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Martin Brodeur To Play In 1,200th Game Saturday
The lines and defensive pairings at Friday's practice were the same as the ones the Devils started with Thursday against the Lightning. That means Martin Brodeur will be back in net Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins and it will be his 1,200th NHL game. Count coach Pete DeBoer among those impressed by the stat.
DeBoer: "Put that number in perspective with the number of playoff games he's played and it's hard to put into words."—
Rich Chere (@Ledger_NJDevils) February 08, 2013
To put Brodeur's feat in perspective: Patrick Roy is second among goalies in all-time games played at 1,029 and Nikolai Khabibulin is the closest active player with 783 games. Yeah. Wow.
Here's what Brodeur had to say about it:
Congrats to Marty. By the time he retires, that number should be among the most untouchable records in the history of sports.


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Shariff Floyd Has Knee Surgery - Out Rest of Preseason
Well then, I guess that knee injury from the 1st preseason game must have been a little bit more involved that we initially thought. The MRI revealed no structural damage, so that's good. Wishing Floyd the best in his recovery and hope he makes it back on the field sooner rather than later!

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Town Square Poets - Spin a Poetic Yarn
Original post made by Claudette McDermott on Feb 22, 2010
Struggles in Life, struggles in the End
From this plain to Eternal Breath
Happy in Love, Release in Death
From the gurgling blossom of First Life
To the haunting sound of Everlasting
Tears at Birth, Tears at Passing
Does it ever really stop
Is it truly never-ending
When that last shoe surely drops
Tell me Sir, if you can
This world is eager to understand
The Tree of knowledge points the way
But hidden, to not convey
Answers we desire, questions of today
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This weeks Theme ~ Life and Death ~
on Feb 23, 2010 at 12:01 pm
In bright garden, I must say
As if in sandbox, I love to play
I dig and plant, my lovely colors
From my paint box, I discover
All the bliss, of its lovely rainbow
Within my garden, a gentle flow
As if child, sitting upon my knee
I was still, so it wouldn't flee
Now I stand, unbend myself
Stretch up high, as if to fly
And from my knee, a wing did sprout
As I frantically, looked about
Oh No! I did sigh
I squished, sweet DragonFly
on Feb 23, 2010 at 3:05 pm
I stare at the flickering light
Dancing about in this cold windy cave
Water lapping at its knees
Gapping mouth that will house
All who venture too far out
On a day such as this
Like a trapped bird
I bounce off the walls
Trying to miss the waves
Cutting me to the quick
Like a sharpened blade off the shelf
On a day such as this
Would it be better
To fight off this forsaken misery
Or to give into the biting cold heartbreak
Lost and alone I choose to fight
For that one last hope
On a day such as this
on Feb 23, 2010 at 5:52 pm
In a small town I sit and play
Wondering what will let it stay
So calm and pretty resting in the sun
I'll try one day to sit and pray
That it shall be here for my children
on Feb 24, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Light appearing through, the window pane
Reflections of, the dancing rain
Fills my mind, with misty thoughts
Of what my time, on earth has wrought
Day and night, quickly pass
Someday there'll be, a dirt mass
That covers me, but in spirit I fly
Into the heavens, where clouds cry
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The Terrell County Greenwave commemorated the opening of their new on-campus field with a 7-6 win over Monroe Monday.
Monroe took advantage of a Greenwave error to plate three runs in the top of the first.
The Tornadoes then returned the favor in the bottom half.
A throwing error allowed Terrell Co. to tie the ball game.
Terrell Co. Superintendent Robert Aaron threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
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Think you know Italy? The magnificent Dolomite region in South Tyrol just may prove otherwise. Craggy massifs tower over charming villages and green meadows. Chalet-style houses line alpine rivers. And you're as likely to hear German from local tongues as Italian. It's an unexpected delight, where maze-like roads wind their way between mountains, leading to Austrian-flavored enclaves and medieval porticoed streets.
Despite its alpine beauty – or some might say because of it – South Tyrol has inspired its share of contention. Once part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the German-speaking province was used as a bargaining chip in World War I by Britain, France, and Russia to lure Italy into the war as an ally. And though the region was annexed by Italy in 1919, disputes over territory and heritage – especially with both German and Italian nationalism running high during World War II – continued right up until 1971, when the United Nations stepped in as arbitrator.
So exploring these Dolomite Valleys is truly an intercultural experience, one that even transcends Italian and Austrian. It's especially fascinating to peek into the Ladin cultures in villages like Cortina d'Ampezzo. Isolated by geography, the Ladin language has survived over centuries and today is thought to be one of the world's rarest. It's rarer still to dine on traditionally Austrian cuisine within Italian borders. But there's ample speck (a prosciutto-like, juniper-flavored ham) and spatzle (egg noodles) to go around, to say nothing of a warm dish of apple strudel with a glass of Gewurztraminer, pressed from grapes cultivated on cool alpine slopes.
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Favourite Team: CSKA, Trentino volley, Skra
Favourite Players: The coolest names in volleyball: Armando Danger & Destinee Hooker :D
Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 2:13pm
Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 2:40pm
Yes Kaziyski maybe, but Russian clubs are far more richer than the rest of Europe. I have no info for Brazil, though.Kazijsky should earn a lot too.I know guys like Giba or Dante earn 1M euros a year ;-)
Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 2:40pm
sure he is not my list tooI don't know who is richest in money, but Todor Aleksiev is surely the richest in love and admiration. He has sooooooo many fans
Favourite Team: They change every hour, every minute, every second. I'm a "whore" supporter
Favourite Players: not the best, just my favourite: Sokolov, Todorov, Sergio, Dimitrov, Seganov, Zagumny, Zaytsev and some more
Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 7:41pm
sure he is not my list tooI don't know who is richest in money, but Todor Aleksiev is surely the richest in love and admiration. He has sooooooo many fans
Wednesday, November 30th 2011, 10:26am
sure he is not my list tooI don't know who is richest in money, but Todor Aleksiev is surely the richest in love and admiration. He has sooooooo many fans
Stop joking because his lawyer raylight will come and show you highlights against Kyrgyzstan and American Samoa to prove that he is one of the best players in the world
JK, end
I found in Google that Gilberto Godoy Filho is the highest paid professional volleyball player. He made 9 million dollars over the course of 3 years. . That was written on June 24 2010.
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Favourite Team: Levski
Favourite Players: Jekov, Nikolov, Кaziyski, Todorov,Tsvetanov, V.Bratoev, Zlatanov, Huantorena, Simon, Ball, Leon, Salparov
Location: Earth
Wednesday, November 30th 2011, 4:34pm
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Thursday, December 1st 2011, 11:00am
I think richest is Milijkovic, long career with top teams. And if it is true, it is deserved.
About Alexiev, I didn't see counter-arguments to mine, the one lost the argument turns to jokes
P.S. No offense taken
Favourite Team: Foppa Bergamo ITA
Thursday, December 8th 2011, 1:14am
Thursday, December 8th 2011, 2:51pm
Brazilian player Dante, receives a truckload of money. This past year, he was one of the most expensive players.
Favourite Team: Foppa Bergamo ITA
Thursday, December 8th 2011, 6:47pm
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Dante is coming out of Russia for between R$ 1,8 million and R$ 2 million for a one year contract in the RJX (Rio de Janeiro). He will the highest paid player in Brazil and one of the highest salaries in the volleyball world. The friendship with businessman Eike Batista should be taken into account, since Eike Dante wanted to be the 'flagship' of the team.
Giba is not far behind. The SKY / Cimed the athlete pays R$ 1,5 million year. Giba is the third season with the Sky and was returning home to Dante, the highest salary of the national volleyball.
Ricardinho (Volei Futuro - Araçatuba-]SP) is the third in the list of celebrities. He signed for 2 years and R$ 1 million season.
exchange: 1 R$ = 1,8 U$
About me: member of VM TEAM creating Volleyball Manager - series of first volleyball management simulation games like Championship Manager of Football Manager dedicated for volleyball.
Favourite Players: Sergiej Tietiuchin
Location: Poland
Occupation: lawyer
Thursday, January 5th 2012, 11:24pm
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Saturday, March 24th 2012, 5:32am
Well I know from well informed russian source that Dante earned only about 400-500 k $ in Dinamo Moscow not more than 1 milllion. Even Cleyton Stanley and Lloy Ball earned 750.000 and 1 milion $ per year during season 2007/2008 when they won CL. I mean $ because in Russia they pay in dollars not in euros. Russian players earn more because native players always earn more especiall with this limit. In mean time there was a financial crisis when clubs budgets drop about 10 to 15 % so rather no extra money was avalaible.
I must remind you that some years ago Dante was closed to AZS Olsztyn and that was a matter of about 50.000 dollars to join that team. And Olsztyn was a recheast club in Poland but wages in Poland were much lower than now when best polish players earn more than 250.000 euro per year which means about 350.000 dollars.
So no offence but most of you overrate wages in Russia a lot.
Favourite Team: Brazil
Favourite Players: Dante Amaral
Location: Brazil
Wednesday, April 4th 2012, 4:16pm
Tuesday, April 24th 2012, 1:37pm
In Brazil volleyball gives no money
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Two men suffered serious injuries when the pickup they were riding in flipped over, ejecting the driver and trapping the passenger inside.
Louisiana State Police Troop G investigators say Jodie Brazzel, 28, of Athens, was driving a 2004 Nissan Frontier about 9 p.m. Wednesday when the one-vehicle crash occurred on Hwy. 79 about 9 miles south of Hwy. 9 in Claiborne Parish.
Troopers say the pickup was traveling south on Hwy. 79 when it left the roadway to the left, struck a concrete culvert and overturned.
Brazzel was not wearing his seatbelt during the crash and was ejected. He received moderate injuries, troopers say.
The passenger, Barry Adkins, 50, of Minden, also was not wearing his seatbelt during the crash and was trapped in the pickup. Troopers say Adkins suffered life-threatening injuries.
Both Brazzel and Adkins were taken to a hospital.
Troopers say they suspect impairment is a factor in the crash. A toxicology sample was obtained and submitted for analysis.
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Traffic picked back up about an hour later.
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by Jared Wilson
Awe. Transfixion on Christ. Confidence in him. Humility. Assurance, security. Transformed worship. New affections. Stronger hope and clearer peace in moments of grief and pain. Assassination of idols. Quicker con-brothers and sisters. Deeper love for God and deeper love for neighbor.
A psalm of the Sons of Korah ends with this line:
As they make music they will sing,
"All my fountains are in you." (Ps. 87:7, NIV)
At the new birth, we receive the living water, flowing into our lives, quenching our spiritual thirst for all eternity. And as we grow in Christ, this rushing river breaks through dams in our flesh, creates tributaries and cataracts, rapids and swirling eddies, eroding and flooding dry ground. At any given point we may be able to say that more and more of our fountains—our energies, our affections, our sensitivities, our ascribings of worth—are found in God. Upon gospel wakefulness, however, we are as close to walking and leaping and praising God as ever, declaring, "All my fountains are in you!"
In Habakkuk 2:14 we receive the exhilarating promise that the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. This will be accomplished as our glory-claiming God claims more and more givers of glory as his own, as the power of the gospel proclaimed by a missional people creates more and more worshipers. What gospelwakened people experience is the knowledge of the glory of the Lord filling their souls like the waters cover the sea. To borrow from Abraham Kuyper, there is no square inch of our lives over which Christ who is Lord over all does not declare, "Mine!" and the gospel-wakened heart does not gladly proclaim "Yours!"
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By Scott Smith
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— An attorney's bid to turn one of Kokomo's historic Silk Stocking mansions into a commercial property took a blow Monday, when the Kokomo Common Council defeated a rezoning petition on a 5-4 vote.
For Kokomo Mayor Greg Goodnight, the narrow vote was vindication of his urban planning philosophy.
But for some of the neighbors in the 500 and 600 blocks of West Sycamore Street, the vote raised concerns that a potentially good neighbor is being turned away.
Three neighborhood residents testified in favor of the rezoning, which would have allowed attorney Robert Nice to open a law firm in the old Bolinger mansion, 600 W. Sycamore St.
The mansion, which was occupied for decades by longtime Kokomo attorney Owen Bolinger and his wife, Mary Ann, went on the market over the winter and was purchased in January by the Chrystal Ziliotto Revocable Trust.
Nice sought to have the residential home rezoned office commercial, which would have allowed him to both use the home as a law office and put a sign out front. Office commercial zoning also allows for a number of other possible uses, including medical services, bookstore, convenience store and drug store.
The Kokomo Plan Commission voted 6-2 earlier this month to give the plan a negative recommendation, but Nice decided to press on and seek approval from the city council.
After 45 minutes of discussion Monday, it was clear even before the vote that the council was deeply split on the rezoning, which Goodnight's administration opposed.
City attorney Lawrence McCormack said the city needs to maintain a "clear demarcation" between residential and commercial properties.
"We should strive to maintain these neighborhoods, because once you go commercial, you can never go back," McCormack said.
But neighbors along Sycamore came forward to say Nice's law office would be a good addition to the neighborhood and said they were confident the owner of the property would invest in upkeep.
Neighbor Susan Zerbe, who has a Victorian mansion two doors down, joked that her house was a "money pit," and said she doubts a young family would be able to afford to maintain something like the Bolinger mansion.
"There's no way people this day and age can comply with something like that," she said. "Young people these days want to live in the suburbs ... the way the economy is now, they may not even be able to afford something like that."
City officials have stuck by a policy of trying to get business development to at least consider reusing vacant commercial properties before building on greenspace or allowing residential property to be rezoned, McCormack said.
City director of operations Randy McKay was adamant the rezoning could jeopardize the neighborhood.
"If you allow this rezoning, you're really undermining every effort we've tried to accomplish over the last few years," McKay told the council.
Councilman Tom Miklik, R-6th, who voted for the rezoning, said he thought Nice's plan "is the best way to maintain the historic motif of the home and neighborhood," and dismissed McKay's argument as "overstated."
Councilman Bob Cameron, D-2nd, went further, and suggested some ulterior motive was behind the city's opposition.
"There's something underlying why you're pushing us so hard on this, that's just my gut feeling," Cameron said.
Cameron also raised the specter of the massive fight in the early 1980s to designate most of the Silk Stocking neighborhood as a historic district.
That push, which failed narrowly in one of the best-attended third reading votes in city council history, would have kept the district as a single-family residential area, with strict standards for maintaining the old mansions in a historically authentic manner.
Cameron said Monday the historic district measure failed because it would have been too expensive for homeowners.
But as a result, many of the old homes ended up subdivided into apartments, and the rentals have become a source of frequent police calls. Tuesday, city police and a building inspector were looking at a vacant, boarded-up property directly across Sycamore from the Bolinger mansion.
After the vote, Nice declined comment, saying "discretion is the better part of valor."
When Zerbe came by to tell him she was sorry about the vote, she said she couldn't believe the council had a problem with the rezoning.
"But multi-family residential is OK," Nice said disgustedly, shaking his head.
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Free Pattern Friday Charity Edition - Chemo Caps
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Looking for a quick project but not sure what to start? Don't forget about knitting and crocheting for charity! These hat patterns should keep you entertained, and when you're done you can search www.bernatcares.com for a charity in your area.
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July 4, 2012 - 12:07
These last years have been difficult. My dear sweet ever supportive Mother passed away earlier this year following several years of illness. I often sat with her, crocheting away the sadness. My crochet mentor also left this earth, so I felt very much like a rudderless ship. I turned to crochet and after amassing more stuffed toys than my living room can handle, I donated them to the local Children's Hospital. They were so pleased to have received them. Their goal is to give each child a blanket or toy. By my estimation they serve over 500 kids a week (more for the NICU, hats & booties). So if you are looking for an outlet for your passion of crochet gifts (knitted & sewn gifts also well received) please consider a local hospital or charity.
September 6, 2012 - 12:47
I lost my grandmother several years ago. She tried to teach me to knit and crochet when I was younger, but being the type who learns better with written instructions, I couldn't grasp the concept. When I began having children of my own I tried again and finally learned the basics. The night my grandmother passed away I was crocheting her a pair of slippers and my youngest daughter was making her first blanket. After several months I started crocheting again and now can't sit still without a project to work on. I now have a new generation to make things for and plan to try to teach them how to crochet. I want my grandmother's legacy to be passed on and her generosity with her handmade blankets to continue. I know this is what she and God want me to do with mine and my grandmother's talents.


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Date: December 18, 2012
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+Ants threaten plover habitat
Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson reported a growing number of ant piles in protected dunes on Siesta Key beach.
+Soccer tournament nets $11.3 million impact
Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch today released results from the 2012 Nike International Friendlies Tournament, held Nov. 28 through Dec. 2. at SMR's Premier Sports Campus.
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FEMA will cover the cost of repairs to the concrete damaged during tropical storm Debbie.
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Sarasota resident Sol Carson celebrated his 100th birthday Aug. 15, at the Jewish Family and Children's Services of Sarasota Inc. The birthday party included cake, singing and family. Carson, a South Philadelphia native, lives in Sarasota with his son, Charles.
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The St. Boniface Youth Group held an ice cream social for families Sunday, Aug. 17, in Siesta Key Village.
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The towering live oak on Johns Island has a trunk that is 25 feet in circumference and is the centerpiece of a small park. The Open Land Trust has mounted a fund drive to raise $1.2 million to buy 17 acres adjacent to the park to provide a needed buffer from development.
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Because I'm Pretty Sure Jesus Had Exploding Diapers, Too
Every year when Christmas comes around, we get treated to a lot of reflections on the holy child. We try to imagine what God as a human being must have been like as an infant, and quite honestly a lot of nonsense makes its way into the common lore.
It first struck me when the choir I sang in during grad school performed a version of Silent Night containing a lyric I'd never heard before (and thank God I've never heard since):
…Lovely boy with golden hair…
Blond hair? Really? News flash: Jesus was Jewish! I had to grit my teeth to get through that concert.
And then there's this one:
The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, but little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes.
Right. Because God in human form would never cry. Because He had telepathy and lightning bolts to communicate that he was hungry, tired, gassy or dirty. Riiiight.
We believe in a God who is fully divine and fully human. And I think very often we focus on the divine nature because the human one is inconvenient, or uncomfortable. Birth in a stable was probably pretty gross. Pretty smelly, and not just because of the animals. Baby Jesus had to nurse every two or three hours, just like our babies. And just like our babies, I'm pretty sure he had exploding diapers, too.
In order for Jesus to be fully human, a true bridge between Heaven and Earth, he had to have had the full range of human experience. To be fully human is to embrace the messiness of life on Earth–misunderstandings born of an imperfect mode of communication, entering into relationships without knowing what is going on in someone else's head. It involves risk.
Sanitizing Jesus' human experience serves to hold him at a distance. If we view him as superhuman rather than human, we can write off his holiness, his total commitment to discerning and carrying out God's will, by saying, "Well, he was God after all. It's different for me." It makes him other. Separate. It absolves us of the responsibility to seek.
In Jesus, God embraced the messiness of life on Earth in order to show that holiness can be found despite (and within) the mess.
Our challenge is to do the same.
Related articles
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- Jesus the Human Being (thehighcalling.org)
Michael Meets Advent
By the time the fourth child passes milestones, they often slip past without much fanfare. Not that they don't get noticed at all, but it is a little more muted.
Still, in the first nine days of Advent it's been fun to watch Michael really connect with this season for the first time. I realized that the concentration of spring birthdays in our household means my other children have been pushing three before they had their first real Advent experience. So with Michael I'm seeing Advent in a whole new way.
First, a portrait of Michael. He wants to do everything, and he gets very bent out of shape if he's passed over. He's beginning, finally, to attempt to talk a little bit. Not spontaneous words, but increasing willingness to repeat (or attempt to repeat) words. Some spontaneous signing. He's also toilet trained, as long as you don't put any clothes on his lower half–even to the point where he'll tell me he needs to go. I've never toilet trained in the dead of winter and it makes me wince, but it doesn't seem to faze him. I've targeted the week after Christmas for knuckling down and making the transition to toilet-trained-while-clothed. And he's singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," sans words, with enough pitch/rhythm accuracy that we can identify it. ("Is that normal for a two year old?" Christian asked. "I don't know," I said. "That's not one of those skills they put on developmental charts.")
Lately people who know Michael's propensity for destruction through exploration have been pointing me to that U. of Iowa study about messy kids being smarter. It was really about babies smashing food, but it sounds good, and I made the leap as quickly as everyone else. The kid is impossible to keep out of anything: the iPad, the Advent calendar, the refrigerator, the pantry where the graham crackers are kept (on the up side, since he can get into anything now, maybe I can move them back to their old location on the lazy susan and free up that pantry space at last). You can see the intelligence in his eyes, just before he pounces. He's a whirlwind, into everything. He knows how to turn on the computer speaking voice from the "unlock" screen," and twice we've caught him almost purchasing something from iTunes via the iPad. The difference between him and Julianna, who has always, from age two to age almost-seven, been content to sit quietly and rifle through books and cards, is quite profound. She just never did get into things the way he does.
So it's been really, really fun to watch him make Advent connections. I kept him (and Julianna) home while Christian took the big boys to get the Christmas tree on Saturday, because it was just so brutally cold. But when it was finally time to put ornaments on, he was so excited. He had to do it himself, and he had to point every one of them out to me afterward. Making cookies was Heaven. I get to measure spices, snitch batter, AND spread icing and sprinkles? And last night, when we bundled up and rang the Salvation Army Bell at Bass Pro, he was the cutest thing, walking up to people and ringing the bell at them, grunting for attention.
I've enjoyed every Advent since we started using Advent calendar activities to keep us organized and able to make time for service in December, but it's different this year. I thought it was because I'd finally mastered the appropriate balance of activities, and I'm sure that's part of it, but I think it has at least as much to do with watching Michael process it all for the first time.
Santa Purgatory
I learned the ghastly truth about Santa Claus in the first grade. I'm pretty sure I even remember which one of my female classmates told me, clearly intending it to be an emotional earthquake. I say that with confidence because even through the haze of thirty-three years' distance, I remember feeling a need to play it cool because she was trying to get a rise out of me.
I was taken aback, but it did not crush me, because I was already well aware that other girls had much bigger Christmases than I did, and it made perfect sense to me to think that the difference in our parents' incomes, and not the whim of some big guy in a red coat, was what made that difference.
Christian found out in the fourth grade, and it ruined Christmas for at least a year.
Alex is in the third grade. He's asking probing questions about the nature of Jesus, and reality and fiction have been completely separated for over two years, except in this area. I've been punting all Santa questions to my husband in that time, because Christian was the one who thought we ought to let it continue. I am tremendously ambivalent about this whole Santa thing. "Christian," I said this fall, "it crushed you because you believed too long. He's starting to act like a tween. This is ridiculous. We need to get out ahead of it."
"All right, I'll have a conversation with him," he said…but he's been procrastinating waiting for Alex to bring it up for six weeks.
So last week, Alex asked at the top of his lungs, "IS RUDOLPH REAL?"
I looked pointedly at my husband, who sighed and sent me upstairs with the three little ones so he and Alex could have The Conversation. I tried to keep an ear out, but since I was also trying to make sure the noise level upstairs covered the revelation being imparted downstairs, I missed most of it. The gist of it was that he tried to let Alex down easy, using this book The Autobiography of Santa Claus, which does, I must say, a lovely job of covering every base. At the end, Santa talks about how kids realize even he can't give gifts to every person in the world, so at some point they decide to give up their Santa gifts so someone else can have them.
"That doesn't sound like you really told him," I said dubiously, when we talked it over later.
"We talked about it," he said. "We've started the process."
I sighed and let it go, because maybe he's right that slow and incremental is the middle ground between holding onto the magic and being crushed because it lasted too long.
Yesterday evening, though, we were watching Santa Claus is Coming To Town with the kids, and Alex, who is deep into the Autobiography, looked at Nicholas knowingly and said, "Just so you know, this isn't really how it happened."
"Uh…" I said, caught between the child who's supposed to know and the one we're trying to preserve the magic for, "Nobody really knows…"
"Santa knows," Alex said. "And I'm reading his autobiography. That's what an autobiography is. Right?"
Speechless, I looked at my husband, who looked at me helplessly. I said to him said softly, "I don't think that conversation 'took'."
He shrugged. "What can I say? I tried."
Good grief. I'm in Santa Purgatory. Come on, some mouthy third grader, can't you put me out of my misery?
(We're going to see Santa tonight. I swear if the "is he the real one" conversation comes up, I'm just going to tell him already.)
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: Julianna's Letter To Santa
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Contemplating Crazy (A Christmas Shopping Manifesto)
Let's face it: My house is stuffed with Stuff.
I am engaged in an ongoing war to rid my house of junk (Halloween rings shaped like bats, useless party bag favors, toy airplanes built so shoddily they broke the first day, T shirts, T shirts, T shirts–what is it with the "we must have a T shirt for every possible occasion" thing?), and yet the truth is, a family of six is just going to have a lot of stuff.
We print on the back side of every piece of school communication or homework that has a blank side. (I'm kind of obsessive about that.) We are extremely selective about what schoolwork gets saved. We consider ourselves not big accumulators of kid paraphernalia. Yet we have So.Much.Stuff.
And about this time of year, I start contemplating crazy things to address it.
Because it's time to shop for Christmas gifts. My husband's family has always done Christmas big. Mine, not so much. So every year we engage in a (loving) (respectful) battle of tug of war to determine how much is "too much."
Plus, we have kid birthdays four weeks on either side of Christmas. Julianna's, in February, isn't so bad, but Michael's, which is this week, is a stumper. I mean, what do you give a two year old who doesn't even get the whole idea of birthdays, and who has two older brothers? Everything he's interested in playing with we already have! And guess what? We have two occasions to give gifts for!
Then there's the small matter of how to do the shopping without ruining the surprise for the recipient. Last year, for instance, I thought Nicholas (3 3/4)was old enough to understand the concept of surprise. I thought it would be special for him to get to help me pick his daddy's gift. I impressed upon him the need to keep it a surprise for Daddy, and we went to Kohl's and chose two Jerry Garcia ties. That night when Christian got home, Nicholas met him at the door shouting, "Daddy, guess what? We got you TIES!!!!"
Needless to say, Nicholas is not going with me when I shop for gifts this year. And that adds some serious complication to the shopping process. My choices are: go while he's in school, which is supposed to be my work time; go after the kids are in bed, which guts what little time I have to spend with my husband; or hire a sitter. How much moolah do I have to dish out on babysitting so that I can go spend even more on gifts?
I'm contemplating crazy, people. Here are the ideas I've come up with:
- The children must each pick two toys to give to charity, to make room for new arrivals.
- "Disappear" that train table we gave Alex for Christmas when he was two, and wrap it up as a birthday gift for Michael.
- Helium balloons. Because they'll go away after three days.
- Take Michael with me while I go to Target to buy the markers we plan to give him. Because he doesn't have a clue, anyway.
What crazy things have you done (or contemplated) at this time of year?
7QT: The Nesting-under-protest edition
I had this post written and scheduled several days before yesterday's drama…so read it anyway and I'll update you at the end,
Last week's unexpected news from the doctor has us scrambling to prepare last-minute things. So the Sunday after Thanksgiving we came home from church to a house that needed some serious "nesting." At 37 weeks, I'm supposed to glory in this process, am I not? Well…I'm not!
First, I discovered that the box that said "Boys, generic clothes 0-6 months," in fact did NOT have the generic clothes in it. So I had to find the box with the girls' 0-6 month clothes. Which, not having needed them for 4 years, was in the back bottom of the boys' closet. "Christian, I need an intervention," I said. "I need an adult who doesn't have a baby sticking out the front to get the box out."
"I'm not sure I qualify," he said.
Incidentally, would you like to know how many generic outfits we have? Three.
Next I pulled out the "coats"–you know, those big fuzzy sleeper-with-hood-like things. One for a boy, one for a girl. "Christian," I said, "I'm putting these in the closet. When you come pick me up from the hospital, you HAVE TO BRING THE RIGHT ONE."
"What does it matter?"
"Um, let's see. We have a navy blue one with a train on it, and a purple one with a flower on it."
"I don't care!"
;lkj;lkj;lkj;lkj;lkj;lkj (our longstanding "chat" sign for drumming fingers). "Um," I said, "I DO." Seriously. I scrapbook. Can you imagine coming-home pictures with a boy wearing purple, or a girl wearing a steam engine????
Slowly but surely this week, I'm ticking off the preparations. Hospital bag: packed. Outgrown clothing: put away. Sheets: in the crib, if not made. And now, this:
Notice something missing on Stocking #3 of 6?
Well, I suppose that's enough about reluctant nesting. Coming home from Champaign, Illinois last Friday night, we explored every Christmas station available in the middle of nowhere. Just as we were coming over the last hills back home, this song came on the radio. I began lambasting it for being really stupid. And then Alex started cracking up in the back seat with every new permutation of "rigging up the lights": One bulb goes out and they ALL go out! BLINKING? WHY ARE THEY BLINKING???? And I discovered that hangover lyric or no hangover lyric, if it makes my son laugh like he did when he was a toddler, I have to like the song.
One more link–perhaps the most important link I've ever shared! If you are in the position of buying gifts (Christmas, birthday, just because) for Other People's Kids, PLEASE READ THIS!
Okay, and now you can look at my new and early cutie here: http://kathleenbasi.com/blog/2011/12/01/because-we-really-are-incapable-of-having-a-baby-withou-drama/#entry
Time for a nap.
Planning Advent When You're Even Busier Than Usual
News flash: we're having a baby in two weeks!
So what does a family that puts such a big focus on Advent do when there's a four-day hospital disruption in the middle of the season? I decided to share our Advent calendar activities list this year as a guest post for Catholic Mothers Online. I hope it might help others see how to make this daily activity thing work, even in the busiest season.
(Now, whether or not it works…well, I'm sure I'll be posting on that topic shortly before Christmas!)
Click on through and tell me what you think. Does this look doable to you?
Christmas in October
I know this will come as no surprise to those who know our tendency to plan, plan, plan, but we have already started Christmas shopping. In fact, we're well into the process.
And you know what? It is awesome.
See, here's the thing. Every year, Christmas shopping gets more stressful. We can always come up with a long list of things Alex would like, but Julianna's desires remain very simple: books and music. But we have hundreds of books, and she's deliriously happy with the music we already have. And Nicholas? Nicholas loves everything, but thanks to Alex we already have everything: Duplos, trains, superhero action figures…
For the last couple of years, we've brainstormed, made lists, and hired a babysitter to go shopping. But let me tell you, those shopping trips are anything but fun. We feel under the gun. Nothing ever seems like enough; we feel compelled to have equal amounts of gifts for each child, but the inequality listed above makes it really tough. I spend the whole buying process feeling anxious and under pressure to get it done before the babysitter bill racks up too much. Not enjoyable at all. This is a perfect illustration of why I wrote a book about reclaiming Advent in the first place.
And it was really expensive. (Disclaimer: if you know us at all, you know we are collectively the cheapest people in the universe. I'm sure many people would roll their eyes at me calling it expensive, but as far as I'm concerned, having to pull money from savings instead of covering out of the budget qualifies as EX.PEN.SIVE.)
Plus, there's this factor. Last year, the kids loved their toys…for a month or two. But they haven't touched them for the last four months.
It's time for a change.
So this year, we're taking a little different tack:
- Start early. Really early. As in making lists in early September.
- Spread out the expense. The last couple of years, we've panicked at the last minute, realizing we've forgotten gifts for teachers and the like. That's never a recipe for getting something they'll actually use and appreciate. This year, we're starting to collect Panera gift cards via the local SCRIP program (one each ordering session), and gift boxes from Penzey's.
- Limit the toys. I know we can't avoid toys altogether, but we're scaling way back. Why waste money on things they aren't really all that interested in? My kids are experiential kids, not toy kids. Alex even said a few weeks ago, "I like toys that help me play. Like Wolverine claws." (If only we could find those.)
- Think creatively. Guess what? We desperately need pillows and bedsheets. Why not get some fun ones and wrap them up? And the kids, fighting over the Spiderman bath sponge? Sounds like a Christmas gift to me!
- Check the bargain aisles. So far, bargain shopping has netted a book for each child (a fairy counting book, not Tinker Bell; a photo book of trains; and a car game book, total about $20), and we picked up two containers of sidewalk chalk for $.50 each.
- Go handmade. I'm planning to make a couple of headbands for Julianna, and enlist Alex's help. Being my artistic one, I know that will be right up his alley.
- Go with time-gifts instead of Stuff that's just going to lie around making more clutter. My work list is getting so long that it's tempting to try to plow through the mornings and not spend time with the little ones. But they love to help me bake. Why not get some fun cupcake decorations and give them to the kids as Christmas gifts? Use them up, make a memory, and consume it. Sounds like a perfect gift to me.
That's our plan for this year. But I would love to hear from others. How do you deal with planning Christmas gifts your kids will like without a) stressing out, and b) spending money on things they aren't going to care about?
Christmas Night
My yearly Christmas post…because I can't say it any better than I did two years ago. May your holy day be just that…holy, and blessed.
What did the sky look like the night Jesus was born? On that cold night, two millenia before humanity washed out the stars, what kind of celestial masterpiece must have been on display? When the shepherds lived and worked and slept beneath the stars, did they ever look up and fall silent, struck dumb by the vast, mysterious realm of beauty and mystery above them? Or was it so familiar that its wonder faded into the worn fabric of life–something that hardly warranted a second glance? When the glory of all the host of heaven rent the sky, what was it that these humble pastors feared–the angels, or the disruption of their humdrum backdrop? And after the angels left, did they ever look at the stars in the same way again?
The light of security and traffic safety has washed out the sky now, such that we've lost the habit of looking up. In the dark, we stare at our feet, sharp on the lookout for anything that might trip us. Even when we escape the aura of city night, we forget to raise our eyes to the heavens. And yet it is built into our inmost being–this wonder, this desire to know what makes the lights in the sky burn. It is one of the first shapes we identify in childhood; its effect is mirrored in lanterns strung and walkways lined; in tinsel fluttering and jewelry polished to perfection–even in the humble ceiling beneath which I sit, the pattern of the cosmos catches the light of chandelier and tosses it back at me.
If we took the time to stop, on these cold, crystal-clear December nights, to embrace the chill and find a place away from the lights, and look up…what message might we hear whispered in our hearts?


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Motherboard Connectors: 20+4-pin Main Connector 8-pin Power Connector 4-pin Power Connector
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I hate the Yankees. Many of you here already know that. But what elevates them above normal rivalry hate, like the Redskins or Spurs, or even media hype hate, like the Lakers or Brett Favre, is that I think they are bad for baseball. They have a system set up that keeps a neverending cycle going of continued growth; faster than anyone else can keep up with.
Today, Joe Posnanski has an article up that looks at the latest Business of Baseball numbers from Forbes. In it, he looks at the claim that he keeps hearing from front office executives that it isn't the Yankees payroll that concerns them so much as it is their revenue. Some highlights:
But people who know a lot more about accounting and such have told me for a long time that payroll is not the issue -- REVENUE is the issue. And when you look at the Forbes numbers, yes, it does seem to ring true that salaries are driven by revenue and not the other way around... that is to say that your ticket price didn't go up because Roy Halladay got a $60 million extension, but instead Roy Halladay got a $60 million extension because of the price of your Philadelphia ticket (and all the other Phillies revenue streams -- the Phillies made $233 million in revenue in 2009, sixth-most in baseball).
OK, well, last year, according to the Forbes numbers, the Yankees made $441 million in revenue* and spent about $416 million on baseball. That means they spent 94.4% of their revenue on baseball, a nice high percentage.
And the Royals? Well, they only made $155 million in revenue, and they spent about 146 million. That means they spent 94.3% of their revenue on baseball.
*According to Kurt Badenhausen over at Forbes, revenue figures INCLUDE revenue-sharing -- that is to say the Yankee revenue numbers are calculated AFTER the $100-plus million they give to revenue-sharing. And the Royals revenue numbers are calculated AFTER the $30-plus million that they took out.
For those too lazy to click the Forbes link, here's the top 5 teams:
1. New York Yankees, $441 million
2. New York Mets, $268 million
3. Boston Red Sox, $266 million
4. Los Angeles Dodgers, $247 million
5. Chicago Cubs $246 million
The Rangers were 12th at $180 million in revenues. The Rangers were also 1 of 3 teams with Debt/Value ratios over 80%. The Yankees (89%) and Mets (81%) have new stadia, so this makes sense. The Rangers Debt/Value ratio is 105%...and I see no new stadium in Arlington. Finally:
...when you actually look at the numbers you realize how ridiculous it is for Yankees fans to say that Kansas City and Pittsburgh and Oakland should just "try harder." There is no trying hard enough to make up anything close to the gap. Yes, a few teams have the resources to at least battle the Yankees advantage -- though the Mets' horror show is living proof that you can screw up with a lot of money.
But it doesn't matter how nice a ballpark they build in Pittsburgh, or how much they win in Oakland, or if they go to 3D baseball on television in Cincinnati. It doesn't matter how much they may tinker with revenue-sharing and luxury taxes... the Yankees' revenue stream is so enormous, it will give them a gigantic competitive advantage that should make them the favorites to win every... single... year.


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At 6:41 a.m., authorities began letting cars pass on the left emergency shoulder, but at 7:20 a.m., traffic remained backed up for about a mile.
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FEMA has denied aid and city officials aren't happy.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide money to help rebuild West where a deadly fertilizer plant explosion leveled numerous homes and a school, and killed 15 people.
According to a letter addressed to Governor Perry on June 10, FEMA says it reviewed the state's appeal to help West but decided the impact from the explosion "is not of the severity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration." FEMA has, however, provided emergency funds to individual residents.
"We cannot go out and borrow money, for this project. We have to have
assistance from the government, and the government obviously doesn't
think we need any help," West mayor Tommy Muska said.
Muska says the money was needed to cover $57 million in damage, including $40 million to rebuild a destroyed school.
"We go to Afghanistan and Iraq and build cities and we can't rebuild
three or four blocks of road in West, Texas, that's pathetic, our
government is pathetic," Muska said.
FEMA sent out a statement Wednesday saying they "approved additional public assistance for the state on May 6, providing additional federal funding to cover 75 percent of the state's costs for debris removal and emergency protective measures."
A FEMA spokesperson stationed in West also says they have already made an emergency declaration. The difference between the two declarations is covering public needs for major disasters. Another difference is the magnitude between events.
"If you consider damage at Katrina and the catastrophic damage in
hurricane Sandy was, and the disaster declaration for the city of New
York and a lot of cities with thousands of residents affected and
business and infrastructure, the magnitude is bigger," spokesperson Carmen Rodriguez said.
Muska, though, doesn't understand why the explosion that caused so much damage is not a major disaster.
"I look out my backdoor, I know what a disaster looks like. And if they
don't know what a disaster looks like they need to come down here and
look at this place again," Muska said.
The West ISD also needs millions. They had $59 million in insurance coverage, but the cost for rebuilding the schools is planned to cost nearly $90 million.
"In baseball terms, when you get two strikes on you, you kind of go into
battle mode and we're fouling off fast balls as we speak," West ISD superintendent Marty Crawford said.
Muska is also feeling the heat. He could be out of millions to help his city.
"Do I have to have 20 more firemen die to get help? Is that what it's going to take?"
Governor Perry also sent out a statement Wednesday. He said:
"The day of the west memorial service, president Obama stood in front of a grieving community and told them they would not be forgotten. He said his administration would stand with them, ready to help. We anticipate the president will hold true to his word and help us work with FEMA to ensure much-needed assistance reaches the community of west."
Senator Brian Birdwell also reached out to mayor Muska saying he's going to work with fellow Congressmen to get the decision appealed and ultimately reversed.
Governor Perry has 30 days and two chances to appeal the decision.
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Wanderers went to Chelsea with all eyes focused firmly on the home side's boss AVB. The Blues Portuguese boss was under all kind of pressure compounded by a loss midweek to Italian side Napoli in The Champions League.
The last time the sides met it was a very 1 sided affair with Chelsea walking away with all 3 points. Today started much more closely.
American international Tim Ream made his Premier League debut for Bolton and he looked solid in the away sides defence. Thanks to him, and the other 10 on the pitch Wanderers kept quiet in the early stages.
The first half looked even with Bolton looking for a penalty in the final moments as Darren Pratley went down in the Chelsea box. Referee Oliver disagreed and the Wanderer was booked for diving. Half time saw the sides go in even.
After the break, a mistake from David N'Gog was punished as Chelsea's David Luiz slotted home past Adam Bogdan.
Didier Drogba doubled the home side's advantage as Bolton's good work started to unravel in front of their eyes.
Fans were looking to Owen Coyle for some inspiration from the bench and the manager decided Marvin Sordell was primed to make his second appearance for the club. David N'Gog made way after an afternoon that had seen him look off the pace.
Chelsea bagged a 3rd goal as Bolton's confidence drained away.
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The University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) has filled several Cooperative Extension (UCCE) positions vital to research and outreach in the areas of almond production and integrated pest management.
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The importance of pollinator health has reached the White House. Recognizing the threats to pollinator health and their potential impact on the national economy, President Obama has expanded federal efforts to reverse losses of pollinators, including honey bees and monarch butterflies.
Legislative Reports — Jun. 4, 2014
The state Assembly approved AB 1739, a bill sponsored by Roger Dickinson (D-Sacramento) which would establish a statutory definition of groundwater management and provide for enhanced minimum requirements for local groundwater management plans.
Legislative Reports — Jun. 4, 2014
Both the House of Representatives and Senate passed H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013, with bipartisan support.
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All California counties are eligible as primary or contiguous counties for 2014 drought disaster assistance from the Farm Service Agency (FSA).
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Senator Dianne Feinstein won unanimous approval of S. 2198, a bill that would ease restrictions on water exports from the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta to farms and cities.
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The California Senate failed to pass SB 1381, a bill to require labeling on genetically-engineered foods.
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Representatives Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), co-chairs of the Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus, introduced the Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Act, known as the Highways BEE Act.
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Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to put a comprehensive $7.5 billion water bond before voters in November. The bipartisan legislation, AB 1471 by Assemblyman Anthony Rendon (D–Lakewood), passed the Senate 37–0 and the Assembly 77–2.
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Virginia's top doctor says there is more we can do to keep our kids from becoming obese, and slimming down, could actually help fatten up the state budget.
State Health Commissioner Karen Remley says parents are the first line of defense against obesity. But there's plenty the state can do to encourage a healthy Virginia. It's work that can save lives, save money and create jobs, all across the commonwealth.
"It's not just - I look in the mirror and I'm overweight. It's if I could look in that mirror and look inside my body" explained Remley.
Obesity leads to increased risk for diabetes, joint problems, and high blood pressure. Health groups are keeping a close eye on a new report that ranks Virginia the 30th most obese state in the country. Some advice is time-tested, and simple: More fruits, less soda and time away from the video games.
Marty Kilgore, the executive director at the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth explained, "Having less screen time is certainly an important step in getting kids active and moving."
The state is promoting programs to help trim the fat all across Virginia. That includes grants to organizations that come together to make healthy communities.
"It's important to bring all the collaborative partners to the table," said Kilgore.
The first goal, of course, is healthy people, but an added bonus, is a healthy economy.
"If I'm an employer in this state and I have to invest a lot of my money in health care then I can't invest that money in hiring more people," said Remley.
Plus, obesity drains the state budget, taxing Medicare, Medicaid and other services.
"That's a direct cost to the state," added Remley.
But don't expect a massive and massively expensive project across the state. Remley says it's best to tailor programs.
"We need to think about what works in this community, in this school, in this neighborhood," she explained.
Remley says it's critical for state agencies to partner on this effort. She says reducing childhood obesity isn't just a Health Department responsibility, but one that falls on everyone.


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The Wok is the restaurant that is much loved by the people in Abu Dhabi and especially in Al Ain. This restaurant the Wok is situated in the Danat Al Ain resorts and remains one of the most favorite places; for all staying in these resorts to have their dinners at. At the Wok they are offering sensational Far Eastern dishes in sophisticated surroundings. The Wok showcases authentic Oriental dishes and lavish seafood buffets which becomes a great opportunity for all the far eastern cuisine lovers and sea food lovers to enjoy the authentic food. Asian and sea food both are available in best done manner and that is why the food at The Wok is loved a lot by the people. Many foreigners also prefer this restaurant as alcohol is also served in this restaurant and so it doubles the joy for them. The restaurant remains open from Sunday till Friday from 6pm till 11pm. Credit cards are also accepted at the restaurant to mark another star into the facilities provided to their customers.
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Had my 12R for a year now, an '01 A1 in excellent condition and 27K.
I have added 1.75 inch bar raisers, and what a transformation, comfort and cornering are considerably better, especially on those longer trips, although I never had a real issue with either.
The co pilot says the rear seat is fine on long journeys and I get over 5000 miles on a rear tyre. An excellent choice for two up touring. I can get 160 miles on a tank when required out in the sticks when filling stations are scarce.
Solo, this bike really takes some beating, the pick up from any speed is neck breaking with the knowledge that the brakes are up to the job when required.
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Decatur – Vinnie's Barbeque in Decatur will host their 12th annual car show for the homeless.
The car show will be at the Glass House on North Oakland from 2-5p.m. on Sunday. Vinne Barbee, who owned Vinnie's Barbeque has kept this event a tradition for the past 12 years. Even after Vinnie's Barbeque closed he said he would stay committed to serving the community.
A few years back he shared with us why he wanted to keep the tradition alive "the people here are very fortunate, really are fortunate to have what they have. And then to give back to the people that don't have what they have, that makes it a very special car show. It's a car show to say, we're reaching out to the community, we want to help.
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Dolly Mapp
"Let Me In, Dollree"
Sgt. Carl Delau, a vice cop in plainclothes, rang the buzzer of Mapps second story home. The woman looked out a window.
Mapp asked what he wanted, and Delau replied vaguely that he wanted to talk to her about something.
She said she wanted to speak with her lawyer first.
She called the
She reported this to Sgt. Delau, who told Mapp he had a warrant, although he refused to produce it.
Mapp continued to refuse entry to Delau and the two patrolmen who accompanied him.
The cops believed Ogletree was in the house, and they were determined not to let him escape. But Mapp was determined not to let them inside unless she was allowed to read the warrant.
The standoff wore on for three hours.
At 4:30, four more cops showed up. They began to break down the door just as attorney Greene arrived on the scene.
The officers entered the house over the protests of the lawyer, who was restrained from going inside to witness the search.
What had begun as a simple police outing to pick up Virgil Ogletree had now been transformed into an ordeal that would take up most of the day.
The cops were not happy, and they resolved among themselves to find any evidence that could incriminate the stubborn Dolly Mapp, related to Ogletree and the King bombing or not.
Witnesses outside, including Greene, could hear shouting in the house as Mapp demanded again and again to see a search warrant.
At one point, Delau produced a piece of paper but refused to allow Mapp to read it. She grabbed the document and stuffed it down her bosom. Delau retrieved it.
Cops found Ogletree hiding on the first floor. He was arrested but would prove to be of no use in the King case.
Dolly Mapp, meanwhile, was handcuffed to a cop and held in her bedroom while police traipsed through the house looking for evidence of a crimeany crime.
The raid made the next days Plain Dealer, but the story barely mentioned Ogletree. The headline read:
Policy House Closed After 3-Hour Siege
The story identified the Milverton house as Mapps home, but wryly noted she had another address, depending on where she is staying. It made light of her refusal to allow cops inside without a warrant: Miss Mapp, they said, was stubborn about letting them inside.
The story said the police found a trunk full of slips and records from the numbers game. Cops hyped that seizure by crowing that they had found the policy house--or nerve center--of the California Gold numbers game, which would prove to be hollow hype.
The story included a single line about another police discovery at the house. As reporter Jerry Ballinger wrote, They also found a quantity of books, pamphlets and photographs they described as obscene.
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girls do you like them hate them? how many guys have a hairy butt crack?I got a hairy but crack and was wondering what girls thought and how "normal" it was.
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I just responded to a post in which women were asked about their preferences regarding body hair on men. It grieves me to inform you, that if you want a woman in your life, your gonna have to shave the butt crack. How this can be best accomplised, I know not, but I do recommend you use due caution. It's a terrrible place to have a band-aide.
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Sure. If it's lookin like a furry forest, ya gotta take some kinda action. Either that or never turn your back on a woman when your in the buff. lol. Maybe waxing is the thing then.
Well it's been growing sence like 15ish and I'll be 25 in sep so that's 10 years of growth... time to trimm?
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it depends how hairy it is.Like "forest like", no that's not cool but if its just a little.Its kind of a turn on.=]
Nobody has a perfect body, Even models. they just pay a lot so everyone thinks they are perfect.Personally I don't think I would mind, I have don't have a prefect body so why should I care.
depends on how hairy
I shave my butt crack!
Yep that's what I was thinking no one wants a hairy butt!!
That's true. I never really thought much about anal but if I did wanna try it it would be nice shaven.
Ya girls have hair in there what if your gonna do anal a guy doesn't want hair in there right?
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my boyfriends butt is hairy, but I haven't really checked out his buttcrack, but I think it is. it's fine with me but make sure it's clean! I've had him get off from sitting on me and there was like, yellowness on me where his crack was and it was gross to be honest.
Maby he don't wash his bum in the shower?
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man I trim it, it takes a while for it to grow backhahaa
Yea no problemo..
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GLEN BURNIE, MD (November 20, 2012) – The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) unveiled a gigantic, 30 foot life-saving reminder that seat belts save lives, today. Purchased with federal funds for the July, 2012 Baltimore Artscape festival, the bigger than life-sized crash dummy has been placed permanently on the front lawn of the MVA's headquarters in Glen Burnie to remind everyone to buckle up.
"If seat belts were used by everyone on Maryland's roads, close to 100 lives could be saved in Maryland each year," said MVA Administrator John Kuo. "Seat belts reduce the risk of death and critical injuries by as much as 50 percent."
Unveiled two days before Thanksgiving, the giant crash dummy was dedicated in time for the holiday season, one of the busiest travel times of the year. November is considered the third deadliest month of the year for traffic crashes. There were 50 traffic-related fatalities throughout Maryland in November 2011, according to the Maryland Accident Analysis Reporting System. Throughout 2011, 284 passengers were killed in crashes and only 46 percent were wearing their seat belts.
Nationally, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that 61 percent of the 10,647 passengers who were killed in motor vehicle crashes overnight were not wearing their seat belts in 2010. The risk of dying, unbelted, during the evening hours is much higher than the 42 percent reported killed during the daytime hours.
Joining Administrator Kuo at the dedication was Michele Fields, General Counsel for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The giant crash dummy is part of Maryland's Toward Zero Deaths campaign, an effort aimed at driving down highway deaths to zero. From 2007 to 2011, a lack of seat belt use, speeding, and driving while impaired contributed to more than 60 percent of all traffic fatalities in Maryland. Towards Zero Deaths highlights the need for drivers to buckle up, decrease speed on the roadways, and to always drive sober. For more information on Toward Zero Deaths please visit www.towardzerodeaths.com.


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