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Here's Ben's very own smash cake. He wasn't too interested in eating it...poor guy, i hardly put any sugar at all in the cake or frosting so it was probably a bit of a let down! ha.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
ben's "World's Most Adorable 1yr old" birthday party
Here's Ben's very own smash cake. He wasn't too interested in eating it...poor guy, i hardly put any sugar at all in the cake or frosting so it was probably a bit of a let down! ha.
6 comments:
- Vanessa said...
So beautiful!
- October 19, 2011 at 9:46 AM
- MeaganMusing said...
This is such a cute birthday idea! I love the theme and it looks like y'all had so much fun!
- October 19, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- jessi bridges said...
What a cute theme. And everything about it is adorable! Love the party favors and all the decorations.
- October 19, 2011 at 1:23 PM
- Katy said...
What a wonderful party - I love your ideas, Meagan (and am always reading this blog - promise to comment more, sorry!). Your cute kiddies have a very very talented mummy!
- October 20, 2011 at 2:05 AM
- Greta said...
Meg, I always try to take a look at my reader's blogs. And I thought for sure I had lookd at yours. But somehow I actually hadn't.
I love it!
You are adorable, your family is adorable, your house, this party--all of it.
So glad I discovered you for reall.
Love from,Greta
- November 7, 2011 at 3:49 PM
- Randi said...
hi there! thanks for saying hello over on my blog :) comments are always fun. anyway, i recently found your blog through Pinterest. i had pinned your "super hero fort kit" a while back and with Christmas just a week away i thought i'd better get going on my handmade gifts! (i'm a last minute girl - it's bad). anywho, your blog is adorbale, and i'm so glad i stumbled upon it tonight. your family is so cute, and i wanted to comment on this sweet birthday party ... what a great theme! you are very sweet to leave such kind words about my hair :) i'll be reading ... take care!
- December 15, 2011 at 11:47 PM


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For the week ending 12 December 2009 / 24 Kislev 5770
Looking Forward to the Redeemer
An interesting way for a Jew to demonstrate his faith that Mashiach may arrive any day was described by Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein, the rav of the Ramat Elchanan community in Bnei Brak.
On a visit to a farmer who raised sheep, the rabbi suggested to him how to fulfill what is ruled by the Rambam (Laws of Kings 11:1) that one must not only believe in the inevitable arrival of the Redeemer but must also look forward to it. Since a lamb that is more than one year old is not eligible for offering as a korban Pesach, it would be wise for the farmer to record the date of birth of his lambs so that when the Beit Hamikdash is built upon Mashiach's arrival he will be able to provide a qualified candidate for the altar.

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Debby, whose cards I've admired for a long while now, is doing a round up of 2011 and asking us to share our Top 5 Cards of 2011. Here are mine:
All in all this has been a good year, I managed to win the Pink Petticoat Competition 'Celebrate Spring', be a runner up in Pink Petticoats 'O Christmas Tree' Competition, I got a third place in the Madeira category in Cardmaking and Papercrafts 'Cardmaker of the Year' and I was a runner up in Papercrafts Essentials 'Papercrafter of the Year' (getting my cards pictured in the current issue was the best Christmas pressie I could have wished for!). And with us looking for a new house at the moment and perhaps thinking about extending our family, 2012 promises to be a good year as well.
Thanks Debby for letting us share and Happy New Year to all.


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Midfielder Pat Phelan
"It was a circus. Second one of the year for us. I mean uh. …first things first you know… one man up two men up. We just didn't come out with the right mentality at half time. We made a huge mentality change at that point so you know as crazy as the game was with everything that went on the first people we have to blame is ourselves. Great atmosphere. Fun to play and the crowd definitely kept them in it. That's a big draw for them and another disappointing draw for us. The good thing is we pulled one back but at the end of the day it still kinda feels like a loss."
Forward Ilija Stolica
"First of all the biggest impression for me was the great fans, the great crowd that you guys have here. It's a great feeling to play in front of a full stadium. I wish that we had much more teams in MLS and I'm happy that we have Vancouver in the league. Second impression is like you saw the game, result one one it's tied. It's ok for us but according to the _____ we have the advantage, in one moment we had the advantage of two man and then afterwards of one man. I think we should to get the advantage a little bit more but ok we are still satisfied with one point especially we stay unbeaten in this league. We had four games, three games we tied and one game we won. It's fine, we you see all the facts, I think we have to be satisfied with that point."
Head Coach Steve Nicol
"Where do you start. I don't really want to say too much. Let's just say you won't see too many games like that. The decision making was poor. The execution was poor. We should be happy I guess…. At the end of the day you should have a smile on your face but it kinda feel like we let some points go. I guess if you put it down to chances in the game, it was probably a pretty fair result. We felt we had enough of the ball to be better but, as I said, when it mattered we couldn't come up with it."
Teitur Thordarson
"It's a different feeling since last time, but it's a point. Under the circumstances, the way we managed to reorganize and get through the game I think we did quite well. If you look at the game through 90 minutes I don't think it's deserved that we finished 1-1."
On ref's decisions
"I don't want to comment on that."
On Hassli second yellow
"It is a mistake from my side, and I know that. It shouldn't have happened, but that's how it is."
On starting Harris and Camilo
"Our two strikers did very well [against Sporting KC] and they deserved to start again."
On players stepping up
"We have had to go through the depth of the group much earlier than I thought we'd have to, and it's good to see players step up. We've seen already that the players coming off the bench really give us something."
Jay Nolly:
"We've given fans three awesome games. First one we were late in scoring, second one we came back, and this one we held on and showed heart. I think that's the character of this team and what the club has put together. We're trying to stick together and work hard for 90 minutes each game."
"Guys had to put in a ton of work. We'd pretty much used all of our subs for the second half. But we lifted eachother up to get eachother through."
"John played great; he kept the team going and working hard. He was a big part of the second half."
"We'll take our point and head down to Houston to get points on the road."
Atiba Harris
"The ref is going to call what he sees and that's it. I thought we did well as a team and even though we went down two guys, we kept pushing."
"We just want to take the positive out of it. Defensively, we were very organized. Going into Houston, we'll have 11 guys. And we'll come out with 11 guys."
"We worked hard as a unit and I think that's what helped us. John is a leader and he kept us organized at the midfield which really helped us."
"We're a bit disappointed with the goal in the last minute, but it's a long season and we have lots of points to get."
Jonathan Leathers
"Every single game something crazy has happened; we battled and it's been exciting. Everyone wanted that point at least. We were close to three points which would have been tremendous, but having nine players, a point isn't bad at all."
"The fans are unbelievable. Everybody gets that extra 20% boost from the fans. Every team that's come here has been in awe of the fans. It's a great set up - you can't beat it. It helps a lot; even when we're fatigued, we push through and we play for them." "I like the night game – it's more enjoyable with a faster surface. I personally enjoy it very much; it's what I'm used to."
John Thorrington
"Guys showed a lot of character digging deep one man down and then two men down. It was a result of hard work that got us the point. Obviously anytime you're up 1-0 you want to come away with a victory but the back four defenders were solid and Jay came up with some great saves and took some pressure off. It was a good test of our fitness, and I think we can hold our heads high in how we accepted the challenge once we had the two red cards."
"Being two men down is a big challenge – being down 3-0 in the 73rd minute on Saturday was even more of a challenge and we came behind from that. That's the kind of attitude you need to win in this league, and it's the attitude the team has shown."
"We don't use being an expansion team as an excuse. We want to win and we know we can win. We've shown a lot of depth with the injuries and red cards. The key now is to get healthy. We're not just 11 players – we're a group of 28 guys who have earned a spot on this team."
"It felt great to get out there and the team has done really well well. You never want to see your teammates go down with an injury. But I think everyone can be proud of their performance."
"I don't think when Teitur named three captains he figured that only one would be available – but that was the case tonight. When the chips are down, that's where experience helps bring the younger guys through what was a tough situation with two men down."
"For the fans to stand up and cheer us off the field – that really helps. They're loud, passionate and excited and that translates for how we want to play."


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When I met God again, I resurrected from the fire—Kim Sisto Robinson
~On May 26, 2010, I died.
Not physically, well, sort of, but I'm talking more mentally, emotionally, spiritually. I'm talking more from the inside out like decay, or something crumbling, or an out of control fire inside one's brain. I'm talking about experiencing the loss of God.
And for me, the loss of God is death.
I was mowing the lawn, savoring the scent of green. I was thinking about the roasted chicken with little red potatoes and hoping I'd remember to take them out of the oven when I got back inside the house. I was looking forward to traveling to Minneapolis over the weekend for my husband's soccer game.
Just an ordinary girl with an ordinary life.
But everything changed when I received the call. The darkest, blackest, ugliest call in the world. The call that made me recognize the Devil was real.
"Mike killed Kay. She is dead. Hurry. Hurry. Hurry."
At that moment, I died a thousand deaths. I wonder if that's what Shakespeare meant when he wrote:
To die—to sleep, No more; and, by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache of a thousand natural shocks.
I recall the phone dangling from my right hand. I had on a black tank top, no makeup, jean shorts, and a high pony tail. Why do I remember the stupid stuff? I fell to the tiled floor. I screamed out to a silent God.
"Help me. Help me. Help me. Please. Please. Please."
I wasn't thinking about my sister as much as I was thinking about myself. How could I move forward? Who could ever fill the massive void of her? Who would I talk to, tell my secrets to, go to Barnes & Noble with, spend my birthdays with? Who would love me as much as she did? I am less, less, less. I am gone.
The chicken burnt. We never made it to the soccer game. Like I said before, I died.
I know what it feels like to go insane. I know what it feels like to drown and not be able to swim to the surface. I had always read Sylvia Plath and now I had become her.
I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.
Nothing stays the same.
E v e r.
In one minute, we're here. In the next minute, we're gone. In one minute, our heart beats wildly from our chests, in the next minute, that same heart ceases to exist.
Nights are the hardest when your sister dies. Nights are insufferable when you're homesick, but then realize… you're already home.
After three years of madness, I met God again on the corner of 65th and Cody. The yellowed grass was already transforming into deep emerald and the sky was the color of Jamaica. The heat was strong that day, melting on skin like something familiar and beautiful—like a friend you meet after a long absence, but it doesn't matter a damn because you begin laughing and talking and catching up as if it were yesterday.
Sort of like that.
I remember two hands on my face, warm fingertips gently lifting an organza wedding veil for a kiss. I remember blood beginning to pump through veins. I remember rising, although I was standing still.
I was like, "Hey, I've missed you so much. Where have you been all this time?"
"Kim, I've never left you." A voice whispered. "I've always been here."
And I smiled.
—–Dear, Readers, do you feel gratitude every single day? If not, how can I help you? If you do, has this helped you rise up from the fire?
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California is under federal court orders to reduce prison overcrowding by 30,000-plus inmates by July 2013, so low-level prisoners could be sent to county jails, triggering an early release of jail inmates.
Brown to Sheriffs: Trust Me
Women inmates who are mothers, and have less than two years left on sentences for non-violent, non-sexual crimes could soon qualify for home releases with GPS monitoring.
But the state is only reimbursing the counties for half of what it spends on the prisoners and parolees.
That could create a financial crunch for the providers of ex-inmate housing, re-entry education and vocational training.
"I'm optimistic, but I'm also very conservative," said Scott Silverman, whose nonprofit Second Chance organization has found employment for nearly 2,000 former prison inmates in San Diego since its establishment in 1993.
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"I know we can't take more with less (funding)," he said. "We are also willing to take more if we get some" additional funding.
Multi-agency "community corrections partnerships" throughout the state are working to address that issue.
One such effort, the "Re-Entry Roundtable" in San Diego County, brings together law enforcement, parole and probation departments, social services and nonprofit organizations.
The mission is to give ex-offenders the skills to compete in an already desperate job market while putting the criminal 'strikes' against them in the past.
"We're going to try to handle as many people as we can, but our beds are full," said Silverman, whose agency participates in the roundtable.
"We're trying to start waiting lists now," he said. "But the problem is, people who are just getting out of incarceration are not going to wait around."
San Diego County figures to get about $25 million from the roughly $400 million that the Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation is allocating to local lockups and re-entry programs.
That statewide amount is scheduled to double next fiscal year and reach $1.2 billion the following fiscal year.
But nothing can be taken for granted in the California budget process.
Re-entry experts say the incarceration cycle can't be broken without education and vocational training -- which in recent years has been reduced to almost nonexistent levels.
And even with employment in the mix, it's still a real challenge.
"It really takes a change in their thinking, from the old criminal thinking to how does somebody on the outside just go to work every single day?" said Anita Paredes, a re-entry counselor for San Diego's Project New Start/Jobworks.
"It's quite a change sometimes," Paredes said. "You don't change a person overnight when it's taken them years to get where they're at."
That's where close-order, hands-on, community-based counseling comes in.
"We're going to help them become decent people with some honesty, integrity and accountability," said David Durocher, a Los Angeles-area representative of San Francisco-based Delancey Street Foundation. "So they don't make the same decisions that brought them to prison to begin with."
CORRECTION: An earlier verision of this story incorrectly stated that California prison inmates would be released as early as this week. The legislation goes into effect Oct. 1, and "no inmates currenty in state prison will be transferred to county jails or released early," according to the California Department of Corrections. More information on their website.
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'Pawn Stars' offer valuable business lessons
- The Pawn Stars family is good at what they do - buying low and selling high
- You can learn other lessons%2C too
- Working with family can be a blessing and a curse - at the same time
Q: My husband and I like to watch that History Channel show Pawn Stars. But I can't believe that some people would actually sell their valuables to these guys. Don't they know that you never get a good deal at a pawnshop? -- April
A: I like watching Pawn Stars too and am similarly amazed that someone would bring in, say, their 17th-century map and expect to get anything close to top dollar for it. But the show is always entertaining, and the items they buy are usually pretty interesting.
Beyond that, I think there is plenty to be gained from watching Rick Harrison, his dad Richard, the "old man", his son Corey, Big Hoss, and comic relief Chumlee (Austin Russell) do business. These guys know a thing or two about making a profit, and if you pay close attention, there is plenty to be learned from the highly rated show about how to successfully run a small business.
1. Buy low and sell high: This age-old maxim is on full display on Pawn Stars, and these guys are the best at it. Yet we never really see the "sell high" part on this show, and we don't have to, because they are so good at the "buy low" part.
I once represented an antiques dealer who worked about 20 hours a week in his shop. He made a great living, played basketball every afternoon, and took vacations all the time. "How do you do it, Johnny?" I once inquired. "It's all in the buying, Steve" he replied.
Johnny knew, just like the Pawn Stars guys, that you are almost assured of making a profit if you buy your product at the right price. Do that, and selling becomes the easy part.
2. Be willing to walk: The most interesting part of the show are the negotiations between the sellers and the shop. You will never see Rick & Co. make the first offer. They know that is the kiss of death in a negotiation.
Second, they know what an item is worth -- or if they don't, they find out -- and thus they know how much they need to buy it for to make a profit. So they will start their part of any negotiation at a price near where they want to end up, but with some wiggle room left.
The negotiations almost always go somethting like this: The seller makes an offer, Rick counters, and the sellers cave in, almost every time, and by shocking amounts.
Seller: "I want $500 for these baseball cards."
Rick: "Sorry amigo, the best I can do is offer you $150."
Then, instead of coming back at, say, $450, the seller usually says something like, "Can you do $200?"
Never, never negotiate like this. Come down slowly, incrementally. Never chop your offer in half. When you do, two things happen:
• The buyer knows you can be had.
• You lose all leverage.
The leverage you have in any negotiation is your willingness to walk away -- to not do the deal. If you want to see Rick Harrison sweat, take your vintage Colt .45 into the shop, know what it is worth, offer a fair price, and then be willing to walk away when you are offered half the value for your treasure.
3. Be careful when working with family: The Harrison family clearly likes working together, but you can bet there are behind-the-scenes fireworks we never see. Such is the case with any family-run business. The challenge when working with loved ones is that it is pretty tough to fire them when things don't work out.
Here is how Rick Harrison put it in an interview with Inc.: "The best part of my business is working with my family, and the worst part of my business is working with my family. There's a lot of ground rules that have got to be set before you start, and everyone's got to agree to them. If one person's putting in a lot more work than the other person and that one person wants more money because of it, that could cause problems in a family-run business."
So, enjoy Pawn Stars, just don't become so enamored or star struck that you let Rick buy your valuables for pennies on the dollar.
Today's Tip: What did small businesses hit by Hurricane Sandy learn from their experience? According to a recent survey, "The Hartford Small Business Pulse: Storm Sandy," owners suggest that their fellow small business owners review their property insurance coverage, invest in a generator, create a backup of important records and develop a business continuity plan. All good advice.
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Panasonic Details Upcoming Lumix G3
Panasonic has just unveiled the most recent addition to its Lumix G Series of Compact Systems Cameras, the Lumix DMC-G3.
An interchangeable lens camera with Panasonic's (and Olympus') Micro Four Thirds lens mount and sensor standards, the G3 will adopt a form factor similar to that of DSLRs, but will sport a smaller footprint. In fact, the G3 will be closer to the size of the GF rangefinder model and will be Panasonic's most compact digital interchangeable lens camera with a viewfinder.
Darin Pepple, Panasonic's senior product manager, explained that the DSLR form factor is a design choice that carries certain benefits, but generally appeals to what he admits is a minority of the populace.
"It's usually the older group that wants this, maybe about 20% of our customers," he said of the form factor. "But those are the people who are looking for traditional features, like how it feels it the hand and easier use in bright light because of the [live] viewfinder." Aside from the shape and 1.44m-dot viewfinder, the DSLR-like experience of the G3 also provides users with an external — albeit simplified, in this case — mode dial that offers quick access to common modes like program, shutter and aperture priority, and manual control.
With the G3, as with all Micro Four Thirds cameras, there is no mirror box inside, which, in addition to reducing the size of the camera itself, allows the lenses to be smaller since they can be closer to the sensor. The sensor is bigger than what is found in a point-and-shoot camera, but still smaller than what's found in a DSLR.
The 16-megapixel MOS sensor will offer high quality images with improved low-light shots and better depth of field, but the G3 will still operate with the user-friendliness of a point-and-shoot, which is part of what sets it apart from the competition.
"What makes these cameras different is their functionality and how you relate to them," said Pepple.
Pepple explained that for the average camera user, switching from automatic shooting to manual control can be "a big jump," so Panasonic created a setting that falls somewhere between the two. The G3 features the new Intelligent Auto Plus setting (an enhanced version of Panasonic's token Intelligent Auto), which allows users some freedom in adjusting certain photo elements while still maintaining a certain level of automatic control.
"It's like a Point and Shoot world with just a little bit of manual control," Pepple said of Intelligent Auto Plus. With this updated system, users can make on-the-fly adjustments to certain factors like zoom, focus, white balance, and exposure just by using the G3's 3.0-inch, rotatable touchscreen. For instance, adjustments to facets like white balance or exposure are handled with a slider on the touchscreen, requiring only the swipe of a finger to change them. Meanwhile, tapping an object on-screen will cause the camera to zoom in on it or shift focus priority to said object.
"You don't have to think about it," said Pepple. "It just does it."
The G3's power isn't just limited to its photos, either; it's capable of shooting 1920 x 1080 full-HD video with stereo sound. Users can quickly shoot video without having to change modes, thanks to a dedicated video button, and can choose to record in either MPEG or AVCHD video formats.
Other features include a built-in flash, a hotshoe for accessories, a rearranged button scheme, and a Creative Control mode, which lets users take photos with certain visuals effects such as Retro, High Key, Sepia, and High Dynamic.
Pricing and availability
The Lumix G3 will ship with the 14-42mm zoom lens and will come in a variety of colors, including black, brown, red, and white. It will be available in June for a suggested retail price of $699.99.


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Keith Luke was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the racially-motivated murders of a 20-year-old woman and a 72-year-old man in Brockton five years ago.
BROCKTON – Councilor-at-large Moises Rodrigues didn't mince his words when he learned Monday that convicted double murderer Keith Luke had killed himself in prison.
Luke, 28, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, was convicted last May of killing two people and raping and shooting a third in a hate-filled rampage in Brockton in 2009. All three victims were of Cape Verdean descent.
"I think the world is a better place without Keith Luke in it," said Rodrigues, who is the first Cape Verdean to serve on the City Council. "He is someone that doesn't deserve to live, someone that caused so much harm and so much anguish to a community, to a city. I think the world is a better place today without him."
Luke was pronounced dead at 12:10 p.m. Monday at the University of Massachusetts Hospital in Worcester, said Darren Duarte, a Department of Correction spokesman.
Luke had been on life support since arriving at the hospital on Saturday, Duarte said. Correction officers found Luke unresponsive in his cell at the Souza-Baranowski Center in Shirley about 1 p.m. Saturday, he said.
Officials would not disclose how Luke died, however a source told The Enterprise that Luke committed suicide.
Luke had attempted suicide in jail at least three other times and carved a swastika into his forehead with a small staple.
In April 2010, Luke was found bleeding from a self-inflicted throat wound in a failed suicide attempt at the Plymouth County jail. He later underwent surgery at a Boston hospital.
In two earlier attempts, Luke feigned taking his medication, stockpiled the pills and then tried to kill himself by overdosing in his cell.
Luke had been serving two consecutive life sentences for the racially-motivated murders of Selma Goncalves, 20, and Arlindo Goncalves, 72, who are not related, and in raping and shooting a third victim on Jan. 21, 2009. He later confessed to police that he committed the crimes.
Luke told police that his rampage began on Clinton Street, where he shot his three victims, two of them fatally. He was later arrested at North Quincy and Court streets after his shootout with police.
Mayor Bill Carpenter said Luke "terrorized" Brockton that day.
"He terrorized the entire city," Carpenter said after learning of Luke's death. "The acts that were committed by him were the most horrific you could possibly imagine."
Carpenter said his thoughts are with the victims and their families.
"Perhaps today they'll find some closure," the mayor said.
Last May, Luke's surviving victim stood before a packed Brockton courtroom and stared at Luke, after he was found guilty of a murderous rampage that nearly killed her.
She called Luke – the man who raped and shot her and left her for dead – an "evil monster."
"There are no words to describe the evil monster that destroyed the lives of so many innocent people," the woman, whose name is not being released because she was the victim of a sexual assault, said at the time.
When informed about Luke's death on Monday, Brockton police Lt. John Crowley, who had responded to the shooting scenes in 2009, said he wasn't surprised.
"It's not surprising," Crowley said. "His pattern of behavior led you to believe that this was how he was going to end things."
Crowley was among officers who responded to Clinton Street after the murders.
"It was a gruesome scene," he said. "The damage he did that day is unforgettable."
Court officials said they began to plan extra security measures for Luke's trial in 2010, after Luke tried to kill a psychiatrist, who is Jewish, during a mental evaluation at a Plymouth jail. Luke had planned to end his 2009 rampage by killing bingo players at a synagogue.
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Bonnie Van Dam knew when she was a high school student in Morenci that she was destined to work with animals when she grew up. She just wasn't clear about the species.
"I actually wanted to become a marine biologist when I was in high school," she said. "I was crazy about whales and dolphins."
Not too many years passed before she traded fins for feathers. It happened when she got to know some penguins.
After Bonnie earned a zoology degree at Michigan State University, she was hired by the Nature Conservancy to do research for the Michigan Natural Features Inventory—a survey of native plants and animals where data is collected by traveling into woods, along the shoreline, across fields, etc.
Bonnie learned something important from that internship—she realized she wasn't cut out for research in the field. She found a posting for a job opening at a zoo and thought that might be more to her liking.
She started working with the Detroit Zoological Society in 1994 and it was a good fit. She's been there ever since.
Within two years, Bonnie was working as a senior zookeeper in the bird department. She worked primarily with the zoo's penguins for five years.
Her work didn't revolve around penguins entirely. Vultures, flamingos, storks, cranes, spoonbills—she's become well acquainted with them all.
Along the way, Bonnie initiated the zoo's artificial incubation and hand-rearing program. She's had success with a variety of species ranging from hummingbirds to the Ruppell's griffon—a vulture native to Africa.
In 2001, Bonnie was promoted to head zookeeper of the bird department and in 2006 she took another step upward, this time as associate curator of birds.
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"We live in a culture in which text and images are constantly blended together in different combinations," says Ben Katchor, a master of the illustrated narrative medium who teaches in the Illustration program. "Artists today find it exciting to be the 'director' of the whole production. Writers are not willing to sit on their hands and wait for their work to be illustrated. They want to be involved in all aspects of the creative process and not feel they are part of an assembly line."
Katchor's course offerings are typically open to all students at The New School. Anthropologists might take Picture Story Workshop as a way of sharpening their observational skills, while artists might take the same course to fine-tune their sense of narrative. In Jazz and Animation Collaborative, composers work with animators and illustrators to create 15-minute musical pieces with visual accompaniment. "Parsons is an art school within a university, and this is a great advantage to the students," explains Katchor. "It makes them aware of their relation to the rest of the culture, so their work doesn't run the risk of becoming too self-referential. In the real world, picture makers work with composers. Someone who is interested in urban design might connect with an illustrator. These kinds of collaborations happen all the time at Parsons, and it's a truer reflection of the professional world."


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"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" author coming to UH Manoa for Distinguished Lecture Series
Alexander McCall Smith schedules two public lecturesUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
UH Manoa English Department
Internationally acclaimed popular author Alexander McCall Smith is the next presenter in the UH Manoa Distinguished Lecture Series. McCall Smith has written more than 50 books, but is best known for his "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series of books that have become worldwide best sellers with more than 40 million copies in print in the U.S. alone.
The series has received several prizes and has recently been optioned for a feature film. His recent book, "The Sunday Philosophy Club," became an instant best seller when it was published in 2004.
McCall Smith is a native of what is now known as Zimbabwe. He was educated there and in Scotland, where he is now a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh.
UH Manoa Distinguished Lecture Series
Campus Center Ballroom — Free and open to the public
Thursday, March 23 — 7:00 p.m.
Alexander McCall Smith — On Being a Serial Novelist
Friday, March 24 — 7:00 p.m.
An Evening with Alexander McCall Smith:
A Reading and Conversation
Following his presentations, McCall Smith will be autographing books, offered for sale through of the University of Hawaiʻi Bookstore.
Coming next year!
Science and scientists will be in the spotlight at next year's Distinguished Lecture Series. The lineup of presenters for the academic year 2006-2007 has now been finalized. They are:
CRAIG VENTER (J. Craig Venter Institute), entrepreneur, geneticist who pioneered an alternative method for sequencing the human genome, currently researching the "ocean genome"
RICHARD DAWKINS (Oxford), evolutionary biologist, author of "The Selfish Gene" and other books.
RICHARD ALLEY (Pennsylvania State University), paleoclimatologist, expert in climate change, author of "The Two-Mile Time Machine."
For more information, visit: http://www.manoa.hawaii.edu/dls


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While so many parts of the lower 48 are having a colder than 'normal' winter most of Alaska has been basking in temperatures that resemble fall more than winter!
In Bristol Bay much of the area remains less than fully frozen, causing many to be watchful. Other areas of the state share many of the same concerns.
The winter activities so many of us not only enjoy but count on cannot happen with these many days above freezing temperatures. Our rivers are not fully frozen over, the creeks are dangerously open in many places and lakes still have only a thin coat of ice.
Travel to accomplish things like setting and checking winter trap lines, a source of income for some and hunting for winter meat are hampered. For those who do ice fishing, it is very dangerous without a nice thick layer of ice.
Being able to visit with others, important to so many in the winter, has been slowed to include the only more expensive methods, such as using an airline. If this keeps up many winter festivals will have to be rearranged and different activities thought of.
Without a nice layer of snow to insulate things the frost level will go deeper into the soil, causing more winter loss on such things as native berries, trees and of course all those beautiful peonies our state is becoming well known for.
Wildlife surveys that are accomplished during the winter months have been put on hold too, waiting for a good snow covering so tracking is easier.
While these warmer temperatures are nice in that we are not using up our winter budget as quickly on heating fuel, it does make most wonder if that will be offset by some really long, cold snap later this winter. The lack of wind, that often comes with winter weather, or even strong sun is cutting into the renewable energy output for some communities.
For those of us who either farm or garden it has allowed for more fresh winter produce to survive than might normally be possible. (this news has traveled around the state with much excitement!) Many of us are also seeing our chickens continue to lay eggs at a higher level, due to less feed needed to just stay warm.
Long term forecasts call for this weather pattern to continue into late summer of 2015. We could well move into still another summer of almost 'hot' weather, more forest fires, lots of bugs and winters that leave us wondering if this is going to be more the norm than not.
So for those in the Lower 48 that are dealing with still another winter of tough temperatures and travel conditions, know many are wishing the weather pattern would send the snow and icy temperatures north again!
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Units are no longer the poor cousins of the real estate market.
Now's the time to buy a house in WA: Billionaire Kerry Stokes stakes reputation on perfect property market conditions
Billionaire Kerry Stokes has added his weight to the view that conditions are ideal for entering the housing market, staking his reputation on now being the best time to take...
Affordability fears as land prices hit all-time high
Residential land prices have soared to new highs across capital cities, compounding Australia's housing affordability problem.
Census data shows apartment living up
MORE Australians are taking up apartment living according to Census data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
5 Reasons Apartment Living is Awesome
Living in an apartment or unit instead of a house has its perks.
Bust to boom for Perth property prices
WA Property markets could go from the nation's worst to its best-performed over the next two years as buyers regain confidence in the State and go cold on the rest...
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Brand new beachside apartment ready to move in!
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What does it mean by a buyer's market? Everyone is talking about Perth being a buyer's market and that is because the prices have dropped to a point where they...
The Suburban Dream Gets a Modern Reinvention
Enticed by affordable prices and the promise of an easy maintenance lifestyle, home-hunters are flocking to Perth's outer ring areas to snap up apartments off-the-plan.
Case Study: A new lease on life for Sylvia
Successful home-hunter Sylvia Ellison, 71, is looking forward to starting a new chapter in her life, when construction of her new apartment is completed later next year.
First residents prepare to move into sold out Tribeca South development
Aspiring home-owners in Western Australia have shown a keen appetite for apartments at the Tribeca South development at The Springs Rivervale, snapping up all 72 residences off the plan within...
Tribeca South Completion Event
On Saturday 9th April 2016, we opened the doors at Tribeca South and welcomed a select number of excited purchasers and guests to experience why this project sold out in...
BGC Development goes live on Instagram
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Buying an apartment off the plan can be a daunting prospect if you can't see, touch or walk through your prospective purchase, but BGC Development came up with a solution...
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Galaxy Receive Allocation Money in Exchange for 2010 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year
CARSON, Calif. (Monday, November 28, 2011) – The LA Galaxy announced today that the club has traded goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts to Montreal Impact in exchange for allocation money.
One of Galaxy Head Coach and General Manager Bruce Arena's first signings, Ricketts was acquired on December 23, 2008. In three seasons in Los Angeles, he played and started 70 games, logged 6,168 minutes and recorded 27 shutouts, including a club-record 11 in 2010 when he was voted MLS Goalkeeper of the Year.
The Jamaican international was a major factor in the Galaxy's defensive improvement over the past three seasons, helping turn a club that gave up a league-high 62 goals in 2008 into one of the best regarded defenses in MLS. A two-time MLS All-Star in 2009 and 2010, Ricketts also helped the Galaxy reach MLS Cup twice, in 2009, when the club lost to Real Salt Lake in penalty kicks, and 2011, when it beat the Houston Dynamo 1-0 to win their first league-title since 2005.
Ricketts, 34, made his MLS debut on April 11, 2009 against Chivas USA. The 6-foot-4 Ricketts had an immediate impact. He made five saves, recorded his first shutout and was named MLS Player of the Week. Ricketts, who was named a finalist for the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award, played in 26 of the club's 30 games that season and finished the year with nine shutouts. He also helped the Galaxy return to the playoffs and MLS Cup after a five-year absence.
In 2010, Ricketts had his finest season in MLS. He played in 29 of the club's 30 regular season games, set a club record with 0.90 goals against average, tied a club record with 11 shutouts, was a member of league's Best XI and was named MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. Ricketts, who was in goal for all three of the Galaxy's playoff games, also helped the team set a new club-record for fewest goals allowed in season with 26. The Galaxy finished that year with the best regular season record in MLS, winning the Supporters Shield for the first time 2002.
This season, Ricketts, hampered by various injuries and National Team call ups, only played in 15 of the club's 34 games. In those 15 games, Ricketts did record seven shutouts and had a goals against average of 0.77.
Originally included on the Galaxy's post-season tour travel roster, Ricketts did not travel to Jakarta and will not be participating in any of games in the Asia Pacific Tour 2011, presented by Herbalife.
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- 1. Payson School Board Meeting: The Beyond Textbooks "Con"
If you read Michele Nelson's Payson Round-up article Common Core Prompts Textbook Worries about this June 8 meeting, you will have very little idea of what really happened. My article which follows focuses on the board's adoption of Beyond Textbooks. There were two other issues that deserve some truth. 1) The board decided to dump old textbooks (titles unknown), and 2) Board member Sheila Deschaaf wasn't amused by a very deceptive agenda item, causing the board to delay a more thorough discussion before voting to approve "Restarting the Payson Arizona Online Instruction (AOI)." Unfortunately, there just isn't enough time in the day for me to cover all of the "spin" coming from PUSD's top officials.Click here to read more
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My parents have the same lounge suite they bought in 1975. (Chintzy, ordinary, with an antimacassar over the back of one chair to protect it from Dad's Brylcreem). We lived in a house with one bathroom with a shower with dribbly water pressure and a kitchen with Formica benchtops. It was a small, plain, brick house with a nice garden full of roses. By today's standards it looked like a state house.
I am telling you this, not as an interior decor sob story, but because the way we think about houses has gone ridiculously wonky. Among the chattering classes our expectations about housing are grotesquely inflated. Our houses have got bigger and bigger and more ostentatious until it is considered unremarkable to have a house where you need a ride-on vacuum cleaner.
This is not normal. Since when was it considered a reasonable aim for most middle class people to have a house as glamorous and sterile as a five-star hotel? I want to start a slow housing movement. Our manifesto would eschew designer toilets, statement light fittings and brushed aluminium German appliances. We would not dream of $500 cushions. Houses would just be ordinary and a place to live, rather than a temple to our self-actualisation or a reflection of our identity and worth as a person.
We would also ban the "staging" industry - the stylists who think it feasible for a family to live as though they were in a music video, in a white space with wafty gauzy curtains and 20 identical glass vases, each containing one gerbera. Instead, we would welcome clutter and books and toys and would not strive to make our houses look like they have been art-directed.
Oh, I can already hear you saying, "Steady on possum; if you don't like extravagant houses, just forget about 'em and leave it to the poseurs with polo necks and wacky glasses frames." But it's not that simple. This fetish for designer living has become pervasive and hard to opt out of.
The obligatory proviso here: I am talking about the aspirational middle class. I realise many people struggle to find somewhere to live without worrying about slate splashbacks in the kitchen. But I imagine besieged workers feel even more disenfranchised when they see real estate "house porn" giving them the impression everyone else has Eames chairs.
In the fashion world there's been a campaign for glossy magazines to have to declare when they have photoshopped pictures of young girls. We need something similar for house porn, which cons people with totally non-viable ideas about their dwellings.
Do many people feel secretly dissatisfied and inadequate because their house looks nothing like the glossy brochures? Who really has a grand piano? (I suspect the same grand piano is trotted around from house to house by stagers).
But I think house porn is alienating and destructive on a more profound level. Most people don't go to church these days, but it seems to be accepted that you are a more virtuous person if you live in a brutally decluttered house with a mountain of silk scatter cushions.
This gives most people the unhelpful notion they are deprived and failing because their houses are full of ordinary items they acquired higgledy-piggledy because they needed something, a table say, to put things on rather than as a statement of zen-like personal clarity.
I also wonder whether these huge houses - house narcissism - is getting in the way of making healthy bonds with each other and forming communities. Rattling around in your austere, shiny kitchen admiring your splashback is not conducive to connecting to others and nurturing empathy. Mainly because you are being sucked in. It's a con. Most people are not living wafty, idyllic lives in their designer dream homes with ecru paint and ensuites. Like all of us, they are just struggling to function and get by, day to day, with the messy, tricky business of living. Don't forget it.


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Did you know that you can submit a request to Family Search for Photo Duplication service of one of their indexed databases for a found indexed record?
Stanczyk did not know either. Then I read: "How to order an indexed document from Family Search" by Selma Blackmon . At any rate, you can follow her steps to submit a request. I was able to utilize the info she wrote and submit a request (I am waiting for my emailed document, but I will update my readers when I get the result). Now you only get an email with an attachment of the image for the indexed record, which you request.
I'll save you a few steps by putting the link below (so you do not have to search for it)
- You need an account [they are free]. Go to FamilySearc.org and click on "Join For Free" to register.
- After you have registered and you login to your new account, go to: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Photoduplication_Services
- Lookup your indexed record. In Stanczyk's case I chose the database: "Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952,"
- Notice that is only an index without any images. So I wanted to order the image of the death certificate I was interested in.
- I searched on "Elyasz" to get the info for Stanley M. Elyasz in order to submit the request
- I read the instruction from the above Photoduplication Services web page.
- I clicked on the green button, "Photoduplication Request Form"
- I filled in ALL fields with the info from the index result page of Stanley M. Elyasz and used that info
- Click on Submit
If you filled in ALL fields then you get the result I did in the picture at the top of this article. But you must fill in all fields or it will sit there as if it ignored your request — sadly no error message indicated I needed to fill in ALL fields.
The cost for an email of the document: $0.00. Most genealogists have an account to search the online images in the many databases that Family Search has published. But if not, then this Photoduplication Service should give you the impetus to register for an account.
PRICELESS! Thank you Family Search.org for providing this valuable service and Selma Blackmon for writing about it.
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Original musical adaptation of classic fairy tale is heavy on audience participation and interactivity
This year has marked the close of the 52nd consecutive season of the Santa Monica Playhouse, a community theater institution that has proven itself to be a generational affair of creative hearts. Cast members double as Set and Lighting Designers, play multiple roles and even serve as ushers to each and every audience member as they enter the Main Stage Theater. "Cinderella" is written and directed by Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie, with Costume Design by Ashley Hayes and Creature FX by The Attic Room.
The entire cast is spectacular and the audience is asked often to participate throughout the roughly hour-long production. James Cooper (who also did Set Lighting and Design for the show), "graduated" to the role of the ale-loving King Osgood, having played Prince Asgood (Garett Stevens in this production) in a previous decade's run. Cynde Moore (in the double role of the Stepmother Arabella and the Fairy Godmother) also "graduated" from the Cinderella lead (Serena Dolinsky in this run). Stepsisters Prunella (Betsey Albert) and Grisella (Juliet Ladines) have wonderful comic timing and chemistry. Audience tip: if your own little Cinderella comes dressed in her costume and you have a seat in the first few rows, she may even get a chance to try on the slipper in the final act!
"Cinderella" has its extended run at the Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage theater, 1211 4th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 from January 12th through March 24th, 2013 with show times at 12:30pm on Saturdays and 3pm on Sundays. Tickets are $12.50 ($10 for children under 12), and can be reserved by calling (310) 394-9779 extension 1. For more information go to: the official Santa Monica Playhouse website.
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Copyright: 2014
Grade(s): 9 - 10
Delivery Method: Blended (Print & Digital)
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Operating System: Android, iOS, Windows, Chrome OS, Mac OS
A science as exciting, adaptive, and challenging as biology can't be reenacted in an ordinary textbook. It needs a bold, fearless approach—one that puts the power of new ways of thinking directly into the hands of you and your students. Miller & Levine Biology allows you to communicate your love of science to your students in a way that will engage them and offer support for every type of learner.


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Two Christian campaigners from Manchester have begun a 2-week protest camp outside the Houses of Parliament to call on MPs to help change UK policies that are making refused asylum seekers destitute.
Ben Gibbs says, "We are deeply concerned about the destitution suffered by thousands of refused asylum seekers who are denied support or the right to work in the UK, but are unable to return to unsafe home countries. The way that refused asylum seekers are being treated in this country is disgusting. Our government is basically trying to starve people into submission and force them out of the country when they're terrified of returning home."
The protest is in support of the Still Human Still Here campaign, a coalition of refugee agencies, human rights organisations and church groups campaigning to end destitution for refused asylum seekers until they are granted leave to remain in the UK or can return home safely.
Ben Gilchrist adds" "The policy of deliberate destitution is both inhumane and ineffective. Our aim is to convince MPs of the need for policy changes to stop such destitution. We want to help change minds in Westminster, and help raise awareness of this vital issue. People need to know the truth about what's happening. If people can't return home, they should be given the means to live until they are either able to return safely, or granted leave to remain here."
Web designer Ben Gibbs has set up a website, www.asylumstories.co.uk, to document the real-life stories of asylum seekers talking about their experiences of the system and a blog for the protest at http://asylumstories.co.uk/protest/. The two Ben's are arranging to meet their MPs while camping outside Parliament and other MPs concerned about the issue. They are also inviting supporters to come and pray and campaign with them during their stay.
They will be surviving on the contents of a Red Cross Food Parcel while protesting as refused asylum seekers get no food or money to buy food and often their only source of food are Destitution Projects facilitated through the goodwill and charity of faith and community groups working together with the British Red Cross who provide a basic food parcel each week. Ben and Ben have been inspired in this by the Boaz Trust a Christian project working with Destitute Asylum Seekers in Manchester and have previously issued this action as an Endurance Challenge to encourage people to live the life of a refused asylum seeker for one week, in order to give people just a small insight into how these people experience poverty in the UK.
Ben Gibbs explains: "Some of the stories I have heard from asylum seekers are deeply upsetting - people are desperate and some are profoundly depressed. It has certainly confirmed for me just why we are fighting this campaign: using destitution to starve people into returning to an unsafe home country is inhumane. It is to our shame that people are deliberately made hungry and homeless in a prosperous country like the UK. I was amazed at how dignified and good-humoured the people I met were, even in this abject poverty."


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Gresham is the fourth largest city within the state of Oregon, with a population just under 100,000. It's the home of an annual Jazz Festival. It is in the metropolitan area of Portland and is generally considered a suburb of that city.
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Portland International Airport (IATA: PDX) [5] is located approximately 13 miles from Gresham. PDX is the largest airport located in the state of Oregon. Portland International Airports provides airline services through many companies.
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There is a local light rail train known as MAX [6]. It runs through the center of Gresham and takes you through one of several possible locations. MAX extends its services from Gresham to Portland City Center and then off to Beaverton and finally Hillsboro. There is also a separate MAX line that goes to Portland International Airport and a third line that runs to the Expo Center. This is a great way to get around due to the heavy traffic on local freeways. When you travel From Lloyd Center to Galleria/SW 10th Ave there is no fare. Tri-Met fares are determined by the number of zones you plan on riding through. An all zones ticket will run $1.95. The MAX is a good way to get around and its ride is relatively pleasant.
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The Mt. Hood Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival held each August in Historic Downtown Gresham, Oregon at 200 NE Hood Avenue. The festival is produced by the Gresham/Mt. Hood Jazz Association (GMHJA) which is a non-profit, public benefit corporation whose goal is to "promote the appreciation of jazz as a unique American art form." The Mt. Hood Jazz Festival is the signature production of the Association, which produces other jazz performances and workshops year round.
The first festival was first held in 1982 and has run 26 consecutive years. The festival has featured guests such as: Sonny Rollins, Dave Brubeck, Tito Puente and B. B. King. For a detailed list of musicians who have appeared at the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival since 1982 visit the official Web site at www.mthoodjazz.org.
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Error keeps ninth alive, sets up O's winner
Rare Kawasaki miscue gives Orioles opener, spoils Happ's start
BALTIMORE -- The lack of execution on defense continues to be a problem that is haunting the Blue Jays during the early stages of the 2013 season.
Just two days after a mix-up at third base cost Toronto a shot at defeating the Yankees, it was another infield miscue that had the Blue Jays walking off the field with their heads hung low.
This time it was normally reliable shortstop Munenori Kawasaki, who committed a throwing error in the bottom of the ninth, which led to the Blue Jays' 2-1 loss against the Orioles on Monday night at Camden Yards.
"I was in a hurry and should have thrown the ball more cautiously," Kawasaki said through an interpreter at Kyodo News. "This is all my mistake."
Kawasaki fielded the ball cleanly, but bounced his throw to first base, and Edwin Encarnacion was unable to come up with the tough pick in the dirt.
Nick Markakis immediately made Kawasaki pay for the mistake. He sent an 0-2 fastball from Aaron Loup into left field to drive in the game-winning run as the Blue Jays lost for the third time in their past four contests, this time via a walk-off.
"He's a tough lefty," Markakis said of Loup. "I got to two strikes, I was in battle mode then, just looking for a pitch anywhere around the zone, don't try to over-swing, just put the ball in play. If it goes through the hole, it does. If I'm out, I'm out. I just wanted to give myself a chance to put the ball in play and it worked out."
Kawasaki was more than willing to assume responsibility for the loss, but manager John Gibbons was quick to defend his shortstop. It was an understandable reaction, considering Kawasaki has exceeded expectations since he was promoted from Triple-A Buffalo earlier this month.
The original plan was to use Kawasaki as a short-term replacement for the injured Jose Reyes until the Blue Jays could find another option from outside the organization. But that line of thinking changed when Kawasaki proved capable in the field, while also getting on base more than anticipated.
All of a sudden, Kawasaki became the primary option up the middle, and Gibbons wasn't about to turn his back on a player who spent the past two weeks earning high praise from within the organization.
"Let me tell you something, he has been playing his [butt] off," Gibbons told a group of reporters. "To hang that on him, wrong. You win as a team and you lose as a team. I'm not about to [blame him]."
Kawasaki doesn't possess a strong throwing arm, but has made up for it with a quick release and reliable accuracy. He hadn't made an error in 47 career games at shortstop entering Monday, but the timing of his first one couldn't have come at a worse time for the Blue Jays.
Loup was in a jam in the ninth inning of a tie ballgame with runners on first and second when he induced a ground ball, which should have resulted in the final out.
J.A. Happ gave the Blue Jays everything they could have hoped for during his fourth start of the season. Toronto's No. 5 starter allowed a hit to begin the game, but didn't surrender another until an infield single by Alexi Casilla in the fifth.
Happ retired 10 consecutive batters at one point and had little difficulty with a powerful Orioles lineup until the sixth inning. Baltimore opened that frame with a pair of singles, which almost resulted in outs as Brett Lawrie and Colby Rasmus just missed making spectacular diving catches.
Instead of a two-out, nobody-on situation, Baltimore had the makings of a rally, and both runners advanced when catcher J.P. Arencibia was unable to catch a fastball that bounced off his glove and to the backstop. Orioles first baseman Chris Davis followed with a sacrifice fly to score the only run against Happ, who struck out six over six-plus strong innings of work.
"We just crossed up, that's going to happen," Happ said of the pitch that got away from Arencibia. "But I stayed away from the big part of the barrel for the most part tonight, which is good.
"They got a couple of those hits to the other field, and then was a tough situation -- second and third with no outs -- but I was glad to get out of there with minimum damage, I guess."
Happ deserved a better fate, but took a no-decision after Chris Tillman matched him nearly pitch-for-pitch. Baltimore's right-hander allowed just one hit through six innings before Toronto put together a rally in the seventh.
With one on and two out, Arencibia fought off a tough two-strike pitch and snuck it through the right side of the infield to put Encarnacion in scoring position. Rasmus then came through with a two-strike single to right, tying the game at 1.
Tillman, who entered the game having allowed 11 runs in 14 innings this season, exited after Rasmus' at-bat. He was charged with one run on four hits, striking out three in what can easily be described as his best start of the year.
The focus after Monday's loss will likely be on the defense, but the offense struggled just as much. The Blue Jays have been held to three runs or less 12 times this year and have yet to find a consistent rhythm at the plate.
"Sooner or later, we'll start getting those balls to fall in, and it will be us doing that, getting that big run and stuff like that," Happ said. "You have to have confidence in that, trust that that's going to happen."


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A new water slide adds speed and maneuvers inspired by extreme sports to Aquatica, SeaWorld's water park.
Omaka Rocka, the first expansion to the park since it opened two years ago, is designed to send riders through half-pipe action typically reserved for skateboarders and snowboarders. But don't be alarmed, you won't achieve the kind of airtime that Olympian Shaun White pulls off, and it all happens so quickly, there's no time to attempt one of White's famed Double McTwist 1260s.
But you will get wet-wet-wet — and maybe a mouthful of water to boot.
Omaka Rocka was constructed near the wave pools, and it shares a loading tower with Whanau Way. Those two water rides are so intertwined that it's hard for landlubbers to distinguish which ride is which. The architecture of the new attraction helps it stand out with three giant funnels attached to each of its two slides. It's a cornucopia effect.
Each funnel has netting over its opening, thus ending any aerial/lethal opportunity. It's nearly impossible to see what's going on from the ground, and even when preparing for take-off from the tower, it's unclear what's about to happen.
Right out of the chute, riders hit a little bump that propels them into the first funnel, which sloshes riders around the tube and usually disorients and turns them around, quickly sending them down the tubes — but no longer facing forward.
The stretches between funnels move along at a faster pace than most of the other Aquatica rides. There's an open-air feel that I didn't fully appreciate until my second ride-through. The side-to-side motions create a pretty intense splash factor. Water comes from all directions.
After the third funnel, the ride ends with an extended corkscrew portion that builds speed. This is the darkest part of Omaka Rocka, but, refreshingly, it's not pitch black like other Aquatica attractions such as its signature Dolphin Plunge or Walhalla Wave raft ride.
The splashdown is not too harrowing, and the landing pool is reasonably shallow and easy to exit. More alarming was what appeared to be the color of the water, which I choose to call "Radioactive Gatorade" rather than "Body Fluid." Upon closer inspection, that yellowish hue was created by the flooring, not the water. (Note that the water immediately at the end of the slide is the usual lovely blue, and there's a distinct line where it changes.)
It's disappointing that you can't see the action from the ground. If the sun is just right, you can see shadows of the riders through the chutes. They look like passing stingrays, but I think that's a happy theming accident.
The original announcement of Omaka Rocka indicated it would be a two-person float, but it has opened as a single-rider only. (Riders must be 48 inches tall, and unlike other Aquatica rides, even using a life vest doesn't gain entry to those not tall enough.)
Overall, the ride is flustering in a fun way, if not super-frightening. You don't hear screams, even from those megaphone-like funnels.
Cabana cash
Meanwhile, on dry land, Aquatica has added more private cabanas for rent. New on the scene are "premium" and "ultimate" cabanas, which are tucked away on a private "island" between the two wave pools.
Amenties include soft drinks, towels, lockable storage, ceiling fan, upgraded furniture, etc., but at a price. I gulped hard at the thought of paying $599.99 for the ultimate one, which is allowed to have only six occupants. The ultimate is about 500 square feet and includes two 10x10 foot tents, a separate dining table and a variety of seating choices.
Pricing for the less elaborate premium cabanas is seasonal and begins at $174.99 per day.
"We're actually selling out before we open," says Bryan Nadeau, Aquatica's director of operations. The current cabana lineup is 17 general, six poolview, two premium and one ultimate.
OK, so maybe ultimate isn't aimed at my cheapskate demographic. On the other end of the add-on scale is a reservation for two lounge chairs and one umbrella set on a slice of sand inside Roa's Rapids (a.k.a. the crazy river). There are 24 of those sets, and they go for $20. After arriving midday last week and having to scout for an empty spot among the masses, I will consider that in the future.
Reservations are recommended and available at aquaticabyseaworld.com or 800-327-2424. (Ultimate-cabana reservations must be made via phone.)
A new water slide adds speed and maneuvers inspired by extreme sports to Aquatica, SeaWorld's water park.


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We have a Klub run every week on Tuesdays, gathering after 7pm and starting at 7.15pm. We usually meet at a pub, so have a drink afterwards, or just come for a drink and a chat. The run usually lasts an hour or so. We try to go off road as much, whatever time of year, so it's advisable to being a headtorch in the winter. In the summer we try to vary the location as much as possible, including places as far afield as the Mendips and Cotswolds. Although we do have some fast runners in our group we always run as a group and make sure that no-one gets left behind.
So if you fancy running on a Tuesday evening, please come along. If you want any more information (or just need persuading!) you can always give me a ring on 07968 799940.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
...or going.
I am infatuated with these miniature strawberry mice and am currently designing a project to go along with them. The mice are quick and easy to make and best of all, you can't have just one. Before you know it, you'll be building yourself a whole colony. I'm pretty sure of it.
I did want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your encouraging comments and emails. I'm always taken aback by your generous and kind words. I will be back as soon as I tend to a few pressing matters. Until then....take care...be well!
30 comments:
- Valéria said...
Hi Arlette,
You are so kind and gentle.
I simply love all you do, it's all so cute. Thank you so much for sharing and teaching us.
This little mouse is so soft and cute!
Thank you
- Wed Feb 24, 11:57:00 AM 2010
- made with love said...
Now how very cute is she.
I love the things you make. You are very clever.
Rachael xx
- Wed Feb 24, 12:06:00 PM 2010
- Sandra said...
Cute idea. Now I know that cute mice exist...unlike the real ones that come to visit me. Hope things come together for you soon!
- Wed Feb 24, 01:21:00 PM 2010
- JG said...
The little mice are just so cute and colorful!
Take care.
- Wed Feb 24, 01:45:00 PM 2010
- Mannick...91 said...
Oh, Lettie , your little mice are beautiful .... it's true, mice reproduce quickly! Thank you
- Wed Feb 24, 01:46:00 PM 2010
- quiltcat said...
oh, that little mouse is too nice, tht would be nice to sit by working. your blog is much fun to look.I will came back to your blog soon.
much greetings
- Wed Feb 24, 01:55:00 PM 2010
- Deb said...
Such a sweet little mouse. I can see why you definitely couldn't have just one!
- Wed Feb 24, 02:02:00 PM 2010
- Diane at Crafty Passions said...
This is adorable I just love it!!
- Wed Feb 24, 02:21:00 PM 2010
- tich said...
Love your mousie. She is so cute!
- Wed Feb 24, 02:32:00 PM 2010
- sweetiepie said...
Lettie, what a cute little mouse!!! You are always so clever.
I will pray that your pressing matters are resolved in short order and you will be back to blogging in no time.
Take care!!
- Wed Feb 24, 03:03:00 PM 2010
- Unknown said...
Love the little mouse. I hope all is well and I hope that everything goes well for you. I will be thinking of you.
- Wed Feb 24, 05:30:00 PM 2010
- CreativeHands said...
You are so creative and sweet. Your little mouse is precious!!
- Wed Feb 24, 06:04:00 PM 2010
- Cathi said...
That little mouse is adorable!! What a super design!
- Wed Feb 24, 09:04:00 PM 2010
- May Britt said...
The mouse is so cute!!!!! I got a big smile on my face seeing her. Is there a pattern for this cutie, I would love to make some for my friends.
- Wed Feb 24, 11:17:00 PM 2010
- Lynn B said...
Lettie, I love all of your tutorials and hope to make some of your creations soon. Will you be doing a tutorial for the mouse as I would love to make one!
- Thu Feb 25, 12:47:00 AM 2010
- CJ said...
Thanks so much for sharing the wonderful things you create with us!!
I LOVE those cute lil' mice and can't wait to know how to make them :)
Cathy ♥♥
- Thu Feb 25, 05:57:00 AM 2010
- Unknown said...
How delightful!
Very interesting blog! I love to go to visit you!
- Thu Feb 25, 08:56:00 AM 2010
- Janine said...
Your strawberry mice are sweet as honey.
That reminds me of a mediaeval drawing I once saw.
It showed little lambs on a bush.
Travellers told that thei have seen this animals, it might have been cotton.
I guess the travellers had as much phantasy as you.
Today is my 1. blogaversary.
I am having a giveaway, and I would like you to join it.
Happy weekend
- Thu Feb 25, 03:21:00 PM 2010
- Pokey said...
Very cute mice!!
- Thu Feb 25, 07:35:00 PM 2010
- Kim D. said...
What a sweet little mouse. Looks like fun.
- Thu Feb 25, 09:29:00 PM 2010
- lulitasss said...
Hi,very good.I love all of your tutorials...thangs
- Thu Feb 25, 11:31:00 PM 2010
- onlymehere said...
I just recently found your blog and am loving it! My son is on a mission for our church in Hawaii so it's fun to know someone with a blog there! I've bookmarked you and will be back often! Cindy
- Sat Feb 27, 06:28:00 AM 2010
- Zlaty said...
So adorable Lettie! My sister in law loves mice! She actually lives in Hawaii right now!
I am glad you guys were Ok and didn't get any big waves!
- Mon Mar 01, 08:32:00 AM 2010
- deb said...
those mice are adorable, will there be a tutorial??? I LOVE your blog!!!!
- Mon Mar 01, 09:48:00 AM 2010
- Clara said...
Hi Arlette, your blog is adorable, as usual and your works lovely. Hope everything's ok in Hawaii with the big wave. I've been thinking of you listening to the news. Take care, Clara.
- Mon Mar 01, 11:57:00 AM 2010
- arkie said...
Those are adorable!
- Mon Mar 01, 09:57:00 PM 2010
- flavia said...
che carino!!!
amo molto il tuo blog e i tuoi tutorial.
grazie della tua disponibilità...sei come un giornale preferito di patch che leggo con piacere!!
- Tue Mar 02, 12:00:00 AM 2010
- Kristin said...
OMG, Lettie, those are the cutest things EVER! You are one of the most creative people I know.
- Wed Mar 03, 07:28:00 AM 2010
- Unknown said...
So cute! I loved it!
- Wed Mar 03, 06:01:00 PM 2010
- Veronica said...
Omg.. Im in crafy heaven. I stumbled on your blog and I have been here for over an hour! I love the tutorials and great ideas! I will be following you and cant wait to see what else you have in store!
Keep up the great work!
- Thu Mar 04, 05:54:00 AM 2010


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If the unusually chill nights of February and early March 2014 kept you fireside, you may have missed the first peeping of spring. Last weekend's warming temperatures opened human ears, frog throats — or both. The peepers are calling from a wetland near you. If you haven't heard them yet, you soon will.
Those tiny frogs are but one of our amphibian harbingers of spring. Wetlands are home to a host of frogs and toads, creatures that not only signal the welcome news of warming weather but also "act as environmental indicators for factors that could negatively impact ecosystem and human health."
Amphibian's "important role in the health of ecosystems," adds Rachel Gauza, is one good reason to join in the preservation of the creatures. For they are endangered, with "one third of the world's amphibian species currently facing the largest mass extinction event since the dinosaurs," said the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' education and outreach coordinator.
As frogs and toads awaken from estivation, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' FrogWatch USA goes to work.
With our abundant wetlands, we of Chesapeake Country are ideally positioned to join the Watch. As citizen scientists in the cause, we sharpen our ears, spend a few precious minutes listening near wetlands and report what we hear.
You'll register your observation site and enter data on a new web platform developed with the National Geographic Society where you can see your results alongside those of volunteers throughout the country.
"Seeing your observations reflected online in real time and comparing them to others adds a whole new element to what was traditionally an outdoors-only program," says Shelly Grow, the Association's director of Conservation Programs.
If you love what you hear, you can go further. Maryland has only three FrogWatch chapters — in Howard County, Ellicott City and Frostburg University. Anne Arundel and Calvert county are waiting for you.
Start with learning more about FrogWatch USA at www.aza.org/frogwatch.
Register for training at the Smithsonian National Zoo on Sunday March 16, April 6 or April 20. All training programs run from 3 to 6pm: [email protected]
Get a preview of frog calls www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/Plants_Wildlife/herps/anura/fieldguide_OrderAnura.asp.


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- The W3C's XML in 10 points is a good introduction to the world of XML, providing a 10 point summary of XML's basic concepts.
- The W3C's XML section will lead you to the XML recommendation, current working drafts, XML media types, and related links and information, including software and book recommendations.
- Simon St.Laurent's article for A List Apart, A Child's Garden of XML, covers XML implementation on the web, concerns, what to look out for, browsers, and related.
- Robin Cover's The XML Cover Pages: Extensible Markup Language (XML) is an amazingly thorough informational resource all about XML, with links to many other resources, too.
- XML.com is an entire Web site, sponsored by O'Reilly, devoted to XML. Its goals are to help beginners through advanced users of XML. "A core feature of the site
is the Annotated XML Specification, created by Tim Bray, co-editor of XML 1.0
and a contributing editor for XML.com." Huge resources here in at least a
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(PRWEB) April 11, 2013
Patheon Inc., a leading provider of contract development and manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry, will be exhibiting and presenting at the 2013 Global Formulation and Drug Delivery Summit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Tony Pigeon, one of Patheon's scientific experts will be present at the show. Tony is the Senior Manager, Global Science and Technology at Patheon. During his more than 30 year career, he has acquired a considerable degree of experience working with big pharmaceuticals and small biotechs. His diverse experience in the field of drug product development ranges from pre-formulation to process validation for a wide range of dosage forms, including tablets, capsules, semi-solids, sterile solution and suspension products, oral solution and suspension products and aerosols.
Other Patheon representatives will also be available to meet at the Global Formulation and Drug Delivery summit exhibit hall from April 23-24, 2013, showcasing several of Patheon's key service offerings. Learn more by visiting Patheon's booth during the conference. To schedule a meeting in advance send an email to events(at)patheon(dot)com.
For more information on upcoming events, visit http://www.patheon.com/Knowledge-Library/Events.aspx.
About Patheon
Patheon Inc. (TSX: PTI) is a leading provider of contract development and commercial manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry for a full array of solid and sterile dosage forms. Through the company's recent acquisition of Banner Pharmacaps – a market leader in soft gelatin capsule technology – Patheon now also includes a proprietary products and technology business.
Patheon provides the highest quality products and services to approximately 300 of the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company's integrated network consists of 18 locations, including 14 commercial contract manufacturing facilities and 12 development centers across North America and Europe. Patheon enables customer products to be launched with confidence anywhere in the world. For more information visit http://www.patheon.com.
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Debbie Moore
B.S., Toccoa Falls College; M.Ed., Bob Jones University; Ph.D., Columbia International University
Debbie Moore serves in the College of Education as the Master of Education Program Director. She has held various positions within Christian education since 1986 as teacher, guidance counselor, administrator, and dean. Her passion is to work with Christian educators to enhance classroom skills that use biblical integration and teaching with intentionality to develop spiritual formation in students. Originally from Pennsylvania, Debbie met her husband (David) at college and they have since lived in North Carolina and Georgia. They have two adult children, Lindsay and Erica. She loves spending time with her family, reading, walking, and drinking coffee.
Teacher, Trinity Christian School, 1986-1990; Teacher, Guidance Counselor, Neuse Christian Academy, 1990-2000; Dean, Principal, Gaston Christian School, 2000-2003; Teacher, Northside Christian School, 2003-04; Dean, Adjunct Faculty, Toccoa Falls College, 2004-2013; Professor, M.Ed. Program Director, Columbia International University, present.


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Word of mouth. It's often called the most valuable form of advertising—with good reason. A word-of-mouth referral from a friend, colleague or industry expert can go a long way, and provide all the impetus necessary to contact the person or firm being recommended.
After all, who better to give your name to a potential client than someone they know and trust? Moreover, what better way to start working with a new client than by leveraging the record of customer satisfaction that you've already established with the client who referred you?
Study after study shows how incredibly persuasive a word-of-mouth referral can be. Given this fact, you might think that RIA firms, trust companies, family offices and other financial professionals would be going all out to turn word of mouth into a key part of their new business engine. However, word of mouth has two perceived drawbacks that inhibit advisors from capitalizing as fully as they should…
Word of Mouth Is Not Predictable or Scalable—or Is It?
Suppose you got two word-of-mouth referrals that turned into new client relationships last month. Pretty good, right? Problem is, you may think there's no way to predict that you'll get two more in the next month. Or the month after. How are you supposed to know when a satisfied client will bring up your name at a dinner party or on the putting green?
As a result, advisors assume they can't accurately predict an inflow of new business through word of mouth, or scale to it. Welcome as it may be, word of mouth is seen as sporadic and unpredictable. But the reality is that you can build word-of-mouth referrals into your new business process—and bring in clients on a much more regular basis than you thought possible.
Be Proactive, Not Passive, on Word-of-Mouth Referrals
Stop thinking of word-of-mouth referrals as a passive way of getting your name out. You don't have to wait for a happy client to sing your praises.
Instead, take proactive steps to promote word-of-mouth. Be ahead of the curve—and make it happen on a regular basis by doing the following:
- Use share functionality. Many firms have market commentary, news insights or newsletters on their websites. Make sure that you are using social media share functionality (e.g., buttons to share on Twitter, LinkedIn, etc). Encouraging a client or potential client to share your material with a peer is a great way to facilitate more word-of-mouth.
- Build a network of experts with reciprocity in mind. You're not the only professional expert who's meeting a particular client's financial needs. Your client may also require the services of a CPA, tax attorney, estate planner, insurance agent and a variety of other influencers. Reach out to these professionals. Build relationships with them. Refer your other clients to them. Chances are, they'll reciprocate by referring their clients to you.
- Create a "one-pager" that you can circulate to your network. What sets you apart from other advisors in your space? Create a brief electronic document that outlines your strengths and competitive advantages. For example, do you specialize in ultra-high-net-worth clients? Retirement planning? Send the document to the experts in your network, so they can share it with their clients. In effect, you're inviting the experts to share a valuable solution with their clients, as opposed to asking them to make a personal referral.
- Generate additional content that's valuable, and can be shared. Write and post an informative blog on your website. Or ask a respected industry expert to serve as your company advocate and present valuable content at an original webinar that you host. (For example, at ByAllAccounts, we recently hosted a webinar by Marcia Wagner, the well-known ERISA attorney, on the subject of evolving fiduciary standards.) In the case of blogs, always provide information that's useful, and include a "SHARE" button in the blog that allows your reader (a client, perhaps) to forward it to their peers. Or give readers the chance to tweet about your blog—they may pass your name to prospects who aren't yet in your database. That's electronic word-of-mouth referring at its best.
- Read up. I highly recommend a superb book, aptly titled, The Secrets of Word-of-Mouth Marketing, by George Silverman. It can be an invaluable aid in growing your business.


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Phentermine is used with a doctor-approved exercise, behavior change, and reduced-calorie diet program to help you lose weight. It is used by certain overweight people, such as those who are obese or have weight-related medical problems. Losing weight and keeping it off can lessen the many health risks that come with obesity, including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and a shorter life.
It is not known how this medication helps people to lose weight. It may work by decreasing your appetite, increasing the amount of energy used by your body, or by affecting certain parts of the brain. This medication is an appetite suppressant and belongs to a class of drugs called sympathomimetic amines.
How to Use This Medication
Take this medication by mouth as directed by your doctor, usually once a day, 1 hour before breakfast or 1 to 2 hours after breakfast. If needed, your doctor may adjust your dose to take a small dose up to 3 times a day. Carefully follow your doctor's instructions. Taking this medication late in the day may cause trouble sleeping (insomnia).
If you are using sustained-release capsules, the dose is usually taken once a day before breakfast or at least 10 to 14 hours before bedtime. Swallow the medication whole. Do not crush or chew sustained-release capsules. Doing so can release all of the drug at once, increasing the risk of side effects.
If you are using the tablets made to dissolve in the mouth, the dose is usually taken once a day in the morning, with or without food. First, dry your hands before handling the tablet. Place your dose on top of the tongue until it dissolves, then swallow it with or without water.
The dosage is based on your medical condition and response to therapy. Your doctor will adjust the dose to find the best dose for you. Use this medication regularly and exactly as prescribed in order to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, take it at the same time(s) each day.
This medication is usually taken for only a few weeks at a time. It should not be taken with other appetite suppressants (see also Drug Interactions section). The possibility of serious side effects increases with longer use of this medication and use of this drug along with certain other diet drugs.
If you suddenly stop using this medication, you may have withdrawal symptoms (such as depression, severe tiredness). To help prevent withdrawal, your doctor may lower your dose slowly. Withdrawal is more likely if you have used phentermine for a long time or in high doses. Tell your doctor or pharmacist right away if you have withdrawal.
Though it helps many people, this medication may sometimes cause addiction. This risk may be higher if you have a substance use disorder (such as overuse of or addiction to drugs/alcohol). Do not increase your dose, take it more often, or use it for a longer time than prescribed. Properly stop the medication when so directed.
This medication may stop working well after you have been taking it for a few weeks. Talk with your doctor if this medication stops working well. Do not increase the dose unless directed by your doctor. Your doctor may direct you to stop taking this medication.
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