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Couponing with Kids: Get Them Involved
Couponing with small children can be challenging. Heck, even just regular shopping is difficult with kids! I have two young daughters, and I've definitely been "that customer" in the store on numerous occasions. You know, the haggard mom with the screaming kids, carrying the toddler under her arm like a football while dragging the tearful preschooler along reluctantly by the hand?
Yup, been there, done that.
However, through some trial and error, I learned that my kids don't have to be dragged unwillingly along on shopping trips, crying and whining the whole time. They can actually become part of the whole experience. Sometimes, they even make life easier (yes, seriously)!
- Explain what you're doing. Couponing is not rocket science. My 5-year-old and 3-year-old quickly grasped the concept of what I was trying to do, once I took the time to explain it to them. "These are coupons. Coupons help Mommy and Daddy pay for things so that they don't cost as much money. When we use coupons, we can afford more of the things we like." Kids tend to be more cooperative when they have some clue what's going on.
- Send them on a mission. Once they understood that coupons helped us buy the things we needed, they made it their goal in life to track down more coupons, especially for products they liked. ("Look, Mom! I found a coupon for kid yogurt! Now can we buy some?") My kids are now expert coupon-spotters. They draw my attention to circulars in stores, peelies on products, and tearpads on shelves. They have even been known to pull Catalinas out of the trash while I'm checking out (which I didn't ask them to do, but since they already had them…)
- Let them help clip coupons. Obviously, this doesn't work for 2-year-olds, but my 5-year-old has enough control to clip coupons with her safety scissors. Sure, by the time she has gone through half an insert, I've finished 5 complete ones, but that's half an insert I didn't have to do, right? Plus, it helps her develop her motor skills, and at that age, kids still think cutting paper with scissors is a grand old time.
- Give them the shopping list. My kids can't read "Oral-B CrossAction Battery Powered Toothbrush," but they can look at the picture on the coupon, look at the shelf in front of them, and point out what we're trying to find. It helps that most times the product we are seeking is specially marked on the shelf anyway, so it's not hard for them to find. Once they have found it, they love putting it in the cart and on the checkout counter (don't ask me why).
- Develop those math skills. Couponing lets kids use math in a practical setting. For my 3-year-old, I give her basic counting tasks: "I need to buy three boxes of tissues. Can you count three boxes for me?" My 5-year-old gets slightly more complex problems: "This jar of pickles is $1.35. This one is $1.50. Which one is cheaper?" Older children can figure out the price after coupon, price after rewards, or how much a doubled coupon will be worth.
- Teach them to use coupons for their own purchases. When my hopeful daughter came up to me with $0.50 out of her piggy bank and asked me what she could buy with it, my pre-couponing self would have told her "not much." But instead, we were able to look at the weekly circular and browse through my coupon binder, and we came up with several options for her. She was so proud of herself when she handed the cashier her quarters and her coupon, and not to mention, a very satisfied little girl when she walked out of the store with her big bag of chips!
- Cute kids can soften up the cashier. My kids have charmed many a semi-reluctant cashier who probably would have been a fair bit pricklier had I come alone. This, of course, only works if the kids are behaving, but after getting them involved in the shopping trip, they most often make it to the checkout line still in good spirits. Bonus points if one of your children can explain to the cashier why using coupons is great! We ended a recent trip to the grocery store with the following monologue from my 5-year-old: "My mommy has to use coupons because we don't have a lot of money, and coupons help her afford more things for our family, like food and toothpaste, and also fun treats for little girls like me! Isn't that great? Aren't coupons awesome?" And of course, after hearing her enthusiastic explanation in her tiny little voice, the cashier had to agree.
So if you have small children, don't be afraid! Get them involved, bring them along, and before you know it, you'll have some Krazy Kids!
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I actually bought a shopping cart from Melissa and Doug and my son loves it. He wanted one ever since I had taken him to Trader Joes when he was 2 (now 4) I keep it in the trunk when I need to run out and he wanted his own coupon binder. It only has (2) categories (his recommendation) candy and toys.
What do you do with a VERY active 2 year old when you shop? I've tried almost all of the things in this article (some I can't cause my child is simply not old enough) and nothing will make her just sit still & let me shop. She's gotta push the cart, run a few laps around the store, take stuff off shelves, throw multiple tantrums..etc. I try my hardest to control the situation but seriously, I have an energizer bunny on my hands..anyone have any advice?!
have you tried making sure she has had time to run and get out some of that energy before you head to the store I know when my son was that age we had to play hard and then head out shopping, I also found that as long as he knew he had to stay in the cart (used one of the shopping cart covers) and I never broke and let him out it was a much better experience for both of us. Then I did bring snacks and books to keep him busy and we played eye spy a lot while shopping. I also know my friend who had a very active little girl used to put her in her ergo carrier while shopping she liked to be close to momma and then she could plan shopping trips at nap time since kids can nap while in a carrier! sorry I rambled hope this helps
no no thank you so much for the advice! I'm definitely going to try running around outside for a while BEFORE we go shopping haha and the ispy thing..those are great ideas thank you!
oh ya i have to mention this cuz it was so cute, my 7 yr old recently saw me printing coupons, he's like mommy do people really fall for that? i go fall for what? he goes because you are making coupons do they really think they are real? LMBO so i had to explain how printed coupons work, he know understands it thought you'd all get a kick outta that
my kids help me all the time, cut sort, and go to the store, they are 7 (boy) 6 (girl) 5(girl) and almost 3 (boy) and the 5 month old little girl has to have her own while we are shopping or its not a fun trip…lol I recently had to buy them thier own coupon organizers….lol My 3 yr old is so cute he's like *my expired coupons mommy*(thats all he gets) I am completly proud of them, they even tell thier friends at school about it…
My little girl wanted deodarant and I had a $1 off coupon at Kroger's…well this week Suave deodarant is included in their 10 for $10 and I had her pay for it with the coupon and she only had to pay .07!! She said she felt like a big girl paying for it on her own with a coupon!!!
My 2 older kids( 12 & 10) LOVE to coupon. They are addicted to getting free stuff! They argue over who gets to look at the sale ads first!! LOL!
As my daughter would say…
" You should be embarrassed if you're NOT saving money!.
My husband is military so he's gone most of the time and I have no family nearby so I take all 4 of my kids (ages 5, 3, 1, and 5 mo!!!) with me. We have good days and bad days. Ususally I end up pushing the 1 yr old and 5 month old in a double stroller and the 5 and 3 yr olds handle the cart. it keeps them busy and helps me out!
I have a wonderful "almost 5″ year old boy. Hes a Mama's boy and goes to the store with me as often as I will let him. He doesnt handle the "browsing" trips as well as the "have a strict plan" trips, but he knows a BOGOF sign and a $2 for $4 sign, he helps me cut coupons, he finds endless amounts of Blinkies and peelies for me and knows that if I dont have a coupon, that the product is NOT going in the cart. He even gets up early on Sunday mornings to "keep me company" while I am cutting coupons. I give him the Wags, CVS and Target ads for him to look through and he tells me whats on sale. God Bless him!
I let my 4 yr old daughter cut out coupons that I print off line as we shop. (Works those fine motor skills). I also give her coupons on the isle and tell her to find the match for me. Thanks for the tips so I can give her more to do. My son thinks I'm made of toy coupons and asks if I have one for every toy he sees! haha.
I have involved my 9 year old. She now is so excited to go our our trips and has a real eye for it! I have triplets, so each dime counts! Since she helps to clip everything, she knows what is in the binder and what is a deal. Can't wait to see what she finds next trip!
My big kids (14-10) dumpster dive for me. They get all the coupon inserts I need and we organize the coupons at home together when we get back. I only take one kid w/ me when I go couponing– that's our 1:1 time together. They love it!
My 9-year-old daughter loves to cut out the coupons and remove the expired ones from my binder. She and her 7-year-old sister both know "coupons are money" is one of my favorite sayings!
My 7 yr old son does not like to coupon with me. I tried getting him to help me clip, that didn't work out. Tried to get him to hold the list which turned in to him just crossing things off the list, which still didn't work out (some things were missed and he whined the whole time). Try to butter up the cashier, he tells them "My mom is crazy! She going to give you a lot of coupons" which is followed with a usually death look from the cashier. His job has come down to only unloading the car. You would think he was a teen.
I have a 7year old son too he wasn't so sold on coupons until he started to see how many more things he wanted I could get by saving money on things with coupons now he gets mad when I clip without him. When I shop while he's at school he always wants to know how much I saved that day and what I got. Its turned into a game for both of us.
My son is now 2 1/2 and my daughter's 9 months old. I've couponed with them always and don't know any other way. When my son was 18 months old he found his first peelie and said "money mommy". So now that he's older he collects all of the coupons he can find, puts them in his pocket, then when we get up to the register he tries to pay with his "money" even though it doesn't match what I bought!! But I figure it's a good first step to teaching my children how to be frugal and save money!
I took my almost 4 yr old on a mission yesterday to score some free cheese nips. Gave her my store loyalty card and coupons so she could be the coupon lady. She gave the cashier my card then gave her the coupons. Well as we go out the store she starts crying b/c the cashier took her coupons and didn't give them back. LOL I had to then explain that is what they are suppose to do. When they play grocery store at home she gets her coupons back. LOL
that's cute!
Can someone share the link with me that has the list of items and their stockpile price that was posted months and months ago? It was the larger list of items… I thought I saved it somewhere but can't find it now…
Any help anyone?
I really so can relate, it`s a challenge always everytime I shop with my 22month old son. Every shopping trip should be organize, have a checklist and my coupons ready. I always bring him toys, milk, juice and snacks to make him busy, but this won't take long so I'm always in a hurry when doing my shopping. But when we're done, I tell myself, I survived!:-)
My 5 year old son is always getting the blinkie coupons for me. If I tell him that we can't buy something, his reply is usually "because we don't have a coupon for it?". Not sure if that says that I'm a "coupon junkie" or what, but hey, if I can teach him to save a few $$ at that young of an age, then I consider it a job well done. I tell him that we can splurge on him a little more because of the $$ that we save in other places, so he can relate to it that way.
My three year old will say, "When we lose coupons, we lose money!" When he asks why he can have something, I tell him that I don't have a coupon for it. His reply is always, "So that means it's expensive!" So funny! He also really likes it when I clean out all of the expired from my binder because then they're "his coupons". Gotta love little kids!
My teenagers are a BIG pain in the rump. Are we done yet, mom people are looking at us. I will park them at the nearest bench or table and be back. lol
My 12 year old was the same one until one day she came to me in need of body wash. I went to my "stash" and pulled out three different kinds. I let her smell them and decide which one she wanted. After she picked she ran to her dad and said, "It's like going shopping in your closet!" I told her that most of the items in there cost little to nothing thanks to coupons. Now when ever she has to go with me I walk out of the store with all kids of coupons that she had found while I shop. Grocery shopping is still not her favorite activity but at least I am not getting the eye rolling any more.
My 7 yo son loves couponing with me. When he sees me on the computer looking for coupons he says "yea coupons!!" He even has his own coupons stored in his bank, and when he knows we are going to town he will pull some money and a coupon so he can get his own goodies. He is always pointing out coupons to me. He is a wonderful helper.
not necessarily coupon related.. however.. I CRINGE at having to bring my 4 year old son in the store… he is and has always been one of those terrible kids you overhear other people complaining about (of course it doesn't make me love him any less… just makes me plan shopping trips without him) BUT one day I HAD to take him to Wal Mart with me… I normally don't buy corn at wal mart but knew that it was in the produce section obviously… I went around and around and could not find the corn… I finally said.. "Well, I guess they don't have corn!!" and my 4 year old (who amazingly enough was being good) points finger and says "There it is mommy Right there!" LOL
Hahahahaha! So true! When your two year old says "Coupons save money! Yay!", it just does something to cashiers..


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Anyone get that thing where, you take a break from digital to do something trad, make a mistake and think and think 'ctrl+z' ... except it doesn't exist?
Well for me today, new levels. I was putting a Christmas card into its envelope, and deciding which way it should face for best effect. So I took it out, swapped it around... hmm, nah, better the first way. started to fiddle with it, and then thought oh, just undo. Then stopped, confused for a split sec, because I wasn't sure how to activate the function.
Anyone else slowly becoming strange?
CTRL F pants
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I think everyone used to digital does the ctrl-z thing, but I wanna hear of people trying to use the lasso and move tools to fix a composition.
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Whenever I finish a stage of a painting, I do have the urge to hit command-s and copy it onto a backup disc... And then I briefly panic when I can't save. And then I remember I don't have to.
You could take a photo? In case you canvas gets corrupted..
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you know you're using photoshop too much when
you find yourself driving there to get an oil change.
Ever just woken up and gone "shit, does the world around me exist"?
You've just reminded me of something though... when I was about 20 and really shy with girls, I began comparing that to RPG's where you just wander around uninhibited and chat to anyone without any worries... so I thought, if I can convince myself I'm in a game I can go out and it'll just be like an adventure, I'll meet people and stuff. Slightly creepy, I know, but it must have kinda helped because I did end up with friends and not shy with girls and stuff.
These things will only get worse when they bring out a partially mind-controlled interface for Photoshop et al.
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Yeah it happens to me a lot too. I draw a lot in my sketchbook these days and I always want to make layers and make small adjustments but I can't. It's even worse when you use some tool you can't erase with, haha. First world problems, eh?
But it's a good reminder too! Makes you realize that you should plan better so I think it's healthy to keep a balance.
I've had this when reading. Finished a page and thought "scroll down" as my right index finger caressed the front cover of the book.
I'd like to condamn this kind of behaviors to be serious mental disorders XD
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I also find that after I read a lot, I start narrating events in my head as they happen.
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I also used to get bad moments from playing WoW too much way back in the day. I recall being at the grocery store one day during the summer when it was really hot out. I didn't want to crawl back into my sweltering car to make the long drive, so instead, I thought to myself "hey! i'll just use my hearthstone to teleport me back home! the cool-down timer should definitely be refreshed by now." It took me almost a full 20 seconds standing there under the scorching sun in the parking parking lot to process why this wasn't going to work...needless to say, I put the major kibosh down on my playing after that.
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CLEAR HEAD is a project, which began as an idea that took 9 months to bring to life and continues to grow. Come to heaven and sit by the fire, under the stars and experience the balance between old and new, technology and nature, tasty and healthy. We reside in a fairy-tale house, built in about 1410, on the shortest street in Prague, in the place of a formerly well-known teahouse.
CLEAR HEAD is a non-smoking, open-kitchen restaurant and tearoom, where you won't meet meat… and you won't mind. It's a place, whose "genius loci" (spirit of the place) will clear your head, sate your appetite and delight your soul. Enjoy the wonderful game of colours, tastes and smells and let your senses play with delight. We want to share with you our favourite meals which are cooked with the intent of supporting your whole body and bringing a good feeling within. Your experience is important to us. We'll show you that it is possible to join together different tastes and styles and offer inspiration and choice to all who are looking for it.
CLEAR HEAD is an oasis of peace for those walking along their path, or just looking for escape from city life.
CLEAR HEAD, Restaurant Borsov
Typ: vegetarian restaurant and teahouse
Address: Borsov 2/280, Praha 1 - Stars Mssto, Czech Republic, Europe
Open: Daily 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tel: +420 222 220 665
Cuisine: Vegetarian, international
Main dishes' prices: CZK 90 -220
Cards: Embossed: Visa, Master Card
Tickets: GastroPass, TicketRestaurant
Beer to serve: Pilsner Urquell, Nonalcoholic Bernard
Capacity: 47 people (1. room 20, 2. room 18, lounge 7-9)
Reservation: Yes (phone) But for reasons of many calling customers, please wait on the phone
Owner: SATTVA s.r.o.,
Daily menu: Yes Monday-Friday 11:30-untill sold, price - 115 CZK
Food preparing time: cca 20 min
Sometimes you discover the best things about Prague at those times you're wandering around, a little bit lost perhaps, but with eyes open to appreciate the winding streets and cobblestones. I was on such an unplanned expedition, getting lost in the area between Betlemske Namesti and Karoliny Svetle..
On a crooked little side street, which is said to be the shortest street in Prague and is practically impossible for cars, there's a gentle gem of a vegetarian restaurant called Lehka Hlava – or "Easy Head/Clear Head". This new owners of this space have finally finished the last touches after nine long months of preparation – both in the kitchen and in creating the unique interior. Some folks may recall the old Dobra Cajovna tearoom – the one where you ring a bell to get in and then step into secret haven of relaxed grooviness. And those who were sad to see this delight wiped out by the floods will be happy to know this new incarnation of Boršov 2 is every bit as warm, welcoming and otherworldly as the last one was.
There's no longer a bell, you just swing open the ancient door and step into a little inner courtyard area. A glass door to the right reveals an inner sanctum looking space – a table surrounded by padded seating and its own window. A little further, on the left, is the door to the main restaurant area. The first thing you see is a counter that wraps around the wide open kitchen area where cooks busy themselves with juicing and food preparation. The dining area off to the left is intimate and immediately you sense you're in a place with a different philosophy. What's that smell? Or rather lack of smell – of course – it's stinky, stale cigarettes! Lehka Hlava is a much welcomed option for non-smokers to enjoy their food, and in a place like Prague, this alone should set them apart and guarantee a solid future at least with a certain clientele. There are just 6 tables, creating a club atmosphere, and the walls are hand stenciled in warm earth tones, with the carpeting to match. Best of all are the projections on the wall, giving you something psychedelic to enjoy until menus arrive.
The other dining area – off to the right – is a celestial retreat from the maze of Prague's old town streets. Here a domed, blue ceiling is pierced by the gentle light of hundreds of twinkling stars. These cast a soft glow onto four comfy booths with tables made of a plastic compound that resembles wood grain but is lit from within and creates a soothing warmth that is best appreciated during the colder half of the year. You immediately find yourself placing hands on the table, palms down, while you turn your head up to take in the stars. A glance around the room reveals an impressive free-form fireplace made of snow white plaster, swooping down from the wall like a giant, ghostly amoeba (it's Schmoo!) Other details include coconut husk lamps with clusters of fiber optic filaments. It's all a bit mad, but in a very peaceful way.
The menu consists of good, fresh, vegetarian ingredients, and great selection of fresh juice and teas. There are also options for vegans. Local-organic ingredints are used when in season.
One of the exciting things about the menu is that it will rotate regularly, so there's something new to look forward to every few months. Another exciting thing is that Lehka Hlava will introduce the concept of Sattva cuisine to Prague. The word Sattva comes from the Sanskrit word meaning "goodness" and basically denotes the quality of truth, goodness, reality and purity. Sattva is a part of a whole philosophy of living, one of three essential aspects of consciousness (the three fundamental Triguni – which are not separable). But as it relates to food, it boils down to this: well-balanced meals made of very pure ingredients, that are not spiced, not even with onions or garlic, but offer a pure "clean" meal that the body can easily handle and thus the thinking goes that it benefits your mind and mood as well. Each dish is the culinary embodiment of "order".
The restaurant will launch a set daily lunch offering of a sattva meal: soup, main course and water – for a price set to be well under 100 CZK, at least at first. This is really a different approach to the usual lunches of greasy or spicy foods, eaten in a smoky environment and the hope is that people working in neighboring businesses will come to the restaurant for the varied, easy to digest dishes and truly take a break from their workaday, all at a very nice price.
While we wait for this interesting new menu to be rolled out there are the existing main courses to be sampled.
The best drinks in the house are the ones that come out of the noisy, hard-working juicer. The fresh apple juice is amazing – covered with froth and made from carefully chosen apples, and the carrot is simply delicious. There is a nice choice of teas, including the featured Revolution Teas which come in their own cute little boxes and have a cloth strainer that reminded everyone at our table of lingerie. If you like your tea medium strength or stronger (in the typical English style), ask the waiter to bring just a normal size cup of water, or order two tea bags for the one cup – the mugs are quite large and can result in a rather diluted brew.
You won't find regular beers by the pint here; the alcohol on the menu is intended more as enhancement in the form of carefully chosen wines. Once you've finished your meal, take a moment to explore the courtyard with the quaint separate toilets, wish-fulfilling tree and wind chimes. Your little escape is completed and you're nourished to take on another session of wandering in Prague. Turn to your right and there is Karoliny Svetle and beyond that, the River. You weren't really lost at all – just in another world.


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Frustration as CCTV is to be turned off in Richmond despite efforts from local businesses to provide funding (From Darlington and Stockton Times)
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Frustration as CCTV is to be turned off in Richmond despite efforts from local businesses to provide funding
5:00am Wednesday 26th March 2014 in News By Ashley Barnard, Reporter (Richmond)
BUSINESS owners have voiced their frustration that a CCTV system in a North Yorkshire market town is to be switched off despite a long-running fight to keep the cameras rolling.
Two years ago Richmondshire District Council said it would turn off Richmond's CCTV cameras in a cost-cutting measure, but Richmond and Lower Swaledale Business Association (RLSBA) pledged to fund the system itself through donations from residents and businesses.
The association also collected more than 3,000 signatures in a petition calling for the cameras to be saved for the sake of the town's security.
But now RLSBA can no longer afford to keep the system running so the cameras will be switched off on Monday (March 31).
The CCTV costs about £25,000 per year and the district council had agreed to continue to manage the contracts with all costs met by RLSBA.
RLSBA chairwoman Melva Steckles said: "Unfortunately the association has found it is not able to fund the system with private funding.
"It is not through a lack of enthusiasm or trying but it really was a big ask for us. It is a shame because a lot of hard work had been done by members."
Former chairman of RLSBA Philip Wicks said despite a rush of support from smaller, independent retailers and businesses in the town, the group realised last autumn that its future was unsustainable.
He said: "It is really disappointing and frustrating. Smaller businesses have been very supportive but what we were missing were larger, national businesses and pubs.
"Despite our best efforts we were not able to generate enough funding and we did not have the confidence to enter into a contract for another three years."
He added: "We need Richmond to be safe, and it is very important for the night time economy. I think it's a backward step and it's such a shame."
Pat Wilson, business and community manager at Richmondshire District Council, said: "The council decided CCTV would have to be switched off a couple of years ago but funding was taken on by the association.
"The cameras will remain in place until late summer so if further funding can be found before then they could be switched back on."
But Mr Wicks warned: "Once the cameras are taken down they will be gone for good – it will be too expensive to re-install the entire system."
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As a victim of assault and a personal license holder I think this is ridiculous. Surely it goes against the governments own objectives under the licensing act 'preventing crime and disorder'. If a pub switched it's CCTV off and an assault happened on it's premises, their license would be revoked, ordered to get some installed and charged hefty fines - something which I have witnessed first hand from working in the licensed trade. Can't have one rule for one and one rule for another. Just creates more stress for everybody and makes the police's job 10x harder not to mention the extra care pubs and license holders will have to take to ensure public safety, we should all be working as one!
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Brinley Family
Brinley Family Papers, 1643-1950.
Call no.: MS 161
A prosperous family of merchants and landowners, the Brinleys were well ensconced among the social and political elite of colonial New England. Connected by marriage to other elite families in Rhode Island and Massachusetts — the Auchmutys, Craddocks, and Tyngs among them — the Brinleys were refined, highly educated, public spirited, and most often business-minded. Although many members of the family remained loyal to the British cause during the Revolution, the family retained their high social standing in the years following.
The Brinley collection includes business letters, legal and business records, wills, a fragment of a diary, documents relating to slaves, newspaper clippings, and a small number of paintings and artifacts. A descendent, Nancy Brinley, contributed a quantity of genealogical research notes and photocopies of Brinley family documents from other repositories. Of particular note in the collection is a fine nineteenth century copy of a John Smibert portrait of Deborah Brinley (1719), an elegant silver tray passed through the generations, and is a 1713 list of the library of Francis Brinley, which offers a foreshadowing of the remarkable book collection put together in the later nineteenth century by his descendant George Brinley.
- American loyalists--Massachusetts
- Book collectors--United States--History--19th century
- Brinley family
- Brinley, George, 1817-1875--Library
- Businessmen--Massachusetts--History
- Businessmen--Rhode Island--History
- Craddock family
- Landowners--Massachusetts--History
- Landowners--Rhode Island--History
- Libraries--Rhode Island--18th century
- Massachusetts--Economic conditions--18th century
- Massachusetts--Politics and government--19th century
- Rhode Island--Economic conditions--18th century
- Rhode Island--Genealogy
- Rhode Island--Politics and government--19th century
- Slavery--United States--History
- Tyng family
- United Empire Loyalists
Types of material
- Deeds
- Realia
Currier, W.A.
W.A. Currier Daybooks, 1865-1869.
Call no.: MS 213
Hardware store merchant, stove dealer, and tinsmith from Haverhill, Massachusetts. Daybooks include documentation of customers, items purchased, prices paid, and transactions relating to Currier's rag trade.
- Adams, George
- Bradford (Haverhill, Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
- Contractors--Massachusetts--Haverhill--History--19th century
- Daniels, W. F
- Gildea, Peter
- Griffin, Samuel
- Hardware stores--Massachusetts--Haverhill--Finance--History--19th century
- Haverhill (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
- Kimball, O
- O'Brine, J. W
- Rags--Prices--Massachusetts--Haverhill--History--19th century
- Stacy, W. P
- Stove industry and trade--Massachusetts--Haverhill--History--19th century
- Stoves--Repairing--Massachusetts--Haverhill--History--19th century
- Tinsmiths--Massachusetts--Haverhill--History--19th century
- Currier, W. A
Types of material
- Account books
- Daybooks
Mosely, Luther, 1807-
Luther Mosely Daybook, 1842-1846.
Call no.: MS 249 bd
Homeopathic physician from Arlington, Vermont. Daybook contains patients' names, including many women, identification of some cases (such as vaccination, extraction of teeth, treatment of swellings, fractures, and burns, and the delivery of babies), methods of treatment (such as purges, bleeding, cupping, and the use of blistering ointments), prices for his services, and method and form of payment (including goods such as fruits, vegetables, meats, clothes, and services such as butchering and timbering). Also contains personal entries and notation of goods he sold such as poultry, leathers, and fabrics.
- Arlington (Vt.)--Social conditions--19th century
- Canfield family
- Contraception--Vermont--Arlington--History--19th century
- Hard family
- Homeopathic physicians--Vermont--Arlington
- Matteson family
- Medicine--Practice--Vermont--19th century
- Milligan family
- Oatman family
- Pessaries
- Purdy family
- Women--Medical care--Vermont--Arlington--19th century
- Mosely, Luther, 1807-
Types of material
- Account books
- Daybooks
Bailey, Ebenezer
Ebenezer Bailey Papers, 1852-1882.
Call no.: MS 448
Ebenezer Bailey was a wholesale shoe purchaser and distributor from Massachusetts. The collection comprises just over 100 items, the bulk of which are receipts for the purchase and sale of shoes and slippers, covering the period from 1852 to 1882.
- Business records--Massachusetts
- Dearborn, J. J
- Lynn (Mass.)--History
- Shoe industry--Massachusetts--Lynn
- Shoe industry--New England--History--19th century
- Bailey, Ebenezer
Types of material
- Receipts (Financial records)
Colman, William, 1768-1820
William Colman Account Book, 1802-1822.
Call no.: MS 212 bd
Merchant and shoemaker from the Byfield Parish of Newbury, Massachusetts and Boscawen, New Hampshire. Includes accounts of the prices paid for shoemaking and agricultural labor, accounts of the men and women who worked for his father's shoe store and factory, notes of who lived in the younger Colman's home, a page mentioning his move to New Hampshire, and accounts of agricultural produce sales and exchange of farm labor.
- Agricultural wages--New Hampshire--History--19th century
- Boscawen (N.H.)--Economic conditions--19th century
- Boscawen (N.H.)--Rural conditions--19th century
- Households--Massachusetts--Newbury--History--19th century
- Merchants--Massachusetts--Newbury--History--19th century
- Newbury (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
- Shoemakers--Massachusetts--Newbury--History--19th century
- Shoes--Prices--Massachusetts--History--19th century
- Colman, William, 1768-1820
Types of material
- Account books
Dall Family
Dall Family Correspondence, 1810-1843.
Call no.: MS 282
Chiefly correspondence from various Dall family members in Boston, Massachusetts, particularly father William Dall, Revolutionary War veteran, merchant, businessman and former Yale College writing master, to sons William and James Dall in Baltimore, Maryland. Letters of son James Dall, then a student at Harvard University, provide accounts of Boston political and cultural activities of the time.
The correspondence documents the daily changes in the life of a merchant's family in the early 19th century, reflecting anxiety over trade restrictions, embargoes, and other economic disruptions resulting from the War of 1812. The elder Dall (William 3rd) and much of his family lived in Boston, but two sons lived in Baltimore. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters to the younger son, William 4th, who was then apprenticed to a Baltimore merchant. The letters of son James Dall, then a student at Harvard University, provide accounts of Boston political and cultural activities.
- Baltimore (Md.)--Biography
- Baltimore (Md.)--Economic conditions--19th century
- Boston (Mass.)--Biography
- Boston (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
- Boston (Mass.)--Intellectual life--19th century
- Boston (Mass.)--Politics and government--19th century
- Dall family
- Family--United States--History--19th century
- Harvard University--Students
- Merchants--Maryland--Baltimore
- Merchants--Massachusetts--Boston
- Dall, James, 1781-1863
- Dall, John Robert, 1798-1851
- Dall, John, 1791-1852
- Dall, Joseph, 1801-1840
- Dall, Maria, 1783-1836
- Dall, Rebecca Keen
- Dall, Sarah Keen, 1798-1878
- Dall, William, 1753-1829
- Dall, William, 1794 or 5-1875
George H. Gilbert & Company
George H. Gilbert Co. Records, 1842-1931.
Call no.: MS 096
In 1841, George H. Gilbert and Charles A. Stevens formed a partnership to manufacture broadcloth and cloaking in Ware, Massachusetts. Ten years later, the partnership dissolved and each partner carried a part of the business into separate establishments. The newly formed George H. Gilbert Company continued making high-grade woolen flannels, for which it developed a national reputation, until 1930.
Records, consisting of correspondence, financial records and cash books, construction contracts, sales lists, production records, and sample books, document the operation of Gilbert and Stevens and later the Gilbert Company for almost a century. The labor accounts (1851-1930), document the phases of the varying ethnic composition of the workforce — Irish, French-Canadian, and eventually Polish — well as the family orientation of the mills.
- Textile industry--Massachusetts
- Ware (Mass.)--History
- George H. Gilbert and Co
Types of material
- Account books
Green, Josiah
Josiah Green and Co. Records, 1829-1905.
Call no.: MS 683
Josiah Green and Co. were pioneering manufacturers of mass produced pegged boots, one of the earliest and largest firms of its kind in Central Massachusetts. Founded by Josiah Green in the town of Leicester in 1812, the firm relocated to Spencer in 1816 or 1817 and erected its first factory there in 1834. In 1850, J. Green and Co. was the largest of six major shoe- and boot-manufacturers in town, though it lost market share thereafter. Green ran the company until control passed to his sons in 1867.
The records of Josiah Green and Co. document the growth and peak years of operation of one of the most important high-volume manufacturers of boots in central Massachusetts. Although the account books and ledgers extend back into the 1820s, the bulk of the correspondence dates from 1889-1894, when Josiah's sons controlled the firm and while it was losing ground to its competitors. Although sporadic and incomplete, the correspondence offers a glimpse into the manner in which Green's business was conducted during a period when the firm sold to a wide network of wholesalers and jobbers in the northeast and Midwest. Most of the correspondence concerns placement or fulfillment of orders and issues over prices and payment. The collection contains four press copybooks containing outgoing letters for the years 1889-1892 and 1904-1905.
- Shoe industry--Massachusetts--Spencer
- Spencer (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
- Green, Josiah
- J. Green and Co
Types of material
- Account books
Sagendorph Woolen Co.
Sagendorph Woolen Company Daybook, 1885-1887.
Call no.: MS 430
Daybook contains daily transactions between the Sagendorph Woolen Company of East Brookfield, Massachusetts and other businesses, local residents, and the company's labor force. These detailed entries present a dynamic picture of the company's manufacturing operations ranging from the purchase of raw materials to the sales of finished products.
- Carding (textiles)
- East Brookfield (Mass.)--History
- Textile construction processes and techniques
- Textile industry--Massachusetts--History
- Textile manufacturers--Massachusetts
- Textile materials
- Yarn-making processes and techniques
- Sagendorph Woolen Company
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July 30, 2014
On July 29, the Oakland City Council surprised observers by postponing a final vote on the West Oakland Specific Plan (WOSP) without setting a new date. WOSP is a massive redevelopment scheme spearheaded by some wealthy investors planning to gentrify the old Oakland Army Base and major portions of West Oakland that are cynically being called Opportunity Sites, and at first reading on July 15, the City Council voted 7-0 to approve it, with only Desley Brooks abstaining.
April 18, 2014
Oakland based artist Eesuu has been one of my favorite local visual artists for the last decade. I love his choice of colors and the ways in which he blends them, as well as I like the themes behind his work. He is exhibiting a new body of work during the month of April in downtown Oakland at SoleSpace, 1714 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Called "Sugar 2.0," it looks at the history of this substance that has been used as a tool to enslave people, colonize land and build empires.
March 13, 2014
The prestigious Oakland International Film Festival brings hard-to-find films from around the world to the big screens of Oakland and surrounding areas. This year one of the headliners is "Toussaint L'Ouverture," the movie starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, about one of the fathers of the Haitian Revolution. David Roach is one of the founders and the director of the Oakland International Film Fest. Check him out in his own words about this year's festival.
November 29, 2013
Creating jobs six times faster than the overall job market, the solar industry has become a robust engine of job growth, totaling over 119,000 new jobs as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics. These numbers help to solidify the argument that the investment in solar energy has considerable long-term payoffs.
November 18, 2013
Oakland resident Joseph R. Debro Jr. was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on Nov. 27, 1928, and passed away on Nov. 5, 2013, at a VA facility in Martinez, California. Joe Debro was the eldest of three children born to Joseph Debro and Seleana Gaylor Debro. Mr. Debro's two younger siblings, Julius Cesar and Gloria Etta, were born in 1931 and 1935.
September 7, 2013
It is the collective mission of the organizations who now own Liberty Hall and will do their work there – Overcomers With Hope, Bay Area Black Nurses Association and Healthy Communities – to keep the legacy of service and communal collaboration alive in the African American community of West Oakland and Oakland as a whole.
September 3, 2013
Diaunte Thompson is an up and coming name in the Bay Area film world, not just because of his cinema and television directorial work, but also because of Indie Film Night, which he organized, where the work of independent filmmakers can be profiled and appreciated. The first Indie Film Night will be Thursday, Sept. 5, at Leige Spirits Lounge, 481 Ninth St., Oakland, from 6-9 p.m. Check this brotha out in his own words …
September 2, 2013
Undoubtedly, one of the most financially successful independent rap groups in Hip Hop is Hieroglyphics, and now the City of Oakland has honored them with Hiero Day, every Sept. 3. This year's festivities will be hosted by Mistah F.A.B., Chuy Gomez and Sway, with Mystic, Kev Choice, CMG of the Conscious Daughters and Holly Saucey, among others scheduled to rock the mic.
May 11, 2013
Raise your voice and the voices of our people – the voice of truth. Until we get the big mikes, we gotta hit a lot of little mikes. Bring back the doo woppers on street corners and concerned citizens speaking on footstools like Malcolm and Black New Yorkers used to do in the '60s – and even today. Support your local poetry, spoken word and open mike scenes where – at least there – we still have a voice.
May 2, 2013
The story of the late Joe Capers continues to unfold with help from Naru Kwina, Krip-Hop Nation and Joe's family. Joe Capers, aka Blind Joe, changed Oakland's music sound in the '80s and early '90s with his talents in engineering and playing musical instruments. He came to Oakland by the way of Texas with his family.
March 28, 2013
Like President Clinton in his first run for president, Oakland's city auditor developed her creds in the conservative community by creating a Sista Souljah moment. She publicly spanked two Black City Council members. These council members, Desley Brooks and Larry Reid, were trying desperately to level the economic playing field in Oakland. They were trying to integrate the money.
February 8, 2013
One of the best events that is held annually in Oakland is the Oakland International Film Festival (OIFF). Since 2002, thousands continue to attend the OIFF each year. Oakland filmmakers and filmmakers from around the world continue to benefit from contacts made during the OIFF. Who will be there this year? Time will tell. Until then, read the words of the founding director of the OIFF David Roach …
January 24, 2013
Instead of throwing another quarter million dollars away on a gimmick, the City of Oakland should turn to its own Bay Area neighbors in Richmond to see what they're doing right and why their homicide and violent crime rates have so radically dropped. I imagine that Richmond's crime fighting team would consult with Oakland's at little or no cost, considering the mutual benefit of reducing crime in the San Francisco Bay Area.
November 6, 2012
A now famous quote from Ernesto Che Guevara says, "At the risk of sounding ridiculous, the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love."
The legacy of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense has proven this repeatedly, even though the city in which the party was born continues to shower those who struggle within her boundaries with the most heinous disrespect.
October 2, 2012
We've been "white maled!" Thank God for the '60s and '70s Black Power and Pride movements and for artists like James Brown who exorcized centuries of shame from our race with one song, "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud." Be Black, buy Black, think Black and support the future Gabby Douglases of the world by voting every day with your dollars. Buy Black Wednesdays business of the month is True Vibe Records.
June 23, 2011
Paramedic Sean Gillis, an instructor and supervisor at the Oakland Fire Department, filed suit on Friday against the OFD, alleging that the OFD mistreated Oscar Grant in its response to Grant's 911 calls on Jan. 1, 2009, destroyed all evidence of the mistreatment, ordered Gillis to stop his investigation and are retaliating against him.
June 13, 2011
The lyrics to B.B. King's classic "The Thrill is Gone" was the first thing that ran through my head when I showed up at both of the rallies that were held to "protest" the release from jail of Johannes Mehserle on Sunday, June 12. The speakers seemed to be a tad bit angry but not focused enough to do anything significant that would put police murders on the national radar. JUST ADDED: Minister of Information JR leads a full hour of debate on issues swirling around the murder of Oscar Grant by Johannes Mehserle broadcast on KPFA Wednesday morning.
June 7, 2011
Thank you for supporting Buy Black Wednesdays. This new wave of "cooperative economics" is spreading across America and pan-Africa like a red, black and green tsunami of Black empowerment.
October 24, 2008
Assemblymember Sandré Swanson joined Mayor Ron Dellums, Congresswoman Barbara Lee and other officials at a public unveiling of the Oakland Green Jobs Corps program, which will provide "green-collar" skills training and jobs to young adults, many of whom face significant barriers to employment.


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Since we arrived in Sochi, we've been chasing down the big story lines with Olympic athletes. We were there when Team USA swept the new sport of slopestyle skiing, with Indiana's Nick Goepper winning bronze.
But it's not just athletes turning heads at the Winter Games. There are plenty of celebrities and politicians, too. And on Saturday, I had an encounter I didn't expect!
Working the Olympics is non-stop. The days are long and the breaks come few and far between. So I welcomed a much-needed break on Saturday. Blue skies, sunshine, palm trees, the glittering Black Sea – just me and my cell phone looking for a few photo opportunities.
I noticed several men wearing security ear pieces in the area. I stopped by a shop to pick up a sandwich for lunch and when I came out, I saw a little boy crash on his bike along the boardwalk by the beach. I had a beach towel and offered it up. The Russian Secret Service also came running to the boy's aid.
I quickly made a couple of instant friends and they gave me a front row seat to a photo opportunity of a lifetime.
President Vladimir Putin arrived to a clutch of Russian media personnel – along with Dave from Indiana! The camera shutters clicked like crazy.
Putin enjoyed coffee with Olympic dignitaries while we all snapped photos.
And that's why you need to hang out with me!
Despite the language barrier, a little Hoosier hospitality went a long way on my day off!
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The 2014 Olympic Winter Games open with nearly as many wipe outs, bruising falls, and terrifying high-speed crashes as medals awarded.
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DST (Design Simulation Technologies, Inc.), a leading provider of affordable and flexible physics based simulation software for the professional and education markets, announced the availability of SimWise 9.0. This release introduces a significant new integrated Optimization capability as a standard feature in the SimWise 4D product. This enhancement will allow the powerful simulation capabilities of SimWise 4D to be used with the HEEDs optimization engine providing designers and engineers with the ability to achieve optimal designs.
SimWise delivers 3D kinematic and dynamic motion simulation tightly coupled with 3D Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in a single, affordable package integrated with leading CAD systems allowing fundamental engineering questions such as Does it work? and Will it break? to be answered. The new optimization capability answers the question How to make it better?. Knowing the answer to these questions early in the design cycle allows necessary changes to be made at the most cost effective time without going through the expensive and time consuming steps of building a physical prototype, testing it, and redesigning it.
Major capabilities of SimWise now include:
- 3D dynamic motion simulation featuring a robust 3D contact capability that allows real world interactions between moving parts to be simulated.
- 3D Finite Element Analysis (FEA) coupled with the motion simulation allowing stresses due to dynamic loading to be quickly calculated. Features such as automatic adaptivity provide high quality results. Normal modes, buckling and steady state thermal analyses are also provided.
- A Simulink interface that allows control systems modeled in Simulink to be co simulated with a mechanical system modeled in SimWise.
- Associative interfaces with SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Autodesk Inventor, and SpaceClaim Engineer.
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- The new optimization capabilities based in the HEEDS engine licensed from Red Cedar Technology.
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Because all Alexandria City Public Schools were closed on Tuesday, Jan. 18, and Thursday, Jan. 27, due to inclement weather, the days will be made up on Friday, March 18, and on Friday, May 27, in accordance with the School Board-approved schedule of make-up dates. March 18 would have been a student holiday, and May 27 would have been a student/staff holiday. ACPS calendars can be viewed online at http://www.acps.k12.va.us/calendars/.
Students enrolled in culinary arts classes operate a weekly carry-out luncheon in addition to catering school-based events.
© 2012 Alexandria City Public Schools, 2000 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, Virginia 22311
Information: 703.824.6600 | TDD: 703.824.6666 | Dr. Morton Sherman, Superintendent


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Head Coach Rick Corwin and his Lady Tiger soccer team had a very successful week.
Dawson County traveled to City Park in Gainesville (6-1) last Tuesday to face a strong Red Elephant team.
Dawson County defeated Fannin County last Tuesday, 160-179, in a match played at Crystal Falls Golf Course in Dawsonville. It was the first win of the season for the Tigers (1-1).
It was very cold last Monday as the Tigers played host to Gilmer County High School. Despite the wind and frigid temperatures, Dawson rallied to take an 8-4 victory over the Bobcats. It was the first game of the season for both teams.
Head Coach Jed Lacey has his Tiger soccer team playing great defense. It was evident last week as Dawson won over White County, 7-0 and Gilmer County, 2-0.
The never give up attitude that Head Coach Thad Burgess preaches to his players was definitely evident during last Saturday's state tournament game.
Before a packed house at the Gwinnett Arena in Duluth, Tiger Joe Perry celebrated.
The big story was a state championship by Joe Perry, but two other Tiger wrestlers also participated in the State Traditional Tournament at the Gwinnett Arena in Duluth over the weekend.
Dawson County High School Head Varsity Boys Basketball Coach Thad Burgess and his Tiger basketball team is headed to the state tournament for the third year in a row.
The game was over early as the #1-seed North Oconee Lady Titans (18-7) used a suffocating full court press to defeat Dawson County 55-27 last Tuesday night.
Battling cool temperatures and the wind, the Dawson County boys' golf team dropped its first match of the season 171-157 to Lumpkin County High School.
Even though there was a chance of snow last weekend, spring sports are beginning to start at Dawson County High School.
Dawson County will send three wrestlers to the Gwinnett Arena this weekend to participate in the State Traditional Meet.
Playing shorthanded, with only six players, the Dawson County junior varsity boys' basketball team finished its season with a 49-26 loss to Rabun County last Friday.
It comes down to win or the season comes to an end for the Dawson County Lady Tiger basketball team.
Dawson County High School Head Boys Basketball Coach Thad Burgess was very pleased with team camp at Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama. The Tigers finished the camp with a 3-1 record.
The Dawson County High School Tiger boys' basketball team continues to work hard this summer.
This article is the third of a summer series of "Get to Know" sessions with various high school and middle school coaches in Dawson County.
Dawson County High School Head Football Coach Jeff Lee and his 2014 edition of Tiger football have several camps, 7-on-7 passing events, weight training and agility sessions scheduled this summer.
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