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Six people were killed and 14 others wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, when a gunman opened fire in front of a Safeway supermarket in Tucson, Arizona, authorities said. The congresswoman had been hosting a meeting with constituents Saturday morning when the attack began.
Here are the latest developments as confirmed by CNN:
[Updated 9:45 p.m.] Suspect Jared Lee Loughner tried to buy ammunition at a Wal-Mart a few weeks back but was turned down because of his behavior, a law enforcement source said. He then successfully bought it at a different Wal-Mart, according to the source.
[Updated 9:16 p.m.] A woman credited with wrestling an ammunition magazine from the suspect says she didn't have time to think about what she was doing. "(The suspect) pulled the magazine out of his pants pocket and it dropped onto the sidewalk. And before he could reach it, I got it," Patricia Maisch said.
[Updated 7:49 p.m.] Suspect Jared Lee Loughner was rejected by the Army for military service after failing a drug test in 2008, according to an administration official.
[Updated 7:43 p.m.] The U.S. Supreme Court says it will observe the moment of silence that President Barack Obama called for at 11 a.m. ET Monday. To accommodate this, the court will convene 10 minutes early, at 9:50 a.m. ET, so that the day's first argument before the court will be completed by 11 a.m.
[Updated 7:36 p.m.] House Democrats and Republicans participated in a rare bipartisan conference call Sunday to discuss the condition of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as well as security concerns for members of Congress.
[Updated 6:33 p.m.] According to a federal agent's affidavit, U.S. District Judge John Roll, who was killed in the shooting, came to the Tucson from Phoenix to discuss the volume of federal cases in Arizona with Giffords.
[Updated 6:28 p.m.] The FBI has confirmed that investigators have found, questioned and cleared a man they had sought as a "person of interest" after the killings. The man was cab driver who dropped suspect Jared Lee Loughner off at the Safeway where Giffords' "Congress on Your Corner" event was being held, a law enforcement official previously said.
[Updated 6:24 p.m.] Veteran federal public defender Judy Clarke, who has experience in several high-profile cases including those of "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski and convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, was appointed to defend suspect Jared Lee Loughner, a federal judicial source said.
[Updated 6:01 p.m.] Calls to 911 following Saturday's shooting - released Sunday by the Pima County Sheriff's Office - paint a patchy picture of the scene.
[Updated 4:56 p.m.] Investigators found papers bearing the words "my assassination" and "Giffords" in a safe in the home of shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner, according to a complaint filed against him in federal court.
[Updated 3:56 p.m.] U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is the only person wounded in Saturday's shooting who is still in critical condition, doctors at University Medical Center in Tucson said. Three are in serious condition, six are in fair condition, and one has been released, they said.
- Officers of the Arizona Anti-Defamation League issued a statement condemning the attack: "During her years in the statehouse, Rep. Giffords served on the ADL Arizona Regional Board. Her affiliation with ADL, which monitors and exposes hate and extremist groups, contributed to her awareness of the nexus between hate ideology and violence. It is a testament to her dedication to her constituents that despite past threats against her, Rep. Giffords has always been so accessible to the people she represents. Our thoughts and prayers are with Congresswoman Giffords and the other victims and their families."
[Updated 3:33 p.m.] Investigators have identified and ruled out the "person of interest" they were seeking in connection with the shooting, a law enforcement official said Sunday.
[Updated 3:30 p.m.] Federal authorities have charged Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old suspect in Saturday's Arizona massacre, with first-degree murder, attempted murder and attempting to kill a member of Congress, according to court documents. Read the charges here.
[Updated at 3:25 p.m.] President Barack Obama called for a moment of silence to be held at 11 a.m. ET Monday and ordered flags to be flown at half-staff.
"I call on Americans to observe a moment of silence to honor the innocent victims of the senseless tragedy in Tucson, Arizona, including those still fighting for their lives," the president said in a news release. "It will be a time for us to come together as a nation in prayer or reflection, keeping the victims and their families closely at heart."
[Updated at 2:21 p.m. ET] Law enforcement investigators were speaking with a second person in the Arizona Safeway shootings case, a law enforcement official told CNN. It is not clear whether this individual is the same person police had sought via the release of a surveillance image from overnight. It is also unknown at this time what connection this individual may have to the investigation.
[Updated at 1:38 p.m. ET] A dark-haired man seen in a picture distributed by authorities apparently "may not have been involved at all, but we still need to verify that," Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said Sunday.
[Updated at 1:18 p.m. ET] Precautions are in place to ensure the security of public officials after the shooting of an Arizona congresswoman, although authorities are aware of no specific threat against them, FBI Director Robert Mueller told reporters Sunday.
[Updated at 1:12 p.m. ET] The suspect in the Saturday shootings of 20 people at a Tucson, Arizona, grocery store is in federal custody, FBI Director Robert Mueller told reporters. Formal charges are expected against Jared Lee Loughner Sunday afternoon, he said.
[Updated at 12:13 p.m. ET] U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona is "able to communicate" with people, and the gunshot wound she sustained Saturday did not cross from one hemisphere of the brain to the other, doctors at Tucson's University Medical Center said Sunday.
[Updated at 12:00 p.m. ET] President Obama spoke by phone late Saturday to Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was critically injured in a mass shooting, a senior White House official said. The official told CNN that Obama "expressed his deep concern and full support" for the family in the wake of the tragedy.
[Updated at 8:49 a.m. ET] House Speaker John Boehner has asked that flags on the House side of the Capitol be flown at half-staff in the wake of the shooting in Arizona, marking the death of Gabe Zimmerman, who was Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' director of community outreach. "An attack on one who serves is an attack on all who serve," Boehner said Sunday. "Such acts of violence have no place in our society. These tragic events remind us that all of us, in our roles in service to our fellow citizens, comes with a risk. This inhuman act should not and will not deter us from our calling to represent our constituents and to fulfill our oaths of office. No act, no matter how heinous, must be allowed to stop us from our duty," Boehner said.
- Authorities executed search warrants late Saturday night on a car and a residence where suspect Jared Lee Loughner lived with his parents, a law enforcement source said.
- The law enforcement source said that Loughner's parents appeared to be cooperating with authorities, but the source did not know to what extent.
- Loughner, however, was still not cooperating. He had earlier invoked his right against self-incrimination.
- The sheriff's office said early Sunday that the correct name of one of the victims who died in the shooting is Dorothy Morris.
- The Pima County Sheriff's Department is expected to hold another news conference at 11 a.m. Sunday (1 p.m. ET).
- The University Medical Center in Tucson will offer a patient condition update at 10 a.m. Sunday (12 p.m. ET).
- As of 3:45 a.m. Sunday, Giffords remained in critical condition, said Darci Slaten, spokeswoman for the medical center. Of the nine other shooting victims taken to that hospital, four others were in critical condition and five were in serious condition.
- Early Sunday morning, the sheriff's office released a surveillance camera photo of a male between 40 and 50 years old who is "possibly associated with the suspect." The dark-haired man was last seen wearing blue jeans and a dark blue jacket, and was seen at the location where the shooting occurred.
- At 2 p.m. Sunday, a caucus conference call has been scheduled for House Democrats and their spouses to get an update on the shooting, two congressional sources said.
- At 8:30 a.m., Speaker of the House John Boehner will address the media in West Chester, Ohio, about the shooting.
- Congresswoman Giffords was taking part in a meet-and-greet with constituents called "Congress on Your Corner" outside a Safeway grocery store in Tucson.
- Before the event, she tweeted: "My 1st Congress on Your Corner starts now. Please stop by to let me know what is on your mind or tweet me later."
- The attack happened about 10 minutes into the event.
- Giffords did not have any security with her, said staffer Mark Kimble. "She wants to be as accessible to the people who elected her as possible," he said.
- Dr. Steven Rayle was about 10 feet away from Giffords when the gunman shot the congresswoman. "He continued to fire, sort of rapidly, really at point-blank range," he said, adding that the man was shooting indiscriminately.
- The suspect was tackled to the ground by two men while he was trying to reload, another witness said.
- The gun, which another bystander had wrestled from the gunman, was empty and cocked open. Federal and state law enforcement sources described it as a 9mm Glock outfitted with an extended magazine.
- The shooter had another magazine at the ready, according to Joe Zamudio, who said he was one of the bystanders who pinned the gunman to the ground until police showed up.
- Hearing the shooting, Daniel Hernandez, a trained nurse and a Giffords intern, rushed to see what happened and used his medical training to "apply pressure to the wound and keep her active and alert," said Arizona state Rep. Steve Farley. Hernandez was Farley's former campaign manager.
- Officials have not stated a motive for the shooting. The suspect was not talking and had invoked his right against self-incrimination, said Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik.
- At the direction of President Barack Obama, FBI Director Robert Mueller was headed to Arizona to help coordinate the investigation. The FBI is working jointly with local law enforcement. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona said it has about a dozen people working on the investigation.
- The suspect was in federal custody early Sunday morning, said Jason Ogan, spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff's Department. As such, the suspect will not face a first appearance in court Sunday, Ogan said.
- Authorities released a photo of a male between 40 and 50 years old who is "possibly associated with the suspect." The dark-haired man was last seen wearing blue jeans and a dark blue jacket, and was seen at the location where the shooting occurred.
- Authorities did not know whether the person they sought actually had any connection with Jared Lee Loughner, a law enforcement source told CNN. Authorities have a piece of evidence that indicates this second individual was in close proximity to the store, the source said, but declined to elaborate.
- That source also said authorities were seeking search warrants for a residence and for a vehicle in connection with the suspect in custody.
- A law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said the Glock used in the shootings was purchased legally, but did not have the details when or where it was bought. The extended magazine used in the shooting was likely purchased separately and at a different time, the source said. The official said such a magazine does not automatically come with a weapons purchase and it would be extremely rare for them to be sold together in one purchase.
- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, 40, was shot in the head and underwent surgery Saturday. Doctors were optimistic of her chances of surviving. "I'm about as optimistic as it can get in this situation," Dr. Peter Rhee of the University Medical Center said Saturday afternoon. He said the next 24 hours will be key for determining the extent of her recovery.
- First elected in 2006, Giffords is serving her third term in Congress.
- She narrowly beat Tea Party-backed Republican Jesse Kelly in the November midterm elections, garnering 49% to the latter's 47% of the votes.
- Known as a "Blue Dog," or moderate, Democrat, Giffords was a key swing vote in last year's health care reform debate. She didn't make up her mind to vote for the legislation until the final days before the ultimate passing vote.
- She is married to NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, a Navy captain who is scheduled to fly the April space shuttle mission to the international space station. She is the only U.S. representative with an active duty military spouse, according to her website.
- She has no children but is stepmother to Kelly's two children, said Sylvia Lee, president of Pima County Community College in Tucson.
- She had received threats in the past, Lee said. A glass panel at her Tucson office was shattered the day after the health care reform vote last year. Staffers suspected someone shot a pellet gun at the glass. At a town hall meeting, a gun fell out of a constituent's pocket. But Giffords' press secretary, C.J. Karamargin, said he was unaware of any recent threats against Giffords.
- She generally voted with her party, but voted against the auto bailout bill and was one of 19 Democrats to vote against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bid to become the Democrats' minority leader after the midterm elections returned Republicans to power in the House.
- She holds a master's degree in regional planning from Cornell University and a B.A. from Scripps College, where she was awarded a William Fulbright Scholarship to study for a year in Chihuahua, Mexico.
- Before embarking on a political career, she worked for Price Waterhouse Coopers and served as chief executive officer and president of El Campo Tire, her family's business.
- She then served in the Arizona Legislature from 2000 to 2005, where she was the youngest woman elected to the Arizona state Senate.
- The suspect in the shooting is Jared Lee Loughner, a 22-year-old former community college student, according to an Arizona law enforcement source and a U.S. law enforcement source.
- He railed against government "mind control" and illiteracy in online missives and had "kind of a troubled past," said Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik.
- He also had brushes with the law, the sheriff said without elaborating. "We understand that there have been law enforcement contacts with the individual where he made threats." Court records indicate he had been arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia in 2007, but the charge was dismissed.
- Loughner dropped out of high school in 2006, after his junior year, said Tamara Crawley, a spokeswoman for the Marana United School District in suburban Tucson.
- In 2008, he tried to enlist in the U.S. Army. The Army rejected him, and privacy laws keep the military from disclosing the reason, the service said in a statement to CNN.
- He enrolled at Aztec Middle College, a partnership between Tucson schools and Pima Community College that helps high school dropouts transition to community colleges, the community college President Sylvia Lee told CNN.
- He took classes at the college from 2005 until October 2010, but withdrew after five contacts with police "for classroom and library disruptions" at two campuses between February and September, the school said.
- Loughner was suspended after authorities found a YouTube video in which he called the school "illegal according to the U.S. Constitution, and makes other claims," a college statement said. He quit during an October 4 meeting with his parents and school administrators, and a follow-up letter warned that to return, he had to present a doctor's note stating that "his presence at the College does not present a danger to himself or others."
- On his YouTube page, a list of his favorite books included both Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' "The Communist Manifesto," along with works by George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, Ken Kesey, Herman Hesse, Ernest Hemingway, Plato and Aesop's fables.
- "Good-bye friends," read a Saturday morning posting on Loughner's MySpace page, just hours before the shooting. "Dear friends ... Please don't be mad at me. The literacy rate is below 5%. I haven't talked to one person who is literate."
- A December 30 posting read, "Dear Reader ... I'm searching. Today! With every concern, my shot is now ready for aim. The hunt, a mighty thought of mine."
- Online, Loughner complained about the "second Constitution," a term legal scholars sometimes use to describe the post-Civil War amendments that ended slavery, extended the right to vote and required equal protection under the law. Its meaning to Loughner could not be clearly discerned.
- In an apparent reference to Giffords' congressional district, he wrote in a December 15 video message on YouTube: "The majority of people, who reside in District-8 are illiterate - hilarious."
- In the same message he wrote: "If I define terrorist then a terrorist is a person who employs terror or terrorism, especially as a political weapon. I define terrorist."
In addition to the 12 people wounded in the shooting, the following six were killed:
- John Roll, 63. A native of Pennsylvania, Roll was a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona who had served the legal system for nearly 40 years. He began his career as a bailiff in Pima County Superior Court and rose to be chief judge for the District of Arizona, a position he held since 2006.
He received death threats two years ago after he ruled that a $32 million civil-rights lawsuit filed by illegal immigrants against a rancher in the state could proceed. He had been assigned to hear the ethnic studies ban case out of Tucson that involves a new law banning certain ethnic studies programs in public schools, according to the lead attorney on the case, Richard Martinez. Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts called Roll's death a tragic loss.
- Christina Taylor Greene, 9. She was born on September 11, 2001, according to CNN affiliate KVOA. Family members described her as "excited" about the political process, and said the desire to learn more about it had motivated her to go to the Gifford event, the affiliate said. Christina had just been elected to the student council at her school, the Arizona Republic reported. She died at a hospital, and not at the scene like the other five.
- Gabe Zimmerman, 30. A Tucson native who was engaged to be married, Zimmerman was the director of community outreach for the congresswoman.
- Dorwin Stoddard, 76. Dory, as his family calls him, was a retired construction worker, said Pastor Mike Nowak at Mount Avenue Church of Christ in Tucson. Witnesses told CNN that Stoddard tried to shield his wife, Mavy, was shot in the head and fell on her. The wife was shot three times in her legs; the bullets were removed and she is expected to make a full recovery.
- Dorothy Morris, 76
- Phyllis Scheck, 79
- Following the shootings, all legislation on the House schedule for the coming week was postponed, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said. The decision was made by leaders of both parties and means the House will not vote next week on the repeal of health care reform.
- Although U.S. Capitol Police said there was no evidence of a broader threat involving federal officials, it has advised other members of Congress to take "reasonable and prudent precautions regarding their personal safety and security." The House sergeant at arms also said "it is essential" that lawmakers contact local police to register their home and office addresses.
- Tucson Police Chief Roberto Villasenor said his department had secured the homes and offices of some unnamed federal officials as a "precautionary measure."
- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said an incident like this could have a chilling effect on the frequent weekend listening sessions that many members of Congress have with their constituents.
- In Tucson, supporters gathered outside the University Medical Center, keeping vigil as family members waited with wounded loved ones inside. On the other side of the country, dozens of marchers braved subfreezing temperatures and gusty winds to gather on Capitol Hill for a candlelight vigil Saturday night.
- President Barack Obama: "We do not yet have all the answers. What we do know is that such a senseless and terrible act of violence has no place in a free society."
- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer: "I am just heartbroken. Gabby is more than just a colleague, she is my friend. She has always been a noble public servant."
- John Roberts, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, on the death of one of the victims, Judge U.S. District Judge John Roll: "Chief Judge Roll's death is a somber reminder of the importance of the rule of law and the sacrifices of those who work to secure it."
- U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: "Congresswoman Giffords is a brilliant and courageous member of Congress, bringing to Washington the views of a new generation of national leaders. It is especially tragic that she was attacked as she was meeting with her constituents whom she serves with such dedication and distinction."
- House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio: "An attack on one who serves is an attack on all who serve. Acts and threats of violence against public officials have no place in our society."
- U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona: "I am horrified by the violent attack on Representative Gabrielle Giffords and many other innocent people by a wicked person who has no sense of justice or compassion. ... Whoever did this, whatever their reason, they are a disgrace to Arizona, this country and the human race, and they deserve and will receive the contempt of all decent people and the strongest punishment of the law."
- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin: "There is no place in our society or discourse for such senseless and unconscionable acts of violence."
- Officials have not stated a motive for the shooting.
- Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik used a nationally televised press conference to condemn the tone of political discourse in his state. He charged that public debate is now "vitriolic rhetoric," which has rendered Arizona "the mecca for prejudice and bigotry." Dupnik suggested that such rhetoric can have deadly consequences.
- Last March, Giffords raised concerns about inflammatory rhetoric after her office was vandalized, and she cited how her name appeared on a website titled "Take back the 20" as part of a list originally issued by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in March 2010 against vulnerable House Democrats.
- The list, which named 20 House members who voted for health care reform, showed crosshairs over the contested Democratic districts.
- At the time, Giffords responded to the map by saying on MSNBC that her long-serving colleagues had "never seen anything like it." "The thing is, the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district," Giffords said in March. "When people do that, they've got to realize there's consequences to that action."
- A day after Giffords voted in favor of health care reform, a glass panel at her Tucson office was shattered.
- At a town hall meeting, a gun fell out of a constituent's pocket.
- Giffords' press secretary, C.J. Karamargin, said he was unaware of any recent threats against Giffords.
Well it sure was Governor Brewer who started this bigotry and hatred towards decent citizens of Arizona.
I guess the fact that guy was a left-wing nut job slips you minds! The congress woman is a blue dog dem and supports gun rights.
When you say hateful things like Palin does no matter what you mean, ther will be nuts that will interpret it their way. So in a way it is Palin's fault and the teabaggers fault, they might not have wanted to injure anyone (I hope) but when you go aout spitting all these hateful things about the other party and invoke the right to purchase arms with minimal control this is bound to happen. Sorry but that is how many folks feel, it went too far!!!!
@Phil M, I support your idea in post #329.
I believe labels are a big problem. We attach so many strong feelings to labels we have for ourselves and others. We forget that behind the labels are people, people just like ourselves with personalities, good characteristics, more things to learn, limitations, and susceptiblilities to authority, public and private discourse, and other's actions.
No matter what we would call someone, be it Rep, Dem, lib, conservative, Commie, Green, Ind, on the inside we all have the same potential to be influenced by the barrage of information to which we have access these days, and the same human vulnerabilities when we are dissatisfied, feel hurt, alienated, hopeless, discounted, etc.
We are living in a period of our country's history right now where the economic, political, educational, and social climates are ripe for already volatile individuals, as well as otherwise rational individuals, to act out their feelings of desperation through hateful speech and behavior, self-medication, vitriolic outbursts, irreversible acts of at home and public violence, and yes, domestic terrorism.
We the people, except maybe the small percentage of the top wealthiest, are suffering. We are in pain. We are hurting. When people who are hurting become unhinged or triggered by words or images that appear to offer a solution (though that solution be inappropriate and counterproductive), or at least a sense of agency, they hurt themselves or other people or both. They can also resort to the same behaviour when they see no possible solution at all and choose to give up and cause suffering to try and represent their own.
These phenomena transcend labels, political parties, and religious leanings etc. Those are simply lenses through which we try to understand someone's behavior when we can't explain it. And they are also false lenses through which the perpetrators try to justify their actions. It's mostly about pain that a person doesn't know how to cope with and hurt that seems to have no solace.
I am in no way minimizing these events. I believe there are bigger social ills at play than their expression in the actions of individuals who are in dangerous mental states, or people who are angry and poised to react violently.
We have some huge national social issues on our hands. Our collective social psyches need expression and healing. We are hungry for change and way past ready for solutions to the problems that ail us daily and relentlessly.
One example is that we are still suffering from collective PTSD from 9/11 and the wars in which our government has engaged has not offered us any sense of relief or safety like they were supposed to. We terrorize each other now instead of soothing each other's pain (that's a generalization and not true everywhere on smaller community scales). We can learn many lessons from tiny communities who have found ways to support each other during these dire times. We need to learn how to implement that on a larger scale.
One way to start is to acknowledge that just as any of the victims could have been one our loved ones, so too could the shooter have been our brother, son, cousin, classmate, partner, etc.
We ought to realize we are responsible for each other in the larger scale of things. We have to find the love in our hearts and share it with one another, rather than take the pain, which I believe we have in common, and allow it to force us apart. Pain is divisive and leads us to render each other invisible. But we can choose to do the hard scary work of countering that effect.
My heart is w the victims of this tragedy and all others. I keep their souls in the light.
Who goes out spitting hatred at rallies demanding to get our country back at any cost? The Tea baggers, Repubs led by Palin Beck and the rest. Yes this goes on on the left bet not as much and instigated by the right. We need to look at the political environment today and what it is generating people!!!! Look what happened Saturday!!!!
please stop the rhetoric.
No one is addressing the whites hatred because it more visible when it racial; so society excuse it. It always been there. If this guy have been Black and had brush with the law the charges would not have been dismissed. Nor would he been allows to buy a Glock, a police issued gun!What do a private citizen need a gun that shoot 30 rounds for? And Walmart should have automatic security input and photo information going out to all stores when someone is deny that type of sale, that way the police would had been able to get involved!;
Mama Grizzly puts Congresswoman Gifords in her crosshairs,
then sends condolences after someone else pulls her trigger.
So the shooting occurred 1/8/11 around 10 am. There are some posts on Chan 4 Chan identical to the Youtube video posted 1/9/11 after 9pm. does anyone find that strange? why would anyone re-post something as strange as that and in poor taste unless they were somehow involved. sounds strange....
Jim Brieske, if you could possibly be more hateful i would be astounded. Do you have the nazi flag in your house? You should be ashamed of yourself and maybe read the bible for a while. Except, that would take time out of your busy "abuse people who disagree with me" schedule. People like you should stop and take off the blinders to see what is really happening in the world.
I am always asking WHEN the American people will wake up and see that this easy access to GUNS are a BIG contribution for these kind of tragedy that happens everyday in this poor nation? Only few people appointed this here. Hello! Our time is a time of very strong and fast guns! HOW people can have guns how they have a computer in the house? We must promote a culture of peace! Imagine how we can fell safe in anyplace, knowing that any crazy person ( and there is a lot!) around us can go to a Wall Mart and buy a GUN? For WHAT??? We have enough policies around?
Americans! WAKE UP! This is the only country that its happens every day!!! THINK! READ THE STATISTICS! See you in the next tragedy with a free GUN!
Next time the people who support gun laws and second amendment should see the smiling pic of this young girl.. may be they will understand.. or maybe they will argue that teh girl should have had a gun herself to defend.. ...sad times who pays the price when some maniacs get into action!
Blah, blah, blah...This guy needs to die, NOW. No more public defenders or drawn out court sessions. You got the guy red-handed!!! Put a bullet in his head and send a bill to his parents for the ammo.
As for this Bapist church and protesting BS. Let's just GAS them when they show up. It's a funeral for god sake...
It just makes me sick hearing all this non-sense.
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The first to arrive and the last to go, is how Lucy Coats described herself last night. I have to take her word for it as Daughter and I took slight detour en route for the October Gallery (I have to admit here that it was my fault and Daughter would have made a better job of it) and arrived when things were in – if not full – then some sort of swing. And we didn't outstay our welcome (at least I hope we didn't) so weren't there to witness Lucy washing up at the end.
Lots of Orion's very lovely and our favourite authors were there. Lucy, as I said. Caroline Lawrence, who by now will be feeling she has to put up with us every week. Nice to see Mr Lawrence again. Liz Kessler, fresh from 'research' along the coast of Norway. The Michelles, Lovric and Paver, and Annabel Pitcher, Angela McAllister and Viv French. I was introduced to Lauren St John, whose book I was reading on the train, getting me into a very St Ivesey mood. Daughter has obviously been around the literary world too long, seeing as she was clinging to the fire escape throwing names about; 'there's Francesca Simon, and that's Tony Ross!'. Right on both counts.
Boss Fiona Kennedy made a speech, praising her writers. Nina Douglas and Kate Christer had worked hard to organise things, and the October gallery, complete with bones and 'dead babies', not to mention glittery paintings was a good place for a party. The weather helped. We were all out in the courtyard in the mild and sunny evening. London at its best.
Among the 'non-authors' present were the other Stockport blogger, Wondrous Reads (we'll have to stop meeting like this, Jenny), Geraldine Brennan (about whom I had a strange but nice dream last week), Julia Eccleshare, Ted Smart, Catherine Clarke, and I am sure I have left out lots of worthy people, but I'll stop now before I turn into Hello Magazine again. (Better class of people, but too many lists of human beings clutching champagne glasses, if you know what I mean?)
I have a dreadful suspicion that in among everyone in the photos there will lurk someone with a dark secret, or someone committing a crime or an indiscretion or something. If you find anything like that, don't tell me. I was the one in the flower pot. I noticed a dreadful smell and realised the pot was a geranium pot and I had disturbed the leaves. I hate the smell of geraniums!

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The England Women have won the fifth and final Twenty20 match against the White Ferns at Queens Park in Invercargill by five wickets.
Chasing 110 to win, England looked comfortable for the majority of their innings and made the winning runs after 18.5 overs.
The White Ferns were put into bat after losing the toss and got off to a good enough start reaching 75 for two after 13 overs. Opener Suzie Bates made 20, before Sara McGlashan and Amy Satterthwaite put on 50 for the third wicket.
McGlashan top-scored with 29, closely followed by Satterthwaite with 25, but when both fell in quick succession the run-rate slowed down dramatically.
An impressive 21 not out from Liz Perry helped the White Ferns finish at 109 for six after 20 overs.
Man of the match Anya Shrubsole again posed problems for the Kiwis and finished with figures of two for seven off four overs. .
It was team effort with the bat for England who successfully chased down the total with seven balls to spare.
Four players finished in the twenties with Sarah Taylor top-scoring with 24. Jenny Gunn finished off the game with a four to see England victorious with five wickets and seven balls in hand.
Morna Nielsen was superb with the ball for the White Ferns and finished with figures of four for 10 from four overs.
Unfortunately it wasn't enough.
England finished the Twenty20 series four nil victors. The two sides meet for the first of three ODIs in Christchurch on Thursday.


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As he sat in jail month after month trying to make sense of his life, Bruce Rowe one day knew he wasn't quite so interested in freedom.
"I realized when I was inside, all of that didn't matter if I didn't become a better person," said Rowe.
Prison isn't philosophy class. They're not asking what it means to be human. Nor is it a great place to form community, to discover your humanity by sharing your experience with others.
Once you're outside, most people want to categorize you by the charges you faced in court, said Rowe.
"I'm native. I didn't realize I was native until I was inside," he said.
Living in a halfway house, Rowe is still under the supervision of the prison system. But Rowe believes he's found the hints of a new direction in his life through the Friends of Dismas, an ecumenical restorative justice ministry that is nothing more than a community of ex-cons and volunteers who meet every couple of weeks to share a meal and consider the Gospel. In that context the Friends of Dismas will link former prisoners with volunteer opportunities.
Restorative Justice week, sponsored by the Church Council on Justice and Correction and Correctional Service of Canada, runs Nov. 14 to 21 this year. Canadians rely on the police, courts and prisons to deal with crime.
Some facts about the prison system and violent crime and prison populations in Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada
Dismas was the good thief who hung beside Jesus on Calvary and asked to be remembered (Luke 23.39-43).
"(The Friends of Dismas) helped me realize that even me, being a criminal, there are people who will care for me as a person," said Rowe. "My past, my convictions, weren't as important as who I was as a person."
Volunteer ministries such as the Friends of Dismas might not sound tough on crime the way minimum sentences and billions for new prisons do, but if Canadians want to have a serious discussion about what prevents crime, makes communities safer and rehabilitates ex-offenders they need to look closely at how ex-offenders are reintegrated, Whitehorse Bishop Gary Gordon said in an interview.
"A lot of things are far less demeaning and far more helpful in terms of the restoration process (than incarceration)," said Gordon, who has spent more than 20 years ministering in jails in British Columbia and the North. "The controlling factor of course in the public media mind is fear."
Christians are supposed to base their lives on Scripture, not fear, Gordon said.
"The vision of justice we find in Scripture is profound," he wrote in an Oct. 1 letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper decrying the government's single-minded focus on more jail time.
"We are called to be a people in relationship with each other through our conflicts and sins, with the ingenious creativity of God's Spirit to find our way back into covenant community. How can that be if we automatically exclude and cut ourselves off from all those we label criminal?"
"Our government believes in putting public safety and the rights of victims and law-abiding Canadians first," a spokesman for Public Safety Minister Vic Toews wrote in an email to The Catholic Register.
"Jamming up our jails and our prisons has not proven to reduce crime rates," said Liberal Justice critic Marlene Jennings. "It actually can make communities less safe."
The Liberals only voted for the government's package of tough-on-crime legislation to avoid an election over the summer, said Jennings. A Liberal government would have another look at the place of jail time in how we deal with crime and initiate a review of the entire criminal code - which hasn't been reviewed in more than a quarter century.
Talking to churches about what they've learned in prison chaplaincy would be part of a Liberal second look at prison and crime, said Jennings. "They have the expertise. The chaplains, the priests are in the prisons every day."
But trying to repair the damage done by crime isn't just the job of politicians, the prison system or professional chaplains, said Deacon Mike Walsh of the Friends of Dismas. Walsh thinks that if you're Christian you have to take prisoners seriously. He can't read Matthew 25 any other way.
"We have Catholic parishes in the suburbs working with men who in some cases have very seriously offended," said Walsh. "To let them know that there might be people who would actually come and share a meal with them, it's not a big thing, but it makes a difference."
Traditional prison ministry, particularly in the provincial jails, has become more difficult over the years. Prisoners are in the system for a short time, they are frequently transferred and prisons are often locked down. Getting more than a couple of meetings with a prisoner has become difficult and building trust is a remote possibility.
But outside the prisons, groups like the Friends of Dismas offer a chance for a constructive relationship with an ex-offender.
"I understand the political side of this. I understand the need for safety in communities," said Walsh. "But understand this: Once you return people from these institutions the work of reintegration still needs to get done."
New sentencing and parole rules will increase prison populations 30 per cent, said Howard Sapers, federal ombudsman for prisons. Community chaplaincy is going to be a booming business.
"The needs of those who are coming out of prison and are trying to get back into the community are there," said Richard Haughian, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops' delegate to the Church Council on Justice and Corrections.
"It's not just visiting someone in prison. It's looking at the community itself and its responsibility."


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Just when I thought that I'd never find a classic old library book more entertaining than How to Be Happy While Single, the good people in Reference Services handed me this Dupont company gem – The Farmer's Handbook of Explosives.
You won't find it in our circulating collection or even in our catalog, because it's one of those great old reference books that (gasp!) fell through the cracks – it doesn't even have a barcode.
It's pretty rare, too. According to WorldCat (the grand catalog of library catalogs), there are only two more known copies of this 1910 edition out there in libraryland. Of course, there could be others in private collections, or perhaps in your great-grandfather's attic.
I didn't read our copy from cover to cover, as it's in serious need of preservation work. But I scanned a few pages and stopped to enjoy the lovely old photographs of explosions before returning the book to its caretakers.
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Words to live by. Great Post by Author Kristen Lamb.
Today is a tad of a touchy subject, but in this New year, I want everyone to have a the greatest gift any of us can have…peace. Bullies, in my opinion, are among the lowest known existing lifeforms. I wouldn't want to insult cockroaches and fleas by drawing a comparison.
Kristen's History With Bullies
I grew up most of my life being bullied. I switched schools at least once a year and there was always a new gaggle of Mean Girls to make my daily life a veritable hell. I think this is why I grew to love books. I skipped school so much (to seek sanctuary at the public library), that I'm fairly certain I'm the reason for the current Texas truancy laws.
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Editorial: Big hat, no cattle
November 30, 2012
You've probably heard the expression "Big hat, no cattle."
It's used derisively to describe someone who talks a big game, but doesn't have the resources to back it up. Well in Salinas, when it comes to public art, the phrase fits! There are some big hats, and no resources.
This Central Coast world-class piece is by contemporary artist Claes Oldenburg. It's near the Salinas Sports Complex, titled Hat in Three Stages of Landing. It's been there since 1977. But now the three-hat installation is faded and deteriorated and really needs some help. Of course you'd only know that, if you could see them. But the view three decades ago that made them visible is now obstructed. The hats are effectively out of sight, and the area around them seems neglected.
Salinas' city council to the rescue! The council should be applauded for its recent commitment to have the Big Hats repaired to their original state, and to not do it on the cheap, although there's a hefty price tag: perhaps as much 115,000 taxpayer-dollars to get the job done. In the financially strapped city of Salinas - where voters just agreed to extend the Measure-V sales tax indefinitely - that's probably not the most fiscally sound solution.
But what better project is there for private fundraising than an iconic public arts piece? Enthusiastic art-lovers who have the means, in Salinas, and frankly, on the Peninsula, could come together to repair the internationally known Big Hats to their original glory. Salinas' Library Director Elizabeth Martinez will be leading the charge to raise private donations, but we'd hope a prominent private citizen or two would also step-up and help lead the way.
A public arts piece like this can serve as a region's landmark. Perhaps enough money could be raised so that a newly refreshed and sparkling Big Hats could be moved to a more conspicuous Salinas location?


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Valentines Pillows ~ 3 Free tutorials!
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how STINKING CUTE!... love these!ReplyDelete
Cute pillows! When my son was in elementary school the teachers always had them make valentine's cards for their moms. Remembering how sweet he was giving me those cards always makes me smile.ReplyDelete
Cute pillows! I am loving the blog hop. My favorite memory is my first valentine's day with my husband. He took me to a great dinner and gave me some beautiful roses.ReplyDelete
VERY Cute pillows - thank you!!ReplyDelete
My DH & I were married on Valentine's Day in 1988, so #24 is coming up for us next week. That, of course, is my favorite memory! :-)
Thank you for the chance to win the giveaway! Happy Valentine's Day to you! :-)
Lovely pillows.I love the Hugs and kisses one. My favorite memory is always my last for my husband always makes a surprise.ReplyDelete
Beautiful pillows. Favourite things about valentines are the red roses and heart chocolates.ReplyDelete
Very sweet pillows! My favorite Valentines memory - finding out my first grandchild was going to be on his way (he's now 5 with a little brother and they both make my days complete) .ReplyDelete
thank you so much for the tutorial! my favorite valentine memory was having a vermont teddy bear delivered to me from my husband!ReplyDelete
My DS realized what V-Day was all about last year and was so proud of the photo card that he made at preschool.ReplyDelete
Oh my - SO cute! Thanks for sharing the tutorial :) My favourite Valentine's Day memory was my first with my now-husband, then-boyfriend. I didn't get too excited about Valentine's Day then but he did and gave me a bunch of cute, little presents. Special :)ReplyDelete
Just too cute! Thanks for the tutorials and the help links!ReplyDelete
These pillows are too cute! Thank you for showing us how you did them. :-)ReplyDelete
I don't really have a Valentines Day memory and we don't really celebrate the day unless you count every day to be Valentines day. :-D
i got married on feb 18th, so just sitting and having a quiet dinner with my fiancee that valentines day amidst the busy-ness of last-minute-wedding-prep was just perfect....ReplyDelete
LOVE THEM!!! I always love changing all the pillows up for holiday ...guess i know what i'm doing today :)ReplyDelete
Cute pillows. Really don't have a Valentines memory. I do decorate for the holiday but other than that we don't celebrate the day. Thanks for the great giveaway.ReplyDelete
Love these! My favorite Valentine's memory is the first I shared with my husband. We snuggled on the couch watched movies and ate candy. It was so relaxing and fun just being together without the showiness of some other couples.ReplyDelete
Cute pillows. Thanks for the tute!ReplyDelete
I am not a V-day girl, so don't have any good memories :) although I DO like the chocolate. lol
My favorite Valentine's Day memory is my first Valentine's Day with my now-husband. He gave me three envelopes and I had to choose just one of them. Inside of each he had the plans for a different weekend get-away, and whichever envelope I pulled was the get-away I got as my gift. It was such a fun way to give a gift, and then we had a great weekend!ReplyDelete
Great pillows!!!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine's memory involves my high school fundraiser selling carnations. An ex-boyfriend gave me a red carnation (red = love), while my current boyfriend only gave me a pink one. I guess the pressure worked, because I have been married to the pink-carnation giver for over 25 years!
So cute! My favorite memory is the year I was dating my husband. We had just started going out, and he refused to call me because he thought it would send the wrong message. It was my last Valentine's Day alone.ReplyDelete
I still have every Valentine my son made for me in elementary school. He is now 26. Little boys are so sweet to their Mamas.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tutorial.
What cute pillows! Thanks for the chance to win. My favorite Valentine's memory is when hubby and I were not even married 6 months and we coincidentally ended up buying me a new car on 2/14. He totally took credit as that being my gift. :)ReplyDelete
Such nice pilllows.I don´t celebrate Valentine so I don´t have any memorie.Thanks for sharing your tutorial!ReplyDelete
Hmmm - honestly I don't have many Valentine's memories, but I have made some awesome Valentines deserts for the family.ReplyDelete
Well, I really loved the Valentine's days as a kid in school when we made little mailboxes and every kid handed out every other kid valentines in their mailboxes. No one was left out and we got candy to boot!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentines memory is the first V-day when I was dating my husband. He came to see me all spiffed up with a stuffed rabbit and candy but all I saw when I opened the door was his profusely bleeding head wound!! He had scraped himself on the shower head and evidently wasn't one for looking in the mirror! He was very crabby I didn't notice his gifts but was trying to doctor his wound...I thought he had been in a car accident! Thanks for the giveaway chance, love the "sweet" pillow!ReplyDelete
tks fr this chance! I don't have a special memory as I married on a Valentine day, 20 years ago, but It didn't work...we're now divorced, but happy!!!:)xxReplyDelete
Thanks for the cute turorialReplyDelete
My special memory ... when I have discovered I was pregnant ... and it was San valentine day!!!!
Beautiful pillows!! I love them! ANd am totally going to make them! :)ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentines Day memory was my first with my hubby. We were both starving college students, so we celebrated V-day at Wendy's with frosties and french fries. It's still our tradition now - 11 years later! :)
Love the pillows! While my kids were growing up we did Valentines day all day long. Heart Biscuits for breakfast, Heart shaped sandwiches & heart cookies for lunch and heart shaped pizza or meatloaf for supper with a heart shaped cake for dessert. It was fun and they still talk about it. Have had many 'favorite' V-days with my Sweetie. Thanks for the great giveaway.ReplyDelete
Such cute pillows. I had not thought of how to get the burlap to be squared. Thanks for that tip. My favorite valentine memories are when my kids made me valentine cards. So very sweet.ReplyDelete
i love the post it note "valentines" my kids used to write to me. It was always on post it notes! lol thanks for the tutorials!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine's memory is watching my daughters open their little cards from their friends. Thanks for the opportunity to enter your great giveaway!ReplyDelete
Cute cute pillows! Valentine's Day is my birthday so as I child, I thought everyone was partying just for me. Thanks for the opportunity to enter your great giveaway!ReplyDelete
my favorite memory is just thinking of others and finding a way to make their day special. cute pillows. thank you. janitaReplyDelete
How cute the little heart cutouts instead of circles in the letters. Your stitching really adds to the letters pop. Those are cute pillows. Making Valentines with my kids. Using those paper doilies, red construction paper and gluing everything to death. So fun.ReplyDelete
Those are adorable. Thanks for the tutorial.ReplyDelete
Growing up our mom would give gifts to the males in the family and my day would be responsible for the girls. It was so cute.
Cute pillows. Ah! Valentine's day - 13 years ago I got my first ever Valentine's Day flowers - from my soon-to-be fiance - now my husband of almost 12 years. I still get flowers, several times a year. Makes me smile : )ReplyDelete
How sweet are these? I want to make all three!! My favorite Valentine memory centers around my classroom of special needs children. Without my knowing, my classroom aide organized art and cooking activities to make my day special and we partied hearty!!ReplyDelete
What adorable pillows!! They would certainly set the mood for hugs and kisses! :-) Love those bright pinks and red!!! Thank you for the zipper tutorial-- for some reason, I have a zipper phobia.. to the point that I would always alter the patterns to use buttons instead when I was sewing dresses for my daughters... Maybe I can overcome that fear with the help of your tutorial! :-)ReplyDelete
Speaking of my daughters-- they're all grown up now.. But, when they were little, one of our favorite Valentine traditions was to make a batch of heart-shaped sugar cookies-- and take all afternoon to decorate them. We would glaze them with white or pink icing, then add a pretty border or message (like "I love you") -- adding sprinkles or sugar crystals to make them "just perfect"! Those "baking days" are my favorite Valentine memory... :-)
Thank you for the giveaway
Thank you for the tutorial
Cute pillows
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I love to be with my loved ones, anytime it's happens is my favorite Valentines memory
These are so awesome ; I love how you always do your letter appliques ; TOO TOO CUTE !!!!! <3 love me some hearts ................. my favorite memory is the year my husband got me a white Vermont Teddy Bear with big blue eyes ( he has blue eyes and our last name is White ! this was the year we got married ) . the card read : I Love Steve !! haha . oops ; should have been : I love you ! Steve . I got my bear a Harley jacket and made him a bow tie for Christmas and a scarf for riding season !ReplyDelete
Those are too cute! :) Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
Such cute pillows!ReplyDelete
Thank you!
My beautiful godson was born on Valentines Day!!
Thanks for sharing! My favorite memory is the first with my husband (just before we were married). I won the bet that I wouldn't get tired of him and he sent me two flower arrangments and picked me up from work at lunchtime for a suprise picnic in a park.ReplyDelete
I don't really have a favorite Valentine's Day memory. It's sort of a non holiday for me. :PReplyDelete
But maybe this year I will make a great memory 'cause I will be on a cruise with hubby!
Love your pillows!
Wow these are amazingly cute. thanks for sharing your tutorials and info all through the post. I will definitely be stopping by your site again.ReplyDelete
Cute pillows! My favorite memories always revolve around my kids bringing home the valentines they made at school for me.ReplyDelete
neat pillows! one of my favourite memories is getting all dressed up in my old grad dress and going to a super fancy dinner up in a building that rotated and you could see the whole view of the city!ReplyDelete
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i'm not big on valentine's day. in fact, i tell my hubby every year NOT to get me anything. so it is was a huge surprise when i walked into work one day to find 3 dozen 2 white roses (again, not even close to my favorite flower) on my desk. i asked who got all the pretty flowers and everyone just looked at me ... that's when i read the card.ReplyDelete
I remember making valentine boxes for school.ReplyDelete
My favorite is this year (even though it hasnt happened!) My girls love holidays so we hace decorated and colored and painted already. They love it!ReplyDelete
Cute Pillows. My memory is my Husband's Aunt who sent Valentines to my children. Her Birthday is on V-day. It is fun to find her a V-day/B-Day card. She is now in a Nursing home and doesn't know us... DH's Birthday is the day after V-day.ReplyDelete
Favorite memory....my first Valentines as a wife my husband secretly booked a night at a local B&B. It was a sweet surprise.ReplyDelete
so cute, thanks for participating, ive really enjoyed the hop :)ReplyDelete
Those are such adorable pillows. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas with us.ReplyDelete
Very cute pillows! I just enjoy spending time with my hubby and the kids when they were home! Will be stopping by your site again!ReplyDelete
When I was little my mom used to put red food coloring in our milk for breakfast and then put it in our dinner foods (like mashed potatoes) so we had pink dinner! It was pretty fun! Thanks for the giveaway!!ReplyDelete
Although I will always cherish the handmade valentines from my children and those are probably my favorite Valentines Day memories, I can remember somewhere way way back, when I was a young child in elementary school, we made little mailboxes out of old milk cartons and decorated them, and everyone at school put their mailboxes on their desks. During the day all the children would sneak the valentines into each other's mailboxes. It was sweet, and I still remember it. I wish I could recall what my mailbox looked like. I'm bettin' it was pink!!!ReplyDelete
I was proposed to on Vday. On a bench at the lookout on Devil's Backbone. It was nice.ReplyDelete
Very cute. Thanks for the tute. :)ReplyDelete
What a cute idea!! Love them all!! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine's memory happened about 6 years ago. I had to work a 13 hour shift on Valentine's day and I was dead tired when I got home. I opened the door and the whole house was dark and quiet. I figured my boyfriend was out practicing with his band as we normally don't do anything for Valentine's day. I walked into the kitchen to get some dinner and he was standing by the table with candles lit and a very nice steak dinner all hot and waiting for me.ReplyDelete
So enjoying this blog hop and seeing everyone's projects. My favorite Valentine's memory was eating spaghetti for dinner and watching John Tucker Must Die with my boyfriend. Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
One of my favorite memories is receiving flowers and balloons at school from my uncle on Valentine's Day. Very cool.ReplyDelete
Cute Pillows! My favorite Valentines memory is making valentines with my daughter! Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
On a Valentine's DayReplyDelete
when my hubby and I were still dating, I hopped in his truck to find a big stuffed puppy on the seat waiting for me ~ my kids fight over whose turn it is to sleep with it now.
Love these pillows and the starch applique tutorial. I will be trying these to match my kids' bedrooms. Thanks!ReplyDelete
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SUCH A SWEET TUTORIAL-LOVE THE BURLAP-TOUCH! ONE FAVORITE VALENTINES MEMORY I KEEP IS MAKING HEART-SHAPED ICED COOKIES WITH MY GIRLS WHEN THEY WERE SMALL.ReplyDelete
those pillows are sew sweet. my have to make for my teeny and twentie daughters sew cute thanks for sharingReplyDelete
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I like them!ReplyDelete
I remember my mom making heart shaped cookies and having them ready for us when we got home from school. We loved it!
Awesome pillows Natalia!! You're amazing.ReplyDelete
I love that long pillow!ReplyDelete
Cute pillows!ReplyDelete
My mom always made heart shaped pink pancakes on Valentines day.
Love the tutorial! My favorite Valentine's memory was when my boyfriend (now husband) surprised me with pink roses and a charm bracelet (which I'd always wanted)!ReplyDelete
Darling! My husband once surprised me with a hunt for my valentine presents. He handed me a paper with a poem clue to the next spot where there was a gift and another clue. All the gifts were to remind me of our honeymoon in Hawaii. It was the greatest!ReplyDelete
Real cute pillows! Favorite Valentine memory is when I received a beautiful necklace & bracklet from my boyfriend whom later became my husband.ReplyDelete
So very cute! I'm enjoying this hop! One of my favorite memories is giving a Valentine party for a few homeschooling families years ago when my children were little. We had so many heart games and activities, and it brings back some special memories of those earlier growing up years.ReplyDelete
My favorite memory of Valentine's Day was when my now 23 year old daughter was in nursery school. She came home with a card she made for me saying, "I don't understand what all the fuss is about Valentine's Day, I love you everyday of the year."ReplyDelete
This project is so cute. My favorite memories are doing school projects with my little ones. Attending the school parties was also a great time.ReplyDelete
I remeber one Valentine's day way back in time when I cooked a super fancy dinner for my boyfriend and later realised I didn't have where to eat it, I had just moved to a new house and had no dishes!ReplyDelete
Darling pillow!ReplyDelete
My favorite valentine's day was when hubby surprised me with an engagement ring. We were married four months later...and still married after 35 years!
Love the pillows! The only problem I am seeing in all of this is that I don't know if I have enough time to make all the cute stuff! So many tutorials and so little time :)ReplyDelete
My favorite memory of Valentines is probably just spending all those years as a room mother,helping each of our kids make memories at school with their classmates. It was fun. Now they are all grown and they will soon start doing the same for their own children.
As always, a super cute tutorial!! I loved, as a little girl, how we would make mailboxes out of shoeboxes to hold our valentines!!ReplyDelete
awwwwwwwwww I love the pillows!!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine's Day memory - two years ago my hubby and I made a french pizza and watched Phantom of the Opera. Kind of an unusual Valentine's Day celebration but we enjoyed it!
I love this project!!!!. I don't really have any cool Valentine's day story, maybe this year!!!!!. Thank you for the chance!.ReplyDelete
My favorite valentines memory is the first Valentines Day date I had with my Husband of 31 years. He took me out to supper. He was (and still is) a VERY kind person. Actually tooooo kind. Our waitress was an older lady and they were a little bit busy- we ordered - she brought our food... but nothing to drink. Nothing at ALL. Not even water. She had just plain forgotten. Well, me being my quiet (yeah I used to be quiet) self - I never said anything (outloud) and began to think ... isn't he thirsty? Even a little bit? Isn't he going to EVER say SOMETHING?!!! ... Nope - he didn't. Finally at the end of the meal she realized we'd had nothing to drink.ReplyDelete
Well- I learned several lessons that night= other than how kind my Hubby is - I learned that I MUST speak up and say - HEY I AM THIRSTY! Bring me something to drink!
Whew - now 31 years later - I can speak much louder and more clearly. Ha... Young love makes you a little bit CRAZY!
Great tutorial - thanks for sharing. Fav memory is my niece being born on Valentines day!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine's memory has to be the year my husband proposed. He got off work early and cleaned the house, cooked dinner from scratch, and set the table beautifully. He lit candles and poured sparkling cider (because he knows I don't love champagne) and surprised me with it all. He gave me my card and while I was reading it (and crying because of all the wonderful things he said) he got on one knee so when I looked up from the card he proposed. We've had many wonderful Valentine Days since but how can you beat that memory? =)ReplyDelete
I'll have to check out the starch applique method...sure looks nice on these!ReplyDelete
I shared a Valentine with a kid that didn't get any in my class. He was so shocked. Back in those 'old' days, we gave cards to friends...now teachers send home lists so every kid gets a valentine. better that way; that boy was so miserable every holiday where kids gave cards to only their friends.
So cute - love the pillows. My favorite memory is becoming engaged to the man I have been married to for 43 years.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous pillows. I especially love the Hugs and Kisses one.ReplyDelete
I remember exchanging valentines in grade school. Everyone would decorate a shoe box or some such, with a slot in the top to put on their desk. The other kids would deliver their cards to your mailbox. It was so exciting! (What can I say, I had a dull childhood.)ReplyDelete
These are so cute! Great tutorials! My favorite Valentine's Day memory is getting a proposal. So cliche, but cute never the less.ReplyDelete
My favorite memory is all the sweet little valentines my children made for me.ReplyDelete
When I was 16 and in love with my 1st love I was sick on Valentine's Day so instead of going on a "date", my boyfriend came to my house with my whole family hanging around and gave me a HUGE red heart full of chocolates and a dozen red roses! I was thrilled to say the least and my husband (of 37 yrs.) doesn't do Valentine's Day. That's why the first one I had sticks in my mind so fresh!ReplyDelete
Favorite memory: chocolate waffles with whipped cream and berries for breakfast! christina112358 at gmail dot comReplyDelete
Love these! My favorite memory is decorating shoeboxes at school for our Valentine mail box. Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
OK - those are SO stinkin' cute! My favorite valentine day memory was actually last year when we made some simple contruction paper hearts and had my six kiddos write down what they each appreciated the most about all the other members of the family. Then I made a garland out of their "love notes" and hung them on their bedroom doors to wake up to on Valentine's morning. It was a hit even w/ the 13yo boy:-)ReplyDelete
Pretty please.....name of the font???? Love those O's with the hearts in the middle:-)ReplyDelete
Love the pillows, thanks for sharing the idea with us.ReplyDelete
My favorite memory of past is making those Valentine boxes out of a shoebox, what fun.
I'm not too big on Valentine's Day. Nothing bad or good have really happened to me on the day. I guess I just love eating chocolate, thoughReplyDelete
those are some really cute and creative designs. thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
So cute! I remeber the feeling of getting the feeling of happiness when my box at school was full of notes from friends.ReplyDelete
Favorite Valentine memory. Waking up next to my Hubby on our 1st Valentines Day as Husband and Wife. He's still my Valentine after 17 years.ReplyDelete
Very cute pillows and thank you for the burlap tipReplyDelete
As an adult I don't do much for Valentine's day but I loved making Valentine's mailboxes at school as a kid and then walking around putting my cards in all of my friend's boxes.ReplyDelete
enjoyed your tutes on the cute pillows! back in the day [close to forty years ago] my cub scouts made heart trivets for their mom's valentines. we had the most fun!ReplyDelete
So happy I popped over to see what you are up to...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all of your pillows!!! Smiles~BethReplyDelete
These are so very cute - I like the XOXO pillow with the hearts in the middle of the Os. Thanks for the chance to learn about your starch applique method and to enter the giveaway.ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine day would be February 14th, 2011 when my niece Madison was born!! She is the best!!ReplyDelete
Very cute pillows! My favorite Valentine memories are from helping my kids make their Valentine boxes for school. We always went all out and made them in shapes like a basketball goal or football, the Nike swoosh, a teddy bear. One time we even made one out of gingerbread decorated with icing and candies. Fun!ReplyDelete
Fun question! My favorite Valentine's Day memory is from the 4th grade. We made those shoebox-mailbox things and exchanged Valentines in class. What made it special was our teacher, who had a loving, enthusiastic spirit and made sure that everyone felt loved, no one was left out, and friendships were strengthened. She was a very special person; it's as if Valentine's Day was made for Patty Firpo.ReplyDelete
We've never been into Valentine's Day much. My one and only card from hubby was out of a magazine when we were dating and his mother suggested he should do something.ReplyDelete
Adorable pillows!!!ReplyDelete
My only good Valentine's Day memory are the small gifts my mom used to get us. One year we got anatomically correct chocolate hearts. They were about the size of an adult fist which is the size of a real human heart!
Thank you for the chance to win. My favorite Valentine memories are when my sons were young and brought home the cards they made in school.ReplyDelete
My favourite Valentine's memory happened in the month of October lol... my friend and I were having a sleepover when we were about 12 and we decided to get a headstart on our Valentine's... we had construction paper, and glue, and glitter everywhere but we had the best time!ReplyDelete
Valentine's Day 1974..hubby to be had just had almost all of his teeth removed for dentures. More like Halloween than Valentine's!ReplyDelete
My favourite memory is receiving my children's first Valentine cards they handmade at school in Kindergarten. They are precious mementos.ReplyDelete
Great pillows. I remember making valentine cupcakes with my girls when they were little.ReplyDelete
Adorable Pillows! My pre-teen would just love to try to make the xoxo one! Favorite Valentine's memory is traveling in a truck with my hubby and kids (perhaps one of them still in my belly) and my husband stopping to run in to a special store to buy me a pair of really nice wool socks. Ten years ago and they still keep my tootsies as warm!ReplyDelete
Your pillows are really cute!ReplyDelete
Cute pillows! Love the burlap. Great job on the blog hop.ReplyDelete
Love the hugs n kisses.ReplyDelete
Hi! I love your great pillows! Thanks for the designs and the giveaway!ReplyDelete
Sorry, after 35 yrs of marriage, no Valentine's memories. Hubby doesn't do Valentine's Day.
I do remember, one winter we added onto our house. Thru Christmas, our anniversary, January, now Feb, I nagged hubby, resident electrician for lights other than bulbs on wires. So, in time for Feb 14, he installed wall lights and a ceiling fan in the living room!
Take care, Leslie
really cute pillows. I am loving this blog hop! My favorite memory was taking pink construction paper and cutting dozens of hearts and taping them up all over the house for my husband to find when he came home from work one year.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the great idea. The best thing about Valentines Day when I was little was getting that great big pile of cards from all your classmates. So sweet.ReplyDelete
Super cute! Favorite memory would be when I surprised my husband & girls w/a horse & carriage ride then gifts w/snacks & sparkling cider right on the side of a lake. Loved.ReplyDelete
My favorite memories are when our daughters would give us those wonderful construction paper and white paper lace cards, just wonderful and would made us cookies and made it such a wonderful day!!! I miss those days:)ReplyDelete
Great pillows, I love the centers of your letters that are hearts! Three years ago I had a 2 week old baby on Valentines so it was great to stay home with a newborn and my husband cooked us dinner. I love my family!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentines memory would be when in school as a child and we all brought cards and candies for one another. We had made little mailboxes to collect them.ReplyDelete
Right now is my most favorite ever Valentine Day gift. My dear sweet hubz "Steve" is taking me to Key West as a special time together. I love my guy so much!ReplyDelete
Really cute pillows. The year my son brought home a huge box of wonderful chocolates for me and a dozen roses.ReplyDelete
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Cute pillows. I love the way you came up with to use different fonts for the letters. As for a Valentine memory I make one every year for my co-workers. I buy them the "kiddie" valentine cards and candy and pass them out to everyone!!ReplyDelete
I love that these pillows! I just need to learn to applique! Ha!ReplyDelete
I remember decorating a box to take to school for my classmates to put valentines for me in.ReplyDelete
My favorite valentine memory has to be when my hubby and I were dating and we had dinner at Uncle julios in dallasReplyDelete
Fun pillow tutorial. I've yet to make a pillow, it is on my wish list though. A favorite valentine memory is the first one with my soon to be husband. Just having a speical sweetie to spend the day with was wonderful. Thanks for the chance at your giveaway.ReplyDelete
cute pillows!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the pillow tutorial. I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. My husband loves me every day. That's good enough for me.ReplyDelete
I remember having so much fun making valentines with construction paper & glitter when I was a kid. Thanks for the tutorial & the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I love the Valentine's parties of elementary school! They were awesome!ReplyDelete
This Valentine's Day will make three days that my daughter has been married!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine memories are times helping my daughter make her own valentines for her friends. She loves Valentine's Day and always finds a cute handmade idea from a magazine and makes them so special.ReplyDelete
My favorite memory would be getting married 8 years ago this Valentine's Day!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine's memory would be my first Valentine's with my hubby (at that time my boyfriend). He gave me flowers & we went to a banquet. Great memories! :)ReplyDelete
Cute pillows! Thanks for a chance to win! :)
These are just lovely. They would look lovely on a bed of an adult or a child. What a great tutorial. Thanks for sharing it.ReplyDelete
Cute pillows! I remember one year my Brownie troop had a spaghetti dinner for daughters and their Dads. I was so proud to have my Dad go with me.ReplyDelete
my husband gave me an Open Heart diamond necklace in a piece of cake!ReplyDelete
Hubby took me to a beer pairing with four course meal last year. Was fun, super tasty, and everything I was hoping for...including surprising me with flowers before we went. awh...ReplyDelete
Adorable. Could easily make a set for each of my children.ReplyDelete
Such cute Valentine creations....thanks for the tutorials. Each one with kids and Grands is always memorable. Thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 8, 2012 at 10:28 PM
My favorite memory was when my hubs had my dog groomed for me because he knew how much I loved him!ReplyDelete
I love when my kids give me a card they make themselves. Love the pillows even though I haven't learned to applique yet. Obviously I will have to learn soon.ReplyDelete
Darling pillows! Thank you for the great tutorial! One of my favorite Valentine's Day memories is when my husband a) remembered Valentine's Day on his own b) gave me flowers and c) made reservations on his own and took me to a surprise dinner!ReplyDelete
Your pillows are so cute, too cute. Great tutorial and thanks for all the helpful links. I've never sewn with burlap, actually never even thought about it. I'm always learning. hehe. We're not big Valentines Day folks but before we were married, my now husband would send me roses. Three roses meant I Love You. So one time when I received six roses I asked if that meant I Love You, I Love You? Yes. I was stumped though when one time I received five roses. The flower shop shorted us one rose but that was ok. My husband quickly said it was for I Love You Very Much.ReplyDelete
Thank you and Green Fairy Quilts for a super giveaway and a chance to win.
Those are the sweetest Valentine (and all year) pillows! Thank you for the tutorial. And thanks to Green Fairy for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
Very cute pillows. These would make a great quilt too. Don't remember any particular valentine's thing, he usually gets me a card & sometimes flowers or a stuffed animal. I try to make a special dinner. We don't go out much.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 9, 2012 at 12:17 AM
I love these pillows, they are so cute. My favorite thing about valentines is all the reds and pinks.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 9, 2012 at 12:19 AM
Oh No! I don't have a favorite Valentine's day memory....I'm going to have to make one next week!ReplyDelete
How perfect those pillows are!ReplyDelete
A perfect gift for my grandchildren! :) blessings, marleneReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 9, 2012 at 5:58 AM
So cute! Favorite Valentine's Day memory? My grandparents always invites us over the day after V Day and they make individual heart shaped meatloafs for dinner :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for the great tutorials! My funniest/favorite Valentine memory was when I was sent a flowering shrub for Valentine's Day. Mind you, I was in college at the time, living in the dorm!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine's memory is exchanging the cute little Valentines with classmates in grade school. When you received one from that "cute boy across the room" your heart would just jump. Fun stuff!ReplyDelete
Valentines memory: Last year I came back from a missions trip to Nicaragua around Valentines. My house was full of plants and flowers for my welcome home, and to top it off hubby had bought a big frying pan that wouldn't wobble on our new stove anymore!ReplyDelete
What cute pillows! I don't know that I have a favorite memory. Maybe the year I was 8 1/2 months pregnant with my son and we took pictures of our daughter kissing my tummy. That is definitely a sweet memory. :)ReplyDelete
Adorable!!! I began labor the day after valentine's day 8 years ago. Will never forgot that day! (or days....took him a few to commit to coming out!)ReplyDelete
I used to love making the vday mailboxes in elementary school and then spending days figuring out who go what valentine from the purchased pack.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing these fun pillows. My faborite Valentine memory was when my hubby, then fiance gave me a box of chocolates in a beautiful heart shaped box, which I still have. That was almost 40 years ago.ReplyDelete
Momma always made a heart shaped cake for Valentines Day, and frosted it in pink. When I got married,she gave me the heart pans !! so when ever I make a heart cake I remember those childhood cakes :)ReplyDelete
very cute pillows, and thanks for the giveaway
These are so fun! My favourite Valentine's Day memory is getting engaged! Awwww, yes I married a true romantic! Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine's memory is when my now-husband gave me a pair of tiny diamond earrings. We had been talking about getting married, and when I saw the little box the earrings were in, I got this shocked look on my face, thinking it was an engagement ring. The earrings were lovely, and the ring came 2 months later, so all was well! ;)ReplyDelete
Love these pillows!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the giveaway too!
Favorite memory of V-day would be the year I got engaged to my husband after a very long day of working in my soon to be in-law's florist! :)
Nice job.....I just love, love, love those pillows!ReplyDelete
My favorite vday memory are breakfasts with handmade valentines exchanged and red strawberry-themed food :)ReplyDelete
My favorite Valentine's Day memory is the year I recieved my first sewing machine -- it was a real life changer!ReplyDelete
Favorite memory? Having my husband take me to Morro Bay in CA for the holiday weekend years ago!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 9, 2012 at 11:46 AM
My favorite memory was abound 4th grade when my boyfriend got me a box of chocolate. So exciting!ReplyDelete
Fav memory was going to Galveston with my hubby when we were dating and spending the weekend on the beach. My only vacation ever. ^^ReplyDelete
Mine is when my husband (then boyfriend) made me chocolate covered strawberries on our first Valentine's Day!ReplyDelete
My hubby took me to a fish restaurant even though he hates fish and remembering him trying to look like he was enjoying his meal when he clearly wasn't makes me smile, bless him xxx Thx for the tute and giveaway!ReplyDelete
Love the pillows. My favorite memory is setting a trap, so I would know if my nosy mother had read the Valentine's Day card my boyfriend had given me. This incident occurred way back when I was a teen. My mom sewed all the time, so I just picked up a tiny thread and placed it atop the card, which I'd left on my dresser. That way, I'd know that the card had been disturbed if the thread was missing. Sure enough, the thread was missing when I came home from school. I asked my mom if she liked my card. She said, "You left a piece of thread on top of it, didn't you?" Couldn't fool my mom!ReplyDelete
Cute pillows, my greatest memory is my wedding. Married 39 years ago on Valentine's dayReplyDelete
My best memory is of my first Vday with my husband. He make me a fancy dinner from scratch including a yummy desert. He also made me a card. Oh the good times of newlyweds.ReplyDelete
Really, really cute: so perfect for a sweet little girl!!ReplyDelete
My favorite gift was the year my DH gave me a dozen pink roses. I don't like red roses and had told him for years not to waste money for flowers. Somehow he scraped the money together and bought me the beautiful pink ones.ReplyDelete
Valentines... I think my favourite was the week before my wedding day. We had a great day together...ReplyDelete
my first experience with bananas foster - boyfriend with bananas & flames, nothing could go wrong there! LOL don't worry, the fire dept got to sit this one out. thankfully the only thing caught on fire that wasn't meant to be a hand towel that was promptly thrown into the sink under running water with a pair of tongs. such a sweet try though :) thanks!ReplyDelete
Every Valentine's Day, I remember swapping Valentine's Day cards in grammar school. The cards were so cute (awwwww)! And picking out the best heart candies with the sayings printed on them.ReplyDelete
My only child - a boy - was never into helping me in the kitchen. So every Valentine's Day I would "borrow" my neighbor's little girl to help me bake & decorate heart shaped cookies. Sadly, that little girl is no longer around but I think of her every year when I'm baking for Valentine's Day.ReplyDelete
I still remember how in grade school we would decorate a shoe box or some such to be a mailbox on our desk. Then the other kids would "deliver" valentines. It was so exciting to open all those little envelopes!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2012 at 9:47 AM
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Love, Love, Love these for a romantic bedroom look! Thanks for sharing these. They Rock!ReplyDelete
Those pillows are sooooo cute! Thank you for the tutorial!ReplyDelete
Best Valentines day memory is 2011 Valentine day my daughter and her family relocated to where i live after living abroad for 10 years...cant get better than that...thank you for all the tutorialsReplyDelete


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Does polar decomposition work when the 'orthogonal' matrices are not orthogonal wrt to the identity ($O^TO=Id$), but wrt to some other symmetric matrix $K$ (i.e. $O^TKO=K$)?
Specifically, $GL(3,R)$ can be decomposed as $SO(3)\times Diag(3)\times SO(3)$, but can it also be decomposed as $SO(3)\times Diag(3)\times SO_K(3)$? (SO_K are the K-orthogonal matrices mentioned above)
Thanks for any help.
Sorry to resurrect this, but I've had a further thought. First of all thank you for you answers (over my head as they were, they're still appreciated). From what I gather the $SO_k \times Diag^+ \times SO_k$ decomposition works, but $SO \times Diag^+ \times SO_k$ does not?
What if we were to use the standard polar decomposition on $Q\in GL(3)$ so that $Q=RS$ for orthogonal $R$ and symmetric $S$, and then further decompose this symmetric matrix into a $SO_k \times Diag^+ \times SO_k$ product? This should be valid, since $S\in GL(3)$, right? So you'd end up with a matrix that looks like $SO\times [something]\times SO_k$. This is really what I was after when I first asked the question (I realise I could have been clearer about that). The something in the middle doesn't really matter to me.
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Boston leads Toronto 3-1
The third win over the Toronto Maple Leafs was pretty difficult. And yet the Boston Bruins know that the fourth will be even harder.
The Bruins returned to the TD Garden for an optional practice on Thursday, just hours after David Krejci completed a hat trick with an overtime winner that gave Boston a 3-1 lead over Toronto in the best-of-seven playoff series.
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John-Michael Liles is expected to take Fraser's place in the lineup in Game 5.
Toronto is 2-12-1 in its last 15 games in Boston. The Bruins are 15-2 in series after taking a 3-1 lead, but they are only 9-8 in Game 5 with a chance to finish things off.
"This series isn't over, for sure," Toronto forward Joffrey Lupul said.
Toronto managed a split in Boston, winning Game 2, but then lost both games at home. On Wednesday night, the Leafs took a 2-0 lead in the first period and then needed less than a minute to tie it after the Bruins went up 3-2.
They outshot Boston 48-45, including a 25-16 edge in the third period and overtime. Matt Frattin hit the goalpost in overtime.
"We've done a lot of good things," Carlyle said at the team's training facility before flying to Boston. "You can't change what happened last night. Now it's time to regroup and that's what we're here to do. Gather this group together — reset, refocus, re-energize. Do all those things we normally do. We've got to go in and win a game in Boston."
The Bruins won it when Phaneuf pinched up to try to stop Boston forward Nathan Horton and let the puck get by, setting up a two-on-one that Krejci used to beat James Reimer. Horton fell to the ice, apparently injured, but coach Claude Julien said he was OK.
Phaneuf took responsibility for "a split-second decision."
"Playoffs are about momentum and obviously that was a momentum swing," he said. "But we've got a big game there on Friday. ... There's no time to sit here and feel sorry about what happened."
Only a handful of Toronto players practiced on Thursday at the team's training center, none of them regulars.
The Bruins also had an optional skate that was sparsely attended. Julien does not need to remind his team not to let up; they are just three years removed from losing the Eastern Conference semifinals after leading the series against Philadelphia 3-0.
"We know how hard it is to close. That's the thing you hope your players realize extremely well after all the experiences we've had throughout the years," he said. "We now know how hard it is to close and no reason for us to come out tomorrow and not play as hard, if not harder, than we did last night."