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This article is on the theme of today's architectural tour on the Art Nouveau style of Bucharest. The photographs present a rare Art Nouveau style gate found during one of my tours last year. It is in a quite run down state, but still preserves its design details from the 1900s period. I like the gate handle and the decorative lock plate, which in a nutshell convey the air of those times.
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The Art Deco style gate of a Bucharest Jewish cemetery
Bucharest's Ashkenazi Jewish cemetery is located on Boulevard Ion Michalache, in the north west area of the city. It is named "Philanthropy" ("Filantropia" in Romanian) and among the many personalities buried there are Mihail Sebastian, one of my favourite writers of inter-war Bucharest, who wrote the novel "It's Been 2000 Years…" in which he magisterially documents the rise of anti-Semitism and fascism in this country, or Iosif Sava, the best Romanian classical music commentator. The cemetery also contains a monument dedicated to Romanian heroes of Jewish ethnicity fallen in the Great War.
The gate of this solemn place is of a remarkable monumental Art Deco – Modernist style, which in Bucharest is a rare sight for structures associated with religious and funerary functions. The ironwork of the gate is an interesting combination of Jewish (the star of David, menorah) and universalist (the radiating sun) symbols rendered in an Art Deco framework.
The assembly also has the outlines of a classical antiquity temple, with its concrete pilasters flanking the entrances and the suggestion of crossing under the massive lintel of an ancient city gate (entering the city of the dead from the city of the living in this particular instance).
I like the geometric way in which the menorah, the seven-branched Jewish ritual lampstand, is rendered on the side gate presented in the photograph above, of a quite unusual shape, different from the semicircular branches seen on the Arch of Titus or the coat of arms of the State of Israel.
In the above image the rule of three of the Art Deco style is obvious in the three stepped wall framing of the window, crowned by a large pediment embellished with the star of David.
The cemetery's synagogue is of a c19th architecture, derived from the Jewish central European baroque and dates probably from the first decades of functioning of this burial ground. The star of David is noticeable about the top of each dome covering its hall and side towers.
The Art Deco – Modernist style of the gate of this cemetery signifies, in my opinion, the spirit in step with the times of this once dynamic and creative community, dwindled by the events of Second World War and Romania's national-communist policies of the second part of the c20th.
Art Nouveau balcony
I am planning an Art Nouveau architecture tour for this Saturday, announcement to follow. I hope that this image of a Bucharest Art Nouveau style balcony would act as a foretaste for that event. The ironwork of the balcony contains abstract representations of flower motifs. Also Art Nouveau are the plaster decorations embellishing the window openings. Unfortunately the attractive over a century old design of this apartment house is diminished by the air conditioning units affixed without any regard for aesthetics, a situation encountered at every step and corner in Bucharest. The air conditioning units are still seen as a high status symbol (as the satellite dishes not long ago) by the local property owners and consequently are "flagged" with impunity even on the best period buildings of this city.
CEC building, perspective
This is one of the classical vistas in Bucharest: CEC bank headquarters (architect Paul Gottereau 1900, Beaux Arts – "Paris train station" style), seen from the Stavropoleos church (late Brancovan style, 1724). One can immediately notice here the benefits of the recent pedestrianisation of the area. Bucharest would be a much more comfortable town to live and create if the local authorities would enforce the car parking rules, get rid of the maze of cables hangings over from street poles at every step and plant more trees in parks and on the streets. With those three simple measure, Romania's capital would become a truly pleasant place, as this image abundantly testifies.
Images from today's architectural walking tour in Patriarchy Hill area of Bucharest
Images from today's walking tour, showing samples of historic architecture typical of Bucharest, from Little Paris style, to Neo-Romanian, Art Deco or diverse ecclesiastical architectures, of intense picturesqueness, and many of them of a good quality design, found within the Patriarchy Hill area of Romania's capital.
Sample image from today's architectural tour: "Bucharest as the Little Paris of the Balkans"
This is the place where the well attended and fascinating today's architectural tour about the Little Paris style architecture (what I collectively term the Fin de Siècle architecture of Romania inspired mainly from French c19th historicist styles) of Bucharest came to a close. The building used to be a tradesman's house, now in the property of the local authorities, hosting the population registry office. Its particular style is a flamboyant French neo-rococo, with some neo-Gothic echoes such as the medieval knight armour representations at the base of each Corinthian-like pilasters. The most delightful in my opinion is the wooden doorway, well preserved and straight forward to restore. The monogram of the first proprietor of the house, "N.S." is visible on the ironwork of the two door windows and on the entrance pediment. The building follows the general plans of a "Pompeii house" with a central hall illuminated by a lantern up on the roof, with rooms distributed around the hall. The Little Paris style houses are among the cheapest period properties in Bucharest and Romania's citys, being also a rewarding potential restoration project for anyone brave enough to undertake such a task.
Little Paris style pediment in Buzau
The example of house entrance pediment pictured above is from the town of Buzau in south east Romania, from the period when the Little Paris style (what I call the c19th French and other western historicist styles interpreted in a provincial manner in Romania) was in vogue throughout the whole country. The finish is a bit crude, but charming, the assembly truing to emulate the entrance of a Corinthian order temple. I like the monogram of the owner flanked by the year of construction of the house, at the beginning of the La Belle Époque period.
If you would like to find out more about the Little Paris style and how it imprinted the architectural character of Bucharest, I organise a special tour on that theme this coming Saturday, details here: https://historo.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/walking-tour-saturday-24-march-bucharest-as-the-little-paris-of-the-balkans/
Art Nouveau ironwork ornaments
This is quite an extensive example, for Bucharest, of Art Nouveau ironwork, in a city where the Art Nouveau details are frequently of modest dimensions and usually part of larger structures expressed mainly in Little Paris or Beaux Arts styles. The building in this instance, located in the Dorobanti area, displays a series of other Art Nouveau features, such as on its main doorway (not visible here), window opening decorations or columns. However, the ironwork is the most remarkable among them and of a good quality design, pleasing to the eye. The entrance awning rests on two "free flowing" long leaf motif corbels, while the attractive stairs balustrade displays abstract motifs recycled from traditional Japanese drawings, a main source of inspiration for this style. As everywhere in Bucharest, there are aggressive renovations and modern "improvements", like the white plastic frame double glazing and the air conditioning unit, which obliterated original architectural elements, damaging the visual value of this building.
August Treboniu Laurian's bust statue
The bust statue of August Treboniu Laurian (1810 – 1881), one of the personalities of the Romanian 1848 national revolution in Transylvania and a prominent linguist and historian of that era. He belonged to the latinist current, which militated for the purification of the Romanian language of non-Latin words, which resulted in laughable dictionaries and rules of writing and pronunciation. Laurian came to settle in Bucharest in the later part of his life and is known to have been the Romanian language tutor of Prince Carol, the future King Carol I, a native of the German lands, appointed in 1866 through a plebiscite on the throne of the then United (Danubian) Principalities. Today the statue is left unmaintained, in an architecturally disfigured area of the city following the wild property boom of the mid-2000s (see the once beautiful mature phase Neo-Romanian style in the background now "adorned" with cheap metal tile imitation roofing), suffocated by adverts about fast food restaurants, car insurance and translation services, typical of the low cultural level and lack of respect for heritage displayed by a majority of contemporary Romanians.
Art Deco letter boxes
The letter boxes in the image above are most probably the original ones, from the date when the Art Deco style apartment block hosting them has been built, sometimes in the mid-1930s Bucharest. The veneer of each box is still well preserved, with the wood fibres arranged in something resembling a papyrus flower pattern, which is one of the classical Art Deco decorative motifs. This piece of furniture could easily be restored to its former glory and one must only hope that the proprietors of those apartments will be sensible enough to preserve it for the future, resisting the current fashionable temptations in Romania to replace period artefacts with characterless modern, "made in China", accoutrements.


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I'm currently trying to figure out which type of recovery method (re-install, system recovery, or factory reset) I want to do to my computer. It's an OEM from HP with Windows 7 Home Premium on it. I've been reading around about the different types of recoveries and honestly, the computer jargon has my brain in a knot.
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2) Which recovery methods "destroy" the recovery partition, and what happens when it is destroyed?
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5) What is the difference between factory reset and system recovery?
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You can either run Factory Recovery: Dell Restoring Your Computer´s Software to the Factory Settings
Or you can do a superior Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7. Read the special note to Dell owners.
Either is enough to overwrite infection.
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You can either run Factory Recovery: Dell Restoring Your Computer´s Software to the Factory Settings
Or you can do a superior Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7. Read the special note to Dell owners.
Either is enough to overwrite infection.
If you clean reinstall only to C and leave all other partitions intact, F11 Recovery key should still work later if you need it.
I do have a copy of Win 7 Ultimate disc from a friend. I hear there's a way to get Home Premium install using that disc, does it actually work and is it worth the steps to do so?
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As long as you backup your files first and have the program installers on hand then Recovery or Reinstall should not be a problem. Recovery reinstalls all of the factory bloatware, so Reinstall is a much better install.
The latest official installer and tool to write to flash stick or burn to DVD is in the tutorial.
F11 is the key used to begin HP Recovery, which has nothing to do with Dell OEM. As it says in the Dell note a Clean Reinstall will break the F8 hotlink to run Dell Recovery so you can delete the Recovery partition after making the Dell Recovery disks first.
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Program installers as in Microsoft Office, etc. right? Don't need to back up any drivers either way?
My mistake, my computer is HP don't know why I said Dell in first post.
So the Clean re-install breaks the HP Recovery availability but will become available if I create a recovery disc for it? That's where my understanding comes to an end...
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HP Recovery should still run on newer models after Clean Reinstall so you can keep it and the HP Tools partitions while reinstalling to C, or you can make your Recovery disks and delete all partitions to rely only on the disks in case you need to restore to Factory Condition to resell the computer, etc.
Once you reinstall you'll likely want to backup an image of your customized Clean Install to use in place of Recovery.
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So when I do my clean install I'll have the option to partition parts of the drive to Recovery, Tools, etc. right?
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Once you reinstall you'll likely want to backup an image of your customized Clean Install to use in place of Recovery.
Thanks for all your help!
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There's no reason to partition for Recovery or Tools if you delete those partitions during install. That's the point of deleting them since they are no longer needed. If you want them then don't delete them.
Here is how to back up an image of Win7 externally, and restore it if needed:
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What were they partitioned for in the first place if they are no longer needed? And you're saying as long as I back up an image of Windows 7 externally I won't need a Recovery partition right?
Do system restore, system recovery, factory reset, etc. need the recovery partition in order to operate?
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The Recovery partition contains the factory image which can be used to reimage the HD to the condition it was when it came from factory, and can generate Recovery Disks. It provides no other functions.
With backup imaging built into Win7 you can save your own customized OS image externally where it will be available in case of HD failure.
I would still make my Factory Recovery disks to have a path back to factory condition.
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Not just the best meal that we had in Marrakech, but possibly in the top ten of meals that I have eaten anywhere. Small and very friendly restaurant that we spotted while walking back to the hotel: it looked nice so we went in and asked to reserve a table for the evening. Staff very freindly then, and more so when we came back later. Food excellent. Meal could have been spoiled by a bottle of wine that was very definitely off, but this was changed with minimum of fuss. Out of the way, but worth finding
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Pocono Mountain Regional police were dispatched to 6122 Boardwalk Terrace, Tobyhanna, on May 21 about 12:53 p.m. for a domestic dispute. Upon arrival officers learned that Shaneeka Clarke, 30, and Kadeem Jones-Bacote, 20, both of that address, were involved in a dispute over money.
Bacote began to break items in the residence and then pushed Clarke, who is six and a half months pregnant, to the floor. When Clarke fell the the floor she landed on broken glass, causing a laceration to her finger.
Bacote fled the scene prior to the arrival of officers. An arrest warrant has been secured for his arrest, police said.


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Fiery Argentine trio Las Kellies made an explosive return with their fourth album Total Exposure, which is out now on Fire Records. The album features a wonderfully eclectic collection of tracks, drawing on their post-punk and punk roots with added inspired from reggae and dance music as well as bands like The Slits, ESG and 80's girl group Humpe Humpe. This beckons a new sound for the band, with the introduction of keyboards, synth drums and more harmonious vocals. The result is a splendidly seductive, cohesive album with a summer party-time, slow-groove vibe and sprinklings of Peaking Lights and Massive Attack.
Total Exposure shows Las Kellies leaning heavily on dub influences thanks partly to the involvement of Iván Diaz Mathé (Ivi Lee), one of the most influential reggae-dub producers in Buenos Aires - having worked with the likes of Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mad Professor. The album also features guest appearances from another reggae legend, Dennis Bovell (who mixed their last album) as well as The Make Up/Chain and The Gang frontman, Ian Svenonius.
Led by Ceci (guitar and vocals) and Sil (drums and vocals), Las Kellies formed in 2005 in Buenos Aires. They went on to release their raw debut Shaking Dog in 2007 (which was described by Everett True as "entirely ace"), followed by their Devo and ESG inspired 2009 album Kalimera and 2011 saw their first LP for Fire Records, Kellies, which received an 8/10 in the NME.
The album title Total Exposure is a reference to how Ceci and Sil fully immersed themselves in the composition and recording process. Their new album was cut at ION Studios, one of the most important studios in Buenos Aires, where a host of huge Argentine artists have recorded from both the rock scene as well as legends of tango and folklore. This had a huge impact on the outcome of the LP, lending a fuller, richer and more classic sound.
Their live shows are full of infectious energy, with their garage rhythms and teasing impertinence. They continue their European tour throughout October.
Remaining European Tour Dates (more tbc!):
10 Oct: Villamanuela Festival, Siroco, Madrid, Spain
11 Oct: Casa Independente, Lisbon, Portugal
18 Oct: Le Volume, Nice, France
19 Oct: Le Mistral Palace, Valence, France
21 Oct: Concrete, London, UK
22 Oct: The Greenhouse Effect, Hove, UK
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"According to the information provided by the CBI, 31 cases (26 regular cases and five preliminary enquiries) have been registered against IAS and IPS officers in the country during the last two years i.e. 2011 and current year 2012 (up to March 31, 2013)," Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V Narayanasamy told Lok Sabha in a written reply.
Of these 31 cases, 13 have been disposed from investigation or enquiry and 18 of them are at different stage of investigation, he said. The CBI is awaiting sanction for prosecution in eight cases. There are also disciplinary cases against 82 officers of Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service.
According to All India Services (Disciplinary and Appeal) Rules, 1969, only such disciplinary cases against IAS and IPS officers working in the state government that have imposition of penalty of dismissal from service, removal from service, and compulsory retirement are referred to the central government.
Besides, disciplinary cases in respect of all IAS and IPS officers on deputation at the Centre are dealt by the central government. "Presently, there are disciplinary cases against 47 such IAS officers and 35 such IPS officers," Narayanasamy added.


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If you're a crime drama fan, you'll be pleased to hear that Single-Handed is back for a new series on ITV1 later this week! Yes, the surprisingly dark Irish crime drama returns to our screens on Thursday - and this time it stars Matthew McNulty as Jack's cousin Brian.
If you recognise Matthew, it might just be from the Misfits Christmas special, where he starred as creepy power-broker Seth. He's coming back for the new series of that too, so we gave him a ring for a chat about Single-Handed, Misfits and whether we'll be seeing his show Room at the Top any time soon...
For people who haven't seen Single-Handed before, can you tell us what it's about?
"It's a police drama that centres around Jack Driscoll [Owen McDonnell] and it's set in Connemara, the west coast of Ireland. It's sort of entrenched in this harsh landscape. The drama encompasses that - it's like the landscape and the darkness of the stories intertwine. That's what sets it apart from other police dramas. It's got a sense of claustrophobia about it as well."
Do you think it's darker than people expect it to be considering it's set in the countryside and so on?
"I think so. It's a police drama set in Ireland and my first impression of that is... Irish people are generally quite a laugh and it brings to mind images of upbeat people. I didn't really know much about the west coast of Ireland and I think most people in England don't. It's one of the things I noticed about Ireland, that there's not as many English tourists over there as you'd expect, considering how close it is. So it is alien to a lot of people. I think it'll be quite surprising how dark and moody the whole thing is."
Can you tell us about your character?
"I play Brian. He's come to Ireland from Manchester to search for his dad. His dad left him when he was 4 and when he bumps into Jack, he finds out that he's related and Jack's the key to finding his history, basically. His sole drive is to find this missing part of his life, and then when he finds Jack that becomes another piece of this jigsaw that is his broken life. I mean, he comes to Ireland a bit of a mess. You don't see it at first but gradually throughout the series Brian does crack and it's because of the fact that he doesn't really have any history. He very quickly clings on to things. First he clings on to Jack, and then he finds out about his dad and this image of his dad that he had in his mind is shattered when he meets him, but because of the drive throughout his life to have a dad and to have a history he quickly patches over it and finds positives to it. But then his dad's gone and it becomes about finding his history as a whole. That's sort of represented in the land - there's a dispute over the family land and he should be part of that. He's finding some grounding in life because he comes to Ireland a bit lost and he sort of grabs hold of the area and the landscape and this history that he didn't know about. He becomes obsessed with that."
Do you think Single-Handed is more character-based than other police dramas?
"Yeah, I think so. Police dramas set in cities can have so many things going on at once and it's plausible, whereas being set on a vast expanse of land with not as many people in the area, ultimately it automatically becomes about the people because you can focus more on the people than on the crimes that are driving the story. I think that helps, the fact that the community that it's set in is so close-knit - you have to get to know the characters."
Did you enjoy filming in Ireland?
"Yeah, it was amazing. I had a fantastic time over there. You're so far away from any kind of civilisation - the closest city was Galway and that was an hour and a half drive, and Galway's not a big city. You get the sense that everybody knows everybody. But we were in Clifden and everybody knew what was going on, the filming in Clifden and all the other little towns. You got to know everybody straight away and it was the same with the crew. We became a bit of a community in ourselves and it was nice for everyone. And it's an amazing landscape. I didn't know places like that existed in Ireland. I just thought it was fields and farms and stuff but it's breathtaking. I've got family over there that I got in touch with while I was there so it was nice to get to know them a bit. I sort of have that parallel with Brian."
Did that make it easier to play him?
"Yeah, I suppose it did! I spoke to my aunties and they gave me loads of numbers to speak to people. I suppose that connection with Ireland that Brian wanted... I think it's nice. Once you're over there they want you to be part of Ireland and you want to be Irish as well!"
Why should people tune in to watch Single-Handed?
"If you like police dramas, obviously there's that, but then what sets it apart is just the mood of it and the look of it. You could sit in a room, close the curtains, turn the volume up and just watch this beautiful landscape with a sort of dark story slowly unfolding. You can fall into it. Just the language as well, the accents, there's only mine and Simone [Lahbib]'s that's not Irish. I mean, the stories are great and everything but I think just looking at it and the music of it, I think that's what'll get people."
You're also playing Seth in Misfits - did you know they'd keep you on when you signed up for the Christmas special?
"Well, there was an option but it was never definite. So I had an inkling but I didn't have a clue what they'd do. But it's been great, we've just started filming it."
Are you having fun?
"Yeah, it's brilliant. Seth's got Nazis to deal with at the moment, and there'll be some zombies further along the line. And a love story as well. It's good."
He's not a very nice guy, Seth...
"Yeah. I think at first you sort of think that, but I think you get to know Seth a little bit more in this next series and you can kind of get a little bit of an understanding of why he is like he is and I think people will warm to him a little bit more."
What else can you tease to get us excited about Misfits?
"I don't know! We only shoot it block by block. At the moment there's an episode where Hitler doesn't get killed. In the Christmas special, Seth makes a reference to someone giving a power away and someone wanted to go back and kill Hitler. Well, he doesn't get killed. Somebody goes back and Hitler doesn't get killed so when they go back to the future it's a different world, and that's where the Nazi thing comes in. I don't know how that guy's mind works, [creator] Howard [Overman]. It's crazy some of the storylines he comes up with."
And Joe Gilgun is joining the cast as Rudy now that Robert Sheehan (Nathan) has left.
"It's just the same level of... Rudy well and truly takes the baton from Nathan."
You worked on the BBC's adaptation of Room at the Top recently but it was pulled from the schedules because of a copyright claim. Do you have any idea when it'll be shown?
"I don't know anything new. I think it's still legal issues being sorted out, but I can't really say anything new on that. I'm just waiting like everyone else."
It must be annoying for you.
"Yeah, yeah it is. But I don't think about it too much, to be honest. It'll come on eventually and if it gets watched, great, and if not I'm sure people will gradually pick up on it."
What else are you up to at the moment?
"I just finished shooting with Noel Clarke on one of his films, The Knot, which is like a romcom about a couple getting married. It's set on the day of the wedding and it's basically the journey to the wedding, and everything goes wrong. It was a nice film. It was shooting with Mena Suvari from American Pie. I looked at the cast, like, 'Noel Clarke, Talulah Riley...' and I kind of grew up with Mena Suvari with American Pie and American Beauty. I just thought, 'Bloody hell, I'm going to be doing a film with her!'"
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Of all the voluminous paperwork generated by institutions of higher education, perhaps none drowns administrators quite so much as the waves of financial aid forms that surge through offices. With lending institutions and government funding agencies maintaining a keen interest in where their money is going, students and staff alike must take care to cross every "T" and dot every "I," and such attention to bureaucratic detail requires lots of paper—and lots of human capital to process it all.
Since the market crash of 2008, a number of private education lenders have left the marketplace. Those who have remained have not increased their lending to fill this gap and anecdotal evidence suggests that the remaining lenders have further reduced access to private education loans by tightening their credit criteria. Higher-education institutions have responded to the credit needs left unmet in the current marketplace by creating or revising their own institutional credit and payment arrangements.
Complying with the growing and increasingly complex Title IV federal student aid regulations is an ongoing challenge for every campus that administers federal student aid. Performing a word count of student aid regulations in 2000 and 2010 reveals a 40 percent increase over that decade. A recent survey of financial aid administrators shows that increasing regulatory and compliance requirements are causing resource shortages in many financial aid offices.
As another school Semester begins, administrators will be confronted with a segment of their student population that does not go on to graduate. Attrition is nothing new, of course. It happens every year, as students begin their college careers in earnest, but find, for one reason or another, that they can't continue. Perhaps the student has financial difficulties or is simply not prepared academically or emotionally for the rigors of college.
Student financial literacy has been a growing concern, not only because of the connection to persistence and retention, but also in terms of success beyond college years that includes repayment of student loans and general fiscal responsibility in adulthood. We've likely all heard the stories of the $82 pizza, its price inflated by a check that bounced and resulting fees from the bank and pizza parlor. It shows the need for students to understand the consequences of spending money they don't have.
The tornadoes that ripped across the South in April devastated everything in their paths. Some institutions had to close their doors before semester's end.
Republicans and Democrats agree: The projected cost of the Pell Grant program is unsustainable. Now policymakers are looking at the best ways to reduce costs.
Some of the scariest risks on campus remain hidden until the moment that students, teachers, and staff experience them. Until the shooter kills, the funding disappears, or the opposing party files the lawsuit, everything seems fine. Then, the overwhelming grief takes hold or the power to educate diminishes due to lack of resources. That's why, as campus leaders know, action must be taken before the risk occurs.
The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA), passed in May 2010 as part of the Healthcare Reform Act, was an attempt to rein in the student loan industry and save money by taking private lenders out of the equation. But a year later, educators, parents, and legislators are asking, is the program delivering on its goals?
Typically, when institutions conduct exit surveys for students who withdraw prior to completing a degree program, featured prominently are financial aid, cost, or affordability. They usually garner one of the top slots for reasons listed for withdrawal prior to graduation. But research shows there are a number of other drivers that influence re-enrollment trends.
Chances are I am not the only college president being asked these days why my institution is not following Sewanee's lead and reducing tuition by 10 percent—or more.
Several years ago, before the recession, I was being asked a different question about my institution, Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y.: Why are we still including loans in student financial aid packages when a number of peer colleges have eliminated them?
And I imagine some of my presidential colleagues have been asked about Hamilton's decision last March to adopt a need-blind admission policy.
Darwin put it this way: "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change." This simple truth in nature may best describe the evolution of the most nimble higher ed ownership models in the 21st century.
The call for increased transparency in the college pricing and financial aid arenas is coming from many directions and is ringing louder and more clearly than ever. Institutional customers, students and families who have for some time been expecting more information, now want it more quickly and in terms they can understand easily and compare consistently across institutions.
We have written before about the importance of considering your institution's market position relative to competitors when planning future price increases. When sticker price position is higher than "prestige" position (based on publicly available measures like test scores, U.S. News rank, and selectivity) institutions often see declining demand.
We delved into the topic of admissions office budgets with a plan to feature the diminishing resources available to college admissions offices and how that situation has impacted enrollment efforts. But as it turns out, admissions counselors are also concentrating on the limited resources of their institutions as a whole, and, concurrently, the financial challenges faced by prospective and current students and parents.


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Closed meeting. Executive session.
Whenever certain people are excluded from a board meeting, it's a red flag. In my experience, it's an immediate tip-off that an organization is in trouble.
Why do I say that? A couple of reasons come to mind.
First, transparency in decision-making is a very important value in nonprofit work. Closed-door board meetings are the antithesis of transparency.
Second, the exclusion of certain people from a board meeting (typically the executive director or other staff) immediately sets up an adversarial situation. Staff worry about what is being said. Board members, pledged to keep mum, do nothing to reduce the tension. The division between board and staff just grows and grows, fueled by deepening mistrust.
Third, a board that meets without the executive director must rely on its own knowledge base. This means their perceptions, understanding, and beliefs are what counts, not technical expertise or day to day management experience. One better hope board members have been listening well and taking notes about complex topics, that they are truly well-prepared for flying solo.
Fourth, without the mediating influence of staff and an audience, a board of directors can get swept up in a more refined version of 'mob psychology.' Extreme views can dominate and the consequences can be serious – both for the executive director and the organization's long-term future.
What's a better alternative to closed meetings or executive sessions? Open door meetings that are structured to support honest dialogue and collaborative problem-solving are a way better strategy. More difficult in the short term because board members have to stow their power reflex in favor of collaboration but easier in the long term because the damage to board-staff communication and trust is avoided.
Board leadership should think long and hard about setting up the negative dynamics launched by closed door meetings. Resist the urge to pull that power play. Choose to be a leader who is not afraid to do the hard work of governing a nonprofit in public.]]>
What if you're trying to solve the wrong problem?
Think about it.
Your organization could be hammering away every day, working hard on projects, spending down grants and newer even come close to solving the real problem.
It's a horrifying thought, isn't it? But it's more common than we'd like to think.
Here are some reflections about this curious phenomenon:
All organizations are geared to protect the status quo. Funding, staffing, public relations all align to support the status quo. That makes sense (except when it doesn't).
Boards of directors worry about change. Maintaining fidelity to the core mission often becomes the responsibility of the board of directors. And they take that job seriously.
Sometimes we don't know how to do what is needed. So we do what we know. Change in human services or community development isn't as simple as swapping out one machine for a new one. Mindsets and skill sets have to be changed and that is often very daunting.
The accountability connection is stronger between the organization and its funding sources than between the organization and its customers. Meaning what? Meaning that an organization will generally pay more attention to funders' interests.
Funders increasingly drive the solution train. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Both. Funders have a macro view; they have access to broader data and deeper thinking. That's good. They also have distance; they are a long way from problems as they exist on the ground (that's where you and your organization live). That's not so good. It means that while they might be seeing a problem, they aren't feeling it. There's a difference.
Community input is hard to get and, often, hard to take. It's a sturdy organization that can handle regular exposure to community evaluation and input. It is so much easier to believe that you represent the community than to frequently go back and check. Few organizations are this brave.
Any of this hit home with you? Ever think that maybe you're doing good work but still missing the mark? Maybe if the problem you are trying to solve continues; if you don't see significant changes from your efforts, you ought to rethink your approach. Maybe it's time to rethink everything, from the ground up.
"Is your board absent or just useless?"
An acquaintance started a conversation with me this morning by telling me that her board of directors was useless. This is a pretty common claim. I hear it all the time. But the question to me is: are your board members absent and useless or showing up and not knowing what to do or how to do it?
There's a difference. When board members find every possible excuse not to show up to meetings or to carry through with simple jobs, that's a problem of interest and commitment. Maybe they joined the board by mistake, maybe they thought the organization is doing something different from what they'd envisioned, maybe they've gone on to a new issue, a new cause. People are fickle. This week's big issue may have won their heart away from your organization. You never know unless you go ask them.
Sometimes, you can win back absent board members. Sometimes, you just have to kiss them goodbye.
But what to do about the other type: the board members who are not absent but are pretty useless when they show up. Now nobody is truly useless. Just by showing up, a person demonstrates a certain level of interest and commitment. It's not easy for the normal person, working a full schedule, managing a family and other obligations, to come to meetings. But that's what we expect: be there every time and be cheerful about it!
How do you help 'useless' board members become useful? Here are some ideas:
'Useless' board members don't have to stay that way. If they show up, that means you have something to work with. Try my three ideas and let me know if they work. And remember especially to overthank!]]>
In last week's blog post, I laid out five arguments for longevity in nonprofit leadership. This week, I'm taking the opposite view. When is it time for an executive director to be replaced?
If it's time go when the writing is on the wall, what might the writing say? Here are four things that signal time for leadership change.
Number 1: The exec is on autopilot. What does this mean? It means that the exec is keeping his or her seat warm, showing up at meetings, signing documents and posing for pictures. It means the exec has forgotten how to start something new or isn't interested in taking on new challenges. An exec like this is a drag on an organization.
Number 2: The exec won't adapt. Adaptation is a key component of effective leadership. A leader who won't adapt to technology, political changes, diversity and new funding expectations keeps his/her organization stuck in the past. Nostalgia is great but it doesn't pay the bills.
Number 3: The exec has an excessive number of enemies. In last week's post, I talked about how an organization's persona often takes on the characteristics of its leadership. This is both a positive and a negative. An exec that has burned a lot of bridges curtails transportation for everyone in his/her organization. [An interesting note: interagency animosity is often handed down from generation to generation.]
Number 4: The exec has lost the trust of his/her board of directors. This is really the death knell for an executive director. When the board of directors doubts the exec's intentions or word, when the board questions every decision because they don't trust the exec's judgment, when board members communicate directly to staff rather than going through the exec, that's big, big trouble and a signal that it's time for new leadership.
I still tend to think that longevity in nonprofit leadership is a plus. But necessary for successful longevity is the need for executive directors to keep themselves current, energetic and positively engaged. Those execs who have figured out how to play the long game are gems in the nonprofit world. If you know one, pat him or her on the back. And take notes. There's a lot to learn from the senior class.
Two extremes in local nonprofit leadership: recently hired LISC Executive Director Laura Bray resigned after only four months on the job and Lupe Martinez marks 40 years as Executive Director of UMOS.
Ms. Bray's experience is unusual in Milwaukee. Generally, leaders of nonprofit organizations tend to have significantly longer tenure and some, like UMOS, have directors, who, if they aren't founders, certainly seem like they are.
So one wonders: is longevity in nonprofit leadership a good thing or a bad thing? Here are five arguments in favor of executive directors staying with it over the long haul.
Number 1: Successful nonprofits flourish in a web of relationships with constituents, funders, elected officials, media, government bureaucrats and other organizations. Those relationships aren't between organizations. They are between people. A long term executive director has hundreds of these relationships – major and minor – critical and casual – that are impossible to replicate.
Number 2: An executive transition takes a huge bite out of an organization's productivity. First, there is the executive search. This is something that consumes enormous staff and board time and energy. Then there is the learning curve. Even the sharpest new exec will need months to be working at full capacity. This could extend to a couple of years depending on the quality of staff already on board.
Number 3: The old adage that funders fund people, not organizations is absolutely true. Fundamentally, a funding source (public or private) needs to trust that their funding will be used wisely and effectively. At the end of the day, funders need to look good, need to be able to demonstrate impact. They do that on an objective level with grant proposals and evaluation results and on a gut level using their belief in and trust of the executive leadership. Lose the executive leadership and there will be a lot of rebuilding to do with funders.
Number 4: Organizations headed by stable executive leadership tend to take on the 'personality' of the executive. So ways of approaching problems, discussing solutions, representing the organization to the public are patterned after the exec's modus operandi. An organization's internal management style can be completely thrown in the air with a change in executive leadership. Yes, sometimes this needs to be done. But often, it's a completely unintended consequence of a leadership change.
Number 5: It only takes a few executive leadership changes for people to regard and organization as 'unstable' or 'shaky.' Especially in Milwaukee, where leadership tends to stay in place, executive tenures of two or three years get people talking about an organization's 'revolving door.' Maybe it seems unreasonable but it's true. And the perception of instability is not helpful for community standing, funding or board development.
These are just some of the things to consider in the discussion of executive leadership longevity. Next week, I'll present some alternative arguments: why (and when) changing executive leadership is a smart thing.
If you run a nonprofit organization, you probably already know this: what your board doesn't know can cause you big problems.
Recently, a long time Milwaukee nonprofit hit the front pages with the news that its board of directors had suspended operations after discovering serious financial problems. While the details are still unfolding, one thing is strongly implied. The board of directors seems to have been surprised.
Now what I'm going to say doesn't pertain directly to this most current organization since we don't yet know all the details. But I've been in both positions – nonprofit staff and nonprofit board and I speak from that experience.
Surprises aren't always bad. Boards love surprises like news of a big grant or receipt of a national award. Those are great surprises.
Financial problems, personnel messes, program issues – those are all surprises that boards don't love. Surprise is the key word here.
A good board wants to hear the bad news. The problem is that, too often, the staff doesn't want to tell the board bad news. So they omit negative things from board reports, gloss over problems or take the posture that the issue is too complex for the board to understand. Minimizing problems marginalizes the board. And board members don't like that. They joined a board of directors to be involved, helpful and smart. Board members want their talents and resources to be used, otherwise, they think: why am I here?
When an organization hums along with routine, boring board meetings where critical issues are rarely discussed in any real depth and then something blows the lid off a problem, say, a very bad audit or inability to make payroll, board members tend to get very upset. They feel duped. They feel like staff purposely kept them in the dark. They lose trust in the staff. And that is a terrible thing for a nonprofit. Distrust between board and staff can sink the entire enterprise.
Trust is built on honesty, communication and solving problems together. Strong, effective boards reflect strong, effective staff's commitment to sharing the good news and the bad news with no extra varnish. Just the facts. Look around at the most successful organizations. This is what they're doing: making sure the board of directors is always totally in the know.
How healthy is your board staff relationship? Maybe time to do a little check-up!]]>
It's tough being compared to others, having your results put side by side with other agencies'. This is especially true if your outcomes fall short.
Programs are sufficiently different that it's always easy to claim that comparisons are apples to oranges. Mitigating circumstances are never fully explained when numerical data are used to describe programs' activities and results. But program managers always want the backstory to play prominently in any analysis of data.
"You need to explain our special situation, our staffing issues, the problems with resources," a program will say to me.
That sounds like what you want me to explain are your excuses.
It is one thing to provide context for data. It is quite another to protect programs from comparison or to let programs 'off the hook' for their performance because of their special circumstances.
Ultimately, funders and the public want to know what is working and what isn't. Programs that can show results and aren't afraid to have their results compared to others are the ones that earn more investment.
The pain of comparison might be acute but it's worth it if the result is better programs and improved outcomes.
Last week, I gave you 5 Ways to Doom a Work Group. Today, let's look at how to make a work group thrive.
One overarching thought: work groups require good staffing to be productive. In other words, unless a work group is comprised of exceptionally committed people, it is unlikely to get traction and make good progress without a lot of in-between work. Generally, not always, that in-between work is done by paid staff. Happily, that is often me so I don't complain about this.
Just having a group meet every month without the in-between heavy lifting will result in minimal progress, circular conversations and high attrition. If a work group isn't making progress, the smart people leave, no matter how nice the other work group members are or how tasty the donuts. This is just how it works in life. Successful people put their time where results can be achieved.
Want your work group to be a beacon of success in a sea of floundering? Here's how:
#1: Balance having an open door for volunteers with getting the specific people you need to get work done. I hate to exclude enthusiastic people from a work group but I also hate spending weeks on learning curve issues. How to overcome this? Balance. Go recruit who you need to make a work group function well and then fill in with volunteers.
#2: Begin the work with a clear statement of what needs to be done. Work groups don't necessarily have the right of self-determination. Usually they were formed at the behest of a larger organization or coalition and when they were formed, there was a specific reason. If I'm forming a work group, I like to start off with a written scope of work. Even if the group adjusts it, a scope of work sets an expectation for the group. We're here to do some very specific things.
#3: Organize the work around decisions that need to be made. A decision-focused agenda does a couple of important things. First, it improves attendance. People don't want to miss a meeting where a decision will be made. Second, decisions are cumulative, one leads to another, one brick on top of another until the entire house is built. Third, a decision culture prevents circling back. We already decided that!
#4: Be joyful about being together and making progress. Not everything about work and professional life needs to be such a dreadful chore. There's a reason why the people you are working with do the work they do. Remind them of that core purpose or help them remind themselves. Make working together to slay a difficult dragon a cause for celebration. Compliment your group and make sure it gets the credit it deserves with the organization or coalition that created it.
#5: Know when to quit. A work group is a vehicle for getting something done. It is not the United States Senate or the Catholic Church. It does not have to last forever. Once its task is done, a work group does not have to cast about to find a new task. It should disband. A new work group can form when there is a pressing need.
Organizing great work groups is a science and an art. It's also fun and terrifically energizing.
Try out these strategies and let me know how it goes.]]>
Sometimes I watch a meeting of a work group and it seems like the leaders are trying to kill off the group.
Maybe they volunteered to organize the work group to tackle a difficult problem encountered by several agencies or to coordinate a joint effort like a neighborhood clean-up or community outreach campaign. They recruit people to participate and forge on with the best intentions. But then things disintegrate. Why would that happen?
Clearly, they've gone to the special workshop where they learned the five ways to doom a work group. Do you know them?
#1: Clearly designate some people as insiders and the rest as out of the loop.
#2: Spend no time preparing a decent agenda. The insiders will know what to talk about. The outsiders don't matter.
#3: Have no supporting materials, hand-outs or distributed information of any kind.
#4: Use the same answer, variations on the theme "it can't be done/we tried that before/they won't let us," over and over until people give up offering new ideas.
#5: Congratulate yourself on your tremendous progress and hard work.
These tried and true methods work every time. They inevitably lead to work group leaders bemoaning their lost membership and questioning people's commitment to the cause. Soured on the work group experience, people run for cover the next time a call goes out for volunteers. A bad experience can influence people for a long time.
Like many dysfunctional things in nonprofit life, it doesn't have to be this way. Work groups can be dynamic, energizing and very, very productive. Short-term focused problem-solving and action planning can be exhilarating but only if everyone at the table is welcomed, valued and expected to contribute.
That's what I think based on 40 years of nonprofit experience. What do you think?
Heroes and villains. Saints and sinners. In my work, I run into all of those folks but today's topic concerns another dichotomy: the can-doers and the 'you can't get there from here' folks.
As a consultant, my work is about change. No one hires a consultant to maintain the status quo. They can do that on their own. So my mission always has to do with doing something new or doing something better. This makes for exciting and very interesting work but it's not without its difficulties.
Because I am a consultant on a temporary mission, I have to engage other people in the task at hand. Often this means suggesting to people who have done things in a particular way for a long time or those who've never done it but have an opinion none the less that they do something new or better.
Here's where we meet two kinds of people. The can-doers are the ones who were waiting for someone to bring the secret code to unlocking the door to new ideas and they are ready to rock. They're the ones in a meeting who are totally focused, intent on the topic, nodding and taking notes. They're the students every instructor loves to have in class. All in and ready to one up the instructor. When that happens, when you're the consultant and someone comes up with an even better idea because you created the environment for change, that's even better than having the great idea yourself.
The flip side are the 'you can't get there from here' folks. These folks are death to a dynamic group. Everything suggested has been tried before, is too expensive, would never be approved by management, is too much work, will take too much time, and, my favorite, will require hiring another consultant. The 'you can't get there from here' folks, also known as YCGTFR'rs, can deflate and depress a group beyond recognition, leaving the consultant the only person in the room with new ideas.
So are these two dichotomous groups born or made? A topic for another blog.
Let me know what you think — ever run into these folks in your work?]]>


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10 do's you should consider for a successful YouTube Advert
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As technology grows daily and some old methods are becoming obsolete day by day, I want to share with you today 10 do's you should really consider when setting up your YouTube Advertisement for rapid success
* Create Professional Ads
To be relevant to your viewers and make them take action, you must use good content by making optimal descriptions about yourself and the product or service you offer. Your goal is to make a good impression. For this, you need to use your content the right way.
* Keep Analytics in Mind
You need to always check the analysis of your ads. This will help you, and will allow you to see what type of video ad or strategy has the best results, so you can learn what action to take to make your campaign more effective.
* Be Clear, Honest and Direct
Consider these three factors. By being clear, you won't create confusion for your prospects. By being honest, you can prove to them that they can trust you, and by being direct, you'll let them know what you want.
* Always Interact and Comment
Interacting with your prospects will help get you a lot of feedback. On your video ads, place calls to action at the end,invite them to know you, answer all their questions and be open minded.
* Collaborate with someone that is Viral on YouTube
A good idea could be to collaborate with another channel or person that is already viral on YouTube. Make a video ad, so those who see the ad will see you as someone relevant, as well. This person must be appropriate for your product to make your work look real.
* Use Tracking Links
In your Video Ads, include hyperlinks to your website, landing page, or other destinations. This is one of the best ways to redirect your traffic, and keep getting the benefits of YouTube ads. You can even create separate tracking links for different videos ads, compare them and see which type of videos ads are sending people back to your site.
* Know your audience
Simply knowing what kind of people want to know more about you will help you a lot. You can get their feedback to help you focus your upcoming ads, get the right content for that audience, find the best format to allow them use your information, etc.
* Keep your Ads Interesting and Attractive
Use all the tools that you possess to demonstrate to your customers how powerful your service or tool can be. Show them what you're worth, and never stop being real.
* Use the TrueView Ad Formats
The True View format provides viewers with the choice and control of advertisements they want to see. With this, the viewers have the flexibility to select the ads they think are relevant. What are you waiting for? With True View ads, you'll get viewers that really want to see what you offer!
* Target Audience via Mobile Ads
Mobile Ads are the best to get traffic and viewers to your video ad. Mobile Ads have been analyzed, and statistics conclude that mobile ads allow you to get more audience to become viral! Do not under estimate them!
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A Market Test for Discrimination in the English Professional Soccer Leagues
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FestivalSouth and Signature Magazine's Best of the Pine Belt competition returns with a new schedule and some new categories for the area's best and brightest. Nominations in all categories begin Jan. 14 and run until Feb. 15. Finalist voting begins March 1 and continues thro0ugh April 30. Once again, several key categories will be selected to be featured at the Best of the Pine Belt Awards Show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at the Saenger Theater. Those categories are selected from the nomination and finals voting process. Voting begins May 1 and runs through May 15 in these select areas.
"We are always thrilled to see people take such an interest in promoting the best of our community," said contest creator Dr. Mike Lopinto. "I hope interested companies and individuals will take advantage of the free promotional materials to help them get nominated and possibly win the title this year." Nominations are being sought in categories including everything from "Best Place to Take a First Date" to "Best Hamburger" and "Best Shoes" to "Best Volunteer."
Last year, more than 634,000 votes created a guide to the Pine Belt's favorite people, places and things that make the area great. Once again, the complete list of 'best' will be featured in the festival program that encompasses the June edition of Signature Magazine. This publication is made available at the conclusion of the awards show and then across the city in an extended circulation.
The Best of the Pine Belt Awards Show is a gala, red-carpet evening that is one of the highlights of FestivalSouth. Featuring special guests, awards presentations, livemusic and more, it is one of the hottest tickets of the festival. "It's a time for our area's favorites to get dressed up and celebrate all the wonderful things that make the Pine Belt great," said David Gustafson, publisher of Signature Magazine.


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This was our 3rd trip to The Reef- by far our favorite family vacation spot (5 kids age 5-14.) This was our second time going Easter/ pre Easter. It was FULL...which likely accounted for the grounds not being so tidy as we usually have seen. The staff remains excellent, except for a few of the "security" people that guard the elevators...if you don't have your card key because the kids ran in front of you as you departed the lobby Starbucks with a venti tea latte for your sleeping wife...one "security" guy with about 7 teeth gave me the 10th degree of interrogation! Oh yes, I just paid all this money to wander around the building at 7am with a hot tea....fool!
I had to go out and get some pool chairs before 6am at the pool closer to the Cove; otherwise there were NONE left....the reserving chairs with an old People magazine and empty sunblock lotion has got to go!! It is cut throat out there every day to get any seat...anywhere after 8am!
The beach was damaged from Hurricane Sandy and the usual sandy bottom was now mostly coral. The pools were warm and still very good.
The water park is still great although it seems there is no staff to clean up debris and garbage by the kiddie pool area- it was not like this on prior trips.
We lost all water pressure one evening for about 20 minutes at prime shower time (6:30PM) but since the Obama girls were staying at The Reef at the same time we chalked it up to a secret service snafu.
Getting from the airport to the Atlantis was a pleasure. We have used SANDRA FERGUSON ( who owns her own taxi/car service) every year. Just email her at firstname.lastname@example.com (242)525-8532- see attached photos. She will pick you up in a very nice air conditioned van that comfortably sat 3 adults, 5 kids and all our baggage. She will have some cold water, soda and Kalik beer awaiting your enjoyable ride. She will stop at the local liquor store and supermarket for all long as you need (we saved tons of $$ by making our own breakfast and lunch everyday.)
We had great dinners at Carmines, Murray's Deli, Seafire Steakhouse, Johnny Rocket's and Bimini Road.
At the Reef we enjoyed staying on the "harborside" of the building which offers an amazing view of Nassau, the beach and cruise- and we always have the amazing sunset view! Request as high a floor as possible. This year we had the 9th floor.
The room was very good but the kids side only had 1 queen and a pull out queen sofa (instead of the usual 2 queen beds.) They no longer offer PM turn down service as that is now only reserved for the owners of the units.
The shuttle service from the Reef to Marina Village and other hotels was terrific as usual.
The food and drinks around the pools/park were very $$ as we'd come to expect but the quality was very good and the staff excellent.
Our strategy was to always go to the water park in the early AM (slides open at 9AM, lazy river at 10AM) in order to beat the throngs of cruise ship people then go back around 4PM when the lines were small.
We think we would go back in a few years but likely choose a week which is not full capacity for which I think the resort has a tough time handling and keeping the grounds a bit more clean....and maybe get a pool chair without having to run out before 6am!
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Seans parents aka mimi and pap-pap
seans grandfather aka Grampy
seans sister & family aka Aunt Kera, Uncle Ryan and the cousins Christian and Camden
seans brother & family aka Aunt Tammy, Uncle Terry and the cousins Stephanie and Angel
We want to thank all of them for the great gifts and we can't wait to see who the little guy is that is blessed with all this great stuff.
The pile of Gifts in the red paper is for Baby Albright.
The pile of Gifts in the red paper is for Baby Albright.
Warm snowsuit and new blankies. The blanket on the left is the same blanket that his cousin baby Camden has.
lots of new pajamas.
ready for bath time. Lots of new toys. Anyone wanna come over and play?This is a special gift from my mother in law. I'm not sure how long ago she bought them but she got 3. One for each of the first grandchildren from each of her children. So Christian and Angel have them and now Baby Noah has his waiting for him.
I can't wait to be able to show pictures of the completed nursery with all these great things waiting for baby. Someday the nursery will get finished I promise.