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(disclaimer: Caitlin + Jackson's wedding was last June, so I am OBVI so behind with blogging. But here's to celebrating their first anni!! lol. Send help.)
Just so y'all know, I am down for a lakeside wedding ANY DAY. Caitlin + Jackson's wedding was my second time shooting at Lake Tyler Petroleum club, and I genuinely adore this venue. The space is so serene and the views of the lake are stunning. It was an overcast day, but the clouds graciously decided to hold in the rain for us. Lemme tell ya, these two know how to throw a party. Their bridal party was tons of fun and kept us laughing all day long! Caitlin put so much thought and care into the details of her wedding. The color palette was a summer dream and the centerpieces were elegant and lovely. So gorgeous!! The pier on the lake is one of my favorite locations I've ever shot at. It is the absolute perfect setting for first married photos. Toooo dreamy!
Caitlin + Jackson met at SFA and dated throughout college, and their relationship blossomed throughout undergrad. From frat parties to graduation, they fell in love! At their wedding, they were surrounded by family and friends who covered them in love and so obviously adore them. I enjoyed every minute of my time getting to know Caitlin + Jackson and their sweet, silly love. Happy Anniversary, lovebirds!! Thank you for trusting me with your big day!
p.s. Caitlin is a supa fun n trendy fashion blogger and wrote some blogs about her wedding planning experience! I love the wisdom she shared, and it is definitely worth a read for all you brides out there! You can find it here: http://keepingitcaitlin.com/
(and I'm just so thankful for all the unreal kind words she said about me *tears*)
Florist - La Tee Da
Venue - Lake Tyler Petroleum Club
DJ - Lonestar
Videographer - Motion Blur
Caterer - Traditions
Cake - Designs by D'anne
Hair - Anna Sullivan
Rentals - Pursuing Eden
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Listen Up Men! Top Criteria That Women Look for in a Mate
What do women want in a man? Here's the top criteria that women look for in a mate.
My best friend and I have never agreed on men. She likes guys who look like they still need to go through puberty; I like a chiseled jaw line with a morning shadow that can easily give me "carpet burn" after a passionate kiss. She is also attracted to men who show serious earning potential. The cha-ching makes her feel safe. I, on the other, hand want a partner who's professional focus isn't money, but passion.
Our "type" speaks volumes about who we are as individuals. Factors like how we might have been raised and our own personal values are reflected in mate selection. For some educated women in their 20s only a handful of attributes are a priority. So listen up, men! Here's what women are looking for in a mate.
Physical Appearance
About 85% of the women I spoke with noted that a man with nice eyes and/or who is in good shape gets top billing. "A physical attraction, to me, get's you in the door. Personality keeps you in the door," said one 24 year old. Another plus is if the man has tattoos. Hmm, bad boy?
Nice Adam's Apples were also mentioned. This is one of my weaknesses. Yes, I am not alone!
Good Habits
A 21 year old from Forney, Texas said, "I love a southern gentleman whose mother has obviously taught him good manners." And it's not just her who feels that way. Good manners was a top priority for many of the women polled. Some other traits that attracted women were non-smokers, talent, and spirituality.
It's important to have a personality or you're pretty much having a relationship with bland wallpaper. Important personally traits that were mentioned included confidence, a good sense of humor, a good heart, and being a driven and passionate individual. Women felt that these traits allow them to connect on a deeper level.
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Money and Status
While not the most important characteristic, I encountered a few women like my best friend who seek men who have great money-making potential. "It's a rough economy. And a guy who can make life a little easier with a good income attached to mine is a definite plus!" stated Tracy, a 24 year old from Dallas, Texas. However, the women I spoke to let me know that they are not actively searching for a man to support them. They just believe that his earning reflects his intelligence and ambition. I say to each their own.
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In November 2015, Parquet Courts released Monastic Living, a nine-song collection of experimental rock that marked a jarring left turn for the Brooklyn-based four piece. On first listen, the 33-minute EP seemed nearly impenetrable, as though the band was aiming to provoke fans drawn in by the catchy punk of their breakout 2012 album, Light Up Gold, and its jammier successor, 2014's Sunbathing Animal. The half-shouted vocals that had established the tone and personality of the band's music — straddling the line between numbly disaffected and emotionally overwhelmed — had been all but eradicated in favor of distorted, instrumental drone that mostly sidestepped the band's gift for melody.
The announcement of Monastic Living's release came with the assertion that the band would do no interviews to promote it — and by the following April, when the band released the much more accessible Human Performance, most critics seemed prepared to dismiss Monastic Living as a lark, a sort of minor punk-rock tantrum.
And while Human Performance does feature some of the strongest material of the band's career — the beautiful, bleak title track is as arresting as it is heartbreaking — Monastic Living remains as succinct a statement of identity as the band has ever released, thanks to the minute-long first track, "No, No, No!" — the only song on the EP to feature vocals.
That track features Andrew Savage — the band's co-frontman, along with guitarist and vocalist Austin Brown — barking out a rejection of the labels he and the band have been given.
"I don't want to be called a poet," he shouts. "I don't want to be cited, tacked onto your cause / No, no, no / I'm just a man."
That idea, that life is a struggle to retain integrity in the face of a myriad of external forces — "content nausea," as the band puts it — has been a part of Parquet Courts' identity throughout their career, both on their records and off.
Weld: Human Performance opens with the song "Dust," which features the refrain, "Dust is everywhere / Sweep." Given that a lot of Parquet Courts' music focuses on dealing with constantly encroaching chaos, what does it mean to "sweep?"
Andrew Savage: Well, Austin wrote that song, so I can only guess. But I would guess that "sweep" has to do with maintenance of the world around you and making sure that you don't allow too much auxiliary dust in. … To me, that song has to do with the mind, you know? And sometimes you've got to put some stuff in the dustbin and empty it out.
Weld: The recording process for Human Performance was much longer than it had been on previous Parquet Courts records. Did extending the creative period have an impact on the way the album is structured, thematically or tonally?
Andrew Savage: Certainly that affected the way the record ended up sounding, there's no doubt about that. I don't know if that in particular ended up affecting the theme or tone of the record, and if it did, I can't exactly say for sure how much. Yeah, definitely the record sounds the way it does, and it sounds different from other Parquet Courts records like, say, Content Nausea or Light Up Gold, that were recorded in about a week or less. …
But I don't know. I can't really assess those things, even posthumously, because the recording process of all those records kind of ends up being a blur after a while. It's a hard thing to put your mind back in. So now, when I hear these songs or when I play these songs, they have so little to do with their point of origin. I'm so bad about talking about recording process and what it was like recording a record, because it's so rooted in the past to me that it just becomes kind of abstract. I have a hard time talking about it.
Weld: That reluctance to explain yourselves has been a major part of Parquet Courts' career, cropping up both in your interactions with the press and in some of your songs. Where does that come from?
Savage: I don't really like having to explain music to people. It's not something that should be explained. It should be experienced. As a fan of music, I think it's really pretty dull when people attempt to tell you about process or gear. Aw man, nothing puts me to sleep faster.
There's this radio show called Song Exploder. I've listened to a couple of episodes of it, and it was just sucking the life out of this stuff. Like, don't tell me what gear you used to record [a song]. I don't care.
A song should be experienced. It can't be explained. I could tell you, I could spell it out for you what was going on in my life at a certain time, or like, what guitar I played on something, but a song in its true experience should be ingested and it should overwhelm you. It should take you over. That's the education that you get from it.
Weld: I think the purest distillation of that philosophy in Parquet Courts' discography is the Monastic Living EP, which was a big sonic departure that you released with little explanation. Critics' responses to that record ranged from baffled to hostile. Was that something you expected?
Savage: When you do press, you're giving people the chance to build their own narrative around something. Sometimes people get intimidated when you're totally in control of what's behind your record, and you don't give them any answers.
I mean, the answers are all there. I do give them answers. The answers are in the first song. The answers are in that record coming out on Black Friday. But people don't want to think too hard about stuff, so they come up with their own ideas, which is fine, but in this case, most people got that record wrong. But that was to be anticipated, I think. Or, at least, we did.
Weld: You mentioned Black Friday, which dovetails with the fact that Monastic Living wasn't really an easy record to market. That seems like a concern you've had throughout your career, that tension between art and commodification.
Savage: Yeah, and I would say that's something that would be on the mind of any modern artist, whether it would be in a rock band or a solo artist or outside of music, a visual artist or a writer. It's so part-and-parcel, isn't it, commodification? It's a balance, how much you're willing to be commodified.
Usually it's for the sake of getting people to know what you're doing, because it's a drag when you're doing something and nobody knows about it, and you're putting your blood, sweat, and tears into something — or at least it would be for me. I would be no exception. Anybody who makes art within the confines of capitalism is going to be concerned, or should be concerned with commodification to some extent.
Weld: That can be applied on a personal level as well. Songs like "No, No, No!" and "Paraphrased" are pretty fierce arguments against attempts to shape you, against your will, into some sort of easily digestible character.
Savage: People try to give you a character, but they don't know you. They try to make you the character, something that's marketable. But really, that attention should be focused on the music, not trying to build a personality out of a personality. People are always going to try to do that, because especially in rock music, like, for some reason there's this instinct with a lot of people where they want to know something about the people that are making the music, and they want to have an archetype to attach it to. Parquet Courts, we don't really have interest in being archetypes, or being characters, or being anything but members of a band.
Parquet Courts will perform at Saturn on Friday, February 10. Mary Lattimore will open. Doors open at 8 p.m.; the show begins at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 the day of the show. For more information, visit saturnbirmingham.com.


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Never Mess With A Cat. The Revenge Is Served Quick And Cold.
This cat owner was wanting to show off his so-called 'musical skills', however, his innocent furry friend was sat in the chair the "musician" was wanting to sit in. Lets bear in mind, this moron was recording whilst cruelly handling his pet. (He best be prepared for the harsh criticism from all those cat lovers!) This guy made the biggest mistake when disrupting his feline friend.
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4 Tips On How to Climb Better
What most people think…
Are you just starting out on your journey as a rock climber? Or have been doing it for some time now? The first thing that comes to mind for most when we think about improvement as a climber, is gaining more strength. "If I was stronger, I'd be able to do that move!" I bet we all hear that line so often at the gym. While we agree with that proclamation to a certain degree, here's 4 tips on how we think you can climb better as a rock climber.
1. Improving your range of mobility
Equally important to building strength as a climber, is your joint's ability to move through its full range of motion. Often known as mobility, it requires correct muscle action on one side of the joint, and flexibility on the opposite side, to be considered full mobility. Particularly for rock climbers, the lack of hip mobility is one of the biggest factors which impedes a climber's progress.
2. Focusing on your lower body movements
With most climbing training, we focus almost all our time and effort on the upper body. While it is definitely valuable as it is climbing specific, your lower body plays a big role in climbing and deserves attention! Working on lower body strength and mobility can enable you to use your large lower body muscles much more effectively when climbing. It will also help you tip-toe for long reaches without having your feet cut from the wall and be dead weight.
For example, good lower body mobility will enable you to high step both inside (in front of the body) and outside (to the side of the body), opening up new methods to climb!
According to Ned Feehally of Beastmaker.co.uk, a flexible lower body is very important as it allows you to put your feet exactly where they are needed (especially when you have a core like Bruce Lee) and apply maximum force on them. More weight on your feet means less weight on the arms, saving precious upper body strength for when you truly need it!
3. Training strength for the fingers and body
There is no sugar coating it, strength is a key component for hard rock climbing. If you aren't strong enough for a climb, no amount of endurance is going to get you to the top. When it comes to climbing, we all know that finger strength is important! However, strength training for climbing should involve more than just the fingers as you are trying to move, not just hang on. Training total body strength will not only help you climb better, but it is also a great form of injury prevention. In other words, stronger more well-rounded climbers are just more durable.
4. Including non-climbing specific functional strength training
When we think of training for climbing, normally what comes to mind are exercises that are climbing specific like finger boarding and 4x4s. However, if we look at athletes from any other sports, they often incorporate functional strength training that is not sport-specific into their regime.
How do I get started to climb better as a rock climber?
Just climbing to improve at climbing can only take you so far. Without training your mobility and strength with specific and targeted exercises, it will be a much longer route to your climbing goals. Consider joining our Mobility for Bouldering (Fundamentals / Intermediate) and Strength for Bouldering (Fundamentals / Intermediate) classes to learn and apply the 4 tips to becoming a better rock climber.
Also, hopefully after this, you will be more aware of what it is that you are struggling on. Pause for a second, think about it, is it really just the lack of strength? Or is it something else? Ask our Boulder Movement Guides in the gym if you are stuck, we're here to help!


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Morgan State Meet Info | Larry Ellis Info
Baltimore, Md.—UMBC track and field will split this weekend, heading to Morgan State and Princeton on Friday and Saturday. The Retrievers are coming off a weekend that saw a trio of school records broken at Bucknell.
Morgan State Legacy Info:
What: 14th Annual Morgan State Legacy Meet
Where: Hughes Stadium – Baltimore, Md.
When: Friday and Saturday, April 21-22 – 10:00 a.m.
Social Media: @umbcxctf, @UMBCAthletics, #AETF, #GritAndGlory
Larry Ellis Invitational Info:
What: Larry Ellis Invitational, hosted by Princeton University
Where: Weaver Stadium – Princeton, N.J.
When: Friday and Saturday, April 21-22 – 11:00 a.m.
Social Media: @umbcxctf, @UMBCAthletics, #AETF, #GritAndGlory
Last Time Out (Bucknell Outdoor Classic):
Jamal Cody took gold in the 400m hurdles, breaking the school record in the process with a time of 52.73. Not to be outdone was Alexios Prodanas who set a new school record in the hammer throw. Prodanas finished second with a toss of 62.32m (204'5").
Matthew Kane finished in fifth place in the 1,500m run. He crossed the tape in a time of 3:56.80. Other top finishers on the men's side were Urgy Eado in the 800m (fourth, 1:52.11) and Marcus Foster in the 400m hurdles (sixth, 54.72).
A trio of field athletes led UMBC, with Christian Kallenberg leading the way with a sixth place finish in the javelin with a toss of 59.28m (194'6"). Thomas Johnson and Jacob Netschke also earned top ten finishes in the triple jump and high jump. Johnson had a jump of 14.45m (47'5") to take sixth while Netschke was eighth in the high jump at 1.97m (6'5.5").
The women were led by the 4x100m relay team who took gold in the event. Mercedes Tillman, Amani Wallace, Kara and Erin Patrice finished in 46.77.
Sophia Cologer led the pack with a new school record in the 3,000m steeplechase that puts her in contention for the NCAA Prelims later in May.
Cologer took second in the event with a time of 10:28.76, resetting the school record she set last year of 10:35.59. Cindy Alms also turned in a top ten finish, taking eighth in the 5,000m run with a time of 17:44.33.
Wallace and Tillman each earned top five finishes in different events. Wallace took fifth in the 400m dash (56.89) and Tillman took fourth in the 200m dash (25.21).
Other top female finishers included Madeleine Entwistle in the 400m hurdles (seventh, 1:03.29) and Funmi Daramola in the 200m dash (tenth, 25.56).
Conference Honors:
Sophomore Jamal Cody was named America East Male Track Performer of the Week this past week for his efforts last weekend at the Bucknell Outdoor Classic. Cody won the 400m hurdles with a new school record time of 52.73.
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The Retrievers will have their final tune-up before the America East Championships at the historic Penn Relays next weekend.


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As the provider of an end-to-end B2B suite of Cloud Supply-Chain Management Processes, eBuilder needed a web-based embedded business intelligence (BI) solution to enable its clients to swiftly analyze large amounts of information and make well-informed,critical business decisions.
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Innovative SRW Students
In response to our mission and commitment to academic excellence, Ss. Robert & William Catholic School provided Chromebooks to every student in grades 4-8. This 1:1 initiative, together with the utilization of the Google Classroom, provides students with an authentic 21st century learning experience.
One of the largest challenges for the students has been the expectation that the devices are for school use only. Gaming on the Chromebooks is not permitted. Several of our sixth grade students have used their ingenuity to get around this rule! Applying knowledge that they learned from participating in the Hour of Code last school year, the students have created interactive games that are actually school legal. The Hour of Code was a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to expose students to code and show that anybody can learn the basics. Coding helps to nurture problem-solving skills, logic and creativity. It was last December that every SRW student from Kindergarten through grade 8 joined millions of students globally, to try an Hour of Code. Many of our students did not just try to code, they have embraced and mastered it!
This year, The Week of Code Challenge will take place during the week of December 5th. To celebrate the second year of The Hour of Code activities, several students in sixth grade will showcase their programming skills by sharing 5 games they have coded using the Code.org site. Each day in the Week of Code 2016, a new game will be released:
Breakfast Delivery and R2D2's Quest by Nic Ramsey
The Secret Life of Dogs by Nicholas Udics
Snowball Fight by Jeremy Jones
Have a Flappy Christmas by Brandon Moriarty
Squirrel Dodgeball by Mary Radachy
Octopus by Nathan Hollister
We are so proud of these students and congratulate their creativity, ingenuity and passion for learning. We are confident that their enthusiasm will be contagious and spark an epidemic of game coding in our school community. Perhaps we should be contacting PlayStation or Nintendo!!
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Financial stocks closed higher for a fourth-straight day on Friday as bank shares remained relatively strong, even after the release of weak consumer sentiment numbers and flat industrial output figures.
Dow component Bank of America Corp. BAC, -0.55% led the sector higher with shares closing up 6.1% at $9.80, for a 21.7% gain on the week, the largest weekly gainer in the sector.
Other notable gainers Friday included Capital One Financial Corp. COF, -0.22%, with shares up 1.6%, and Federated Investors Inc. FII, -0.15%, with a gain of 3.6%.
The Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF XLF, -0.03%, which tracks financial stocks in the S&P 500 index SPX, -0.12%, added 0.4%. The KBW Bank Index BKX, -0.25%, which follows the leading 24 U.S. banks, rose 0.7%. Both are up 5.6% and 8.8% respectively on the week following the release of Federal Reserve stress test results late Tuesday.
In economic news, U.S. consumer sentiment declined in March on rising gasoline prices, the first monthly decline since August. Read more on consumer sentiment.
Industrial production figures for February were flat, according to the Federal Reserve. Read more on industrial production.
Shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, -0.79% declined 0.1%. The bank is considering whether to strengthen internal rules resulting in a disclosure of bankers' financial holdings to clients in order to avoid conflicts of interest, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read more on Goldman Sachs.
Even with fallout earlier in the week after a high-profile and critical resignation from one of Goldman's vice presidents, shares still closed up 4.8% for the week.
Barclays PLC BCS, -1.14%, B. of A. and Citigroup Inc. C, -0.52% are also considering implementing similar rules, according to the Journal. Citigroup Inc. shares closed up 1.2% Friday for a weekly gain of 7.3%.
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Hotel Bennett Announces Leadership Team
179-room luxury hotel on Charleston's Marion Square will be led by Managing Director Vijay Singh, as well key executives with intimate knowledge of the Charleston and luxury markets
Vijay Singh - Managing Director, Hotel Bennett
CHARLESTON, SC (December 14, 2017) – Hotel Bennett, the grand new luxury hotel under construction on King Street and overlooking Charleston's iconic and historic Marion Square, has announced its opening leadership team.
The 179-room property is being led by Managing Director Vijay Singh, the highly-respected, Charleston-based hospitality executive who has spent the last six years working as vice president of operations for Salamander Hotels & Resorts. Heidi Nowak has joined as the hotel's director of sales and marketing after a distinguished career with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, while Lindsay Forseth has been appointed as the director of catering and conference services after moving from Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg, VA. Ryan Quinlan, formerly of The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, is the hotel's director of engineering.
"I'm proud to be working alongside such knowledgeable and experienced professionals to open the most luxurious property Charleston has ever seen," said Singh. "We look forward to delivering world-class service and becoming a true community gathering place for the city's residents."
European in its design, Hotel Bennett is scheduled to open in Summer 2018 and features elegant guestrooms and suites opening onto the square, a two-tiered restaurant with outdoor seating, and a stylish bar and lounge. The hotel will also include a spectacular rooftop pool and bar, a luxury spa, a patisserie, and over 14,000 square feet of grand event and meeting spaces.
The luxury property is named for the Charleston-based Bennett family, and is owned by local hotelier Michael Bennett and his company Bennett Hospitality, operations for which are overseen by veteran hotel executive Marty Wall. Hotel Bennett is being managed by Salamander Hotels & Resorts, the luxury hotel company founded by Sheila Johnson and led by noted hospitality executive Prem Devadas.
Before joining Salamander, where he oversaw the openings of three luxury hotels, Vijay Singh was the general manager of The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, a Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamond award winner. A veteran of some of the country's finest hotels and resorts, Singh also spent 13 years with the Ritz-Carlton Company working at resorts in Naples, FL; Atlanta; Amelia Island, FL; Cleveland and St. Louis.
Heidi Nowak arrives at Hotel Bennett after working in leadership roles for 20 years with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, most recently as the director of sales and marketing at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. For the previous seven years, she served as director of sales, marketing, meetings and special events at the Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, a AAA Five Diamond property. She has also worked in Miami, New York, Detroit and Washington, D.C.
For the last three years Lindsay Forseth has worked as the director of catering at Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg, VA, which opened to international acclaim in 2013. Prior to joining the Salamander team, she was the director of catering at Lansdowne Resort in Lansdowne, VA, and previously spent five years as catering manager at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner in Virginia.
Formerly the director of engineering at The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, Ryan Quinlan has worked in the hotel industry for nearly 20 years. A certified electrician and HVAC technician, he was part of the team that helped open The Sanctuary in 2004. Quinlan has also worked for Blue Green Vacations and G.E. Automations.
Prominently located on Marion Square, the hotel's historic site formerly housed the original west wing of The Citadel, South Carolina's Military Academy. More recently, it was home to the Charleston Library. Today, Marion Square, the most famous green space in the city, serves as a central gathering location for world-class events and festivals.
Hotel Bennett's sweeping lobby will serve as a gathering place for visitors and locals alike. The signature restaurant and its bar open onto dramatic terraces overlooking Marion Square, offering an outdoor dining experience unlike any other in Charleston. The hotel will also feature Camellia's Bar, featuring an etched-mirrored ceiling and reclaimed pink marble from the former Charleston Library for its bar and table tops.
Stylish guest rooms and suites will include high-quality, custom furnishings which reflect the authenticity of the Charleston area's surroundings. More finely appointed than traditional luxury hotel guestrooms, they will offer elegant bathrooms with designer pedestal tubs, separate showers, luxurious bedding and locally inspired artwork.
Drawing on the inspirational venue, the hotel's signature spa will create an urban oasis for guests with treatments that incorporate the area's maritime surroundings. The spa will also provide a true King Street shopping experience for those browsing the exclusive retail offerings.
The rooftop experience will feature an elegant, heated pool at its epicenter, spectacular views of Charleston and what is destined to become one of the most iconic hotel bars in America. By day, the pool, bar and terrace will provide a peaceful retreat for the hotel's guests, serving chilled drinks and creative, lighter fare. In the evening, it will become the city's most sophisticated new gathering place.
Hotel Bennett will also offer corporate groups and destination weddings the most luxurious new event spaces in Charleston in which to meet and celebrate, including a 6,600-square-foot Grand Ballroom, elegantly appointed boardrooms and a spectacular rooftop event location.
About Bennett Hospitality
Founded as the Bennett Hofford Company in 1983, Bennett Hospitality is today one of the largest locally-owned companies in Charleston, S.C. The company is a multi-faceted, full-service real estate and development company, as well as a hospitality, restaurant, and asset management company. The company owns 18 hotels, eight restaurants and a catering company in four states. Projects are developed, constructed and managed in this framework and range from award-winning resort developments to the re-design and re-development of two city blocks, including six restaurants, a 1000-seat music hall and two hotels in downtown Charleston. For additional information, visit www.BennettHospitality.com.
About Salamander Hotels & Resorts
Salamander Hotels & Resorts is a privately owned and operated company based in Middleburg, VA, just outside Washington, D.C. Founded by entrepreneur Sheila Johnson in 2005, the company has a luxury portfolio featuring two distinct collections. The Signature Collection includes the stunning Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg, a 340-acre equestrian-inspired property near Washington, D.C.; The Henderson, a 170-room grand beach resort in Destin, FL; NOPSI New Orleans, a new 217-room luxury historic hotel re-imagined which opened in July 2017; and Hotel Bennett, a 179-room luxury hotel in Charleston, SC, opening in summer 2018. The Golf Collection includes the famed Innisbrook Resort in Tampa Bay, which hosts an annual PGA TOUR on its Copperhead Course; the elegant Reunion Resort in Orlando, which includes Signature Course designs from Nicklaus, Palmer and Watson; and the recently renovated oceanfront Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast, FL, home to layouts by Nicklaus and Watson. All Salamander properties are members of Preferred Hotels & Resorts. For additional information, visit www.SalamanderHotels.com.


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House GOP may split farm bill in two
Moving further to the right, the House Republican leadership is actively pursuing a strategy of splitting its failed farm bill into two parts so that the nutrition title and food stamps funding can each be considered on its own.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) is driving the new approach, which dovetails with the agenda of outside conservative groups. But Speaker John Boehner's office signaled Thursday that he also is open to the two-bill strategy and a final decision will be made after the July 4 recess.
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"We are going with this play and see where it gets us," a senior leadership aide told POLITICO. "We are trying to break the bill apart to get something to conference with the Senate."
The upshot seems almost certain to be more turmoil for the House Agriculture Committee leadership. There continued to be tense exchanges Thursday with Cantor, who played a major role in the collapse of the farm bill last week. And in trying to solve one political problem, GOP leaders may only be creating another.
The Senate, in adopting its own farm bill earlier this month, treated food stamps and commodity programs together as a whole — much as they have been for decades.
Even if successful in getting out of the House, the two-bill strategy raises real parliamentary problems about what the scope of future House-Senate talks would be. Leadership aides admitted some uncertainty as to whether negotiators will be able to meld the two pieces back together again. And the commodity title of the farm bill includes tariff provisions that make it technically a revenue measure.
For Boehner and larger American agriculture interests, the two-bill approach represents a major challenge: Do they allow themselves to be whittled down more from the right or embrace a larger reform agenda that rebuilds the old urban-rural coalition more from the middle?
The food stamps fight has dominated farm bill politics to date. But last week's floor debate also reflected a bipartisan appetite for more reforms in crop insurance and international food aid — a path that could attract votes from both sides of the aisle.
It is possible that the food stamps issue has become so toxic that Democrats will be reluctant to come on board. But they, like agriculture, have a stake in keeping alive the partnership that has worked so long.
Boehner brings some history here as a former member of the House Agriculture Committee. More than Cantor, he retains a working relationship with Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, the ranking Democrat.


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Five Ways To Make Extra Cash In College
Money: the one thing ever college student would love to have more of, aside from sleep, food, and arguably a longer weekend. All over the internet you are sure to find dozens of get rich quick schemes, ranging from taking hundreds of surveys for a few cents each to selling energy drinks in a pyramid scheme. Every now and then you may find a legitimate one, and by all means if you do please share in the comments below, however, today we're going to look at my top 5 ways ranging from obvious to out of the ordinary to get some extra cash during your college years.
Sell Your Plasma
If you're not afraid of needles and have a few hours to kill every couple of days, why not look into donating plasma? Requirements are pretty easy to meet; you must be over 18, weigh more than 110 pounds and pass a quick physical to be able to donate. Plasma donation centers are all over the country. Donations usually take 1 to 3 hours but most donation centers have TV's, magazines, etc…to help pass the time.
Just by eating healthy and drinking more water, you can be donating plasma and making you an extra 200 dollars a month for no work at all.
Throw Parties
That's right, you can make money throwing parties! Every college students dream, right?
It does require a bit of work…First, make an event for an upcoming weekend, make the date to far away and no one will remember, to close and no one will come.
Be sure to include that you'll be selling Jungle Juice for 5 bucks a cup in the description. The night of the party, be sure to have change for twenties and tens and have the jungle juice in a place where you can control who gets a cup and who gets refills, this will prevent people stealing and also make sure no one drinks too much. Remember, it's much better to have too much left over at the end of the night than to run out.
Typically, filling up a 5 gallon water cooler up and making a gallon of refills works well for the night, costs about 45 dollars and usually makes about 200 a night, throw good enough parties and you can actually charge at the door. To maximize profits, our house always follows the rule that no one drinks for free, it doesn't matter how cute a lady is or how close a guy friend is you're providing them the drinks, so 5 dollars isn't too crazy to ask for.
The main problem with this method is by hosting parties constantly you may end up being on the police patrols party house list so they may be broken up more often, on top of that you do usually have to deal with puke, spilt drinks, and clean up the next morning.
Sell Your Notes
Are you constantly taking notes in class, good grades, and then throwing all those great notes out at the end of the semester. If you don't have time to be a tutor for a class you sailed through, why not sell your notes? Package your notes together with your text books after the semester ends, this way you can get even more money for your work and textbook resale together. Or, make multiple copies and sell them over and over, just make sure you don't include assignments, tests and make sure the syllabus / university doesn't constitute it as cheating, especially if the professor re-uses them every semester. You do not want to end up in the same boat as the Harvard students cheating fiasco.
Donate Your Sperm
The idea to donate your sperm for money has been a good joke among college guys for years, it seems like the best way to make easy money, when in fact it's actually harder than it seems!
First off, don't even bother applying if you're under six feet tall, and in most cases, Caucasian. If you make it through those two criteria you still have a long way to go. Next, most donation facilities require you to be at least in college (good job, that's you!) if not already have a degree. After that comes an intensive screening and interviewing process about family history and health. Even after making it through that entire process you still have to donate a few times, sign a contract, remain abstinent a few days a week and then finally get your money, if you think it's worth it, you can make anywhere from 40 to 100 dollars per donation, 3 times a week donating your little swimmers, which is good money…but, a little weird when you think about all the potential kids you may have out there.
Give Out Rides
If you have a car in college you are 100% more valuable to all your friends than anyone else. Offer rides when it's convenient to you, out to the mall, grocery store and to class. With gas prices these days, it's much easier on your wallet to be splitting gas money and everyone would rather ride in a car than a cramped bus.
Now, obviously, these are only a few of the many ways to make some extra money on the side, do you have any other crazy or cool ways to make money that I didn't list; selling stuff on craigslist, being a tutor, being a getaway driver for bank robberies?
Leave your clever money-making schemes in the comments below!
Photo Credit: Philip Taylor PT
Tags: Budget, Donating, Finances, Money Making, Parties, Plasma, Profit


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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I was intrigued when I received a review copy of The Case of the Cursed Dodo. I wasn't entirely sure what a "jungle noir" book for children was all about. This book is not only a wonderfully original idea, but an absolute delight to read!
So, how do I explain this book? It's like Casablanca, only with endangered animals. That in itself is cool considering it's geared toward upper elementary/middle-school readers. Jake Panda is the in-house detective at the Wildlife's Last Resort, a getaway for endangered species. There are many fun and furry characters encountered here and on Jake's outside adventures.
It's also very unique in that the whole book is written as a script. Now, I'm not familiar with reading scripts, but it was really neat that directions for shots and settings were introduced in that way.
As an educator, I could see this book being used to facilitate teaching visualizing to older students who still struggle with this. If you're like me, when you read a book, there is actually a movie playing in your head. You see/hear/feel everything that's going on. This is visualizing. It's a reading comprehension strategy often taught to young students. In my opinion, older kids and adults who don't like reading fiction probably have difficulty or just don't visualize what they're reading. They don't have a movie playing, so they think reading is boring. Using the Cursed Dodo (and hopefully other books in the series if they follow suit) would be a great way to scaffold visualizing with older readers because it guides what we are to see (experience) in each scene.
As a reader, this was a story I really enjoyed. There are interesting characters (including a wide array of endangered animals – one or two I'd never even heard of), fun plot twists, and great messages about protecting endangered species. The illustrations are very cool as well and add a great deal to the overall presentation of this eBook.
Highly recommended!
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We spent our weekend at the newly revamped pool at SAFRA Yishun and we had a terribly hard time getting the girls out of the water! The pool at SAFRA Yishun Country Club has new and lots of fun upgrade and I think we will be using more of our SAFRA membership soon. Why the pool not at SAFRA Punggol leh? Splash@KidsAmaze is fun, but the Mummy me don't get to swim nor even dip into the pool. As SAFRA members we get to enter the new pool at Yishun for free some more wor!
New Pirate Theme Wet Play Wading Pool
SAFRA Yishun Country Club offers family-friendly amenities in a resort-like setting. The newly renovated swimming pool opened its doors to members and guest in March 2017 and features enhanced waterfall and slides, an expanded patio, new changing rooms and a brand new pirate-theme wet playground.
When the girls saw the pool on Saturday, they couldn't wait to jump right into it! And once they're in, no one can pull them out of the water…
First Swim Class with FINS Swim School
Children and adults of all ages are guided by dedicated coaches who strive to bring out the best in their students. Swim lessons are well-structured and designed to be comprehensive and safe, helping students gain proficiency as independent swimmers.
Ayra had her first swim class experience with one of the coaches at FINS Swim School, and the shy girl exclaimed it was fun! The 45 minutes passed too quickly and she wants to go back for more. Maybe I should register both the girls for their July intake.
SAFRA Facebook Page Contest
To celebrate the opening of the new pirate adventure wet play wading pool, SAFRA Yishun Country Club is giving away 10 sets of FINS Arena Kids Swimmers Starter Kits to 10 lucky winners. Find the missing puzzle on SAFRA Facebook page here and share a treasured #SAFRApools moment to participate in the contest.
Check out the video of this new swimming pool on our Facebook page.
Photos in this post taken with the Canon Powershot EOS M5 camera.


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When people visit Asheville, North Carolina, there is a big decision they make every day: "Where do we eat dinner?" Now you could decide to picnic just off the Blue Ridge Parkway and enjoy a amazing and restful mountain view (this is about my speed), but if you want to find a restaurant downtown, oh my...there are so, SO many choices, and everyone has their own opinion as to the correct answer to this question so...I figured this would be fun to talk about, since I definitely have my favorite hangouts around here. And just a quick note: the list and descriptions below are not in any specific order. I am listing local restaurants as they come to my mind...
Chai Pani
This place is honestly probably my number one favorite restaurant in Asheville. This is a celebration of Indian street food. Heck, some of the best food of any country is its street food, and Chai Pani features chaat - crunchy, spicy, sweet, tangy, brightly flavored Indian street snacks. And because there's nothing more comforting and delicious in any culture than a home cooked meal, Chai Pani also serves thalis - traditional family meals highlighting India's amazing culinary diversity. Either way you go (the chaat or thalis), you won't be sorry.
22 Battery Park Ave
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 254-4003
The Market Place
The Market Place has been a fixture in downtown Asheville since 1979. Though it's beginnings rose in the streams and mountains of western North Carolina – a place of mountain trout and small farms – it also has a hand and heart inspired by traditions far from our borders. This mélange of local food prepared with other worldly traditions of the table may have helped the Market Place garner national attention but the keen reverence for the heritage and roots of Appalachia has always remained at the center of what we do. Joy took me here for my birthday last year and it was truly remarkable.
20 Wall Street
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 252-4162
Cúrate is a celebration of traditional Spanish cuisine. If you have ever visited Spain, Cúrate's menu will transport you back to the country of flamenco, olives, almonds, and sherry. If you've never been to Spain, Cúrate will introduce you to the country's lively tapas bar tradition of small plate dining on foods flavored with a touch of sherry, or perhaps smoky paprika, and always the choicest olive oil. Cúrate should definitely be on your short list of awesome restaurants to try in Asheville.
13 Biltmore Ave
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 239-2946
Wicked Weed Brewing Pub
If you like great food and amazingly interesting beer, then you need to try Wicked Weed Brewing Pub. Located in downtown Asheville, the Brewpub is the original home of Wicked Weed Brewing housing a full restaurant, downstairs beer bar, bottle shop, and original 15 barrel brewery. If the weather is nice, I'd recommend sitting outside in their ample patio area.
91 Biltmore Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 575-9599
The Admiral
This is on my list so that Joy doesn't yell at me. If I want to really celebrate and my my wife happy, I take her to The Admiral. But I have to remember to make reservations several days in advance). I'm not kidding about that. The restaurant itself is absolutely and completely unremarkable. It's a shoddy cinder block building. But OMG, go inside and sit down and look at the menu. It's absolutely amazing. This chill West Asheville American dishes up a globally inspired seasonal menu that changes frequently, featuring plates like Korean fried chicken, duck leg adobo and elk loin.
West Asheville
400 Haywood Road
Asheville, NC 28806
(828) 252- 2541
For more recommendations and things to do in the area see my page about the River Arts District.


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Whether you're visiting Uganda or East Africa for a few days or a few months, you'll find ideas here to help you plan your itinerary.
Take a look at these inspirational insights for the East Africa including Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania to guide you on safari planning on self drive adventure.Choose trips to suit your interests and how much time you have. Here are his insights:
Planning a significant visit to East Africa is complicated, no doubt about it. There are so many choices to make about when, where, and how long to visit because East Africa has such an astounding variety of natural, cultural, and primates to choose from. Nowhere else in the world will you find such a variety of must-see natural features clustered into such a small land area.It's impossible to make one set of recommendations that will fit all travellers. Everyone is faced with similar "up-front" decisions like when to visit and how long to stay so I'll address those first. Then you can get into the fun part of individualizing your own itinerary according to your personal travel desires.


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Knowing that failure is a part of big accomplishments doesn't make dusting yourself off, over and over again, any easier.
|Below Catherine's Pass earlier this summer
...But first, a little preface.
Before WURL, I was fighting a bout of depression. As something I've struggled with off and on since childhood, I thought it best to just ignore it and wait it out, as I usually do. I don't know all the intricate workings of the body, but my low iron levels encouraged lethargy and it seemed to make it worse...and worse, to a new level of low. I felt as Sylvia Plath once referenced, part of a river, and whether that river flowed with sadness or with joy I had no control over it, but I seemed to be swept up in the current of whichever was flowing.
I didn't expect WURL to solve any problems, but I hoped that being high in the mountains, stripped down to bareness, would ground me and help move me forward.
I was wrong. It wasn't WURL that helped me move forward, but people.
In the long run, it isn't mountains that matter. It never is. It's people.
|White Baldy covered in clouds, earlier this summer
|On AF Twins, enjoying what was simply the best morning of the entire summer with friends.
It was warm and pleasant, the leaves crunching underfoot. Much easier to stay on the trail in daylight, and I discovered a trail summitpost had never mentioned, one that wrapped around the mountain and gave me a few bonus miles. Fortunately I never had to bushwhack and simply back tracked to a faint turn off.
As I traveled up, light streamed between the trees. The canyon colors were on fire. I felt reassured. I knew I would be safe. That constant question... Is doing this as a young mother reckless? Had been tormenting me days prior, and today it was soothed. I was supposed to be here. I was supposed to do this. For whatever the reasons, this was where I belonged.
|Monte Cristo, in July
Then, up.
I was lonely going up to the Broads Fork Twins. I missed my husband, as I was flooded with memories of doing the ridge with him. The summit was inconsequential.
I continued on, atop Sunset I saw someone on Dromedary and got rather excited, thinking I would have company.... but the figure all in white disappeared before I could scurry over to see who it was.
|Goats after Dromedary, 3 of the 10 I had the pleasure of seeing on WURL
Off we went.
|Baldy with the August wildflowers
We met Nate Younger and Ben Light near Twin Lakes Pass, a pleasant surprise! Nate had brought chicken noodle soup, which I inhaled. The bacon from Ben L didn't settle right, and I decided to take a couple hours off of calories. Didn't want the stomach to act up! I enjoyed listening to Ben L talk about the Tahoe 200 (which he had paced 100 miles of) and Nate Y mull over the upcoming Bear 100. It occupied my mind and gave me a pleasant distraction from my churning stomach.
Devil's Castle was.... memorable in the dark. :-) Funny how things that make sense in daylight are illogical and confusing in the dark late at night!
We met my husband Ben at Sugarloaf. The resting time at Devil's had settled my stomach, and I was excited to eat again. Half a burrito and half a red bull and we were off! We had to stop at the Hidden Peak warming hut (can't pass it up heated bathrooms~....) and continued on.
|Red Baldy, earlier this year
By Red Stack my stomach was churning, and the nausea was making me unstable. We backed off of the pace. By Red Baldy I was retching. I tried sips of coke, I tried water and salt pills, and I couldn't shake it. When Court and Spence passed us, I forced a smile and cheery attitude. They were moving so well, and I couldn't help but be jealous of their stomachs. They would go on to join the short list of WURL finishers.
|my husband and I, taking a selfie because... Oh, I don't know. We're probably proud I stopped crying for a minute.
I was concerned with doing White Baldy, but my husband pushed me on. We received a text from Sam Jewkes, who was waiting at Pfiefferhorn: "We (he and Sarah M) are here til the bitter end!" Fighting back tears from the goodness of people, and feeling overwhelmed with the support of others, I started the White Baldy ridge.
Soon I wasn't fighting tears anymore, I was giving in to them. I was faint, light-headed, retching incessantly and slipping. A knife edge ridge is no place to retch without control, or to feel like passing out. I could only make a couple moves at a time before collapsing down to rest. I wanted to call SAR and give up, but fortunately I am too prideful and too stubborn even when beat to realistically consider it.
|crying, retching, mountaineering. I am a true multi-tasker. Happy to be safe off of White Baldy.
I don't want to remember the following 6 hours. Let's just skip that part. I claim PTSD.
I had a lot of emotions to work out after that.
Gratitude for safety.
Joy from the experience.
Memories of dancing across ridges in the sky...
To be shut down my an arbitrary upset stomach.
Mountain goats, 24 summits, laughter...
I was over-stimulated.
The kindness of people didn't stop after the attempt.
Message after message came in.
"Are you ok?"
"Jared Campbell failed twice on WURL before he got it."
"You inspire me."
"I once tried (XX amount) of WURL. It was so hard! What you did was incredible!"
"You always inspire me."
The messages continued.
Day after day, little notes of encouragement.
As my body healed, so did my mind.
I'm at peace with it all.
It's not the mountains that matter, and sometimes it's not the mountains that inspire. It's people.
People, some that I know well, others I've never even met, nurtured me, coddled me.
They inspire me.
You inspire me.
|Red Baldy, with the remainder of WURL in the background.
Dreaming big you fail a lot. It's not easy to dust yourself off again, over and over.
This time I learned I don't have to dust myself off alone.
This time I didn't even do any of the dusting.
So, thank you.
I'll be back for WURL, next year. :)


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Core Adventure WritingCampaign News
More powerful than the sword and packing a bigger wallop than the maximized fireball you are holding in reserve, a pen should be handled with care. Too help you manage the power in your hands, the 2007 guidelines for writing core adventures are now available. The following three documents are now included in the Campaign Documents section of the Living Greyhawk welcome page.
The Writing a Core Adventure document codifies the process of writing a core adventure for Living Greyhawk. In places where it contradicts the Living Greyhawk Writer's Guide the core document takes precedence for core adventures. Several design premises underpin the document: adventures should be easy and fun to write, error free, quick to prepare, and enjoyable to run and play.
The template and stat block documents give you practical tools to simplify the writing process. With the template most of the standard adventure text is in place. After making a few quick updates to the standard text, you can jump right to the meat and bones of writing the story and encounters.
In 2007, Living Greyhawk core adventures are making the leap to the new stat block format introduced in Dungeon Master's Guide II and appearing in Monster Manual IV. The stat block document helps you adjust to the new format in your adventure, and it provides a number of common examples you can grab to use as is or quickly customize. While not specific to the Living Greyhawk campaign, anyone interested in the evolution of the stat block should check out the article Stat Blocks: Format and Function by James Wyatt.
2007 promises to be another exciting year in the campaign as Greyhawk Ruins takes GMs and players to the Free City itself and the Ruins of Castle Greyhawk. Peril waits below. Visit Greyhawk Ruins for a quick over view and look forward to more campaign information coming to you in the near future.


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Pretty in Pastels Baby Quilt
Pretty in Pastels is a baby quilt made from Clay's Choice quilt blocks. Two colorways of half square triangle units are combined with rotary cut squares to make the blocks. A single border frames the quilt.
Finished baby quilt: about 30" x 42"
Finished block size: 6" x 6"
Half Square Triangle Units
Instructions use an easy quick piecing method to assemble the half square triangle units. You might prefer a different assembly technique. Alter cutting to suit the method used. Units should finish at 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" square (measure 2" x 2" before sewing them to neighboring components).
The Magic 8 half square triangle tutorial explains how to make eight identical units at once.
Fabrics & Other Materials
Pink: 1/4 yard
Yellow: 3/8 yard
Green: 1/2 yard
Blue: 1 yard
Backing: 1-1/2 yards
Batting: about 40" x 50"
Binding: about 165 running inches of doublefold binding (Binding Strip Instructions)
Cutting Instructions
Begin by cutting only enough fabric to make a test block or two. New quilters — learn how to cut long strips of fabric.
- (2) 2" x selvage width strips, (1) 2" x 13" strip; cut (48) 2" x 2" squares from strips
- (2) 2" x selvage width strips, (1) 2" x 13" strip; cut (48) 2" x 2" squares from strips
- (3) 2-3/8" x selvage width strips; cut (48) 2-3/8" x 2-3/8" squares from strips
- (4) 2" x selvage width strips, (1) 2" x 25" strip; cut (96) 2" x 2" squares from strips
- (3) 2-3/8" x selvage width strips; cut (48) 2-3/8" x 2-3/8" squares from strips
Continue to 2 of 3 below.
- (6) 2-3/8" x selvage width strips; cut (96) 2-3/8" x 2-3/8" squares from strips
- Border strips are cut after the quilt is assembled
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Sew the Clay's Choice Quilt Blocks
Refer to the quick pieced half square triangle instructions to assemble all half square triangle units.
Continue to 3 of 3 below.
- Pair a 2-3/8" yellow square with a blue square of the same size. Use the method linked above to make two half square triangle units from the pair. When complete, the units should measure 2" x 2".
- Repeat, combining the remaining 2-3/8" yellow squares with an equal number of 2-3/8" blue squares to make a total of 96 half square triangle units.
- Pair remaining 2-3/8" blue squares with 2-3/8" green squares to make 96 half square triangle units.
- Illustration, middle left: Sew a 2" pink square to a green/blue triangle square unit as shown. Press seam allowance towards the square.
- Sew a 2" green square to the left side of a yellow/blue triangle square unit as shown. Press seam allowance towards the yellow/blue unit.
- Sew the row with the pink square to the row with the green square, matching seams carefully. Press seam allowance towards the green square.
- Repeat to make a second identical 2-row unit.
- Illustration, middle right: Sew two more rows as shown, a 2" green square to a 2" yellow square and a yellow/blue triangle square unit to a blue/green half square triangle unit.
- Sew components of each row together. Press seam allowance in the top row towards the yellow square and towards the yellow/blue square in the bottom row. Join the rows. Repeat to make another identical unit.
- Arrange units as illustrated, lower left, to create two rows. Sew components of each row together. Press. Join the rows, matching seam allowances. Press. The quilt block should measure 6-1/2" x 6-1/2".
- Make 24 identical Clay's Choice quilt blocks.
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Assemble the Pastels Quilt
Assemble the Rows and Finish Sewing the Quilt
- Sew four quilt blocks side-by-side to make a row, arranging blocks so that pink squares are in the upper left and lower right positions. (The illustration on Page 1 shows the quilt in a horizontal orientation.) Use straight pins to keep fabrics from shifting as you sew.
- Make a total of six rows. Two are illustrated.
- Press new seam allowances in adjacent rows in opposite directions. Sew rows together, checking placement to make sure your pink squares are aligned correctly.
- Press the quilt top.
- Use 3" wide strips of blue fabric to make borders for the quilt. Beginners — don't be tempted to measure your quilt along its outer edges because it is likely skewed a bit. Borders are an opportunity to square it up before the finishing steps. Border Instructions
- Mark the top for quilting if necessary. Sandwich with batting and backing. Baste the quilt and add the quilting stitches.
- Remove excess batting and backing. Finish by applying the binding around all edges of the quilt.


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Governor Mark Dayton said today that a "surprise" backup funding plan for the new Minnesota Vikings stadium is in the works.
Electronic pull tab revenue, which was authorized in last year, has fallen far short of projections to cover the state share of the stadium project.
Dayton would not provide any specifics, but he told reporters at a press conference Wednesday that he's been talking to House and Senate leaders about ways to shore up the funding. He stressed that the plan does not involve the Vikings or Minnesota citizens paying more.
"We're looking at a couple options. We don't have it nailed down. But I want and the leadership in both the House and Senate want to have a backup source that is absolutely secure and absolutely sufficient to cover whatever the shortfall is with the e-pull tabs and the bingo."
He declined to talk about what it might be. "I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise," he said, although he did add that the sports memorabilia tax is not part of the plan. UPDATE: The Star Tribune's Baird Helgeson is reporting that closing "tax loopholes" are a likely option.
"It's something that you'd never even imagine," he said.
Dayton said he still thinks the e-pull tab revenue will improve, but he said a backup plan is important for the integrity of the stadium project. He suggested details of the plan will come out sometime after next week's unveiling of the stadium design, scheduled for Monday night. The Legislative session ends May 20th.
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- Annoying Pop-up's
- Shows commercial adverts
- Connects to the internet without permission
Ideal Deal
Ideal Deal is identical to Best Online Deals, so the application behaves just like its predecessor. Both programs are categorized as adware. This suggests that Ideal Deal enters your system in order to make easy money by redirecting you to unfamiliar websites. Needless to say, the program would not be able to escort you to unfamiliar websites if it were not for your collaboration. Refrain from clicking links on random pop-up ads because you do not know where that might lead you. And, most importantly, remove Ideal Deal from your computer at once because you should not tolerate potential computer security threats.
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We're still here! After longer-than-expected hiatus, due to the availability of other podcast members, the Syndicate of Gamers podcast will return on Saturday 30th November, albeit in a completely new format.
During this time, we have shifted hosting providers to better suit our hosting requirements, and overal speed of access to our website. We will also be launching a "new look" for the website to coincide with the relaunch.
The plan at this stage is to have the podcast available in audio and video format (1080p), however whether or not this will need to be branched off into two separate podcasts, one for audio, and one for video, is yet to be determined.
The website will still continue per usual, but will be moving towards presenting reviews in a video format based on the feedback we've received.
In addition, we will be producing hardware and software reviews, as well as conduct product testing under the Bionic Media Group name, with a dedicated YouTube launching simultaneously.
For the moment, visit our landing site to see what we are all about!
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Full Sail Session Lager
Original Session, with the bright red label, is a classic all-malt pre-Prohibition style lager that reminds us of what American lagers used to taste like. It's flavorful, refreshing, and has a touch of that import-style taste. (Which, once upon a time, you didn't have to buy an "import" to get.) Oh, and it comes in a stubby, 11-oz bottle like your grandpa used to buy. So after your next session (surf, jam, gab, whatever), crack open a Session and drink to the good old new days.
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The MCRD Museum will offer its first LEGO Build in partnership with L Gauge Museum on Saturday, June 14th from 1PM to 3PM. This LEGO Build will be held in the Visitor Reception Center (VRC) inside of the MCRD Museum. Kids will learn how to build an American Flag in honor of Flag Day. Museum admission, the event, and the LEGO brick are free; kids get take home their LEGO flag. This event is open to Active Duty Military families, for kids ages 5-11. This LEGO Build is limited to the first 100 kids signed up. Parents must accompany their children at this event. Please R.S.V.P. by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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John Carter Brown
A Sorry Sorry Thing - Poem by John Carter Brown
Once upon a Sunday
In the daffodil-days of spring
I heard a Blackbird crying,
'Twas a sorry sorry thing.
'Oh dear' said I, advancing
And finding half-built nest,
And then all of a sudden
The bird flew off - to west.
His little home bedraggled
By thoughtless little boys;
The Blackbird? far away now,
No more the crying noise.
How was it that the children
Wanted not to hear it sing?
But in its absence, desecrate...
It's a sorry sorry thing.
Topic(s) of this poem: reflecting
Form: Light Verse
Poet's Notes about The Poem
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(Written June 2013)
Comments about A Sorry Sorry Thing by John Carter Brown
Bri Edwards (3/16/2019 10:56:00 AM)
line 11: " its"
i already have left comments, below. i still like poem. and birds. (Report)Reply
Bri Edwards (2/8/2015 2:50:00 PM)
birds! one of my favorite things, along with ice cream and bedtime. like some other readers, i too admit to harming birds in my youth, but just three times i think. once with an arrow and twice with bb gun. BUT i was ONLY trying to come close to hitting them! who knew i was a robin hood? ? ! now i make up (some) for my wickedness, by putting up (and sometimes even filling with seeds; that part is important!) birdfeeders, and some
i don't recall ever intentionally disrupting a nest. i mean i never damaged or removed a nest while i thought it was being or about to be used, but after the family had flown, i sometimes would collect a nest.
every spring i would risk death by climbing trees to spy on the contents of nests. the mouths of begging baby birds look HUGE and very colorful; nice 'targets' for adults returning with food.
years later i learned that some birds reuse? a nest, particularly to raise more than one family in one year. i'm not sure if they build a new nest or use the old. i have heard of eagles adding to an old nest in subsequent years.
i enjoyed daffodil-days, the rhyming of the poem, the story, and the title repeated at the end.
[but one of your it's isn't correct, John. BUT, as you pointed out to me today, in your comment on my poem My English Sucks, it's whether or not the writing is understood which is most important.]
thanks for sharing. bri :)
goes to MyPoemList. (Report)Reply
Connie Yost (3/15/2014 9:19:00 PM)
Yes, but Mother Nature has her own way of taking care of things. Lovely poem. (Report)Reply
Noreen Carden (9/19/2013 10:46:00 AM)
Hello John What is it with boys and nests anyway the poem is great well done
Im sure you are kind to birds now because you realize its a sorry sorry thing
love the poem (Report)Reply
Joseph Anderson (7/27/2013 10:24:00 AM)
I must admit to shooting at birds with my bb gun, in my youthful days-what a sorry sorry thing.
This should become required reading for all youngsters. Excellant expression John (Report)Reply
Ruth Walters (7/18/2013 3:24:00 PM)
Love the rhythm to this excellent little poem and of course the sentiment. (Report)Reply
Valerie Dohren (6/25/2013 1:23:00 PM)
A sorry, sorry thing indeed - pleased to learn you have changed John. A heart-rending little poem.. (Report)Reply
Ellias Anderson Jr. (6/19/2013 3:14:00 AM)
What a nice work John. when i see a clunker nest, i really get sad, once in my Grandmother's house yard the larks made a nest, but wind bowled and destroyed their house. their children died. and it was a sorry sorry thing. but a month later they came back and made a new house. its been days that i haven't gone to my hometown to see how are those little larks. hope they do fine
well written (Report)Reply
Mary Forrester (6/13/2013 3:02:00 PM)
What a lovely poem. As children we have all frightened the birds away and as they took flight we stood watching them soar up into the sky John, it was the excitement of it all, innocence. (Report)Reply
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