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María Celeste Arrarás
"Maria Celeste is the leading show host for Hispanic television in the U.S!" Hispanic Image Magazine (June/July 2005)
"One of the most dynamic and well-rounded communicators in the entertainment industry today" says the NY Daily News (June 2003)
"She's a household name in the United States and in Latin America. A darling of the Spanish- language media, which turned her into a cover girl for magazine articles that range from fitness to the super mom syndrome." The New York Times (May 2002)
"The most prominent player in a blossoming media experiment between two television networks in different languages." The Los Angeles Times (November, 2002)
"She's a star, along the lines of talent like Diane Sawyer and Jane Pauley," said the president of NBC to The New York Times (May 2002)
The Hollywood Reporter sees María Celeste as a "crossover Spanish/Anglo star" making an impact in front and behind the scenes (February, 2003)
"The Katie Couric of Latin TV" The Dallas Morning News (April 2002)
Her hiring by Telemundo/NBC was described as a "major on-air talent hire" in an article titled "NBC, Telemundo Snags Red Hot Arraras from Univision" published by The Washington Post (April 2002)
Electronic Media claims María Celeste Arraras is "the big get" in Spanish language television under the headline "Arraras turns up the heat at Telemundo. (April 2002)
"María Celeste is sizzling!" according to the Sun Sentinel . The South Florida publication points out that her show "has taken the U.S. Latin audience by storm" and that it's popularity is spilling over into mainstream television making Maria Celeste "the darling of not only Telemundo, but also of its parent network NBC." (November, 2002)
Maria Celeste is the host and managing editor of "Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste", the most talked about program in Hispanic television, produced by Telemundo/NBC. The popular newsmagazine airs nationwide in the U.S. and in 15 Latin American countries. "Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste" can also be seen in Europe and the Middle East through different cable systems…it has viewers as far as Iceland!
- In June 2005, Maria Celeste received an Emmy Award for her career achievements.
- María Celeste is an Emmy award winning journalist that has been featured in articles by "The New York Times", "Los Angeles Times", "The Chicago Tribune" and "The Miami Herald", to name a few.
- In the annual "Hot Celebrity Poll" conducted by People en Español , she was chosen by readers across the nation as the "most popular and credible television personality." She is the only person to have been in the magazine's cover 8 times… 6 of them in the last year alone!
- She has been a contributor to NBC's "Today" show, reporting from Miami and the Bahamas, where she interviewed music superstar Shakira. She also sat with Katie Couric on the "Today" set when the show visited Miami.
- Her book "Selena's Secret" became an instant bestseller and was described by the prestigious trade magazine Publisher's Weekly as "Simon & Schuster's most successful front list title in Spanish." María Celeste is currently working on a children's book with Scholastics.
- As part of her Journalistic work, she has traveled all over the world covering historical events such as the fall of the Soviet Union, the Olympic Games in Seoul, a Coup d' Etat in Haiti, Presidential elections and many more.
- On the night of María Celeste's debut as a contributor for "Dateline/NBC", the show experienced a dramatic audience increase in both Hispanic an Anglo demographics. Former NBC president Andrew Lack told "The Los Angeles Times" that María Celeste's "was one of the highest segments at 'Dateline' that quarter." He described her as "a serious, smart journalist."
- In 2004, she co-hosted the Brown-Black Democratic Presidential Debate in Iowa for MSNBC, a program that was #1 in the cable ratings universe when it aired live.
- Her appearance as a guest star in NBC's daytime soap opera "Passions" was an absolute success. The two episodes that she participated in experienced a dramatic increase in both household and key demos, versus the program's average the previous year.
- In May 2005 she was invited to the "Maury Povitch" show to talk about her program.
- "Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste" is one of the most watched TV show in its time slot in New York City, at times surpassing the amount of viewers of both Spanish and English speaking stations.
- She has been the host of the in-flight news/entertainment program produced by NBC for "TED" a subsidiary of United Airlines.
- She has been selected three times as one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People." In its 2005 special issue the magazine choose her to be in the cover.
- Maria Celeste, is the official Spanish-language Tram Tour guide voice for Universal Studios.
- She was named "Queen of the Internet" after her first cyber chat surpassed the record 'amount of participants in a chat' set by Ricky Martin. (2001)
- Her hemisphere wide popularity, credibility as a journalist and reputation as one of the most elegant international stars were some of the reasons why she was selected to be a judge in the 2003 "Miss Universe Pageant," celebrated in Panama.
- She has a star in Mexico's walk of fame and another in the Dominican Republic. María Celeste was also recognized by the Puerto Rican community when she was chosen to be its grand Marshall in the 2001 "Puerto Rican Day Parade."
María Celeste has three children ages 7, 6 and 4. In her spare time she's very involved with children's charities and animal rights organizations. Her beautiful home in Miami has been featured in Architectural Digest.
"Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste" is an infotainment news magazine that takes you around the world in an hour. Its format has been described as "paella style" because it covers several areas within the time period such as news of the day, immigration, health, sports, entertainment and consumer issues. The show airs in the U.S. Monday through Friday at 5pm east/pacific and 4pm central.
"Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste" is an info-tainment news magazine that takes you around the world in an hour. It's format has been described as "paella style" because it covers several areas within the time period such as news of the day, immigration, health, sports, entertainment and consumer issues. The show airs in the U.S. Monday through Friday at 5pm east/pacific and 4pm central.


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Is it time for Glee's Final Curtain?
With the old cast members (mostly) out of the picture by the beginning of Season Four, Glee lost a lot of its lustre. The new cast consists of mediocre singers and bland characters whose storylines we care little about. I am still curious about Rachel's Broadway adventures, but with almost everything I love about the show gone, perhaps it's time for closure.


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All You Can Eat for $1?! Kopi Klotok (Secang, Central Java, Indonesia)
All you can eat for $1? Am I serious? It's less than $1 actually (Rp.8,500 to be exact). In the small towns of Indonesia, such things are still possible.
If you've never heard of the town Secang in Central Java, you're not the only one. I never heard of it either until this trip and even now it will just be that town we had to drive through to get to my mom's hometown (Magelang) from Semarang (the closest airport unaffected by the erupting Merapi volcano).
None of us were hungry after lunch but when we were told about the AYCE for Rp.8,500 at Kopi Klotok that's supposed to be good, all of us said "why not?" Turns out they had quite a few of traditional Javanese items even I haven't tried before, like this Buntil, made with coconut, anchovies, green chili, wrapped and steamed in papaya leaf.


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Patient claims Tulsa dentist caused heart attack
Attorney says he will rely on expert testimony
A patient of a Tulsa dentist, under investigation for possibly exposing his patients to hepatitis and HIV, is claiming his heart attack may have been caused by the actions of the staff.
James Rice said he went to Dr. Scott Harrington for procedures over a seven-year period. Rice's attorney said he will rely on expert testimony to show that it is more than likely his client contracted the viruses and suffered the heart attack under Harrington's care.
Rice said the attack severely damaged his heart.
"He never was in the room when the girls would start my IV and he never was in the room when they actually put the syringe in there to sedate me, to put me under. The doctor, I would think, should be in the room," said Rice.
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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - Teddy Turner inherited his love of sailing from his father, media magnate Ted Turner. But there is less of a family resemblance when it comes to politics.
While the elder Turner leans Democratic, Teddy Turner is running as a Republican in a crowded race for an open South Carolina congressional seat created by a U.S. Senate appointment.
"My dad asked, 'What's the minimum amount I can give because you're a Republican?'" Teddy Turner said. "My dad has been asking for years, 'How the heck did you become so conservative?'"
Teddy Turner is one of at least 10 Republicans and two Democrats running in the March 19 party primaries in this coastal district.
The contest has already attracted former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, a Republican seeking to make a political comeback after an affair with an Argentine woman derailed his career, and comedian Steven Colbert's sister, who is vying for the Democratic nomination.
The younger Turner, during an interview with the Associated Press in his home overlooking a marsh in this bedroom community near Charleston, described how his conservative views were decades in the making.
One of five Turner children and Ted Turner's son by his first marriage to Julia Gale Nye, Robert Edward Turner IV graduated from South Carolina's military college, The Citadel, then worked in the then-Soviet Union with CNN, the cable network his dad founded.
Later Teddy Turner held positions both with Turner Broadcasting System and Country Music Television before returning to Charleston 13 years ago. He ran several businesses and worked with underprivileged children at the South Carolina Maritime Foundation. Now he teaches economics at the Charleston Collegiate School, a private school near Charleston.
Working for CNN, Turner said he saw firsthand a busted centralized economy and experienced socialized medicine after being in a Soviet hospital following a serious traffic accident.
"That is scary and we never need to get there," said Turner, 49, sitting in his home where the walls are lined with sailing photos. He worries the United States is heading down the same road with the government trying to be everything for everybody.
What concerns him most is the federal budget deficit. He said he decided to get into the race after discussions about the issue with former U.S. Rep. Tim Scott, hearing his student's questions about the state of the economy and looking into the eyes of his three young children and wondering what kind of nation they will inherit.
"That's been a huge focus and what really pushed me over the edge," he said. "There is a window of opportunity to talk common sense before it all starts to scatter and shatter. We have a short time to do that. The politicians are not getting it done."
Scott, a Republican, was appointed to the U.S. Senate seat left vacant when Republican Jim DeMint resigned.
The 1st Congressional district extends from the sea islands northeast of Charleston southwest to the gated communities on the resort of Hilton Head Island. It leans strongly Republican — it's been decades since it last sent a Democrat to Congress — and Sanford held the seat for three terms before he was elected governor.
Making his first political race, Turner casts himself as a newcomer, not a career politician, and one who is willing to talk with those across the aisle in Congress about the nation's troubled finances.
"The problem is people have lost the art of talking to each other. They have lost the art of debate," he said.
He said he would push for a commonsense approach, telling each agency to trim their budgets by a certain percentage. That, he says, is exactly what a business or a family would do during hard times.
With Turner, what you see is what you get, said Hacker Burr, the head of Charleston Collegiate, from which Turner is on sabbatical.
"He's not afraid to engage political issues," Burr said. "He wears his heart on his sleeve so it was not a surprise to me that he would want to jump in and see if he could effect real change on a bigger scale."
Scott Buchanan, the executive director of The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, said being an outsider may not work in Turner's favour in the GOP primary.
"Once people make the association with his father, he has some name recognition. But one obstacle he has is he has not held office before and primary voters generally look to names they are familiar with and have had some political experience," he said.
Buchanan added that he sees little evidence that GOP voters who would vote in the primary are willing to be accommodating across the aisle. He gives the early edge to three state legislators in the race, as well as to Sanford.
Turner said his dad is supportive of his congressional bid but that he doesn't expect him to see him on the campaign trail.
"I think politically we are dissimilar enough that I'm not sure it would benefit me," Turner said, adding, "He knows our goals are the same. We want a better planet. We want a better country."
Ted Turner did not immediately respond to a message from the AP seeking comment on his son's candidacy.
Teddy Turner's family and the Sanfords own rural property in the same area of coastal South Carolina, and Turner has known Mark Sanford for years, hunting and sailing with him.
While Sanford has high name recognition after two terms as governor and a sex scandal, Turner doesn't see it as a positive. "I think Mark has had his time," he said.
Turner said not being a politician may be an advantage for his campaign, which began airing its first television ads last weekend.
"What I get asked more often is, 'Why would I want to be one of them?'" Turner asked. "I say we can sit on the sidelines and watch the game go on or get out there and put on your pads and hope you don't get killed."


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After reviewing the work from the last post, it seemed that multiple graphics that provided different lenses with which to view our efforts was the way to go. Also, we received some pushback on our view of the ecosystem from the folks at Digital On-Ramps. That's exactly the sort of community interaction that extends and builds the conversation and we deeply appreciate it, thanks!
Now, given that excellent effort, I ask you to consider and share your perceptions of the Open Badges ecosystem, not only as we imagine it right now but as you see it in 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, etc. Aaaaand, can you imagine additional alternative credentialing occurring and what's the state of the workforce development movement?
Okay, with that mental exercise assigned, let's get to more visuals. First up, a slightly revised graphic showing the traditional/non-traditional vs. accredited/non-accredited landscape.
You'll note that the confusion introduced by matching traditional/non-traditional with formal/informal is now gone. Also, there are more organizations included in this version. Thanks to those of you who provided me with information about where they saw themselves fitting, along with areas that were previously not considered, for example the entire Maker movement. While there is some clustering happening already, I anticipate that eventually we'll need the ability to enlarge this view dramatically because there are many groups and organizations that will be heavily clustered in some areas. That said, it's worth noting that there are some data deserts in this graphic, too—particularly in the northeast quadrant. Perhaps this is due in part to accreditation being a pretty binary achievement (more on this in another post later).
The next graphic addresses the formal/informal environment vs. standard/experimental pedagogies. It's new and again, a rough version of where things seem to be aligning. Here I'm contrasting a somewhat old world approach to teaching including formal requirements associated with physical placement (like seat time) with the new world order linked to the anytime, anywhere learning being engendered by the rapidly proliferating self & peer based learning sites that can be found on the Web.
There are some interesting overlaps occurring particularly in the southwest and northeast quadrants, especially as we consider the influence of the Maker movement. I would love to hear feedback on whether this graphic lens makes sense of this space, as well as if splitting traditional/non-traditional from formal/informal resonates with the community. For me, these are two different approaches that have been traditionally tightly interlaced but one that the web now compels us to recognize as potentially separate actors in the system.
By the way, if you click on these graphics, they'll open in a new window in a larger format so you can view them more readily.
As I mentioned earlier in this post and last week's post, I will be following up these thoughts with visuals that explain the direction that a trust network may take once Open Badges hits them. Until then, please provide your thoughts on these interpretations or directions you'd like to see expressed in a more graphic fashion.
And lastly, thanks for all of your feedback on the graphics and ideas in the last post. I mention this frequently, but since it underpins everything we're doing with Open Badges—and really, Mozilla in general—I'll mention it again: you, the Open Badges community, are an essential part of building this ecosystem. All of your questions, notes, comments, RTs, likes, concerns, etc. inform the process. So, thank you and please continue to send them our way.
Much more soon.


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Not to be a prick, but I'm a better gamer than probably 80 percent of you. At any given first-person shooter, I will probably kill you more than you kill me, and by a decent margin. The point is, I'm good—but I'm no pro. I've actually always been skeptical about "pro" gaming gear, and the sliver of an edge you might gain by paying a lot more. I put complete setups from both SteelSeries and Razer—using my beloved, well-worn five-year-old Logitech gear as a control—through a rigorous multi-day Battlemodo to definitively answer a single, fundamental question: Will pro gaming gear make me a better gamer?
The Gear
From Razer, I got the Lachesis mouse, Lycosa keyboard, Piranha headset and Destructor pad. That's $80 each for components plus a $40 mouse pad, totalling $280.
From SteelSeries, it's the Ikari Laser ($90), 7G keyboard ($150), Siberia Neckband headset ($100) and QcK+pad ($15). Do the math and it adds up to $355.
My old, battle-tested equipment, all Logitech: MX500, Media Elite keyboard, whatever free Logitech headset came with Unreal Tournament 2004 and a free Vista mousepad. Street (or garage sale) value of about $45.
Quick and Dirty Conclusions
It takes more than 20 minutes to get used to a new keyboard and mouse. So I spent a couple days with each set to get comfortable before actual testing with what I've been at almost exclusively on PC as of late: Team Fortress 2. I didn't want readjusting to a game like Battlefield 2142 added to the list of possible variables.
Because of my style of play (mostly heavy/sniper, offensive support), the best indicator of whether or not my game improved is still kill-to-death ratio, even though TF2 is an objective-oriented game. I've taken the results for 15 rounds of gameplay for each set of gear, then averaged them out to a single K-D ratio for each, and accounting for dominations (killing same guy three times).
SteelSeries: 2.6, with 5 dominations
Logitech: 2.42, with 2 dominations
Razer: 1.98, with 2 dominations
What It All Means
Objectively, SteelSeries made me a better gamer. Why? Because comfort level is the bottom line when it comes to gaming (or any) gear you grip or pound everyday, more so than any stupid spec or number proving how awesome a piece of equipment is. Ergonomically, the SteelSeries stuff just felt right, even after using it a short while.
Fans of Logitech's MX500 (me!) or G5 series mice will dig the SteelSeries Ikari mouse, since it's almost the exact same, but with an extra nub for your ring finger, plus it fixes the crappy scroll wheel issue that plagues the G5 and G7. The Razer Lachesis mouse is ambidextrous, and it just never felt right. (I'm not a claw gripper, though.) I kept accidentally hitting the buttons on the right side of the mouse, causing it to reboot to change profiles, which got me killed more than once. The braided cable on the Ikari, like on Logitech's G5 mouse, was a construction plus over Lycosa's thin rubber cord, though they both feel solid. I don't think either is worth the price ($90 for a mouse is insane), though—my MX500 is still just fine.
Keyboard-wise, Razer's Lycosa actually has a better layout (big backspace, small enter) than SteelSeries' 7G. It's also the much sexier of the two. But I'm not too big on its squishy laptop-style keys for gaming, and the keys' rubber coating started out as a plus and grew into a minus as it made my fingers feel weird and sorta chapped after extended sessions. SteelSeries compromises between big clacky keys and soft touch by registering the key press at the halfway point—they're tall keys—so you can go light or really slam them. I wish it had the subtle backlighting like the Lycosa , and maybe some more macro options. But the build quality of the 7G is absolutely bunker-worthy—it's incredibly heavy. I could club a family of baby seals to death with it and go back to gaming (after wiping the blood off). Yeah, it's $150, but it feels like it's going to stick around to the next ice age, so you're actually paying for solid equipment, gaming BS aside. The Lycosa feels more fragile—not crappy, but just above average.
Headsets have the same build matchup—the SteelSeries is heavier and more sturdy—but this time the cheaper Razer Piranha comes out ahead in audio quality (no surprise, actually). Positional audio was much truer, especially rear to front (a necessity to avoid getting backstabbed by a bastard Spy). Besides, as SteelSeries readily admitted to me, the Siberias suck for music.
Mousing surfaces? Whatever. Beyond the basics of non-reflectivity, it's total hype.
SteelSeries made me a better gamer, but the label "gaming gear" is BS. Buy what feels comfortable, because that's what you'll game better with. If you're a fan of Razer ergonomic styles (I wasn't overly) then it might be worth the extra price, but on the construction merits alone, it doesn't necessarily stack up. The SteelSeries stuff felt more substantial and like the build quality was slightly more commensurate with the higher price point (though I still think the 7G should go for like $100, not $150). Most scientific statement I can make: I was most comfortable with SteelSeries and my old gear, so I did better with them. [SteelSeries, Razer]


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Martin Binfield, a former artist at Sony Cambridge Studio, has recently posted a showreel of his work, and contained within are glimpses of some games we never actually got to see. Games like binned PS3 exclusives Heavenly Sword 2, and Eight Days.
Eight Days was cancelled a long, long time ago, while Heavenly Sword 2 suffered a similar fate, albeit much less publicly.
You'll also see a couple of other "shelved concepts" that didn't even get a proper working title.
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MLB: Finding ways to make America's pastime safer
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. >> The most anxious person in the stadium was Brandon McCarthy's wife, Amanda. Out on the mound, her husband was mowing down hitters as if September never happened. It was the culmination of a remarkable comeback, executed by a calm, stoic individual who just wants to move on.
Amanda wasn't the slightest bit calm. She couldn't help but recall the sight of Brandon, then a member of the Oakland A's rotation, felled by a line drive off the bat of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's Erick Aybar. She remembered all of it: barging into the A's clubhouse, desperate to hear news of any kind, sweating out the emergency brain surgery, then watching her man sleep for the better part of a week.
"I was kind of getting shaky," she said after McCarthy's two-inning performance for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.
This was a sunny afternoon at Salt River Fields, spring home of the Diamondbacks, who signed McCarthy to a two-year contract in December. It would be his first appearance in an actual game since that horrible afternoon at the Coliseum.
He went out and eased everyone's concerns. Facing the Cincinnati Reds, he struck out the side in the first inning. Manager Kirk Gibson has pegged McCarthy as his No. 4 starter, and this was a highly promising first step.
"I just wanted it out of the way so I don't have to hear about it any more," McCarthy said afterward.
For the better part of two years, executives in the Major League Baseball offices have studied the feasibility of padded caps, or even faceguards, for pitchers. The McCarthy incident "accelerated the process," according to MLB senior vice president Dan Halem, and by December, prototypes had been offered by six different organizations.
Unequal Technologies, the company featured on a recent edition of ESPN's "Outside the Lines," has produced an inset of padding that weighs 3.9 ounces and is one-eighth of an inch thick, consisting of a three-layer synthetic composite designed to withstand high-speed impact. Although it is light and flexible, it protects only 40 percent of the head.
Take McCarthy's word for it: The ideal protective device -- and more importantly, acceptance by big-league pitchers -- is a long way off.
"They haven't come up with anything acceptable, and that's unfortunate," he said during a Tuesday interview in the Diamondbacks' clubhouse. "It's like this thing sitting on your head that doesn't work. It doesn't feel right and it doesn't do what it's supposed to do. That's a pretty backward step. You can get used to something being different, but if it doesn't protect you completely, what are we talking about? I'm not sure it would have protected me."
That would seem to be the case, as McCarthy was struck near the temple on the right side of his head, causing a brain contusion, epidural hemorrhage and skull fracture. Historically, examining the most well-documented cases of pitchers being struck in the head by line drives in the modern era, there is little to suggest that the injuries could have been prevented by a padded cap:
Cleveland's Herb Score, 1957 (right eye). The A's Bo McLauglin, 1981 (right cheekbone). The Phillies' Norm Charlton, 1995 (forehead). Detroit's Willie Blair, 1997 (jaw). Boston's Bryce Florie, 2000 (right eye). San Diego's Chris Young, 2008 (between the eyes). The Giants' Joe Martinez, 2009 (forehead).
Players aren't necessarily resistant to equipment change. After experimenting with a new brand of batter's helmet last year (Buster Posey was among the 200-odd players who wore them), MLB came up with a lighter, smaller version this year and made it mandatory -- with only scattered complaints in spring training so far.
"It's different when you're pitching," said the A's Sean Doolittle, a converted first baseman. "You can't have anything that feels too bulky, throws off your balance or affects how you feel out there. I guess I'd be willing to try it, but it would have to be something extremely noninvasive."
The Giants' Jeremy Affeldt was forced to wear a knee brace for a spell last season, "and I got used to that," he said, "but in pitching, comfortability is a big deal. I don't think I'd do it unless I had to. It would have to be a situation where I'd been medically advised to do so."
During one segment of the "Outside the Lines" show, there was talk of faceguards for pitchers -- something likely to be universally voted down.
"Not happening," Affeldt said.
"Now you're basically saying that you're pitching in fear," the A's Grant Balfour said. "That would be like putting a target on you, almost waiting for it to happen."


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NEA: education debate is about ideas and moving America forward
Educators are turning hope into action every day in schools across the country
WASHINGTON - December 07, 2010 -
Controversial former District of Columbia Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee launched a new political advocacy group this week. Rhee resigned her position in October after Mayor Adrian Fenty lost his reelection bid.
The following statement can be attributed to NEA President Dennis Van Roekel:
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"Schools across the country are undergoing change, and NEA is at the forefront of innovative and creative collaborations to improve schools for all students. Nationally and locally, educators are turning hope into action in the nation's schools -- one student at a time, one school at a time, one community at a time.
"Change is happening in California, where our affiliate supports a program that is boosting achievement for thousands of at-risk students. In Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida, our union is working to create effective evaluation system for teachers and principals, aiming for stronger student performance, stronger public schools and students better prepared to compete in a global and interdependent world.
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I think you can add this post to my series of posts on the Physician Revolt that I talked about earlier. The following message is from a doctor who emailed me. Obviously, they didn't realize it would be published, so ignore some of the grammar errors, but the message is a good one that we should be discussing.
The doctors are going to be graded on the health outcomes but yet patients are going to do whatever. Nowhere in the law it states that patient is responsible for anything.
So while the ACOs are going to offer coverage…… there is going to be no immediate access due to shortage of MDs and the current MDs whose slots are overfilled are going to be dinged with penalties for not taking care of their patients completely (ie. all time coverage for all patients all the time). which means the MD has to refund the already reduced reimbursements back to the government because patients will complain about this.
Of course, the patients themselves will not tighten their belt and become personally responsible for their health so that they take up less appointment slots……..
So the significant question is Where are the patients held accountable in all these free health care reforms?
This is an important question as we shift to an ACO model. I think the above narrative places a little too much blame on the patient for the higher healthcare costs. Certainly there are things that doctors and our health system can do to lower costs that are outside of the patient. A simple example is 2 doctors ordering duplicate tests. If they just transferred the data, they'd provide the same care for a much lower cost. Plus, I think there are ways that a doctor together with a clinical care team can improve the overall quality of care of a patient population regardless of the patient's choices. Another example of this is the hospital to PCP hand off. Doing this right can lower healthcare costs by reducing hospital readmissions.
While much can be done by doctors and the healthcare system as a whole, the doctor does raise a good question about patient responsibility. In what ways could we incentivize patients to take some accountability and responsibility for their healthcare as well?
The first thing that popped in my head was the way car insurance companies are doing it. One of the insurance companies is tapping into your car's computer to monitor safe driving and then they provide discounts to you for being a safe driver. Are we going to have the same models in healthcare? In some ways we do, since if you're a non-smoker your health insurance costs a lot less. Will health insurance companies start lowering a patient's health insurance costs based on data from a wearable device that monitors your activity?
I'm honestly not sure how it's all going to play out, but I am sure that healthcare IT is going to play a role in the process. We'll never totally solve the issue of patient responsibility and accountability. That's a feature of life, but I think that technology can help to hold us all more accountable for our health choices. What technologies do you see helping this?


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Priape, Canada's leading gay store and sex shop, has closed its stores.
Denis Leblanc, general manager at Priape Inc, confirmed that Priape's four stores across Canada — Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver — closed their doors Oct 21 at 8am Eastern Standard Time.
The company has been under bankruptcy protection since June 27. Leblanc says the closings affect 58 employees.
A fixture of gay villages, Priape says it has been struggling since Health Canada demanded retailers take poppers off the shelves.
In June, just before the Pride season, Health Canada issued a warning asking retailers to stop selling and distributing alkyl nitrites or, as they are more commonly known on the party scene, the popular drug "poppers."
"For us that represented a huge amount of sales and profit, so that's what triggered it all," Leblanc says. "It's not so much percentage of sales, but the gross profit it brought in, and proportionately it was very significant."
Although poppers are not considered a narcotic in Canada, and possession of alkyl nitrates is not illegal, they are considered a drug, and their sale is regulated by the Food and Drug Act. Unauthorized sales of the drug can be punished with jail terms of up to three years and fines of up to $5,000.
On Oct 21, Leblanc said he will provide more information "tomorrow or before the end of the week." He says he's hopeful that the company can still be saved.
He says there is still a chance that the stores, or some of the stores, could remain open. "That possibility exists. I can't say anymore about this right now."
But it appears Priape's financial woes and debt started long before the June ban on popper sales.
On June 27, Priape sent a "Notice of Intention To Make a Proposal" to its list of creditors owed more than $250.
Traditionally, companies make such a proposal to avoid filing for bankruptcy, hoping creditors will work out a pennies-on-the-dollar settlement for debts owed. The action sometimes provides a company with the opportunity and time to restructure.
As of the June 27 filing, Priape owed 106 companies $687,650.30 — debts that would have accrued long before Health Canada's announcement in June cracking down on popper sales.
Among creditors listed on the June statement are many familiar brand names in gay retail: Mr S Leather, in San Francisco, owed $28,709; Nasty Pig clothing company, owed $11,985; silicone toy manufacturer Ox Balls, owed $35,347; G-Star jeans, owed $13,504; and Timoteo underwear, owed $13,588.
Pink Triangle Press, publisher of Xtra and dailyxtra.com, was owed $4,200.
Debt to two large financial institutions added up to just over $143,000. Priape owed $67,641 to American Express and $75,634 to Visa Desjardins.
We do not know how that debt standing may have changed since the June filing; however, on Sept 9, the company applied to Quebec's Superior Court Commercial Division for a "Notice to Creditors for an Extension of Time." Priape was granted a 45-day extension, making the new settlement deadline Oct 24.
Priape closed the stores three days before the Oct 24 deadline.
Priape Montreal was the first to open, in 1974. The company has since expanded to Toronto, in 1998, Calgary, in 2004, and Vancouver, in 2005, selling DVDs, books, clothing, leather, sex toys and other products that appeal to gay consumers.
In June, the founder of Priape, Bernard Rousseau, was owed $4,167. Rousseau sold the chain to the current owners about 10 years ago.
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Day 1 in the books…
Joe Torre addressed the team this morning in his 51st season with a big league team (albeit six as a broadcaster).
The first workouts took place and about half the pitchers threw bullpen sessions. One interesting photo caught by team photographer Jon SooHoo (now in his 25th year) was of the Dodgers' former All-Star closer and current one.
Plenty of media on site, though it's amazing that there was more Japanese media here covering Kuroda than all other American media outlets combined.
Otherwise, it was a relatively quiet day. Blake DeWitt checked in and we figured out that he's one of 19 players on the 40-man who are 26 years old or younger. Amazingly, despite a year-plus of big league service, Clayton Kershaw is still the youngest guy in camp.
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I'm with you, Kahli.
I'm pulling for Gagne to make the 25-man roster. Compared to some of the crud Ned has dragged in here the past few years, at least Gagne has some drama and excitement attached to his name. He might not have anything left…but for his sake, I hope he does.
Dang why did Josh have to make a new thread? All my crap on the other one isn't going to be read lol.
Ouch that suck and she come to see her daughter yesterday
Josh – thanks for the new thread!! Can't wait to see the team in action.
That's funny shad….Your post have been up 16 hours now. Only 8 more hours and tomorrows press should be out….then we will have more to read.
I've been saving a shot of whiskey, well…. since the last time so…..
Here's To 2010, in Dodger Blue!!! ClinK!! Clink!!
Down the Hatch!!!
Shad that would suck…Best wishes thoughts and prayers
Enchanted I'll start if you finish…….
In a startling and tragic event….Yogi Bears instructor, has fallen into a food coma, as she was preparing him and Boo for the upcoming Ice Capades, titled A Frozen Picnic Basket…….
Sssscrew you, McCourt. Sell the team now, you rat bassstard.
"Currently, the Dodgers' ticket prices are relatively inexpensive and there is substantial room for prices to increase without resulting in a decline in attendance," the document read.
Are you kidding me? There are several other things in that article that are disturbing.
So, I am not sure if I am more infuriated that he wants to raise prices because he thinks he has room to increase them or that he is soliciting outside OF THE COUNTRY for financial help.
I feel for you, man. First, the documents that Jaime files show that the McCourts have a PERSONAL line of credit based on the the projected ticket sales of the Dodgers. Hmm, charge more for tickets, even if sales are flat, and the line of credit can be increased.
Now, this thing about ticket prices possibly doubling by 2018 while payrol stays flat? Oh man, if you can spin this one in a positive manner then you are truly worth your weight in gold, my friend.
One thing I don't ever want to hear is how raises in ticket prices are in line with the rest of the industry unless spending also is in line with the rest of the industry (read: clubs that reside in large markets, not KC and SD). It is now more and more obvious what goes into the thinking behind the raises in ticket prices. Frank and Jaime need more flash money and they are trying to pad the books to make themselves look better to foreign investors. Frank being so hell-bent on going to China and Taiwan now make some more sense as well.
Like I said I love that projected lineup and Martin going to rest alot this year than last year but still mad at that writer using the word typicial fan leaving early when Gagne is about to come in the game. We stay no matter what who care about those other fan not there fault they want to be that traffic and getting out that parking lot is alot of trouble.
I'd suggest tar-and-feathers, but I don't think I could get the tar hot enough for the way I feel.
You know I have heard about this already today (about Frank's interest in looking into foreign financial aid – let's call it what it is), but I haven't seen it in print until this article.
We don't spend like the Yankees/RedSox, so why should we be expected to pay ticket prices like they do? Unbelieveable!!! Boy, messagebear is going to have 482s coming out the wazoo tomorrow when he reads that article.
#482!!!!!!!! #482!!!!!!!!! #482!!!!!!!!!!! #482!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why does none of this surprise me? We're only getting the details thanks to the upcoming divorce. What's been obvious to me all along is the carpetbagger, total scumgab character of this ownership that's been at work on destroying the tradition of our Dodgers for the last five years. And we thought the Fox ownership was bad.
482's only tell the frustration part of the story. This Frank guy is so corrupt in his thinking that an armed revolution is what we need. To him the Dodgers is only a name to trade on, and that's obviously what he intends whether it be to change the real estate skyline around our stadium or to change the real ownership to a Chinese conglomerate. That's why I don't believe anything that this management says, and that includes Josh for me, because he's only a paid mouthpiece.
Fortunately we can concentrate on Dodger ball soon coming up and leave the ownership issue to the courts. I think and hope that the owners will screw up their own internal plans just the way they have the fans aspirations. Frank and Jamie deserve to rip each other to pieces in public, and I hope the public media gets the laugh out of it all that these clowns deserve.
SELL THE TEAM, you worthless MF***ing piece of crap!!!
482, 482, 482, 482 – wish I knew how to say that to the 10th degree. And a happy 69 to you too, Jamie. The only thing I can say about your prospects is that your ownership might be more American, unless we just don't know all the details about your proposed partnership yet.
Well said, Messagebear!
messagebear – To get that number it would take one of those real fancy calculaters that high schools and colleges use for their math classes. I only teach first grade and it doesn't require that (yet!!) – LOL!!! I am with you, let's get these games started so at least we have the news of the Dodger players as something to look forward to and talk about.


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Before my tale involving the treacherous she-males occurred I spent my time off camera helping induce pregnant dolphins into labor, rescuing sea turtles from fish nets, thatching roofs destroyed by a recent hurricane, trying to impregnate a village chief's daughter and digging a well for the thirsty locals. Yes, Tehol Beddict is a philanthropist as well as being a scholar, poet, mankini model, and a writer. It's true I wear many hats, but among those is never a jimmy, luckily for the Chieftan's daughter, who I can now proudly say is expecting come winter.
When saving baby sea creatures one must be wary of the poisonous sea urchin as the only way to stop the pain is by peeing on the wound. Giving golden showers to tourists is now one of my greatest passions after this trip. I shall never forget the joy of easing a tourist's pain by blasting his face with a powerful stream of urine. You must be precise in these matters and my aim stuck true. The locals worshipped me for these feats and told me they had only read about piss with such potency in tales about the Gods they worshipped thousands of years ago before they were overtaken by the pious French. But this is a tale for another day my friends for I did battle with some of the most powerful she-males of Bora Bora , nearly losing my life in the process, and that story takes precedence.Please, blog, may I have some more?


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Putzmeister Announces New Offering of Telematics on All Boom Pumps
In the Machine Cockpit interface, all relevant information for the machine can be called up in real time.
At World of Concrete 2020, from February 4-7, Putzmeister America will be showcasing machine telematics. For companies, this could mean being one step ahead of the competition. Thanks to digital support and intuitive operations, users gain a new working experience.
STURTEVANT, WI. December 5, 2019 – Putzmeister telemetry offers fantastic opportunities to work more economically and efficiently, and beginning in 2020, Putzmeister America, Inc. (Putzmeister) is proud to offer it standard on all truck-mounted concrete boom pumps. North American customers will see if first at World of Concrete 2020 in booth C5726. Experience clever solutions, such as the machine cockpit, which promises, through connectivity – reliable networking, less downtime, higher productivity and, thanks to real-time information and an overview of all relevant operating figures, more efficiency.
"We want our customers to experience digitalization as a gain and remain simple to use," said Sebastian Furich, Director of Innovation Factory for Putzmeister Group in Aichtal, Germany. "Ultimately, it's purely about giving them the means to control their fleet and have an overview to work as efficiently as possible with our machines."
In the Machine Cockpit interface, all relevant information for the machine can be called up in real time. Companies can always keep a complete overview of their fleet and therefore their assets. The benefits are clear:
- Warning messages for critical states (e.g hydraulic temperatures, pump output, location, etc), which enable remote diagnosis of machine faults and can provide automatic maintenance planning messenging to reduce costly downtime
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As of World of Concrete 2020, this module will be included in the basic equipment. Older machines, though, can also be retrofitted without a problem.
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Stan Berenstain
United States of America
Stan and Jan Berenstain are the creators of the beloved Berenstain Bears series of children's books.
The first Berenstain Bears book, The Big Honey Hunt, was published in 1962, and it quickly became a favorite with young children first learning how to read. Since then, over 150 Berenstain Bears titles have been published to both critical and popular acclaim. Today, the Berenstain Bears are among the most widely recognized and loved characters in the United States.
The Berenstain Bears Scouts series first appeared in October of 1995. The series, which is published simultaneously in English and Spanish, now includes nine titles. In addition to continuing their work on children's books, Stan and Jan, along with their sons Michael and Leo, have written several Berenstain Bears animated television specials.
The Berenstains have received many awards and honors for their books over the years. These include the Ludington Award from the Educational Paperback Association for their contribution to children's literature, the Drexel Citation from Drexel University, several Philadelphia Literary Children's Roundtable Honors, and many other state reading association awards.
Stan and Jan Berenstain met in 1941 on their first day of classes at the Philadelphia College of Art. Married in 1946, Stan and Jan began their collaborative career drawing cartoons for popular magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's.
On November 26, 2005, Stan Berenstain died of complications from cancer at his home in Bucks County, Pa. He was 82.


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A relatively exciting day, finally got a clean directional move that I caught on the short side for a fair profit.
The DOW finished the day down 196 points, the S&P down 2.9%, the NDX lost 3.5%, and the RUT lead again with a 5.3% loss.
I'm not going to try to justify the selling, other to say there was a treasury auction that didn't go so well and Jamie Dimon (JPM CEO & N.Y. Fed member) made some negative comments about financials which were also killed, the XLF gave up 7.7%!
Internals were negative by about 4 to 1.
REITS got slammed. IYR lost 14.4%, giving SRS a rocket ride up 25% on the day!
The transports also got killed, the index lost 192 points, nearly as much as the DOW! That's a feat when your index is only at 3,200 points. They gave up 5.6% today.
Below is a chart of the DOW daily, note the increasing volume and the clear sell signal on the stochastic. Also note that it is being squeezed between the black uptrend line and the green 50 day average that is down sloping. Looks like a resolution one way or the other has to come pretty soon.
Next chart is the SPX 10 minute. Note the light blue lines which make a potential bearish wedge. It held. Now look at the darker blue flag channel… we hit 870 perfectly and bounced right at the close. That's a potential springboard for tomorrow if prices want to gravitate back to the top of that channel. Note the fresh buy signal from oversold on this 10 minute timeframe on the stochastic. The 20 minute and 60 minute fast are also oversold (slows are not), which may indicate higher prices tomorrow, thus I took profits into the close today from my short positions. Look at the congestion/support between 870 and 830… there's a lot there. I wouldn't get heavily short again until we clear the 850 area (today's close may have been a good long entry point, but not for me).
The last chart is the VIX, 5 minute close up. It returned to its triangle which is not bullish, but it did diverge in the fact that it was barely positive on a fairly large down move in equities. Once again I'm cautious here. I liked today and did well. For me to get long, the VIX would have to exit that triangle and stay out. The fundamentals certainly don't support that move, as those who do not have a job could attest.
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Hey guys. I'm having trouble on a beginners java assignment, and not touching Java in two years has not helped at all.
My question is relatively easy and is for beginners;
I am to create a main.java class which I have to define a circle object and instantiate it, then using instance methods to call upon the results from Circle.java class to Main.java class.
How do I call upon the Circle.class object? I'm supposed to ask the user to input data from the main.java class, where the circle.java class uses the input data to calculate results, which then I have to use instance methods to call upon the results.
I thought to call upon an object it would be:
Circle c = new Circle();
However the error I get is:
constructor circle in class Circle cannot be applied to given types;
required: double
found: no arguments
reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
Is it wrong because instead of passing no arguments, I was supposed to put (double radius)?
Creating Objects (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Classes and Objects)
I am using this website to try and figure it out myself, but I get confused because:
my first step is to define the object, which would be the Circle c = new Circle(); yes? in the website they give an example to: Point originOne = new Point(23, 94);
I am then to instantiate it, which creates an instance of the object. However, they give the same example for instantiating which is: Point originOne = new Point(23, 94);
So I'm a bit confused as to what the difference is between defining an object and instantiating it.
I think I got the defining and instantiating the object correctly, I changed the code to:
Circle info;
double radius;
radius = getRadius();
info = new Circle (radius);
which covers the defining and intiantiazing, but how do I output the results as an instance method?


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Gun control proposals get mixed reaction
President establishes task force to examine issue
The gun control debate is being pushed to center stage in Washington following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he is creating a task force to explore ways to reduce gun violence and is pushing for the return of the assault weapons ban. He said the majority of gun owners are responsible, buy their guns legally and use them safely.
"I am also betting that the majority -- the vast majority -- of responsible, law-abiding gun owners, would be some of the first to say that we should be able to keep an irresponsible, law-breaking few from buying a weapon of war," Obama said.
In Bow, Lewis Arms owner Brad Lewis said there hasn't even been time to chat with customers about the possibility of new gun control measures in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. He said semi-automatic rifles are in high demand.
"I would like to know what they're saying. We're so busy selling firearms, we don't have time to talk about the government law and regulations coming," he said.
The surge in sales is expected to continue after Obama's announcement that he is forming a new task force on gun violence and pushing for the reinstatement of the assault weapons ban.
"They want to get their guns before that goes into effect, and that way, once they have the guns, they feel they will be able to keep them, and the reason that they're doing this is that they would like to be able to protect their homes and their loved ones," Lewis said.
Reaction to Obama's announcement was mixed at the Critical Defense Institute in Manchester, where firearms training expert Rob Tibbo said doing something like bringing back the assault weapons ban would not make Americans safer.
"There's other weapons that can be utilized the same way, but they're just not scary, you know?" Tibbo said. "They don't look scary, and people think they're military-grade weapons, and they can be used the same way."
Tibbo said that while he believes more gun control laws won't work, he thinks there is an opportunity to address the issue on the mental health front by tightening up firearms background checks.
"I think if you have a form of mental illness, when you go to purchase a firearm, I think it should be on your record," he said.
Even then, he said, there will still be bad people who will commit violent acts. He said learning self-defense is crucial.
Obama said he believes something should be done on a larger level.
"The fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing," he said.
Obama said he wants a concrete set of proposals from the new task force by the end of January, and he said he will begin pushing them legislatively without delay.


text: Christian Stolz serves as managing director of AMI Holding GmbH, a private investment holding company specializing in the electronic test and measurement instrumentation industry. Christian also held a number of executive positions in the company's portfolio businesses and currently serves as CEO of Vivax-Metrotech Corporation, a leading manufacturer of test and inspection tools for utility companies. Christian holds a degree in Business Administration from WHU Koblenz - Otto Beisheim School of Management and is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization.


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Okay...so I've been online today researching these crib-tent things. I actually found some on e-bay that were priced really reasonably ($20), so I put in a bid. Then another and another and another until the current bid was no longer reasonable and I could just go to the store and buy one for the same price. One thing that did help though was on Babies-R-Us's site, you can read customer reviews on their products. All but two moms gave it 5 stars (on a scale of 1-5) and even those two gave it 4 stars. The one comment that really got me was "It might be a little pricey...but think about how much it would cost to take your toddler to the ER for a broken arm, leg or neck!" All of them agreed that the money was well worth the peace of mind they got knowing their babies were safe and not climbing out when they should be sleeping. Soooooo....I guess I might have to go get one this evening. Nap time was not good again today...It took several hours to get him to sleep. I just hope he doesn't feel like he is in "jail" when I put it on his crib. It would make me feel claustrophobic...but then I am that way anytime I get in a real tight space.
Well, we haven't been out to the building site yet today but I am looking forward to seeing some progress. It's been almost a week since anything has been done. They did deliver our sheet rock the first of last week...but it's still just sitting in piles all around the house.
Since tonight is Halloween, we are gonna let the kids get dressed up and go to our church for their Halleluah night. It is a lot of fun and the kids end up with more candy than they would if they trick-or-treated for 5 hours. (Oh Joy!!) I will definitely get pictures of them in their costumes for you all to see..so check back for another post either tonight or tomorrow!
Monday, October 31, 2005
Happy Fall Ya'll
Okay...so I've been online today researching these crib-tent things. I actually found some on e-bay that were priced really reasonably ($20), so I put in a bid. Then another and another and another until the current bid was no longer reasonable and I could just go to the store and buy one for the same price. One thing that did help though was on Babies-R-Us's site, you can read customer reviews on their products. All but two moms gave it 5 stars (on a scale of 1-5) and even those two gave it 4 stars. The one comment that really got me was "It might be a little pricey...but think about how much it would cost to take your toddler to the ER for a broken arm, leg or neck!" All of them agreed that the money was well worth the peace of mind they got knowing their babies were safe and not climbing out when they should be sleeping. Soooooo....I guess I might have to go get one this evening. Nap time was not good again today...It took several hours to get him to sleep. I just hope he doesn't feel like he is in "jail" when I put it on his crib. It would make me feel claustrophobic...but then I am that way anytime I get in a real tight space.
Sunday, October 30, 2005
There will be a reward for the first person who can tell me how to keep a one and a half year old in his crib...!!!???? This is SO not cool! It was cute at first...when he came walking out of his room all by himself...but today, after trying to get him to take a nap for 4, yes I said FOUR hours, I gave up. I actually went to Babies-R-Us today in search of a crib-tent thing to keep him "locked" in. I found what I was looking for but they are $69.99 and I just couldn't justify spending that much money on a little flexible mosquito net thing. I can't be the only parent to have a mini-monkey for a kid...surely there is someone out there who knows the secret...??? The only alternatives that I see are taking his crib apart and making it into a toddler bed (which will enable him to get out even easier...but will also prevent him from falling 4 feet from the top of the crib rail to the floor)-or I could break down and spend the 70 bucks to get the tent thing. Anyway, if any of you have any advice for me...I could sure use it! Goodnight!
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Matt and I bought 7 Leland Cypress trees today to plant along the fence line. We had a fun time planting them together!
Welcome to Parenthood (titled by my big sis Kim---appropriately)
Okay, this is my luck...All week long I have been planning this romantic evening for my hubby and me on Friday night. I arranged for Brooklyn to spend the night with Kendra and we were going to put Grant to bed around 7:30 p.m. (his normal bedtime) and then have the whole evening to ourselves. Ya, Right! Besides the fact that the whole day started off on the wrong note...Grant chose last night to learn how to crawl out of his crib. So, from 7:30 until around 10 pm...he was like a little piece of popcorn. We'd put him in his crib...walk out and seconds later, there'd he be...popped right back out. ARGHHH!!! Thanks to an episode of The Nanny that I saw last season, I utilized the technique she'd taught another family and finally got him to go to sleep. I ended up having to stay in his room, right next to his crib until he finally gave up and laid down and went to sleep (which took about 45 minutes). He only tried to crawl out twice while I was in there...but the little guy was so stubborn that he actually fell asleep standing up, leaning on the crib railing!! Several times he'd fall asleep there and then slide down to the mattress...but just like a kernel of corn in a hot skillet, he'd pop right back up. Meanwhile, I am sitting there in the darkness for nearly an hour trying not to get sleepy in hopes that my "romantic evening" might still be rescuable...which it wasn't. All in all, I started this post out saying "This is my luck" and I am going to end it optimistically with "Maybe someday I'll get lucky!" and you can interpret that however you want! :o)
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
A progress report:
Today our heating and air was completed as well as our central vacuuming system. They have ordered the sheetrock and it will be delivered tomorrow. Tonight Matt and I went to Lowe's and picked out the shower/tub unit that we wanted for our upstairs bathroom and bought it. Then we had to try to lug it up the stairs ourselves!!! We wanted to get it up there before they sheet-rocked...so tonight was our last chance. Well, I was able to help him get it into the truck and back out when we got to the house...and all the way inside the house up to the bottom of the stairs...but then that was it for me. Whew! I'm strong but I am not superwoman! ha ha A friend of Matt's came over and helped us get it up the stairs. Anyway, the brick should arrive sometime this week and we'll hopefully have walls by the end of the week too! I'll be posting pictures again as soon as there is something to show. (I didn't figure ya'll really wanted to see the electrical wiring or heat/air ducts.)
To those of you who read my last post...I did end up going to the doctor today and guess what I have???.............a little virus! ARGHHH! I did whine and cry about how horrible my throat has been feeling so she gave me some stuff to gargle with. So, the visit wasn't completely a waste, I guess...
What am I doing up at 4 am?
Hi guys! It is 4 am and I am up typing a post because I can't sleep for some reason. Well, it's probably because I took some energy/weight loss pill yesterday and it's still got me "goin'". Plus, I have the sore throat from hell. I know that sounds bad...but literally...my throat feels like it is on FIRE! I guess I am gonna have to break down and go see a doctor tomorrow. I promised myself last time I saw a doctor that I wouldn't go again unless I was about to die. It seems like all they ever do is tell me I have some little virus and to just take some Tylenol or cold meds or whatever. Ugh! I mean, not that I want them to prescribe something that is unnecessary but it's just frustrating to spend all that time and shell out a co-pay just to be sent home in the same situation I started out in. That is the whole point in going to the doctor...because home remedies aren't working. Like, the last time I took the kids to the doctor (a few weeks ago) they both had thick, green boogers and their eyes were all swollen, pink and draining. (I'm talking sealed shut in the mornings kind of draining.) Plus, they both had a cough. Anyway, all we ended up getting was a prescription for some eyedrops...which helped their eyes some...but by the end of that week, they were both SICK (coughing, sneezing, sore throat, fever..etc.) Plus, to top it all off, I caught the eye stuff too so it looked like I was doing drugs or something...the whites of my eyes were all pink and my eyelids were swollen. It was so gross. I had to get up several times throughout the night to "open" my eyes with a warm washcloth. Nasty!! How did I get off on all that? Oh yah, it was because of my sore throat. Well, anyway, I didn't intend to go there with this post....but hey, at 4 am...you just gotta go with it. So, changing the subject, I didn't get to go out to the homesite today...but I hear they got all our heating/air work done! Now we are just waiting on insulation and then they can begin sheetrocking. It will be exciting to see the inside of the house take shape. Right now it just looks like a maze of 2x4's. It seems like there isn't that much left to be done...just sheetrock, paint & texture, cabinets & countertops, carpet & tile. How long could that take? Hopefully not longer than a month and a half...because that will put us just a week or two before Christmas which would be a really nice time to move in (or anytime before that would work too)! By the way, Amy, if you are reading this...is the punctuation at the end of a sentence like the one prior to this one supposed to go inside or outside of the parenthesis? I can never remember that. Well, I've rambled long enough---but hey, that is the sub-title of this blog---so I have a right. But I will end for now and ramble more to you later. I'm gonna attempt to go back to sleep. If that doesn't work...maybe I'll wake up my hubby for a little middle-of-the-night fun! Wow...did I just say that? I must be tired! Okay, so goodnight...well, actually good morning but then that doesn't sound right since I am going to sleep...how about just "bye"!
Sunday, October 23, 2005
The Good Ol' Days
A few days ago, we drove by our old house just for the heck of it. Brooklyn decided she wants to go back. She says it's more fun if you live at home and just visit over at Grandma's house. (ha ha...I think we all feel that way right about now!) Anyway, this spurred a conversation about when we used to live in Duncan. I was trying to jog her memory (since she was only 2 when we moved away from there). When I finished talking she said, "Yah......Those were the good ol' days"!!
Quote of the Day!
Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you!
A woman's point of view on communication...
I've been thinking lately...why is it that men say women are so hard to figure out when men are the ones who never open up and talk? I don't know a single woman, who when asked about her feelings or opinions, would just give a short, 1 sentence answer and then walk away (like a guy would do). We are very open to sharing with you what we think, feel, need, want and hope for. So, what's so hard to figure out about that?
Now men on the other hand...You ask a guy, "How do you feel about our relationship?" He will most likely answer something like, "It's fine." ---and that's it. To him...the question is answered, end of conversation. Of course, we women know that is not a sufficient answer to such a deep and meaningful question..so we have to try to figure out what he meant by "It's fine." Did he say it in a happy,content sort of way...or in an I don't really care--let's just get this over with kind of way? "It's fine" is too broad of an answer and could literally mean hundreds of different things. Which is why I have come to the conclusion that women are not hard to figure out...men are just hard of hearing!
I wish you all a good night and wonderful rest-of the weekend! Happy talking!!!
You're lookin' at one happy couple. Everyone told us the 7th year of marriage is the hardest...but we're provin' em wrong!
Matt took me on a date tonight to Los Cabos on the Riverwalk and then to the Bass Pro Shop. It was really fun except I wore these 3 inch high-heeled boots that about KILLED my feet!
This a picture as if you were standing in our kitchen. You can see the bar and it looks into the living room.
Okay, here is a new picture...this is from the side of the house. Hopefully they will brick it this week!
Friday, October 21, 2005
Tonight we attended our church's annual Pumpkin Carving Contest. We didn't win..but we sure had fun.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Splish, Splash, I was takin' a bath...
Okay, no pictures this time...I forgot to bring my camera along. But, they have gotten our bathtubs and shower in, the plumbing and electric is done and they have put in our central vacuuming system. Yeah!! At this rate, I won't be surprised to be in it by early December! It is really starting to look like a house now and that is so exciting. You know me, I lay awake at night arranging furniture in my mind...and decorating every square inch of the house. Now if I only had the money to buy all that furniture and decor! (Boy do I sound spoiled..I am already getting an AWESOME new house!) Sorry! (Lord help me to be more appreciative and grateful for what I do have and not so interested in what I don't have!)
Well, on that note, I will leave you with my QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused!"
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Here's a joke for you!
Disclaimer: I am telling this joke second hand...meaning I am probably not getting it exactly right...but still, it's funny!
There are 3 women in the hot tub. One is American, one is German and one is Chinese. Suddenly the German lady's arm begins beeping. She reaches over and presses on her forearm and says, "Oh that was just my pager. I have a micro-chip installed in my arm." Then the Chinese woman's hand starts ringing, she puts her palm up to her ear and answers her "phone" and explains that she has also had a micro-chip placed in her hand. Not wanting to be out done and look technologically challenged, the American woman gets up out of the hot tub and goes into the bathroom. She returns out of the restroom with toilet paper hanging out of her butt crack. She walks over to the hot tub and says, "Oh, look! I'm getting a fax!"
Monday, October 17, 2005
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Jesus and the Leprechaun
Driving home from church this morning, Brooklyn wanted to tell me and mom about her Sunday school lesson today. She said, "There was this guy...he was a leprechaun. Jesus told him to jump in the water 7 times and then he'll be healed."
Now this is why having kids is so fun!
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Will work for money, whirlpool bath, central vacuuming system, etc...
Wow! Building a house is expensive, I knew that ahead of time. However, I didn't realize how many things we would think of during the building process that we would want to add! There are an infinite number of "upgrades" a person can make to their house. I thought we'd already added everything we could want...but I was wrong! At the current time, we are hoping to add another window, insulation in the garage and an insulated garage door, a central vacuuming system and a whirlpool tub in our master bath not to mention the septic system that we still have to pay for. The problem with this is that we have already closed on our loan...which means we have to come up with the cash to pay for these things on our own. So, we will begin taking donations immediately...ha ha! No really, I think we can save up enough if I can just quit shopping. But then, I don't see how that is going to happen...Christmas is coming up and the kids have out-grown most of their winter clothes. Most of my winter clothes are too big now...Halleluah! My babysitter has a keychain that I have to agree with. It says, "Money is the root of all evil, so I spend it as fast as possible." Ha Ha! I hope you all have a great weekend. Our forecast is for the low 80's today and tomorrow so I am looking forward to a beautiful, restful weekend. My dad and Matt are putting in water lines today, so they will appreciate the nice weather too. We love and miss you all!
We have windows!--and shingles (they just aren't on yet.) Maybe we really will be in this house by Christmas!
Thursday, October 13, 2005
You have to look closely, but you can see more progress. This is the 3rd day of framing. (Picture taken on 10/12/05)