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Christina Aguilera On "Being Hurt" By Britney Spears Comparisons
The singer opens up to Cosmopolitan about another era
Christina Aguilera is on the cover of Cosmopolitan's October issue and she's revealing some feelings about her "Dirrty" days.
Back in 2002, Aguilera took a left turn out of teen pop into the sexy, empowered world of her album Stripped. The album's lead single "Dirrty" kicked off a new look for Christina, but unfortunately not everyone was along for the ride. "I love the female body, and I think it's something to be proud of, not something that men should dictate ownership of" Aguilera tells Cosmo. "'Dirrty' was extremely controversial at the time, but it would be nothing now. I hope I paved the way and helped set the ground rules that women can be any version of themselves they wanna be…and proud of it."
The singer who is gearing up for her Liberation Tour, dug deeper on the comparisons she received at the time to another pop star. In the terrible, time-honored tradition of pitting successful women against each other, Aguilera's image was often compared to Britney Spears.
"It's hard to hear yourself being called names" says Christina. "I remember being hurt by these commercials on MTV, pitting Britney as the good girl and me as the bad girl. It's like, if I'm going to be demure and innocent, that's okay. But if I'm going to just be myself, I'm trouble."
I may not be perfect but at least I'm not fake. pic.twitter.com/Exyzu5vwGG— Christina Aguilera (@xtina) August 21, 2018
Christina Aguilera released her eighth studio album this year. Liberation finds Xtina going back to basics, and recapturing her passion as an artist. "With this record, I'm stripping back a lot and just trying to find myself again - just the true love and the art in the process, and not just going for some formulaic sort of force-fed direction that we can get caught up in" Aguilera explains.
The Liberation Tour kicks off for Christina in September. You can find the full list of shows here.
Related: Christina Aguilera Goes in Disguise With Jimmy Fallon in NYC Subway


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Felicity Huffman will star in the Fox pilot Boomerang, TVGuide.com has learned.
Huffman will play Margie, the matriarch of a family of assassins who can kill and dispose of a suspected terrorist in the afternoon and then switch to wife-and-mother mode without a hitch.
Get all the scoop on pilot seasonThe one-hour drama will be directed by Hustle & Flow's Craig Brewster, who will also executive-produce the pilot.Huffman's previous credits include Desperate Housewives, Sports Night and Transamerica.

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Been playing a fair bit of Shadow Of The Colossus, and while numbers high in the available range reflect some portions of my time with it I would not describe the texture of my experience as uniform. The experience has sometimes been less than satisfactory for the colossi also, as I'm sure you can imagine.
A game made entirely of breathtaking boss battles is not unwelcome, to be sure. That's unorthodox. What's more, the "bosses" and your interactions with them are almost certainly exhilarating, when Shadow's camera is accurately displaying game events. As the game continues, you become more and more familiar with the somewhat strange control scheme set before you. It isn't that they're commands you're unfamiliar with - for example, you don't press the triangle button to drink a glass of milk or something. They just never feel quite natural. It's exaggerated by a sometimes wayward camera and a willful steed. I understand why things are the way they are, size disparities are pretty much what the game is about and the fact needs to be emphasized at all times. If platforming this awkward and weird were in any other game, I wouldn't tolerate it.
In the same way that Blitz: The League is an an acerbic appraisal of the NFL, Shadow of the Colossus feels like an indictment of gaming as usual in many ways. There are elements of the story that are ambiguous from the outset, not because the story is being told poorly but because the situation you find yourself in and the powers you come into contact with are not drawn with absolute clarity. So while you go through the ordinary motions that we associate with videogames - discern objective, eradicate opposition, return for reward - you're engaged in a series of acts whose moral virtue is by no means assured. The supposed hero is assaulting majestic, sometimes docile, sometimes curious, sometimes sleeping creatures. They're almost all portrayed in a sympathetic light at some point, and it's hard not to feel disgusted at times for iterating Hollow Game Mechanic X by rote without any sense of the moral spectrum the acts inhabit.
The game needs to be seen by every conscious organism on planet Earth. And if that means that you must play it in order to do so, that is your cross to bear. I'm being facetious. Well, I'm being a little facetious. Thus far, the frustration has not been outweighed by the allure.
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The Whitehead tower of a (pointed) space is a tower of spaces which successively kills the bottom homotopy groups. The first two spaces can be constructed functorially (at least for suitably nice spaces) as the connected component and the universal cover.
Can the remaining spaces be constructed functorially?
For the dual situation the answer is yes. I.e. for the Postnikov tower where we have a tower of spaces where the bottom homotopy groups are intact, but where we have killed off all the higher homotopy groups does have a functorial construction (again for nice spaces). The construction I know passes through simplicial sets. I'm wondering if something similar exists for the Whitehead tower?


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Florida Fish Camps Earn National Acclaim
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) claimed the top prize Nov. 21 for a Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration award in a nationwide competition administered by the American Fisheries Society (AFS).
Mike Stone of the AFS presented the 2013 Sport Fish Restoration Outstanding Project Award for aquatic education to the FWC, at its meeting in Weston, because of the FWC's Fishing and Basic Boating Skills Camp program.
"Florida's Fish Camp program exemplifies the professional, science-informed approach to fisheries education that effectively reaches the public, especially our youth, who are so critical to the future of fish and wildlife conservation," said Stone.
The American Fisheries Society is the world's oldest and largest organization dedicated to the fisheries profession and resources. It annually solicits and evaluates nominations for the project that best exemplifies the user-pays, public-benefits approach that is the Sport Fish Restoration Program.
"The FWC understands that the future of our state's fish and wildlife resources depends on current and future generations caring enough about the resources to be committed to their care," FWC Chairman Dick Corbett said recently when learning of the decision. "We greatly appreciate the AFS recognizing Florida's wise use of these critical Sport Fish Restoration funds to promote conservation."
The Sport Fish Restoration program began in 1950 and uses money paid by the industry on fishing tackle and other fees paid on pleasure boats and motor boat fuel sales to match state conservation agency funding. Florida received nearly $12 million in 2012. This is a major portion of the funding received by the FWC to help sustain recreational fisheries that generate $8.7 billion in economic impact for Florida and support more than 80,000 jobs.
The Fish Camp program was born in 2000 and nurtured through 2007 at the FWC's Joe Budd Aquatic Education Center outside of Tallahassee. Rae Waddell, director of the Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network (www.fyccn.org), was instrumental in developing the camp outline and procedures.
According to FWC Fisheries Adminstrator Steve Marshall, results from an independent university evaluation of the pilot Fish Camp program demonstrate its groundbreaking success getting youth involved in healthy, outdoor recreation and becoming the next generation that cares about and understands Florida's fisheries resources. Because of the results of the 2007 evaluation, the FWC has expanded the program, from one location with the potential to reach 80 children, to 14 locations across the state that can reach 900 children.
Marshall attributed much of the Fish Camp program success to the enthusiastic cooperation and support of organizations and agencies, including the Guy Harvey Oceans Foundation, which enabled expansion of the Fish Camp model to new locations offering saltwater fishing.


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text: ABOUT THIS BOOK This book is principally a Microsoft Project book aimed at Project Management Professionals who understand the PMBOK Guide Fourth Edition processes and wish to learn how to use Microsoft Project 2010 to plan and control their projects in a PMBOK Guide environment, and discover how to gain the most from the software. The book is designed for users of earlier versions to upgrade their skills and for new planners to learn the software. It starts with the basics required to create a schedule, through resource planning and on to the more advanced features. A chapter is dedicated to the new functions and it outlines the differences from the earlier versions throughout the book. A Microsoft Project user guide and training manual written for Project Management Professionals following the PMBOK Guide Fourth Edition who wish to learn how to schedule projects in a single project environment with or without Resources with Microsoft Project. The book is packed with screen shots, constructive tips and is suitable as a training course handout, for learning the software or as a reference book. The book contains workshops with solutions at the end of each chapter for the reader to practice the skills taught in the chapter. Microsoft Project 2010 is an extensive software update with many new functions and as a result this is a complete rewrite of the author s previous book. It is primarily a Microsoft Project book and has been written for people learning to use Microsoft Project in a project environment applying the PMBOK Guide Fourth Edition processes. It aims to teach readers how to plan and control projects created within the software package and stays focused on explaining how to use Microsoft Project to schedule projects by: - Explaining which PMBOK Guide processes the software will support and which it will not support. - Concentrating on the core functions required to plan a project. - Presents workable solutions to real day to day planning and scheduling problems and contains practical advice on how to set up the software. - Explains some of the important difference between Microsoft Project and other scheduling software. - Explains some of the more difficult calculations often omitted in other books. - Includes exercises to reinforce the learning outcomes, a large number of screen dumps, numerous tips, a detailed index and command list at the start of each chapter as a quick reference. - It has a chapter dedicated to the new functions available in Microsoft Project 2010. BOOK REVIEWS This book is useful for students and teachers in the classroom, and by project management and scheduling practitioners, both new and experienced. It is a rewrite of Harris recent book, Planning and Scheduling Using Microsoft Project 2007. This new book addresses the latest features and carry-over functions of Microsoft s latest release to the project management public with a PMI/PMBOK Guide spin. Sustaining his clear and concise manner of writing, Harris explains the basic and intermediate functions, both new and carry-over, of using Microsoft Project. The book covers most available functions and features, and adds complexity gradually and palatably as the users work their way through the book s 24 detailed chapters of content and reference information. Like the MS Project 2003, 2002, and 2000 books, Harris takes some pretty complicated topics like how duration, work, resources, and units trade-off with each other and makes it seem like anybody can learn to use the software. Harris books continue to be functionally organized, not by menu item. So, if you are using the book as a reference manual or help guide, it s easy to find a particular topic since you don t have to know which menu the function is called up from you just need to know the subject that you are looking for. The detailed index at the back is thorough and handy. Harris also provides a list of menus and related submenus at the beginning of most chapters for people who cannot remember how to find or use a particular function. Paul Harris has succeeded in explaining how to plan, schedule and track projects using Microsoft Project 2007 within the practices prescribed by PMI s PMBOK Guide. I recommend reading and using it. A. 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MLB: Yankees lose to Baltimore Orioles 10-7
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- With much of their power gone or sidelined, the Yankees are hoping Brett Gardner will spark their offense.
"Sometimes you don't need a homer to win a game," Robinson Cano said.
Gardner hit a three-run triple off T.J. McFarland in a four-run second inning during Wednesday's 10-7 loss to a Baltimore Orioles' split squad.
After missing most of last season because of a strained right elbow that required surgery, the speedy Gardner could become a key this season.
New York hit a team-record 245 homers last year but Nick Swisher, Raul Ibanez, Russell Martin and Eric Chavez left as free agents, and Alex Rodriguez and Curtis Granderson will start the season on the disabled list. Just two Yankees on the projected opening-day roster, Mark Teixeira and Cano, topped 20 homers last season.
"I anticipate it's going to be different because we don't quite have the home-run hitters that we've had in the past," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "So, we're going to have to find different ways to score runs. I think when you look at our club this year, there's more speed.
"One outfielder has the potential of stealing 50, 60 bases if he stays healthy the whole year," he said of Gardner, "so I think our offense is going to be different, but I believe we're going to score runs."
Steve Pearce, bidding for a backup role with the Orioles, had two hits and three RBIs. Pearce had an RBI double off Nik Turley during a five-run first, then hit a two-run single against Cody Eppley that made it 7-0 in the second.
"He's a professional hitter," Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. "We liked him last year, and that's why we decided to bring him back."
Baltimore's Jake Arrieta gave up three runs, two hits and two walks in 1 2-3 innings.
"Stuff was good," Showalter said. "A little bit of command not where it's going to be."
Turley allowed five runs and three hits over one-third of an inning. In a lineup dominated by prospects, the Yankees made five errors, by Turley, shortstop Jayson Nix, third basemen Corban Joseph and Walter Ibarra, and second baseman Jose Pirela.
"It was pretty sloppy," Girardi said. "We've got a lot of young kids playing, so are you going to see that sometimes, probably."
Kevin Youkilis missed his second straight game because of a sore left side. Signed in the offseason to fill in for Rodriguez, who is not expected back until the All-Star after having left hip surgery on Jan. 16, Youkilis plans to take batting practice Thursday and could play by this weekend.
Starter Phil Hughes, who hasn't thrown for the past nine days because of a bulging disk in his upper back, will continue to workout for the next couple days in a pool.
"All I know is I'm pain free," Hughes said. "I don't want to rush it and have a recurring issue."
The Yankees have not ruled out the possibility that Hughes might not be ready for opening day.
"Is it in jeopardy, his starting? It's possible," Girardi said. "I think it's too early to tell that, though."
Closer Mariano Rivera and ace CC Sabathia are to take part in their first simulated games Thursday.
Rivera hasn't pitch in a game since tearing his ACL in his right knee last May. Sabathia is recovering from offseason elbow surgery.
"All is good," Rivera said.
NOTES: Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, a Yankees guest instructor, has arrived at camp. ... Orioles SS Ryan Flaherty went deep into hole to field Juan Rivera's grounder and then throw out the Yankees' DH at first in the second. ... New York LHP Andy Pettitte is expected to pitch in a simulated game this weekend.


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The Biggest Cyber Attack In History Is Taking Place Right Now
Internet speeds around the world have noticeably slowed down due to a massive "distributed denial of service" attack, reports the BBC.
These DDoS attacks bombard targeted web servers with so much dummy traffic that people trying to access a site for legitimate purposes are unable to do so. It's most analogous to a traffic jam on a highway with no one able to move.
The BBC says that security experts are describing it as "the biggest cyber-attack in history."
The attacks were focused on a company called Spamhaus, which maintains a "domain name system" to connect a typed-in URL to the correct server hosting the appropriate content. With this company's services compromised, large portions of the web became less stable.
A Dutch web host called Cyberbunker states that it will host anything except child pornography or terrorism-related content. Spamhaus blocked Cyberbunker's servers in an effort to weed out any spammers that might host their content with the company.
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Welcome to a series of lessons about early American immigration! These lessons are part of a six week unit my district is implementing all about the United States of America, including the people, The Preamble, and the presidents. This week, we'll work on reading informational text and historical literature to meet the 50/50 ratio of fiction to informational text in the Common Core. The students take a step back in time, to enjoy a daily update from our principal narrating a historical journey from being an emigrant to becoming an immigrant of the United States. Please watch this short video to see some highlights of these lessons. Thank you!
*Please note: Lessons one and two were taught in the same day. We used our computer lab time to complete lesson one, and then completed lesson two during our shared reading time.
Immigration clip art in lesson banner, and other documents purchased from MelonHeadz.
Principal's Immigration Script: Each day this week, our principal is narrating a pretend historical journey beginning with the emigration from our homeland through becoming an immigrant of America. I've specifically included facts and details that the students will be encountering while reading their informational text and literature this week. This will help them make connections, review, and get them excited as they hear an update from their principal daily. Thank you, principal Gravel! (See Resource File: Principal's Script Immigration Week - Tuesday)
We're continuing to read the informational text Ellis Island (A True Book).
Vocabulary: To support the students with their content vocabulary this week, I've created an "Immigration Vocabulary" page with important words, and a place for students to add new words. I introduced this page yesterday, so today I just remind students that they can use the page as a reference for content vocabulary, and add their own words to the back as they're reading. This helps my travelers work toward RI3.4, determining the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words. (See Resource File: Immigration Vocabulary and Student Sample)
Sequencing: Today, we continue to read and sequence the steps of emigration through immigration in early America. I begin by reviewing the skill of sequencing, or putting something in chronological order. The students give me more examples of things we can sequence, continuing from yesterday. We read the Post-it notes from our reading yesterday. Today, we read chapter two, "A Difficult Trip", and take notes about the voyage of an early immigrant. As we read, we are careful to pay close attention to the nonfiction text features, and monitor our comprehension. After finishing the chapter, we go back, skim, and scan to find the most important steps of this chapter. Students record their chronological steps on Post-it notes.
3. Wait days, weeks, or maybe a month to get on a steamship
4. Get on the steamship to travel to America.
5. You have to survive a tough voyage, of about a month.
Please note: I've included a photo of a student's Post-it notes from the end of the week. This is after the whole book is read. (See Resource Files: Sequencing Poster; Chronological Post-its)
I finish our read-aloud, Dreaming of America: An Ellis Island Story, completing the notes on the Post-its with Who? When? Why? Which? Where? What challenges? and What adjustments? These match the corresponding questions on my anchor chart. This is the assignment the students will be completing with the Historical Fiction immigration story of their choice. (See Resource Files: Historical Fiction Literature Immigration Stories Chart and Teacher Sample Immigration Notes)
The students are excited to receive their historical fiction immigration story, after choosing yesterday. I pass out books to each student. I was careful to match up students with their choices, but also the book I thought met their reading level, too. I explain to students that they'll be reading their story, and taking notes about the questions on our anchor chart, just like I did with our read aloud.
Who came to America in the story?
When did they come to America?
Why did they immigrate to America?
Which place in the world did they emigrate from?
Where did they settle in America?
What are some challenges they faced?
What adjustments, or changes, did they have to make?
I additionally explain that they'll also be composing a character paragraph, and I'll model that tomorrow.
The students prepare their Who?, When?, Why?, Which?, Where?, What challenges?, and What adjustments? Post-its, and begin reading their historical fiction immigration stories. They have about ten minutes to get started, and I reassure them that we'll continue through Friday, so they know they don't have to finish before our literacy centers begin. I move around the room and assist and monitor as needed. You'll notice my students found it helpful to stick the Post-its to their desks while reading to make it easy to add their notes. After time was up for the day, they stuck them to the front of their books. (See Resource Files: Literature Notes Photos)
I was contacted by a few teachers that are interested in my literacy posters, so I've included them here. You'll notice the "Sequencing" poster used within the lesson above, and others used in my other lessons on BetterLesson.
I use these posters throughout the day, across the curriculum. I created them, then had them enlarged slightly to about 11 X 14 size at a local office store. I hope you find them helpful in your classroom. (See Resource Files/Posters: Ask Questions, Author's Purpose, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Connections, Context Clues, Drawing Conclusions, Fact and Opinion, Figurative Language, Main Idea and Supporting Details, Making Inferences, Predictions, Sequencing, Story Elements, Summarizing, Visualize and Use Senses)
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Prado can't explain his turnaround at the plate
After struggling early in the year, veteran now among game's hottest hitters
PHOENIX -- Martin Prado thinks for a while after the question is posed to him, then he starts to answer and pauses again.
"I don't even know," he says, finally.
Does it even matter at this point how the D-backs' third baseman found his stroke at the plate after a slow first few months of the season?
"I'm just being the same guy, having fun," Prado said. "I guess I've got a little more confidence at home plate."
It's hard not to be confident at the plate when you go on a tear like Prado did in August, when he was named National League Player of the Month. Prado hit .374 with four homers and 30 RBIs in August, and July was a pretty good month for him as well, with an OPS of .877.
Before that, it was a tougher go for Prado. Why that was the case, and what turned things around for him, is something he has been asked a lot. A sufficient answer is hard to find.
Prado was acquired by Arizona in late January from Atlanta as the key piece in the trade that sent outfielder Justin Upton to the Braves. Immediately after the trade was finalized, the D-backs inked Prado to a four-year, $40 million contract.
Prado was the symbol of the type of lineup that general manager Kevin Towers had wanted to build since taking over late in the 2010 season. The 29-year-old had a reputation for making pitchers work hard, being a good situational hitter and for coming through in the clutch.
During his time with the Braves, Prado was practically revered in the clubhouse for his approach to the game. Likely future Hall of Famer Chipper Jones called Prado the ultimate teammate.
When Prado reported to Arizona for Spring Training, he said he hoped to win the respect of his new teammates. This surprised many of them, since in their minds, he already had it.
At the outset of the regular season, though, Prado struggled at the plate, hitting .217 in April, while Upton got off to a torrid start, hitting 12 homers during the season's opening month.
"I think it was the first big contract that he's ever had, in a new city in a major trade with a very popular player that left here," Towers said, "probably putting added pressure [on him] to really prove to everybody that it was a good deal."
You can hear a bit of that in how Prado describes his approach at the plate during August vs. what he had been doing earlier in the year.
"I was thinking [early on] that we could win the game [with] just me doing good," Prado said. "Now I realize that we're nine guys, it's not like I have to do everything. So I just realized that we've got to win as a team and it's not about me."
Towers, though, said that early in the season, Prado might have been trying too hard to be a good teammate at the plate.
"I think he was almost so team-oriented early, he was always trying to move runners over and giving away at-bats at times just to try and advance runners," Towers said. "I think as he got more comfortable, he's been a little more aggressive at the plate. He's swinging it now. He's still getting runners over at times, but he's driving in runs."
Another popular theory that has made the rounds is that it was the team's visit to Atlanta at the end of June that helped Prado close the door on his past and move on. Prado received several standing ovations from the fans at Turner Field that weekend, and Jones recognized him during an on-field ceremony to retire Chipper's jersey.
By that time, Upton had cooled considerably at the plate as well. Meanwhile, Prado hit .364 during the series with the Braves and then started his two-month roll at the plate.
"A lot of things changed after I went to Atlanta, but an explanation, or a main reason, I don't have one," Prado said. "It might be a reason, but it's not going to be the main reason why everything is happening this way."
During his amazing month of August, Prado's teammates could only marvel at his production.
"He's been carrying us," first baseman Paul Goldschmidt said at one point towards the end of August. "He's been unbelievable since the All-Star break. He can do it all. He's been driving in runs, [he] moves runners, plays all over defensively, has long at-bats. He's been huge for us."
Of course, at the end of the day, there's really no way of knowing why the season unfolded for Prado the way that it did, but the D-backs are certainly happy with the way it turned out.
In addition to his work at the plate, Prado has been valuable defensively. He has played third base, second and left field, depending on who else manager Kirk Gibson has wanted to get into the lineup.
So after all is said and done, Prado's final stat line will be good. But he will evaluate the season based on a different set of numbers.
"Individual numbers at the end of the day really don't matter," Prado said. "I don't want to be the guy that they say, 'He had good numbers, but his team never won.' If we win and accomplish a lot as a team, then I'll look at my numbers, but not until we have success as a team."


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I was raised on a tape recording of this song, which I now have, and my kids listen to on a regular basis. It's the BEST!!! Gets your toes a-tappin'. I was raised on a variety of music, so I've carried that into my adulthood and believe that my children should be exposed to it all. Very FUN! Enjoy!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Never Seen this Before
I was raised on a tape recording of this song, which I now have, and my kids listen to on a regular basis. It's the BEST!!! Gets your toes a-tappin'. I was raised on a variety of music, so I've carried that into my adulthood and believe that my children should be exposed to it all. Very FUN! Enjoy!
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And now for a bit of a break--back to the '80s
I loved listening to Howard Jones back in the day!!! I used to have the black beret too--is that something I should admit?
This came on my playlist, and I was bee-bopping to it, so I thought I'd find the video to share with you. The hair is really something, but I'll have to admit, a bit tame for back then.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Seven More Classes - Eternally...Ugh!
- Teaching Children to Read (currently taking - will finish by end of April)
- Introduction to Family Processes
- Children's Literature (thought this would be perfect with the unpredictability of a new baby)
- Principles of Statistics (everybody say "UGH!")
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Financial Planning
- Literature for Adolscents (my final reward to putting up with all the garbage)
- Capstone course
The plan is to graduate in the summer of 2011. Pray for me and cheer for me, okay? I need all the help I can get.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Less Than 100 Days
I noticed that my little countdown thing-a-ma-jig says that I have one-hundred days until Lachlan is born. Wahoo!!! All of my previous children were born in the fall and winter, so this summer thing is going to be different--and nice in so many ways. All of my previous children were induced too, so I won't make it to July 7th. I just deliver them too quickly. Z has been taught how to deliver babies since #3, so he'll probably get a refresher course this time too. So, for now, let's just say it's going to be less than 100 days. No, I'm not panicking....yet.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Coughing and Coughing
Sore throat's gone, but a cough remains. Not one of those nice, polite coughs, but the barky, obnoxious kind. My insides feel like they're going to tear out, so I hold my belly as I start hacking. It's a lovely sight.
I just read yesterday that Lachlan's now at a point where she can hear and react to outside sounds. She's been very active lately. Well, no wonder! I'm freaking her out with my barking. Poor thing!
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Just Thinking About Summer
Yay!!! He can hear again! I was really starting to worry. T's back to his mischievous self again, so I guess that means he's feeling better. So glad for antibiotics.
We're back home again. Getting away is always great, but I'm so glad to be back in my own house. G has a basketball tournament--three games--tomorrow. Should be lots of fun. Just can't believe how fast spring break has gone by.
This is always the time of year when I start to think about summer vacation and what we're going to look forward to. Lachlan's birth so overshadows all of that for me right now. I can't seem to think about running around at all this summer. I'd better get thinking about something or my poor kids--at least plan in some trips to the library. Poor G--seems that books are his source of oxygen. Q isn't far behind with that attitude, and it seems that DJ is picking that up too. Without a TV in the house, there's going to have to be some outlet for them.
The one thing we're all excited about it the Hamm family reunion in late July. That'll be our one big get away. Usually there's COSA--the school administrator's conference in Seaside, but that's been cancelled from Z's schedule this year what with all the school district budget issues. I'm wondering if he'll take some time off for the new baby. It's not like I'm not going to have plenty of help with all the kids out of school, so this will be a different ballgame. He usually has Friday's off during the summer, so I think what I'll encourage him to do is take the kids and do something fun each weekend. I'll work them like crazy Monday through Thursday, and they can have their reward come Friday. Sounds good, doesn't it? Then I can have some quiet time in the house--just me and the baby.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Poor T!
Today is day four of T's inability to hear. He's been on antibiotics since Monday evening, but each day seems worse. He woke up in the middle of the night last night at the beach house (unsure of where he was) and headed out into the house looking for me crying all the way. Surprisingly, no one else seemed to wake up. I was in the same room with him before he left. I got out of bed and followed a ways behind him calling his name, but he couldn't hear me. Part of the problem is that with the sore throat, I'm starting to lose my voice.
The throat is much better this morning. I asked Z for a blessing in the middle of the night.
So, for now, I'm hollering so T can hear me, or at least, so that he'll hear something and turn around and read my lips. He's doing a lot of that I'm noticing. This has happened to two of my other kids earlier in their lives, but not this bad.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Just Whining
Three of the kids started complaining of sore throats when we got them home on Monday evening, but they seem to be doing better--or at least they're not complaining. My throat started hurting yesterday on the way to the beach, but I didn't think much of it until about three o'clock this morning. Ugh! I swore it had to be strep, and of course, the first thought was about Lachlan. How would that affect her?
I called all around to find an urgent care clinic and finally found one in Depot Bay. As time to leave got closer, of course, I started to feel much better, so I cancelled the appointment. At this point, I really don't think it's strep, and since various advice nurses have told me that there would be no harm to an unborn child, I'm not as stressed as I was. So, for now, I'm nursing it with all kinds of hot drinks, gargling with warm salt water, etc. It's not feeling better, but hopefully with time. For now, I'm swallowing pins every time something goes down. If it's not better by Friday, we'll leave a bit early, and I'll go get swabbed.
Anybody have any other good solutions for sore throats?
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Where Much is Given
Let's see.... kids are gone, husband's inhaling and exhaling that deep sleep kind of breathing next to me, house is dark and quiet (and will remain quiet until this evening; a luxury I won't get to experience again for another who know's how long with a small baby?), and where am I? Sitting here blogging. What's up with my inability to sleep past 6:30am? CRAZY! This is not how it should be. Little Lachlan is tickling my insides. She's liking that I'm up, and I'm thoroughly enjoying feeling her move.
I've been reading a few friends' blogs today, and although we had a BLAST yesterday, there's this funny side of me that's sad about missing our own ward. I would have loved to have seen Heidi's new haircut in real life. Tonya covered and taught for me, but I would have loved to have heard her lesson; I'd love to hear her every week. Would have loved to have spared the family that usually sits with four kids while they sat with ten--what troopers! What amazing friends!
I really am recognizing how blessed I am to live in such a great ward and to have come from such a great ward. So many exceptional people in this world! How does one life become so blessed with so many wonderful people? Wow!
But then again, yesterday, I sat behind Rory and her amazing family. I saw her little ones in real life--not the photos from her blog. I saw Lynda and the boys that never stop growing, and her husband (the bishop?!). Wow! Now that's really something to see in real life. We were young college students when we first met. There were so many others who I got to hug and be with in real life. Inside I was crying (proud of me for not letting it all spill out on their shoulders?) for the desire of being with them daily like I once was.
I just can't explain how full my heart is. Lately the words, "Where much is given, much is required" keeps popping up into my brain. If I could learn to follow the examples of these great people....if I wasn't so stubborn and rebellious (let's blame my gene pool, shall we? I'm talking way back. My parents are also GREAT people who should be emulated as were my grandparents from what I've heard).
One of the speakers yesterday shared the following newspaper article (I verified it on snopes.com; it is legit). It's been around for a long time because I know I've read it before:
Subject: An editorial on Mormons - Santa Clarita, CA
I have heard and seen enough! I have lived in the West all my life. I have
worked around them. They have worked for me and I for them. When I was
young, I dated their daughters. When I got married they came to my wedding. Now
that I have daughters of my own, some of their boys have dated my daughters. I
would be privileged if one of them were to be my son-in-law. I'm talking
about the Mormons. They are some of the most honest, hardworking people I have ever
They are spiritual, probably more than most other so-called religious people
I have encountered. They study the Bible and teach from it as much as any
Christian church ever has. They serve their religion without pay in every
conceivable capacity. Not one of their leaders, teachers, counselors,
Bishops or music directors receive one dime for the hours of labor they put in. The
Mormons have a non-paid ministry - a fact that is not generally known. I
have heard many times from the pulpits of others how evil and non-Christian
they are and that they will not go to heaven.
I decided recently to attend one of their services near my home to see for
myself. What a surprise! What I heard and saw was just the opposite from
what the religious ministers of the day were telling me. I found a very simple
service with no fanfare. I found a people with a great sense of humor and a
well-balanced spiritual side. There was no loud music. Just a simple service,
with the members themselves giving the several short sermons. They urge
their youth to be morally clean and live a good life. They teach the gospel of
Christ, as they understand it. The name of their church is "The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints". Does that sound like a non-Christian
church to you?
I asked them many questions about what they teach and why. I got answers
that in most cases were from the New Testament. Their ideas and doctrines
did not seem too far fetched for my understanding. When I read their "Book of
Mormon" I was also very surprised to find just the opposite from what I
had been told I would find.
Then I went to another church's pastor to ask him some of the same questions
about doctrine. To my surprise, when he found out that I was in some way
investigating the Mormons, he became hostile. He referred to them as a
non-Christian cult. I received what sounded to me like evil propaganda
against those people. He stated bluntly that they were not Christian and that they
did not fit into the Christian mold. He also told me that they don't really believe
the Bible. He gave me a pile of anti-Mormon literature. He began to rant
that the Mormons were not telling me the truth about what they stand for. He
didn't want to hear anything good about them.
At first I was surprised and then again, I wasn't. I began to wonder. I have
never known of a cult that supports the Boy Scouts of America. According to
the Boy Scouts, over a third of all the Boy Scout troops in the United
States are Mormon. What cult do you know of that has a welfare system second to
none in this country? They have farms, canneries and cattle ranches to
help take care of the unfortunate ones who might be down and out and in need of a
little help.
The Mormon church has donated millions to welfare causes around the world
without a word of credit. They have donated thousands to help rebuild
Baptist churches that were burned a few years ago. They have donated tons of medical
supplies to countries ravaged by earthquakes. You never see them on TV
begging for money. What cult do you know that instills in its members to obey the
law, pay their taxes, serve in the military if asked and be a good Christian by
living high moral standards?
Did you know that hundreds of thousands of Mormon youth get up before high
school starts in the morning to attend a religious training class? They have
basketball and softball leagues and supervised youth dances every month.
They are recruited by the FBI, the State Department and every police
department in the country, because they are trustworthy. They are taught not to drink nor
take drugs. They are in the Secret Service - those who protect the President.
They serve in high leadership positions from both parties in Congress and in
the US Senate, and have been governors of several states other than Utah.
They serve with distinction and honor. If you have Mormons living near, you
will probably find them to be your best friends and neighbors. They are
Christians who try to live what they preach. They are not perfect and
they are the first to admit this. I have known some of them who could not live
their religion, just like many of us.
The rhetoric which is spread around against them is nothing more than evil
propaganda founded in untruths. Others had successfully demonized them
to the point that the general public has no idea what they actually believe and
teach. If you really want to know the truth, go see for yourself. You
also will be surprised.
When I first moved here some 25 years ago there were five Mormon wards in
Santa Clarita. Now there are 15. They must be doing something right.!
Anonymous - Santa Clarita, California
On snopes.com it says who wrote this letter, and it was surprising. I thought I'd withhold it here, though.
I feel blessed to be counted among these people. I feel great joy at being able to rub shoulders with them more than just weekly. The young women I work with are these people already at twelve years old. My kids are these people. Wow! What more could I want out of life?
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
There is an Hour of Peace and Rest
We dropped the kids off at the Beasley's house (thank you Rob and Christy) yesterday morning. We returned back home, changed into church clothes and headed to the temple. As we left there, it was fun to see all the couples outside getting wedding portraits taken--thinking that 17 years prior on that very day, Z and I were doing the same. Oh how far we've come in 17 years, and we still get along and like being around each other.
We went to lunch at Olive Garden (Z's idea, and a sacrifice for him). Z doesn't love Italian food like I do, but he chose it for me. Nice guy, huh?
We spent our afternoon looking at vans and then went to a movie at the old Valley Theatre. We saw Inkheart. Z hated it; I was entertained. He is much more mature than I in his tastes.
Before we went to bed, we decided for sure that church would happen in Monmouth for us today, so we left around 7:30am and arrived in time for church at 9am with a few minutes to spare. To be honest, before I got out of the car, I was a bit nervous. It has been eleven years since we've moved from there.
That nervousness lasted for about as long as it took to enter the chapel. We were suddenly among friends--dear friends. Z and I lived in Monmouth from August 1992 (six months after we were married) until June 1995 (when Z graduated from Western Oregon University and was hired as a teacher in Beaverton). We moved back to Monmouth in July of 1997 and returned to Beaverton in July of 1998 after my mom's cancer diagnosis.
We were invited to lunch by four different families. We had people saying, "Come, sit by me," in each class we went to. How wonderful to be loved! I hope everyone reading this has a ward like this, or if you don't, that you will be this person to others who enter the doors of your ward or congregation. We are trying too. Z and I so rarely find ourselves as the visitors that it was a nice breath of fresh air.
We returned home after being showered with so much love, it was hard to leave.
So, our future plans, we will go shopping for flooring tomorrow. I know, fun, and I'm sure you're all jealous. Ugh! But, these are the things you do when you don't have little ones to take with you. We'll probably go to lunch again and just enjoy being together. If I have my druthers, we'll go out to breakfast too. I find that to be truly relaxing. Tom's Pancake House is one of my favorite places to go, but we'll see. It's just nice to fly by the seats of our pants for a change. I have my doctor's appointment at 4:30pm. We'll go pick up our kids after dinner.
I really love this time away, but I miss them. Three days is just about long enough for me.
On Tuesday, spring break will truly begin for our family. The plan is to head down to Lincoln City for a few days and just hang out--go to the beach, go to the park, hit the outlet stores, etc. We also purchased to models that we'll put together as a family for Z's mom's model railroad that she has set up running all over the property there. Should be good times.
I'm also planning on working on the baby's blanket (if you see the picture at the left, it's the multi-colored one at the bottom). I'm wondering who will start the Stratego tournament this year. We'll see how many games I can get in on this year. Sad thing is, last two times we played, A (the six year old) kicked my booty. A little humbling never hurts, I guess.
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Nothing Really
I want to post. I really do. I just have nothing (but everything) to write about. Too much in my brain to filter it out to make any sense at all--nothing that anyone would be interested in reading.
- Z and I have been married for 17 years tomorrow.
- One of my children (not the one morst of you'd probably think) got a less than stellar report card. Not a good thing in the home of an educator. I warned said child that s/he'd better give dad a head's up, so they don't get the knee-jerk reaction that would be coming their way otherwise. Not sure if that happened yet, but it put a damper on my great feelings of spring break.
- I went to retrieve a report card from one child's backpack and found three old lunches there--molding and returning to the dust from whence they came. Ugh! The smell. Yet, still, I refuse to clean them out. Not my responsibility. Same child left a molding lunch in the ol' backpack over Christmas break one year. It was truly delightful by the time a new one was being placed in the pack for the Monday after vacation.
- Z and I are "running away" for the weekend.
- We are shopping for new flooring for our family room. Not sure if I shared (that would have been a good post if not). Grape soda, two two-year-olds and wool berber carpet DO NOT mix--just a bit of helpful advice for anhone out there who might need it.
- My kids HATE the new board of chores that faces them everyday after school. I personally LOVE it, but isn't that how most things are in life between parents and kids. Sigh.
- I'm getting to be the size of a house, but maybe that has something to do with letting Weight Watchers ideas fall to the wayside...oh, and the banana split my hubby so lovingly brought me from Dairy Queen last night (that I inhaled) and the eclair I purchased myself from Bales today for doing such a good job saving money while shopping with two little boys (c'mon who wouldn't agree that I deserved a treat). I guess I also deserve the increased poundage it's offering me.
- While I was out shopping today, a good friend in my ward dropped off the cutest box of baby girl clothes! SOOOOO exciting!
- Since Albertson's is no longer accepting competitor's coupons, I branched out today and ventured to three different stores. The boys were excited because that meant three different cookies, and as a mom who indulges in banana splits and eclairs on a regular basis, how could I stop them?
- At Safeway, I bought $29 worth of stuff for $5.90. Yes, that's an 80% savings. Thank you Albertson's for making me go elsewhere.
- I got a two-hour nap today. Thank you, T for sleeping that long too.
- Lachlan kicks about two inches above my belly button now. She's using every square inch I can give her--atta girl!
Okay, so how's that for a random list of stuff. Nothing worth blogging an entire post about but that's life in the madhouse.
Addtional note...child with the report card just reported about speaking with Z. It went something like this, "I've learned that if I talk to him while he's at work, he doesn't freak out as much probably because he's in public." Oh, how wise. If only that same kind of wisdom could have worked earlier in the trimester. Sigh.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Messages from Mom
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Beyond Frustration
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The Blessings of Eternity Begin Now
As I logged on to enter this post, "When I'm 64" by the Beatles started playing. Very fitting for what I want to put here. I love that song. I put it on my playlist because it reminds me of my son, G, who also loves that song. He's such a cute kid. If you've never gotten to meet him, I hope you someday will. I feel blessed and lucky to be his mom. I assure you that all that he is has nothing to do with me. It's because God made him who he is. He's a great blessing to me--always making me laugh. I hope you all have children like that--that you just know God placed in your life as a gift to make you happy.
It is remarkable now to see those same traits in my own children. I can see what needs they will meet as they grow and as our family changes and progresses. What a miracle! What an amazing part of an eternal plan!
* $8,896.66 a year,
Actually, it is just the opposite.
What do you get for your $160,140.00?
* Naming rights. First, middle, and last!
For $160,140.00, you never have to grow up.
You get to:
* finger-paint,
* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
* coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat in history to witness the:
* First step,
In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost. That is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!
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Monday, March 2, 2009
I just couldn't resist today. To this point, the only things I had purchased were boy-ish things for this baby. I just KNEW it was a boy. Now that it is a girl, I realized today that all these many years that have passed in which I looked longingly at the cute ruffly, pink girl things knowing I had no reason to buy them (except for friends) had now passed. For some funny reason, I had to talk myself into buying the little pink newborn size shoes with the daisies on them. After I talked myself into them, I found matching onesies and a matching dress.
T took them out of the bag and told me they were "Lachlan's shoes." I asked him whose they were just to hear him say it again, and he replied with, "Bruce's." Ugh! He'll get it eventually, I hope.
The kids can now feel her kick when they put their hands on my belly, so that's a lot of fun.
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What you need to know before you go
Israel is an impressively diverse destination, with its wide variety of landscapes, varied history and remarkable culture. Perhaps its biggest claim to fame is the fact that locations here play pivotal roles in many of the world's largest religions, with the names of cities ringing through thousands of years of human history.
Of course, it's not a place that lives exclusively in the past. Tel Aviv is known as one of the world's great beach party destinations while the Golan Heights offers adventure, wildlife sightings and views of rolling green hills. Don't forget to check out Eilat – the resort town at the southern tip of the country where you can surf on the sea or sand dunes all year round.
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv is a vibrant city that appeals to foodies, bohemian adventurers, and anyone in search of a good time in the sun. The restaurant scene here is legendary, with young chefs creating game-changing dishes in uber-cool eateries. One of the hippest areas is the Florentin district, which is emblazoned with must-see street art.
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text: House Clegane #1 Posted April 7, 2008 Basic stuff first: This is a mafia game, and you all know how it's played. Since it's just 5 of you I wont bother with long-winded rules posts etc. Especially as I can't find them. This game contains two roles: a killer and four lawyers. Unfortunately, three of the lawyers failed their exams, and only managed to pass because they had incriminating evidence against the examinator. One of them is really naive, and believe everyone is innocent. That's what a soft uprising does to you, I guess. Why he chose to be a lawyer? God knows, and probably not even him. The other is the entire opposite, and believe everyone to be guilty. Slightly too much drugs can do that to the mind. Lastly, we have the one having done a bit less drugs, but still got a messed mind. Not quite as insane as the paranoid finder, but insane in an entirely different way, he always believes the guilty are innocent and the innocent are guilty. The five of you run a lawyer firm. However, you can't quite agree on everything, and in order to get better at cooperation and in the spirit of long-winded business planning words you all go to a cabin for a week, to sort everything out. Oh, did I mention that the 6th lawyer on the board died in a tragic accident involving the axe normally used to split wood? Apparently, it works just as good on heads. It happened late last night, and you are all quite confident you sit on important evidence concerning whodunnit. Roles being sent out, stay tuned for more! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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A 15-year-old Palestinian was shot dead near al-Jalama military checkpoint north of Jenin, Saturday, after allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli security guard.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an News Agency that "there were no stabbing attempts" when Israeli forces shot the youth.
The injured youth was allegedly dragged inside of the checkpoint by Israeli soldiers, who prevented the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances reaching him for treatment.
In a separate incident, a Palestinian was shot by Israeli forces at the Gilboa crossing, south of Afula, after an alleged stabbing attack.
In a statement on twitter, the IDF said that, following an attempted stabbing, "security personnel responded to the threat. Assailant shot on site"
The latest incidents marks at least 56 Palestinians killed since the beginning of the month, as violence escalates across the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.
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EDITORIAL: Texas plant explosion shows need for regulation
The giant explosion that rocked a fertilizer storage facility in West, Tex., last Wednesday ought to mandate a hard look by the federal government at rules governing the booming chemicals business. The country's sudden abundance of cheap natural gas, a primary input in the manufacture of many things, including artificial fertilizer, has begun to attract chemical companies back to the United States, which certainly could use the jobs. But, as with any big industrial operation, chemicals manufacturing and storage brings a host of risks, toxic and explosive.
The right response is simple: Make companies comprehensively assess the risks they and those around their facilities face. Then they can take reasonable steps to guard against those risks and plan what to do when everything goes wrong. Wednesday night's explosion, in other words, should not have been a total surprise, but a worst-case scenario the company had anticipated and prepared for.
As it stands, the federal regulatory system is far from simple, and it certainly could be more effective.
Journalists have already picked apart a 2011 risk assessment from West Fertilizers that the Center for Effective Government printed on its Web site. In it, the company told the Environmental Protection Agency that it had 54,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia on site, but that there was no danger of fire or explosion. Following Wednesday's disaster, that claim seems to be tragically negligent.
Yet it probably stems from the fact that the EPA's rules only cover gases such as ammonia, which is flammable only in extreme heat. There was another more volatile chemical on site, ammonium nitrate, that the EPA heard nothing about, because it is a solid. To store large amounts of ammonium nitrate, the company needed to file notice not with the EPA, but with the Department of Homeland Security, which reports suggest the company did not do.
Even if it had, it's bizarre that all of this information wasn't in the same place. Shouldn't the possibility that the ammonium nitrate could ignite and explode have demanded that the company consider the chance that it would light up the ammonia? Risks shouldn't just be considered in isolation from one another; companies must contemplate how they might interact.
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, meanwhile, has its own domain of jurisdiction over these companies, but it hadn't inspected the West Fertilizer plant since 1985, which, The Post's Brad Plumer points out, might have something to do with a shortage of inspectors.
The industry says that what happened in West is extremely rare. But, at the least, the accident has exposed the federal regulatory morass in which the industry operates. Every regulator with any kind of responsibility for West Fertilizers now seems to be investigating what happened last Wednesday night, along with an independent federal inquiry. They shouldn't shy from telling Congress and President Obama how to make the system more rational.
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Missouri House OKs tax breaks for businesses
Measure also seeks to tax more Internet sales
Missouri House members have approved a trio of measures that could reduce taxes for some businesses.
Representatives on Wednesday passed bills that would create new incentives for the construction of computer data centers and investors in high-tech, startup businesses. Both of those measures now go to the Senate.
The House also gave initial approval Wednesday to a bill that would gradually reduce the state's corporate income tax rate from its current 6.25 percent to 4.25 percent by 2016. The bill also would make Missouri's individual income tax brackets subject to annual inflationary adjustments, potentially reducing future taxes for some people. Another provision seeks to increase Missouri's tax collections from Internet sales.
All told, the measures could reduce Missouri's revenues by tens of millions of dollars annually.


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Women are what most of my blogs are about! Im dealing with the scarcity of women! Im working with the universe on attracting the right women! This seems o so hard to do! I just want a wife; its as simple as that; Someone I can love that loves me! The universe knows who she is! My inner being knows who she is!
ITs getting harder; more frustrating! All I deal with are pretentious white women or others that are pretentious!
Id be interested in women who have been damaged like I am but dont use drugs and are not deceptive; interested in down to earth people; someone I can love; is it so hard to find!
I have allot of PTSD to work through! Im getting stronger and my mind is allowing me to see much of it; or the start of it; being thrown away and the putdowns and other levels of trauma! I never had anywhere to run and hide! Stripped of my home; I had to live other places with people who did not want me or cared if I was dead or alive!
Im now interested in facing some of the PTSD!
Im interested in new experiences!
The outside world is so scary and harsh! Sometimes I wonder how anyone can survive out their!
The people in the outside world seem so cold and unapproachable; like Im not wanted by anyone!
I have to work with the universe on meeting new people! I cant stand shallow people! I cant deal with them; any of them! I feel so out of place in the human race!
I wonder around department stores; thats as close to being intimate with others as I can get!
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And what to choose 3 or 4 fine fine?
I will like to have a board that can easily go upwind. And cruse around not so much wave style.
Kite in light wind 10 knots to 24 knots
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Delgado, Prado looking forward to Atlanta return
WASHINGTON -- For D-backs third baseman Martin Prado and right-hander Randall Delgado, this weekend's series in Atlanta will be a homecoming.
The pair came over from the Braves in the offseason deal that sent outfielder Justin Upton to the Braves, and both will have some added emotions come Friday.
Delgado will start Friday's game against Julio Teheran, a pitcher he played with during his time in Atlanta's system.
"A little excited, because I'm going to the city where I pitched," Delgado said. "But Martin and I, we want to just go there and play a normal game."
Prado has a much longer history with the Braves, having played with them for seven seasons.
"It's going to be good," Prado said. "There's a lot of people that I know that helped me along the way in my career. I know that it's going to be good to see them and show them my respect. It's emotional, but I think this is something different in my career, and I'm looking forward to playing against my ex-teammates and having a good series."
Prado stays in regular contact with Braves legend Chipper Jones, who will have his jersey retired before Friday's game.
"It's going to be pretty cool," Prado said. "He's a franchise guy and everybody loved him there, so it's going to be special."
Right-hander Zeke Spruill also came over in the trade, but he had not played at the big league level for the Braves.


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Quinn will return from injury wearing a Newcastle jersey
THE wheel has turned full circle for former Melbourne Storm premiership player Anthony Quinn who agreed to a one-year contract with the Newcastle Knights on Monday.
The 29-year-old, who played for the Storm in the 2007 and 2008 grand finals, but missed 2009 and again last year because of a horror run with injuries, faced the prospect of returning to club football after not being offered a contract in Melbourne.
He took up the offer of a trial with the Knights, that decision paying dividends.
Newcastle CEO Matt Gidley said he was thrilled Quinn, who played 103 games for the Knights after making his debut in 2002, would finish his NRL career back where it all started.
"It is fantastic we can bring him home," Gidley said.
"He can play on the wing, in the centres and even in the second row, so his versatility will be a great addition to the team.
"He is very well liked, has a superb work ethic and he is just the type of player we want to have around the club."
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By Elizabeth Shean
"How about this one?" I asked, holding up a snapshot. "Do you recognize her?"
Mom extended her hand to take the photograph from me. Her eyes narrowed as she inspected it for a good minute. The color photo clearly dated from the 1960s depicted a young woman with a beehive hairdo dressed in a gold jumper who was seated on mid-century modern style sofa upholstered in a pinkish damask fabric. With her legs elegantly crossed and her arm outstretched along the top of the sofa, the woman smiled obligingly at the photographer. Who was she? What was the occasion? Whose house is this? No notation on the back gave us any clue.
Sunshine streamed through the sliding glass doors, warming the tile of the sitting room, where Mom and I had spent the past three days sorting through a lifetime of photographs. Mom's lifetime, in fact.
"I don't know who this is," Mom said at last, grimacing and shaking her head. "I guess you can toss it."
I dropped the snapshot into a wastebasket with one hand and reached into the box to my right with the other. "Next up, a photo of you and Gary on the farm, I believe," I said, holding up another photograph. Mom brightened. "Yes," she smiled, "that's the old home farm – and my puppy, Zip. Put that one in Jan's box."
In front of me, three medium-sized boxes sat partially filled with the history of Mom's life: snapshots, framed photos, and memorabilia like newspaper clippings mentioning her senior class play, her mother's autograph book from 1912 and a collection of World War II ration books. One box was destined for my sister Jan, one for my brother, and one for me. My siblings had no idea Mom and I had undertaken this task and would be surprised when their boxes arrived by mail in a few weeks.
"I was thinking we should, uh, we should...." Mom's halting speech patterns have become familiar by now, as dementia robs her of the ability to pull together coherent sentences. "We should...Oh, I don't know. I've lost it," she said with exasperation. "I'm losing everything now, my memories, the ability to find words. It's like...I can't hold on to anything anymore. It's here and then it's gone."
"I can't imagine how frustrating that is," I replied. "Can I get you a cup of coffee, Mom?" Sometimes changing the subject seems to be the only thing to do.
Mom nodded yes, so I stood up, stretched and surveyed the chaos around me. The wastebasket was filled to the brim again with photos of people and places that could no longer be identified. People and places lost to memory and dementia.
When I returned with the hot coffee mug, Mom was picking through a few items in the wastebasket, looking at them one last time and then dropping them back in.
"I feel terrible throwing away all those old photos," I said, "but I can't see any reason to hold on to them when no one can identify who they are."
"No, you shouldn't feel guilty," Mom said. "There's no reason to keep some of this stuff, I guess."
She picked up an aged piece of folded tan construction paper that threatened to come apart at the seam any moment. On it was drawn a large red heart in crayon. Inside someone had written in ink, "To my best Valentine of 1947. Your Lochinvar."
"Now who do you suppose my Lochinvar was?" Mom mused. She raised her chin and gazed into space. After a moment she murmured, "So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war. There never was a knight like the young Lochinvar." She turned to me and gave me a lopsided smile. "Isn't it terrible that I can remember the words to an ancient Walter Scott poem about a chivalrous knight, but I can't remember the story behind this card?"
Mom dropped her eyes to study the makeshift Valentine card again. "Well, I suppose this can go in the trash, too," she said with more than a hint of wistfulness. "My memory's gone, and...now all my stuff is going, too."
As she moved to drop the card into the wastebasket, she stopped and brightened. "Oh, wait," she said with excitement. "I remember now! A boy named Henry made this for me in seventh or eighth grade. We had been reading poetry aloud in Mrs. Halvorson's English class, and she had assigned him to read Lochinvar. He stood in front of the class and read it very dramatically and directly to me, which we all laughed about. I guess he was more sweet on me than I'd realized at the time."
I sat back in my chair, astonished not just at this story but at Mom's ability to tell it without losing the thread of her thoughts. "Mom, that's amazing," I said. "How on earth did you remember that?"
Mom sipped her coffee and again studied the makeshift Valentine. "I guess it's not really gone, after all," she finally said. "I guess the memories are in there somewhere. I just...um. Now I forget what I was saying."
It was my turn to give her a lopsided smile. "What would you like to do with that card?" I asked.
"You know, I think I will keep this after all," she replied. "It is something I can hold on to."
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PEORIA — It may seem as though there were an abnormal number of water main breaks this last winter, but for much of the time it was actually surprisingly typical.
And those breaks only play a partial factor in determining repairs and upgrades now that construction season is upon the Tri-County Area, officials at Illinois American Water said recently.
January and March saw standard numbers of reported water main breakages for the company — 43 in the first case, one below average, and 21 in the second, right on average — but February's 69 breaks were nearly double the typical of 35, Illinois American operations manager Chris Johnson said.
With frost reaching a depth of 57 inches — nearly 5 feet — at the peak of the winter, "that really wreaks havoc on the smaller, 2-, 3-, 4-inch mains," he said.
Many of those split along their lengths, necessitating the replacement of an entire length of pipe, while some larger mains split along their diameter, meaning they could take a quicker repair from a clamp.
The spate of breakages were repaired at the time, though the fact that there were more of them will compress the repairs and upgrades Illinois American can do elsewhere.
"We don't add to our budget because of main breaks," Johnson said, noting that the large, 30-inch main breaks on Jefferson Avenue and Adams Street were particularly costly.
But because the expenses came early in the year, it let the company be a little more flexible in prioritizing other planned repairs before they were begun, company spokeswoman Karen Cotton said.
Making decisions
Interestingly, age of the pipe can be a factor, but it isn't always. The type or size of the main can matter just as much.
"Older parts of town have bigger piping," often cast iron, Johnson said. "It's real heavy, it's real thick. And that's our lower-pressure area of town, too," eliminating some of the stress on the pipes from higher pressures.
Smaller mains sometimes need replacing or boosting in size to improve water flow or make it easier to operate fire hydrants.
Those matters go into a detailed matrix with other factors so the company can spit out a work plan for the coming year along with a multi-year plan up to five years in the future.
Those factors include whether there was a main break or leak, the pressure on the water main, whether current flow on the main can sustain a fire hydrant, pipe age and material type, the water quality, and the number of customers relying upon it. It all goes into a weighted matrix, senior engineer Christian Volz said.
Cost effective
A prioritized wish list runs up against budgetary realities, but one way the company has found to stretch the dollar has come through teamwork.
"We also have another component that we weigh in that's almost as important as that, which is: Where the city is going to be doing street paving?" Johnson said. "If you've got a place that's borderline but the city is going to be working it, do you really want to dig a road up in five years that's just been done? … Hopefully there's no more excavations for 20 or 30 years."
That's a fairly recent partnership — meetings between Peoria's Public Works Department and the utility to compare project lists and work together — and it's been paying off.
"That's been a great success for us," Public Works Director Mike Rogers said Thursday.
"There's less inconvenience, there's economy of scale, you're not doubling up on engineering, you can (even) use the same contractors," Volz said.
The water company points to work along Washington Street as an example of that success, with rate-payers and taxpayers both seeing a benefit from the cooperation.
Rogers admitted that sometimes not communicating over where repairs are being done has made both groups look silly, and that it's worth trying to avoid that in the future.
For this year, that means Illinois American will work with both the city and the Illinois Department of Transportation on projects. Those include the already underway repairs on the intersection of Main and University streets anticipated to be complete by mid-May, as well as pending work along Forrest Hill Avenue between Knoxville and Sterling avenues. Allen Road between Townline and Alta roads will also see repairs.
That's on top of an electrical upgrade at the company's plant along Galena Road to prevent some outages and stress from pumping pressure.
And for the future?
"We want to do more of this with all of the different utilities and see what's coming up," Rogers said.
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After brutal winter, water company plans repairs and upgrades
PEORIA — It may seem as though there were an abnormal number of water main breaks this last winter, but for much of the time it was actually surprisingly typical.