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Hilarious photos by Pam Saxon
Monday, December 29, 2008
What I Married Into
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time!
I hope everyone has had as wonderful of a Christmas as we have! We've had four different family Christmas parties and have really enjoyed the time we've had to spend with them all. It was fun to celebrate Christmas with Charlotte this year since last year she was just five weeks old at the time, but she still didn't quite get into all the excitement of opening presents. We made the mistake of bringing muffins over for Jared and I to eat while we were opening presents on Christmas day, so Charlotte couldn't have cared less about the presents in front of her. She just kept pointing towards the muffins and grunting for more. (She had already eaten breakfast.) So she didn't get into all the hype of presents, but she did love that there was almost an endless supply of food for her. At each of the family parties, she would go from person to person, getting a little bite from each one. And whenever anyone picked her up, she would point to the counter where all the food was. The child acts like we never feed her!
She racked up on gifts as well. She got a little shopping cart and some toy food that she's had a great time playing with. And her Grammy (my mom) made the cutest little purse for her, and it was the most adorable thing ever watching her push her shopping cart around with the purse on her arm! She's my mini-me!
We went to the park the day before Christmas Eve and let her play for a little while. If she fell down while walking on the mulch, grass, or dirt, she would keep her hands up and look down and try to figure out how she could stand back up without putting her hands down on the ground and getting them dirty. Such the little Priss!
Playing on the swings
Chasing Daddy
Charlotte usually seems to prefer women over men, but every now and then, she will find a man that she just latches onto. On Christmas Eve she was having fun playing with my cousin, Ryan, and he was brave enough to let her play with his glasses.
And yesterday Charlotte couldn't get enough attention from her Uncle Chad. It was so sweet seeing her cuddle with him!
Oh, and the conclusion of the Christmas tree saga... You might remember that we had issues with it falling down twice within a few days of putting it up. Well a week or so before Christmas, the tree was looking pretty pathetic. The needles were falling off with the slightest bump to a limb and it wasn't the nice deep green color that it was when we bought it. After reading Melissa's story of putting up her tree, I started to wonder if we ever cut some off the bottom of the tree so it would soak up the water when we put it in the stand. I asked Jared if he happened to do it when I wasn't looking, but he couldn't remember doing it either. So I am hoping that is the reason for the Charlie Brown looking tree that we had on Christmas day! Since it was so ip
On Saturday after celebrating (a.k.a. eating) with the Rollins family, Pam Saxon came over to take some family pictures for us. It was a gorgeous afternoon and I am so excited to see how the pictures turned out, especially the "jumping shots" of the siblings and wives. We had a great time and Pam, thank you again for doing that for us. I'm blog-stalking you until I see a few teaser shots!
Since this post is already so long, I will save my rant about our aggravations with the retail stores and political correctness of this country. But we hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and remembers why we celebrate this wonderful holyday.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Little Girls In Mamma's Pearls
This past Saturday we had the first of four family Christmas parties, which, of course, gives me an excuse to put Charlotte in adorable Christmas dresses for each one! She has been given several dresses and outfits and, between the family get-togethers and church, I think she'll be able to wear each and every one. The pictures below are from right before we left for the party with Bobbie's, my stepmom's, family. Charlotte loves playing with my jewelry, especially the long strand of pearls. If I do let her play with my jewelry (only the fake stuff), she knows exactly what to do with it. She tries to put the necklaces around her neck and the bracelets on her wrist. She even puts my pony tail holders on her wrist because she's seen me wear them like that.
Uncle Chad & Auntie Amber bought her this little red dress. Isn't she just adorable in it!!
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Monday, December 15, 2008
We're Back, Ya'll!
Jared and I got back home yesterday afternoon from our weekend getaway to Savannah! We had a great time and really enjoyed getting away with just the two of us (the first time since Charlotte was born!). Jared took off work on Friday so we headed up around noon. We stayed at the Kehoe House, upon the recommendation of Shannon and my cousin, Mandy, who had each booked rooms there for their trips to Savannah. It's a Bed & Breakfast (the food was delicious!) and is right in the middle of the historical downtown part of the city.
We didn't have anything on our schedule or to-do list other than eating at The Lady & Sons restaurant on Saturday. For those who haven't heard of that place, where have you been? :) Paula Deen has two shows on the Food Network but started out with just a catering business that turned into a restaurant that is now a Savannah staple. It's like the Johnny's of Keystone... times ten! They only take reservations for groups of ten or more, so we were at the restaurant around 9:00 on Saturday morning to get our names on the list for lunch. We thought with Christmas coming up that this would be their busy season and the line would be miles long, but we were pleasantly surprised that we didn't have a long line to wait in. And we were so grateful for that because Saturday had a high in the 50s- quite chilly for us folk in the South! We both had the buffet and it was quite delicious.
We did lots of walking around the city and looked in some antique shops but we also had plenty of time to relax. We, of course, missed Charlotte and her sweet smiles, but it was nice to just be with each other and not have to worry about the stroller and diapers and making sure she's bundled up enough with the cold wind...
It's hard to tell, but that's us standing in front of the Kehoe House. Isn't it just gorgeous!
And here I am with Paula... the cardboard version. My cousin, Becky, has actually met her and was on her show, 'Paula's Best Dishes'! She made biscuits and gravy with the Queen of the Butter :)
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
After All These Years...
I started and saved this post from last Tuesday but forgot to actually publish it. Whoops! Anyway, almost one week late, but oh well...
Today is my and Jared's second anniversary! God has been so good and I'm so grateful that He has blessed us with each other. I get to spend each and every day with my best friend. It is such an amazing comfort to know that I will always have him by my side and that He'll be here for me no matter what. Thinking back to almost four years ago when we went on that ski trip, I knew almost right away that there would be something special with Jared. I called my mom while on the trip and asked, "How would you feel about having a Rollins in the family?" Her response was, "Well, not tomorrow..." (Side note: She thought I was referring to Gavin, Jared's brother who is much closer to my age and a friend of mine who she knew from us going to school and church together [Gavin and I ended up going to our Senior Prom together! A story for the grandkids...]).
This weekend we'll be going away on our first trip together since Charlotte was born! Her Toto and Grammy (his mom and mine) will be tag-teaming over the weekend so we can have a nice little escape to Savannah. We are both so excited to get away!
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Saturday, December 6, 2008
Our Saturday
Today has been quite an exciting day for us! We woke up to find that our Christmas tree had fallen over. Completely. On the ground. Splat. I heard a noise during the middle of the night that woke me up with a jolt. But Jared didn't move at all so I convinced myself that it must have just been a dream. When we woke up this morning I put two and two together. Yesterday Jared asked me, "Does the tree look like it's leaning over a bit?" Perhaps out of laziness, we convinced ourselves no, or at least that it wasn't leaning badly enough to warrant a change in positioning. What is funny is that yesterday I shampooed the carpet in the living room... everywhere except right behind the couch. There's hardly ever any foot traffic back there and I was tired from holding Charlotte on my hip while pushing the heavy steam vac (the noise of it scares her so I have to hold her while I do it). So this morning I pulled it back out and did the area I hadn't done yesterday to get any sap up. And the stand was pretty close to empty of any water because I hadn't put in any since we initially put it up last Friday, so it could have been an even bigger mess. After getting it as straight as we could I went to redecorating. About half of the ornaments had fallen off, and through it all we only had two ornament casualties - not from the tree actually falling. From me dropping one ceramic ornament onto a glass ornament while putting them back on. Go figure.
Fallen tree...
I put some of Charlotte's birthday presents around the tree to make it look not so empty :)
This afternoon we went to the house of some friends from church. They are fellow Gator alumni and as fanatic about football as we are. Another couple who are fans as well joined us and we had a great time watching the Gators roll right on over that Crimson Tide. It was an exciting game that had us quite nervous throughout most of it, and we are thrilled that the Gators will be playing in the second National Championship game in three years! It's great to be a Florida Gator! Timmy Tebow may not know it yet, but he is my future son-in-law. He can begin courting Charlotte as soon as she turns 18 :)
Charlotte and Andi each playing with the other one's barn. Most of the game they were discussing Tebow's chances of winning the Heisman again, but they took a breather to play with the animals in the barns for a few minutes
And then... After the game we went to Borders to see Mike Huckabee at his book signing! They had the line moving quickly and we didn't have time to get a posed picture with him, so Jared graciously let me go up while he got as good of a shot as he could with so many people in his way. Governor Huckabee was as sweet in person as he seems on TV. He shook my hand and asked if that was a Gator shirt I was wearing. I confirmed and he said that people must have gone straight home to put it on before coming to the bookstore. Then he gave a little wave and a smile to Charlotte and told me to enjoy the night. He's the biggest "celebrity" that I've ever met so I'm still a bit awestruck. Huckabee/Jindal (or vice-versa) for 2012! (I totally wanted to say, "Hello, Govnah!" in a British accent. I can't remember where that line is from but I thought it would be hilarious!)
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Charlotte's Giggles
I found this video from a month ago while I was clearing the memory card of the camera. Jared got an email with a link to this bowling game and Charlotte thought it was hilarious. I can't hear her giggle without laughing myself!
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Pass the Pepto
This Thanksgiving was not quite the dream of a holiday that you plan for all year. Jared had a nice long weekend since he got off work early on Wednesday and didn't need to go back in until Monday, but unfortunately, the entire time he was off, one of us was sick. We had some sort of stomach bug that made its way to each of us. On Thursday and Friday it was me, which meant that I couldn't enjoy any of the meal on Thanksgiving with my dad's family and I had to skip out on the meal with my mom's family because I didn't want to get the other baby who would be there sick. By Saturday I was feeling better, but Charlotte and Jared were not. We had some friends over to watch the Florida/Florida State game, and while they were popping Vitamin C drops throughout the night they had a front row view of both Charlotte and Jared throw up. Sorry about that Ryan and Anette! By Monday everyone was healthier and I sanitized the house with bleach and Lysol. Hopefully we have rid the home of all the germs!
On Friday afternoon I was feeling well enough to go pick out our Christmas tree though. Last year Charlotte was born the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and on Thanksgiving evening we ended up at WalMart getting one (my mom and stepdad came up and they had driven their truck. We figured it would be easier to fit the tree in there than the Camry or Thunderbird we had at the time). This year we wanted to start a tradition of going to cut our own from a tree farm. We left at 3:00, got halfway there and realized we forgot to bring a blanket to put underneath the tree so it would not scratch the roof of the van. We went home and got the blankets, turned around and headed back to the farm. We drove up and were a little hesitant by the trees we were seeing. Although some were very nice, they were not the kind of trees that we had in mind. It was a "Mom and Pop" type of place with an older couple running it and there was only one other customer there. We walked around for a bit, debating on if it would be possible to leave without a tree and not offend them. Earlier in the day we had talked about one year buying a potted tree that we could plant in the yard when Christmas was over. So Jared came up with the great idea of asking if they had any potted trees. We asked, but they didn't have any. Apparantly you need a nursery license for that and they were strictly a "choose and cut" type of place. So we were able to leave without buying a tree without offending them for us not liking their stuff :)
On the way back to the house we decided we wouldn't need to tie the tree on top of the van. We could just take the seats out and it should fit inside. So when we got home Jared took care of that and I called the WalMart we bought the tree from last year to make sure they had them again this year. The answer I got was, "Yeah, I would think so." Sounds really confident, right? Well we went there, and thankfully, they did have them. We had a few other things to pick up and by the time we left WalMart with our tree, it was well past 6:00. Three hours to get the tree... not too bad [insert a smiley rolling its eyes here]. We found out after all of this that the pretty fir trees that we think of when we hear "Christmas tree" don't grow down here. So the Christmas tree farms are only good for the bushier pines that aren't as pretty :/
The rest of Friday evening was spent watching Elf and decorating the tree. I started with the lights, then Jared laughed at me for how long I was taking. So I told him if he wanted to, he could do it. He said he would but that he wouldn't take as much time and the top half of the tree wouldn't match the bottom. I said I didn't care so he took over. When I realized how right he was, I quickly took the reigns back. :) And then a few minutes later, the tree came toppling down.
After a few hours, we had the tree up, securely in the stand, lights all on (in such a way that met my standards:), and the decorations on! So it wasn't quite the perfect day we had planned and the tradition of getting the tree from WalMart just doesn't have the same cozy feel as traipsing through the woods to find that perfect tree, but at least it's much more convenient.
On a side note, last year we bought our tree on Thanksgiving day and this year on Black Friday. Both times we went to WalMart in the evening and the store was practically empty. Much nicer than fighting the crowds that come along with this time of year!
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The GIA currently only grades the cut quality of round cut diamonds (though many websites show fancy cut stones as having cut grades – purely a marketing play there). The cut quality really gives you and idea of how "sparkly" the diamond will appear. We recommend Excellent cut diamonds but we also look for Very Good cut diamonds that have a high cut score (above 7.5 preferably). We also try to avoid excellent cut diamonds that have a lower cut score since they typically aren't as sparkly.
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News the Week of August 2
Here's the extended trailer for Season 6 (no spoilers. In fact, looks like very little new footage)
Here's a cool look at ComicCon.
Spoilers abound here.
Jim Beaver is going to have a guest role on Law and Order: Los Angeles.
Sera Gamble talks about recurring characters on Zap2It.
Jensen talks about directing Supernatural.
More spoilers here.
I agree--don't you?


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Headlines for Wednesday:
Work on research
|Go to IBM
|Change my primary OpenBC email
|Write Quinn birthday letter
|Hang out with Quinn and Richard, all you can eat sushi
|Greet Steve belated happy birthday
|@IBM Luis Suarez call
Joel Spolsky writes about finding great developers. Internships are a terrific way to scope out a candidate and also get them passionate about your company. Previous blog post about career aside, I do really like IBM and I *am* really curious to see how far we can take social software - and one of the reasons why I'm crazy about that company and all the cool people in it is because I've seen it from the inside, thanks to the IBM Toronto Centre for Advanced Studies.
Check out the essay.
More thoughts: One of the things that frustrates me about the Philippines is that we've got this entire chicken-and-egg problem in the schools. Few companies do on-campus recruitment for challenging internships, so students don't get motivation or experience - which is why few companies bother to do on-campus recruitment or R&D. Programming competitions help, I guess, and we do still manage to find a couple of geeks who learn about open source and end up teaching themselves. Still...
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Dearest Sacha,
I read your blog and I see two issues that are bothering you: homesickness and "guilt" for being away from your country.
First, let me say that it is alright to feel homesick - in fact, we would worry if you never felt the pain of being away. It only means that you miss us - your family, your home, your cat, our pets, your friends, our weather, even the places where you hang out. We feel the same sadness and longing for you because we would prefer to see you everyday, to see you smile, to hear the excitement in your voice when you tell stories, to be able to tell if you are sad and to be able to hug you when you are. Which is why Skype is my preferred way of communicating with you - because I want "to be with you" as much as possible, even if it means listening to your voice on one computer and looking at you (webcam) on another. Since our schedules do not always allow "skyping," I depend on your blog, and your occasional emails -too few and too short =( to know what's happening with you. It's pain that we must bear, because we love you and want you to grow and become fulfilled.
But the "guilt" that you feel for being away from your country is unnecessary grief. As long as you carry your love for your country in your heart, then there is nothing to grieve for being somewhere else. Think of the Filipinos who have brought pride to their countrymen - they're not necessarily here. Patricia Evangelista won the speaking competition in London. Lea Salonga made her name in London, New York and Hollywood. Leo Oracion, Erwin Emata and Ching's friend, Romy Garduce could not have conquered Mt. Everest by staying here. In the same manner, Einstein was born in Germany but his genius flourished in the U.S. The Kennedys were originally Irish. Your papa's parents were from China. Pre-historic Filipinos were migrants from Malay Peninsula and Indonesia. You know what I am trying to say but you need to say this to yourself every now and then, especially when some people, or you yourself, make you feel guilty about being away from your country. Nobody should be limited by the physical boundaries of one's country - you need to climb your highest mountains, no matter where they are. And when you are on top, you plant the Philippine flag and proclaim to the world that you are a Filipina.
We love you and we are proud of you, and if the pain of loneliness is the price we have to pay so you can be the best that you can be, then so be it.
Love always,
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Just wow.
Whenever I falter and lose sight of my way, other people lift me up, set me on my feet, and point me back in the right direction.
Where would I be without my family and my friends and those random strangers and acquaintances who take a moment out of their busy days to reach out to me in all their generous humanity?
I am thankful for these moments of sadness and confusion, however brief they are, because they give me an opportunity to appreciate and deepen my respect for the wonderful, wonderful people in my life.
From friends who called and messaged and e-mailed as soon as they read my doubts, to my mom whose encouragement addressed my fears and strengthened my resolve, to coworkers who not only told me of interesting opportunities but also expressed their concern
I am loved beyond my ability to comprehend, and if I can spend the rest of my life sharing that experience of love with other people... wow!
It's been said that it takes a village to raise a child. I am being raised by the world.


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Balancing Jewelry & Jewel-Toned Makeup!
Jewelry Makeup & Jewel Toned Makeup: What Works & What Doesn't
A Guest Blog by Ashley Spade
I always feel that jewelry and makeup finish an outfit. This can be good or bad depending on how you choose your accessories and makeup. One of the trends right now is jewel toned eye makeup. They are beautiful, rich colors such as emerald, amethyst, and sapphire. How do you incorporate this new trend into your current makeup and jewelry routine? Here are some guidelines I have found helpful in making these decisions.
1. Gem/Jewel accessories do not have to match your jewel toned eye makeup... I often find that matching the gem jewelry to the jewel toned eye makeup is very "matchy matchy" and doesn't look as nice. Instead, try to complement them. What are you trying to show off more: Your jewelry or your makeup? Make that item pop out and then try to complement the other to it. For example, if I am wearing a beautiful emerald and gold necklace and that is my show piece, I'm going to complement it with a gold or neutral makeup, not the emerald. Or if I want to show off my emerald eye makeup, I would wear pretty gold/diamond chandelier earrings.
2. A tan makes a difference on which eye makeup to wear... If you go to tanning salons, it will make a difference on which eye makeup you should be wearing. I'm a pale person naturally, so a lighter eye makeup stands out more. But when I go to the tanning salon the lighter makeup doesn't make my eyes pop as much since I'm darker. So I need to change up my makeup and pick a darker color to complement my new tan. Jewel toned eye makeup will look lovely with a tanned body!
3. Wear the opposite jewel toned eye makeup to your eye color... Again, don't match your eye makeup to your eyes. Wear the opposite to make your eyes stand out! Green eyes do not look their best with emerald colored makeup. But they do look great with amethyst eye makeup. Brown eyes look best with either an amethyst eye makeup or emerald eye makeup. Blue eyes pop with copper, peach and bronze.
4. Use only one main accessory as your accent piece... When putting on jewelry, only use one main piece as your accent piece. For example, chandelier earrings are a great accent piece, and then a small bracelet or thin necklace. You don't want to take away the attention from your great chandelier earrings or have too much jewelry to be distracting. Use Coco Chanel's advice: "When accessorizing, always take off the last thing you put on."
5. Jewel toned eye makeup isn't always appropriate... There's always a time and place for things. Jewel eye makeup may not be the most appropriate for job interviews once you graduate from school. Interviews are a good time to tone down the makeup and jewelry to make the best professional impression.
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Starting fresh, building slow, take my time cause now...I know
(AZ) This that kush right here...this that sour...its serious...
[Verse 1]
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Past paused(?) then ducked the task force
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Thank you. I thought you did a pretty good job of bringing it up already in your hypothetical example. Staying on topic, however ...nonhocapito wrote:I love how you managed not to mention the holocaust at all. Anyway
There are plenty of non-hypocritical children who are happy to not involve their parents in discussions until the teachers bring them up in particular. I just did not encounter young peers in classrooms or playgrounds or casual or formal settings of any kind beginning arguments from the weak position of, "My parents say ..."nonhocapito wrote:2) the example I gave has nothing to do with Pinocchio. You don't seem to actually have an idea of how non-hypocrite children behave, or perhaps you are focusing too much on teenagers. My example reflects what a spontaneous, innocent, unaware child in elementary school might do in class when he hears things which contradict things he heard at home.
Of course, there are countless ways we as adults can read into what children say or even implicitly understand that their statements come from their parents/guardians. Sorry you had the experience you related in which case that did happen to you and you were bullied for it, but I definitely have not. In fact, in the community I'm from I believe that kind of thing could even get the teacher in trouble for breathing down the necks of kids. I have been shamed by a power-abusing teacher for something completely unrelated to PsyOps, as far as I remember.
There is no human "total control" of any kind, and I still say that depending on the community you can "feel out" where you can talk openly about things, that process is often a matter of trying it and talking openly about things is a fine goal.
I want to express support to everyone in this difficult issue, but I also slightly disagree that the Holocaust is something Americans have to fear discussing as much as Europeans are trained to do. (It also makes me wonder what the U.K.'s educational stance on Jewish history is, and how it may be effected by Brexit, if it is effected.) Let's not colonize ourselves with that fear shit.
Where we enjoy freedom, we should use and exercise it. Each situation must be read carefully and differently, certainly. I agree that there are many situations where children should not be forced to argue with older, more experienced debaters.
Anyway, I glean from this thread so far that there is a great deal of hope. If not just in our feisty members, also the simple observation that children given platforms to discuss the possibilities have much better imaginations than our misleaders.


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GrubHub — which operates the Seamless restaurant delivery app — is profitable and still growing, its IPO filing shows.
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The Calusa Blueway app complements the existing destination-specific iPhone application offered by the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau. The custom-produced application pairs with the destination guidebook produced in conjunction with Lonely Planet. The VCB's virtual guide features more than 100 points of interest such as attractions, shops, restaurants, activities and accommodations; direct contact information for each point of interest; Google maps with the points of interest plotted; videos; and a link to www.FortMyers-Sanibel.com.
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Owners of the new iPad have been reporting Wi-Fi issues for weeks. Well they can breathe (a little) easier because a new report suggests that the issue is a fixable software problem—not a hardware issue.
Computerworld consulted repair expert Aaron Vronko about the new iPad's weak Wi-Fi connectivity. Vronko says that Apple Support has been recommending people reset their Wi-Fi to factory defaults as a way to fix the problem. This indicates that rather than some hardware issue, the iPad's Wi-Fi problems are related to power-saving features:
According to Vronko and several tear-down experts, the new iPad features the Broadcom BCM4330 chip, which handles Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. That chip, new to the iPad, also is inside the iPhone 4S, which launched last October.
"[The Broadcom BCM4330 chip] boasts a new design including several new power-saving features," said Vronko. "Wi-Fi can be a hungry customer in mobile devices and Apple knew that the new LCD and its requisite monster truck GPU would be guzzling battery juice. They had to go aggressive on performance per milliwatt on every other component."
If Apple's software is to blame, the issue could be relatively easy to patch. That said, Apple hasn't yet publicly acknowledged any problems with the new iPad's Wi-Fi performance; however, the company is reportedly accepting exchanges for iPads with Wi-Fi problems. Without confirmation about what's going on, we're going to have to wait to see how Apple responds before we know for sure. [Comptuterworld]


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The depth and parody of the $30,000 A-2/A-1/FFA Handicap yielded a 19-1 winner in Road Untraveled who used every inch of a perfect trip to pull off the upset.
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The story of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and his dead girlfriend has more twists than an M. Night Shyamalan movie. The latest: the supposed deceased girlfriend tweeted Wednesday night.
The Twitter account, which has either deleted all previous tweets from the reactivated account or created an entirely new one, claims that the "truths" and "myths" surrounding the story will be addressed on Thursday. Hopefully, the truth will be sorted out sometime soon. Until then, here's what you need to know:
Returning Winter Shows: Where we left offIn September, Te'o claimed to lose his both grandmother, Annette Santiago, and his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, in the span of six hours. Despite the losses, Te'o hit the field and helped lead Notre Dame to a 20-3 victory over Michigan State. After the inspirational win, Te'o made various media appearances, sharing details of their relationship and letters she wrote him while ill. The linebacker even sent a letter to the parents of a sick child, sharing his experience and his grief.But according to Deadspin, Te'o's uplifting tale is nothing but a hoax. On Wednesday, the website claimed that while the athlete did lose his grandmother, there are no records of Kekua's passing or the car crash which Te'o also claimed she was in. In fact, outside of Twitter and Instagram, there are no records of Lennay Kekua's existence. The photographs which online reports and TV outlets have identified as Kekua are actually of a California woman who has never met Te'o, been in a serious car accident and is very much alive.
Winter TV's must-see new showsAfter Deadspin's story broke, Notre Dame held a news conference, during which athletic director Jack Swarbrick asserted Te'o was unaware their relationship was a hoax because it was conducted entirely online and on the phone, according to CNN. Swarbrick went on to explain that a woman claiming to be Kekua called Te'o in December to tell him she wasn't dead. While the woman kept calling after that, Te'o never answered. Swarbrick's story sharply contradicts an article in the South Bend Tribune, which reports that the couple met after a football game. "Their stares got pleasantly tangled, then Manti Te'o extended his hand to the stranger with a warm smile and soulful eyes," the paper wrote. "They could have just as easily brushed past each other and into separate sunsets. Te'o had plenty to preoccupy himself that November weekend in Palo Alto, Calif., back in 2009." The newspaper has since pulled the article from its website and claims the story was built on information from Te'o, his family and coaches.
Golden Globes: Fashion hits and missesOn Wednesday, Te'o released a statement, claiming that he is also only a victim of someone's "sick joke." "We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her," Te'o explained. "To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating."But just when everything seemed to point to a simple Internet hoax, an NFL player told ESPN that he knew Kekua. Arizona Cardinals fullback Reagan Mauia told the network that he and Pittsburgh Steelers player Troy Polamalu had met Kekua before. "This was before her and Manti," Mauia said. "I don't think Manti was even in the picture, but she and I became good friends. We would talk off and on, just checking up on each other kind of thing. I am close to her family."Whoever is running the Twitter account associated with Kekua doesn't seem too pleased that Mauia and Polamalu have become involved in the story. "It isn't fair to drag Reagan and Troy into this.. a lot of truths and myths need to be addressed here, and they will be at noon PST tomorrow," the account wrote.Whatever the truth is, it's clear that we all should set our DVRs for Catfish so this never happens again.For more on the story, watch the video below


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- AnonymousJuly 13, 2012 at 7:52 PM
Soooooooooooo........... What street is it on ? I'd love to visit.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 13, 2012 at 7:59 PM
Wow. If I were a kid I would go crazy for it. Heck, I am as an adult.ReplyDelete
It's privately created, publicly usable things like this tree-house that makes a neighborhood a neighborhood. Near me, there are a pair of trees that neighbors decorate for all the holidays and encourage people to interact with. I go out of my way to pass them. Pictures and story here: http://ladyfleur.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/a-neighborhood-blooms-on-bryant-street/
Well isn't that spiffy! I love the idea. At first I was thinking that it was just a shelter (like for kids waiting for the school bus ). Very cool.ReplyDelete
Those torties will talk your head off. :)
That's one of the great things about cycling: You can find a "treasure" in some place you've cycled a hundred times before.ReplyDelete
Just a few days ago, I was doing an evening ride around our local bay. There is a section of river that enters the bay and a river path that is used by many riders, walkers and runners. As I rode along I spied a fish jump out of the river and splash back down. Then he did it again. And again. He was going in the same direction I was and was right next to me along the path. He must have jumped 10 times over the length of 50 meters or so.ReplyDelete
I stopped to take a photo and he kept on for two or three more jumps. Then all was quite. He was either training for the Olympic high hurdles in London or was trying to impress a girl friend. It was pretty cool. It seemed to be a 3 pound Mackerel maybe. Good sized and made a real splash.
I've seen beautiful Blue Herons, flights of Pelicans and other birds on this ride. You just don't get that intimate encounter while in a car, boxed into an artificial environment with the talk radio blaring and so busy trying to get somewhere. I've lived in San Diego for 35 years and am just discovering hidden neighborhoods as I ride with groups on exploratory rides. It's the sense of place that V.S.Naipaul eludes to in his writing that reinforces my well being and connectedness to my place in the world.
Ride well and be safe out there.
Neat, and I love the fact that the cat appears to be the defacto owner. Kitty looks like it might have tortoise shell markings, and every torty I have know have been very vocal beings.ReplyDelete
I saw a picture of this in your twitter feed and was intrigued. Now that I know the neighborhood, I will be searching for it, bringing one of my boys along!ReplyDelete
I love your Brompton!ReplyDelete
This sums up the magic of cycling, delightful unexpected discoveries...ReplyDelete
A friend and I found that same little house, at least ten years ago. A few minutes later we saw a bald man walking down the street wearing a golden-yellow blazer -- with the top of his head spray-painted gold to match (with little trickles running down his forehead). One of the most surreal days of my life.ReplyDelete
That's one of those great little local finds. It makes my day when I run across something like that. A couple years ago I found a lake hidden in the middle of my city right off one of the main roads, but no one knows it's there unless they live in the surrounding neighborhoods. It's really a glorified drainage pond at the top of a local watershed but it has a small dock and a decent-sized island in the middle. It's sprouted a number of "No Trespassing" signs since I first found it, but I still usually see people fishing or walking their dogs when I go there. That first time I went down the blocked off road though, there was no one else around and it was an exhilarating, magical feeling.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing this place with us.
I'm glad you make posts about things like this too. There are many unexpected pleasures that result from riding a bike, especially if you love nature and animals.ReplyDelete
I haven't found any cute little tree houses as of yet, in my area, but have had interesting animal encounters. A little surprising due to being in the middle of the city, although there are still a lot of wooded areas in my neighborhood. These sightings may be related to being out late in the evening (best time to avoid the heat) as well as from being on my bike. Recently a large owl flew out of a tree as I passed, continued in front of me along the street a bit, then up to perch on a branch high on the other side of the street tree facing me. It was breath taking -- a large bird, wings outstretched, flying in front of me! I also see little bunnies hopping about out while on the bike in the evening, and while that may not sound too remarkable, a recent article in the neighborhood paper spoke about how it was common in the past decades to see rabbits in the neighborhood. I guess they are still here, just better at hiding themselves except to those out on a quiet bike ride. I've been seeing possums lately too, which are pretty spooky at first, since they can be mistaken for giant rats if you are not familiar with them. Of course there are a lot of cats out and about too, and I feel I might have started to become somewhat familiar to many of them, since they no longer flee as I ride by. No streams for fish though around here!
- AnonymousJuly 14, 2012 at 12:51 AM
When I was a young lad I would look out
from the balcony overlooking my parents
backyard, and beyond over a large valley.
The other side was covered with leafy suburbia,
but amongst the houses was this huge pine tree,
much taller than the rest. I spent many a weekend
riding around those backstreets, looking for
that tree, but never found it.
As soon as I would get close, it was lost amongst
the rooftops and smaller trees.
Now I live on the other side of the world and
to this day that tree is a mystery.
I'm glad you found yours.
John I
It's wonderful, isn't it, the mosaic of little self-contained worlds that are cloistered away in our own local neighbourhoods, places you'd never find let alone explore if it were not for your bicycle - who goes exploring any more by car? Certainly not down side streets where it might be tricky to manoeuvere or park if you wanted to get out and have a nose around. It's just another of the many reasons a bicycle is the perfect vehicle for discovery.ReplyDelete
The Alchemy of Adventure lives.ReplyDelete
How did you know it was a female cat?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 14, 2012 at 4:50 PM
The tortoise shell cats are all female. Very rarely they might be male, but they'd be sterile. Also the proportions of the head and rear end indicate the typical pear shape common to females of several species. Maybe it's had kittens because the undercarriage is quite saggy.Delete
The kitty was happy to show off her undercarriage : )Delete
- AnonymousJuly 14, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Tortoiseshell cats are almost always female - just like calicos.ReplyDelete
I live right in the same neighborhood and now I am totally inspired to go find this wonderful little structure.
Absolutely amazing! What a great story. I love finding treasures like that!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2012 at 12:44 PM
Reminds me of when I was in Bonn a few years ago, on holiday from the UK.ReplyDelete
In a public park, there was a glass fronted cabinet with second hand books. The idea was that people put their unwanted books for others to read and put back.
The first thing I thought of when I saw it was, if it was in the UK, how long before the cabinet was smashed and the books torn up and strewn all over the park...?
- OurizoJuly 15, 2012 at 5:04 PM
I don´t know if i´ll call that cat "small" ! Just a excuse to write and tell that I enjoy these and many other entries of your blog. Regards from Vigo! (NW of Spain)ReplyDelete
My cat is a torty and she meows non stop, I didn't know it was a characteristic of her type of cat. It is very endearing and strangers always warm to her.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 16, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Did you not happen to look down near the base of the tree trunk and see who lives there?ReplyDeleteReplies
I read about that part later, but I think it's under construction at the moment. Need to go back and check now.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2012 at 9:05 AM
we happened upon it walking in that charming neighbourhood when my daughter was about 4 and fit into the little house perfectly. A few doors north of it I recall that the trees were anthropomorphized....Delete
Between the shingle roof and the talking cat, it reminds me of something out of a Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki movie. Amazing.ReplyDelete
What a fantastic little slice of life. I think the book idea is completely wonderful. I also approve of the shingles.ReplyDelete
I'd love to make something like that happen here. The local board doesn't seem to approve of loose cats, though. (So Tweaker has to dress up in full roadrace kit to fool 'em.)
thats such a generous and lovely 'thing' to share, quite magical too i expect? unexpected and delightful - thank you for sharing it with me ;)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 17, 2012 at 10:31 AM
This is precisely why I like cycling. I see all sorts of things that drivers will never see.ReplyDelete
How can i get in touch with Mitch Ryerson? We may be related. My father was Charles Robert Ryerson,who died in 1947 while my mother was pregnant with me. I have never had any contact with my father's family.ReplyDelete
This kind of magic is the very best part of cycling, isn't it? Since I began riding again, I find myself discovering all sorts of fascinating small treasures I never noticed, in spite of having lived in my current geographic area for nearly two decades.ReplyDelete
Motoring just can't compare. And it's harder to take photos, too.


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For many non-Latino Americans, the words "Latino" and "illegal immigrant" are one and the same. A new poll released by by the National Hispanic Media Coalition and Latino Decisions finds over 30 percent of non-Hispanics believe a majority (over half) of Hispanics are undocumented. However, the actual figure of undocumented Hispanics in the U.S. is around 18 percent, and only 37 percent of U.S. Hispanics are actually immigrants, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. (Pew Hispanic was not involved in the poll).
These are some of the findings of the poll, which focuses on how media portrayals impact public opinion of Latinos and immigrants.
"There is widespread exposure to negative stereotypes of Latinos in the media, and exposure to these images and stereotypes does have a causal effect on people's perceptions," explains political scientist Matt Barreto, principal at Latino Decisions.
Non-Latinos hold some positive views of Hispanics — over 75 percent of those polled think Latinos are family-oriented (90 percent), hard-working (81 percent), religious (81 percent) and honest (76 percent). However, 1 out of 2 non-Latinos think "welfare recipient" describes Latinos very or somewhat well (51 percent), as well as "less educated" (50 percent), and "refuse to learn English" (44 percent).
"The media is doing a disservice with coverage that is misleading the public about Latinos who live in the U.S.," said National Hispanic Media Coalition president and CEO Alex Nogales. "It is producing attitudes among non-Latinos that contribute to hate speech and hate crimes. We must demand that the media do a better job with its coverage," Nogales added in a press conference in Washington D.C. today.
To see if there was a link between media portrayals and views of Hispanics, Latino Decisions conducted an online interactive experiment with over 3,000 non-Latino participants. They were randomly shown either negative or positive one-minute clips of Hispanics. According to the report, exposure to just one negative clip predicted higher Latino stereotyping in terms of criminal activity, Latino families being too large, or impressions that Hispanics are "illegal immigrants." For example, almost half — 49 percent — of non-Latinos who heard a negative radio clip thought Hispanics take jobs away from Americans, whereas 33 percent of those who heard a positive radio story thought the same.
"Whether it was an entertainment, news, radio or print clip, there was a causal effect after exposure to these images," says Barreto. After seeing a positive Latino TV news clip, 68 percent of respondents thought Hispanics were "honest," (compared to 53 percent who saw a negative television news spot) and 61 percent thought Hispanics were "neighborly and welcoming" (compared to 48 percent who saw a negative news clip).
Yet the association between "Hispanic" and "illegal immigrant" is pretty strong, despite positive clips. Even after watching Latino actor Jimmy Smits play a U.S. president on "West Wing," 54 percent of respondents still thought "illegal immigrants" applied to Latinos, and print and television news consumers were not far behind (48 and 47 percent).
The study also found less than half (47 percent) of non-Latinos describe Hispanics as patriotic, even after watching positive TV news images of Latinos.
What about the relationship between what Americans choose to watch or read and their views on Latinos? The study found strong correlations. For example, 41 percent of conservative radio talk show listeners think Latinos take jobs away from other Americans, over twice the rate of National Public Radio listeners (19 percent held this opinion). Illinois Democratic congressman Luis Gutiérrez stated he sees the consequences of negative talk radio in his office on public policy issues such as immigration. "We get calls in my office from angry and outraged talk radio listeners several times a week filled with misconceptions and negative stereotypes," said Gutiérrez in a statement. "The reality is that when you strip away the anger, underneath there is a lot of consensus among Democrats, Republicans, and independents on the immigration issue and how to get things back on a legal footing," he added.
Another part of the poll interviewed 900 non-Latino respondents on their views of Hispanics as well as media portrayals of Hispanics. Seventy one percent of those polled say they usually see Latinos portrayed as criminals or gang members, for example, whereas only 5 percent say they see Latinos in television or film roles as doctors, nurses, judges or lawyers.
NHMC plans to share the results of this study with the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
One positive trend when it comes to Americans' perceptions of Hispanics is demographics. While only 12 percent of 40-to-69-year-olds report strong interactions with Hispanics, 55 percent of 18-39-year-olds have markedly strong ties to Latinos, which is associated with more positive perceptions of Hispanic-Americans.


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