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More than a half-hour after their 45-9 victory over Idaho, the Aggies posed for a photo in the end zone with a Western Athletic Conference trophy and some historic sense of what they'd done.
"We definitely know we did something big," said USU cornerback Will Davis, whose interception return for a touchdown gave USU a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter, "but I don't think the significance of it has hit."
With shadows blanketing the field as the trophy was presented and a Famous Idaho Potato Bowl invitation was extended, the late-November sun was shining on Romney Stadium's south plaza where Olsen's statue stands.
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Six years after that groundbreaking ceremony for the school's end-zone complex, the scene absolutely was different Saturday. USU president Stan Albrecht was holding a game ball, athletic director Scott Barnes was accepting another bowl invitation and coach Gary Andersen was wearing a towel around his neck, recovering from a celebratory bath on the sideline.
The convergence of the administration's backing and Barnes' hiring of Andersen four years ago created this opportunity for USU, and the timing of the resurgence is good. The moves of Fresno State and Nevada to the Mountain West — where USU is headed next season — certainly made the road easier.
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Playground Chic Look of the Week
My friend Naomi and I met at our kid's Pre-School. She's hip, edgy, fun, and a fabulous mamma with a love for fashion and make-up. When we're together at the Playground we spend time ignoring our kids while discussing what makes someone's outfit Playground Chic, very important business. I have been wanting to feature her for a while, because when she's not in gym clothes (Playground Schlep), she is Playground Chic and looks great, but our stars hadn't aligned. That is until this past Monday at school. Dressed up for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year celebration, she reminded me of a proper English lady with a twist. There was a nod to the Victorian era in her coat and shoes and a bit of rock and roll in her swagger, a hard look to pull off, and she did it effortlessly.
Here's Naomi and our interview………………
Where do you live?: The Sunnyside neighborhood in SF
Dress: Weston Wear
Broach: Stella and Dot
Blazer: Nordstrom
Shoes: Naya
How much thought do you put into your outfits?: I usually put a bit of thought into every outfit.
How do you describe your style?: Modern vintage. I love the 50's, 60's and 70's but I like to look current so I combine things. I also like to change things up, sometime wild curly hair, other days flat ironed straight hair. Same with Make-up! Sometime bright pink lipstick, and sometime shiny nude gloss and smoky eyes. I match my hair and make up to my outfit to try to achieve "a look". I am inspired by the 70's right now! Middle part, hippie chic, but not sloppy!
I love that no matter what she wears she has taken the time to put on makeup, it finishes the look. Plus, she is my makeup guru and she practices what she preaches.
Favorite Playground?: My favorite 2 Playgrounds are Sunnyside and Upper Noe.
What do you feel nudey patooty at the playground with out?: I don't go to the Playground without my iPhone and my sunglasses and of course SNACKS!
Have you ever forgotten a kid anywhere?: I have only forgotten to pick up my child from preschool once…oops!
I love this- only once and I'm sure you are not the only one to have done this!
Grossest thing one of your kids has put in his mouth at the Playground?: Food off the ground.
Yuck! Especially if it wasn't theirs.
Biggest Playground pet peeve?: My biggest pet peeve at the park is parents of babies ages 9-24 months that are over protective and give me dirty looks when my older boys bump into them while playing at the Playground. "It's an accident mama (or daddy) get over it! Soon, your kid is going to get bigger and knock over a toddler, yes your little perfect baby is going to make a mistake, News flash!"
Thanks Naomi. I'll see you at the Playground Looking Playground Chic!
Keep it Curly,
Playground Chic Look of the Week
We went to Dolores Park on Labor Day for a picnic and a Playground. There was a family setting up right next to where we initially parked our belongings, and I spotted her immediately. I'm not sure if it was her silver siren curls, or her head scarf , or her yellow handbag, or green sunglasses, or denim skirt , or leggings with a little tie, or espadrilles that first caught my eye, but this Grandmom was Playground Chic, literally from head to toe. You know my theory, more is more is more is better! She was perfection and the closer I looked the more I realized that few people could carry this boho, elegant look off. Her son confirmed that she always is dressed to the nines.
I found her again in the Playground proper and she agreed to have me photograph her. I of course waited until she had a spare moment, I didn't want to distract her too much from watching her Granddaughter. After all, Dolores is beyond overwhelming, and a good ratio is two adults per one child.
Here is Sherry and our interview……………………………….
Where do you live: Baltimore, Maryland
Outfit: Mostly vintage
Top: H&M
Jewelry: Handmade- Sherry is an artist check out her colorful jewelry (I'm noticing a trend here!) in her Etsy shop Sherlamingo.
How much thought did you put into your outfit?: When in San Francisco I think about layering and my Granddaughter likes to help me select my outfit.
Do you usually put a lot or a little thought into your outfit and why?: Not a lot of time to think with 2 small active Granddaughters, so I plan outfits when I'm packing.
How do you describe your style?: Artistic
Where do you shop? : Vintage shops…Consignment shops and Goodwill also Nordstrom Rack for shoes. Oh yes, and when in San Francisco, I like Crossroads.
Any favorite activities you like to do with your Granddaughters while you're visiting? Playgrounds of course …..Fairyland….Zoo….watch their Ballet.
Any advice for a Grandparent taking their grandchild to the Playground for the first time? Follow them everywhere.
I can attest that Sherry follows her own advice!
Do you have a favorite playground in SF?: Julius Kahn…….Moscone
What do you feel nudey patooty at the playground with out? Lipstick…Sunglasses…coffee
I think Sherry is the first to admit to Lipstick! I agree. Ever since I've been obsessed with my hot pink Hourglass Fever, I feel nudey patooty with out it.
Best thing you've lost at a Playground?: nothing!
Have you ever forgotten a kid anywhere? : No
Grossest thing one of your Grandkids has put in their mouth at the Playground?: Oh probably sand!
And in SF you never know what's in the sand- my kids used to eat it all the time- Yuck!
Biggest Playground pet peeve?: Sand in my shoes!
Thanks Sherry, I'll see you at the Playground looking Playground Chic!
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Birthday Birth Day
Yessss- they're asleep! Now it's time for my glass of wine down as I wax poetic and get all teary over the fact that it was the last time I will put my kids to bed as a 3 & a 1 year old. I can't believe tomorrow my threenager will become a fearsome four and my little man will become a terrible two year old. Every time I look at my threenager, which has been an extra lot this week, I am awestruck. She looks so beautiful, and so much older, like a real little girl. I have no idea how it happened. And my little man is coming into his own. He's no longer a baby, but not quite a boy. He's in that young, if he were my first I would think he was so much older than he is, in between phase. And tomorrow they are older. And I think it is so hard to digest because that means tomorrow I am older too. And I'm not ready to be, and I am, and I'm not, ready for them to be older.
My threenager when she was two days old
My little man when he was two days old
I've been a terrible mother. I do not have a baby book for either of my children. I have nothing written down to remind me that my daughter started walking at 15 months, my son at 19 months. I have no idea when either of them: first smiled, got their first tooth, started to sleep through the night, and stopped being swaddled. I have no idea when they could roll over, sit up, pull up, or crawl. I don't remember what their first word or food was, when they started eating with a fork and stopped with a bottle, oh wait- neither of them ever took a bottle. I have no idea when they could take a bath in the tub or started bathing together or when my daughter was potty trained. I thought I would remember it all, but my mind is a sieve, and I'm lucky if I call them by their correct name.
I do know that now at 2 my son has all his teeth, but his 2 year molars. My daughter has 20 teeth because we count them. I know at 3 weeks I dropped my son out of the ergo, an experience I wish I could forget. I know that when my son was 5 months my kids started sharing a room. My daughter got a big girl bed when she was 3 and that was the same day she decided not to nap anymore. I know at 17 months my son was supposed to have surgery for an undescended testicle, but it was canceled because he was sick. The surgery never got rescheduled because one day his testicle magically appeared. I do know my daughter performed in her first dance recital, put her head under water, and learned to blow bubbles at 3 ¾. And because of this my son knows some of her dance moves, likes to play dress up in her dance clothes and shoes, and can blow bubbles already.
Right before the big birthday dinner at our favorite, Pauline's Pizza!
And I do know I love my kids so much it hurts. So happy birthday to my little man entering the terrible twos and my threenager becoming a fearsome four. I hope this year is full of kisses and giggles and fun and learning and love and dogs and rainbows and butterflies and baseballs and baubles and dress up clothes and bubbles and………………………………………………………………..
Keep it Curly,
Playground Chic Look of the Week
I've been at the Playground less and less these days because I scored, (with the help of a very awesome friend), a killer part time merchandising gig at eBay Fashion. That's right, I have tasted freedom in fashion and I love it. It's true what they say; it's easier to go to work than stay home with your kids. I've had one big pang of mommy guilt when I chose work over a field trip with my threenager's class, but it was fleeting. This week my Playground time was minimal so instead of skipping another week of posting- I decided that I would be this weeks Playground Chic Look of the Week.
I have no idea how all these fashion bloggers who feature themselves on a weekly or daily basis do it! It's challenging to not rip yourself apart as you look at and edit pics of yourself.
This outfit is Playground Chic for the following Reasons:
1. I am sporting my new anniversary bling- a sick necklace designed by Sheila B. from my favorite store
Mira Mira. We call it a snaggle tooth, but it's actually a fossil Shark's tooth. I've always loved tooth and horn necklaces on other people as they walk the line from rocker to boho. This one is extra fabulous because it's mine and it's bold in the way that only certain people can carry it off. I also of course am wearing my prerequisite kids name bling. These I love, but my kids are old news! Layering all the necklaces together tones down the Shark's tooth a tad.
2. I am wearing two fringed pieces and I am kind of obsessed with fringe right now. My Sam Edelman booties which are so comfy. I wear them so much that I have worn through the heels twice and I have only had them for about six months. They step up every outfit to a bit beyond Playground Chic. And, my fringed bag, kind of my new mainstay instead of a fanny pack. Now this bag I scored after I took my threenager's teacher shopping to style her out. I saw it and put it back on the shelf because it doesn't fit all my necessities, (keys, phone, wallet, sunglasses). But then I couldn't stop thinking about it. I did some quick comparison shopping on line and in person and decided I just absolutely needed it. As always, I think I over estimated my need for it. But, it is awfully Playground Chic and walks the line from rocker to boho as well.
3. My outifit. It is a jumpsuit/romper, by 6 Shoreroad, from Mira Mira as well, and those are hot on the fashion front right now. It is appropriate for the psychotic microclimates of San Francisco as it is easily layered up and layered down. And it is comfy- like uber comfy -because it is fleece, aka sweat suit material. Now, I don't believe in going about my day in the city in sweats and or workout clothes, that is sooooo not Playground Chic. But for this jumpsuit I'll make an exception because it is Chic, Playground Chic.
I'll see you at the Playground Looking Playground Chic!
Keep it curly,
Playground Chic Look of the Week
Nothing like another mom complimenting my daughter's oufit to spice up my grocery store malaise. It must have been the third time I was in Trader Joe's that week, this time with just my threenager. "Where did you get her dress, I'd love one for my daughter?" the mom sans kids with two gallons of milk asked. "The Gap, last fall- Portobello Road Collection- I was obsessed because I love leopard and probably purchased every piece."
Wait, she was a mom. She looked so cute, like Playground Chic cute. She was rocking the colorblock: blue top, on white jeans, on turquoise suede t-strap wedges. Bold and daring- a mom in white jeans. Plus I was kinda drooling over her accessories- Chloe sunglasses, Louis Vuitton purse. And, I loved her layered necklaces- the pre requisite kids initial necklace, with a blingey long bauble and tassel. I love love love layering necklaces and bracelets, almost as much as I love leopard. Like I always say, more is more is more is better.
I asked to photograph her and she was up for it. I love how she never put down her two gallons of milk!
Here's Kate and our interview…………………………………………………………….
Neighborhood: Mission. We live in a building that has been in my husband's family since it was built in the 1920's. We luckily bought it last year.
Top: Ambiance
Jeans: Gap 1969. They are sooo old but clean up well with bleach. Coincidentally, I just saw Jonathan Adler in an interview saying that he wears Gap white 1969 jeans everyday, so they must be fantastic, right?
Shoes: Jeffrey Campbell
Necklaces: I have on a couple of Tiffany & Co. gold charms on my short necklaces with the required initials of my kids, as well as a long Rachel Zoe necklace.
Sunglasses: Chloe
Bag: The thin purse strap on my shoulder is a jumbo Louis Vuitton Tote. It is such a bad idea to put 2 gallons of milk into it and walk up a couple of flights of stairs. Definitely better used before having children. As are white jeans.
Ha! I bet she was thinking ahead. Wet milk gallons and dirty Trader Joe's floors don't mix well with Louis! And that is why she never put down the milk.
Do you usually put a lot or a little thought into your outfit and why?: YES, I usually put a lot of thought into what I wear. Not so much this outfit. I had to run errands downtown (shop) so a bit of thought was put into it…being colder and a bit of walking would be expected. If I'm going out, I definitely put a lot of thought into it. I'm already planning outfits for things going on in two months from now. I'm a little obsessed that way.
How do you describe your style?: My style is 43 year old lady with an (almost) 2 year old and 3 & 1/2 year old who still tries to look pulled together somewhat.
Where do you shop?: Ambiance, internet, H&M (which also led to the tote bag mark on my shoulder that day).
What's your favorite Playground?: Depends on the day. 24th St. and York Playground is right by our place. It's got water shooting from the ground on a hot day and it's tiny, so that's a plus when the kids are so young. Dolores Park is great, but not when I'm by myself. It's way too big to keep track of two little ones. I like Franklin Square, but there's absolutely no shade so that has to be avoided on certain days. I also like Parque Ninos Unidos on 23rd & Folsom, as well as Precita Playground.
It always amazes me when I interview people for this that frequent the same Playgrounds that the kids and I do and I haven't seen them before!
What do you feel nudey patooty at the Playground with out?: I have to have my iPhone at the Playground. Sorry, it's not just for texting. I've taken tons of photos and videos of the kids.
Best thing you've lost at a playground?: Maybe my composure? I haven't lost anything important. I can only think of a few sand toys.
Have you ever forgotten a kid anywhere?: I haven't forgotten a kid yet. Do not ask my husband that same question.
Ooohhh, finally found someone who know's someone who has forgotten one of their kids.
Too bad this is blurry when I blew it up. Disclaimer- I am not a professional photographer, but I'm sure that's obvious!
Grossest thing one of your kids has put in their mouth at the Playground?: I think the grossest thing is their fingers. Yuck. I try not to be the obsessive parent with the anti-bacterial squeeze soap. However, I'm pretty militant about them washing their hands as soon as we get home.
Biggest Playground pet peeve?: People talking loudly to other people or loudly on their phones. I have heard so many personal conversations and even avoid Noe Valley Playground because of an annoying dad whose poor kid gets ignored while he catches up with friends on the phone. He's from the east coast, is out of work and was in a car accident. I've never spoken to him.
Wow that's a lot of info- he must speak really loud or you are a really good eaves dropper!
Any advice for a first timer hitting the Playground for the first time?: No, I feel like a rookie myself most of the time. Wear sunscreen.
Thanks Kate. I'll see you at the Playground looking Playground Chic!
Keep it Curly,
Playground Chic Look of the Week
I've known Gregory for a few years now. Our paths cross fairly regularly because we live a few blocks from each other and frequent the same Playgrounds and Farmers Market. When I saw him last Friday at, Jose Coronado, his outfit was screaming Playground Chic. He was very matchey matchey in a hip Mission way. The shoes matched the hat which matched the logo on the back of his hoody. He was very unintentionally au courant with his ode to Jean Paul Gaultier nautical striped shirt, and what appeared to be the beginnings of a biker moustache, all accented by the gold angular aviator sunglasses. He was rocking the look for sure.
Here's Gregory and our interview………………………………………………….
Neighborhood: Mission
Hat: Cap I bought a couple of weeks ago in disgustingly hot NYC at that vacant lot on Broadway near Varick where people have been selling hats since the beginning of time. Even trying it on in that oppressive tropical heat made me feel light headed, but I knew I was coming back here. I got a straw brimmed hat too, for East Coast wear.
Shades: From Mission Thrift. Since having a kid, I've only been wearing $3 sunglasses for reasons that I'm sure are obvious to any parent. These babies are my first foray back up the scale — they cost $15!! So far so good…
T-shirt: More Dirt from my polymath friend Heidi, the mind behind many bright ideas.
Stripey Shirt: from Marine Specialties in Provincetown — a store I have visited once a year for the past fifteen years, and that never fails to make me sneeze.
Hoody: So I recently left my favorite SkunkFunk hoody in my friend Ryan's car while he took off to DC. It turns out it's virtually impossible to survive a summer day in SF without a hoody, so after suffering for a few days I went on a hoody hunt in the Mission. This past Tuesday I went to six different thrift stores (all of which made me sneeze) only to find that people basically never give up their hoodies around here (I did get a great yellow check poly button shirt, which I'll be sure to wear if I ever leave town for warmer climes). So then I went to some of the designer clothing purveyors (Benny Gold, etc) only to discover that I am not feeling like paying $100 for a hoody I only sorta like. So I was biking down Valencia, thinking for the first time that maybe it wouldn't have been *such* a bad thing if that American Apparel had gone in, and calculating whether or not I could make it three more weeks until my pal got back, when it struck me: I'll get a hoody from some worthy establishment in the hood and help them out! It struck me so hard, I stopped right in the bike lane and looked around. And there it was: the Pirate Supply Store at 826 Valencia! I marched in, demanded a hoody, got this one ($55), and have been warm ever since! (also: it's American Apparel — stealth!) It's warm, it's cool, and it's helping out a very Playground-appropriate local educational nonprofit — quintuple score!
Underwear: None. I bought my last pair of underwear at a JC Penny in New Jersey in 1992.
Pants: RVCA from Haight Street. Bought them a long time ago and lost them in my closet. Recently rediscovered!
Shoes: Simple! A few years ago I made my first foray into old-man slip ons with a pair of these eco-friendly recycled fair tradeish snearker-mocs. They're great! Fuck laces! At the start of the year I was on my second pair when I was super bummed to discover that Simple was going out of business. So I scrounged around online and found all the remaining pairs I could. I have six now, which ought to last me three years — hopefully enough time to find a suitable replacement in my wardrobe.
Do you usually think about your outfit when you get dressed?: Yes, if by thinking you mean "where's my hoody and does this t-shirt pass the sniff test?" I'm all about wearing the same thing all the time. Thinking a lot about clothes is actually painful for me – dress up events like burning man cause me angst ever since I gave away my all-body furry suit.
For someone who doesn't think about your outfits you seem to be very thoughtful about the pieces in your wardrobe!
How do you describe your style?: High-Achieving Mission Slacker.
Where do you shop?: The Mission and the Internet.
What's your favorite Playground?: I won't be drawn into the parenting equivalent of stating your favorite taqueria (Papalote and La Corneta, fwiw) but I do like to spend time at PNU (Parque Ninos Unidos), and the new Playground in Dolores has been growing on me in spite of its many frustrating elements. But don't get me started about the new water park on Valencia — it makes me feel used. I can't wait for Mission Playground to reopen.
OMG I had to look up FWIW. It means for what it's worth- and I thought I was hip to the slang- guess not.
This just in….. I have heard from a reliable source that Mission Playground is 110% reopening. I had heard mixed things but it's reopening for sure——WOOT WOOT!
What do you feel nudey patooty at the playground with out?: A kid
Best thing you've lost at a Playground?: That nagging feeling of being disconnected from my community.
Have you ever forgotten your kid anywhere?: In my dreams.
Do you think it's different for dads than moms at the Playgorund?: If so how? Never having been a mom, I can't know. But I really do love Playgrounds — they're a public space where everyone is there just to hang out; nobody is advertising or selling anything (other than popsicles of course), and nobody has any sort of agenda. It's one of the few places here where anglos and latinos mix freely. Love it!
Grossest thing your kid has put in his mouth at the Playground?: A big hunk of used gum he found in the sand at Mission Playground.
Biggest Playground pet peeve?: Weekender helicopter parents.
Any advice for a first time dad hitting the Playground?: Stay cool, and if you're lucky the stoner dads will find you.
See it is different for dads than moms at Playgrounds- few moms would give that as advice!
Thanks Greg. I'll see you at the Playground looking Playground Chic!
Keep it Curly,
P.S. Check out Greg's cool business venture called Mondo Window. They are currently running a support campaign through Crowd Funder. Taking flight to another height! (That is my own tag line I added it's yours if you want it Greg!)
Mommy will you #PlaygroundChic me! (Taken with Instagram)
Playground Chic Look of the Week
Last weekend we went to Tacolicous for dinner. It has become one of my favorite places to eat with my kids. It took me a bit to get over the un-missioness of this restaurant, but now it's a go to. I especially love the pitcher of momgaritas – hiccup- I mean margaritas!
As we were waiting for our table I saw this mom walk by in a super cute, bold, graphic print dress and s'wavy, pulled back on one side hair. She was looking oh so Playground Chic. After a few sips of my drink I went over and interrupted her menu perusal. Turns out the dress was a Mother's Day gift from the hubs. He saw it in a window on a mannequin and it inspired him. What an awesome gift. It looked smokin' on her.
Here's Sarah and our interview……………………………
Neighborhood: Noe Valley
Dress: Plenty by Tracy Reese
Shoes: Chinatown NYC — my favorite slippers, I bought several pairs when I lived in NYC and the orange ones are my last pair. I'm guessing and hoping I can find more in Chinatown here in SF.
How much thought did you put into your outfit?: I like the feeling of dressing up and putting an outfit together but I can be pretty lazy about it. Dresses always make the process easier. We were headed on an evening outing to the playground and dinner and my daughter suggested I wear the orange shoes so the dress made sense after that.
Outfit- styled by the family unit- love it!
How do you describe your style?: Surfer Chic (I went surfing Saturday hoorah!)
Mamma and surfer-hot.
Where do you shop?: H&M, ebay, Anthropologie, and Ambiance are all frequent top of the list locations.
What's your favorite Playground?: The new Dolores playground. I love those slides and make a point of trying to go weekdays before work/daycare when possible to get the whole place to ourselves (plus my daughter is an earliy riser so a 7 a.m. visit is not tough).
What do you feel nudey patooty at the playground without?: Pink Bunny or Travel Bunny, the on-the-road equivalents of our house President, Mr. Bunny, my daughter's favorite. We try never to let Mr. Bunny and Travel or Pink Bunny travel on the same outing together. Travel Bunny has been officially MIA since a mid-June visit to Fort Funston though and I've kind of given up hope. Sigh.
I've started with multiple lovies for my kids as well and am now down to one for each. But, oh the anguish and pain, when they occasionally dissappear.
Best thing you've lost at a Playground?: My sense of humanity.
Have you ever forgotten your daughter anywhere?: Not yet but plenty of nightmares about it.
Grossest thing your child has put in her mouth at the Playground?: Probably her thumb after touching it with everything on the playground.
Biggest Playground pet peeve?: You know I just read last weeks blog-Mom's pet peeve and we were sort of those people at Mission Playground on Saturday night after Tacolicious. I had no back up clothing plan (we had not planned on swimming!) and my daughter got really into the water fountains. In an instant you have to decide - wet kid or deny water-fountain fun and possibly end the Playground time right now in a meltdown of tears. Thankfully, I did have a dry sweatshirt for her and my leggings which I rigged up with a hair-tie to make a sort of spa-wear-meets-capoeira-type pant for her (no diaper) and we took a cab home which really made the night, especially for her (she loves taxis).
I would have loved to have seen her get up!
Any advice for a first timer hitting the Playground?: Keep a wide berth around the swings.
Thanks Sarah. I'll see you at the Playground looking Playground Chic!
Playground Chic Look of the Week
We were at the new Mission Playground the other day, hanging on the Astro Turf soccer field, when this woman caught my eye. She was vibrant, full of life, playing soccer, and frisbee with her son, drumming and absorbing the sun. I said to my friend, I have to go see if she will let me feature her on my Blog. My friend generously offered to watch my two kids along with her two. No small feat keeping an eye on four kids running in different directions. So thank you!
It was great to chat with her, turns out she is an African dance teacher who mostly does dances from Guinea, West Africa. She was wearing a traditional skirt called a Lapa, it is a yard and half of fabric that gets wrapped around and ties in the back. And, I love that she offered to be videoed dancing. Scroll down to watch her!
Here's Maria and our interview………………………………………………………….
I love how blissful she looks in this picture and how the silver in her lapa shimmers in the sun.
Neighborhood: Mission
Do you usually put a lot of thought into your outfit?: Most of the time I don't really care. I just wear whatever. Then sometimes I feel a little more festive. So I try to put that whole vibe into what I'm wearing. I just kind of pick things out as I go. I don't really plan too much at all. Today I was feeling a little festive, I've got the gold going and I put on gold eye shadow and lipstick as well. I thought I'd look how I feel which is a little nice on a very nice day.
Where do you shop?: I like the thrift stores, Salvation Army, Good Will, they both have exceptional sales. And Thrift Town of course is good especially for children.
What's your favorite Playground?: I really like Garfield. I like the swimming pool and that you can bring a dog there, and the Playground. There are a lot of good things about it, and you can relax on the grass.
Biggest Playground pet peeve?: It really bothers me, at Mission Playground specifically, when people let their kids get freezing in that cold water and they're shivering and shaking and they don't seem to have a back up plan for the drying.
(Don't even get me started on the whole water feature and new set up! I miss the old Playground sooo much.)
Any advice for a first timer hitting the playground for the first time?: Keep an eye on the kids, but don't be too controlling with them at the same time.
Here is my first Playground Chic video. It's of Maria dancing. She will be teaching at Shotwell Studios come October. Of course, before she was done dancing my phone ran out of memory!
Maria Dancing at Mission Playground)
Thanks Maria, I'll see you at the Playground looking Playground Chic!
Keep it Curly,
Scissor Happy!
I've been scissor happy this week, cutting curls with abandon. I've continued to shape mine, cut my threenager's, my husband's, and my two good girl friends Anna B's and Melissa's.
I've been cutting Anna's hair off and on for the past three years and it's so fun. It's a group effort, I'll cut, then we'll analyze, then cut some more, then analyze, and repeat until it is curlicious. I noticed her curls needed some love, so being the good curl-friend I am, I offered to cut them. After a brief chat we decided on the usual- trim it up, shape it, shorter pieces around the face, but keep the length. As I was cutting I commented that her hair felt thicker. She said she's been taking a hair vitaimin, Hair Vit by healthaid, for nearly a month. I have no experience with hair vitamins but based on how Anna's hair felt I would say this one works.
I think these pics are beyond proof positive that they way to cut curly hair is dry. If you are a curly girl going to a salon and they want to cut your curls wet- run run run. Curls need to be cut dry so you can see where they will end up. I cut her curls then spritzed with Devacurl Mist-er Right, and did a little scrunch squeeze with the smallest amount of Devacurl Frizz-Free Volumizing Foam, not because that was all she needed, but because that was all I had left!
Awesome transformation right!
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There are times when I think women try to test the men in their lives. Call it insecurity or manipulation, but every now and then women want to be assured that they are loved. In our minds, it takes something tangible or some grand gesture to prove that we truly matter.
Is it fair or rational? Uh NOPE. This does not stop us from doing crazy things and asking for way too much from our guys. My friend Vince said his girlfriend got really upset when he refused to get a tattoo of her on his arm. He has no tattoos and is not interested in getting one. Yet she somehow feels that his refusal to get one for her means he doesn't love her as much as he claims to. Would you ever get a tattoo for someone if they asked you?
I admit that I have done some pretty stupid things to prove that I loved my guy. I don't know if it was that whole "love is blind" thing or if I was just caught up. Sometimes when people know they have your heart, they take advantage, though. Has this ever happened to you?
Do you ever feel that you have to prove that you love someone?
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta
October 16th, 2013
7:20 am
No i would not get a tattoo of someone face or name on my body.
Yes people take advantage when they know you love them, yes it has happened to me.
The only way you should show your love is by your actions..its the small things that we do that show we are care.
Time to make the donuts.. hag1
October 16th, 2013
7:36 am
GOOD Wednesday Morning MIA!
Would you ever get a tattoo for someone if they asked you? Absolutley NOT!!! Tattoos are forever, relationships not so much.
Proving love to someone is dependent on the person. Some people want you to jump through hoops to "prove" that you love them. If you continue to be with that type of person, then you already know what you've signed up for. At any point in a dating relationship you are entitled to say enough is enough and ain't nobody got time for that!
When you know your worth you don't waste your valuable time trying to get someone to do something for you. When a person loves you, you will know!!!
October 16th, 2013
7:42 am
See…now, I'm going to be quoting The Five Heartbeats all day. And that will lead to Coming to America quotes. Which will lead to The Color Purple quotes.
Oh and Vince's girlfriend is on one. #FiftyShadesOfCrazy
October 16th, 2013
8:01 am
Hey Mrs. Sexy Cool! I'm LOL at #FiftyShadesOfCrazy, but that is accurate assessment! If you start with the quotes I'm all in, I LOVE all of the movies that you mentioned!
October 16th, 2013
8:18 am
Would you ever get a tattoo for someone if they asked you? Nope
Never had a man take advantage of my heart or my love simply bc I didn't go around thinking every man I dated was the one or someone I was head over heels in love with, most of them was pure lust or just for fun. I protect my heart to the fullest, you've got to really do the darn thing to capture it and when it's captured watch out! I'm all in.
I've never felt that I had to prove my love. If I love him he knew it, if I liked him he knew it, if I really liked him knew it. He knew it by word and action. —-Guess what day it is!? Good morning!
October 16th, 2013
8:22 am
Way to go Vince, tattoos make you look dirty. If she want him to tote her name around why not simply get a necklace or a bracelet with her name on in that way when/if the relationship fades she can have it back.
October 16th, 2013
8:35 am
Good morning everyone!
I would not get a tattoo. I'm just now wrapping my head around this henna tattoo that my daughter and I are gonna get. Other than that no tattoos. Especially with anyone's name on it.
As far as the proving love goes, a reassuring "I love you" and a hug and a kiss can go a long way. I grew up with a
one woman homage to the exorcist emotionally challenged mother. So I'm over the whole emotional manipulation (prove your love/alliance to me). You cannot control other people's feelings and NO ONE should have to go out of their way to prove their love to you. It's proven by treating you with respect, love and care and with their presence every day. If that isn't enough for you then find someone who can love you the way you need to be loved. The end.
October 16th, 2013
8:58 am
I will assume that Vince's girlfriend is between the age of 16 and 23. Who the hell get's upset at refusing to not get a tat of their SO's face or name on their body??? Dayum skippy i'm not going to do something as dumb as that. (No offense to those that have done it)
October 16th, 2013
9:01 am
no tattoos of names here, but yes to have done crazy things for love and felt taken advantage of cause of that.
October 16th, 2013
9:05 am
When you know your worth you don't waste your valuable time trying to get someone to do something for you
Moni – Speaking of which, I was glad to hear Mc Lyte tell young ladies that if they want to be seen as Queens, then they need to start acting like it. She also told other male rappers to try uplifting them sometimes…not degrade us so much.
October 16th, 2013
9:12 am
Morning All!
Would you ever get a tattoo for someone if they asked you? No I would not!
Yes I have gone through the whole "prove you love me" phase. Not anymore. I show my love through my every day actions and if that is not enough for a man, then obviously I am not communicating my love in the way he feels he needs and maybe we are not meant to be. There will be no more jumping through flaming hoops with a rose in my teeth.
By the same token. I don't expect a man to walk through fire to prove he loves me; that means nothing except that he was crazy enough to walk through fire. He can say it all day long, but if his actions are inconsistent, they tell me more than his words ever could. It is the day to day that matters more to me.
Mrs. SC- "I got to fight every night just to prove my love!" Lolol
October 16th, 2013
9:17 am
First, Vince's gf is unreasonable. I would never get a tattoo as a way of showing my love for my mate.
How I treat him and my actions should speak enough. If not, then I'm with the wrong person.
I don't play games, I don't test, I don't set up situations to see how he will respond. Even in my younger days I didn't do stuff like that. We are in this together working toward building something or we're on the sidelines playing tiddly winks. No time for games.
Good morning.
October 16th, 2013
9:18 am
October 16th, 2013
9:28 am
I don't like to be asked "do you love me" or how much do you love me? or if you love me you'll do this or that. Stuff like that grates my nerveIf, if you have have to ask then the answer maybe no. I get it that there are many ways to express love, and I get it that some ppl have a hard time verbally saying I love you or only say it when they are in the heat of the moment but to have to ask that question doesn't sit well with me.
October 16th, 2013
10:08 am
I'm siding with Vince today. What his girl asked is unreasonable. To ask at all is silly, but she couldn't come up with something less dramatic? Everybody in their right mind knows there's the possibility of things one day ending. You got someone's name tatted on you and y'all ain't even together no more. How dumb is that?
My mama told me a loooong time ago that you'll be confronted with "prove it", of course that wasn't as "love", but more so about succumbing to pressure. Anyhoo, this whole scenario is just plain silly. She sounds like she's still in hs…lol
I like love and I like "like" even better. "Like" is where it's fun And believe it or not, I'm a "woman" to my core. I like touchy feely and being sweet on a person, but down to my core, yeen gotta tell me fifty times a day, yeen gotta send flowers and all that junk. Treat me right, don't cheat on me, have my best interest at heart, be a man about yours, so forth and so on…that's all the proof I need.
October 16th, 2013
10:08 am
good morning. "do you have to prove your love" – am I the only one who thought of the five heartbeats when reading this?
sexy c – I see your mind went where my mind went. lol.
slim – who gets upset? the idiot who went out and got someone's name tattooed on them but then realized no one has done the same. lol.
October 16th, 2013
10:12 am
I'm searching for spin. y'all know how I do. while asking/wanting/needing someone to prove their love isn't a stunt I'd necessarily pull I do see how tangible proof is necessary. walking around talking about "I know he loves me" – "how do you know" – " I just do". well, that's not good enough. ijs. lol.
October 16th, 2013
10:16 am
leggs – did you finish the book?
October 16th, 2013
10:28 am
No…haven't even picked it up. It's only Tuesday (lol). I'm gonna finish that damn book and give you a book report.
October 16th, 2013
10:30 am
October 16th, 2013
10:33 am
leggs – Tuesday? stop playing. lol. no book report necessary. I just figured you needed some motivation. how long has it been? I think I'm going to re-read in chains to Louisiana right quick before the movie comes out.
October 16th, 2013
10:34 am
Sometimes when people know they have your heart, they take advantage, though. Has this ever happened to you?
Yeah, the kid's dad….early on. Dude took me through a lot of changes. None of the buy me this, that or the other…just a lot of changes. That's why when the tables turned and I stopped giving a happy, there's was nothing he could do with that. So yeah, I did whatever the heck I wanted to at that point..thinking of all the changes he took me through. And yes, I could have left, but I didn't know that back then. I had an epiphany one day and bounced…lololol
October 16th, 2013
10:38 am
Leggs- Asked my sis and yes, it was a tiger's eye in the ring.
October 16th, 2013
10:40 am
Morning…but u ladies are funny….well,if i give u my spin and u call me a womans hater…ima just be a hip-hop producer then or rapper..at least i get some dough(i cant sing but so does Jeezy)..
here is the thing…u dont want to put his name on the tatt but aull wont date a dude nor even come to thinking bout that love thing unless he spends some cash…?
disco..i thought u were just going to disagree and be real with it…no romance without finance mantra….
Uall dont want a guy to "manipulate" u nor ur heart but u manipulate men and their money and hearts all the time,,….If he dont spend..he aint gon get none..I aint gon love him..blah blah blah…
U dont say what u practice Period!
..good morning…Then.
@SlimNu..'She also told other male rappers to try uplifting them sometimes"..this is pathetic ladies…u the same folks filling up the clubs,popping bottles dancing to the so-called degrading stuff..
smdh… "sometimes?"…
She shld say ALLL THE DAMN TIME!
October 16th, 2013
10:49 am
ex – I probably use the B and H words more than the average rapper. I'm also quite fond of the words heffa and trick. I understand the rally behind getting rappers to pull back but I also understand that they are simply giving the people (some people) what they want. it's business. it's their livelihood. I ain't mad at them.
October 16th, 2013
10:50 am
Ex- I would imagine that in any relationship both parties spend money on the other; there are also in-kind services (which would cost money). That, to me, has nothing to do with someone asking you to prove your love by tattooing their name on your body- 2 completely different things!
As to the male rapper issue- I am not one of them females twerking to some rap record in a club. I barely listen to it because there are only so many bit(hes, h0es & ni99as I want to hear.
October 16th, 2013
10:51 am
That 'epiphany' is something else, isn't it! Usually hits ya like one of disco's bricks upside the head. BAM!
October 16th, 2013
10:51 am
"Would you ever get a tattoo for someone if they asked you?"
Hell no…But I will buy you a "bumper sticker" for your car with my name on it – "Property of Robert"…lol
October 16th, 2013
10:52 am
Robert- Lol @ your bumper sticker. But, can it be one of those magnet types? That glue is kinda hard to get off.
October 16th, 2013
10:54 am
I don't mind being "wide open" and showing my vunerable side. Manipulated though, ain't happening. I can hear birds chirping, children playing, but when we talk "manipulation", I hear nothing but a screeching halt. That tips over into the games people play. It don't take love potions, hypnosis, roots nor manipulation for getting folks how you like 'em
Coochie ain't free…just how it is or should be. No we can't smash when I barely know you. No we can't smash cause you grilled a burger. No we can't smash cause you're hawt. No no no!! lol You can't get something for nothing. And no, coochie ain't for sale, it's just not free…lol You gotta pay to play and everyone knows two things…time and money. I good with what you say, as long as it's matched to what you do. IJS
October 16th, 2013
10:54 am
Exiled – Women don't stand a chance in your world huh? Damned if we do, damned if we don't. And as far as "the same folks filling up the clubs,popping bottles dancing to the so-called degrading stuff", some of those songs have nice beats and chicks aren't listening to the words. Half the time, they aren't talking about anything anyway. (said as Slim twerks her blog booty walking away)
October 16th, 2013
11:00 am
here are also in-kind services (which would cost money)
MsAtl..but what u are going to do for him is conditional….on him treating u nice…u aint gon show him"love" unless he opens the wallet.
so whats wrong with a man asking u do some else for him thats nice….to him…like a lil tatt on ur arm,exposed…….,"I lubs me Exiled"
October 16th, 2013
11:02 am
Ex- And him opening his wallet is not conditional? Of course I am not going to do stuff for him if he is not treating me nice. You equate treating a woman nice to doling out money. There is more to it than that.
October 16th, 2013
11:03 am
slim – right. I was "chair twerking" this morning on my drive in. the hip hop station was jamming. lol.
C – re coochie ain't free. I giggle because years ago a friend said that (well she used the P word – lol) telling me about a situation with her dude. at the time I bust out laughing. around the same time another friend with her own situation said and I quote "I don't mind effing BUT…". I was too through. I said they need to get together and make some t-shirts.
October 16th, 2013
11:03 am
Disco..u watched BET last nite..how u feel bout that scene whern them hoochies were rolling on the floor,leggs wide open and the rappers were singing and standing atop?
degrading much….
and uall call that "our own!"
October 16th, 2013
11:08 am
some of those songs have nice beats and chicks aren't listening to the words
@Slim..how about hitting them rappers where it hurts..boycottoing the clubs and music buying,if uall and McLytte are serious bout it..?
It will hurt rappers even more because they dont have money anyway,most of them…then they can conjure up better lyrics..or just find blue collar jobs…
October 16th, 2013
11:08 am
MMeello – I did have a request for an tatt (not too much tooting is it?)….yep, dumb-bot, the kid's dad. Of course that was years ago. He asked about putting his name on my inner thigh….no lie.
If you're willing to pay, I'll place "C lubs E" on my left shoulder
disco – Yeah, they definitely need to
make sell tshirts…lol
October 16th, 2013
11:09 am
MMeello – Better yet….. "E lubs C", there sounds much better j/k
October 16th, 2013
11:11 am
Celisea..yea,that tatt thing is a dumb move for real…i have seen folks with tatts like that…….
October 16th, 2013
11:12 am
"women try to test the men in their lives"
All the time. In the morning when you wake-up, she wants to be reassured. Do you love me? Driving to and from work – Cell phone check-in. All women do it and you better answer your phone. At lunch time – Cell phone check-in. She wants to know what, where and who are you eating with? When you get off work and go to the Gym – Cell phone check-in. She wants to know where you are and who are you working out with? At home watching TV she wants to know what you are watching (sports, discovery, etc.)? If she does not like what you are watching she will take the remote control and change the channel to her "girly" shows (OWN/Oprah, etc.). There are other TV's in the house (bedroom, etc.) she can watch, but she wants to see how much you love her. I guess I am a sucker because I always let her have the remote control and her way.
October 16th, 2013
11:12 am
Good Morning!
I have already made up some removeable tattoo's the kind you wet up and they come off. I have the follow paste on tattoos MissMoni,SlimNu,MsAtl and YSIC… I have to hedge my bets that I can snare one of them…hehehehehe!
SlimNuCTONE….What epiphany did you have? How was your weekend?
Celisea dude knew he had a winner so he pulled out all stops to keep that hot stuff….
Rappers Delight its like a jungle sometimes it makes you wonder how you keep from going under…
October 16th, 2013
11:15 am
Y'all have to excuse my grammar/typos…past, present and future mistakes. Sometimes my mind is running fast, sometimes I'm doing several things at once, sometimes an email or IM pops up while I'm blogging….
There….that should take care of all
October 16th, 2013
11:17 am
Exiled – does your wife a your name tatted on her body?
October 16th, 2013
11:18 am
Celisea dude knew he had a winner so he pulled out all stops to keep that hot stuff….
Nuh uh, he was just stupid. If I wrote all the dumb things he did and suggested, you'd change you stance…lol Nothing to do with hot stuff, trust
October 16th, 2013
11:20 am
WD no more teasing! How are you going to mention you have done some crazy and do not list what the crazy was? C'mon Diva quit playin….
Celisea how about we skip the formalities and just give you some money for the coochie….hehehehehe! Dang-it coochie is free I know this man…once you turn it on she will give it up unconditionally..Start planning the days around getting it! Oh yes she will!
October 16th, 2013
11:22 am
@Robert there are guys who do that check in as well. I never take the remote, he can have the TV because I don't even watch TV anyway. Cable is just another bill for a workaholic like me. I just watch my sister's netflix accout
Also, I hate the "wyd" text at various points of the day. Why? You about to take me somewhere or something? Ok then, don't worry about what I'm doing.
October 16th, 2013
11:22 am
Why, Durty? Huh? Why?
October 16th, 2013
11:22 am
MsAtl ~ I figured as much. Tiger's eye jewelry was very popular back then.
Umm, ummm, was just told about a new dance called "Red Nose." Any of you fine folk red nosing? Good grief…boys on boys, girls on girls, girls on guys. I can't imagine seeing this done at the clubs, but I don't go to clubs where youngins are sexing on the dance floor.
October 16th, 2013
11:23 am
Nope read the statement, I said your ex-dude pulled out all the stop because he knew (YOU Celisea) was a winner/Keeper/Resoureful/etc…That was my point….
October 16th, 2013
11:23 am
Morning Gang!
Dang Diva, whose side are you on with this WOMEN test men thing? Sure they do, but so do MEN, geesh!! And yeah, I agree, Vince's girl must be a youngster. I don't see any grown azz women sweating a dude about a tatoo. How old is Vince by the way? If he's young too, okay, but if he's over 30 maybe he needs to look for a more mature-minded sophisticated woman. Otherwise, he gets what he gets by dating in the pool he's chosen. Either way, don't feel a bit sorry for him.
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Recent storms have caused flash flooding in areas of the Jackson metro region that don't normally take on water. The repeated onslaught is a major expense to homeowners who don't have flood insurance.
Experts say if you don't believe you're in a flood zone, think again.
According to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency every building within the State of Mississippi is located within a mapped flood zone.
"You're either in a high risk or low risk, but everybody's in a flood zone," said flood insurance agent John Holder. He is also the past president of the Professional Insurance Agents Association of Mississippi.
Flood insurance policies are offered through the National Flood Insurance Program which is administered by FEMA.
"The definition of a flood is two or more acres or two or more adjacent properties. If one house floods and the house next to it does not, it may not be classified a flood and may not be covered under the policy," said Holder.
There are low, moderate and high risk zones, and one Jackson resident says flash flooding has been a decades long problem.
For Carla Johnson, who lives just in front of Big Creek in a Hidden Valley Lane home in Jackson, says the creek overflows its banks and enters her home. Monday, Johnson and her family were left mopping up a muddy mess, ripping up carpeting and planning for major damage repair.
"We have to hurry up and get these walls pulled out and replaced before black mold gets in here," said Johnson pointing to the walls of her living room.
MEMA reports that 30% of all claims are for low risk areas or areas outside the floodplain.
"You're either in an Ultra Preferred which is an "X" zone and you buy a preferred policy at a very low rate or you're in a high risk zone which is an "A" zone. And those rates are higher because there's a higher probability that you'll flood," said the Hub International flood insurance agent.
Repeat flood victims may still have to absorb the expense of clean up and repair then look to the municipality or agency responsible for system upkeep.
"People that have multiple claims there's a different issue. There's backups or sewers, there's drainage problems. They have built their house in the low elevation," added Holder.
In the City of Jackson, spokesman Chris Mims said flood victims can file claims with the Risk Management Division. Investigators will then evaluate the situation and approve or deny that claim.
When purchasing flood insurance, there is a 30 day waiting period, unless it is for the closing of a mortgage.
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Tasting menu at Sooke Harbour House (the original chef). Read on if you want the entire menu. Lemon grass fish broth with mint oil, geoduck clams, paprika pasta, soy beans, day-lily shoots and daikon radish. House made roasted chicken sausage with a red currant geranium reduction, and a honey-Dijon emulsion, on a roasted garlic, potato, and feta cheese tart with wilted kale. Seared sea scallop with a plum Grand Fir leek oil vinaigrette, on roasted squash creamy barley and a seaweed bread crisp. Morel mushroom encrusted Port Renfrew cod with tamari and sundried tomato sauces, Nodding onion emulsion, rutabaga, and spicy vegetable spring roll. Roasted Metchosin lamb rack, with ox-eye daisy and pear purees, red wine meat stock reduction, caramelized onion sage salami and lentil perogie with braised leek, and grilled parsnip. A selection of goat, ewe, and cow's milk artisan cheeses from Saltspring Island and Cowichan Valley, with sliced asian pear, bread crisps and dried fruit. Caramelized apple frangipane tart, with California bay leaf scented caramel ice cream, apple reduction, caramel sauce, and ox eye daisy greens. Fennel scented meringues and Cardamom chocolate truffles.
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Half of the world's 1% are Americans
We're better off than we thought. Even the poorest Americans are doing better than 68% of the world's population.
Who are the world's richest people, the 1% of the planet? Chances are you are one of them.
World Bank economist Branko Milanovic, author of "The Haves and the Have-Nots," concluded that, based on 2005 data, 48% of the world's top earners are Americans -- about 29 million of us.
That's true because it takes just $34,000 in after-tax annual income per person to qualify for the world's 1%, Annalyn Censky explained on CNNMoney. Thus, a family of four would need to earn $136,000 to make the cut.
The other world 1%-ers are in Germany (4 million); France, Italy and England (3 million each); Canada, Korea, Japan and Brazil (2 million each), and assorted other countries. Strangely enough, Milanovic's book says, "There is nobody from Africa, China, India, or from East Europe or Russia (in statistically significant numbers, of course)." Post continues below.
Hardly any in China and India? What about both countries' rapidly growing middle class? "This is because these emerging economies, whose citizens are acquiring wealth rapidly, started so far below the economies of developed countries that they still have a ways to go to enter the world's richest," Libby Kane wrote at LearnVest.
In fact, if "middle class" were defined as people with the world's median income, that would be $1,225 per person a year -- "adjusted to account for different costs of living across the globe," Censky wrote.
On The New York Times' Economix blog, Catherine Rampell wrote about Milanovic's findings about the vast wealth gap across the Earth:
... the typical person in the bottom 5 percent of the American income distribution is still richer than 68 percent of the world's inhabitants. … America's poorest are, as a group, about as rich as India's richest.
Kind of blows your mind, right?Right. So does that mean the Occupy movement is tilting at windmills? Not really. The gap between the richest and everyone else within the U.S. and other countries is growing. The Huffington Post said:
A report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found that, since the mid-1980s, income inequality has increased by 77 percent in the 22 countries surveyed. In these countries, the average income of the richest 10 percent of the population is nine times that of the poorest.
Remember, it takes $506,000 in annual household income to qualify for the U.S. 1%. (Hat tip to The Atlantic for pointing us to a Wall Street Journal calculator so you can figure out what percentage you're in.)
However, others in the world might think we protest too much, based on Milanovic's findings. Dino Grandoni of The Atlantic wrote:
Americans Occupiers in Zuccotti Park made famous phrases like "the 1 percent" to protest wealth disparity within the U.S. -- but the rest of the world can throw that term right back at us.
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I too get sick of the comparisons of working poor, poor, and even middleclass Americans vs. other third world countries. That is why they are called third world countries--their living standards and what they live in and utilize to live is completely different from ours. "In fact, if "middle class" were defined as people with the world's median income, that would be $1,225 per person a year -- "adjusted to account for different costs of living across the globe," Censky wrote." Adjusted to represent the third world countries indeed...could one single American survive on this amount per year anywhere in this country??? That amount would barely scrape a month.
People who argue that the poor here should stop complaining because they are rich compared to the poor of other countries really need to wake up. We don't live squattor central in dilapitated tents here--that is illegal. You can't just park a tent in the mountains either without paying daily "rent". You can't go hunt your dinner without a license and only at certain times of the year with specific allowed weapons to hunt with. Try not sending your child to school and send them off to work instead--you would be in jail. There may be some "conveniences" even the poor have here vs other countries--there are homeless shelters, yet they do overflow and some homeless freeze to death every winter. There are foodbanks, foodstamps, and soup kitchens here--so I could agree that food is a little more available here vs other countries where real starvation is occuring. As far as living conditions, we cannot use a bucket to pee in and have no plumbing, we cannot have a small shed to live in that does not have a heating system, we also cannot live in a shed without electricity. I know this because my family of four lived in a storage shed without all of the above--we couldn't afford rent and were bankrupt. If anyone would have reported us to Social Services--they would have taken our kids away rather than help us. We were denied housing assistance solely because of our credit reports not because we made too much income. We avoided foodstamps and the foodbank because we couldn't explain how we were living and why there were no utility bills in our names. Sure we could have tried to get into a family shelter--but they all have waiting lists and when you do get in, the time limits for a stay may be anywhere from 3 days to 30 days at best. Even 30 days doesn't give you the time you need to get into an apartment or anything else..so then you end up right back on the street. So we chose to live in an uninsulated shed with a small propane tank with a stove-top burner sized heater for us to huddle around. Yes, we pee'd in a bucket and buried it. Everyday we shared one generic 33 cent can of Spaghetti O's a day between the four of us. We used an outside faucet to get water for sponge bathing out of a TupperWare bowl--it was freezing even in the Summer. And--we were working opposite hours to avoid childcare! Minimum wage jobs--no health insurance, bills we couldn't drop in bankruptcy, a car that broke down everyother week that took money out of both our paychecks and made us miss work plus the cost of repairs. Been there, done it.
Poverty in this country may not be as bad as poverty in a third-world countries...but there is a HUGE difference between our country and others--so there is NO comparison in my opinion!
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Any commodities and defense articles procured to carry out this chapter shall be retained by, or upon reimbursement, transferred to, and for the use of, such agency of the United States Government as the President may determine in lieu of being disposed of to a foreign country or international organization, whenever in the judgment of the President the best interests of the United States will be served thereby, or whenever such retention is called for by concurrent resolution. Any commodities or defense articles so retained may be disposed of without regard to provisions of law relating to the disposal of property owned by the United States Government, when necessary to prevent spoilage or wastage of such commodities or defense articles or to conserve the usefulness thereof. Funds realized from any disposal or transfer shall revert to the respective appropriation, fund, or account used to procure such commodities or defense articles or to the appropriation, fund, or account currently available for the same general purpose.
(b) Commodities transferred as repayment of assistance
Whenever commodities are transferred to the United States Government as repayment of assistance under this chapter, such commodities may be used in furtherance of the purposes and within the limitations of this chapter.
(c) Funds realized as result of illegal transactions
Funds realized as a result of any failure of a transaction financed under authority of subchapter I of this chapter to conform to the requirements of this chapter, or to applicable rules and regulations of the United States Government, or to the terms of any agreement or contract entered into under authority of subchapter I of this chapter, shall revert to the respective appropriation, fund, or account used to finance such transaction or to the appropriation, fund, or account currently available for the same general purpose.
(d) Funds realized from sale, transfer, or disposal of returned defense articles
Funds realized by the United States Government from the sale, transfer, or disposal of defense articles returned to the United States Government by a recipient country or international organization as no longer needed for the purpose for which furnished shall be credited to the respective appropriation, fund, or account used to procure such defense articles or to the appropriation, fund, or account currently available for the same general purpose.
Source(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 605,Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 440; Pub. L. 89–171, pt. III, § 301(a),Sept. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 658.)
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The entire IVF cycle takes about one month from the time a woman begins taking hormones to stimulate egg production to the time she is tested to determine if she is pregnant. This cycle is often preceded by a month on birth control pills.
The in vitro fertilization cycle consists of four stages: stimulation, egg retrieval, fertilization and transfer.
Stimulation - Frequent ultrasound exams are performed to evaluate the growth of the follicles that will produce the eggs. Hormonal monitoring with blood tests may also be used. Adjustments will be made to the stimulation medication doses based on these findings.
Egg retrieval - When the follicles and the eggs within them are judged to be mature, the eggs are retrieved by needle aspiration. During this procedure, a physician uses ultrasound to guide a needle through the vagina and into the ovaries to collect eggs. An anesthesiologist is present to provide pain medication and sedation so the patient does not feel pain. All follicles are aspirated to maximize the number of eggs collected.
Fertilization - Once the eggs have been collected, the male provides a semen sample. Sperm and eggs can be joined in one of two ways. They can be mixed in a laboratory dish or a single sperm can be injected into each egg, a process called intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI.
The following day, eggs are examined to check for fertilization. Fertilized eggs become embryos. Typically, about 75 percent to 80 percent of the eggs become fertilized.
Embryo Transfer - Three to five days after fertilization, embryos will be selected and transferred to the woman's uterus.
About 10 days later - two weeks after the egg retrieval – a blood test is performed to check for pregnancy. If the results are positive, the test is usually repeated 48 hours later to check that the pregnancy is progressing. If these results are also good, an ultrasound is planned for around seven weeks of gestational age (about five weeks from egg retrieval) to assess the location and number of pregnancies.
In vitro fertilization patients commit to taking several medications to help improve the likelihood of pregnancy.
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Mayor Greg Fischer today named Ingram Quick as interim Internal Auditor, following the recent retirement of Mike Norman.
Quick's appointment is effective immediately and he will serve through December while the mayor searches for a permanent replacement.
"Ingram has the skills and qualifications to lead our city through the next several months," Fischer said. "He brings years of audit experience and a deep knowledge of local government to his new leadership role."
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He started his career with city government in 2001, working as a senior accountant in Public Health and Wellness. He has worked in the Office of Management and Budget as a grant monitor and joined the Internal Audit office in 2005.


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Timothy "Tim" Meadows (born February 5, 1961) is an American actor and comedian best known as one of the longest running cast members on Saturday Night Live. Early life: Tim Meadows was born in Highland Park, Michigan, the son of Mardell, a nurse's assistant, and Lathon Meadows, a janitor. He studied television and radio broadcasting at Wayne State University. Career: Meadows began performing improvisational comedy at the Soup Kitchen Saloon. Meadows' start in show business was in Chicago as a member of The Second City comedy troupe alongside future star Chris Farley. In 1991, Meadows landed a spot on Saturday Night Live and would go on to become a longtime cast member, appearing on the program until 2000. (Meadows was on the show for ten seasons; this was the record for the longest tenure on the show until it was surpassed by Darrell Hammond in 2005.) Meadows' lengthy tenure on the show was used as a gag in three monologues when former cast members Phil Hartman and Mike Myers returned to the show to host, and when Alec Baldwin hosted for his twelfth time. Meadows often spoofed famous personalities including O. J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey and Erykah Badu on SNL, and one time remarked that he had no character that was identified to him, such as Wayne and Garth being identified to Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. Eventually he did get an original character with Leon Phelps, "The Ladies' Man", a perpetually horny talk show host who believed himself to be the living definition of what females search for in a man. The sketch/character was adapted into a 2000 film, The Ladies Man, which followed the character's attempts to find love and a suitable outlet for his beloved radio program. Despite a surprise guest appearance by Meadows on Saturday Night Live immediately following his departure to promote the movie, it was not well received by critics or fans and subsequently flopped at the box office. It has, however, become a cult classic on DVD and cable. In 2001 he co-starred in Three Days (2001); in 2003 he appeared as Miles McDermott in The Even Stevens Movie. Meadows soon moved on to other projects, including a regular role on the short-lived NBC sitcom The Michael Richards Show and a supporting role in the 2004 film The Cookout. He also guest starred as a client on the hit NBC comedy The Office in the second-season episode "The Client". He played a high school principal in Mean Girls, a film written by (and co-starring) fellow SNL cast member Tina Fey. He also had a part in Handsome Boy Modeling School's album White People. In 2007, he appeared in a large supporting role in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Meadows has appeared in other feature films, including Coneheads, It's Pat, and Wayne's World 2, all of which were based on popular SNL characters and had varying rates of success. Most recently he was in the 2006 film The Benchwarmers alongside his former SNL co-stars Rob Schneider and David Spade. He was also featured in CBS's Gameshow Marathon (summer 2006), has appeared on The Colbert Report in the recurring role of P.K. Winsome (who made an appearance at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear), and starred in The Bill Engvall Show. He is also a frequent guest on the The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as a comic field reporter. On May 31, 2008, Meadows threw out a ceremonial first pitch and conducted the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field during a Chicago Cubs game against the Colorado Rockies. Meadows can frequently be seen performing live at the iO WEST with Heather Campbell and Miles Stroth in their improvised show Heather, Miles, and Tim. Recently, Meadows has been back performing in the Chicago improv scene at the ImprovOlympic and other venues. Filmography: Year Title Role 1993 Coneheads Athletic Cone Wayne's World 2 Sammy Davis, Jr. 1994 It's Pat KVIB-FM Station Manager 2000 The Ladies Man Leon Phelps 2001 Three Days Angel 2003 The Even Stevens Movie Miles McDermott Wasabi Tuna Dave 2004 Mean Girls Ron Duvall The Cookout Cousin Leroy 2006 The Benchwarmers Wayne 2007 Shredderman Rules Mr. Green Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Sam McPherson 2008 Semi-Pro Cornelius Banks 2009 Aliens in the Attic Doug Armstrong 2010 Grown Ups Malcolm 2011 Mean Girls 2 Ron Duvall Jack & Jill Ted 2013 Grown Ups 2 Malcolm Television: Saturday Night Live 1991-2000, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Michael Richards Show, TV Funhouse 2001, Third Watch, One on One, Living with Fran, The Office (single episode), Everybody Hates Chris, The Colbert Report, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Help Me Help You, According to Jim, Lil' Bush, The Bill Engvall Show, Strangers with Candy (single episode), Reba (single episode), Glory Daze (regular character), Funny or Die Presents, The New Adventures of Old Christine - Season 5 (Character Dr. Volk), Gameshow Marathon, Suburgatory, Mr. Box Office (U.S. TV series), Bob's Burgers" (Recurring), 30 Rock (single episode), Comedy Bang Bang (U.S. TV Series)
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Nov 6 ThursdayAkron, OH, US Akron Civic Theatre
Nov 8 SaturdayBattle Creek, MI, US Firekeepers Casino
Feb 13 FridayRichmond Hill, ON, Canada Centre for the Performing Arts