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Anomaly's Geek Girl Podcast & Blog Staff
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Jen is one of the original co-hosts of Anomaly. She is a professional graphic designer, illustrator, narrator, and voice actress.
A little background?
She was raised on a farm, in the sticks of South Texas. Her father, John Wayne's twin brother, is the individual responsible for introducing her to all things geeky. Jen has always been an introverted geek, but not the stereotypical sort…
In 3rd grade, Jen coaxed the student body into playing "V" during recess. She led the Visitors as "Diana" until red dust, AKA: cherry flavored Kool-Aid mix, ended her reign. Without her leadership, the game ended too. But she didn't always play the villain, Jen was a real-life playground superhero; rescuing kids from school bullies. After a bully threw the first punch, they soon lost to a girl and the hostile negotiations were concluded without further incident.
In high school, Jen was able to hide her geek girl nature within a very dark closet, earning a Senior Class Favorite Title: "Most Talented Girl". She went on to study art and design in college, where she met her non-geek husband Dave. She married that guy and earned a BFA. Dave was oblivious to her geekness until nine years later when she met her best friend and Anomaly co-host, Angela. Angela is a geek bomb. Her nerdy business-hour discussions with Jen were so epic, the two decided to record and share their geeky conversations with the world. On February 7, 2007 the Anomaly podcast came to be and Jen was coaxed out of the geek closet, never to return again.
Jen is currently living happily ever after with her husband and their little boy, Aaron. Both have made appearances on the show.
Jen is also a co-host on The Star Wars Stacks podcast; a book review show, available via iTunes and Stitcher Smart Radio.
You can hire Jen to brand yourself/your biz or design and illustrate something graphically kickass by contacting her through her website at CreativeHero.net.
Angela is the co-host and co-founder of Anomaly. Angela is a born geek. She has been a theatre nerd for twenty seven years having worked her way from kid in theatre class to actress to costume designer to director. Her first memories include Wrath of Kahn and Return of the Jedi, not to mention talking with the boy scouts in fourth grade about Amazing Stories instead of with the girls about whatever fourth grade girls talk about. But she was never really a tomboy, and thus is an Anomaly (AKA "geek girl"). She has played video games and been a Star Wars and Star Trek geek basically as long as she can remember. She was also blessed in middle school to have met her nerdy long time best friend Stephanie who introduced her to the fantasy side of sci-if/fantasy. In 2005 Jen introduced her to the GeeksOn and Treks In Sci-Fi podcasts and then a podcaster was born.
She is proud to be a geek and a geek bomb. Her unwillingness to hide her geek leads her on great adventures and allows her to meet awesome people like Jen. Angela's final thought: "This is not a Democracy, it's a Cheeracracy and I'm the Cheertator."
Angela is married to her awesome geeky and musically talented husband Jim, the source of the "Anomaly" punk rock themes, and they have a little geekling named Russell. She loves being a sixth generation Texan as much as she loves her lightsaber. Angela is an accomplished seamstress and costume designer. She makes many of the creations you see in the Ren Fest photos for herself and some for Jen as well. She does not do many other podcasting projects as theatre takes up most of her spare time. Her favorite roles include "Angel" in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, "Shelby" in Steel Magnolias, and "Lily" in Annie. Her favorite directing projects so far have been The Music Man and Annie Get Your Gun.
In September of 2010 Angela was diagnosed with Cancer. She finished chemo in April of 2011 and as of now is completely cancer free. Though it is a bit of a downer, Angela would like to remind everyone to pay attention when your body tells you something is wrong and get checked out. It can happen to any one.
Jen, AKA "Sith Jen", is a sometimes-guest-co-host and longtime in person supporter of Anomaly Podcast.
Though late to the proclaimed "Geek" culture she was early to the gaming culture and master dresser upper and has fond memories of hours spent getting the Master Sword before her little brother and sister and lobbying for dress up privileges. Strangely enough; Star Wars was her and her siblings' favorite dress up game to play, despite the small technicality of not actually being allowed to watch the movie.
In primary school through high school she was drawn to the performance arts of acting/singing/dancing. The void in good school play costumes finally drew Jen into the world of costuming. Determined to never give up playing with costumes, she entered the BFA Theatre Arts department at NMSU to master all forms of dress up.
By sophomore year in college she had discovered Cosplay. Determined to start with an easy costume, she proceeded to spend the month after the release of The Phantom Menace recreating Queen Amidala's Parade gown by watching the movie every morning and sewing/dying fabric every night. Understandably, that semester was not her best academic showing.
These days Jen is Mom to a small horde of geek minions, Professional Nurse, Costume designer for Renaissance and Fantasy Faires, Halloween Champion Team Coach, ComicCon goer, Cosplayer of heavy Star Wars influence and Denizen of the Empire/501st hopeful (wish me luck with my first application this year!)
Anomaly Episodes
ENGAGE! A Star Trek Picard Review of Remembrance
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The Rise of Skywalker Review: A Fun and Fair Podcast Discussion
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Avengers End Game Podcast Review
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Anomaly Supplemental
Sue is a writer for Anomalous Musings and co-host and producer of Anomaly Supplemental. She is a trekkie, a tap dancer, a juggler, a bleacher creature at Yankee Stadium, a Disnerd, a Henson fan, a blogger, a runner, a theatre nerd, a reader, a board-gamer…and therefore an "Anomaly".
She blames/credits her brother, Joe, for making her a geek girl. The legend has it that thirteen-year-old Joe didn't want to baby-sit, so he took infant Sue to "Return of the Jedi". She watched, enraptured by Star Wars, and was carried from the movie theater with her shiny, new, metaphorical geek card.
IRL, Sue has a degree in chaotic dynamics (math) and works in the arts. Sue can also be heard regularly on the Women and Warp and Debriefing DragonCon podcasts.
When not posting on Anomalous Musings and/or recording a podcast, she's usually doing some combination of the following: a) seeing a show, b) making a costume, c) training for the 2016 Walt Disney World Marathon, d) consuming some kind of geeky media to blog or podcast about later.
In addition to appearances on the Anomaly Network, Sue was interviewed by Rick Moyer on the Take Him With You podcast and Al & Joyce on Tales From the Mouse House: A Disneyland Podcast, joined the All Thing Trek crew for a three-episode series on Star Trek TOS, and can be heard regularly as that-girl-who-does-the-bumpers on the Waffle On podcast. She believes that the following can do no wrong: Joss Whedon, Terry Pratchett, Stephen Sondheim, and Bebe Neuwirth.
Kasey is an Anomalous Staff Writer for Anomalous Musings and occasional co-host on Anomaly Supplemental. After misspellings of her first name and confusion with her middle name sounding like "Klingon," she now uses her initials as her nom de plume. A born and raised Texan, KC was the second of three children to the odd pairing of a cowboy and a fashion doll.
While a happy and attention deficit little girl, she was exposed to a childhood void of appreciation for the science fiction and fantasy genres. She finally leaped into the geeky vortex after watching her first episode of Doctor Who in 2008. Since then, she has studied the works not only of Shakespeare, Stoppard, and Sondheim, but also Roddenberry, Whedon, Lucas, and the classic collaborative efforts of Pegg and Wright.
KC has appeared as a guest host on Treks in Sci-Fi and Anomaly, and has hosted the first group of episodes of Anomaly Supplemental alongside fellow Anomaly, Sue. She can also be heard as Aria in the dramatization of the Trek in Sci-RPG, "Star Trek: Boldly."
Sarah is an Anomaly and Anomaly Supplemental contributor and Anomalous staff writer.
She grew up on a steady diet of Star Trek and Star Wars, and landed her husband due to the fact that she knew the difference between the original Krayt Dragon call and the redone version in the re-released Star Wars trilogy–she had an opinion regarding which one was better and this impressed him.
Speaking of her husband, Sarah believes Andrew is the best guy in the whole world and they indulge in sci-fi-goodness basically every day–whether they're watching it in the evenings or talking about it via e-mail during the day while he's at work.
Sarah has also been a voice actress for six years under the stage name "Silas Carder"; a name she based on her favorite Star Wars prequel actor, Silas Carson. She got her start on her brother Joe's audio drama: "Conquest of the Empire", in which he played every character aside from the females!
Anne is an Anomaly and Anomaly Supplemental contributor as well as an Anomalous staff writer. An only child with a closet full of lightsabers, Anne fought her way from Chicago to take up residence in New York City.
Anne grew up like Sara in Labyrinth... well minus advances made by Goblin-King-David-Bowie and his tight pants. She quickly filled her sibling-less days with dragon slaying, singing Sondheim, Greek mythology, and Jedi training with her imaginary friend, Luke Skywalker.
As an adult, she feels blessed to be surrounded by a close circle of fellow confident geeks and "Anomalies" who play World of Warcraft, attend Renaissance Faires, cosplay at Comicon, write webseries, record podcasts, play Dungeons and Dragons, and perform in new theatrical works.
As an actress, Anne has performed in musicals and plays around Manhattan and voiced characters in Machinima movies online. She has also been involved in creating new work both online and onstage. She is one of the creators/writers of O-Cast, a webseries about the Greek gods living in NYC. She is also a creator/writer for This is Art, a new comedy webseries about a group of young artists trying to stay afloat in NYC. She is also a company member and the marketing associate for Box Full of Wasps Theatre Collective.
For more info about Anne, check out her web site and her blog: Project Reroll.
Anomaly Supplemental Episodes
Anomaly Supplemental | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Finale!)
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Anomaly Supplemental | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
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Anomaly Supplemental | Young Frankenstein
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Anomalous Staff Writers
Noah is obviously NOT a geek girl, but he's a good friend to them. He's a Ninja and a contributor to Anomaly with random intros, sound drops, blogs, the occasional Nerd News segment, and is the quasi-official Anomaly Convention staff photographer. He is an aspiring writer and a former radio news reporter. He was born in the Pacific Northwest and lived there till he was seven, at which time his family moved to various small towns in South Texas and he hasn't left since. His parents are the main driving forces behind starting him down the geek path.
When he was just a month old, Empire Strikes Back was released in theaters to a nation thirsty for the second chapter of the Star Wars Trilogy. Did his parents get a sitter? NO! They took a newborn to a movie theater. Then to lull the small child to sleep his mother didn't reach for Dr. Seuss, she went to J.R.R. Tolkien.
In junior high, desperate for more content from the Star Wars universe he loved so dearly, he was thrilled to discover that books were being written about his beloved characters. In high school he would take his first ever date to go and see Return of the Jedi: Special Edition in the theater. He would wait in line with college friends to go and see and utterly reject The Phantom Menace. He got shot down in his request to have the Medal Ceremony music at the end of A New Hope be the exit song playing at his wedding.
Despite that denial, he has been married to his wife Heather for over ten years strong. He has more lightsabers than living organisms in his house. He has added a love for Star Trek, Doctor Who, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC television and animated shows, and Harry Potter to his lifelong fandoms of Lord of the Rings, the art of Ninjitsu, and Star Wars.
Lynn is a is an Anomalous Staff Writer for Anomalous Musings. As a post-modern, pre-apocalyptic knitter of yarn, science, technology, and language, Lynn has been called everything from a "Word Nerd" to a "Knitting Machine," from a "Geek Chick" to a "Space Princess." But at the core of her being, she is a calm, devoted lover of gaming, the Earth, a gentle rain, and a cool breeze. She is a strong, self-powered, wind-up human, who will wear brown, not because it is the winning side, but because it is the right side. Lynn favors the creatures of the universe, including her small viper-pilot-wannabe dachshund, Nugget, and her man, Laserchuck, who has fallen through time without a Tardis. Lynn prefers a quiet day with yarn in hand and the fiction of science on the screen, or some British costume drama, while also poking at the laptop to learn more about technology than she ever thought she'd have to know. She prefers vampires that don't look like they had an accident at a craft store, and would like Hollywood to imagine more than they re-imagine.
Given the chance, Lynn would accept a ride on a starship from any of the following people: Hoban Washburne, The (9th) Doctor, Galen Tyrol, and Han Solo (who did shoot first, by the way). Lynn is a leaf on the wind and an Anomaly.
Follow Lynn on Twitter.
Michele's geeky journey started when a family friend sat down to watch an episode of Star Trek TNG. Once the interesting characters took the stage, she couldn't turn away from the screen.
Since then she has avidly followed most of the Star Trek franchises and counts many of the female characters as inspirational leaders. She kept her geeky love to herself until she found out about "The Guild" a few years ago. From there she discovered the online world of web-series and podcasts and has been happily blogging and reading about it all ever since. When she is not dreaming of flying the Tardis to the furthest reaches of the universe, she is an partner to a wonderful wedding and lifestyle photographer (who happens to be her fiancé), owned by an insistent Bengal kitty, reading whatever catches her eye, selling Mary Kay, planning a geeky wedding and exploring the city of her birth, Brooklyn.
Anomalous Musings Posts (Anomaly Blog)
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PARIS: Paris enforced the most drastic traffic curbs in 20 years on Monday, fining almost 4,000 drivers who tried to dodge them, but stopping at a single day of restrictions as cooler weather brought relief from pollution.
Transport chiefs made public transport free in the French capital, while drivers with even-numbered licence plates were told to leave their cars at home.
Last week's unseasonably hot and windless weather across western Europe left cooler air containing tiny particles from car emissions and other sources trapped under a warmer layer.
French policies to promote the use of diesel is seen as one factor why Paris is hit worse than other cities.
Some 700 police officers posted around the city fined 3,859 people for failing to respect the ban by mid-morning. Congestion was 60 percent lower than usual thanks to traffic volume that was down by a quarter, police said.
Car-sharing web site e-loue.com reported hundreds of requests to hire odd-numbered cars on Monday. A long list of exemptions from the ban included delivery drivers, taxis, and cars carrying at least three people, but the government hailed the move as a success.
"This is a public health problem … we thank everyone who fell into line," Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier said.
Drivers who defied the curbs were fined 22 euros ($31) on the spot. The anti-smog action is being implemented days before voters elect city hall mayors across the country in a two-round ballot on March 23 and 30. President Francois Hollande's ruling Socialists are seen retain control of the French capital.
Policemen at the checkpoints said commuters were taking the measures well — even though 27 people had their cars impounded because of their reaction to the fine.
"Most of the road users understand well that this operation has a direct impact on curbing pollution," said police officer Jean-Pierre Meutelet at Porte Maillot on the northwestern edge of Paris.
The government decided against imposing a second day of curbs that would have banned odd-numbered plates from the streets in their turn, saying a change in weather and the traffic curbs had helped ease pollution.
Paris is more prone to smog than other European capitals, World Health Organization (WHO) figures from 2008 show.
A French tax regime that favors diesel over gasoline is regularly cited as a primary cause. New registrations of French cars in 2012 were 67 percent diesel-powered compared with western European average of 53.3 percent — although the proportion was higher in Ireland at 72 percent and similar in Spain and Belgium at 66.3 and 64.8 percent respectively.
Denis Baupin, a Green Party MP for Paris who has long campaigned for a change in the tax system, said it was time diesel support was scrapped as emission standards tighten and other fuels improve their efficiency.
"The increase in environmental constraints has sent the competitiveness of this technology into sharp decline," he told Reuters.
While nowhere near levels seen in some Asian cities, figures from the European Environment Agency (EEA) web site showed last week 147 microgrammes of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter of air in Paris — compared with 114 in Brussels, 104 in Amsterdam, 81 in Berlin and 79.7 in London.
The last restricted Paris driving scheme was introduced in in 1997. It also lasted one day.

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At the beginning of the next session, as I gathered students' drafts on Lesson, I noted that Sylvia Plath was born a full generation after Richard Wright, but that she died in 1963, a victim of suicide, just three years after Wright's death. Circulating a picture of Plath, I then asked what they learned in the introduction that made her death hard to understand. Several voices spoke at once, mentioning her marriage to poet Ted Hughes, their two children, her prestigious degree from Smith College, her Fulbright scholarship to Cambridge University, her publications. Next, I asked the painfully obvious question: "Why would a young, attractive wife and mother and successful poet have to take her own life? Does your book offer any help?" Dafina then mentioned the death of Plath's father when she was only eight, saying that "it seems she never got over the anger and grief." Then Shkodran mentioned the father's authoritarian manner, a quality shared by her husband, who also resembled her father. I congratulated both students on their attentive reading and mentioned another key point from the introduction, that the merger of father and husband in the poem makes "Daddy" more than self-expressive, suggesting an attack on all oppressive men, possessors of the phallus, abusers of power.
I then asked that two women, two female voices, read "Daddy" aloud, each taking eight of the sixteen stanzas of the poem. Merita and Edita obliged; we all followed along as they gave voice to this anguished, angry poem. Thanking Merita and Edita for their voices and their daring, I asked the class to think about the images—both visual and auditory—that give the poem its power. "What about in the first two stanzas? What images define the child's experience of the father's tyrannical power?" In response, many voices spoke of the "black shoe," the child smothered in the paternal shoe "like a foot," afraid to "breathe." Stressing Plath's craft, I mentioned the visual intensity she creates with the "shoe," this specialized form of figurative language, a synecdoche, which allows her to define the whole man by focusing on a cruel, suppressive part. "But does the narrator's voice sound submissive, defeated?" I asked. Several voices responded with the defiant line, "I have had to kill you." "What images suggest her contempt for the father?" Ragip responded, saying that she mocks his self-importance by calling him a "bag full of God" with a disgusting, "ghastly," swollen toe.
Moving to other stanzas, I asked the class if they heard any love mixed in with the anger and contempt. Kadrije said she "used to pray to recover" (l. 14) him, that she tried to kill herself to "get back to you. I thought even the bones would do" (ll. 59-60), and Edita added that she "made a model of you" (l. 64) by marrying Hughes. I praised their answers but wondered why she uses Nazi imagery to describe this man, these men, she loves. Perceptively, Blerta stressed the metaphor: all men become Nazis, and all their women become "Jews," receptacles for his dominating "root" (32, 23). "Why does she shift to the vampire imagery?" I asked. Besa replied that the blood-sucking imagery further stresses the way men use up women, drain them of life after biting the woman's "pretty red heart in two" (l. 56). "Does she leave you with this image of victimization?" I asked Besa. She answered by reading the last two stanzas aloud, sounding the anger as the narrator-daughter-wife drives a "stake in your fat black heart" and proclaims, "Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I'm through" (ll. 76, 80). Complimenting Besa's strong reading, I mentioned again Plath's craft, her alliterative use of harsh "b" and "d" sounds, the sequence of strong stresses in "fat black heart"; such cacophony, I said, creates the angry tone and complements the violent images of her final rejection of her father.
Just nine years old when Plath committed suicide, Rita Dove as an adult also wrote about her father, and she did so, according to our text, with the same "friction" that we found in Plath's poetry (3135). Reminding the class of this claim, I asked, "Where do you see and hear friction in Dove's 'Adolescence III,' which begins with the father's absence and ends with his presence. What happens in between? What's going on inside of her as she shares gardening with her mom?" Dafina noted the simile, with the girl keenly aware that, like the tomatoes, she grows "softer, swelling out" (l. 5). "Why does she have to wrap her scarred knees in the second stanza?" I pressed Dafina. She answered quickly, "She also feels the consequence of her hard work, and she wants to cover the scars with fancy old dresses "that once went to big-band dances" (l. 9). Thanking Dafina for her sensitive answers, I asked the class how this 'friction' between a hard reality and romantic fantasy plays out in the third stanza. Fidan responded, saying that she stands in "rows of clay and chicken manure" dreaming of a young man who would come, profess his love, and make the "scabs fall away," until the "father" ends the fantasy (ll. 14-21). "What do you make of the closing image," I asked Fidan, "carrying his 'tears in a bowl' as 'blood hangs in the pine-soaked air'?" "Maybe the tears show his regret for deserting them, but the blood shows that his return threatens more abuse," he guessed.
Praising all for their close readings, I then asked if anyone cared to share his or her journaling on suicide or on adolescent memories. Gezim responded first, reading an entertaining account of adolescent sibling rivalries and his great sufferings as the 'oldest child,' always having to tend to the younger brothers and getting punished for their pranks. Changing the mood dramatically, Besa read of her opposition to suicide, calling it "weakness," a choice never justified even in times of immense suffering. To support her view, she described the persecution her Albanian family suffered at the hands of Serbian soldiers in the 1990s, the loss of home, the fear of the ever-present AK-47s. She acknowledged that she thought of suicide then, just to escape the terror, but her parents' heroic example made her put aside such despairing thoughts.
Seeing that everyone had been as moved to smiles and to deep sadness by this journaling, I thanked the readers for their candor and courage and the listeners for their attentiveness, and then asked everyone to prepare for the next session by reading three more poems packed with complicated memories about parents: Li-Young Lee's "The Gift," Louise Glück's "Appearances," and Yusef Komunyakaa's "My Father's Love Letters." I also asked the students to prepare a journal entry, either in prose or in poetry, describing their fathers or mothers by using images, not abstractions, just as Plath and Dove had done.


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Kent Orienteering League round 5 - Shooters Hill
Sat 20 Jan 2018
KOL event 5 hosted by DFOK. Full details at http://dfok.co.uk/content/events/KOL2017/index.html
Type of event: Local, Schools
Pre Event Info
Nearest town: Shooters Hill
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- Postcode: SE18 3JA
- Latitude: 51.46647
- Longitude: 0.06971
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Registration & Start Times
Registration from 10:30 to 12:00
Start times from 11:00 to 12:30
Courses close 14:00
Course Information
Four courses available:
Short blue technical
Light green moderate technical
Orange beginner moderate
Yellow beginner easy
Explanation of colour courses
- White are very easy with all controls on paths. They are mainly used by 6-10 year olds and family groups.
- Yellow use simple linear features like paths, walls and streams. They are mainly used by under 12's and family groups.
- Orange progress to basic use of the compass and route choice. They are ideal for novice adults or experienced youngsters.
- Light Green are ideal for improvers as the navigational difficulty begins to increase and uses simple contours and point features.
- Green are used mostly by experienced under 18's and adults wanting a short but challenging course with a very hard navigational difficulty.
- Blue are a longer, more physically demanding course in comparison to the green. The distances are more varied between controls and the course attracts experienced orienteers.
- Brown & Black are very physically demanding and have a very hard navigational difficulty. They are for experienced orienteers only.
- Score means visiting as many controls as possible in any order in a specific time, like 45mins.
Entry Details
Entry on the day only. Please let the organiser know if you are planning to bring a large group. This will ensure we have enough maps printed for everyone taking part.
Adults/Family groups £6 British Orienteering members £5 Juniors £2 Dibber hire £1
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In late November (Thanksgiving) my family will be in Italy! It will be my wife, my 8 year old son and myself.
We will be there for 10 days.
Our plan is to visit Venice, Florence and Rome. With a quick half-day in Pisa.
Not all of the hotels provide breakfast so I am assuming the worst and pretending none will. We haven't booked Rome's hotel yet so I'm not sure.
Anyway, I would like one nice dinner in each of the three big cities (Venice, Florence and Rome). The other meals could be a mixture of deli's, groceries, cheap pizza, etc.
I don't want touristy food if I can help it.
Now, here' the catcher. My wife is a little picky and my son if VERY picky on what he eats. Me, I love all food including anchovies, stinky cheese, etc.
How can I budget for for this? I literally have no idea how much to take. We want to eat well but not break the bank. We're not opposed to buying cereal and milk for breakfast if that can reduce the budget.


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UPDATE: Tuesday – 2/12/2013, 3:20pm ET
WASHINGTON – Authorities have released a timeline of events leading to the murder-suicide.
They say Dayvon Maurice Green set multiple small fires in and around the backyard of his home early Tuesday morning. One of the roommates woke up and alerted the second roommate. The three agreed to put out the flames, but one person was shot while walking inside to get water. That roommate attempted to run. After realizing he had been shot, he went to a neighbor for help.
The other roommate collapsed after being shot multiple times. He was taken to a local hospital and later died. He is identified as 22-year-old Stephen Alex Rane of Silver Spring, Md.
Rane was an undergraduate.
The surviving roommate is also a 22-year-old undergrad. His identity has not been released.
EARLIER: Tuesday – 2/12/2013, 2:19pm ET
WASHINGTON – Police identify the shooter as Dayvon Maurice Green, a 23-year-old graduate student. He had been suffering from mental illness for at least a year, officials say.
Inside the home where Green killed his roommate and himself, authorities found a "bag of weapons," including a fully loaded semi-automatic weapon with extra ammunition, a baseball bat and a machete.
EARLIER: Tuesday – 2/12/2013
WASHINGTON – Two University of Maryland students are dead and another wounded after an off-campus murder-suicide Tuesday morning.
Prince George's County police say the incident happened just before 1 a.m. at a home in the 8700 block of 36th Avenue near the university's campus in College Park, Md.
Police say a preliminary investigation shows a person who lived in the home set several small fires in the basement and in the backyard, and when his two roommates went outside to talk to him about the fires, he shot them.
"He hit one of his roommates, and then as the second roommate was running away, he shot that roommate as well," police spokeswoman Julie Parker says.
Parker says the suspect then went to the back of the home and killed himself. The weapon was recovered at the scene.
One of the victims was pronounced dead at a hospital, and the other suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. Parker did not give information on the ages of the students or how long they had been at the university.
Police are in the process of notifying family members of those involved.
"At this point it's far too early in the investigation to reveal much more about the people involved in this," Parker says.
The University of Maryland sent an alert out at 1:16 a.m., stating that suspects were spotted in a tan Honda Odyssey. The university's public safety department later said the information related to the Odyssey was not correct and there was no such vehicle involved.
"We are not looking for any other suspects," Parker says. "There is no suspect vehicle."
Detectives were canvassing the neighborhood following the incident. Anyone with information is asked to call the police department's homicide unit at 301-772-4925. Those who want to remain anonymous can call Prince George's County Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS, text "PGPD" plus a message to 274637 or submit a tip here.
University of Maryland President Wallace Loh released a statement Tuesday morning saying the school community "awoke this morning to heartbreak" and extending sympathies and prayers to those who knew the victims.
He says he has asked university police to assist Prince George's County investigators, and that the school's places of worship and Counseling Center are open to those who need "support and comfort."
"Ours is a university of great resolve," Loh says. "Together, we will emerge from our collective sadness."
WTOP's Neal Augenstein contributed to this report. Follow @AugensteinWTOP and @WTOP on Twitter.


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Towns in New Jersey scrambled to prepare for their first major winter storm not long after Hurricane Sandy destroyed huge swaths of coastline. NBC's Katy Tur reports.
Updated at 1 a.m. ET: Snow fell on damaged homes and debris piles in parts of the New York City area as a nor'easter moved in Wednesday, causing new power outages and calls for evacuations.
By Wednesday night, the winds had caused more than 100,000 new power outages in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, the U.S. Energy Department stated. That brought the total number to 715,000, most of those remaining from Superstorm Sandy, which made landfall in New Jersey on Oct. 29.
Throughout the Tri-state area, people wore coats indoors as they endured yet another night without heat. Some of those who had weathered Sandy told NBC New York on Wednesday they were petrified.
"It's like a sequel to a horror movie," said James Alexander, a resident of the hard-hit Rockaway Peninsula. "Here we are, nine days later — freezing, no electricity, no nothing, waiting for another storm."
Alexander's home was spared when Sandy hit, but homes around him burned to the ground, and the boardwalk near his home was washed out to sea.
"They said it would be a rough winter," he noted to NBC New York.
One local resident refuses to be driven out by the latest storm, a combo of snow and rain that is threatening areas already ravaged by Hurricane Sandy. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports.
About 1,200 flights were canceled across the Northeast, while residents of a few areas hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy last week were urged to evacuate in case of new flooding. Long Island Rail Road service was also suspended before 7 p.m. because of weather-related signal problems, NBC New York reported.
A punishing nor'easter is expected to dump snow on storm-battered New York and New Jersey. NBC's Jay Gray reports.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg directed police to use their patrol car loudspeakers to warn the 20,000 to 30,000 residents in vulnerable areas to evacuate. In Belle Harbor, in Queens, police patrolled the streets, advertising a warming shelter. Officers found that most had left their homes to stay with family, NBC New York reported.
In Toms River, N.J., residents of nearby barrier island communities lashed out at the city council because they had not been allowed to return to their homes since before Sandy hit.
Said one resident at a city council meeting: "These people need to understand it's our island, it's our home, and we need to defend it like it's a castle."
The snow from the latest Nor'easter is expected to continue through midnight before finally winding down in the early hours of Thursday morning. NBC's Janice Huff reports.
The nor'easter, dubbed "Athena" by The Weather Channel, could produce strong gusts that could also turn up piled debris from Sandy into projectiles. (Last month, The Weather Channel announced it will name noteworthy winter storms in an effort to "better communicate the threat and the timing of the significant impacts that accompany these events.")
"One of the bigger concerns ... would be the debris that's been piled up from all the residences and the businesses," Kevin O'Hara, police chief in Point Pleasant, N.J., told The Weather Channel.
From weather.com: Storm's city-by-city forecasts
"With winds picking up to 30-, 40-, 50-mile-per-hour gusts," he added, "our fear is that if people are out and about they could be hit by flying debris. We would urge people to stay in their houses, stay home, and let the storm pass."
The Long Island Power Authority dedicated more than 12,000 workers to restoring power to its customers -- 8,000 of those workers were linemen and tree trimming crews from around the country, including some who had been airlifted in by the National Guard.
Sea Bright, N.J., is among the areas fearing new flooding on Wednesday. Katy Tur reports.
Snow storms are unusual at this time of year in the New York area. Snowfall had never previously been recorded at Islip, N.Y., Kennedy and LaGuardia airports.
Central Park recorded 2.8 inches of snowfall, beating the 1878 record of 0.1 inches. Bridgeport, Conn., saw 3.5 inches, breaking the former record of 2.0 inches set in 1953. In Newark, N.J., 2.0 inches fell; trace amounts had been recorded in 1981.
"It's not a massive nor'easter by winter standards," said Weather Channel expert Tom Niziol, "but at this time of year immediately after Sandy's wrath and destruction, this isn't what we want."
"Mother Nature is not cutting us a break along the East Coast," he said.
As the day cooled into night, The Weather Channel forecast three inches of snow in Philadelphia with wind gusts over 30 mph, a combination of wet snow and wind in New Jersey, and snowfall totals of six to 12 inches in southeastern New York and New England.
NBCNewYork.com's coverage of nor'easter
In New York, Bloomberg expected up to three inches of snow. He said no new flooding occurred along the city's coastal areas "through the first and most dangerous cycle of high tide" on Wednesday afternoon.
Bloomberg had ordered three nursing homes and an adult care facility evacuated Tuesday from Queens' vulnerable Rockaway Peninsula. About 620 residents were moved.
Fearing winds could down more trees, the city also closed all parks, playgrounds and beaches at noon Wednesday, and ordered all construction sites to be secured.
Airlines cancel flights ahead of nor'easter
Sandy killed more than 100 people, mainly in New York City and New Jersey, and left more than 8 million homes and businesses without power.
John Makely / NBC News
Postal carrier Kenneth Henn delivers mail in the evacuated section of Belmar, N.J., on Tuesday as earth moving machines pile sand along the beach.
Fearing looters, Alex Ocasio told The Associated Press that he planned to ride out the latest storm in his first-floor Rockaway apartment — even after seeing cars float by his front door during Sandy.
As the water receded during Sandy, men dressed in dark clothes broke down the door and were surprised to find him and other residents inside, he said.
Full NBC coverage of Sandy's aftermath
"They tried to say they were rescue workers, then took off," he said.
He put up a handmade sign — "Have gun. Will shoot U" — outside his apartment and started using a bed frame to barricade the door. He has gas, so he keeps the oven on and boils water to stay warm at night.
"It gets a little humid, but it's not bad," he said. "I'm staying. Nothing can be worse than what happened last week."
NBC's Isolde Raftery, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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- Michigan highway shootings suspect arrested
- Underwear needed for Staten Island victims of Sandy, official says
- NJ's email voting suffers voting glitches
- Nun accused of stealing $128,000 to play casinos
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Inspired by Will's discovery of a code hidden within newspaper crossword puzzles in episode 1 of Rubicon, the puzzle wizards at The New York Times created an original Rubicon-themed crossword puzzle prior to Rubicon's premiere. Initially, the puzzle was only available on the Times website, but now it's available exclusively here on www.amc.com.
Know who directed JFK or the title of thrillers starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford or the names of the stars of Rubicon? Then this puzzle was made just for you!
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Mary Bowling at Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc. has recently published a white paper: Local Search Engine Marketing – Profitable Tactics for the Lodging Industry.
From their presse release:
You need a strategy for Local Search and, in this whitepaper, you'll get detailed instruction on how to:
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The report provides a comprehensive overview of the local search industry with examples and tactics. It makes for a good read and while it is specifically written for the lodging industry, it includes a great deal of generally valuable information.
You may request a copy by visiting their website.Local Search Engine Marketing White Paper by Mike Blumenthal


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They represented the largest labor union force in the west. Standing room only in the conference hall at Our Lady of Angels Cathedral. Laborers, teachers, nurses, firefighters and scores more… all active in their locals and vocal in their support. The electorate may be restless and Democrat incumbents feeling the heat this election season but the LA County Federation of Labor has their backs.
The election year Labor Day political kickoff is the kind of event where the politicians are simply happy with the invitation. This is the union leaderships show. Most party office holders were relegated to the buffet line where they helped dish out breakfast. There was San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome with the hash brown potatoes standing next to an apron clad Rep. Loretta Sanchez who had scrambled egg duty (nobody got sick). Other big Dems were later acknowledged to the crowd such as one currently the subject of a Congressional ethics investigation: "We don't care what they are trying to do to her… we love Congresswoman Maxine Waters!" exclaimed Maria Elena Durazo of the Labor Federation. Waters stood and waved.
State Controller John Chaing was one of few allowed to address the crowd. The slot apparently offered in gratitude for his efforts at throwing a monkey wrench into Governor Schwarzenegger's effort at temporarily cutting the pay of state workers, most of whom are unionized.
The only other political figures to address the body were the two at the top of the Democratic ticket.
Now of course there is a difference in status between being a member of the United States Senate and Governor of California. The former might make you part of the "world's most exclusive club" but being the Governor of the nation's largest state simply holds more prestige. One out of eight Americans live in California and that fact alone means the state's chief executive is automatically a national figure of consequence.
The job also holds more responsibility as steward of a state with the 7th largest economy in the world.
But there was more at play than status Monday morning when both Senator Barbara Boxer and Attorney General Jerry Brown showed up to the event.
Boxer entered and quickly began moving table to table shaking hands. One or two news cameras followed. A question was asked by a reporter that was ignored. Most of the room didn't know she was there. Boxer would later give a speech to the gathering and would receive a warm welcome. But the 28 year Washington vet Marin was far from the crowds favorite. Not by a long shot.
Nor was she the primary media draw.
Print and broadcast reporters pounced on the Attorney General in a hallway outside the ballroom As normally is his custom he answered every question put to him until all were satisfied. The camera crews then retreated to the ballroom to chronicle his entrance to the podium once he was introduced.
They have known him as an ally since he first ran for Secretary of State back in the early 70's.
Later it was Jerry Brown who, as Governor, pushed for and signed the law that allowed for collective bargaining for state workers. He was a friend to the United Farmworkers Union and created the Ag Labor Relations Board. To union members Jerry Brown is the real deal.
They cheered, clapped, danced and sang. This was an old friend in familiar territory. No need for a teleprompter or a script. All were use to Brown's "stream of consciousness" speaking style and they loved it.
He talked of the past. Yes he never had a "plan" for anything because he never liked the word… instead he had "strategies". He poured sugar and maple syrup over his eight year history as Governor where he said he created jobs, budget surpluses and lowered taxes (claims that are somewhat debatable). He reminisced about taking a vow of poverty as he entered the seminary and the common ground he had found with Republicans.
The Attorney General didn't talk about the union pension bomb that will threaten to bankrupt city and county governments. He never mention the pledge he made in his new TV ad not to raise taxes without voter approval. "Tough choices are ahead" was as close as he got to bad news.
But this wasn't a time for negativity. Jerry Brown needs the time, money and labo of every union leader, precinct captain and shop steward in the state. Without their help, as much as they love him, yesterday's Labor Day rally will probably be his last.


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A mother who suffered severe brain damage during the birth of her triplets can have in-person visits and Skype calls with her kids, a Southern California judge ruled this week.
Abbie Dorn, who is in a vegetative state after a series of medical errors during childbirth, lives with her parents in South Carolina after being divorced from her husband following her brain injury. Her parents petitioned on her behalf for visits with her kids, who live with her former husband in Los Angeles.
Attorneys for both sides praised the ruling, with the grandparents' attorney calling it a victory for all disabled parents. The father was also pleased, having prevailed in his request to both limit and supervise visitation.


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OTTAWA — The Harper government is launching a blitz to convince B.C. native leaders to support oilsands pipelines to the West Coast.
Those leaders said they will listen, but one said it appears to be a last-minute effort by the Harper government to fend off possible native lawsuits rather than the start of real consultation.
The steady stream of cabinet ministers and a team of top public servants from seven ministries — unprecedented, according to one native leader — will be in B.C. in the next few weeks, the apparent result of a consultant's warning that First Nations are determined to opposed the Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan pipeline proposals.
That consultant, Vancouver lawyer Doug Eyford, was appointed by Harper in March.
"He's been out here, on the ground, finding out what the mood is," said Gordon Christie, director of the University of B.C.'s Indigenous Legal Studies Program. "I can't imagine anything other than him going back and saying anything other than, 'things are not looking good.'"
Ottawa won't release Eyford's report. But a letter from a top federal official to B.C. native leaders earlier this week hinted Ottawa has to do a better selling job.
Eyford's meetings with those who could be affected by the pipelines "have highlighted the importance of engagement between senior government officials and First Nations, covering all aspects of the government's plan for responsible resource development," wrote Serge Dupont, deputy minister at Natural Resources Canada.
Vancouver Island NDP MP Jean Crowder said Harper is scrambling to win hearts and minds in anticipation of the federal Joint Review Panel (JRP) decision on Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline to Kitimat, due in December.
"He's only got two years left in his mandate. If he doesn't get cracking it isn't going to happen before the next election," she said.
"The (Eyford) report's come to him and it says, 'you guys have blown it, you haven't built the relationship with First Nations.' Harper looks at the calendar and says, 'oops, I've only got two years left, and these things don't move quickly,' so now he's flooding the region" with top officials.
But she said the response doesn't come close to meeting the Supreme Court of Canada's requirement to consult, accommodate and even compensate first nations for projects that infringe on aboriginal title to land and resources.
Grand Chief Ed John of the B.C. First Nations Summit said he welcomes a push by Ottawa to consult more broadly on oilsands pipelines. But he said the officials shouldn't just stay in Vancouver, and should travel to areas like the north coast where there are concerns about possible tanker spills.
He also complained that Harper, who is in Vancouver Monday on an unrelated matter, has never met with West Coast leaders on B.C. turf since being elected in 2006.
"That's a fundamental reality of this government and this prime minister, they are aloof to the needs and interests of First Nations in British Columbia."
He said Harper needs to become engaged if he hopes to push the multi-billion-dollar natural resource projects.
"The governments of Canada and British Columbia need approval of first nations for their development proposals in this province. There's absolutely no way around this," he said.
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, said he believes the Conservatives are anticipating a rejection of Northern Gateway by the JRP.
If that happens "we believe the Harper government would simply declare (Northern Gateway to be) in the national interest and overturn the Joint Review Panel recommendation," Phillip said.
"At which time there would be a flurry of lawsuits … and the Harper government would rely on the consultation record as part of their legal defence — that's possibly what's happening here."
But Grand Chief Doug Kelly of the Sto:lo Tribal Council said he doubts Ottawa is sending heavy hitters in hopes of proving to judges that Ottawa fulfilled its requirement to consult and accommodate. He noted that Dupont specifically states in his letter that the meetings aren't intended to meet the Crown's duty to consult.
Kelly said his people are anxious to get out of poverty and want to listen to economic development proposals, but added that some projects — he wouldn't identify them — should be rejected from the outset due to the potential environmental damage.
UBC's Christie said Ottawa appears to be recognizing that it must do more to win support from first nations than relying on the JRP process to assess aboriginal concerns.
"The feds seem to have thought they could rely on the JRP to satisfy, substantially, their duties to consult," Christie told The Vancouver Sun.
"But now they see the resistance still there, and if anything as strong as ever, and are concerned that regardless of the extent to which they may have met their duties through the JRP process this is headed to a major showdown in the courts, should they press ahead.
"A last-minute push to try to win people over seems to be their response, after months of inactivity."
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Slow progress on female bosses
Australian companies are still failing to promote women into senior management positions, prompting calls for quotas and executive bonuses tied to increasing the number of females in top jobs.
The latest census of women in leadership roles, to be released on Tuesday, found that while the number of female directors has increased there had been ''negligible change'' in women at senior management level - 9.7 per cent compared to 8 per cent in 2010.
The number of female directors at the 200 largest listed companies increased from 8.4 per cent in 2010 to 12.3 per cent.
But most of these are non-executive roles - fewer than 1 per cent of executive directors in Australia are female. The census does not include appointments made since April 2012.
''We have been conducting the census for 10 years and, frankly, you would expect to see more progress,'' the director of the government's Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency, Helen Conway, said. Ms Conway also suggested managers be held to account and remunerated to meet gender diversity targets.
Within the pipeline of Australians heading for senior leadership roles there are 2148 men compared to just 141 women. This puts Australia decades behind comparable economies, according to the agency.
A survey by the Australian Institute of Company Directors found the number of companies without any female directors dropped from 52 per cent in 2010 to 38 per cent. It found 39 women were appointed to boards in 2012, compared to 68 appointments in 2011.
But when boards do hire women they keep dipping into the same talent pool - nearly a quarter of female directors hold multiple directorships, compared to just 14.3 per cent of men. There are 15 women who sit on at least three boards.
While 61.5 per cent of companies have at least one woman, this may not be enough to have effective female influence. Female directors are treated more seriously and have more impact if there are at least three on a board, according to the agency. But just 3 per cent of companies had three female directors at April 2012.
Non-executive director on three boards, Sylvia Falzon, says change must start at the board level.
''People have got to have the mind-set asking why, when certain positions become available within an organisation and we get the short-list, why are we not getting enough female representation?''
Women often felt there was an expectation they had to ''tick all the boxes'' when they saw senior positions or directorships advertised, but Ms Falzon said she did not believe organisations expected individual candidates to tick every box.
The largest companies in Australia have appointed more women to their boards than smaller companies. However there is one company in the top 20 that still has no women on its board and just one female in its executive team, the head of external relations - Fortescue.
A spokeswoman said 23 per cent of Fortescue's staff is female and 13 per cent of its managers are female.
''Fortescue chairman Andrew Forrest said at the company's recent AGM that Fortescue was looking to diversify the board with the appointment of a woman in the future,'' she said.
There was no specific date given for when that would take place.
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Today's unemployment report from the Labor Department is disappointing to millions of Americans who are looking for jobs. It shows that the U.S. economy created only 113,000 jobs – well below most economists' expectations. Many experts had hoped that this report for January would erase the gloom created by the December jobs report, which reported only 74,000 new jobs.
While bad weather may be blamed, these weak numbers show that the economy and job creation continue to be crippled by the impact of conservative austerity policies. Federal and state spending have been cut over a series of 'deficit reduction' and sequestration agreements forced on the country by right-wing legislators who care more about their rigid ideology than about healthy investment and growth.
Today's report shows the unemployment rate, now at 6.6 percent, has barely budged. And the number of long-term unemployed – people who have been unable to find work over 27 weeks – remains at historically high levels at 3.6 million. Republican senators who just Thursday cravenly blocked a vote to extend long-term unemployment benefits must come back to the table and pass legislation that will help these people and stimulate the economy.
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Reports from the Hamilton Project and the Economic Policy Institute have shown that even if the economy adds an average of 208,000 jobs per month, it will take until September 2018 to close the jobs gap, defined as the number of jobs needed to return to pre-recession employment levels while also absorbing the people who enter the labor force each month.
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Computer programming has always been a great interest of mine which led me to pursue Computer Science as a degree. I am finally into my core classes which I am currently learning Java programming in. I look forward to continuing to learn and develop my skills in this programming language and after doing some reading and research stumbled upon this website which I think will be a great resource for me. I look forward to becoming an active member and learning more on this forum!


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I'm so excited to be getting a new website soon! It will be easier to shop, and there will be some groovy new products to choose from. Also, I will be having a few give aways in the very near future. It would be awesome if you added me as a friend on facebook (I just got my account up again) so I can keep you updated as things move forward...:) my badge is over there on the sidebar.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Exciting News! (at least for me)
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Woman's World...
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way! On a quiet day, if you listen carefully, you can hear her breathing."
--Arundhati Roy
The Sacred Feminine...probably not a topic I should be tackling at 11:30 pm. Especially because I'm too lazy to really do it justice. All I know is I want to help women find their power. This doesn't mean I don't want men to find their power. I just think it's time we tapped into the energy that is feminine. Joseph Campbell stuff you might say.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Happy Birthday Natalie Wood
I keep editing, and re-editing this post. My thoughts are, "hope I don't offend anyone by saying 'Happy Birthday' to someone who's deceased." Specifically I don't want to offend any of her kin who may still grieve on her birthday. Though she's no longer with us, I want to acknowledge personally how inspired I've always been by the lovely and talented Natalie Wood.
I'm currently reading a biography of Ms. Wood, and interestingly enough today is her birthday. It's a cosmic thing dont'cha know...and I'm all about the cosmic stuff.
She was a woman whose face was utterly flawless, I really could just look at her face all day long! And there are plenty of photos to choose from.
According to her biography, she would never go out without her make up. Her need to please and be viewed as the perfect Hollywood star must have been wearing.
"I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be."
Natalie Wood
I think I relate to that statement, though not to the degree that she experienced it. In other words, my journey has been about discovery as well. Who the heck am I? What am I about? How to be authentic? Where is my tribe?
Not being a true "writer" myself, I struggle to express my own fascination with this woman. She was such a little pixie, really. Acting aside, she had a gift of "being" that was cut short. I'm sorry for the loss.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
collage by suzeelane featuring Betsey Johnson jewelry
Thank you ladies at Layla Grayce. They're having a giveaway over there and the entrants are asked "To enter for a chance to win, tell us about the most meaningful flower(s) you've ever received by leaving a comment here or on our Facebook page. Contest ends Tuesday, July 13th at 6pm EDT."
Such touching, sweet and lovely comments and stories.
It's cool when people generously share their life and experiences with others...
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Thank you...
I have been extremely remiss in thanking some of the bloggers who have generously posted about my art on their blog. I'm lazy and irresponsible when it comes to saying "thank you." By the way, it REALLY helps monetarily when someone blogs about me. It gets people clicking on my website, and hopefully buying some of my work.
Mostly, I'm just not technically savvy enough to link to their blogs, etc. Also, I feel awkward, like I'm bragging. I know I'm strange. Anyhow, I'm going to give it a try right now...(tried and failed)therefore, I will put links to their sites on my sidebar to the right...I would so appreciate learning how to do this!
First, thank you so much to Susan Ellison at Bluesprings Home. She has been a long time supporter of my art. I owe her big time! She has a stunningly beautiful store in Costa Mesa, Ca full of unique items which she has artfully displayed. Please visit her site, and if you're local, drop by her store!
(link on sidebar)
Thank you to the lovely and generous Charmaine at "Beautiful things to share"
for taking the time to write such kind words about me. Charmaine has put together a truly gorgeous blog, bar none! (link on sidebar)
Next, thank you to Jennifer Ramos at Madebygirl for sharing some of my work with her readers. Very thoughtful. (link on sidebar)
Thank you to the gals at Layla Grayce for including me on their blog
(link on sidebar)
Thank you Jenny at Simple Casual Living. She posted a really sweet article about me
(link on sidebar)
I apologize to anyone I may have inadvertently left out, please remind me and I will be sure to acknowledge you.
Peace and Love,
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
Geisha by suzeelane featuring Tarina Tarantino accessories
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Labels: art, Geisha, painting, Susan Brown
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Blue Garden
blue garden by suzeelane featuring Christian Louboutin shoes
I've been totally absorbed and obsessed with Polyvore!!! It's a really cool way of demonstrating the sizes of my paintings in relation to other pieces of furniture...
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mingle by suzeelane on Polyvore.com
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The Central Connecticut women's soccer team has been tabbed to finish fourth in the Northeast Conference by the 2013 NEC Preseason Coaches Poll, the league announced Tuesday. CCSU follows Saint Francis U., LIU Brooklyn and Sacred Heart on the list.
The Blue Devils return nine starters to the pitch this season including senior captains Jewel Robinson and Nikola Deiter. Deiter, who was named to the 2012 All-NEC First Team and 2012 NEC Goalkeeper of the Year, tallied 96 saves for a .800 save percentage and registered five shutouts last season. This summer, Deiter was also named All-East Goalkeeper of the Year as a member of the WPSL's New England Mutiny.
The top four point-leaders in 2012, including Robinson, are also returning to the Blue Devil squad in 2013. Junior Kerriann Welch posted three goals and two assists as a sophomore for eight points and a .400 shot on goal percentage. Robinson added two goals and an assist to total five points and was followed by 2012 All-NEC Second Team awardee Allison Kelley. The senior led the team in assists (three) and added one goal. Sophomore and 2012 NEC All-Rookie Team awardee Claire Walsh notched a goal of her own and an assist to render her fourth on the team in points as a freshman.
The fourth-place preseason ranking is up a spot from last season's fifth-place vote preceding a seventh-place finish overall in the NEC with a 3-7-0 conference record and a 4-13-1 overall record.
The Blue Devils will kick off the 2013 season on August 27 at Maine in Orono, ME followed by a match at UCONN on September 1. Central will host its first home match on Friday, September 6 in a 7 p.m. contest against St. John's (N.Y.).


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Here's a photo of Grandpa John with our family friend, Bud. As Mom tells the story, Grandpa and Bud decided it was a good day to go to the races, and my mom and her cousin, Stan, also wanted to go for the rides and games. Grandpa gave them each a wad of money and sent them on their way. Then, he and Bud headed up to the races enjoy a few (or more) beers and try their luck with the horses. When they were done (we don't have any recollection of how much money they won or lost that day), they headed back down to the midway and decided to document the occasion with a photo booth picture:
|Bud (left) and Grandpa John
My sister, Cindy, happened to be visiting us during the fair this year, so she, our cousin, Leslie, and I went to the Alameda County Fair with Cindy's boys and Leslie's husband and daughter. The young kids had a great time, and the three of us "old" kids couldn't resist squeezing into a photo booth. It was just like old times!
|Cousin Leslie and sisters, Cindy and Wendy, clowning around at the fair!