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Our 100th DayThursday, January 24, 2013
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Love that you used thumbprints! How smart you are!!ReplyDelete
First Grade Blue SKies
Love the idea of giving them the numbers 100 and letting them create something out of it! Our 100th day was today and it was a blast!ReplyDelete
Lovin' Kindergarten
I love the idea. I am your new follower!ReplyDelete
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Our 100th day was today! Love your ideas. We made hats similar to yours last year but used stickers instead.ReplyDelete
The Busy Busy Hive
We still have 2 more weeks until our 100th day. Looks like ya'll had fun. LOVE your idea of giving them the numbers from 100 and having them make something creative!!ReplyDelete
For the Love of First Grade
Looks like fun! Thanks for sharing, Jodi :)ReplyDelete
The Brown-Bag Teacher
The 100th day is always my favorite. Ours isn't til Feb. 8th. We always make the hats too, and I staple the strips ahead of time which is really helpful. I'm definitely giving my kiddos the numbers....such a great idea!ReplyDelete
First Grade Wolves
I love the 100 drawings!! Stealing that for my 100th day... which is after Valentine's Day!ReplyDelete
A Cupcake for the Teacher
We only hit day 87 today, so we've got some time...ReplyDelete
Thanks for the ideas!! I'll be sure to blog about our 100th day. Until then, stop by my blog when you get some time. I've got a giveaway going on right now for reading strategies posters. :)
Floating Through First Grade
LOVE those hats! They remind me of an octopus! I will file that away for next year! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
We will have our 100th day in February! I can't wait! I'm making myself a "Happy 100th Day" t-shirt this weekend from some cool ideas I found on pinterest!ReplyDelete
Love your ideas and those hats are super cute!! Thanks for sharing!
I am your newest follower!!
Laura ~ First Grade Spies
Unfortunately, I had jury duty on my 100th day of school, but I left some really fun things for the kids to do while I was out and we even did a few more the day after. One of my kids was so excited and said, "Today is the 101st day of school!!"ReplyDelete
Darling Little Learners
Looks like you had a fun 100 day! Thanks for the freebie! We have not had our 100 day yet because we start in September and had a week off for Hurricane Sandy. I am enjoying being able to stock up on resources and ideas though from everyone else, so I will be ready for the big day.ReplyDelete
Compassionate Teacher
What a great day for a celebration! Looks like you guys had a blast! I'm looking forward to our big day next Wednesday....providing we don't get a snow day!ReplyDelete
Ms. Marciniak's First Grade Critter Cafe
LOVE all the ideas you shared! The hats with one fingerprint?! LOVE! Makes me think I'll be bringing out the paint! Thanks so much for sharing!ReplyDelete
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Bloomberg Warming Up to Beach and Park Smoking Ban
He may move forward with the idea, originally proposed by his Health Commissioner.
Last September, City Health Commissioner Thomas Farley startled Mayor Bloomberg by proposing a ban on smoking on public beaches and in public parks. Even for Hizzoner, who is all about legislating people's personal health choices, this seemed a little extreme. But according to reports out late yesterday, the mayor is coming around to the idea and is considering pushing forward with it. When visitors smoke in such places, "it's in the open air, but the air wafts in your direction," he said. "It is also because people take their cigarette butts and the packages and just throw them away," he added. "When you ask people in our parks and beaches, they say they just don't want smokers there." Farley pointed out that smoking killed about 7,500 New Yorkers a year, more than any other preventable cause and more than AIDS, suicide, homicide, and drugs combined — and that the ban could save the city millions in cleanup. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn seemed interested in the idea, too, provided that the fines be "modest."


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Maddie's Fund®, the Pet Rescue Foundation, has awarded a $541,550 grant to support the first year of Maddie's® Pet Rescue Project and Maddie's® Spay/Neuter Project in Erie County, New York. As goals are achieved, Maddie's Fund will provide animal welfare groups and veterinarians up to $4.9 million to end the killing of Erie County's healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats.
Maddie's® Pet Rescue Project is led by the SPCA Serving Erie County (SPCA-EC) working with the City of Buffalo Animal Shelter and four adoption guarantee organizations - Buffalo Humane, HEART, Second Chance Sheltering Network, and Ten Lives Club. First year goals for participating organizations and Erie County shelters include:
Strategies for increasing adoptions include operating a full time cat adoption center, adding new coalition adoption events and special adoption promotions for bully breeds.
Maddie's® Spay/Neuter Project is administered by Operation PETS: The Spay/Neuter Clinic of Western New York, Inc. (OPETS). Ten private practice veterinary hospitals have also agreed to participate. Low-cost surgeries are available to Erie County pet owning residents who receive Medicaid and to Erie County residents who manage feral cat colonies. The total number of surgeries to be performed in the first year is 3,518.
Erie County covers 1,058 square miles on the western border of New York state. It contains three cities and 25 towns, including the City of Buffalo, the second largest city in New York State. The population is 921,390.
"The SPCA-EC's track record of success motivated us to award this grant," says Maddie's Fund President, Rich Avanzino. "The large traditional shelter handling 12,000 dogs and cats per year already has a live release rate of 78% and is geared to lead the rest of the partners to no-kill status community wide within five years."
Maddie's Fund® is a family foundation founded in 1994 by Workday® co-founder Dave Duffield and his wife, Cheryl, who have endowed the Foundation with more than $300 million. Since then, they have awarded more than $153 million in grants toward increased community lifesaving, shelter medicine education, and pet adoptions across the U.S. The Duffields named Maddie's Fund after their Miniature Schnauzer Maddie, who always made them laugh and comforted them during stressful business times when Dave was launching a startup software company. Maddie was with Dave and Cheryl from 1987-1997 and continues to inspire them today.
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Israelis wage a dirty war against Palestinian farmers
Palestinian farmers cultivating their lands behind the Israeli segregation barrier have been fighting a relentless battle against an invasion of Israeli wild pigs. Vast areas of lands behind the barrier have been wrecked by the pigs, and the frustrated farmers are set to abandon them. Many farmers have already left after incurring losses.
The farmers believe that the herds of the wild pigs have been introduced around their lands as part of a well-designed Israeli plan to force them to run away. "The Israelis have released huge numbers of those pigs near our areas, knowing exactly the grave damage those pigs can cause to our crops," Medhat Abu Khader, a Palestinian farmer who has 68 acres of land behind the barrier told Gulf News.
"In rare cases, the farmers have killed pigs which attacked them, and were shocked to find official plastic serial codes around their necks in a clear indication of official Israeli involvement," he said. Eyewitnesses have also testified that the Israelis have released huge numbers of wild pigs from trucks near the lands.
Once the construction work in the Israeli segregation barrier was almost complete, the Israeli authorities started issuing agricultural permits to Palestinian farmers who could prove their ownership of lands behind the barrier. "The Israelis are waging a dirty war against the Palestinian farmers. The Israeli authorities grant Palestinian farmers permits to reach their lands, but release huge numbers of pigs to destroy the crops and put the lives of the farmers in danger," said Abu Khader.
The farmers have repeatedly complained and sought help from both the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and the Israeli civil authorities, but nothing has been done. Esmat Zeid, another Palestinian farmer, said "The wild pigs have attacked farmers, killing one near the governorate of Tulkarem and injuring several in other areas." "Corn is the pigs' favourite food," he said. A Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture official told Gulf News that there has been no solution for the problem. "We cannot do anything about it," he said.
Poultry farms
"We are not in charge of the border checkpoints and we do not have the necessary materials to fight the wild pigs," said Dr Jameel Makhamrah, who heads the Veterinary Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture. He said the heavy spread of the poultry farms around the lands behind the barrier made the situation even worse. "The huge quantities of dead chicken in the open areas around the Palestinian farms attract more pigs," he said. "We receive daily complaints from the farmers, but we have nothing in hand to help them," he said.
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cool pic
Wonderful perspective! Very clever
I like the point of view. It suggests that an animal might be looking!
good details on frame..
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Pretty in front, pretty in back. Such a fortunate picture. Love the fore detail, of course, but the background sets it off and I would have been happy with just the foreground!
Really amazing.
Really amazing.
Wow ! beautiful shot Ana, amazing colors indeed
really great colours
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Perfect capture!!! And the colors...
gorgeous shot my friend
very nice...!!!!!
Wow, what a scenery!!! Excellent work dear Ana!
glad you like it Andreas!
Cool image. I really like the contrast between the close up of the stones and the sky in the background!


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Simple Definition of felony
law : a serious crime (such as murder or rape)
Full Definition of felonyplural
1 : an act on the part of a feudal vassal involving the forfeiture of his fee
2 a : a grave crime formerly differing from a misdemeanor under English common law by involving forfeiture in addition to any other punishment b : a grave crime declared to be a felony by the common law or by statute regardless of the punishment actually imposed c : a crime declared a felony by statute because of the punishment imposed d : a crime for which the punishment in federal law may be death or imprisonment for more than one year
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The crime is considered a felony under state law.
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: a very serious crime
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And what nearby jurisdictions would those be? People in Seattle are driving to Idaho to get lit up? Seems unlikely.
Fnarf, maybe this isnt all about Washington.
Don't forget about tribal casinos, Fnarf.
wanna bet this is more of a problem in cold climates? for instance, you can more comfortably go outside for a 5 minute smoke in a place like, say, california in october/november than michigan in october/november.
Some people don't want to be anywhere near a tribal casino (Bellevue Ave, me).
This does sound like a bunch of crap. Sounds like there may be a correlation but I doubt it is because people are venturing farther afield in search of a place where lighting up is still allowed Maybe smoking keeps people from drinking as much or maybe smoking has a sobering effect. All I know is every weekend I come home not smelling like a trailer park, no offense to trailer parks, is a great day and makes me angry I had to huff the smoke from others for so long. Now the 25 feet things is a bit extreme.
You can also smoke in private clubs (strip clubs, american legion bars, etc.) Most private clubs and casinos in cities are outside the city center (where all the bars are).
My two cents.
I'm a smoker and dont see a problem stepping outside, or just not smoking period. People are fucking idiots. I dont miss one bit coming home from a night out and not smelling like "the bar".
Smoking is BANNED IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PLACES in Washington state except for Private residences (as long as they aren't used as a Day care) and Tribal casinos (because they exist on soveriegn non-governmental land).
People should sign the petition going around that would allow cigar bars to exist again and cigar smoking to be allowed in businesses that sell more than 25,000 dollars worth of cigars a year. It seems reasonable. Forcing people who smoke cigars or pipes out into the street for a hour or more to smoke is just stupid.
I don't smoke them but I think the smoking ban is just retarded in so many ways.
Fnarf: There's a whole big world out there beyond the Seattle city limits. Talk about parochial
I think it's beautiful.
Maybe people are drinking more because the economy sucks and the Bush Administration is psychologically destroying us all.
It's just evolution in action.
You smoke - you die.
@11: actually, you smoke, you hurt more than just you--cancer/asthma from second hand smoke, ciggy butts poisoning wildlife--you drink, you hurt more than just you--in a traffic collision with a drunk, it's more often the other person/people who are killed. i wish it were just darwinian law operating here, but it's not.
smoking does have a sobering effect. it increases the metabolism of alcohol, thereby reducing blood alcohol content. they've shown this in numerous studies. without evidence that people are driving further away, this to me is the most likely explanation.
Boogy Boogy
Second hand smoke is the new monster under the bed!
I got a whiff of second hand smoke from the patio bar on a walk the other day. I am going to the Dr. this afternoon to get screened for cancer. I think I caught the asthma too. Bummer huh?!
Bars should ban alchohol. I hate coming home smelling like Whiskey. Plus Whiskey gives you and others cancer. Bars should be free for the health fixated people to go to and get wicked drunk on distilled ETOH!
I had no idea- maybe it's changed since I was there in december, because I remember going to a few private "clubs" and there was smoking.
Plus, we're not just talking Washington. Here in NM if you have a private party at a bar, you can smoke inside. The law is all tweeked so that you can still get around it here- and as I recall in WA too.
This is just all the more reason to ban smoking in bars everywhere. No reason to drive further if no bars allow it.
Nope, you don't have a clue about the WA state law. I don't know about NM, so I won't say.
If you were smoking indoors in WA where there was 1 employee (including the business owner) then it was illegal. Pure and simple.
I want to ban everything that is offensive. That way, everyone must conform to my ideals and I can go through life not being intruded upon by other people.
I want to ban make up and perfumes too. I also want to ban businesses that sell organic clothes. I also want to ban dogs.
I also want to ban pissy ass liberal dweebs with bikes. Ban children in public places. Ban Church. Ban businesses that hire asians. Ban cars made in Japan. Ban tatoos and bad haricuts. Ban overpriced coffee shops. Ban the homeless. Ban panhandling. Ban private property. I want to live in a beautiful place!!
I want to ban ecce homo.
REALLY? God that's fucked. Yeah, I guess I was in places that were doing illegal things. What if it wasnt on the clock? Like before the place opened? I can name 15 bars I've done that in in Seattle. Who's going to stop them, anyways? It's retarded.
It's a stupid law. I like not smelling like the bar and all... but still.
@19 - I'll second that!!
Wow, that's a pretty dumb conclusion to draw. Most smokers don't have a problem with stepping out to light up. Sounds to me like researchers bought one of the litany of excuses drunk drivers make up for their actions.
Wait a minute! Isn't it legal to smoke AND drink in own your home?
Not if you live in a Vulcan property.
Aha, so we just need to ban smoking in bars everywhere. Then, no incentive to go anywhere else...
Let us remember the offer:
For $5 every few days (less or more), smokers get the following:
lighter wallet
shorter life
something to hurt and annoy others
a bad smell
disdain from non-believers
decreased lung capacity (we may even take one)
the perception that you look cool
the confidence to defend your decision
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So remember, don't argue with the addict.
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Sinónimos de failure en inglés:
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lack of success, non-success, non-fulfilment, abortion, miscarriage, defeat, frustration, collapse, foundering, misfiring, coming to nothing, falling through
informal fizzling out
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British damp squib
informal flop, botch, hash, foul-up, screw-up, washout, let-down, dead loss, dead duck, lead balloon, lemon, fail
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3 I was regarded by everyone as a failure
loser, born loser, incompetent, non-achiever, underachiever, ne'er-do-well, disappointment, write-off;
informal no-hoper, flop, dud, non-starter, washout, dead loss, lemon
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4 he felt guilty for what seemed like a failure in duty
negligence, remissness, non-observance, non-performance, dereliction;
omission, neglect, oversight
5 any crop failure could affect a farming business
6 he was puzzled by the failure of the camera
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British informal playing up
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Aaron Sorkin is confronting critics of his HBO drama head on.
The state historic preservation office is questioning University of Georgia administrators' decision to demolish the school's historic Legion Pool.
CLINTON, Tenn. — It was Lonnie Michael Haney's seventh drunken driving conviction that got him sent to prison. It was on a lawn mower.
COVINGTON — Gov. Nathan Deal says phamaceuticals and biotechnology company Baxter International Inc. has broken ground on a manufacturing plant in Georgia that's expected to create hundreds of jobs.
LAWRENCEVILLE — Authorities say a former Gwinnett County man accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter and hiding her body in an attic has been apprehended in Mexico after a four-year search.
ALBANY, Ga. — School officials in Dougherty County say the first four teachers to appear at administrative hearings in connection with a test cheating scandal have agreed to 60-day suspensions without pay.
MACON, Ga. — Voters have approved the consolidation of Macon and Bibb County's governments after years of debate.
COLUMBUS, Ga. — A west Georgia city is considering a plan to cremate poor people to save space in a cemetery.
CANTON, Ga. — Police in Canton say they've arrested the occupants of a home where they say explosive devices were found
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State has kicked senior cornerback and punt return specialist Greg Reid off the football team.
ATLANTA — Unofficial results from Georgia's primary elections show that voters have approved what will soon become Georgia's newest city.
ATLANTA — Supporters of Chick-fil-A are planning to eat at restaurants in the chicken chain as the company continues to be criticized for an executive's comments about gay marriage.
Here's what's going on around Athens today, August 1:
In one of the most hotly contested races on Tuesday primary ballots, incumbent Athens Republican state Rep.
PHOENIX — A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily prohibited Arizona from enforcing its new ban on most abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy.
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — Authorities say a man broke into a South Carolina dialysis clinic where he had recently been suspended and poured bleach into water used in the machines.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Three children from the same family are in juvenile custody after allegedly attacking a Missouri woman, and the victim believes she was targeted because she is gay.
GHAZIABAD, India — Work making potato chip display racks at Jayraj Kumar's factory barely paused when much of India's power grid collapsed.
AKRON, Ohio — President Barack Obama made his rival's personal millions a front-and-center issue in the race for the White House on Wednesday, telling a swing-state audience that Mitt Romney "is asking you to pay more so that people like him can get a big tax cut."
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Rainer Reinscheid was into his second bottle of wine when he wrote a chilling email titled, "a good plan," detailing violent revenge on the people he blamed for his teen son's suicide.
WASHINGTON — With the government heading toward a year-end "fiscal cliff," House Republicans approved a full plate of Bush-era tax cuts Wednesday that they said could help shore up a still-frail national economy. At the same time, the Obama administration warned that threatened budget cuts could send some of America's troops into battle with less training.
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his military Wednesday to boost its fight against rebels, but his written call to arms only deepened a mystery over his whereabouts two weeks after a bomb penetrated his inner circle.
ST. LOUIS — Nearly 220 counties in a dozen drought-stricken states were added Wednesday to the U.S. government's list of natural disaster areas as the nation's agriculture chief unveiled new help for frustrated, cash-strapped farmers and ranchers grappling with extreme dryness and heat.
ATLANTA — More serious illnesses from West Nile virus have been reported so far this year than any since 2004, health officials said Wednesday.
SPOKANE, Wash. — A man convicted of stealing a gun used in a murder was given 125 years in prison — about a century longer than the actual killers received after taking plea deals.
NEW DELHI — Factories and workshops across India were up and running Wednesday after major electrical grid collapses caused the world's two worst power blackouts.
SEATTLE — Mysterious crop circles have appeared in an eastern Washington wheat field — not far from the nation's largest hydropower producer — but area farmers preparing for the summer's harvest find the distraction more amusing than alarming.
Gore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, his nephew said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — Wrapping up a stumble-marred overseas trip, Mitt Romney pivoted quickly into a three-month stretch to the election on Tuesday with a new feel-good television ad. Aides simultaneously stoked speculation about his vice presidential pick.
YOU GOT OUT THE VOTE, NOW GET UP YOUR SIGNS: The votes have been counted, but from where I sit, there's one more chance for the candidates in Tuesday's primary elections to compete, even in advance of the November general election to which some of them are now headed.
In the coming few days, it would be great to see Tuesday's candidates taking steps to ensure that the political campaign signs that have popped up like mushrooms after a rain shower along the area's roads, and on private property, are removed as quickly as possible.
This cartoon appears in the Athens Banner-Herald on August 2, 2012.
The two most important things for a baseball team trying to win a World Series are momentum and timing.
HOUSTON - Matt Schaub joined the Houston Texans in 2007 and helped build their offense into one of the most potent in the NFL.
ATLANTA — Kris Medlen felt relaxed before making his first start in nearly two years.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida will have to sit out the postseason for a year in men's basketball and football under sanctions the NCAA handed down Tuesday, adding to penalties the school self-imposed after major recruiting violations were uncovered last year in both programs.
UCF also was cited for "a lack of institutional control" and fined $50,000.
NEW YORK — NHL players began examining the league's proposed expansion of revenue sharing in the latest round of labor talks on Tuesday.
NHL Players' Association executive director Don Fehr said he can't make a counterproposal on the league's full package, which included a decrease in hockey-related revenue, term limits on contracts and a 22 percent salary rollback, until his group receives and examines requested team financial reports. The first batch — 76,000 pages — arrived late Monday night.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — An early-morning rally and last-minute social media campaign couldn't keep star tailback Silas Redd from leaving Penn State for Southern California.
The 1,200-yard rusher opted Tuesday to leave a Nittany Lions program facing heavy NCAA sanctions handed down because of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Among the penalties was a four-year postseason ban and scholarship declines.
ANDERSON, Ind. — In three plays, Andrew Luck showed Indianapolis Colts' fans how tough life can be for a rookie quarterback.
He threw one interception, had another pass broken up and nearly picked off and then ran for a score on a quarterback draw. One defensive coach even urged Jerry Hughes to celebrate the interception.
Athens, Ga. – An outdoor showing of the film The Hunger Games, comedian Cristela Alonzo, magician Justin Willman and a Las Vegas-themed Dawgs After Dark will headline this year's Big Dawg Welcome Week, Aug. 12-17, for University of Georgia students. The events are sponsored by the University Union Student Programming Board and are free for students with valid UGACards who pay activity fees on the Athens campus.
Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia Office of Undergraduate Admissions recently updated the UGA Admissions iPhone app that was launched two years ago.
Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia Alumni Association has announced the 40 Under 40 Class of 2012. The group will be recognized Sept. 20 at an awards luncheon at the Georgia Aquarium.
Selected from more than 400 nominations, the program recognizes 40 outstanding UGA graduates under the age of 40.
Last week, nerds all over the Internet were shuffling around a list of R.E.M.'s albums arranged from best to worst. Some folks agreed. Others called it blasphemy. I didn't care. For me there's only one R.E.M. record. R.E.M.
The Woodgrains, simply, are old souls in unwrinkled skin.
Is it really August already? So far, 2012 has been a never-ending blur of films in my face, and it's almost time to start looking forward to the latter half of the year in anticipation of the fall and winter releases.
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Halved the recipe, since there were only 2 of us. BUT, will not half the sauce, and served over quinoa. Did not have the correct mustard, so used spicy brown with 'Tonys' spices, and we finished it ALL. Quick, easy, and tasty. Will make again!
This is very easy and very tasty. I made it according to the recipe except that I reduced the mustard a bit since it can be very overwhelming to me. For those questioning the use of the vinegar, you'd better check the ingredients on the mustard jar.
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I made this last night with chicken thighs instead of shrimp, no creole seasoning, and I added 1/2 cup heavy cream at the end. It was delicious! The amount of meat and the ratio of peppers and onions was just right. It was even better as leftovers today. I will definitely make this again.
I made this tonight and definitely too much salt in the creole seasoning. I will make it again but will probably use the cajun seasoning. Served with brown rice and spinach on the side.
Really fabulous. Super easy to make, quick and delicious. Served over rice is amazing...
This was just fantastic! Easy to make, so tasty. Made it for dinner for two, kept the rest for later. Perfect. The mache salad was a nice accompaniment, too! Will absolutely make again.
This is a great recipe, the family loved it!!!
This is a keeper. Just like my grandmother used to make. Only thing I did differently was to add a few dashes of worchestershire sauce and a splash of heavy cream to smooth out the mustard.


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Storrs - Over the summer, Heather Buck looked at a game film from her senior year at Stonington High School in 2008, the last time she was an everyday player. What was different then from now?
"The thing that struck me was I was doing something on every play," said Buck, a redshirt sophomore on this year's UConn women's basketball team and one of only 10 healthy players for the two-time defending national champs.
"? It's so easy to step back and see Tina (Charles) and Maya (Moore) and think, 'they're so good; they'll do something' and just watch them."
So far, Buck, a 6-foot-3 center who has bulked up considerably over the summer, is not where she'd like to be in the preseason. The Huskies play their first exhibition game Nov. 4 against Franklin Pierce and their first game of the regular season Nov. 14 against Holy Cross.
She's not where UConn coach Geno Auriemma would like her to be, either, as he begins the era immediately following the departure of Charles, the national player of the year last season and the WNBA Rookie of the Year for the Connecticut Sun. Auriemma said following Monday's practice at Gampel Pavilion that freshman Stefanie Dolson is probably ahead of Buck as of now.
"I think Heather's worked hard. I think she's made progress, no question," Auriemma said. "(Her teammates) are starting to get on her now. You see how big she is, she'll have five minutes where she does all kinds of things and then she'll catch it and airball a layup.
"She's just so nice. She's the nicest kid in the world, you can't fault her for that."
Usually, when Auriemma means for Buck to be tougher, he makes a joke about her being a nursing major and going to get her opponents a Band-Aid.
The thing is, Buck knows all of this and can take it a little more in stride than she used to.
"He makes fun of everyone," Buck said. "He's going to make fun of me."
Buck said it was sort of a mix of things that made her get away from the confidence and assertiveness she had in high school, partly perhaps due to missing her freshman year with mononucleosis.
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Buck, who played in her first game for the Huskies a year ago after redshirting, averaged just 6.8 minutes per game, playing in 35 games as the team went 39-0 to reach 78 straight victories. She scored 61 points (1.7 points per game) and had 66 rebounds (1.9 per game).
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From the beaches of Long Island, New York to the glitter of Las Vegas, Nevada--from the majestic Pennsylvania Susquehanna Mountains to Staten Island, New York, her stories traveled with her. Micki writes fiction and non-fiction often based upon her family life. Her greatest achievement in life is her children and grandchildren. Just ask them!
And the Whippoorwill Sangby Micki Peluso
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It is a day like any other, except the intense heat wave has broken and signs of early fall are in the air.
Around the dining room table of her 100 year old farmhouse Micki Peluso's six children
Happy times, a sunny day, a driving drunk, eight lives forever changed. A mother's account of actual events of her family, filled with laughter, love, loss, and survival.
It is a day like any other, except the intense heat wave has broken and signs of early fall are in the air.
Around the dining room table of her 100 year old farmhouse Micki Peluso's six children along with three of their friends eagerly gulp down a chicken dinner. As soon as the last morsel is ravished, the lot of them is off in different directions. Except for the one whose turn it is to do the dishes. After offering her mother a buck if she'll do them, with an impish grin, the child rushes out the front door, too excited for a hug, calling out, "Bye Mom," as the door slams shut. For the Peluso's the nightmare begins.
Micki and Butch face the horror every parent fears-awaiting the fate of one of their children. While sitting vigil in the ICU waiting room, Micki traverses the past, as a way of dealing with an inconceivable future.
From the bizarre teenage elopement with her high school sweetheart, Butch, in a double wedding with her own mother, to comical family trips across country in an antiquated camper with six kids and a dog, they leave a path of chaos, antics and destruction in their wake. Micki relives the happy times of raising six children while living in a haunted house, as the young parents grow up with their kids. She bravely attempts to be the man of the house while her husband, Butch is working out of town.
Hearing strange noises, which all the younger kids are sure is the ghosts, Micki tiptoes down to the cellar, shotgun in hand and nearly shoots an Idaho potato that has fallen from the pantry and thumped down the stairs. Of course her children feel obligated to tell the world.
Just when their lives are nearly perfect, tragedy strikes-and the laughter dies. A terrible accident takes place in the placid valley nestled within the Susquehanna Mountains in the town of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. On a country lane just blocks from the family's hundred year old haunted farmhouse, lives are changed forever.
In a state of shock, Micki muses through their delightful past to avoid confronting an uncertain future-as the family copes with fear and apprehension.
One of her six children is fighting for life in Intensive Care. Both parents are pressured by doctors to disconnect Noelle, their fourteen-year-old daughter. Her beautiful girl, funny and bright, who breathes life into every moment, who does cartwheels in piles of Autumn leaves, who loves to sing and dance down country roads, and above all loves her family with all her soul. How can Micki let this child go?
The family embarks upon yet another journey, to the other side of sorrow and grasps the poignant gift of life as they begin. . .to weep. . .to laugh. . .to grieve. . .to dance-and forgive.
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Micki Peluso's book, And the Whippoorwill Sang, is both funny and tragic. Ms Peluso brings forth candid honesty about being the mother of six children, a wife, and a woman. Married in a bizarre double wedding with her mother, she embarks on life, not realizing the joys and heartaches it can bring. Through her entire story, she never loses faith. Her honesty is blunt at times, but it's also laced with a bit of humor. When tragedy strikes, she carries you through it with her. Her daughter, Noelle, has been struck down by a drunk driver. While Noelle hovers between this life and the next, Ms Peluso takes you with her, as she travels back in time in order to deal with the present. You will experience, along with Ms. Peluso, how... To Weep... To Laugh... To Grieve... To Dance... A MUST READ
This is one of the most bittersweet memoirs I've ever read. It shows a family in a moment of crisis and shows how that family gets through with faith and sticking together.
Very touching story about a large family over a period of many years. Makes you laugh and cry --touches on life in an era gone by (60's and 70's). An experience to read -- Highly recommend.
The story begins with the marriage of teenagers, Micki and Butch, and soon after children begin to arrive. Butch has a penchant for work, leaving Micki to struggle with housework, kids, and the occasional unruly animal. For a while their lives parallel those of many other couples until they decide to split. But they can't live without each other, so together they chart a new course. Again the sea winds blow, but they manage to ride out the storm, until suddenly tragedy strikes. A drunk driver runs down their daughter, Noelle, and after an agonizing ten days in limbo, she goes to heaven, leaving a family stricken with grief. The family pushed on in sorrow until two years later to the day, when their daughter, Kim gave birth to Ian, with a persona akin to Noelle.
By John B. Rosenman More and more, as I read Micki Peluso's autobiography covering twenty-two years in her life, I was reminded of eleven words in Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. "Camerado, this is no book, Who touches this touches a man." In her case, it is a woman we touch, and the reader learns who the author is as few characters we ever come to know either in fiction or nonfiction. In addition, we come to know her husband Butch and her six children as they are born, develop, interact, clash with each other, encounter problems, and sometimes go their separate ways. And The Whippoorwill Sang presents a journey that is both inspiring and painful. It will make you laugh and cry, and it is structured around the grievous, heartbreaking injury to one of their children who is left shattered along the road by a hit and run driver. There are parts of this book which I find unforgettable, and some of the writing is especially fine. Generally one is supposed to avoid using pathetic fallacies, but I love Peluso's statement that the "sun had the dignity not to shine" at Noelle's funeral. There is a great deal more wonderful writing as well. This book is many things. At times, it's a sprawling story of misadventures, as when the Peluso family makes its grand westward trek out to Las Vegas and back again. The reader can laugh at some of the mistakes along the way, perhaps remembering ones they've made. This memoir is also a complex study of the relationship between a wife and husband and her attempts to understand him and improve their marriage. Plus, we receive fully realized portraits of all six of her children. They come alive on her pages! If I had to pick a favorite, it would be Noelle. Add to all this the author's mother; Micki's many friends and acquaintances; the backstory of how she came to get married and change her religion; Butch's quitting jobs and their persistent financial problems; the wonderful, haunted farmhouse they lived in; plus too many other subjects to mention, and we have a book piled to the rafters with subjects that keep us reading. One last thing: the author mentioned to me she had doubts about the title. Well, to me, And The Whippoorwill Sang is perfect, literary, and most appropriate. Don't take my word for it. Read the book and see for yourself.
The worst nightmare any mother could endure is the loss of a child. In And The Whippoorwill Sang, author and mother Micki Peluso relates her own agonizing story of loss and grief after a drunk driver cut short the vibrant life of her beloved 14-year-old daughter Noelle. But this horrible incident does not consume the entirety of Peluso's tale. The majority of her book relates countless recollections of raising a brood of half a dozen children from their earliest years when half the battle was helping them survive cuts, bruises and broken bones, to the turbulent pubescent years and their eventual entry into adulthood. From a daughter who amused the family with her many comedic antics to a son who took delight in nailing a frog to a cross and yet other who tied the family cat to an umbrella and launched it out an upper window to see if it would parachute down, one cannot help but laugh out loud. And The Whippoorwill Sang is a truly heartfelt tale scanning many years of memories. Just as the author has the reader howling at her children's behavior, she slips in another short chapter recalling those agonizing 10 days that she sat with family and friends in a waiting room next to the intensive care unit where her daughter's spirit hung precariously between the world of the living and the afterlife. Thankfully, the author chose to present her story this way so the reader does not become lost in the utter hopelessness that she felt during that terrible time. For those such as I who love to hear true tales of the paranormal, I could not help sympathizing with her youngsters when they insisted that one of the much older but beautiful homes where they lived was actually haunted. Despite their pleas about all manner of paranormal activity, including ghostly apparitions, Peluso was not convinced until she saw otherworldly spirits for herself. After this happened she wrote, "I owed my kids an apology." When Noelle finally succumbed to her injuries, many wonderful supernatural events made Peluso increasingly aware that the soul lives on. Two of her young grandsons, one just 2 years old, were well aware of Noelle's presence in their lives. And she even made an unexpected appearance to her father when her mother was in hospital. This is one of those rare books that take the reader along for both the highest highs and lowest lows of a mother's life. Her children were certainly a mixed bag of memorable characters, not to mention dogs, cats and a loving but workaholic husband. Peluso's story presents us with not only a mother's memories of both joyful and sorrowful times but also leaves the reader with a feeling of great hope. This is one book that will linger in your own memory long after its covers are closed.
Much like the whippoorwill's song, Peluso's memoir conveys tales from a life that has known both joy and sorrow. It alternates between two timelines: in the first one, we sit with Peluso at her dying child's bedside in 1981; in the second, we visit past memories and happier times. Starting in her late teens, Peluso recounts her married years with her high school sweetheart, Butch, as they move from one home to another, welcoming and raising six children along the way. Although times are frequently tough (and at times downright tragic), the tone of the work is mostly light-hearted. The reader will find themselves chuckling at the antics of Peluso's kids, as well as her domestic misadventures involving disobedient dogs, a house plagued by paranormal activity, and cross-country road-trips taken with her family of eight. The story comes full circle when Peluso reveals the tragedy that marks the memoir's beginning. By turns saddening and laugh-out-loud funny, And the Whippoorwill Sang is definitely one to check out.
This is a remarkable read! This beautiful memoir delves deeply into every emotion known to the soul...from tremendous love of husband and family, laugh out loud domestic adventures, to the gut-wrenching agony of every parent's nightmare...the senseless loss of a child. Through it all, Ms. Peluso captures and captivates her audience with eloquent and powerful prose, beginning with her bedside vigil in a hospital ICU after a horrific accident involving her daughter and a drunk driver, then taking us back in time to the beginning...her beginning. I am amazed at the strength and character of this author. To endure such a tragedy as the loss of a child, and be able to pen the experience so eloquently with candor and humor, speaks volumes about the power and spirit of a mother's undying love. When I read a book, I want to feel I'm a part of the story, as though I am there experiencing whatever is about to unfold. This author did not leave me wanting...She made me feel. I highly recommend this book to anyone. It is a powerfully written story of the sorrows and triumphs of real life. Not a sob story or feel-sorry-for-me essay, but a true memorial of a life taken all too soon. Ms. Peluso...You have done great honor to your daughter. You are the quintessential definition of Mother. I'm positive Noelle is smiling from above. Bravo!
When you promise your dying fourteen year old that friends will remember her and strangers will know her, you cannot renege. And it must be a beautiful and inspiring retelling of her life to make it is a fitting memorial. Peluso has done all that in this strong, passionate story--and not at all what I would consider a typical memoir. Using a creative structure, she moves readers back and forth from memories of their unorthodox family life to the horrifying days of vigil in her daughter's hospital room. The change of tone makes the story not too much of a "this is your life" review and not too much of a "dramatic tear-jerker." We get the whole picture, but in witty or tender bites so that we aren't compelled to laugh too long or cry too hard. This is a highly readable true story, with only the number of characters we are introduced to during the family's many relocations limiting the tension of this life-drama. Yet I can't think of anything more intense or terrible to endure than the death of your own child, and to endure without hating God for not performing a miraculous healing. Peluso's well-written description of her experience attests to the human capacity to rebound, even from life's worst trials. And the Whippoorwill Sang is a book that cuts across genres to offer a compassionate, yet entertaining look at life and death and the chapters in between. It appeals to readers willing to see the wonder in the whole experience.
This book is truly hard to put down! Micki Peluso's memoir "And The Whippoorwill Sang" is a true tale about two people very much in love, often struggling but at heart loving every minute of it to raise a large family. Sometimes there is desperation and grief when children fall ill or tragedy hits the family, and there is frustration when the day-to-day struggles of parenthood exhaust both parents, but largely, the book is filled with absolutely hilarious tales of their family life. Be prepared to laugh out loud and tear up at other times! The story unfolds in flashback format, beginning in 1981 in the hospital when their beautiful 14 year old daughter, Noelle, is fighting for her life after being hit as a pedestrian by a drunken driver. The story of Noelle's final days in the hospital and Micki's struggle to be the loving mother that she is until the very end of her child's life, briefly interweaves throughout the book in intermittent short chapters. The flashback and family story begins with the eloping of Micki and her handsome husband Butch in 1959 and moves slowly, tale by tale, up to and past the time of Noelle's death. I read this book during the week of a major surgery of a close relative in my own family and it helped me so much. When I first started the book, I thought that perhaps I should have waited to another time to read it and that it was going to be stressful, because it is ultimately about the tragedy of her daughter Noelle. But, as I read Micki's memories of motherhood and the many beautiful, sometimes worrisome but mostly totally humorous experiences of raising her beautiful and large family, I was able to also reflect upon my own parenthood days and the lives of my own children. Micki writes with such genuine feeling and humor about her own experiences that she allows the reader to have the space to relax and relate their own life when they felt the same way. It was for me de-stressing, meditative, and enjoyable to read. This book is not just about family and parenthood, not even just about grief of a mother and the tragedy of a beautiful child being killed by a drunken driver and the need for tougher laws to deter such recklessness, but more profoundly it is about the eternity of the soul. Micki reveals many experiences throughout the book that she and the rest of the family have with spirits of people who have passed on and she shares this same communication and understanding of eternity about her own daughter who has passed on. It is in that way, a book with the universal theme of hope and this feeling of hope is left in the hearts of the readers. I highly recommend this extremely well written, 5 star book.
After a short prologue, Micki Peluso's book hits you with tragedy. Her daughter, Noelle, is in the hospital, completely paralyzed after being struck by a drunk driver. Micki doesn't stay there too long, however, before she flashes back 23 years to when she and Butch are married and begin to raise a family. Periodically she will touch back on Noelle, lying in her hospital bed, but her book is more than just that tragedy. It is the tale of her family, struggling to make ends meet and work out relationships that are sometimes difficult, sometimes funny and always interesting. As her family story moves inexorably through the years towards Noelle's accident, it is filled with warm, oft humorous anecdotes from her life with a work-obsessed husband struggling to understand the changing roles of women and children who can be endearing as well as infuriating, sometimes simultaneously. When the two storylines intersect in time, the reader is given a ray of hope, the promise Noelle will live on in the lives of her family.
…And The Whippoorwill Sang by Micki Peluso is so many things: at times a personal memoir, at others a social and cultural commentary; it sometimes reads like a relationship advice column, and yet it is also a dramatic story with an extremely moving and emotional ending. In telling her family's story of love and loss, Micki provides an in-depth look into her personal life that is framed by the cultural backdrop of the times, so that her story becomes as impressive and as important to the reader as events such as the assassination of Present Kennedy. Micki begins her tale with a prologue that captures the reader's attention and immediately causes him to start asking questions as to what has transpired. The first scene is of a mother dealing with the reality that her daughter has been in a serious, and probably fatal, accident—with her husband five hours away and the doctors urging her to accept defeat. The horror of the emergency room is juxtaposed in the next chapter with Micki's wedding 22 years earlier to the love of her life. As her tale continues, the terror of the present is dispersed throughout a retelling of the past. Micki recounts her elopement to Butch and her mother's subsequent move to Florida. She tells of her happiness in marrying Butch, but that his parents did not approve because she was not Catholic and, therefore, their baby was illegitimate. Because they had to stay with Butch's parents, Micki tells of how she went through a four-week Catholic indoctrination in order to marry Butch in a "real ceremony." The first touch of humor enters the story when Micki confesses to sending the priest to a rest home for frazzled priests after dealing with her religious debates. The book continues in this fashion: Micki tells her family's history, interspersed with humor, cultural commentary, and personal opinions while constantly reminding the reader that the focus of the tale is her daughter who is hovering between this life and the next and how the family deals with this situation and its aftermath. Micki tells the reader that as she sits in the ICU, she is "grabbing onto the past in an effort to block out the future." From the get-go, Micki's honesty about herself and her family is refreshing and leads the reader to truly care for the people she writes about. Throughout the book, the reader will laugh, cry, yell in anger, and sometimes cry out a righteous "amen, sister!" Her story is so detailed and told with such emotion that by the end of the novel, the reader feels as if he is part of her family and dealing with the same emotions. She definitely keeps her promise…
If you are caught in the beauty of the wonderful dilemma of raising a family, ". . . And the Whippoorwill Sang," by Micki Peluso is a book that is written just for you. And, with Peluso's gift for writing, which offers shades of the great Erma Bombeck's style, her story makes for a smooth, easy, and entertaining read. Author Peluso recounts her experiences, mishaps, adventures, confusion, downward spirals, and difficulties, as she goes up, down, and around the surprising obstacles that life throws in the path of her, her husband Butch, and their six children. But Peluso is strong, dedicated, and clever, and she counters each challenge determined to generate her own rewards and triumphs as she demonstrates a moxie that only a loving mother can possess. As a reader, you will identify with the myriad emotions that comes with family struggles . . . sometimes laughing and sometimes crying, as often-time your own memories will sweep into mind. With the fifties and sixties serving as a backdrop, the epic story romps its way through the unique turbulence of the times as the youngsters weave the family together in knots of love and the Pelusos chase their dream of happiness. However, tragedy strikes and shakes Micki and her family to the core. Will the bonds of family, togetherness, and love bear enough to recover . . . or will the misfortune break the ties that bind? Read ". . . And the Whippoorwill Sang," and remember the heartfelt joy of raising a family. Peter Healy -- Author of "Vengeance Is Sacred"
And The Whippoorwill Sang By Micki Peluso I would give Micki Peluso's book ten stars if I could. This is a genuine slice of Americana served up with all the love, pain, and laughter of a working class American family. Micki and Butch are married at seventeen and proceed to have six beautiful, healthy children, almost one a year. Unable to find work, Butch becomes a bartender and leaves the raising of the children to Micki. Unhappy with the way things are going, Micki, with her indomitable pioneering spirit, persuades her husband to leave everything on the East Coast and head for Las Vegas. They travel in a camper with six kids and a dog. This trip alone will keep you laughing for hours. The funny stories about their friends, their kids, and their kid's friends are also hilarious. The constant struggle to keep the family fed, clothed and schooled is not unlike that which most of us have had to deal with throughout our lives but Micki does it with aplomb, aided by a fabulous sense of humor. Suddenly life hits Micki and Butch in the very core of their being when one of their beloved children is hit by a drunk driver, and her spine is severed. You can feel Micki's pain as she waits in the emergency room for word from the doctor. You can feel the love and support of her family and friends, but Micki is inconsolable. This incredible story took me through a range of emotions unlike any I have ever felt from a book. I want to thank Micki for sharing her life, her sorrow, her grief, and her children with us and my prayers are with the whole family, because this kind of loss never goes away. Mary Firmin, author Deadly Pleasures
...And the Whippoorwill Sang captured my attention from the very first page and tugged at my heartstrings throughout. Whether it was to laugh or to cry, I found myself so involved with the story that I was anticipating the next chapter with unexpected zeal. The book quickly drew me in, making me feel as if Micki and I were sitting at her kitchen table drinking a cup of coffee or a glass of wine. She is relaxed in her writing, which made me feel like I was a part of her large family. Her words are descriptive; so much so that I could see not just the curtains, but through the windows to the streets and neighborhood beyond. I love that about this book, I can visualize what the couch looks like when Micki is recuperating from having a baby. I can see Dante's mischievous face, Michael and Kim talking about leaving home with only the things their grandmother had given them, Kelly learning to talk, and Nicole wrapping her hair around her toes. I see a huge dog that doesn't ride very well in the car! The book begins in 1959 at Micki's wedding at age 17 to Butch. I loved how she explained the wedding night in a way that would never offend any reader. I couldn't help but laugh and smile and feel good. She brought me back to the way things used to be in the 60s and 70s. The places they lived while their family grew, the decor, the pets, so much to see with your mind's eye to make you feel a part of the story. Things were so much different back then, parents didn't worry so much about their children going out and playing, coming home when the street lights came on. Moms didn't drive, they did the wash and made clothes and did whatever they could to be sure to have enough money for groceries, and dads worked so hard to support the family. Children slept in attics, basements, and laundry rooms; wherever there was enough space to put a bed. And the children never complained. Dinners were whatever moms could throw together from leftovers, and everyone was content. Most families at the time were large, and each child had their own personality traits which made them unique and separated them from their siblings. There were six children in the Peluso household. Noelle was independent at a very young age, broadly intelligent, and her charm captured your heart. She went through that period of time that every girl does, where hormones cause a shift in personality, but came back to being the darling that her siblings all remember. At the young age of 14, she was killed by a drunk driver while walking to the park. Before she died, her mother promised her that she wouldn't let her life be in vain, that she would let the world know that Noelle had lived. It is so easy to relate to the stories Micki tells about those years, some of which had me laughing in sheer nostalgic bliss, and others that had me wanting to give her a hug and share her grief. I highly recommend this book. There are so many reasons why. It takes a baby boomer back to life in the 60s, and it is a double bonus if you are from the Northeast. It is a comfortable book, yet one the reader never loses interest in. It can definitely be read in a weekend, and it is one that you will remember. Micki travels in time to the early days of her family, occasionally coming back to the moment at hand, when Noelle's life is hanging in the balance. But she doesn't stay there long, only enough to fill the reader's mind with sympathy for this mother who remains strong despite the pain she is going through. Micki is the glue that is holding the family together, when she is the one who desperately needs to be hugged and loved and reassured that the choices she is making are the right ones. She wrestles with her spirituality, but knows in her heart that God is in charge and will one day remove her grief. It brings to the open the heartache that families go through when a lawless person, not caring about whom they hurt goes out reckless into the world. The devastation that is caused by drunk drivers is brought home to you between the eyes. Noelle was real, for crying out loud, she was a little girl, only 14, and minding her own business when her life was taken in a matter of moments. Is there justice for the family? The man who hit her served time, but Noelle never grew up. There is a sweet sorrow to Noelle's short life, but even so, her mother's promise was met. I know that Noelle lived, and you will too if you buy this book. It is a 5-star read! Deirdre Tolhurst, Author, A Christmas I Remember, ISBN 978-1-61346-422-9.


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Our gerbils, for some reason, decided to commit dual suicide or something. We've had them for a couple of months, they were siblings and raised together, they've been together the entire time they were at the pet store and at our home. They have gotten along fine...
Yesterday, we heard awful screeching sounds, so me and Brandon ran to see what was wrong with the gerbils. They were fighting like crazy, and I had no clue what to do. It only lasted a couple of minutes...one was dead right then and the other died about 15 minutes later.
They had two food bowls, lots of toys, two houses, they've been living peacefully, so I'm so confused why they would fight all of a sudden.
Of course, Brandon was having a fit. We ended up driving the hour up to Petsmart and getting them a hamster (only 1 this time - lol). So, we are now have a beautiful long, haired blonde hamster the boys named Boomer.
Hopefully it'll have a better fate than Tex and Rex, but it's no where near as sweet as they were. Boomer doesn't bite, but he tries to escape. Tex and Rex would let you hold them and not even care. Hopefully that'll get better with Boomer with time though.
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Probably only one more day of lows, and this thing should trun around. With RSI below 29 and volume starting to normalize......suggests sellers are getting tired. But what a great run thay had!
Let's see where this stock is in just 2 weeks. My bet is it will be close to 25. I'll be adding around $22.20 (likely today or tomorrow).
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The VW Group has claimed it is on track to produce 10 million models in 2014, thus achieving part of the company's 2018 plan four years ahead of schedule. The announcement was made by chairman and chief executive of VW, Martin Winterkorn.
Reviewing the Group's results for 2013, Winterkorn revealed VW had delivered 9.73 million vehicles last year and that growth projections based on January and February (up 4.7 per cent) suggested that the 10 million mark would be exceeded in 2014.
The VW Group made a profit of €9.1 billion in 2013. It star performer was Audi, which produced 1.57 million cars and made an operating profit of €5 billion. Porsche, newly integrated with the VW Group, returned €2.6 billion from sales of 162,000 cars.
Winterkorn promised the introduction of 100 new models in 2014 and 2015 across the Volkswagen Group's 12 brands (which extend from luxury cars makers Bugatti and Bentley to truck makers MAN and Scania). The more significant include a new VW Passat, due this autumn, and new versions of the Audi A4 and Q7.
A notable absentee from the Group's line-up is a budget car along the lines of Renault's Dacia. Winterkorn said, "This vehicle exists but we are still working on the financial aspects."