugs are so adorable I would buy them for my forever friend Petra immediately if she didn't dislike small creatures so much. While black squirrels have always been our guardian angels for some odd reason, squirrels and hedge hogs are scary because they have collapsible bones. These stackable BFF bowls and mugs are so precious, that I might have finally found the key to squeeze small woodland creatures into my homegirl's heart forever. Darling dishware.
I would normally insist upon vintage for a flask, but these birds are just too cute to pass up.
This wise old owl is smart enough to insist upon only good ole' Jack Daniel's in this trusty flask.


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Readings by:
Mary Austin Speaker
Sara Jane Stoner
Kyle Dargan
Justin Petropoulos
Mary Austin Speaker is a poet and book designer. Her first full-length collection of poems, Ceremony, was selected by Matthea Harvey as winner of the 2012 Slope Editions book prize and was published in February 2013. She is the author of four chapbooks: In the End There Were Thousands of Cowboys (Menagerie Editions 2009), Abandoning the Firmament (Menagerie Editions 2010), The Bridge (Push Press 2011), and 20 Love Poems for 10 Months (Ugly Duckling Presse 2012), as well as a play, I AM YOU THIS MORNING YOU ARE ME TONIGHT, collaboratively written with her husband, the poet Chris Martin for the journal Bridge. She runs a tiny design studio in Minneapolis, and regularly designs books for Milkweed Editions, HarperCollins, Alice James Books and others.
Sara Jane Stoner is a writer, performer, and teacher who holds an MFA in Fiction from Indiana University and is pursuing a PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center with a focus on performative writing pedagogy and the intersections of feminist and queer thinking, particularly in the context of contemporary experimental writing. She teaches at Brooklyn College and Cooper Union, and her first book, "Experience in the Medium of Destruction", will be published by Portable Press @ Yo-Yo Labs in 2014. Amanda Davidson's chapbook Arcanagrams: A Reckoning is forthcoming on Little Red Leaves' Textile Series. Her fiction chapbook Apprenticeship (New Herring Press) was a finalist for the 2013 Calvino Prize. She is currently at work on a performance novel about the mystic Swedenborg.
Kyle G. Dargan is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently HONEST ENGINE (UGA, 2015) and LOGORRHEA DEMENTIA (UGA,2010). His debut, THE LISTENING (UGA 2004), won the 2003 Cave Canem Prize, and his second, BOUQUET OF HUNGERS (UGA 2007), was awarded the 2008 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in poetry. Dargan's poems and non-fiction have appeared in publications such as Callaloo, Denver Quarterly, Jubilat, The Newark Star-Ledger, Ploughshares, TheRoot.com, and Shenandoah. While a Yusef Komunyakaa fellow at Indiana University, he served as poetry editor for Indiana Review. He is the founding editor of Post No Illsmagazine and was most recently the managing editor of Callaloo.
Justin Petropoulos is the author of two collections of poetry, Eminent Domain (Marsh Hawk Press, 2011), selected by Anne Waldman for the 2010 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize, and<Legend> </Legend> (Jaded Ibis Press, 2013), a collaborative work with multimedia artist, Carla Gannis. His poems have appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Crab Creek Review, Gulf Coast, Mandorla, Portland Review, and most recently in Spinning Jenny. He has an MFA in creative writing from Indiana University. Petropoulos is currently the site director of an after-school program for elementary age children and is an adjunct faculty member at New Jersey City University, where he teaches composition and creative writing.


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Shattered Compass
One month ago, on the first day of July, 2016, my life blew apart. One moment I was the pastor of a beautiful group of people; people who I had the pleasure of pouring my life into, people who trusted me, people who turned into teams that had become family, family that I thought I would be with until I became too old to serve. One moment I was the chief cheer leader, pointing the way and the next moment, charges had been leveled against my husband and at once, everything shattered.
Our church had endured so much already. We had gone through financial hell since the 2008 recession, then suffered an embezzlement by a trusted accountant, and now this? This was just too much.
The leader of our organization looked at me and said, "This has nothing to do with you, but you are not allowed to go on campus, you cannot talk to anyone. Until an investigation has been completed, you must stay away."
It was a Friday. The end of the business day, the end of my world.
All I could think about were my plans for a patriotic celebration on Sunday. How strange, the things your mind attaches itself to in times of sudden trauma. How silly. How insignificant. Plans and people had to be abandoned. "No contact".
I was left with so many questions. How would the people respond? What would they think of my abandonment? Will the accuser be given a voice, but not the accused? Did my leadership even count for anything? Has it all been a waste? Why? Why do I have to be relegated to collateral damage?
By the time we stepped out of the meeting and into the parking lot, cracks in my facade had appeared, and tears were flowing. All I wanted was to protect our beloved friends from more pain. "We resign!", we said, "Let us simply slip away and spare them the pain."
But it was not to be.
The past 45 days have been a blur. Admittedly, the thoughts come along with the sobs, in fits and spurts. As messy as the process may be, I feel urged to at least try to record my journey.
I learned many years ago a lesson taken from the journey of Lewis and Clark. Every supply they brought with them on their trek across the country was carefully and painstakingly recorded and protected. They took an inordinate amount of ink. INK! Why bother? What was the point?
It comes down to one monumental mantra, "It's not enough to take the journey; you must be willing to mark the trail!"
I know people are coming up behind me. Through good times and bad, am I willing to mark the trail? This is my attempt. It may be ugly, it may be strewn with broken promises, shattered dreams, blood and guts, but I pray God will use my journey to help someone else. After all, I'm not the first to experience the pain of betrayal or abandonment or just plain misunderstanding, and unfortunately, I won't be the last. The truth is, we all go through difficult, unexpected hardships in life.
Matthew 5:45 says it in a rather in-your-face style, "You're familiar with the old written law, 'Love your friend,' and its unwritten companion, 'Hate your enemy.' I'm challenging that. I'm telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves. This is what God does. He gives his best—the sun to warm and the rain to nourish—to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty. If all you do is love the lovable, do you expect a bonus? Anybody can do that. If you simply say hello to those who greet you, do you expect a medal? Any run-of-the-mill sinner does that." (MSG)
A situation such as mine will test your love, that's for sure. Those dear ones I always thought would be by my side, aren't. Some I hardly even knew have proven themselves to be faithful friends. To "respond with the energies of prayer" is something I am working on.
My lessons so far?
*Be slow to judge - desperate people do desperate things.
*Guard your heart - everything in life flows from that place.
*When chaos abounds - do what you know you heard from God last.
The compass may be shattered, but God remains constant. As I shake the broken glass from the instrument in my hand, I see that He is still faithfully pointing the way. I welcome you to follow my journey.
"Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a
voice behind you, saying, "This is the way: walk in it." Isaiah 30:21 (NIV)
Kathleen Sciascia
8/16/2016 08:49:03 pm
Im soo very sorry Connie..... Im Katie Ortiz's Mom and have heard nothing but wonderful things about you and your husband. I will stand in prayer for you and your family, that the Good Lord will shine His light on the truth and also protect your family. God loves you more than you can possibly understand.
Diahn Gilpin
8/16/2016 08:50:50 pm
Hi sweet lady! My prayers are with you as the Lord directs your path of healing and redirecting your steps.
Yvonne Vestal
8/16/2016 08:55:49 pm
Pastor Connie,
8/16/2016 09:32:05 pm
Thank you for the raw honesty. My heart and prayers go out to you my beautiful friend. I can see the gold that is coming forth from this fiery place. Love you, Marietta
Valerie Meléndez
8/18/2016 08:46:01 pm
You have been on my mind & in my prayers. I don't know all your going through, but I have also had traumatic life experiences that rocked every cell of my body. I can relate to much of your story.
Rhonda Robinson
8/16/2016 09:33:34 pm
Connie, I have a lot I would like to say but for now I'll limit to this. Not only will I follow your journey - I'll be there whenever you need me, I'll cheer for you in your triumphs and I will always be praying for you.
Pam Skolrud
8/16/2016 09:36:04 pm
So sorry to read this! Holding you, Stan, and the family in my prayers for healing and peace.
Vanessa Bates
8/16/2016 10:28:57 pm
Love this and love YOU! Thank you for letting us be apart of your journey, I can't wait to see the amazing adventures God has in store for you! All our love to you and your family
Robin Abegg
8/17/2016 10:05:08 am
Sweet Friend Family,
Kristin Bakker
8/17/2016 11:15:59 am
Dennis and Jolene Miley
8/18/2016 06:20:25 pm
Connie, what happened?????? We are devastated. Please message me so I know who's ass to kick. We love you all. You will always be our pastors. I am not going to tithe to the church until someone tells us what is going on. You all have our heart,
Dennis and Jolene Miley
8/18/2016 06:14:27 pm
Connie we heard about this online, I cannot believe that you all resigned. We love your family and you always be our pastor's. We love you Connie. I do not know if we will remain members of C5 without more information.
8/18/2016 06:52:39 pm
Hey all,
Bev Bell
8/18/2016 07:00:11 pm
Connie, you are so precious and I love you very much. Please know I pray for you a lot and I know God has great things for you. I'm so sorry you have had to go through this but I know He's walking through it with you. Glad you are where you are where you can have a time a healing and receiving whatever you need. Miss you big time. Please give hugs to the kids from me. Love you all
Gayle Santos
8/18/2016 09:20:41 pm
Hi beautiful lady. Thank you for the experiences you are sharing, the lesson you are teaching and the example you are showing us! I look forward to reading more and following your blog.
Sherrie Snyder
8/19/2016 07:30:51 am
Connie - Know that we are walking with you and your family from afar. The love and light of Jesus is truly shining in this dark place. His grace. His power. His goodness. His faithfulness. His truth. His hope. His purpose. His victory. Greater is the I AM than anything that may come to us in this earthly journey. Standing upon HIS word with you. Singing praises to HIS name. Giving thanks..... Much Love!!
Rosa Carcache
8/19/2016 01:03:53 pm
Dear Pastor Connie Friend,
Rosemarie Bliss
8/20/2016 09:39:51 pm
You have all been in my constant thoughts and prayers . I wish you gods comfort , peace and blessings always!
Sherry Goodale
8/20/2016 10:16:11 pm
Connie our family is lifting you in prayer and sending our love.
Lisa Ollerdesswn
8/20/2016 11:12:13 pm
Connie, I was so thankful to finally see your beautiful smiling face on social media after hearing so many different stories. I've been praying for you and checking social media for you daily. You have been an inspiration to me since the first moment I met you! You are an amazing woman! I can't wait to follow your new journey with you!! Love you!!❤
Jeanette Smith
8/21/2016 10:38:14 pm
Connie, I have been mourning the loss of seeing a dear friend, dear, true lover of Jesus. I miss you terribly. You changed my life seeing your deep conviction for Christ. Your kind spirit and love for everyone you meet is infectious. I will keep praying for you and your family, you are all so amazing and loved by many, especially God. And I will mourn no longer. I know you're safe now and healing; you're strong and have His warm arms around you. I hear your beautiful voice and see your smile and your tears of joy for us; that's what I will keep in my heart-journal always.
7/27/2017 10:22:21 am
Dearest Connie, Please know that there isn't a day that goes by that we don't think of you and your precious family. I can't begin to express our hurt and pain knowing you both had resigned and would no longer be with us. Church hasn't been the same without you and yours, just want you all to know that. You stood by me and Eric and got us through a very tough time, and the unconditional love you and Pastor showed was what filled the church. We definately felt "Jesus" Presence there. I heard you were now in Redding, California at the Bethal Church. My son Shawn and his wife Sharlene Just moved there to attend the Bethal Church as well. You should know of the names as they were constantly on my prayer list. Also on my list was my sister Sandy who had the adult onset of Cystic Fibrosis, she passed away July 15th of 2016. I hope this finds you well and happy. I also heard you and Pastor were seperated and Grayson was there with you in Redding. Please know you will always have my heart and I will always consider you my friend as well as Pastor. God Bless and be with you all, Forever and Always, Debbie Heath
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The holidays are a popular time for many to get engaged. With the start of the new year, setting an organized plan of action will be the key to making sure you get to book with the right vendors and not stress of course!
We've laid out a few bullet points to help you get started:
1. Share the good news! Congrats on your engagement~ your family and friends will be stoked to hear the good news. Ideally, announcing the news in person would be best, however, a phone call would do just fine. Then you can share the news on social media.
2. Put an organization system in place- a binder to hold all important paperwork, inspiration, and contacts will be useful. Currently, we're loving Southern Wedding's The Southern Wedding Planner.
3. Discuss the budget and start saving- it's not a fun process but an essential one. You want to sit down and discuss realistic expectations with your boo. A professional, such as an event planner, can help you allot a certain amount for each necessary category and also help you stick to your budget.
4. Think about your rough guest count. The guest count is important before you start your venue search and it will also help you with your budget planning.
5. Figure out when and where you'd like your wedding to be held.
6. It's ok to dream a little. Sites like Pinterest can help you see all the possibilities out there. However, although it is important to keep an open mind throughout the process, be realistic about your budget. It's easy to get lost while pinning away which will make it more difficult to narrow your choices down and create a design concept that is whole.
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Happy planning!
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You probably haven't put a price on your data, but it hasn't stopped millions of people from supplying data on themselves to corporate social media platforms which monetize it through ad sales.
Many businesses and organizations store some or all of their data in public cloud storage owned by for-profit corporations who collect rent for storing data. Their fiduciary responsibility is to their shareholders and not you. Your data is yours as long as you pay the rent and that includes paying to get it back from them if you don't want to keep it there.
Criminal groups steal data all the time. Hardly a day goes by without news of some organization losing control of their data due to theft or having it held hostage. Sometimes people fail to secure it or are scammed, but there is no doubt your data is worth something. It has value not only to you but to others interested in monetizing it, storing it or stealing it.
Data is the lifeblood of organizations and businesses. Storage is the foundation of the computer age. Data storage is also increasing at an accelerating rate because most everything we do creates data, and it must be stored somewhere for some duration.
Before the Internet, data was stored and accessed within the confines of an organization or remotely accessed over private networks. In the early 21st century, corporations got into the business of using the Internet to deliver data storage as a service to customers. Public cloud data storage services have expanded tremendously since then. Today, no one knows how many trillions of "data objects" are stored in public clouds.
There are two well-known models for storing data at scale. One is public cloud storage where the service provider controls the infrastructure. Public storage clouds have pluses and minuses. People tend not to think about the minuses. The other model is private cloud storage where you control the infrastructure. Private storage clouds work fine, but their deployment has been slow because organizations are unfamiliar with them.
A lesser-known third model is community cloud storage. Community storage clouds are closer to you than a public cloud but not as close as a private cloud on your premises. A community storage cloud formed as a mutual-benefit, nonprofit corporation accepts organizations as members. Members have a voice in shaping its policies and procedures. Transparency is the key to the success of a community cloud because it must build trust with the members.
So how can your data be protected from exploitation and expropriation? Private and community storage clouds are good ways to protect your data, and they give you the most control over it.
Combining private storage clouds with a community storage cloud has synergism. You can keep your hot and warm data in your on-premises storage cloud. And when it cools off, which could be as soon as 90 days, you can migrate it to an off-site community cloud in your region, so you don't have to keep enlarging your private storage cloud.
So how can you figure out if you should build a private storage cloud or become a member of a community cloud? And would it make sense to do both? It depends on your use cases for cloud storage. If you need the lowest possible latency when accessing your data, then a private cloud on-premises would be a good choice. However, if slightly higher latency is tolerable, then storing your data in a community cloud would also be a good choice. If you have use cases that benefit from the lower latency of a private cloud, you can still migrate your data to a community cloud as it gets cold or old.
How do private and community clouds protect your data? Protection is implemented by using replication, which makes copies of your data objects and by erasure coding, which slices your data objects into pieces and adds error correcting pieces to protect them. Erasure coding uses less disk space than replication, but you can mix and match how you use them.
What about the cost of storing data? The cost and management of data storage is one of the top four line items in any information technology budget. Cloud storage can reduce these costs by up to 70 percent, but which storage model makes the most sense?
Public clouds attract customers with low "at rest" charges for data storage. A low "at rest" storage charge can be deceiving because you will be charged for every "operation" when you access your data, and there are "egress" charges for moving your data out of their cloud. All of these charges can make it difficult to understand and anticipate your monthly bill.
A community storage cloud can have a policy not to charge for "touching" and "moving" your data. Community and private storage clouds make it simple to determine the cost of your data storage.
There is no one cloud fits all solution when it comes to data storage. Public cloud storage providers dominate the market for off-site data storage, but they don't have the only game in town. If you are in New England and interested in keeping your data closer to you than say Virginia or Oregon, and having more control over your data, then private cloud storage and community cloud storage are viable alternatives.
MonadCloud builds private cloud and community cloud storage in New England using Cloudian HyperStore software and Lenovo storage servers.


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Beecasso is focused on education, and we would like to begin with showing you some techniques in live bee removal and relocation.
This is the first of many videos to come of 'How To Save The Bees.
Live swarm removal with Beecasso. No bees were harmed during this removal. They all gathered inside the box within 10 minutes and will be safely relocated to a Beecasso Sanctuary.


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Review: Village Backdrop: Arrowhill
Arrowhill is a small town of humans with a deep distrust of magic, and a hatred of elves. This intolerance is not without cause, however, as the town has been at the mercy of a spiteful elven druid for many years. The druid has been even more demanding and unpredictable of late, however, and it seems that something more sinister is really controlling the town.
This Village Backdrop by Raging Swan Press presents Arrowhill in a surprising amount of detail in just 5 pages of content. In addition to a general overview of the village, the names and general background of several notable inhabitants are also given. Lore and rumours that characters might know or discover about the settlement are also provided, as well as a general description of what the average townspeople are likely to look like as well as what they might wear.
There is also a neat hand-drawn map of Arrowhill, which is labelled only with numbers, giving it potential as a player handout in addition to a GM resource. A brief overview of these numbered locations is given, followed by more detailed descriptions of each location, which paints a pretty vivid picture of the town. There are also full stats given for two characters whose combat skills could become relevant while the PCs investigate the town.
Finally, a bit more detail about life, trade and events in the village are also given so that GMs can flesh out the town as needed. All of the information given is specific enough to spark the reader's imagination, but vague enough so as to make Arrowhill flexible enough to fit into a variety of situations and settings. Apart from the stats given for one of the NPCs, most of the rest of the content could easily be adapted to any system, not just Pathfinder.
Village Backdrop: Arrowhill is a great little product that presents a ready-to-use adventure site that game masters can use as-is or adapt as needed. It is available from several online shops, including paizo.com.


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Gail works full time at her studio in Woolwich, South East London on the river by the Thames Barrier. She is a painter and printmaker of contemporary urban landscapes. Using a subtle but rich palette, she focuses on strong composition and draughtsmanship.
She was born in South London to immigrant parents; her father Norwegian and her mother from Trinidad. Her work is concerned with journeys, both actual and temporal, providing an outsider's narrative on present day London, tinged with certain nostalgia for the railways and tube trains. Human activity is there but often concealed from sight, the people anonymous. Often, only the setting alludes to the possible presence of people within the scene.
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Intermunicipal Pathways + Trails Study
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With over 115 kilometres of shared boundary, The City of Calgary and Rocky View County have identified the need for an integrated approach to planning for pathway and trail systems. Following the collaborative planning framework outlined in the Rocky View County/City of Calgary Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP), The City and County jointly undertook the Intermunicipal Pathway and Trail Study and contracted O2 to complete the Study.
The purpose of the Study was to prepare a coordinated guide to pathway and trail planning, development, and maintenance within the intermunicipal boundary and adjacent lands. Specifically, the Study aimed to; serve as an evaluation and planning tool to foster coordination between municipalities; address pathway and trail connectivity and seamless transition across jurisdictional boundaries; integrate proposed pathway and trail connections within planning documents and proposed developments; identify consistent standards and guidelines for pathways and trails; and provide a framework for implementation, monitoring and updates over time. The Study was developed through a collaborative process with internal and external stakeholders.


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Click on the link to watch Korey's movie, he won most creative for it in the film festival at school.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
My tuition funds at work
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
The joys of Grand kids
So let me just say I'm pretty sure we would not have let the boys have whipped cream for breakfast...BUT GRAND kids on the other hand.....You bet!!
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Well here is a link that Korey sent me, so I am going to share it here. So click on the words "wedding Channel" above.....
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Friday, January 8, 2010
Kyle and Sarah
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More wedding
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What if you had the ability to create the most powerful ute ad ever seen, but weren't allowed to show it? That's the idea behind Volkswagen's new campaign for the Amarok V6, the most powerful ute in its class, via DDB Sydney.
This new campaign builds on the previous award-winning Amarok campaigns from DDB Sydney, The Naked Ute and Korama, which were also all about leaning into, or finding a way around, the problem.
'Too Powerful for TV', the latest instalment in the Amarok series, tells the story of the most epic ute ad never quite made – complete with a British prima donna director, austere safety officer, and a raft of clever ways to showcase what Aussie car manufacturers have struggled to for years.