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Kelly Clarkson sure knows how to make cute babies!
She and her husband, Brandon Blackstock, have two-year-old River Rose and Remington Alexander, who was born in April. Blackstock also has two children from a previous relationship, Savannah and Seth, who Clarkson refers to as her own.
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What does Adrian mean?
Adrian ▼ as a girls' name (also used more widely as boys' name Adrian) is of Latin origin, and the name Adrian means "from Hadria". Adrian is an alternate spelling of Adrienne (Latin): French feminine variant spelling of Adrian. See also Hadria
VARIANTS Aydrienne, Aydrian, Adriene, Adrien, Adrianne▼, Adriane
RELATIONS VIA ADRIENNE Adra, Adrea, Adreanna, Adreea, Adria, Adriah, Adriana, Adrianah, Adrianna, Adriannah, Adrie, Adriena, Adrienah, Adrienna, Adrina, Hadria
MASCULINE FORMS Aad, Dadrian, Darian, Edrian, Hadrian, JadrianCREATIVE FORMS
Adrian Addisyn (A.A.), ..
How popular is Adrian?
Adrian is a very prominent first name for women (#959 out of 4276, Top 22%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#6036 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Adrian was first listed in 1930-1939 and reached its highest position of #538 in the U.S. in the 1980s, but is not in the Top 1000 at the moment. (2015 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Adrian rated in the Top 2000 are Adriana (#186 IN 2015), Adrianna (#292), Adrienne (#848), Adrianne, Adriene, Adriane, Adria, Adra and Adreanna. Other variants, like Adrienah, are seldom used. Adoption of these relations of Adrian was common 9 years ago (USAGE OF 0.33%) and is somewhat less today (USAGE 0.2%, ▼41.3%).
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Adrian▼ is alike in pronunciation to Audreen. Other recommended sound-alike names are Abriana, Adan, Addiah, Adia, Adiah, Adin, Adoria, Adrah, Aeran, Aerin, Airin, Andrean, Andria, Andriana, Aria▲, Ariah▲, Ariana▲, Ariane, Arin, Arlan, Arria, Arriana, Audreana, Audria, Audriana, Audrianna, Audrina, Auria, Auriana, Cerian, Darian▼, Dorian, Eirian, Jadrian, Lorian, Marian▼, Mirian and Tirian. These names tend to be less frequently used than Adrian.


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22 November 2013
Shiva and Jeni are all set to get married but a mysterious man breaks into their house and murders her entire family. He kidnaps Jeni as well and the only company she has is Jeevan, who madly loves her. He promises to free her but is everything what it seems to be?
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After an uneventful front nine that saw him temporarily lose the lead Saturday, Aaron Bengoechea refused to alter his game plan.
Going for broke tee to green, Bengoechea finally caught fire on the back nine, using an eagle-birdie combo at the 11th and 12th holes to jump start a charge that led him to the winner's circle of the inaugural City Bank Lubbock Open at Hillcrest Country Club.
Bengochea followed that with a great save at the par-3 13th hole and then blasted out of the bunker and into the cup for another birdie at No. 14. That got him to 17-under par, where he finished to pocket the $15,000 winner's check in the Tight Lies Tour event.
"That was a nice stretch," Bengoechea said of holes 11-14. "The eagle putt at 11 was about a 30-footer, and I hit it just perfect. Then I followed that with a spectacular wedge shot at 12."
Bengoechea finished at 67-64-68199, four shots better than Eric Bogar and five clear of Jeff Burns and Rich Morris.
Bengoechea's approach from 114 yards at No. 12 stopped about a foot from the cup for a gimme birdie. He then hung his tee shot well wide of the green at No. 13, but lofted a nifty chip 10 feet past the hole.
Bengoechea then calmly drained the testy par putt.
"That was a pretty easy left-edge putt. I just had to get it to the hole," he said. "That was pretty big because it kept the momentum going."
At No. 14, Bengoechea drove in the fairway and had an easy approach to the green, but pulled his shot left into the bunker. No problem there, though. Bengoechea just splashed his shot out of the sand and the ball trickled into the hole for another birdie.
That put Bengoechea up four shots over his nearest competitors with four holes left. Bengoechea then missed makeable birdie putts at 15 and 16, but finished those final four holes with routine pars.
"Even after I got to 17-under, I told myself to stay aggressive. That's the way I played all week," Bengoechea said. "I thought it was my tournament to lose to start the day. I knew it was going to take a pretty good round to beat me if I played another decent round."
The title was the first on the Tight Lies tour for Bengoechea since 1999. Like many of his cohorts on the tour, Bengoechea will be headed for qualifying school soon to try to secure a PGA card.
"This was a good week and I've been playing well so hopefully I can keep it up," Bengoechea said. "I really liked playing this course. It really requires you to keep the ball in play, and fortunately, I was able to do that most of the time."
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Movie of Erin Corrado. Was premiered in 2013, with production teams of Canada. You can watch I Am Not Invisible online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
Rating: 5 by 10 users./
Runtime: 69 minutes
Nicole Flynn, Kathy Primrose, Duane Flynn, Darren Flynn, Andrew Flynn, Marion Primrose, Andrew Garcia, Lauren Daly, Katie Hammond and Erin Corrado.
Documental, Biographic.
69-minute film (full movie) directed by Erin Corrado.
The original audio of I Am Not Invisible has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in Canada.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2013.
Screenplay written by Erin Corrado.
Erin Corrado.
Erin Corrado.
Composed by Erin Corrado.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie I Am Not Invisible has a duration of 69 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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An updated, extended and improved bay fronted Semi Detached family home located in a highly popular area within walking distance of Timperley Metrolink and excellent local schools.
The property is well presented throughout, extending to some 1000 sq ft arranged over Two Floors, comprising of a Hall, WC, Lounge, Dining and Breakfast Kitchen to the Ground Floor and a Landing, Three Bedrooms and a Family Bathroom to the First Floor.
Externally there is a Driveway offering ample off road Parking, returning in front of the Detached Single Garage and to the rear there is a South facing Garden.
UPVC door leading to an Entrance Hall with staircase rising to the First Floor.
Ground Floor WC with tiled walls and UPVC window to the side elevation.
16'9" x 10'10" Lounge with UPVC bay window to the front elevation.
Glazed double doors lead through to the 16'5" x 10'10" Dining Room and sliding patio doors overlook and provide access to the Garden.
17'5" x 6' Breakfast Kitchen is fitted with a range of base and eye level units with worktops over, incorporating a breakfast bar. Inset into the worktops are a one and a half bowl stainless steel sink and drainer unit with tiled splashback. Integrated appliances include a stainless steel double oven and induction hob. There is ample space for additional Kitchen appliances. Wall mounted gas central heating boiler housed within the units. UPVC windows to the side and rear elevations and a UPVC door provides access to the same.
First Floor Landing provides access to Three Bedrooms and a Family Bathroom. UPVC window to the side elevation.
Bedroom One measures 13'1" x 10'10" with UPVC bay window to the front elevation.
12'10" x 10'10" Bedroom Two is another well proportioned Double Room with UPVC window enjoying views over the Gardens.
Bedroom Three is a Single Room measuring 7'3" x 6'1" with UPVC windows to the side and front elevations.
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Externally, the property is approached via a paved Driveway providing off road Parking and there is a lawned Garden frontage with well stocked borders with a variety of plants and shrubs.
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Cecil Street B&B is a unique Manly bed and breakfast located in a delightful federation home nestled at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, only minutes from famous Manly Beach and Wharf.
High ceilings, leadlight windows and polished timber floors all create a welcoming ambience, in a whisper quiet location.
Accommodation comprises 2 spacious bedrooms, bathroom, sitting room and exclusive use of the front porch and garden.
Enjoy a delicious continental breakfast served in the cosy breakfast/sitting room and then take a leisurely stroll down to Manly to sample the many delights of this seaside suburb.
Special touches like home made muffins, fresh cut flowers, and chocolates in the rooms, plus a desire to meet any extra needs of her guests, are all part of Linda's hospitality at Cecil Street Bed & Breakfast.
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This is not a question that I can answer easy because it is so general. Mental illness is recognized in many ways depending on the illness. What I will do is list some general signs for you.
Some of the signs to look for are as follows. Look for isolation. People with mental illness often isolate themselves from their family and friends. People who can normally concentrate well will find themselves distracted easily, and lack the ability to focus on simple tasks. Eyes are very important. Alot of people with mental illness have a very far away look, and they don't maintain eye contact very well. Some people will talk to themselves. Some people will start to talk about brand new people that no one except them have heard of. Alot of time people's appearance will seem disheveled. They will wear the same clothes over and over. Their personal hygiene often becomes very concerning, and eating habits will change drasticly. These are a handful of the things to look for when trying to recognize mental illness.
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I am an avid traveler through nassau and tried this place for the first time in January 2012.
I gave permission to charge my credit card for a king suite/upstairs/balcony.
When I arrived i was told that the room wasn't ready and was put in a substandard room until suite was ready. Nightfall came and I was told I had to stay in the inferior room. I told manager this was unnaceptable since I had paid for the suite. When I requested a reduced rate for the lousy room the manager just laughed. Then I find out that THE FRONT DOOR LOCK WAS BROKE AND THE PATIO DOORS ALSO HAD NO LOCK. I FEARED FOR MY SAFETY. I learned my lesson, if the room you prepaid for is not what your given you need to find a new hotel. The only saving grace was the beachfront restaraunt...I would only go back for the food not to stay.
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This is a set of 4 knitting patterns which date from the 1930s for little girls dresses, or frocks as we used to call them,aged 4 to 6 years. they are so sweet, and would look so cute made up today in modern yarns and colours. As they were made to be worn quite short in those days (see the photo) you could also make these for younger children as today the fashion can be to wear them quite long, especially if they are for bridesmaids or party dresses...imagine them in soft cotton yarns or silks.....
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General Aviation Rules
The hardest thing about flying is the ground.
When one engine fails on a twin engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.
Never trade luck for skill.
The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and " Ooh Sh..!", or "Hold my beer and watch this!"
Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.
Airspeed, altitude or brains: two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.
If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- or, unsafe.
Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries.
Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding it or doing anything about it.
When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten.
When a crash seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slowly and gently as possible.
If an airplane is still in one piece, don't cheat on it; ride the sucker down.
Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.
There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.
The three best things in life are a good landing, a good orgasm, and a good bowel movement. The night carrier landing is one of the few opportunities in life where you get to experience all three at the same time.
What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If an air traffic controller screws up, the pilot dies.
Basic Flying Rules: 1. Try to stay in the middle of the air. 2. Do not go near the edges of it. 3.The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.
You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.
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Liverpool coach Klopp said the Reds captain rejoin Henderson is expected next week to participate in part of the training.
The England midfielder in the middle of August training leg fracture, for which he has been sidelined ever since. Distance back from injury but fortunately he was getting closer, Klopp said:. "(Henderson) in good condition, maybe next week, he will attend part of the team training, we will wait and see, but his condition is really well."
"Nicolas has good news, his injury was not as severe as we initially expected we did not want to give a timetable! - You may have asked every day, but anyway, the time will not be back for Christmas in 2016 and now between 2016 and now! (laughter) This is good news, his injury is not too serious. "
With Houkeluopu also talked about the team's young midfielder Rossiter, this teenager injured in the previous match following the England youth team. "Slag t", said: "He will begin to participate in normal training team on Sunday that he would complete the rehabilitation work tomorrow, and participate in team training on Sunday.."
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Travel Day 637 – Kathmandu to Kopan Monastery, NEPAL
It was time to leave Kathmandu again and especially Thamel, but unfortunately I still had to get few last things organized…
First off I had to run to a travel agency again to make sure I would get the fights that I had decided on over night. I needed to leave Nepal on the 13th, which was the last day of my visa and I intended to spend at least three days in Bangkok before I would move on towards Indonesia. But unfortunately it was only possible to stay for two days in Bangkok and then carry on to Bali. Still, it seemed all good and two days were certainly enough to get some really good pad thai with thai ice tea… : )
After lunch my flights were then finally figured out and my bags were packed, which left me walking in the streets, trying to find the correct bus towards Boudhanath. Eventually I found the bus, but I jumped off too late and had to catch another bus back to an intersection and then another bus up the hill towards the monastery. But unfortunately I ended up taking the wrong bus and instead of going to the monastery, it was only passing it at the bottom of the hill…
Anyway, at least a nice local guy showed me where to get off the bus and he even walked with me up the hill until I could see Kopan Monastery on the ridge and find the rest of the way on my own. By the time I finally arrived and settled-in, the day was almost over. But at least I got the schedule for the classes and a quick tour of the campus. Breakfast was at 7.30am, lunch at 11.30am, tea at 5pm and dinner at 6.30pm. Besides that, there were only five simple Buddhist rules:
So far it seemed all good and even if I felt a little bit out-of-place between all the Buddhist monks here at Kopan Monastery, I was still happy to be in this great place. So I finished my day while walking around in the Stupa Garden and enjoying the simply amazing views over the Kathmandu Valley… : )
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Carvell, who before Nomura was a solicitor at Dechert for six years, joins ETF as a senior lawyer.
Graham Tuckwell, chairman of ETF Securities, said Carvell's appointments was a direct response to the growth in investor demands for exchange traded commodities.
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Former President George H.W. Bush, who was at her side, said the surgery went well.
In November, the former first lady had emergency surgery for a perforated ulcer at the same hospital, FOX News reported.
She had been admitted that time with abdominal pains and underwent routine, laparoscopic surgery.
Daughter of the publisher of McCall's magazine, Barbara Pierce, married George H.W. Bush in January 1945 when he returned a hero from World War II.
Barbara Bush and her husband spent four years in the White House, from 1989 to 1993. During that time, she disclosed she was suffering from an overactive thyroid ailment known as Graves' disease, which causes teary eyes and double vision. (ANI)


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A Western Strategy for the South Caucasus
Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Starr and Mamuka Tsereteli
The Caucasus is key to any Western efforts to shape future interactions between Europe and the Middle East, and to Western commercial and strategic interests in Eurasia. At a time when the two most salient challenges to the transatlantic alliance are Russia's aggressive expansionism and the Islamic radicalism in the Middle East, the Caucasus is a strategically important pressure point in both directions. This alone should dictate a growing American and European engagement with the states of the Caucasus, but instead Western influence in the region is at an all-time low. As Western influence has declined, the region's development has stagnated, threatening its long-term viability and eroding Western interests. This situation is the result of a lack of strategic vision in the West and a series of tactical errors. To remedy this situation, this paper calls for a new strategy toward the Caucasus. At its heart lies treating the Caucasus as a region, instead of bilaterally, and increasing cooperation in defense and security, while also supporting the territorial integrity of Caucasus states and anchoring them more firmly in Western partnerships and initiatives.
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Flat is Beautiful is an experimental live-action cartoon using masks, animation, subtitles, drawings, and dramatic scenes to investigate the psychic life of an androgynous eleven-year-old girl. Growing up in a working class neighborhood with her single mother and gay roommate, Taylor confronts the loneliness of living between masculine and feminine in a culture obsessed with defining gender difference. Shifting between black and white film and grainy pixelvision video, Flat is Beautiful explores the internal and external worlds of sad people.
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Worcestershire chief quits to join UCAS
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council's chief executive Clare Marchant has resigned to become the new CEO of university admissions body UCAS.
Marchant joined the council in 2010 as its head of change, becoming assistant chief executive two years later. She took the helm as chief executive in June 2014.
She had previously worked at Deloitte Consulting, overseeing large-scale transformation programmes for clients including DWP and the Department for Constitutional Affairs, before moving to the Department for Health, where she led the development of the Choose & Book and Picture Archiving Communication services.
In a letter to staff, reported by the Worcester News, Marchant said: "In recent years, we have benefited from over £100m of infrastructure investment. We have the fastest-growing economy in England [and] significant innovation in our work with partners such as West Mercia Police, district councils and our health colleagues. Together we have established a track record in delivering commercial and digital change on behalf of residents.
"I am sad to be leaving but I am looking forward to a new challenge and the opportunity of leading UCAS for the benefit of young people, working with education providers to ensure participation is widened, retention and satisfaction maximised and that the experience enriches and enables our young people to achieve their potential and make the best contribution to society and our economy they can."
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Brooklyn Rental Market Continues to Set Records... Record High Rents, That Is
Some of the surge in Brooklyn rental market activity can be attributed simply to the ever-increasing, overall appeal of the Borough of Kings--whether to young professionals, creative types, high rollers, or families--a transformation that's been explored in a thousand (often silly) trend pieces over the last few years.
But whatever you think of heavily bearded artisanal chocolate makers (to name just one recent Brooklyn stereotype), there's no question that that neighborhoods such as Williamsburg, DUMBO, Park Slope, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Cobble Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Greenpoint, Bushwick, and several others have been and continue to be in the throes of a profound change.
Witness American Realty Advisors' purchase recently, as reported in the New York Times, of a 62-unit rental building on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg for a record-shattering $55 million, or about $895,000 for each of the Brooklyn rental apartments therein. They're going to have to charge plenty in monthly rent to make their money back, though that doesn't seem to be a problem these days.
As neighborhood broker David J. Maundrell says, "In 2006 and 2007, any condominium you put on the market sold, and now the same thing is happening with rentals. I wouldn't say we are throwing darts, but we are pushing the envelope with rental prices and seeing how high we can take it."
Granted this located on white-hot Kent Avenue, in white-hot Williamsburg, long stretches of which would be unrecognizable to time-traveling visitor from, say, 1995, but still, with mortgages remaining difficult to secure for many and stalled or unsuccessful condos hitting the jackpot upon conversion to rentals, expect more of the same in the near future.
So when you find your dream Brooklyn rental apartment, how do you make sure you actually get to sign the lease, and move in? The good folks at Brick Underground recently featured an excellent interview with Brooklyn landlord Chris Athineos, whose family has owned small rental buildings in Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, and Bay Ridge for nearly five decades. The topic: the red flags and deal-breakers of would-be renters. Especially important in a Brooklyn rental market that is continues to be red hot, and landlords have the upper hand.
For instance, Athineos says that the first thing he looks for is well-organized paperwork and a fully completed application ("If the prior landlord reference is missing, that's a very bad sign"); he gets uneasy when prospective tenants ask too many questions about things over which he has no real control ("When they seem to be obsessed with the noise issue and want a rundown on all of their prospective neighbors, I worry that I'll have a chronic complainer on my hands"); and he believes that student loans, and the on-time repayment thereof, are as important as any other part of your credit report.
One final bit of advice for seekers of Brooklyn rental apartments: "Dress as you would for a job interview, first impressions count." Noted.


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Study: Filesharing Shows No Slowdown
The use of services such as Kazaa, Grokster, and Morpheus has risen by almost 500% since March, the report states. In August, a total of 6.9 million people used the services, while those using Napster dropped to 5.5 million, a decline of 49%. Morpheus is the rising king of the Internet underworld, with 2.3 million users in August, an increase of 186% since June. : Kazaa Media Desktop was estimated to have 1.3 million users; another service called Winmx was close behind with 1.2 million users, Jupiter stated.
The services are all defendants in copyright-infringement litigation lodged against them October 3 by the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America. With the exception of Morpheus, the targeted services are all based outside the United States, which may make legal enforcement difficult. Morpheus is operated by MusicCity of Nashville, TN.


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Tigers win in overtime
NANCY SCHOLZ/times news Northwestern's Isaiah Danner (23) gets past Salisbury defenders Alex Young and Alex Economy (right).
Jimmy Hoover knew his Northwestern boys' soccer team could have beat Salisbury in regulation.
But for the fourth time this season and third time in league play, the senior forward and his Tiger teammates needed to walk back onto the field to battle for a victory in overtime.
After losing to Notre Dame of Green Pond in OT last week, Hoover refused to let another chance at a victory get away from him.
Hoover's game-winning goal in overtime gave the Tigers to a 2-1 Colonial League victory over Salisbury, handing the Falcons' their first league loss of the season.
"I think we should have had that in regulation, but we played really strong and really dominated in overtime," Hoover said. "It just felt great finally to put that one in and pull out another win."
"I just had to stay composed as I was taking it towards the goalie and not miss because I missed one in another overtime game this season and I needed to pull through for the team as the captain."
After teammates Curtis Cappuccino, Isaiah Danner, Austin Marich and Hoover missed out on opportunities to win the game in the first overtime, Hoover redeemed himself in the second overtime session thanks to a perfect feed from senior defender Marich. Marich won a battle near midfield with a Falcon player and got the ball to Hoover..
"That's what we look for we look to win the balls defensively in the midfield and look to play it to Jimmy or my other forwards," said Northwestern coach Fernando Carrizo said. We know Jimmy and the other forwards can put it away.
"He's so good at placing the ball. But, we have to get it to his feet. When we do, good things happen."
Good things did happen as Marich got it down field right in front of Hoover, who beat two Falcon defenders and goalie Chad Heidecker to score his eighth goal of the season and second game-winner in overtime. Hoover also had an OT game-winner on September 11 in a 1-0 win over Fleetwood.
Northwestern moves to 5-3-1 overall; 4-2-1 in the CL; and 3-0-1 in overtime games. Meanwhile, Salisbury slips to 5-1-1 in league play.
"It's a great win," said Carrizo. "We fell short against Palisades and we knew we were the better team. It has been really hard for us since we have played really well. And, I think the more we play the more I think we're getting better. We still have some young guys and we're still transitioning.
"To play overtime, it's not what I expect out of these players because it's a long season and with the short period of time it's tough. To get the win though, it shows they're all staying focused and that's good. But, I would rather win it in regulation."
Sophomore Isaiah Danner gave Northwestern a 1-0 lead in the opening half, but the Falcons' Nick Hoats spoiled a potential shutout for the Tigers' keeper Talon Williams with 28:10 left in the second half.


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What if you fell for your best friend's ex—the one that had made her life a living hell?
All Zoe had to do was pick up a box of her best friend Haley's things from her awful ex-husband, Evan.
She didn't expect her car to get hit by a snowplow. She didn't expect for the Maine snowstorm to start early. She didn't expect to be stuck inside Evan's cabin—alone with him—on New Year's Eve.
And, most of all, she didn't expect to come undone by the heat in Evan's eyes.
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Before I met Evan, I hated him. I even hated the mat on his doorstep. Hunters welcome, it said as I stood stomping and shivering at his front door. All others may be shot.
So he was just like my best friend Haley described him: stubborn, isolated. Hostile.
And taking his sweet time. It was a full minute between my knock and when he finally opened the door. A full minute to measure the extent of my loyalty to Haley against the growing numbness of my body as the last big snowstorm before the New Year started out here in the Maine wilderness.
A full minute to listen to the irritating sounds of the snowplow on this rural lane backing up and beeping, then roaring as it pushed old snow into a giant pile on the corner.
Beep beep beep. The snowplow paused. Then it rushed forward to shove the snow, the driver gunning the engine. Roar!
Why did the plow guy bother, anyway? There would be more snow coming, several feet of it later tonight if the forecast was correct, and nobody wanted to be out here when it hit. I know I didn't.
Finally, the door opened into the dark interior of his cabin. The man I presumed to be Evan stood there dressed in a navy flannel shirt and wiping his hands on a rag.
"Can I help you?" he said in a gruff voice with a touch of Boston to it. There was a catch at the end.
Beep beep.
He knew who I was. I saw his forearms tighten below where he'd rolled up his shirtsleeves.
"I'm Zoe. I'm here for Haley. To get her box of things." I wasn't going to offer any more words than necessary to this man with the tense jaw and unfriendly dark brown eyes. He'd given my best friend a miserable marriage and didn't deserve any further explanation.
"Fine. Hold on." He turned around and lumbered off, leaving the door ajar. I looked inside to see the dark shapes of furniture and hear the crackle of a roaring fire. Then I averted my eyes. I didn't care to see how this asshole was going to spend his New Year's Eve.
I stepped back from his house as I waited, admiring the pretty swirls of snowflakes in the white sky, the hush of the air between snowplow beeps, and the snow-dusted pine trees. This was my last errand before our New Year's Eve party and I would be driving back soon to beat the storm. Destination: Haley's cozy apartment, complete with plenty of cranberry and vodka, five kinds of gourmet cheese, and a dozen drunk friends.
But then it happened.
The snowplow driver was backing up near the end of the driveway—beep, beep, beeping to let everyone know he was there. But obviously not looking for anybody else, because suddenly he started moving close to my parked car—too close.
My mouth opened wide, but only a choking sound came out.
Beep! my brain was screaming. Beep beep beep!
Then came the awful sound: the crunch of metal against metal, echoing off the beautiful snowy vista and mountains beyond. The snowplow hitting and crashing into the entire back of my car.
Then silence.
"Shit!" I ran to my Prius. "Shit! Fuck! You…fuck!"
The snowplow driver jumped out of the truck yelling the same words and we met by the car—by my now ruined Prius. The entire back of the car was crunched, the fender touching the ground and some part I couldn't identify hanging off. My car had been smashed and shoveled into a useless pile of metal.
"Sorry! I'm so sorry ma'am."
"Sorry! Sorry?!" I gave a short laugh. "This is just…I can't even…This is—"
I turned around and Evan was there, breathing heavy and holding a cardboard box. He'd probably heard the noise. People in Arkansas had probably heard the noise.
I stopped for a second at the sight of Haley's ex in the gray daylight. He was pale and squinting, looking like he hadn't been outside in weeks. He wore boots but no coat over his navy flannel. His brown hair was messy and he clearly hadn't shaved in a couple days.
I looked back at my mangled car. "I need to call the cops. A tow truck. Something." I whipped my phone out of my pocket, took off a glove, and dialed with my freezing fingers as the driver continued to apologize.
The call didn't go through.
"We don't really get good reception out here," Evan the Asshole said. "And it's probably going to be a while before somebody can get out this way. The storm's starting early." He rubbed his free hand across the eight o'clock shadow dusting his pale face. "The weatherman was wrong again. Big surprise."
My eyes shifted to Evan's home, to his open front door and the way it revealed a golden glow of warmth coming from inside.
I looked at my car again. I probably couldn't even back it up. And it was blocking Evan's truck, so he couldn't give me a ride. Which was fine, because I wouldn't want to be enclosed in a vehicle with the bastard anyway.
"Can you give me a ride back to town?" I asked the snowplow driver quickly. "I'll deal with this later."
But he shook his head. "I got to do this next road over. Told my boss. I'm sorry. It's starting to really come down. I can get you after I'm done maybe."
I gritted my teeth but tried to remember that I was a teacher and this could be a dad of one of my kids—or, at the very least, someone who could give me a bad name in our rural community. I needed to be an adult here. "Fine. I'll wait outside here. Please come right after you're done with the next road." I gave the driver my best school marm look.
"Yeah, I'll come. Just, you know, after the next street and maybe one over."
"Okay. Fine." I crossed my arms in my puffy jacket against the cold. "I'll wait here. Just come back."
The driver jumped into his snowplow, mumbling "Gonna fucking kill me," under his breath. He started the noisy snowplow and drove off.
I didn't look at Evan, but I could feel his eyes on me.
"Looks like I'm not going anywhere anytime soon," he said. "Not that I was going to go anywhere anyway." He cleared his throat. "You can come inside until somebody comes to pick you up."
"No thanks." No way would I wait in there. Not with him. Not after all I'd heard about him.
He gave a short laugh. "I'm guessing Haley told you all about me, right?"
"That's what I thought." He walked back to the house, his boots crunching on the snow on his yard.
Then came a loud thump and I looked over. He'd dropped the box of Haley's stuff outside on the step, right in the snow. He gave me a pointed look, a sort of I dare you to do something about this.
Damn. I'd forgotten to get the box from him.
"The door's unlocked!" he called. "You know, in case you decide that being indoors with me beats freezing to death out here." He walked inside the cabin and shut the door.
I uncrossed my arms and gave the cabin the middle finger. He probably couldn't see it, but it made me feel better. Dickhead.
I muttered under my breath. "New Year's resolution: don't do errands on New Year's Eve when a snowstorm is about to hit."
I should have been halfway into the thirty-mile drive back home to Haley's party by then, the box of her things safely in the backseat. I should have been about to put on a tight dress in her bedroom while I sipped wine and giggled with her before meeting her cousin Justin from out of town.
Justin was the carrot she'd dangled in front of me to run this little errand for her. Not that she needed one. This was my closest friend here, after all. And I'd been in my share of bad relationships, but nothing that compared to the misery Evan had inflicted on her, based on the tales she'd told.
"You've got to do this, Zoe," she'd said to me last night. "I can't face him again—he always tries to do his controlling thing with me. I can't go back to that place I was again." Tears pricked her green eyes. "But there are some really important things he still has of mine. Some of my jewelry, this antique cookie jar from my grandma…"
"Of course I'll do it," I'd said. "Justin just better be incredibly hot. And literate. That's my New Year's resolution, remember? Find a hot guy who reads." I'd said the last part just to lighten the mood, just to make her feel better, like she was doing me a favor. With or without Justin, I was going to get her stuff back.
I had even known that there was a snowstorm coming later tonight, and that weathermen here could be wrong, and still I went. I'd left as early as I could after running some errands for the party, thinking I could beat the blizzard. I was wrong. A few more snowflakes had begun falling from the sky now, tiny and beautiful but carrying a hidden menace.
I stood by my mangled car, my lips pressed together, watching the street hawkishly. The roads were nearly deserted and ominously quiet, an echo chamber for my increasingly paranoid thoughts. How long would the driver be? I checked the time on my cell. I should've taken his number. Why hadn't I exchanged contact information with him?
I knew better. It was that damn Evan who'd distracted me with his hermit complexion and inhospitable nature.
As if in cahoots with him, the snow turned thicker and started accumulating on my knit hat and boots as the minutes ticked by. I pulled my hat down over my dark blonde hair, which was freezing into stiff locks, but it only served to make me feel like I was wearing an ice cap. My legs were becoming a bit numb and I started pacing to shake the cold off.
But I wasn't going to wait inside that cabin. I really wasn't. The driver was going to be here soon and I'd grab the box and be on my way. I'd deal with all this car shit in the New Year. I brushed off some flakes that had started caking on my jeans and remembered why I was here, why this was so important.
Haley and I had only known each other for just shy of six months, but in some ways it felt like years. Maybe it was strange to call each other our best friend, but we'd grown so close during that time.
I'd first met her when I walked into the coffeeshop where she worked after summer school. I'd meant to grade papers, but she'd come around the counter and talked to me for almost two hours. She was new to town, and she loved romantic comedies and kayaking too. She had bright red curly hair and a blazing energy about her that couldn't be extinguished, even when the man she loved had tried his best to do just that.
But I didn't know at the time that she was at the tail end of a bad marriage. All that talk came later.
"It was good when I first met Evan, but things went downhill so quick," Haley told me the third time we hung out, sitting on a park bench on a sweltering July day. "He was this nice, strong, quiet guy, and I thought he loved me. Now I'm not sure he ever did. But I loved him and so when he asked me to move out into the woods here with him a year ago, I did. And when he asked me to not go out with friends so much, I thought he was just lonely, and so I stayed home. And when he asked that I stopped singing in clubs, that he didn't like all the attention I got from other men, well, I…." She pushed her unruly hair back and her eyes looked fierce. "I was so stupid. I see that now."
She touched my shoulder—strange for someone I didn't know well, but oddly welcome. I'd never connected to the other teachers at my school and hadn't had a close female friend in a few years. Not since Megan at college.
"Never give up yourself for a man, Zoe," Haley had said. "Never. Even if you love him."
I sighed into this cold Maine New Year's Eve and tried to remember how much Haley had gone through and how important it was to her that I do this small thing. One last thing before she could sever her tie with Evan completely and move on. She'd sent him a terse email this morning about my coming and soon it would all be over.
But the once picturesque and pretty snowflakes were becoming big and wet and mean, and, because it was Maine, the sun was already starting to set before four o'clock.
I looked back at Evan's cabin. It was square and small, probably only a few rooms. There was a window in front, but the curtains were drawn so tight I couldn't see him or whatever he happened to be doing in there. A light glowed around the thick curtains, a dancing light, and I guessed he had a roaring fire going in there that kept the cabin as toasty as an oven.
I sniffed and crossed my arms to ward off the freezing cold. I turned back around to watch the road. Nothing. Silence. I was such a fool. I exhaled and saw my breath came out thick as a cloud.
Almost fifteen minutes had passed. I tried to watch the snowflakes falling down and pretend I was standing in the world of my favorite children's book, Circle of Elms, but then my face smarted where the snowflakes hit. I tried to rub my cheeks, but there was snow on my gloves and it just made the freezing sting worse.
I started pacing the yard quicker, desperate to keep warm, but my body was moving stiffly with the cold. If I saw that fucking driver around town after this, I was going to whack him in the head with a shovel.
I would be at the party now if this hadn't happened. I would be sitting with Haley on her comfy couch, maybe warming up under an afghan. Maybe she'd fix me one of her delicious hot toddies while we listened to our friends' stories of dealing with their families over the holidays. I'd probably have eaten at least three types of gourmet cheeses by now, smeared onto crackers or placed on crunchy pita chips. My stomach growled at the thought, feeling empty and raw and resentful at its owner. In my rush to get everything done today and then deal with this asshole, I hadn't eaten lunch. I felt shaky from nerves and low blood sugar.
The wind suddenly blew a freezing gust of snow-tinged air into my face and eyes. The flakes felt like shards of glass against my cheeks and chin. I sputtered and my eyes filled with tears at the sensation.
I was going to freeze out here, in this bastard's lawn in the middle of nowhere. On New Year's Eve. When I should be drinking and eating and laughing, and then waking up tomorrow to nurse my hangover with a large coffee and a favorite book.
The wind started to pick up even more, the sound screeching through the trees. The storied blizzard, the one that wasn't supposed to start until later tonight when I was behind a closed door and it didn't matter. I kept pacing in the driveway, but I didn't get warm; all I managed to do was get some snow in my boots.
The single streetlight on the nearby road popped on as the sky darkened.
"Shit." I looked back at the house and sighed—then winced as the cold air climbed down my open mouth to claw at my throat.
I scanned the empty road one more time but I knew I had very little choice.
I walked up to the house and gave a loud knock with numb knuckles. Then I reached down and grabbed the box of Haley's things. I couldn't make up for what she had gone through with Evan, but at least I could keep her things warm and dry.
Evan opened the door and raised his eyebrows at me.
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I find it hard to resist following quite a few retail stocks. While it's true that retailers can fall in and out of favor, the great thing for investors is their businesses are relatively easy to understand. This is part of what attracts me to Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST). The company has a great concept, is executing well, and seems to scream "buy."
Discount Retail Is Where It's At
If there is one thing that the Great Recession taught most customers, it is to shop for bargains. Customers who used to buy only name brands at traditional retailers found themselves shopping at stores they didn't frequent in the past. This is great news for Ross Stores.
Ross claims to offer prices of 20% to 60% off mid-priced department store prices. The key to the company's success has been opening new stores, and constantly changing their selection to keep shoppers coming back. This isn't to say that Ross is alone in this business. In fact, I would argue that competition in this space is even more fierce than before.
Ross' biggest competition has come from The TJX Companies main concepts of TJ Maxx and Marshalls. Both of these concepts offer deep discounts on fashion, home goods, and other items. In addition, Target is continually improving its fashion selection, and offering sales by brand name designers. Even Wal-Mart has focused on improving their fashion selection in the last few years. Even with all of this competition, Ross has been posting impressive growth.
Under-appreciated Growth
It's hard for me to believe, but it's right there in writing--Ross has been repurchasing shares for 20 consecutive years, and now has 19 years of dividend increases. This relatively unknown company is about to join the 20/20 club, which is something only select companies have achieved. If that's not a great reason to consider buying shares, I don't know what is.
A second reason to consider investing in the company is Ross' earnings growth. In the current quarter, Ross reported a 15% increase in revenue and a 25.88% jump in EPS. Analysts expect long-term EPS growth of 12.13%, which leads their peers. While Target is expected to grow earnings by 11.87% and The TJX Companies is expected to grow EPS by 11.56%, they can't match Ross. Wal-Mart's sheer size makes this type of growth difficult, and analysts are projecting about 9% EPS growth at the world's largest retailer.
A third reason investors should carefully consider Ross is the company has impressive free cash flow growth. While earnings can be manipulated, cash flow is a more accurate measure of real growth. I take this a step further by using a measure I call core free cash flow. I use a company's net income, plus depreciation, and then subtract capital expenditures. This measure eliminates some of the non-cash adjustments like asset and liability changes.
In the last year, only one company reported better core free cash flow growth than Ross, and that was The TJX Companies with 21.90% growth. Ross came in second with 18.99%, followed by Wal-Mart at 7.01% and Target at 1.6%. To be fair, Target was investing heavily in the last year to enter the Canadian market, so their measure might have been better without this investment.
Value For Shoppers, Value For Investors
Finally, Ross appears attractively valued when using a measure called PEG+Y. This calculation is something that Peter Lynch used when comparing companies that pay dividends. The PEG+Y takes the company's yield plus their growth rate, and then divides this results by their P/E ratio. A higher yield and growth rate, and lower P/E ratio will deliver the highest PEG+Y ratio. Unlike the PEG ratio, this is a case where the higher the number the better.
With Ross paying a 1.15% yield, and expected to grow EPS by 12.13%, their 15.41 forward P/E means the company's PEG+Y comes in at 0.86. The only one of Ross' peers with a better ratio is Target. Target pays a higher yield, has a slightly lower growth rate, but also a lower P/E ratio, and scores a 0.89. By comparison, The TJX Companies PEG+Y comes in at 0.76 primarily because of the company's higher P/E ratio. Wal-Mart scores just slightly better with a PEG+Y of 0.81. Since a higher PEG+Y ratio represents a better value, Ross comes in second in this comparison.
The biggest difference between Ross Stores and their competition is that Ross sticks to what it does well, and has a longer growth track. Originally the company thought the U.S. could support 1,500 stores, but now says 2,000 stores or more is possible. With just 1,091 stores currently, the company could theoretically double in size.
Ross' management team is also proving they put investors first. Last year the company repurchased $450 million in shares. In the next two years, the company is expecting to repurchase about $550 million. The company increased the dividend by 21% in the last year. With a core free cash flow payout ratio of just 27.01%, the dividend has room to grow further. The company has an impressive streak of share repurchases and dividend growth, and 2014 looks like another tremendous year.


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Due to the high resale value of Philippine realty, the demand has gone up considerably. The price of Philippine realty is on the rise, and one reason for this is that there are clientâs buying Philippine Real Estate today for them to sell in the coming years and earn big profits in the process. But clients that are buying real estate for residential purposes are not complaining because they are getting good value for their money. Philippine realty today often comes with swimming pool, spas, playground for kids, tennis courts, manicured lawns, garden lighting and fountains, close circuit security and more.
Philippine realty today is available all over Metro Manila and its suburbs. There are properties in various sizes (number of bedrooms) and there are budget friendly properties too. So clients that are on a tight budget can still own a Philippine real estate. As what others say, there is something for everyone in Philippine Real Estate.
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Coral reefs cover only 0.1 percent of the Earth's surface, but they're home to 25 percent of all marine species, and they're being lost at an alarming rate. Pollution, overfishing and climate change are some of the human-influenced culprits in the dramatic decline of these magnificent natural structures. Coral reefs serve as a lynchpin in the global food web. Their decline leads our entire planet in a perilous direction. But research from scientists around the world hints at bright spots where real strides can be made in preservation and protection of these habitats.
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SPL goals: Aberdeen shock Celtic with a surprise defeat; Falkirk fall at Rangers
Aberdeen 4 – Celtic 2 (SPL, January 18, 2009) Aberdeen took the lead in the 24th minute when a pin-point cross from Duff was headed home by Gary McDonald, but the lead lasted less than a minute as McGeady crossed for Scott Brown to equalise. The Dons got themselves back in front just after the half-hour mark when Kerr's cross was fired home by Stuart Duff. After the break Scott McDonald drew the league leaders level, but two late header from defender Zander Diamond (first and second) gave Aberdeen a famous victory. (Mark Kerr was lucky not to be sent off for a dangerous tackle on Andreas Hinkel.)
Rangers 3 – Falkirk 1 (SPL, January 17, 2009) Falkirk took the lead early on when Steve Lovell fired past Allan McGregor. Kris Boyd buried a spot-kick on the stroke of half-time to even things up. Minutes after the break Patrick Clegg saw red for a two-footed challenge on Pedro Mendes. Sasa Papac followed 12 minutes from time for a lunge on Mark Stewart before Boyd's 20th goal of the season and a late Steven Davis strike sealed the win. Rangers gave a full debut to 17-year-old John Fleck (video evidence here), and he went on to receive the man-of-the-match award.


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Hey America, look, we all love each other! New census data shows that America has experienced a 28% jump in interracial marriages since 2010 — one in ten couples is interracial. "We're becoming much more of an integrated, multiracial society," said demographer William Frey.
The history of interracial marriage in America is interesting. As recently as forty-five years ago, some jerk looked at an interracial couple and was all like, "Uh, you guys aren't allowed to love each other, because it's like, against my beliefs or whatever. This is totally my business and my responsibility, by the way." Then, the Supreme Court was totally like, "No way dude, they can get married if they want. It's chill. Don't worry." Or at least that's what I remember of the 1967 Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia from my college constitutional law class. Yes, the plaintiffs' name was actually Mildred Loving. Isn't American history super heavy-handed?
The best part about reflecting on Loving v. Virginia is realizing that in a couple of years we'll all be looking back on today and thinking, "Wow, people actually fought against same-sex marriage? How bizarre!" The illegality of which will just be a silly, old-timey oddity, like typewriters, or rotary phones, at which point, antiquity-loving future-hipsters will no doubt begin campaigning to have same-sex marriage repealed, because intolerance is just so vintage.


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One rule for wedding celebrations is constant: Middle-aged people are supposed to keep them quiet. A few relatives as witnesses, a minister or justice of the peace, a dark suit and some sort of dress (not white), are all we're expected to splurge on.
This year, however, my local newspapers are acknowledging the reality that a lot of June brides and bridegrooms won't be fresh out of school. As the Daily News puts it, "By the time many couples get married, they often don't need an extra toaster."
That's putting it mildly. It's not just that the modern first-time bride and bridegroom may have lived alone and furnished their own homes for ten years, before they married and tried to pack two houses full of supplies into one house. Consider the possibilities for the second-time bride and bridegroom who, while living in that house cluttered with both of their favorite things, inherited even more household paraphernalia from their first spouses and older relatives.
So older couples are at the front of the trend for using weddings to support the couple's favorite charity. Although I remember seeing this start in the 1990s, when suddenly everyone who was anyone in Washington wanted to be identified with a charity and some socialites actually met through the organizations they supported, it wasn't exactly new or unheard-of even then; just a formerly quirky idea that had become trendy, and is now, apparently, going mainstream. As the newspaper story sweetly suggests, for couples who did not meet through a mutual interest in the same charity, "coming up with a list [of organizations both are willing to support] can provoke some meaningful conversations about values."
Here, collected from the Daily News, Kingsport Times-News, and Virginia Star, are ten fashionable ideas for the Creative Tightwad wedding. I am not making these up. I'm not claiming that they sound as romantic, even to me, as the extravagant wedding parties that older ladies used to offer to stage for brides, coordinating everything "just so" for a modest additional fee. But each generation likes its own fashions, so here is what trendy young things are doing these days:
1. Go all out and ask your guests to make donations instead of buying objects. If you want a display of gifts at the reception, pick an organization that gives donors nice-looking thank-you cards.
2. Buy food and drinks that come in ordinary-sized packages. In the twentieth century, serving Entenmann's (or Little Debbie's) cakes and cans of ginger ale at a wedding reception would have been considered tacky. In the twenty-first century, if your charity distributes food to those in need, you can get away with announcing that any unopened boxes and cans will be donated to the cause. You could even invite guests to add their own unopened cereal boxes and bean tins to a collection table.
3. Decorate with live flowers and potted plants. After the wedding, donate them all to your favorite hospital(s) and/or nursing home(s). (In some places a battered women's shelter might be a good beneficiary for leftover plants and flowers, too. In the Kingsport area, there aren't enough battered women to enjoy them; there are lots of retirement homes.)
4. Buy the wedding supplies from stores and companies that advertise their donations to charities you support.
5. Donate the bridesmaids' dresses to a charity that resells clothes. The Daily News even mentioned "an organization that supplies prom dresses to girls who can't afford them." You can do it online at www.donatemydress.org.
6. Register the wedding at www.ccgiftcards.org. You can send invitations with a charitable organization's motifs on them electronically, or print and mail them, so people will know exactly what you're asking them to support.
7. Make many small donations to a charity that gives pretty thank-you cards, on behalf of your guests, and give them the cards as party favors. Of course, this will be easy if you donate e-money to a charity from whose web page you can print official thank-you cards at your own expense.
8. Economize on decoration, invitation, favors, and food by choosing a color that gives a coordinated look to relatively cheap supplies. Why serve caviar when it would only clash with your "milk chocolate brown" theme? This idea has actually attracted a corporate sponsor. The Wilton school of cake decoration, many of whose products have been reviewed by AC's Freakmamma, has produced a book called Wilton Wedding Style that suggests how to coordinate and decorate food in your color theme.
9. Sample a house style, or even a subdivision. If you're in the market for a new or renovated house, some enterprising builders are actually offering a night or weekend in a sample of the kind of house they hope to sell you! For example, if you want a newly constructed log cabin with updated interior design, you can visit www.oldvaloghomes.com online to plan a honeymoon in scenic, mostly non-touristy Lee County, Virginia.
10. And, take care of business. The nineteenth-century bride wasn't supposed to bother her pretty little head with concerns about insurance, prenuptial agreements, or checking accounts (and wasn't given credit for being intelligent enough to be trusted with a joint checking account); that was the sort of thing her father was supposed to work out with her fiancé. The twentieth-century bride might have been excused for letting dreams of romance fill her thoughts for at least the first year after the wedding. The twenty-first-century bride, however, is expected to respond to ads for "FREE New Joint Checking Accounts" alongside the ads for "Beautiful Bridal Parties" and "Party Furniture Rentals." The local newspapers don't advertise medical supplies, such as birth control supplies, but recently a trendy 19-year-old who's not even planning to marry a close relative of mine started telling me about the thought process that had guided her to choose a diaphragm!
Yes, Gentle Readers, that's what they're doing. This year's June brides have an unprecedented choice. Do you want an oldfashioned, retro, even quaint wedding with toasters and coordinated pickle forks in factory-sealed packages...or a "Green" Tightwad wedding with computer-graphic gift cards? Long-stemmed roses, or green-bound checkbooks printed on recycled paper?
SOURCE QUOTED: Kingsport Daily News, May 8, 2009 page B-8


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