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Now, whether the guy is legit or not, I don't know. It seems to be split on here with some liking the guy and some not liking the guy. Either way, he's had to have gotten something right in the past or nobody would trust him... right? If he's been wrong before, that shouldn't be the final decision on the guy; I'm sure some of the rumors in Premium (seems to be the be all in the rumor department with how some treat it here) have been wrong.
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An original lithograph of a study of women in various poses. The artist's granddaughter Marina Picasso authorized a limited printing of several such lithographs following his death. Each print is signed and numbered in pencil by Marina Picasso.
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One of the great aspects of Will Ferrell is the lengths he's willing to go in support of his projects. In case you haven't heard "Anchorman 2″ drops this Christmas, and this Fall we've been treated to some great surprise Ron Burgundy appearances. His commercial for Dodge ended up being the best part of the NFL's opening weeks.
The Dodge commercial proved that Ron Burgundy could sell, and now with the movie only a few short weeks away Ferrell has popped up again in a classic situation. Ron Burgundy surprised the viewers of KXMB News in Bismarck, North Dakota by popping up working the Saturday night Anchor desk. Burgundy ended up hosting the entire 30 min newscast. The amazing clip is below, and a perfect Monday diversion.
Here's the official preview of "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues"
With the 70's behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), returns to the news desk in "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues." Also back for more are Ron's co-anchor and wife, Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), weather man Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), man on the street Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) and sports guy Champ Kind (David Koechner) – All of whom won't make it easy to stay classy while taking the nation's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
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The first trees grown at Biocycle Farm in Eugene are being harvested. It is the nation's largest tree farm fed with treated sewage sludge, known as biosolids.
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Congrats, I finshed my week one on 1/4/2011. It is so exciting when you see numbers like that for one week. I'm nervous about my second week but I'll take whatever it is. Once again congrats!!!
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Gee, Mr. Ransom, you are getting almost as sarcastic as I am. Oh, you forgot to mention Al Gore scamming $100 million in taxpayer money through the global warming--er--climate change scam and his ability through his Congressional connections to get subsidies voted to companies he is heavily invested in. But, according to Obama, Pelosi, et. al, his is NOT one of "the rich." He is a great noble holy altruistic public servant earning his just reward. After all, he is getting his money by sending out heavily-armed IRS agents to terrorize and take. This makes the victims sacrifice and sacrifice is always good. If you are not willing to sacrifice to our noble leaders why you are SELFISH!


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Gopher wood or gopherwood is a term used once in the Bible for the substance from which Noah's ark was built. Genesis 6:14 states that Noah was to build the Ark of גפר, gofer, more commonly gopher wood, a word not otherwise known in the Bible or in Hebrew. Although some English Bibles attempt a translation, older English translations, including the King James Version (17th century), leave it untranslated. The word is unrelated to the name of the North American animal, the gopher.[1]
The Greek Septuagint (3rd–1st centuries BC) translated it as xylon tetragonon, "squared timber".[2] Similarly, the Latin Vulgate (5th century AD) rendered it as lignis levigatis (lævigatis, in the Clementine Vulgate), "smoothed (possibly planed) wood".
The Jewish Encyclopedia believes it was most likely a translation of the Babylonian "gushure i÷ erini" (cedar-beams), or the Assyrian "giparu" (reed).[3] The Aramaic Targum Onkelos, considered by many Jews to be an official translation of the Hebrew scripture renders this word as קדרוס (qadros) i.e., cedar. The Syriac Peshitta translates this word as ܥܪܩܐ ('arqa), box wood.[4]
Many modern English translations tend to favor cypress (although otherwise the word for "cypress" in Biblical Hebrew is berosh). This was espoused (among others) by Adam Clarke, a Methodist theologian famous for his commentary on the Bible: Clarke cited the resemblance between Greek word for cypress, kuparisson and the Hebrew word gophar.
Other suggestions include pine, cedar, fir, teak, sandalwood, ebony, wicker, juniper, acacia, boxwood, slimed bulrushes and resinous wood, and even American trees such as Cladrastis kentukea (American yellowwood), although the latter did not exist in the region the ark was supposedly built.[citation needed]
Others, noting the physical similarity between the Hebrew letters g and k, suggest that the word may actually be kopher, the Hebrew word meaning "pitch"; thus kopher wood would be pitched wood. Recent suggestions have included a lamination process (to strengthen the Ark), or a now-lost type of tree, but there is no consensus.[5]


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Recently bought some Green Pastures (CLO) Infused Coconut Oil and wasn't expecting the blend to be so fishy. Therefore I can't use it for normal coconut oil purposes unless I want everything to turn out smelling/tasting like cod liver oil.
Does anyone have good uses for it that they could recommend?
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Inspired by a clear, starry night sky, Felix Solis was with his friends when he first conceived a red wine that would capture the pleasure-loving, life-affirming spirit of the Spanish people. He named it Albali after a star in the constellation of Aquarius. These days, Viña Albali is the favourite wine of the Spanish. Depending on whether your preference is for a fruity, full-bodied or strongly aromatic flavour, you can opt for Viña Albali Crianza, Reserva or Gran Reserva. It is drunk when hot days evolve into mild nights, and groups form in squares and bars to make night into day again.
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Natalie Portman + Garden Rule rules!
Hey man, you are in Exeter huh? i'm only in Newton Abbot. Thaty is t3h c00lneZZ!!
Sign back if you want
Or i will throw myself off a cliff
And you wouldn't want that.
Would you?
No, you wouldn't.
May the Force be with you.
Zergrush [/Size]
Exeter City FC - Who?
Steve Flack - Again...who?
Feeder - Good band but im not that much of a fan, heard something about Si sniffing there CD cover which put me off
Natalie Portman - Now that I might consider:D
Cheers for signing the guestbook mate. As ya say aint spoke much until lately but its been cool hopefully it can continue. PES4 cant wait will be a great game.
Anyways catch ya around mate
Hardee Harr Harr.
Erm, good seeing you round the PES forums, your taste in games is obviously as good as it is in music (Feeder:D).
Shame you're an Exeter fan though, i guess no-ones perfect . Nah good luck to them, hopefully they'll get promoted this season.
Anyway, yeah, see you around
Haven't spoken to ya too much recently I guess I'll see you when I see you.
Til then, keep listening to Feeder!
Grant Nicholas later commented - "It was quite hard to get her off."
We're assuming he was reffering to the bus.
Yes! Each time you sign my guestbook I will yet again entertain you with another fascinating snippet from Feeder's decorated history.
Your chum,
siging this guest book inst free...
im paying for internet to be here right now singing your guest book!!
hah, well....
Just complete randomness
Anyway, thanks, see you around.
Heyoo Sam, how come yoo disappeared for so long? ah, well, it's nice to have you back^_^, thankyou for signing!
Very good to see you around Neo flacky, especially since you materialised in the CM forums.
Take care of ye'self.
Tickets : £21 (P&P inc.)
Train Ticket : £5
McDonalds before : £3
Just a Day as the final song : Priceless
Feeder rule!
Train Ticket : £5
McDonalds before : £3
Just a Day as the final song : Priceless
Feeder rule!
Merry Christmas even though it's late! Hope you had a good one and hope to talk soon on MSN,
Helen xxox
I see ya alot round the PES3 forum so i thought i would sign.
Good Luck to Exeter on promotion back to the league
LFC Boy
In order to defeat the alien legions and join me in the fight for humanity follow the convienient link ^^ to my guestbook. (Oh wait...you already did...scratch that last part then)
Anyway 'try to be funny' part outta the way its cool to find another person with a similarly fantastic taste in music.
And hey, who knows, we may see each other at Wembley, small world huh?
Anyways, for your enjoyment here is a pic of Feeder
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Dont know wot 2 say, just thought i'd sign,
I'll resign.
Its great knowing you Flacky. Even though you posted there a few days
ago, Forget About Tommorow (Yesterday Went Too Soon
Anyway) hopefully, one day you'll Turn, and Come Back
Around to the UK forum.
I know that Summer's Over, and we're all a bit Under The
Weather, but We Can't Rewind, so don't worry about it. I've
heard on Satellite News that a band called Feeder are
apparently influencing guestbook signitures everywhere, so I'll have
to Bug you to Tell All Your Friends about it. I'm off
now for Seven Days In The Sun.
Why have I made such a stupid guestbook signiture? Its Just The Way
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Counterfeit goods have long been the bane of any fashion company's existence. So with the recent explosion of digital commerce, these copycat goods, which were once confined to shady flea markets and back-alley rooms, have been translated online worldwide. Facebook is no exception. Recent layout changes made by the social media website have meant larger ad spaces for text and images, giving advertisers even more reason to bring their ads online and therefore more potential for fake good ads to engage with consumers. But couple this with the fact that, finally, fashion companies are now using Facebook to expand their online presence means that there could be some conflict. Counterfeit goods featured on the internet is not a new problem. One can find them on Google, amongst other places. Yet in comparing a company such as eBay with Facebook, how are the responsibilities and obligations similar and/or different? And what choices and incentives do they have to strictly police the presence of counterfeit goods?
What is perhaps most striking about a comparison we can make between eBay and Facebook is that though they are both encountering these problems, these consequences are a result of very different influences and therefore the actions they have and should take differ. First and foremost, one must note that eBay's central purpose, above all else, facilitates third party transactions. This means that their focus is on ensuring that sellers portray their products accurately and that products are delivered in good condition. Contrarily, Facebook is a social-networking site, whose focus is on providing social interactions online and creating niche communities. Although the advertisements are a source of revenue for the company, it comes as an opportunity from the popular success of the company and is therefore not the central value proposition from the clients.
Revenue as Incentives?
In eBay's business model, their main source of income comes from facilitating the merchandising process such as final value fees, insertion fees etc. It is, therefore, in their best interest to maintain good relationships with third party buyers and sellers. The situation is however a bit more complex for Facebook. Although the website provides many avenues for interaction, their larger ad spaces has meant that they are trying to juggle social engagement and ad monetization as well. On the one hand, Facebook is looking to ensure that big name fashion companies still stay on board and interact with their membership base. On the other, they too are looking to ensure that their ad spaces freely generate revenue. And if companies like Gucci were to realize that fake goods are being sold through the same website that they themselves promote on, feathers will be ruffled.
Image Caption: Adjacency effect at its worse. Would Girard-Perregaux want to be placed next to a $12 Tiffany ring?
Facebook therefore has two options: Firstly, it may choose to allow counterfeit ads to be placed on their wall as eBay has done in the past. Otherwise, it can choose to be more stringent in their ad policies to keep companies like Coach and Gucci happy. Finding this balancing act will depend largely on their revenue forecast in the coming years. So whether they want to forge a stronger tie with fashion companies, or sever trust that is hesitantly given to Facebook is the central question.
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This American-made chandelier boasts a truly handsome look. It is crafted of steel and chrome with a powder coated black texture finish for ultimate durability. Each strong line portrays a chic confidence to dress your room with style. Please note that it includes 3' of chain.
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I have created an icon with a transparent background. When I set the icon in my main app, build the project, create a shortcut to my .exe the icon now has a white background instead of transparent.
I started a brand new test project… do the exact same thing and the icon keeps its transparency. So now i know there is nothing wrong with my icon but for the life of me can't figure out where the white background is coming from in my main app.
The only thing in my main app that deals with transparency is the splash screen. But I'm not seeing how these would be connected in any way… I'm out of ideas on what could be causing this. Has anyone run into this before?
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Is this for the form back ground or for your exe created and installed on the PC – User Apr 2 '11 at 5:20
This is the icon of the .exe. VS2010 Project > Project Properties > application > icon and manifest – poco Apr 2 '11 at 5:53
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Many icon files contain multiple icon sizes. Are you sure that in both test cases you are using the same icon (size) and that all icons versions are transparent?
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I copied the icon out of my main project into my test app and it works fine in my test app. I know the icon file is not the issue – poco Apr 2 '11 at 14:21
Could you provide a download of the icon? The icon on the desktop is completely independent of the application. The desktop simply uses the resource from within the exe and does not start the exe. – Erno Apr 3 '11 at 7:03
sure, zumodrive.com/share/bx78YmQ5Mz, weird thing is my friend can create a project and get it to work find. I for some reason can not, unless i change my icons from medium to small on the desktop – poco Apr 3 '11 at 22:08
so it has to do with naming.. as long as i don't name the file E.exe it transparency works… …. so wierd…. – poco Apr 4 '11 at 0:00
You mean to say that the Icon is transparent unless the executable is name E.exe? A little googling notified me that e.exe is a common name for a virus. Could it be that your virus scanner is interfering? – Erno Apr 4 '11 at 4:33
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Had the same problem in Visual C# 2010 Express. Since this version doesn't have a "clean build" command, to fix I exited studio, then did a thorough clean: deleted contents of all debug, release and obj dirs, plus deleted the .suo file. Reloaded via the open command. Icon now had transparent background. Seems like studio is caching the icon file in one of those places. See below on clearing IconCache.db.
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Actually, it does have a "Clean Solution" command. In the Build menu. – minitech Oct 7 '11 at 18:34
Hi, you're probably thinking of the Pro $ Std versions, MS Visual c# 2010 Express, only has build and rebuild commands, which is not the same as a clean build. Even so, those versions probably don't flush the suo file – if that is where it is caching – unlikely though. – Darren Oct 10 '11 at 8:56
Update: second time around, cleaning didn't help. Turned out that the c:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\IconCache.db needs to be rebuilt. Google for instructions on how to do that. Basically, open a cmd prompt and cd to the local dir. Kill explorer. Del the db file (explorer dumps cache on exit so need to del after killing explorer). Restart explorer. – Darren Oct 10 '11 at 12:22
Huh, strange. VB.NET 2010 Express has it, though. I would have thought they were equivalent. – minitech Oct 10 '11 at 21:34
One would think so C# Express doesn't have an Icon Image editor either – so had to do that in VS2008 – I rolled back from using VS2010 Pro because of some IDE problems – waiting for SVP fix. Coincidentally, I was reading Stephen Lavavej's blog (blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2011/09/12/10209291.aspx) on upcoming features for C++11, which reveals how convoluted the feature release process is – to the extent that some features like the Icon editor were excluded! – Darren Oct 11 '11 at 8:16
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Navigating life while following my daughter.
She caught my eye immediately. With chunky, dimpled thighs that shook when she walked, she held her father's hand and tried to keep up as they looked for an empty chair near the pool. She couldn't have been older than three years old. Her hot pink ruffled bathing suit fluttered with each step as she cautiously eyed the water, now bustling with many noisy children enjoying a post-dinner, pre-bedtime swim. She stayed very close to her father. She was wary, and maybe a bit worried too. But her older sister, maybe eleven or twelve, was already jumping into the pool. She clearly did not need her father anymore. My gaze went back to the little one. I was reminded of how M was that age when we started visiting this special place every year. I was jolted by the knowledge of how far we've come since then.
That was the scene in the clubhouse pool where we were on vacation two weeks ago. My husband, M, and I were already swimming when I took this all in. My mind drifted, as it has a tendency to do when in a room full of people I do not know. It dawned on me that, when in a place with other families with children of various ages, my eye always drifts towards the children who are younger than my own daughter (who's just two months shy of seven). I almost never seem to watch the children who are immersed in the tween and teenage years.
Why is that?, I wondered.
It's not baby lust. No, I settled that account long ago.
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I've pondered this over the past few nights. I think it's because it gives me some perspective, if not relief, to see how far we've come from those truly challenging first years. There's no doubt that there's now less of a physical toll taken each day, what with all the lifting and carrying that must be done at the start. The unexpected, unpredictable pendulum swings of emotion have largely evened out, for both her and me. I can see that we've survived so much, and intact at that. If raising a child were like being in Girl Scouts, I feel like I would have earned the lion's share of patches by now. There really aren't too many patches left, though they are arguably going to be the most difficult to endure and acquire.
But it's more than these things. By looking at our past through the lens of other younger children, I feel like I can appreciate the now of where we are this very moment. I appreciate that she still sidles up next to me for a snuggle or a book, though her body much leaner, more limber now. I appreciate that she still wants to hold my hand but doesn't have to run to keep up. I appreciate that she sometimes needs help sorting through the tangled knots of understanding friendships or fractions but has enough confidence in herself to figure it out alone much of the time now. I appreciate that her silly, pumpkin smile flashes often and without abandon.
Above all, I feel like I appreciate the relative slowness of time passing right this very moment. It's much like the hazy, humid days of summer, when you've got your feet in the kiddie pool and a lemonade in your hand. You don't have to move. Everything you need is right in front of you, and the day takes forever to pass. That's what this age feels like to me. It's calm and balmy. The air is sticky and sweet. It's not stormy and unpredictable like the toddler and teenage years.
I think that's why I am almost fearful of looking at the children older than my daughter. I don't want to see the blank stares and shoulder shrugs they give their parents. I don't want to see the almost total lack of physical contact or desire for affection on the part of those children. I don't want to see the failed attempts at understanding one another. I don't want to see tempo of time tick faster as it seems to do after children reach a certain age.
Is this turning a blind eye my denial that these years are coming? Perhaps a little bit. But more than that I think it's an overwhelming appreciation for right now. How good it is right this very moment with a child who can do so much independently and yet who still needs . . . no, wants . . . my guidance, wisdom, and insight. How good it is with a child who is comfortable in her own skin, whether she's by my side or not.
I'm standing in a very magical place right now, and I know it. A lovely, long plateau—I think, I hope—if you will. There is a sweetness and innocence in the air around me. The light is beautiful from where I stand. I can see clearly in all directions, both from where I've come and where I'm likely to go. But for me, I realize that the view at my feet and of the footsteps behind me allow for so much gratitude, perhaps more than the uncharted trails ahead.
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We live along an elevated edge of an abandoned granite quarry. Though it is pretty densely populated around here, the adjacent topography—the contours of the land that surrounds us—gives way to a wide expanse of sky. We are lucky in this way.
Our backyard and deck face the west, and the kitchen window above the sink looks out this way too. This means that, at the end of the day, perhaps when we need it most, we are privy to some of the most glorious of sundown skies. From our vantage point, though we cannot see the sun go down below the horizon, there is a lovely progression of dimming light that we do get to witness.
This is the cardinal direction that I favor most, the time of day when I feel most connected to the earth.
And yet, there are times, though not often, when I am roused enough by the morning sun and all of its offerings at the front of our house. The early light seems more like a promise, rather than the affirmation that the dusk provides. I'm not sure about you, but I have more faith in affirmations of what was, rather than in promises of what might be. But that scent of hope that a promise provides? It's quite attractive sometimes.
The other morning was one such morning. It was a cotton candy sky—both the blue and the pink I suppose, though I am a traditionalist when it comes to spun sugar. I prefer mine pink. I lifted the shade and stood at her tiny dormer window for just a moment, stealing this view all for myself.
M was still waking up in her bed, but I knew if she didn't hurry, she'd miss the morning light that was filled with her favorite color. I told her to come look. She's never disappointed when I do that, though usually it is in the evenings and not when she wants to stay warm under the covers. She crawled onto her window seat and uttered her usual, whispered refrain, "Wow. It's so beautiful." Indeed it was. Somehow we were both able to see past the intrusive utility lines and the ugliness of the neighbor's rotten shed. We were consumed by the rosy glow.
Ever since she's voiced her affinity for pink, I've come to notice it more myself, especially in the sky. I now deliberately point it out to her, and she to me, so that neither of us misses a particularly spectacular show. Almost anything we're doing can be momentarily stopped to revel in the bounty of light offered by the sun and sky. Before her, I probably would not have stopped so deliberately, and certainly not as often, to take note of the colors.
Now, the sundown sky often reveals the smallness of our time here. Since M entered my world, she has become the yardstick by which I measure this time. It's not my parents' lives. It's not even my husband's. No, the one thing that has made me take note of it is her. Before her, there were discrete goals that helped me measure time: attending and completing school, finding and advancing through a job, getting married, buying a house. These were but things on a list that needed to be checked off, and there was plenty of time to do it.
Once all of those things were accomplished, the rest of the time ahead of me felt more open-ended. I was slightly uneasy and irresponsible with it. I was wasteful. Then M was eventually born, and time instantly felt more finite. I felt a certain kind of deliberate call to action about how I was going to make use of what time was left. It all leaves me feeling a bit frantic.
I think we all have something that becomes our touchstone for measuring time, especially what we have left. For me, I'm now realizing, it's my daughter and watching her grow. No matter how many more years I've got, I know it will not be enough. I think we're all slightly greedy in this way, or at least I am. But, by ticking the time away night after night with sunsets that give us pause, or those sunrises that nudge us out of bed a few minutes early, I try to slow it all down just a bit. I'm pretty sure it's not working, but at least we are enjoying the show together. And, I hope she will learn, earlier than I did, to give pause for all of those skies she will one day see without me by her side.
Much of my Instagram feed (where these images also have appeared) is filled with my sky-obsessed photos. If you like that kind of thing, come find me over there: @littlelodestar.
Copyright (c) 2014 Kristen M. Ploetz
We live in a small Cape just outside of Boston. We love our house, and have ever since we bought it nine years ago.
When we first came to own it, we were two worker bees who commuted back and forth to Boston (me) and Cambridge (my husband, E). We had nothing but a cat to take care of. Now that we've settled on our family size for certain, we know we do not need more space. The location suits us just fine since we enjoy being a one-car family; I now work from home and E walks to and from the Red Line every day, and we only have one child to tote around. Sure, there are days when I pine for a 40 acre expanse of secluded, wooded vistas in Vermont, but that's what retirement is for, right?
Built in 1940, the house had great bones but needed some upgrades and updating, the least of which was complete eradication of the faux paint finishes that the prior owners indulged in and some basement carpeting that potentially served as a mushroom farm. We've since done all of those things, and all that's left really is the outside. The kind of stuff that is not necessary, but that would complete the picture of the sanctuary that our home has become. When you're homebodies like us, you spend your money here at home, it seems, rather than on things and trips.
Over the fall, we started the process in the front yard, something that was necessary, structurally. Last week, we received the plans and estimate for the backyard landscaping that remains to be done.
Before signing the contract for the remaining work, I asked my husband, "We're really staying in this house, right? No plans to move, right?"
The funny thing was, I had not asked this same question any of the other times we decided to drop some serious dough into the house. Sure, some of those things were actually smart decisions and sound investments that we would recoup should we ever move, like upgrading the heating system, but many of the other things we simply had wanted. Why was I suddenly so cautious about whether we were going to stay, in my mind, forever?
I didn't realize until the other night what was driving my hesitation: the moves my then intact family had made when I was a child. We'd moved a few times as a family, but there was one house, one place, that seemed like my childhood home for so long. The white colonial in upstate New York. It's where I went to elementary school and made my first friends. It's where I had my first pet to call my own, a stray cat named Kitty that found me. It's where I had a crush on my best friend's (much) older brother. It's where I learned to roller skate. It's where I learned about the awful tragedy of the Challenger explosion. It's why the scent of a pine tree can make me nine years old again. I did a lot of growing up there.
We moved from that home in 1986 to come live in Massachusetts. My parents split less than a decade later. A different kind of growing up happened in all of those years since upstate New York.
There are very few pictures of that New York home left in our family photo collection. It got me to wondering what it looks like now. Being a four hour drive away, it's not easy to do the drive-by that I sometimes do when I want to see the first apartment my husband and I rented together across town or visit the home I lived in while in high school.
I decided to Google my old address. I think what happened next revealed the Pandora's box of the Internet.
When you look at your childhood home(s), you always expect the trees to be more overgrown or the paint color to be different. But that didn't happen here. The house looks exactly the same, save for some gardening structure that seems to now be in the front yard. This photograph could have just as easily been ripped out of my family photo album.
Which is why I was so taken aback by my reaction when I looked up this photo. It can only be succinctly summed up by telling you there was profound sadness. I know the whole of it is because the family that once lived there is no longer together. I don't think I really ever properly grieved that part of my parents' split. Can any child of divorce ever really do that anyway?
I think my attachment to childhood homes, and that New York house in particular, is why I am so now keenly aware of what foundations we are building with our daughter in our midst. As she inches toward seven years old this year, her first year of school well underway, I know that her roots are forming. Roots that are integrally tied to the home we are creating, and the lasting impression that I now know forms as a result. I know that she will likely remember the texture of the granite rock in our backyard like the lines in her palm. The colors of the plants that grow here will be as familiar as the freckles that dot her legs. She will remember the sticky cool feeling the September grass leaves on her legs in the spot under our maple tree where we watch "bird TV".
Though I know that nothing is forever, even if well-intentioned or planned out in advance, I remain sensitive to the value and central role that a home plays in a child's life, especially as the years tick by in that same house. It's why I am simultaneously, if not contradictorily, so excited and hesitant to make ours what we want it to be. To make it ours, as a family, for the long-term.
There was no hesitation in my husband's answers to my questions. We signed the contract for the landscaping. The new plants will go in the ground this spring. A new patio will be carved out for gatherings with family and friends. These things will take root and get mossy. They will become part of our daily landscape. And, I hope, complement the strong foundation this home already seems to have.
Copyright (c) 2014 Kristen M. Ploetz
Tuesday was Kindergarten registration day in our school district. When the school was looking for parents of current Kindergarteners to volunteer a few hours to meet and greet the incoming parents, I jumped at the occasion. It's not the kind of thing that I normally like to do and I totally did not have the time, mind you, with two pressing writing deadlines staring me down this week, among other things. But I wanted to help because I immediately recalled my emotions on the day I went to register M last March. Not surprisingly, I was a weepy mess when I left the registration room, and a parent volunteer was kind enough to not think I was crazy.
As I saw on Tuesday, crying at registration, it turns out, is not standard practice.
Looking back, I think I can explain those tears better now. When I was filling out those forms, M was going through some pretty tough stuff that was making school and separation unbearable for her every single day, but especially the three days she went to preschool. How would she handle five days of this? I wondered. She was, and largely still is, not someone who can cope easily with major changes in routine. Naturally, I was anxious about how it would go in Kindergarten when the time came.
And wouldn't you know, when Kindergarten started in September, she was fine. Something happened in the span of the six months between registration and orientation. The issues she was dealing with in the six months before were distant memories as a result of some hard work we did as a family to help her. The transition was virtually seamless and there were no tears (from her at least).
When she was six months old, it was time for me to go back to work. I thought about how at one point, in those early weeks of nonstop nursing, I thought I couldn't wait to get back to work just so I could have some time alone . . . and then when that day came, I was so completely torn about going back to work. My mind had had 180 days to parse out the meaning of this tender life now firmly centered on the map of my world. My mind and the direction I wanted to go, ultimately, had changed.
It got me to thinking about all the times when she's had a major burst of milestones, or taken several steps backward. We've noticed that when those episodes occur, she's either about to have a birthday or she's just reached the half-birthday mark. It's practically predictable.
Six month cycles, it seems, are how we measure time around here. Yes, there are the minutes that feel like decades, and the years that pass with the warp speed of the second hand, but true growth, hers and mine, seems to come in 180 day intervals. In that span of time, she and I both stretch to figure out who we are together, and how to be increasingly independent and apart. Our high and low tides take six months to fully ebb and flow. Sometimes I feel the sand washing away beneath my feet, inducing a vertigo like no other as my toes try desperately to hang on to as many grains of sand as they can. Other times the salty water crashes into my goosebumped shins, reminding me that there's only going to be a few months in which to enjoy a swim. I'm content with that kind of cycle.
And wouldn't you know, she turns six and a half today. I know that some folks celebrate half birthdays. We've never done that before, but this year we will. Her sixth birthday, which always falls around Labor Day (when very few people are around), was lost in the shadows of both starting Kindergarten and losing her first two teeth (very emotionally) within 24 hours of her birthday. It was an overwhelming time for all of us. She'd left her preschool friends behind with no way to contact them, and didn't yet know anyone in her Kindergarten class, so her birthday party did not have very many friends that were truly of her own making.
But I do declare, March is a perfect time to celebrate six and half. It's still cold, quiet, and grey around here. With the tulips still hibernating underneath the frozen ground and first strawberries still three months away, we desperately need some sweetness and color. So, I'm thinking a half cake and some balloons in pink, purple and light blue (her favorites), just for the three of us. Yes, this will do just fine. I'm not sure if we will mark the occasion in years ahead, but for some reason it feels right to do it now.
Happy 6½ Birthday, M. Watching you grow has helped me grow too. xoxo, Mama
Copyright (c) 2014 Kristen M. Ploetz
* I just want to quickly add that yesterday I received the Spring 2014 magazine from the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, and noticed an intriguing (and timely) exhibit that I will likely visit: William Kentridge: The Refusal of Time (runs through May 4, 2014).
I don't think about my status as an atheist or non-believer very much. Certainly not on a day to day basis. Sure, here and there it comes up in discussion at home with my husband or daughter, or occasionally with a couple of friends (believers and non-believers alike), but generally my point of view just rests mutely in the back of my mind. I suppose this happens when there is no regular gathering, such as on Saturdays or Sundays, to ponder the wonder of a collective non-belief. I'm also not very interested in proselytizing (who has the time!?). Ah, well. I feel no ambivalence about the conclusions I've reasoned and reached, so this is just like any other aspect of what makes me "me", like my affinity for coffee or my messy sock drawer.
Still, despite my comfort level, over the past month or so there's been a quiet bubbling to the surface of the one aspect of many religions' belief systems that makes me wonder whether parenting is slightly easier for the believing majority: the promise or idea of an afterlife or heaven. I think there were two specific things that got me mulling this over more than usual.
The first was listening to a portion of the NPR series, "What Comes Next? Conversations on the Afterlife", featured on All Things Considered. Granted, so far I have only heard one full interview (the rabbi) and bits of others, but it was a jolt of thought long held at bay for me. Listening to some of these folks made me pause and think, "they've got it good because they almost get a second bite at the apple with their loved ones by holding this view." It also made me recall a passage from the book Life of Pi, by Yann Martel (which I read more than a decade ago), where the question was posed by Pi, which is the better story that he had recounted: the one with the animals or the one without? The answer was the story with the animals because it gave the beauty and brutality we face in life more divine context. Pi's response was something to the effect of, "and so it is with God." In other words, if you can believe one of two stories, why not choose the more comforting and beautiful one. Yet, despite the obvious comfort it offers in the context of death, I've personally never been able to make that leap of faith.
The other event was attending a funeral earlier this month. There were some religious readings, including a mention of heaven and the idea that we—that is, those of us still alive—will one day see the deceased again and that we will be looked upon from on high. The previous funeral I attended before this one was while I was pregnant with M in 2007, thus I was not yet fully immersed in the role of parent and lacked the different perspective I now carry about mortality and the fragility of life. As cold or as crass as some might think it is, I don't believe there is an afterlife or special place that our "spiritual" selves go or reunite with others. In my mind, the physical end is the ultimate end. Yet it is this finality that makes me feel that perhaps believers may have the upper hand, at least insofar as being a parent is concerned.
Let me paint the picture this way. When you become a parent, you've essentially been given season tickets to a deeply moving, life-changing improv show. It's a wonderful mix of comedy, drama and suspense. In the beginning, you see everything, from the behind the scenes tasks and toil to the front of the house standing ovation after a particularly good performance. No two acts, let alone performances, are alike. You are equal parts producer, director, supporting actor, acting coach and audience, though these roles ebb and flow throughout the season. Over time, you see less and less of the performance onstage, but you certainly have a handle on what's been taking place by hearing the reviews. You are immersed. You are spellbound. Yet this is the one show that you do not want to see the end of. This is because to see the last performance would mean that the life of the main character—your child—would have to end before yours. No parent wants that. So instead, we usually duck out sometime before the final curtain call.
Of course, of course, saying goodbye to our children, whether it be because of our death or theirs, is hard for each and every single parent, no matter when it happens and no matter what your belief system is. But what I wonder is if there is some small, even if infinitesimal, advantage to the knowledge, if you're a believer in the afterlife, that you will have an opportunity to come together again one day. I have to think that there is, if only because there is the promised benefit of seeing, albeit from a different plane, the end of the show as well as a soulful backstage reunion.
As an atheist, I do not operate under that premise. It sometimes moves me to tears that there are so many things that I will ultimately not get to see in M's life solely because of the natural order of our mortality, which usually has offspring living well beyond their parents. The physical world and the finite running time of the show is all I expect. It is the ultimate "fear of missing out." This is the handicap of an atheist parent, at least for me. It is often difficult to move through life knowing this, and makes me envious of those who can adopt a belief in something more after this physical world.
I'm not going to go as far and say that perhaps because of this vantage point that atheists have a stronger appreciation for life, and certainly not categorically so. No, to do so would be arrogant and presumptuous. But it certainly does beg the question of how one's position about the possibility (or not) of the afterlife shapes the paths and emotions we face while alive.
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Developing leaders has always been one of RYAA's goals in the community of East Palo Alto. One of the ways RYAA develops these young leaders is through allowing them to coach. Many of the coaches in the Fall soccer league are youth that played in the league, or still play now, but take the time […] read more...
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One of RYAA's main missions has always been community development in the East Palo Alto/ East Menlo Park areas. But it goes farther than just community development, sports and fun. RYAA's most important mission is to develop kids spiritually. Through Bible teaching and lessons, RYAA looks to expose the community to the Gospel of Jesus […] read more...
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If you had visited Cesar Chavez field for the first week of our summer sports camp you would have seen 13 Oklahomans sporting matching jackets with E.P.A. in bold letters printed on the back. This team was such a blessing both to RYAA and the community as they ran a week long soccer and basketball […] read more...
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This past weekend we had the pleasure of taking 8 of the neighborhood boys that we have gotten to know through RYAA to the John Muir festival held in Culterville near Yosemite. All of them regularly attend the weekly boys bible study held at our house, and most had never been to the mountains before. […] read more...
Grandmother who was shot tells her storyPosted on Tuesday May 21, 2013
East Palo Alto has been experiencing daily shootings from a conflict between rival gang members. The Palo Alto Weekly did a great article about a grandmother who was caught in the crossfire of a shooting in front of the local McDonald's. This gives a good view into the lives and fears of many who live […] read more...
Why Local Missions? – "Going to Samaria"Posted on Thursday February 28, 2013
This is a sermon I gave at Lord's Grace Community Church in Mountain View on the call to local missions. I have been meaning to share it with you all for some time. Enjoy! Shannon Pekary, Executive Director, speaks at Lord's Grace Community Church in October, 2012 read more...


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The AnyRoom DVR from XFINITY lets you control the content across every TV in your Kalispell home. That's just right for you if you fit in with the 33%, or 6,427 of Montanans with multiple TVs.
XFINITY Internet packages from Comcast offer download speeds of up to 105 Mbps. That's a significant increase in speed from the Kalispell average download speed of 8.06 Mbps.
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XFINITY subscribers in Kalispell, MT, like the majority of Americans, watch an average of 35 hours of television each week. If you prefer movies and TV shows, you'll love the current and classic options included in XFINITY TV specials. And with local channels in its lineup, XFINITY delivers Kalispell's legendary live sports action.
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Bundling also unlocks the ability to show caller ID on your TV, PC, and smartphone. Two-thirds of Montanans?including residents of Kalispell--bundle their telecommunications products through a single service provider. Many choose an XFINITY bundle for their TV, voice, and Internet products. When you bundle TV, Internet, and/or Home Phone in a Triple Play or Double Play bundle in Kalispell, MT, state-of-the-art equipment comes with your XFINITY package.
One of the most satisfying aspects of watching Dawson's Creek and other locally filmed TV programs is seeing Kalispell actors like Robert Bray. With premium home television programming, XFINITY has all the local, regional, and national channels you want. Plus, it's designed to bring you the best in sports, movies, shows, and news. You can add great original content from channels like HBO®, Showtime®, and Cinemax® to get the most out of your cable TV subscription.
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