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First off, John, the proper response to the second e-mail you received from "Tom" would be 1)"I gave up baby food long ago, Sirrah!" or 2)" But...if I did that... your poor mother would starve!" I must confess, I have been that old guy down the street for years. Age and experience beat youth, droopy pants, and bad attitude.ReplyDelete
I received some very nice correspondence last week from a young man who addressed me as "Mr. Hartlaub", asked me a couple of serious questions, and thanked me profusely when he received my answers. I hold out hope that there are more like him than there are like "Tom."
I don't think that's indicative of the youth as a whole. Our friend Tom just has too much...angst?ReplyDelete
Apparently John, he has a thing for older men...I mean its all kinda anything goes these days.ReplyDelete
Suffice it say that those with the utmost ability to communicate intelligibly will in the end be the ones in charge, while those who talk like idiots end up in the gutters.
Reason #294 why I teach my kids to be literate and speak like adults instead of like morons.
ten bucks says 'Tom' walks around with his underpants showing and doesn't realize he looks like a dork
Perhaps Tom's class assignment was to create an example of 4-word flash fiction. If so, he did a pretty good job.ReplyDelete
Love your response, Joe Moore!ReplyDelete
John it sounds like you're another victim of cyberbullying - I've been doing research into that topic this week for my big girl job as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
You did the right thing with your first response - if we don't model appropriate respect and love for the language and critical thinking, who's going to do it?
Sounds like Tom does what alot of kids do today - he reacted with anger, and circulated his hateful words online.
Shame on him.
If kids want to play with the Big Dogs they need to learn the lingo. And respect.
The more we bring things like this to light, the better. I'm glad you posted it, John.
Kids have a new thing. They go to online book retailers & "hook up" at certain book titles. They post crazy comments & can drive your rating down with anonymous regularity. Amazon stopped allowing anonymous reviews, but B&N allows them. My latest B&N Top 100 got hit by these. By the comments, you could tell they never read the book--comments like "I never read this book. Tell me what it's about." I reported the obvious ones, but no response from B&N.ReplyDelete
Tom has a set of brass ones. With the lack of respect comes a sense of entitlement that's infuriating too. I really pity teachers who are on the front line dealing with this crap.
Oh, wanted to say that you should report that email with the inappropriate language to the ISP - the bylaws of most providers won't tolerate that sort of thing. His account will be deactivated because of that language he used.ReplyDelete
Wonder if Tom read the By-laws?
Lack of respect is, well...lacking, from ALL age groups I have noticed (it's a major problem in the business world too). For just one example--when I was growing up, I was taught that you call anyone older than you Mr. or Miss. I'm not sure why, but even among adults, this practice has gone out the window.ReplyDelete
On a good note, the teens I know do not act like this. At least not that I've ever observed.
Too bad there's no way to know who his teacher is. Imagine the potential merriment were you able to send this exchange back that way.ReplyDelete
I taught high school for a couple of years in a tough neighborhood; I also watched my daughter and her friends as they grew through this period. I believe Tom is far more the exception than the rule, though seeing kids in groups trying to impress their peers may make people wonder otherwise.
I must look like a total Miss Priss, because people are always apologizing when they use foul language around me (they'd know better if they read my books!). I haven't run into any online crudeness, except while reading comments on web sites. I gave up reading those long ago, because it threw me into a state of despair about the intelligence of American society, and our prospects for the future.ReplyDelete
I think historians a thousand years from now will look back at this era as being a major turning point in printed communication. Sentences are becoming shorter, and capitalization and punctuation are gradually eroding. Even spelling is being changed by texting.
Bahahahahaha. I teach grades 6, 7 & 8. I agree with Paula that these things need to come to light a lot more often. Teachers can't post these little tidbits without jeopardizing their jobs. Anyway, my best young adult sources tell me that in my region "nigga" a word I have heard and read zillions of times but would personally NEVER say or think, actually means dude. Except in your case. Normally it is used among friends. It might mean something else somewhere else, but believe me I have interrogated the youth who use it. I've threatened to send some to the office.ReplyDelete
The insult that compounds this injury is, if we can't educate such cherubs then we'll get support them during their life through our tax contributions.
Whoa. I'm with Paula on reporting the incident to the ISP. Then again, I worry that he might, indeed, begin to cyber-stalk you. Or find your house.ReplyDelete
I'm married to a writer/creative writing prof. The sad news is that he sees writing similar to the kid's first email all the time--in his 300 level classes. : (
You know, after a little thought about the young man in question and how to deal with society's collapse of respect I've come up with this solution.ReplyDelete
The Draft. Re-institute mandatory two year military service for all young men, and maybe women too. But do not train the disrepectful or stupid ones in combat skills. Save that for volunteers with higher literacy and math scores and the ability to communicate well. Successful combat operations require good communication skills, respect for chain of command, and emotional self control more than anything else.
Thug wannabes would be placed in support positions only, cooks, clerks, and labor positions etc, but required to go through the same discipline structure as combat soldiers. During that service everyone would be given the opportunity for continued education to improve their skill set and transfer to a different job if they qualify.
Just my opinion, but history has shown it works. Countless young folks in generations past ended up finding purpose and meaning for an other wise directionless life via an unexpected two year stint in the military. Some ended up making it a career, others found the discipline needed to focus on their future and get into a good job after wards.
Again, just my opinion, any other ideas for how to deal with it?
They are so cute when they are too frigging stupid to claim to b e a mammal.ReplyDelete
Now that's a wonderful solution!
Fight Stupidity with a Tried and True solution.
You know I've been thinking all day what an amazing Antagonist "Tom" would be in a thriller.
There's got to be a YA novel in this piece somewhere.
He'd be the perfect way to "Hash Out" this argument in Prose.
Maybe the good kids would learn something?
Ease off, the kid actually sort of read your book.ReplyDelete
I had to go to my annual lawyer school today. This post not only cracked me up, it gave me hope for my own job security and future.ReplyDelete
You see, if he wasn't smart enough to know it was time to put a sock in it, he won't be smart enough to smart enough to know when to put a sock on it.
Did I mention that I prosecute and enforce delinquent child support orders?
::puts "Tom" on my tba ("to be arraigned") list::
PS: my word verify captcha was more literate than the second note.
I'm with John Ramsey Miller. You just lost a reader. But that's not even the point. This kid tried to engage you in conversation, albeit with poor English and grammar. Wouldn't it have been good to respond in a less judgmental manner and develop a bit of rapport before chastising him for his lack of skills? Hope the kid continues to read, even if he's crossed you off his list.ReplyDelete
I appreciate your thoughts, but I don't think for a moment that this young man was trying to engage me in a conversation. I clearly can't know his heart, but from the very nature of his questions, it was clear to me that he had not read the book. I'm not sure what his agenda was, but I get dozens of emails from children every year who want to have a genuine discussion, and as I said, I respond to every one. Even his first email was a rare example of disrespect for art and craft that are very important to me.
I could have ignored him, but instead I reached out to engage HIM in a conversation, making it clear what was in MY heart--that a discussion of literary matters must first respect literary basics. My response wasn't judgmental; it merely laid ground rules. If those rules forced a young man to turn to a dictionary, or merely to make use of the punctuation that has been taught to him since third grade, I see no harm in that.
This stuff matters. If I'm not part of the team to help young people improve essential communication skills, then I'm just part of the problem. In my view, Tom screwed up an opportunity to learn everything I have to offer. It's a shame.
John Gilstrap


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Eugene Potter Stone was born on 5 April 1861 to Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Whiton Stone, Jr. in Boston, Massachusetts. He started Harvard Medical School on 30 September 1880 after having served with the military as a young boy, at age fifteen. He was enthusiastic about his medical education, but seems discouraged by his academic performance in the first few entries of the diary.
Stone graduated Harvard Medical School on 25 June 1884 and then started as an Intern at the Boston City Hospital on 1 July 1884. He applied to the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1884 and was admitted. On 9 January 1885 Stone moved to Washington D.C., the following month was asked to become the Resident Physician Protem at Barnes Hospital.
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Surgeon Stone was ordered to the Marine Rendezvous Boston on 9 November 1893, and from August through December 1894 was stationed on USS Wabash. Leaving Wabash, he returned to the Naval Hospital at Chelsea, Massachusettes until 18 November 1895. He served on USS Indiana from November 1895 through April 1897 and USS Bennington until 1898. From 1898 to 1901 he served at the Naval Dispensary, Washington D.C. On 20 April 1901 he reported to USS Dolphin, serving there until 11 April 1903 when he reported to his new ship, USS Mayflower.
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In 1909, President Roosevelt decided to create a physical fitness test for the officers in the Navy and Army. They had to either ride 100 miles or walk 50 miles in three days. Stone describes his 50 mile walk and his view that it was not a fair test, but one designed to force some officers into retirement. For his test, Stone walked from Salem, Massachusetts to the Navy Yard on the first day, from Navy Yard to Chelsea, and from Chelsea back to the Navy Yard.
On 13 September 1911 Stone and his family traveled to Naval Hospital Canacao, P.I. where he was to do a little work and then sailed back to Mare Island, California. Following this expedition Stone requested that he be stationed back at New York Hospital, and this request was granted. Stone and his family moved back to New York on 27 November 1911, but in January 1912 received orders to Denver.
In March 1913 Stone was recommended for retirement with disability in the line of duty due to tuberculosis. His condition worsened over the next several months. On 30 October 1913 he received orders to meet the retirement board in Washington, but was too ill to go. By January 1914, his condition had improved sufficiently for him to travel to the New York Navy Yard for examination by the retirement board. They were concerned by his state and ordered him to a Naval Hospital for further observation. Stone retired later that year, and moved with his wife to New Hampshire, where he died on 5 September 1916.
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|Sun, 07-22-2012 - 11:40pm
My husband and I have been together for over 8 years and married for 5. In the last year we've had relationship problems especially around sex. I wasn't wanting it very often because when we have it sometimes he can't climax for over an hour. Although most people might not think this is an issue it becomes a real problem when he wants to have sex once a week. I found out a few months ago he's been going on a web cam porn site and getting private shows while he shows himself to the woman on his webcam. I also found that he'd placed an ad on a discrete sex website. He swears nothing ever happened and he only did it because I wasn't wanting to have sex. We've been going to counseling but I've been afraid to bring up the porn sites for fear of embarrassing him and me. In a way I can understand that he doesn't feel his needs are being met but I feel betrayed and hurt. I have tried to have sex more often for the sake of our relationship but it's hard when I know each time sex will be over an hour. I don't know what to do anymore. I've considered divorce but worry about the amount of debt we borh and how I'll survive on my low salary. If anyone has anyone words of wisdom they would be much appreciated. I don't feel I have anyone to discuss this issue with because it's embarrassing on so many levels.
|Wed, 07-25-2012 - 11:51am
' I was having daily, mututally enjoyable, one or more sessions, hour plus long sex with my wife of 22 years (with a few days off a month for her cycle) the entire marriage so there is no way to convince me that it is painful by default. Following my divorce, my gf of 2.5 years was even more so.
Two gf's prior to marriage, same.
What am I missing?'
What you're missing is the fact that the case of Glenn and Ex-wife is not normal in any way shape or form. To me, it's on the verge of almost ridiculous. In the first lustful months of a r-ship and before the two actually live together and share lives with jobs, kids and problems, I can understanding wanting that much sex. But most definitely NOT afterwards. As for 22 years... this, to me, is a joke. I doubt VERY VERY VERY strongly that most couples married for 22 years have sex once or twice every day.
|Wed, 07-25-2012 - 1:41pm
Once again, I'm glad that neither myself nor my ex were aware of the restrictions within normality, we would have missed out on a lot of great sex.
Just so I am informed for my next marriage, when should I stop dailly sex starting from the time we meet and/or marry?
|Wed, 07-25-2012 - 3:28pm
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I was having daily, mututally enjoyable, one or more sessions, hour plus long sex with my wife of 22 years (with a few days off a month for her cycle) the entire marriage so there is no way to convince me that it is painful by default. Following my divorce, my gf of 2.5 years was even more so.
Two gf's prior to marriage, same.
What am I missing?
The keyword here is ''mutually enjoyable'' which doesn't seem to be the case of the OP.
|Wed, 07-25-2012 - 5:25pm
OK guys, now I'm pulling out the anti-hijack request. If anyone feels the need to debate another poster, could you please respect the OP's post is about her and start another thread for your discussions.
Actually, I'll even make a thread for you
thanks in advance
|Thu, 07-26-2012 - 11:44am
<< The keyword here is ''mutually enjoyable'' which doesn't seem to be the case of the OP. >>
In lue of trueblue's explanation as to how and why I have driven this thread off topic by addressing the initial assumptions of the OP, I will continue as I do not believe anything I have posted is off topic (aka - highjacked).
If the hour long sex of the OP was mutually enjoyable, she would not have posted here in the first place so to point that out is rather redundant, no?
What I have been trying to say is that what she believes surrounding 'normal' sex may well influence or control her body's response to the hour long sex she is complaining about. The next woman over may be complaining that her husband only lasts 3 minutes when she believes that 'normal' sex should last an hour. In these two cases, the only difference is ones initial assumptions which, IMO, are malleable enough to alter should one have the will to do so.
Should the OP accomplish such an adjustment, barring physical limitations that we do not know about yet, the problem could well be solved.
|Thu, 07-26-2012 - 12:35pm
Unfortunitly most readers were led astray by listing the hour long sex. If porn is your complaint then there is a board for that.
|Thu, 07-26-2012 - 12:48pm
I too would recommend the porn board with the exception that it has been slow of late. Maybe betrayed spouses would be better?
That said, if you are going the therapy, the idea there is to address your concerns. What would hold you back from bringing up his online habits in therapy?
|Thu, 07-26-2012 - 2:12pm
OP, the purpose of therapy is to address your concerns. If you don't bring them up, they can't be addressed. That's just a waste of time and money.
|Thu, 07-26-2012 - 6:46pm
Hazydayz, I am not going to suggest any other boards. You're fine right here if you want to continue with us.
I see your problem as multifaceted. It's not just about him not being able to climax in a reasonable amount of time, it's not just about the porn and it's not just about the betrayal. And I think it's worthy of note that this is not 'regular' porn that he's doing - but interactive porn. I can imagine that this would be signifiantly more hurtful than looking at photos.
To me, your problem is all of things combined and all must be addressed. Is it reasonable to suggest that you may be able to work towards getting past the betrayal if he stops the porn and addresses his inability to climax?
|Fri, 07-27-2012 - 1:55pm
I think the Porn and Sex are symptoms of a different problem. They are definitely an issue, but I think what needs to be addressed is why they have become an issue.
OP. Did your DH always have a porn habit, or has this materialized over the last year? What was sex like before these really became issues. Was there are time (beyond the initial onset of sex) where you both seemed to thoroughly enjoy sex and even sort of craved that time together?
Is there something that has happened in the last year or so that has forced your relationship to change, even if it doesn't seem like it should have? Career change, lifestyle change, perhaps something that used to be the norm kind of got left on the sidelines (unintentionally). Is there new added stress that either of you, or both of you are experiencing?
Could there be a communication gap, what do you feel uncomfortable discussing with your DH? What do you think your DH struggles communicating with you?
Are there little things, that independently don't really show on your radar, but over time combine and kind of fester in your mind. These could be comments made in passing, slight actions that you find negative, new habits that have slowly caused a rift?
There is a really good book written by Dry Gary Chapman, called The Five Love Languages. It is a great resource for identifying how both you and your DH communicate most effectively. He also wrote a book talking about the different seasons many marriages go through. I found that book to also be very insightful. And while they are religious to some degree, they are also great for those who are not religious. I know I personally gained a lot of very good information from them, that has really allowed me to see my marriage from different perspectives and in turn made my marriage much stronger and happier.


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I'm reminded of how fantastic this wine remains, and why it is still revered as one of Australia's greatest wines. I think too of its creator, Max Schubert, and the time we met in the 1980s, one of those special moments where I felt as if I were standing next to a legend, an original.
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Millbrandt, a big vineyard owner in eastern Washington, sells grapes to a roster of A-list wineries, and makes its own wines as well. The Estates Chardonnay comes from its Evergreen Vineyard in the cool-climate Ancient Lakes AVA. It lies on shallow soils littered with chalk and limestone that are earning a reputation for crisp, minerally white wines. You can taste it in this wine.
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I'm from Cleveland, so when I moved to California in 1996, a lot of my friends warned me about "The Big One." I assured them that I'd rather go years of maybe having an earthquake to knowing that I'd have to endure year after year of dreadful winters.
On Sunday morning, The Pretty Big One hit. It woke us up at 3:20 a.m. I live about 15 miles from the epicenter. It's an uneasy feeling, the ground rumbling underneath you, hearing things fall and break in your house, long seconds of wondering when it will be over. Thankfully, I'm fine, along with everyone I know.
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I usually don't take two days in a row off from working out, but my body was begging me. And I'm glad I listened to it. Yesterday was a nice sleepy and lazy day with my honey, and my nose is so stuffy today that I would look like a total weirdo on the treadmill tonight having to breathe with my mouth wide open.
So I took tonight to make some tomato sauce. It's just like anything else - it's the getting started that's the hardest part. Once I started, I got into the chopping groove and it went by very quickly. Sigh... I didn't get around to making the Spanakopita; that will have to wait until Thursday night. But everything will be okay until then.
Good news for the day - my car's service cost significantly less than I thought it would. It was time for its 100K mile service, which I thought would cost a few hundred dollars. It was only $75! Turns out that since I paid for the timing belt and water pump 20K miles ago, those parts didn't have to be replaced today. Yahoo! Life is good. I was feeling so good about it that I didn't even charge it to my credit card. No sense in paying it next month when I can pay for it now.
Tomato sauce is done and cooling. Clothes for the week are ready. Lunch and gym clothes for tomorrow are packed, so I think I'm ready for some quality couch time. I need a little more laziness before I go back to school tomorrow (today was an in-service).
Woke up today and felt worse than yesterday... so I took it easy. I did manage to freeze some squash, which was a big thing. Took my car to get its 100K mile work done, watched some football (the Eagles barely eked it out today) and then the last 1/2 of the 9th inning of the Phillies game, which was apparently the best part. Go Phils!
It was exciting to see Michael Vick run... there was some good stuff in there.
Drank tons of water today, had some really delish vanilla tea with honey and lemon, and now it's off to the couch with a glass of wine while honey makes dinner. Hopefully the Motrin will kick in soon and rid me of this slight fever. Bleh.
Thinking about cutting back on the coffee... it hasn't been doing it for me lately (I have NO idea why) so I'm going to see what happens if I cut back.
In-service tomorrow... no kids means another day of resting my voice. Hooray! Not "hooray," though, is wondering how much my car is going to cost tomorrow. I'm assuming that the 100K mile thing is pretty pricey, though. Still cheaper than a new car.
Couch + football + sweatpants + wine = a very lovely evening.
So I was starting to feel a little more lumpy and bumpy than usual, and I think it had a lot to do with a lack of pushing myself during my workouts. It was starting to get into a *bad* routine, where I was too comfortable with the weights I was using and too comfortable with the treadmill.
But back to school means a new routine. And I LOVE my new routine. I have been taking kickboxing and "Intensity" classes, which totally get me sweating. Today's Intensity class was 60 minutes of plyometrics... AAAAHHHHH. And that was *after* a 30 minute run... phew!
I drank lots of water and went out walking around today to keep loose. I walked around a Holistic Wellness Expo... it was very interesting. Came home, noshed on some tortilla chips and homemade salsa (it is SOOOOO good) and I have a broccoli strudel in the oven. Yum!
Tonight - laundry (easy to do while I relax - just getting up to switch stuff around), water, wine, strudel, some TV, a little planning for next week, relaxing...
Tomorrow (this list is much longer):
- freeze squash
- use up the tomatoes and make marinara for the freezer (honey is making pizza dough!)
- plan outfits for the week
- make Spanakopita with the greens from the farm
- grocery shopping
- get some Important Paperwork done (Oh, Canada!)
- water water water
- keep the tortilla chip and salsa eating to a reasonable limit
Phew! Off to check the strudel and get some wine... tonight I'm enjoying some Niagara from a winery in the Finger Lakes (I can't think of which one off the top of my head).
This one looked like fun and I don't have much to blog about tonight... tomorrow maybe.
1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? Closed, now that there are curtains over the doors. The previous owner of our house put in mirrored closet doors on ALL the closets, even the bedroom. There's nothing like waking up in the middle of the night to pee and thinking someone is watching you.
2. Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel? Yes, but only if they smell good.
3. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out? Untucked. I rutch around a lot, and they always come untucked anyway.
4. Have you ever stolen a street sign before? Yes. I mean, maybe...
5. Do you like to use post-it notes? YES!!! Big ones, little ones, bright ones, ones on the end of a highlighter...
6. Do you cut out coupons but then never use them? Rarely - I'm pretty good at using up the coupons.
7. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees? A bear - when I moved up to Bear Country, I watched a movie on how to scare bears away. "WHOA BEAR"
8. Do you have freckles? Only a few.
9. Do you always smile for pictures? Yes.
10. What is your biggest pet peeve? When audiences clap and they aren't on the beat, the phrase "First Annual," wet washcloths in the sink
11. Do you ever count your steps when you walk? No
12. Have you ever peed in the woods? Yes
13. What about pooped in the woods? Yes. In Girl Scouts, we even dug the hole!
14. Do you ever dance even if there�s no music playing? Oh yes. ESPECIALLY when there is no music.
15. Do you chew your pens and pencils? Used to until I got braces. Now I'm very weird about chewing on stuff.
16. How many people have you slept with this week? One
17. What size is your bed? Queen
18. What is your Song of the week? Christina Aguilera - Bobblehead
19. Is it okay for guys to wear pink? It's okay, but often not in the guy's best interest.
20. Do you still watch cartoons? Nope.
21. What�s your least favorite movie? I'm not really a movie person, but I think I'd have to say almost anything with Nicholas Cage.
22. Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some? Under a pile of doo.
23. What do you drink with dinner? Water or wine.
24. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? Tapatio and blue cheese sauce
25. What is your favorite food? I LOVE food, I could eat anything. But I could always eat pizza, Mexican, and ice cream.
26. What movies could you watch over and over and still love? Blazing Saddles, Serial Mom, Amadeus
27. Last person you kissed/kissed you? My honey
29. Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine? Nope.
30. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper? A few weeks ago - my honey's mom loves to send letters, so I write to her.
31. Can you change the oil on a car? Nope.
32. Ever gotten a speeding ticket? Yes - including one when my honey and I were on one of our first dates.
33. Ran out of gas? Nope. Thank you Idiot Light!
34. Favorite kind of sandwich? Roast beef, cabbage, swiss cheese, horseradish
35 Best thing to eat for breakfast? Belgian waffle with berries and homemade whipped cream
36. What is your usual bedtime? Usually between 9:30 and 10:00
37. Are you lazy? Not often, but when I'm lazy, I'm LAZY.
38. When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween? a pumpkin, cat, witch
39. What is your astrological sign? Libra
40. How many languages can you speak? Just English.
41. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? The Week - a gift from honey's mom.
42..Which are better legos or lincoln logs? Legos
43. Are you stubborn? No
44. Who is better...Leno or Letterman? Conan
45. Ever watch soap operas? Nope - never got into them
46. Afraid of heights? Only heights I can potentially fall off of.
47. Sing in the car? Yes!
48. Dance in the shower? nope
49. Dance in the car? On occasion. I used to practice conducting for my college classes.
50. Ever used a gun? Nope
51. Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer? Senior year of high school.
52. Do you think musicals are cheesy? Yes. And I LOVE it!
53. Is Christmas stressful? YES. I would love to go away to an island this year.
54. Ever eat a pierogi? holy moly are they good.
55. Favorite type of fruit pie? Cherry crumb
56. Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid? a bus driver, a vet, a pilot
57. Do you believe in ghosts? I will when I see one.
58. Ever have a Deja-vu feeling? Ugh, yes.
59. Take a vitamin daily? Yep - calcium/vit. D
60. Wear slippers? I prefer fuzzy socks
61. Wear a bath robe? Nope
62. What do you wear to bed? my birthday suit
63. First concert? um... the first one I remember going to is a Bob Dylan concert.
64. Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart? Target
65. Nike or Adidas? both
66.Cheetos Or Fritos? Cheetos.
67. Peanuts or Sunflower seeds? peanuts, in butter form.
68. Ever hear of the group Tres Bien? No.
69. Ever take dance lessons? When I was little I did the little girl thing - tap and ballet
70. Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing? Not other than the one he does now - chef. I also don't want him to stop cooking at home!
71. Can you curl your tongue? Yes, but just once.
72. Ever won a spelling bee? ARGH no. And my mom reminds me TO THIS DAY how I spelled banana "banna" and had to sit down.
73. Have you ever cried because you were so happy? oh yes.
74. Own records? Yes
75. Own a record player? no, which is a little weird because I have a record.
76. Regularly burn incense? no - too stinky
77. Ever been in love? I am right now!
78. Who would you like to see in concert? Tori Amos
79. What was the last concert you saw? I have a season ticket to a kind of local symphony orchestra
80.Hot tea or cold tea? hot
81.Tea or coffee? coffee
82. Sugar or snickerdoodles? There are PA Dutch sugar cookies called "Leb Cookies" and they are AMAZING
83.Can you swim well? yes
84.Can you hold your breath without holding your nose? Yes.
85. Are you patient? yes.
86. DJ or band, at a wedding? I know a great guy who does weddings - I'd have him come and play the piano.
87. Ever won a contest? Yes - I once won a $500 gift card to the liquor store.
88. Ever have plastic surgery? nope
89. Which are better black or green olives? plain - black. stuffed - green
90. Can you knit or crochet? Nope.
91. Best room for a fireplace? the den
92. Do you want to get married? yes
93. If married, how long have you been married? n/a
94. Who was your HS crush? JW
95. Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way? nope
96. Do you have kids? Nope
97. Do you want kids? eh, not really
98. Whats your favorite color? I wear a lot of blue, but I like purple, too... and orange is pretty in the fall...
99. Do you miss anyone right now? I miss my old teaching friends.
100. Did you watch, Next Great American Band on FOX? No.
That ate up just enough time for my dinner to digest before my hot bath! Hooray!
My alarm went off this morning at 5:02. Bleh. Wednesday is an early gym day, and today I really didn't want to go. So I hit snooze. But I didn't go back to sleep... instead, I thought about not going to the gym. I would have been awake anyway - just not at the gym. Decided that the same 30 minutes would pass whether I was at the gym or not, so I got up, put on my swim suit, and got in my Wednesday laps.
I feel so good. BAH - the post-workout feeling is amazing!
Already on my way to getting all my water in for the day. Yahoo!
- tons of water
- make tomato sauce tonight
- cook the chicken tonight
- stick to one snack at school
- clean something up when I get home
Toast and egg is ready - have a super day!


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I really liked the plastic mat this set comes with. It was big enough to catch all the cake that my little boy dropped/threw. The bib did not work out so well. It was uncomfortable for him so I ended up taking it off.
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Purchased to match the "Safari Friends" theme and it goes perfectly! Obviously wish that the Safari Friends theme had a matching set but this worked great instead!
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I ordered this to go with the dino 1st birthday theme and it matches perfect!! It is very durable (for the 1 time use) and colorful!! It fits perfect on the highchair! I was worried that the dots would be pink(since I ordered it for a boy) but they are red! Very pleased!!
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How To: Twist Braid
1. Decide how big of a section you want for your twist braid, then clip everything else aside for later.
2. Backcomb the entire section.
3. After it's backcombed use the comb to smooth down the top layer so it doesn't look ratted.
4. Start by taking a thin section (about 1/4 inch) off of your part and splitting it in half.
5. Twist the front half over the back half, so the back half is now in front.
6. Take another thin section (just like the first one) and add it to the front piece.
7. Now just repeat the last two steps for the remainder of the twist braid - twist the front piece over the back piece, add a new thin section of hair to the front piece, twist it over the back piece, etc.
8. Secure it by putting bobby pins up and inwards in the end of the braid.
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Your little one will have a blast as this classic movie villain. Wicked Witch costume includes a green and black dress with sequined details and sheer sleeves and a matching witch hat. 2-piece set.
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The dress was smaller than anticipated and the hat was so small that it fits my daughter's stuffed animals only. Missing the two bows on the front of the dress and material not so great.
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My 20 month old is tiny for her age and this costume was the perfect fit for her. It wasn't big and bulky like others I've seen. She was able to wear a heavy long sleeve black shirt underneath too (since we live in NY and Oct 31st is cold). The only thing I would change is the hat. We had to sew a strap underneath to keep it from falling off. Other than that. . . great costume!
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If you wish to embark on a mud run with a bit of extra difficulty, you might want to seek among the many Ohio mud runs. These mud runs are a little more difficult compared to those located elsewhere, many thanks in large part to specialized race organizers. The real issues come, however, when you integrate hard programs with Ohio's notoriously unstable weather condition.
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This week Eyewitness News 4 (NBC) broke a story about a family who claims a Santa Fe suicide is the result of workplace bullying. I'm not writing about whether that claim is true or not – both sides haven't been heard yet and none of us know. This is about how the media and advocates often frame these stories. In 2010, I interviewed Ed Wasserman about the way journalists cover suicide for my documentary, What Killed Kevin? which is about the tragic suicide of Kevin Morrissey. Kevin's death turned out to be the pivotal event that turned workplace bullying into a 'hot topic.' Wasserman is the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation professor of journalism ethics at Washington and Lee University and he addressed this case in his bi-weekly column for the Miami Herald.
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5 Christians Who Make Their Living Telling Kids Outrageous Lies About Sex
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I went to public high school in Montana, where at least once a year we were shuffled into the gymnasium for lectures from abstinence-only educational speakers on how to make "good choices." Young, sprightly twentysomethings, who often resembled Ken and Barbie, would dance around the auditorium playing Christian rock and trying to convince us that having sex wasn't cool. In between all the jokes and music, I learned that condoms cause cancer and that sex is a bad deal for women. Turns out, I wasn't alone. Across the the United States, public schools—even ones that teach comprehensive sex education—invite religious abstinence speakers to come in to talk to students about sex, and sometimes spread information that is factually inaccurate in the process. Here are five such speakers, many of whom have generated local headlines for their controversial presentations. And they might be coming to a school near you—they're all still active on the sex-is-bad circuit.
1. Justin Lookadoo: "God made guys as leaders."
Lookadoo is a spiky-haired Christian lecturer who bills himself as a "professional Speaker who CONNECTS with the audience." He is on the road 200 days a year and on his website, he lists his age as "legal in every state." Lookadoo's presentations can be paid for "under many federal programs, including Safe and Drug Free Schools, Campus Improvement, Title I [and] Title IV." Last week, he caused controversy at Richardson High School in Texas when he gave a presentation for teenagers in which he said: "Girls, the reason it's so hard for you to succeed these days is not because of guys…You're doing it to yourselves," according to the Dallas Morning News. His online dating recommendations have also drawn ire from students and parents: "Men of God are wild…They keep women covered up" and "dateable girls know how to shut up." The Richardson High School principal apologized to students and parents, promising that "we will not invite this speaker back to RHS." Responding to the widespread media criticism, Lookadoo wrote on his Facebook page that "the complaints are based on relationship stuff [posted] on a website that I don't even talk about in schools."
2. Jason Evert: "Girls...only lift the veil over your body to the spouse who is worthy."
Evert has two theology degrees and tours the country promoting abstinence with his wife, Crystalina Evert, with whom he runs the Chastity Project. According to Evert's bio, he speaks to over 100,000 teens each year. Evert tells Mother Jones he speaks to "lots of public schools" and his upcoming schedule shows that he's speaking next month at several in Texas. He says, however, that he removes all religious content from his public school presentations and is not paid personally for these events. Half of his honorarium for each event is spent on giving the students free copies of his pro-abstinence books and CDs.
Evert is passionate about women dressing modestly (or as he puts it, "Girls...only lift the veil over your body to the spouse who is worthy to see the glory of that unveiled mystery.") In this 2008 YouTube video, he says: "A culture of immodest women will necessarily be a culture of uncommitted men." He elaborated on those remarks for Mother Jones, saying that "true feminine liberation isn't about having the 'freedom' to dress like Miley Cyrus" and that that his views "could be judged as misogynist, but I think this would be an unfair assessment." He adds, "It's a joke to think the girl needs to be the chastity cop...but to reach [a] level of mutual respect in society, I don't think Daisy Duke shorts are going to expedite the process." Evert also maintains that birth control pills cause abortions. (In reality, they prevent conception, and if an egg is fertilized, they make the uterine lining inhospitable for implantation. The Code of Federal Regulations and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists define pregnancy as beginning at implantation.)


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Published: Thursday July 09, 2009
Washington - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matt Bryza this week suggested that the recent amnesty of most Armenian opposition activists held in connection with deadly clashes on March 1, 2008, was a welcome, but insufficient step.
"There were these releases that we've asked for quite some time. It's positive," Mr. Bryza was quoted by the RFE/RL Armenian Service as saying during a July 8 visit to Yerevan in his capacity as U.S. envoy for the Karabakh conflict. "We welcome that and at the same time we hope there will be more. We hope they will all be released."
Mr. Bryza also connected the recent cut in Millennium Challenge aid to Armenia to the handling of Yerevan City Council elections, which he criticized, and said there was a need for "re-energizing of democratic reforms" in Armenia.
"We are willing to work with the government of Armenia, as these other reforms go forward, to find additional money," he offered. "Maybe not in the Millennium Challenge Corporation but elsewhere, so that these people in rural areas, who are suffering sometimes from poverty, have an easier life."


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Five University of Colorado Boulder engineering students recently returned from Haiti where they introduced a green energy vocational training program, paving the way for a new era of distributed power in the poverty-stricken, earthquake-damaged nation.
Colorado business leaders are less optimistic going into the third quarter than last quarter, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
The LBCI's reading slid from 62.2 in the second quarter to 53.6 in the third, but remained higher than the 10-year average for the index and above the critical neutral mark of 50. A reading greater than 50 indicates positive expectations, while one lower than 50 indicates negative expectations.
In an afterschool class of budding scientists, planting vegetable seeds becomes a lesson in how plants grow, cleverly disguised as an afternoon of playing in the dirt.
Amid colorful hand-drawn posters announcing that Franklin, the school's pet turtle, is missing, 15 five- to eight-year-olds crowd around a table cluttered with vegetable seed packets, bags of dirt and three-inch cups in the cafeteria at Columbine Elementary School in Boulder.
Seven University of Colorado Boulder graduate students and alumni will go abroad during the 2012-13 academic year to pursue a variety of studies, research and teaching projects as grantees of the prestigious Fulbright program.
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Location: Teaneck, New Jersey
Industry: Professional Services
Employees: 150,400
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Cognizant is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping companies build stronger businesses. The firm has more than 800 customers that span five continents and every major industry. Cognizant has experienced rapid growth in recent years, and the organization expects that pace to continue.
Cognizant's employees rely on Oracle's PeopleSoft applications for their enterprise transactions, including human resources, financial, and supply chain management processes. The company also runs Oracle WebCenter Content.
As the organization continued to expand, its PeopleSoft application infrastructure, running on IBM, was having difficulty scaling to meet user demands. Response time was increasing for the system, which had more than two terabytes of data running on it. Employees were becoming frustrated and, if left unchecked, response time issues would begin to impact productivity in the professional services firm. In addition, the company had been adding servers as the environment grew, which created a greater IT maintenance burden in terms of time and dollars spent. For example, the weekly maintenance window had expanded to require between 8 and 12 hours and a dedicated person over the weekends.
Cognizant replaced its multiple Web, application, integration, and batch servers with Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud. The company gained on-demand server scalability for its PeopleSoft applications and Oracle WebCenter Content environment, enabling it to support a user base that is twice as large, yet with 67% fewer application and Web servers than its legacy, IBM environment. It also accelerated message processing speed by 50% and cut its maintenance window to less than two hours per week.
"We chose Oracle Exalogic to run our business-critical PeopleSoft Enterprise application environment. With Oracle Exalogic, we have not only doubled our application processing speeds to increase the performance and reliability of our business applications, but we have also significantly reduced total ownership and set the stage for future growth. We're eager to share this technology with our customers, as we know firsthand the value it can deliver." – Sathish Venkataraman, Associate Director, Cognizant Application Services, Cognizant
"We were up for a hardware refresh just as our business began to expand exponentially," said Shankar Sathyanarayanan, associate director for Oracle solutions practice, Cognizant. "We knew this was the time to align our hardware environment with our core business applications. While we evaluated multiple solutions alongside Oracle Exalogic, no other vendor provided the same scalability and manageability as Oracle. Also important to our decision was the intrinsic value of Oracle's engineered systems, which, by design, optimized performance of Oracle applications."
Cognizant worked with Oracle Advanced Customer Support Services for capacity planning. With Oracle's, help Cognizant installed Oracle Exalogic on time, on budget, and with minimal disruption to the business.


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Anascape, Ltd v. Microsoft Corp. et al
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Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to 176 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment of Noninfringement of PSVC Claims UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES RELATED TO MICROSOFT'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT by Anascape, Ltd. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Baxter, Samuel)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS LUFKIN DIVISION ANASCAPE, LTD., Plaintiff, § § § § § § § Civil Action No. 9:06-cv-158-RC § § JURY TRIAL REQUESTED § § § § v. MICROSOFT CORP. and NINTENDO OF AMERICA, INC., Defendants. UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES RELATED TO MICROSOFT'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT Plaintiff Anascape, Ltd. ("Anascape") files this Unopposed Motion to Extend Deadlines Related to Microsoft's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. Anascape requests that the Court extend the deadlines related to Microsoft's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment to the following: Plaintiff's Response to Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Microsoft's Reply Brief Plaintiff's Sur-Reply Brief January 15, 2008 January 22, 2008 January 24, 2008. This extension is not sought for delay. No other deadlines in this case will be affected, as the deadline for Plaintiff's Sur-Reply is not being extended, and the period of time between the SurReply and the February 11, 2008 deadline for initial expert reports remains the same. Microsoft does not oppose this Motion. US1DOCS 6490314v1 Dallas 249333v1 DATED: January 8, 2008 Respectfully submitted, McKOOL SMITH, P.C. /s/ Sam Baxter Sam Baxter Lead Attorney Texas State Bar No. 01938000 firstname.lastname@example.com P.O. Box O 104 East Houston Street, Suite 300 Marshall, Texas 75670 Telephone: (903) 923-9000 Facsimile: (903) 923-9099 Theodore Stevenson, III Texas State Bar No. 19196650 email@example.com Anthony M. Garza Texas State Bar No. 24050644 email@example.com McKool Smith, P.C. 300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500 Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: (214) 978-4000 Facsimile: (214) 978-4044 Robert M. Parker Texas State Bar No. 15498000 firstname.lastname@example.com Robert Christopher Bunt Texas State Bar No. 00787165 firstname.lastname@example.com Charles Ainsworth Texas State Bar No. 00783521 firstname.lastname@example.com Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth P.C. 100 E. Ferguson Street, Suite 1114 Tyler, Texas 75702 Telephone: (903) 531-3535 Facsimile: (903) 533-9687 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF ANASCAPE, LTD. -2US1DOCS 6490314v1 Dallas 249333v1 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I hereby certify that counsel for Plaintiff Anascape conferred with counsel for Microsoft regarding the foregoing Motion. Counsel for Microsoft represented that Microsoft did not oppose the Motion. /s/ Anthony M. Garza Anthony M. Garza CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was filed electronically in compliance with Local Rule CV-5(a), on January 8, 2008. As such, this motion was served on all counsel who had consented to electronic service. _/s/ Anthony M. Garza________________ Anthony M. Garza -3US1DOCS 6490314v1 Dallas 249333v1


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DIRTY TACTICS --- This German owned company, Deutsche Bank (and its National Trust Company), with the help of of OneWest Bank, formerly IndyMac) has been described as the absolute worst when it comes to foreclosures. It operates freely in the United States, using Nazi-like tactics to throw American people out of their homes without proper legal standing in many cases. If your neighborhood looks like the Warsaw Ghetto thanks to this and other banks' actions, you can thank our federal government for its complicity. These tactics are apparently condoned by the DEUTSCHE BANK MANAGEMENT TEAM of Jürgen Fitschen, Anshu Jain, Stefan Krause, Stephan Leithner, Stuart Lewis, Rainer Neske, Henry Ritchotte, and even former CEO, Josef Ackermann, since no one seems to be putting an end to the fraud and outrageous behavior.
Notice how the government always puts a deadline on actions, so as to EXCLUDE as many people as possible who may not be up on the news. Another cave in to the big banks? -- you bet!
If you find yourself on the receiving end of a DEUTSCHE LAWSUIT, foreclosure and eviction action, here is something you can use against them in your response papers:
1. "Taking judicial notice of a document is not the same as accepting the truth of its contents or accepting a particular interpretation of its meaning." (Joslin v. H.A.S. Ins. Brokerage (1986) 184 Cal.App.3d 369, 374.) "While courts take judicial notice of public records, they do not take notice of the truth of matters stated therein." (Love v. Wolf (1964) 226 Cal.App.2d 378, 403.).
Unverified, recorded documents are simply hearsay.
All the banks are doing is submitting a bunch of copies of documents that have been recorded with the counties. The documents don't have to be correct or "verified" by the various entities -- that makes them "HEARSAY".
3. When those jerks fail in getting you to buckle, the NAZI BANK sends in their LITIGATORS - kind of like the Nazi-Party's WAFFEN SS - only in this case its high priced attorneys who will beat you down with sticks and bricks and then leave you for dead by the side of the road - or just on the curb outside your foreclosed home.
In addition to the recent suit by the Federal Government against Deutsche for mortgage fraud, there was this WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORT, By Chad Bray
MUST READ Deutsche's Global Passion to Foreclose. Like the "energizer bunny", Deutsche plans to keep on going until its batteries stop running OR one by one its executives are sent to the ovens. Deutsche's ongoing fraud reports.
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In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create 3D objects using the 3D option in Photoshop CS4. For the sake of this tutorial, I'll create a 3D image of earth using 3 images (an earth map, earth bump and clouds) to teach you how to use some of the options related to 3D. You can find these images online or you can use your images. Result of our efforts should look like this:
Step 1
To get started, open the earth map picture in Photoshop. Then go to 3D, choose New Shape From Layer and select Sphere.
You might get a notification like the one below. Just ignore it. Your 3D rendering will be slow and it might take some time but it works. If you're working on heavy projects, update your video card. Press OK, and now it will render and you'll have a 3D image of the Earth.
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Choose the 3D Rotate Tool, to rotate the earth as you like.
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After you rotated the Earth the way you want, double click on the 3D rectangle on the layer to open the 3D scene window to edit the Earth.
Go to Sphere Material and add some glossiness to the earth to make it nicer.
Set the Infinite Light 1, 2 and 3 to the values set below to lighten up the image a bit.
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Next thing we'll do is add the bump and clouds. Make sure you have the images that you'll use ready. Again, go to Sphere Material > Bump Strength and click Load Texture:
This is how you'll earth will look like now. You can increase the strength, by changing the number gradually. It all depends on the look you're after.
Step 5
But here you'll notice that the earth edge is very sharp. We need to make it softer. Go to Scene, and in the Anti-Alias choose Best. This will make it smoother and better looking of course to blend with the background later. Also set the ambient color to 40% gray to lighten up the image.
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Now to add the clouds, duplicate the Earth layer and name it Clouds, to be easier to work with. In the Clouds Layer, go to Sphere Material, remove the Bump and Diffuse Textures and set the diffuse color to white. Go to Opacity and click on Load Texture to add the cloud image.
Step 7
After you add the clouds, you'll notice that it's all covered. That's because the opacity layer covered the wrong parts. What we need to do is click on the Texture icon and click on Open to open a separate tab. Once opened, go to Image > Adjustments and select Invert. Just save it, close it and go back to your 3D image, and you'll find that it's automatically updated.
Here's how my image looks like now.
For even better results, set all three infinite lights to white and reduce the opacity to make it fewer clouds.
Step 8
Now, we'll merge both layers. When you merge them, you won't be able to rotate them anymore, so make sure that this is the final look you want and then select both layers and press Ctrl + E. Now we'll add inner shadow to darken the bottom part, so the reflection would look better.
Here are the values for the inner shadow:
Step 9
Add a new layer, and go to Edit > Fill and choose black to create a black background. Then drag it below the earth.
Step 10
With the move tool, select the earth and bring it up a bit so we can create the reflection. With the Move Tool still selected, press Alt and click and drag the earth to create a duplicate. Bring it down and press Ctrl+T. Then right click the image, and choose flip vertical.
Step 11
Add a Mask Layer, and select the Gradient Tool. Choose A black to white gradient and drag it from the bottom to the top to create some kind of transparency in the reflection. Reduce the opacity to about 50% as well. You can tilt the reflection a bit as shown below using the Transform Tool (Ctrl+T).
Now all that's left is some text and we're done. Have fun.
thanks Onion
if would help a little more if you have a link to the images
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