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Pray to Obama, BOY:
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#43604 Nov 28, 2012
The modern conservative has the philosophy of a selfish, poorly educated child.
CBO projects that the federal debt will reach roughly 70 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the highest percentage since shortly after World War II.
What does that mean?(dannyboy)
What does 100 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)mean?(dannyboy)
#43605 Nov 28, 2012
Right. It's embarrassing to win in a landslide.
Grow up.
#43606 Nov 28, 2012
Its like trying to reason with a reptile...
Cold blooded ceatures like that just don't respond well to reasoning.
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#43607 Nov 28, 2012
ahhhhh lil danny does love his nanny...
you left out postal service amd cell phones and much much more...
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#43608 Nov 28, 2012
you right gringo but is fun to fun disecting these big intrusive government creatures, isnt it ?
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#43609 Nov 28, 2012
CHINA gets it. Why doesn't Obama? Chinese government announces large-scale TAX CUTS to reboot its ECONOMY. Channeling.....MITT ROMNEY perhaps?.......
Tax cut to benefit over 900,000 enterprises
NANJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua)-- China's new round of structural tax cutting is likely to benefit more than 900,000 enterprises nationwide, according to a working conference held here on Monday to discuss the country's piloting of replacing business tax with a value-added tax (VAT).
About 710,000 enterprises have been covered by the tax-cutting program, and another 200,000 will be included starting from Dec.1 this year, according to the meeting jointly held by the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation.
Shanghai piloted the program on Jan. 1 this year in an effort to decrease the overall tax burden and boost the transportation and service sectors. The pilot was then expanded to provincial regions including Beijing, Guangdong and Zhejiang later this year.
Tianjin, Hubei, Zhejiang and Ningbo will also join the program from next month, under previous plans.
All the works are progressing in an orderly and effectively manner, and the performances of the launched pilot programs have exceeded previous expectations, said representatives at the conference.
The reform has effectively promoted the growth of tertiary industry, especially the service sector, and encouraged the development of small and micro-sized enterprises, those present at the meeting agreed.
In Shanghai, the tax cut has helped reduce enterprises' tax burdens by 22.5 billion yuan (3.57 billion U.S.dollars) in the first 10 months of this year, while in Beijing, the new measure has cut tax revenue by 2.5 billion yuan in two months.
At the meeting, Vice Finance Minister Wang Jun urged further work to ensure full success of the pilot programs, following the development blueprint mapped out at the recently concluded 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and related government meetings.
#43610 Nov 28, 2012
Well lookie here, dannyboy's azzwipe appears.
#43611 Nov 28, 2012
Oh look - the boxtard issues a nonsensical response that doesn't address the issue.
Must be a day that ends in Y. LOL!
#43613 Nov 28, 2012
Hit a nerve, did I danny BOY?
WATB? You've got your mouth planted firmly on Obama's nipple, BOY.
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Seattle, WA
#43614 Nov 28, 2012
Five New ObamaCare Taxes Coming January 1st.
The Obamacare Medical Device Tax a $20 billion tax increase: Medical device manufacturers employ 409,000 people in 12,000 plants across the country. Obamacare imposes a new 2.3 percent excise tax on gross sales even if the company does not earn a profit in a given year. In addition to killing small business jobs and impacting research and development budgets, this will increase the cost of your health care making everything from pacemakers to prosthetics more expensive.
The Obamacare Special Needs Kids Tax a $13 billion tax increase: The 30-35 million Americans who use a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) at work to pay for their familys basic medical needs will face a new government cap of $2,500 (currently the accounts are unlimited under federal law, though employers are allowed to set a cap).
There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children. There are several million families with special needs children in the United States, and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education. Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington, D.C.(National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education. This Obamacare tax provision will limit the options available to these families.
The Obamacare Surtax on Investment Income a $123 billion tax increase: This is a new, 3.8 percentage point surtax on investment income earned in households making at least $250,000 ($200,000 single). This would result in the following top tax rates on investment income:
The table above also incorporates the scheduled hike in the capital gains rate from 15 to 20 percent, and the scheduled hike in dividends rate from 15 to 39.6 percent.
The Obamacare Haircut for Medical Itemized Deductions a $15.2 billion tax increase: Currently, those Americans facing high medical expenses are allowed a deduction to the extent that those expenses exceed 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI). This tax increase imposes a threshold of 10 percent of AGI. By limiting this deduction, Obamacare widens the net of taxable income for the sickest Americans. This tax provision will most harm near retirees and those with modest incomes but high medical bills.
The Obamacare Medicare Payroll Tax Hike -- an $86.8 billion tax increase: The Medicare payroll tax is currently 2.9 percent on all wages and self-employment profits. Under this tax hike, wages and profits exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 in the case of married couples) will face a 3.8 percent rate instead. This is a direct marginal income tax hike on small business owners, who are liable for self-employment tax in most cases. The table below compares current law vs. the Obamacare Medicare Payroll Tax Hike:
Not only will these taxes hit people in the wallet, but they will also have a negative long term effect on employment and the medical device industry.
Not only does this tax increase costs on companies, it also increases costs on hospitals, doctors and people in need of medical treatment that requires medical devices to be used. As a consequence of this, biomedical or medical device engineering firms are already laying off workers who develop crucial medical products due to the "unforeseen" costs, or in other words, the costs of ObamaCare. Not to mention, the more money these companies pay to the government, the less money they have to invest in research and development.
With this new medical device tax, students who pay large sums of money to get degrees in the field of biomedical engineering, just like doctors, will no longer see the benefits of going into the field and therefore, we will have a shortage of....
#43615 Nov 28, 2012
Psst, BOY.
60 MILLION voters did NOT vote for Obama.
#43616 Nov 28, 2012
It's bizarre that you would advocate that the United States copy what China does. Next you'll be telling us that we should adopt the economic policies of Cuba and Venezuela too.
#43617 Nov 28, 2012
You post something idiotic and childish.
I tell you to grow up.
And you somehow believe that means you hit a nerve? Obviously your incapacity for logical reasoning hasn't cleared up, huh Ted WATB? LOL!
#43619 Nov 28, 2012
LOL! What a sad, pathetic attempt for the WATB to make himself feel better after his humiliating defeat.
Psss, WATB - ALL THE REST of voters didn't vote for your loser.
#43620 Nov 28, 2012
Remember this?
And this?
And this?
And this?
Are you ever NOT wrong, WATB?
#43621 Nov 28, 2012
You consider posting a news item that reports an artist's Christ-like depiction of Obama as "idiotic and childish", danny BOY?
Sure, it's embarrassing that ANYone--such as you, BOY--would consider the under-skilled, incompetent, community-organizer Obama as messiah-like.
But no need to be so touchy, BOY. People are constantly fooled by false messiahs.
Be a good little BOY, danny and continue praying to Barack Hussein Obama. Suck on that Obama tit.
Since: Sep 12
Seattle, WA
#43622 Nov 28, 2012
What did you have these filed under? Get a life Danny.
#43623 Nov 28, 2012
No, telling me to pray to Obama is idiotic and childish.
Grow up, WATB.
Since: Jul 12
Portland, Oregon
#43624 Nov 28, 2012
There you go again, trying to convince some one your Dan the man. How is that working out for you?
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We are not allowing staff/students to download apps from using the apps store on the ipad, but having a controlled environment through itunes as you suggested. You can lock the ipad down using the SDK from Apple. Well worth a look IMO.
I can see Tablets being far more useful in schools than netbooks have been. You'll note I said Tablets and not Ipads.
However, as others have mentioned, there needs to be a planned reason for buying them. I support netbooks at various schools where they were simply bought because the head had heard that another school was using them. Suffice to say, the netbooks rarely get used, and when they do, it's to browse the internet. Seems a rather expensive way to browse the internet if you ask me.
I think any school looking to purchase something like the Ipad, which is brand new to market, needs to hold back for a while.
We are not allowing staff/students to download apps from using the apps store on the ipad, but having a controlled environment through itunes as you suggested. You can lock the ipad down using the SDK from Apple. Well worth a look IMO.
Another thing that does not work is Google Earth 3.0, its fine at home
Great thread...personally I sidle next to the eldergeeks opinion of tech advancement. I'm more than happy to let others make the first move, gather some much needed (and free) feedback before deciding whether the 'must have' gadget is just that. Professionally though, I agree that Ipads have a use in certain schools/student's hands (providing they're not dropping or swiping them) however has anyone actually researched any costs for repairs etc? A good point raised by Dos_Box in Marbella was that most budgets can sometimes overlook the (sometimes huge) cost of replacement laptop powers supplies,batteries,screens etc.
Surely the last situation you want to find yourself in is a school decked out Ipads, their strangely entrancing shiny apple logo's one side and smashed, battered screens on t'other. All because the cost of fixing one is on par with an MP's expense form.
I was told last week we are getting iPad.............
We've heard about the idea of the cost of fixing machines not being worth the time and cost involved for a service provider, compared with keeping a few extra in stock....so maybe netbooks aren't always the cheap, serviceable option.
Just interested, as i think it's a good move on the part of whoever has made that decision. As far as your concerned what do you think the positives are, i can think of atleast one....
that you won't have to waste time trying to replace a damaged screen. Ofcourse you may end up wasting time arranging to get stuff repaired or providing reaplacement non-ipad
temp fix while you wait for it to be sent back. But then that's why you need[ed] to be involved in saying, look we think it might be an idea to get a couple more for contingency. Or be
a part of discussions with the apple service provider on repair times, support etc.
I've got an iPad!
Not really... one of the teachers has just bought one and offered to let me have it this morning for a play. I am still considering whether to give it back and I suppose she's earned promotion on the urgency list for letting me have one to covet!
She's got a chalk board app that I've seen her using with pre-schoolers - a bit of fun really, they enjoyed it. Not sure I'd be happy with 3 year olds putting their sticky fingers all over it, if it was mine!
One of my schools bought themselves an iPad the other week. Great bit of kit. Really slick. Seemed to like the netgear wireless we have. Opened safari, the address changed to Leeds learning networks proxy adress, then froze. it would not resolve the home page for LLN at all. we tried another browser (took it home to download it) and it worked fine. Stupid safari. Once your logged in you can use the app store (passworded) and all other apps seem to work.
I can see the point of them in this primary school. This kind of tech engages young people with much greater ease than a boring old desktop machine. It's tech that they see on the telly, but due to the area they live in will be unlikely to see anywhere other than school. The teacher who uses it has decided to buy 10 more this week, as the kids are using it so well and treating it with respect. If we didn't make progress for progress sake every now and then, we'd never get anywhere.
I have been investigating the possibility of iPads for our school. We are just about to complete our state of the art music building and the main teaching room needs to be multifunctional, so lessons before lunch, possibly composing or practical of some element, then pack everything away for a large rehearsal during lunch, then setup again for more practical lessons.
As you can imagine, a room trying to be everything to everyone is getting quite difficult. Until the iPad came along. We could switch the iPad on within 30 seconds, as opposed to the 5-10 minutes for a laptop, it would last all day on one charge, whereas a laptop needs constant charging throughout the day even if you go for a higher capacity battery, this means more lessons using technology.
The Apps available for music are amazing and a lot cheaper than trying to do the same thing on a laptop. Let's not forget, we are teaching concepts here not technique to the lower school (years 7-9), so getting their finger technique correct on a piano or guitar isn't as important as getting them to understand the capability of instruments and how they make music, or harmonies etc.
We could install so many types of instruments on an iPad that we would not normally have in the building and it still takes up the same space as a laptop. Every student in the class could understand the concept of a guitar, harmonica, drums, piano and even bagpipes without having to buy or store them. This opens up a lot of possiblities.
Granted, iPads can be quirky at network browsing, printing etc, but there are apps available for all of that too. A laptop with Sebelius and a keyboard attached just doesn't cut it for me in this scenario and the laptops will end not being used. We are installing desktops with Sebelius and music keyboards in a dedicated GCSE/A Level room so these students can compose in the usual way, but I can even see these students using the iPads to go off to a quiet part of the building to figure out that tricky melody for their composition rather than slogging it out in front of a computer.
I have made a comparison of laptops and iPads to put to Governors, and iPads win in costs hands down and the prices are for the 32gb model, cases, screen protectors, trollies and all required apps (even apps for other depts such as Brushes).
simpsonj (25th June 2010)
bclarke - spot on! Got my iPad in school and I love it, as does everyone else who tries it (except the usual Apple nay-sayers, of course)! RDP onto the servers anytime anyplace (password controlled, of course), network analyse whenever and where-ever using apps, great cheap apps for most things that I can download in school, instant on, battery lasts forever, access to the server file-system via FileBrowser, use Dropbox to move files around, email on Exchange works a treat anywhere, no (not many) moving parts to break/go wrong, use in meetings to sketch ideas I can then mail out, and it goes on... With voicemail sent to my email I can pick that up anywhere, the educational apps are engaging, hooks into the vle ok. And the teachers are seeing possibilities, too, especially SEN. The school's broadband filter does its job, too. I can see this revolutionizing education and engaging the students like nothing else. It'll need one per student as it can't (yet) have multi-profiles, and it'll cost a fortune, so probably won't happen for a while, but it is the future and we should all take it on-board or be considered Luddites by our employers!
Got one to "play" with last week.. downloaded the Citrix Receiver and a Remote Desktop app. Now I can fire up a standard school desktop over the wireless with XenDesktop and also administer servers on the move around the school. The Xen is good, and proves the concept (we can put a desktop on most things now, that is fully locked down and highly available), I suppose the Remote Desktop is nothing I couldn't do before - BUT the form factor is much easier to use. However, I can't see how you could stop them being stolen, even here where we have almost zero problems along those lines. I can see some of the kids using these when the wireless is opened up next term, along with the usual laptop devices, so it's handy to try it all out first.
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|Tue, 09-11-2012 - 1:52pm
My fiance and I are getting married later this fall. To make a long story short, we would have just gone the courthouse/champagne toast route if it weren't for the fact that quite a few people would feel left out. In my mother's case, she refused to attend a courthouse wedding (her words). She's a religious zealot and insists that our wedding won't be blessed by god. Ok, fine.
So, we planned a small wedding in neighborhood we've been living in for the past two years. I'm in my late 30s, my fiance early 40s, have good jobs and are paying for this ourselves. Well, from the get-go, my mother has been unbelievably difficult about us not having a traditional religious wedding in my hometown-- a place I have little to no connection to at this point. I haven't lived there for years, only my parents and one younger sibling live there, and all of my childhood friends are long gone. Despite her protests, we went forward and planned something here.
Now, all of a sudden, she is insisting we let her throw us a dinner party around Christmas and that I invite our guests-- who are already coming to our wedding as it is and most likely do not want to attend yet another celebration for us. When I told her I really have no one I'd invite to, nor who would want to come to, a second party, she said she has a bunch of friends from their neighborhood and her old job she wants to invite. I told her point blank that this sounds like a party she's really throwing for herself. She got huffy and said, "So what if it is? I deserve to have a party for my daughter who just got married." I told her it's pointless, that we're going to have to pay a lot of money just to travel there, we already have other travel plans for the holidays, that I don't even know these people, will never see them again and wouldn't even feel comfortable accepting a gift from them becuase I don't know them. I've discussed this with my fiance and he really doesn't want to have to sit through another wedding party long after our wedding day. He sees no point, and neither do I. I tried to explain this to her nicely, that it just isn't a good idea and that if she wants a party she should hold one for another reason-- and she said no. I then said firmly that we do not want this party, and she flew off the handle calling me an ungrateful daughter who is denying her what is rightfully hers as a mother. I know that all she wants to do is show her friends with married kids that she and her own kids are normal too because she's been to elaborate shin-digs held by her friends for their kids. Quite frankly, I could care less what her friends think of her, or me.
As far as I know, she's gone ahead to begin planning this party. I told her we don't have the time nor money to travel out there for this party and that, again, we don't want it. She doesn't understand that my wedding isnt about her. All I know is this will be the most uncomfortable party in the world for my fiance and I. We'd be sitting in a chair holding court while my mother talks about her old job and church. I wish she'd stop it already.
|Wed, 09-12-2012 - 12:00am
I can see that it isn't appropriate for her to have a party for you and invite her friends just to show you off even though it might feel good to her to be able to share your happiness with her friends. Sounds like you don't have much of a relationship with your mother since you "don't care" what her friends think of her (or you). You said you already have plans for that time period, don't want to go or don't have the money, so it seems what Mom wants isn't really that much of an issue for you.
Thank her for the offer (because that's polite) but say no thanks you can't make it. I'm sure her feelings will be hurt ,and she'll let you know, but it seems you already have a fairly distant relationship, so don't sweat the small stuff.
|Wed, 09-12-2012 - 12:33pm
A lot of wedding receptions include guests who are invited because the parents want to reciprocate the invitation or they want to impress someone etc., or because the parents are friends with the people and want to share their happiness. So I don't see your mother's idea of hosting a party to be attended by her friends unusual. If you were a young bride having a wedding in your hometown paid by your parents this would probably be happening. You might have also had a bridal shower attended by a bunch of ladies that you hardly knew.
The issue seems to be more about control and willingness (or lack of) to please your mother. Your mother does sound overbearing but realize that she may have had a fantasy for years of helping to plan your wedding. You are not responsible for fulfilling your mother's fantasies but try to understand how she might feel. Since you are paying for the wedding you get to make the decisions regarding location and guests, and I agree that there's no good reason to make everybody travel to your hometown since you feel no connection there.
I do think that you ought to let your mother host a party for you in her town. If Christmastime doesn't work for you then maybe there is another time when you could go there? I realize that you and your mate will be uncomfortable being the guests of honor among strangers, but surely both of you are mature enough to act graciously for a few hours? You've both probably endured business-related functions that were worse than this party will be. If you absolutely cannot tolerate a dinner party maybe you can get her to make it a cocktail party or dessert reception.
Neither of my grown kids has married but if they decide to have weddings in their respective cities rather than in their hometown (where I live) I will probably want to host a party for friends who wouldn't be invited to an out of town wedding. I'm pretty sure that my kids would go along with it even if they didn't relish the idea, but then they were raised to understand that there are certain sacrifices to be made for the sake of making relatives happy. OTOH I won't be telling them how to run their wedding so there will probably be less resentment than in your case.
I understand that its your wedding and your life and you should get to run it however you want but in the long run you may feel better for taking your mother's feelings and wishes into consideration. Its one weekend out of what will hopefully be a long and happy marriage for you.
|Wed, 09-12-2012 - 1:10pm
Thanks for your feedback on this. I guess one of my issues here is what agreeing to this (very inconvenient and unneccessary, at least for us, the couple) party tells my fiance. I feel like it's a bad way to start off a marriage-- insisting that we upend our holiday plans as a newly married couple and spend a lot of money just to let my mother put us on a pedastal and show her friends whatever she needs to show them. If I were in his shoes, my first thought would be, so, the rest of my life will consist of dropping everything and keeping my mother-in-law happy?
I'm concerned that agreeing to this is going to give her the green light to make other demands (i.e., she has already said she expects me to spend every Christmas with her. When I said I can't promise that, she pitched a fit and got vicious.) For what it's worth, his parents are not demanding at all. Although we live far from them as well, they never put up a fight when we nicely tell them we can't do something.
|Wed, 09-12-2012 - 8:12pm
I hear what you're saying, give her an inch and she'll take a mile.
If you two as a couple haven't been spending Christmas with her all along then no need to start now just because you're officially married. If you were going alone, well the game has changed and now holidays are done as a couple; and you get to decide whether its with relatives or off in a cabin just the two of you etc. You will need to be careful about equal time with your mom and your in-laws of course. She sounds as if she likes to insert herself into your business and that's probably nothing new.
As for the wedding-related dinner, you can tell her that it simply cannot be at Christmastime and work together on coming up with an alternate date. You can point out to her that the holiday season is a bad time for something like that because many people are already overbooked with events and shopping and holiday prep, and also your airfare will be higher than at other times.
My advice was just to graciously let her give the party in your honor, not to let her dictate your social schedule LOL! Are you an only child? Has she always been kind of controlling? Good luck.
|Sat, 09-15-2012 - 6:52pm
I disagree that the OP should honor her mother's wishes.
Not sure what the OP and her fiancé's work and financial situations are, but most young people these days are struggling, and most companies allow barely two weeks' vacation. It doesn't make sense for the OP and her fiance to spend a lot of money to feed her mother's friends and waste her precious free time to be "shown off".
If I had a daughter, I would most certainly not want to do anything to cause unnecessary stress to the relationship between my daughter and her fiance, and unnecessary expense to the newly-weds' budget.


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12 to 15 baby red or yellow potatoes(about 1 -1/2 oz ea, 1-1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter)
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2While the potatoes are cooking, set up a double layer of clean dishtowels on your countertop. As the potatoes finish cooking, remove them individually from the water, and let them drain and sit for just a minute or two on the dishtowels.
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Remove the pan of potatoes from the refrigerator, if prepared ahead. Heat the oven to 450°F. Alternatively, if you have a convection function, turn it on and set the temperature at 400°F. Sprinkle the potatoes with about 3/4 tsp. salt and pour the olive oil over them. Lift the potatoes gently to make sure some of the oil goes underneath them and that they are well coated on both sides. Roast the potatoes until they're crispy and deep brown around the edges, about 30 minutes if using a convection oven, 30 to 40 minutes if roasting conventionally, turning over once gently with a spatula or tongs halfway through cooking. Serve hot
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Do the busy work—boiling and flattening the potatoes—up to 8 hours ahead. Let potatoes cool completely, and store them on the pan, lightly covered, in the fridge. Then all you have to do at the last minute is coat with oil and salt and roast.
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Size : based on four servings; Calories (kcal): 270; Fat (g): 20; Fat Calories (kcal): 180; Saturated Fat (g): 3; Protein (g): 2; Monounsaturated Fat (g): 15; Carbohydrates (g): 20; Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 2; Sodium (mg): 520; Cholesterol (mg): 0; Fiber (g): 2;
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cindy sandberg cindyLs - Jun 7, 2012
I do something very similar and my family loves them. I just boil the potatoes, drain them well, then transfer them to a large skillet or griddle with olive oil and smash them flat with a spatula in the pan. Season and saute til browned on both sides. Soooo good!
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Bob Wakeman Bigcatfish - Jun 7, 2012
I am going to try to make these over an open fire .In my dutch oven.
Penny Hall FantasyFaery54 - Jun 8, 2012
Found this recipe on Pinterest first, and my daughters recipe. I bet they would be great over an open fire dutch oven style. Need to take pics and post here with recipe. Probably would be really good using bacon drippings in the dutch oven.
Bea L. BeachChic - Jun 11, 2012
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The comfort of a one-piece.
Just imagine not having to stop mid-ride to tuck your base layer top back in for the twentieth time. The Roxy Women's Bumper One-Piece Long Underwear means your base layers are always right where they should be (even after a particularly nasty yard-sale). Snaps down the center help during pit-stops, and a bit of pleated front detail spikes the cute factor.
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In Print
Most of my words exist either electronically or in the long-hand scrawl of my journals. Rarely do I see my words in print. On paper.
This week, I got to do just that.
I may have purchased several copies. I may have secretly wished that someone–the Target check-out clerk?–would ask me why I had so many copies of Parents Magazine in my cart. I may have displayed the stack of magazines to my family and may have done an extremely silly rap/song/dance in the kitchen as Hubby, Abby and Henry watched on. Henry may have drummed an awesome riff to accompany my rap.
This piece is near and dear to my heart because it delves into the nitty and gritty of being an imperfect parent living a real life–which, I believe, is fairly universal. We all encounter the fallibility of this human existence, every day.
You can read it here. Or, in the April issue of Parents Magazine.
Brain, Child
I recently discovered Brain, Child Magazine, thanks to my friend Lindsey (who, by the way, often directs me to all sorts of fabulous tidbits). Brain, Child publishes thoughtful, meaningful essays and short stories about the full spectrum of parenting.
Today, I'm honored to have a piece at the Brain, Child, blog. Please head over to read my essay? And? Be sure to check out the other pieces. Their content really cuts through the noise.
Six years ago, when my husband and I finally decided that we would have two children—not three, not four, but two—it proved to be one of the hardest choices. Our conversations over many months ranged from the pragmatic reality of college tuition to the emotional, procreational pull of life…
I Believe
I stood at the kitchen sink with the usual school morning mayhem unfolding around me. Washing, drying, packing, fielding, answering, signing Important Things, reminding. Oh, and, of course, mitigating the seemingly endless bickering. But that's a post for another time.
Henry sat down on the kitchen floor to put on and tie his shoes. I continued my buzzing about and then he asked,
"Yea, Henry?"
"Is Santa real?" Pause, pause, pause… "Is Santa really the one who comes and puts all the presents under the tree?"
Everything stopped. I stopped. All the blurs of my morning stilled. I was suddenly aware of so many details: the soaked dish towel that hung dejectedly over my hand; the crumbs on the counter, which multiply like little rabbits; the tilt of Henry's head as it held his jaunty Santa hat.
And the avoidance of his eyes to mine.
Without not-looking back at him, I thwopped the dish towel on the counter and refilled my coffee mug.
"I believe in Santa, H."
"Me too!" He beamed. And then, "but those kids on the bus said that he wasn't real and that moms and dads put the presents under the tree."
"Why would they say THAT?" I bantered back.
"I don't know." He answered quietly.
In this moment, I LOATHE THE BUS*. Children like to be The One Who Knows. Especially when they can clue someone else into something that they know first. I get it. But oh I really, really don't like it. Unfortunately, this drive forces The Ones Who Know to then usher others into the realm of non-believers. When Abby graduated from being an innocent believer in Santa, I asked her to take a sacred pledge, promising to be a perpetual spreader of wonder and belief to preserve the magic of Christmas for other children.
Although the edges of this last Christmas of innocence are slightly tarnished, I will soak up every gift which unfolds. Each one–especially the ones I know will become hazy-edged memories: the way his mittened hand still reflexively reaches up and grabs for mine. The way he runs out of school and tackles me with hugs, no matter who is watching. The ease with which he shares his most important thoughts–from the number of diamond swords he's found in Minecraft to the specifics of an uncomfortable situation with a friend. The feeling of his body, heavy with sleep, on my chest. The way his Santa hat always adorns his head, even while he sleeps.
I am keenly aware that this may be the last year I have an unabashed Santa believer under my roof. If I'm really honest, he may have already passed to the other side. But let me be clear: I am doing everything in my power to make this a Christmas in which he believes. I brainstorm ideas that will wow him and make his Christmas Spirit meter tip over into burning faith. At least for the next fourteen days.
Abby is my faithful spirit wingman in this quest. When she hears Henry say something that wraps his belief in Santa in question marks, Abby reports to me.
The latest one: "Mom, Henry said that you and Dad are the elves. That you do the work. I told him that was silly, that OF COURSE you and Dad couldn't do all that stuff."
I looked at her and my shiny eyes met hers.
"Mom? Why are you so sad?" she queried through inquisitive eyes.
How do I answer her? That this is a profound stage of childhood that I'm not ready for him to leave? That her desire to sprinkle this season with mystery and magic slays me? That their faith and belief infuse my days with a pureness that sparks my soul? That ever since I figured out that my parents were arm-in-arm with Santa, that I extinguished my anguish by making Christmas magical for my baby brother? And that then, when I got older, I realized that if I had children I would get to relive this time with them? And that now, half of my children don't believe in Santa and the other half almost don't? UGH. That I vicariously view the world through Henry's reverent belief? That this milestone marks the clear, bold swath of time's passage?
I wipe the tears away. My answer to her comes starts in a hug. I wrap her solidly in my arms and say,
"I just want him to get all the time he should to believe in Santa. I don't want anyone to take that away from him."
Or, as it turns out, from me.
* I love Sixteen Candles and can still see Sam's (a.k.a. Molly Ringwald's) disdainful face as she spits out this line.
A Hodge-podge and Hello
It's been so long. Too long. But, such is life at times. I remind myself that this living I've been doing will fuel my writing wells and, I hope, my words will runneth over.
In the meantime, a brief catch-up is in order.
1. The Surgery
My eyes, laden with anesthesia, tried to open. Beeps sounded and shoes padded on sterile floors.
"What is your pain level, on a scale of one to ten? Ten being the worst." I heard her before I saw her.
"Eight." I tried to form the word, but it stuck somewhere in my voice box.
"What?", her question stitched through her brows. She leaned in closer.
"Eight." The word finally picked itself up from the gravely underbelly of my throat and escaped.
"I'll get you something."
Through the haze of pain meds, I tried to listen as they explained. An orange-sized cyst. An ovary removed.
Endometrial implants abolished.
We left the hospital and Hubby drove me home. I sat in pain; slow and hesitant, scared.
Days passed and heavy sleep carried me away.
Good news pierced the haze and pain: the citrus cyst is benign. I drift back to sleep with gratitude resting comfortably around my heart.
I've lived with endometriosis for 20 years and let me tell you, she's a bitch. She nags with pain, ruins plans and throws throbbing tantrums regularly. This surgery was my last effort (the third in a series) to avoid having a complete hysterectomy which would put me into medical menopause.
More good news: I am feeling better every day. My days are much more normal than they were for the last eight months. During my recovery, my children showered me with remarkable love and tenderness. Emotions jumped like jacks from their eyes: are you ok? was that hug too hard? when will you be regular mom again?
Love. Frustration. Understanding.
My friends wrapped my family and me in Good Samaritan help. They delivered delicious meals to warm our bellies and special gifts to brighten our days. We basked in their love like a puppy rolling in the autumn sun. Because of my rock-star hubby, children and friends, I quietly healed and gave over to the slow cadence my body desired. I devoured books (how did I ever not read Tracey Chevailier before? The Girl With the Pearl Earring and The Last Runaway are exquisite). I retreated into the safety of my bedroom, wrapped in rumpled, cotton sheets, slowly returning to me.
The bad news: I still have pain. I am still not supposed to run or do push-ups (incredibly frustrating). Amongst the pain, I allowed the ever-hungry guilt monster swallow me up, dousing me with shame for allowing the pain to trump all else. I'd been in lay-down-in-bed pain on and off since December and by the time June's surgery arrived, we were six months deep, sloshing around in my limited patience and harsh tones.
People say kids are resilient. I hope they're right. My wish is that time's edge will soften my worrisome grip, as well as my children's memory of this stretch of discomfort. I also hold hope that through the shit storm, I've given them a realistic, ring-side seat to life and that yes, sometimes it really isn't fair and sometimes it really isn't easy. And that you keep on keeping on in spite of it all.
And it gets easier. And that I, too, will absorb this lesson. Life.
2. The Move
Ahhh, the scent of cardboard and the distinct sound of packing tape stretching to close a box full of your life. There's nothing like a move to add spice and fun to your days.
Denise, where's the thingamagigger?
I sure don't know!
Mom, do I have any clean underwear?
Where's my iPod?
Your guess is as good as mine!
Mom, where's Orange Dog?
AHHHH! For the Love of All That Is Holy, I forgot to put a Do Not Pack sticker on him!!!!
Hey, Denise, can 17 people come over and complete 25 different moving tasks simultaneously, and all ask you varied questions to which you don't have the answers!
Swell! Sure!
We packed our bags, our house, our life, and said goodbye to the East Coast and hello, once again, to the Midwest.
Familiar rhythms now surround me. The moving-in process will take time. We've landed safely in our temporary housing where we'll live cozily and happily until we take possession our home in a month. Both Abby and Henry started at their new schools yesterday. New buildings, new faces, new systems, new everything. Thank goodness they are resilient.
So much change. Because, yes, this is life: goodbyes, pain, hellos, challenges, questions, uncertainty.
So much beauty. Because, yes, this is life: the solid goodness of friends, the support of family, a September, late afternoon sun shining warmly across my back, and the grace in my humbled acceptance of its multiple truths.
Breathing Room
Often times, I don't realize I'm on a writing break until about two weeks in. Then, with a start, I'll think back to the last time I wrote. That time seems fuzzy, distant, faint. Then, I'll try think of something new to write.
And then, I'll realize I'm on hiatus.
I'll be back. For now, I'll leave you with this excerpt from Jena Strong 's luminous memoir, don't miss this. These words soothe like my mother's cool hand on my furrowed brow. I've read them over and over and over again:
What If?
What if you knew
that everything was going to be okay,
that something was in motion
beyond your field of vision,
beyond even the periphery
of your knowing?
Around and Around
Last weekend we went to Six Flags. Abby and Hubby are thrill-seekers and rode many terrifying rides. Henry wasn't tall enough to go on the biggest, scariest attractions. (I believe he was secretly overjoyed that he didn't have those extra inches that would've allowed him to panic –I mean ride.)
When Abby and Hubby rode the first of their stomach-in-your-throat rides, Henry tugged my hand and asked to go on the ferris wheel.
I have a new-found fascination with ferris wheels. While I always enjoyed them before, I don't think I truly appreciated them until recently. Several summers ago we went to a carnival; I was so taken with the beauty of the ferris wheel, both statuesque and soft, graceful and steely. I took many photos, trying to capture both its essence and dichotomy.
My interest deepened when I read my friend Lindsey's gorgeous musings on ferris wheels; she reflects about their distinct, metaphoric portrayal of life. Climbing and then, descending. Again and again.
Henry and I climbed into our ferris wheel car. The metal bars clanked, locking us into our own compact space. The spring day was crisp with warm sun. Henry's solid body nestled into mine and the sunlight illuminated his face. As I watched the freckles dancing across the bridge of his nose, he suddenly turned to me with his signature furrowed brow and asked,
"Mommy, are you surwe that this one won't go upside down?"
The wind whipped his blond hair about.
"Yes, Henry, I'm sure."
Our ride began.
On Tuesday of this week, I learned, like you, of the bombings at the Boston Marathon. The news sliced through to my soft, unprotected underbelly, leaving in its wake a wobbly understanding of the world in which we live, in which I raise my children. I watch the news coverage over and over again–I guess hoping that if I keep watching, I'll discover some piece of news that somehow makes sense of the unimaginable, the non-sensical, the horrific, the unbelievable:
Innocent people were injured and killed while they watched the world-famous Boston Marathon.
An eight-year-old is dead.
A graduate student is dead.
A young woman is dead.
176 victims will endure life-altering injuries.
I try to imagine the grief of these families and something crumbles at my core.
Wednesday morning, I ran on the treadmill at the gym and watched still more coverage. Just like I did after September 11, after the Sandy Hook massacre, and after one particular bomb threat in Times Square, when I was just blocks away from a car bomb that was, thankfully, discovered just before its pending explosion.
My mind jumps about and lands on each of these crimes against our safety; each one detonating our collective ability to live and function as we've always done in the past.
As I stretch after my morning run, I'm transported to my weekend ferris wheel ride with Henry.
We'd just reached the pinnacle and were stopped at the top, spring trees blanketing the ground beneath us. Before we descended for the first time, Henry leaned into me and said,
"I'm scared, Mommy."
His small hand rested on my leg, seeking comfort and assurance.
Our brief conversation seems more poignant, now, with yet another filter of pain, suffering and terror altering my world view. I move into Pigeon pose and as I continue my stretching, my mind's racing also continues. I mentally answer him now, as we descend into this altered reality,
"Me too, Henry. Me too."
I guess that's what we do. Every day, with undercurrents of uncertainty and fear clanking about our minds, we climb in.
We climb into our days, gearing up for our ascent and hope for our safe descent. We get up and go into our day with no knowledge of the outcome. We brush teeth, get dressed, go to work, drive our cars, argue, make-up, empty homework folders, ride the subway, smile, buy groceries. We take out the recycling. We experience piercing joys. We see exceptional and mighty outpourings of good. We turn our faces to the heat of the spring sun. We hug our children. We hope that as the sun descends on our days, those we love will come back into our arms. We have days when they don't. We ache, grieve and fall apart.
Although we revel in exhilaration as the car stops at the top and wonder washes through us like a wave of tiny carbonated bubbles, we acknowledge, too, that someday the wheel must stop.
Each day, we go on. Despite the fear, despite the horror, despite the inevitable, we go on. It takes courage to put our feet on the ground each morning. Within that courage lies the superb responsibility and privilege of the living–we get to take that leap, take that hand, cook that dinner, lose, mourn and, if we're looking, note the small, quiet miracles of each day. We live.
Around and around.
We go on.
A Little This and That
This is our spring break week. One day, the kids and I headed into the city. We've usually driven in the past but this time we took the train. And, much to Henry's delight we got a double-decker train. With a STAIRCASE. After departing the train (and surviving the human stampede through a very narrow escalator), we broke through, into the city.
Both Abby and Henry paused when we hit street level, readjusting to the sunlight. Their eyes took in New York City and the barrage of noises, people, smells and sights. I had to prod them a bit to get them to start moving. Then, we hoofed it. For many of the 50 blocks, I had one if not two hands, in mine.
From 32nd all the way up to 79th, and half-way down again (I finally put us on the subway at 59th–we were wiped), we walked. We walked through Times Square. We walked to Carnegie Deli where we ate incredibly huge sandwiches and gazed the star-covered walls. We walked to the Museum of Natural History and greeted the dinosaurs.
When we left the museum (our planned destination), we walked to Central Park. This was, of course, the highlight of their day.
The early April day was warm–almost hot. Cobalt blue skies soared overhead and the hot sun shone. It looked like every New Yorker was in the Park–it hummed with sun-deprived Northerners after a very, very long winter. Daffodils bobbed their heads in the soft breeze. Birds celebrated, dipping and swooping about. Runners ran, bikers whizzed by; one runner and one biker had a near-accident and had some New York-flavored words, to, uh, work it out. My mild-mannered, suburban children watched their interaction with awe.
We strolled and dallied while eating ice cream from a street vendor. Shouts from a softball game punctuated the soft air. We spent a lot of time exploring the rocks.
As beautiful as this day was, of course not everything was picturesque. It was a day with two children and their mother–we all took our turns with frustration. In addition, Henry touched everything possible–the cement walls, the ground (that's when I yelled, "Every dog in New York has urinated there, Henry!"), the sticks, the trashcans. When he rested on one park bench that smelled just like a urinal, I asked him if that smell was familiar. He looked at me quizzically and said,
"People go to the bathwoom on the benches?!"
If I could've bathed him right then, I would've.
But, despite these regular blips, contentedness prevailed. We made it back to the train station (first time I navigated from the subway to the train station without the aid of a seasoned New Yorker!). Henry sat on my lap for a bit and his heavy head rested in the curve of my neck. The kids watched as the outskirts of the city gave way to the suburbs. As the terrain switched from urban to forest, the trees indicated that we were getting closer to home.
As we drove home from the train station, I asked both Abby and Henry what they liked most about our adventure. Henry cited the rock climbing in Central Park. Abby agreed–with a close second being the street-vendor soft-pretzel. I, however, had a different take. For all of those 55 block we traversed, both of my children held my hands. (I wondered, prior to this day, if I'd ever hold Abby's hand in public again.)
A day with both of them within arms reach and the solid weight of both of their hands in mine will forever be the highlight of this day.


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This recipe has been developed over nearly 30 years. It won the 'Gallo Family Vineyards' family recipe contest. Our family was featured in the 'centerfold' of the NOV 2011 issue of Taste of Home magazine, and the Gallo family says, "It's tasty traditions like yours that keep us gathering around the table for family toasts to come." Once you try it, you'll know why. I've had many many many make this recipe, and they have never been disappointed, and it's now somewhat 'famous'.
I know, it sounds pretty 'impressive' to add the word 'famous' to something. I mean famous is reserved for names, things, and places like Abe Lincoln, the Grand Canyon, the Titanic, Martin Luther King, Jr., JFK, Clark Gable, Brad Pitt, Lady Gaga, Picasso's artwork, Simon Cowell, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Gordon Ramsay…but a recipe…famous…come on, Ally, get real! Bohemian Bolognese Sauce Well, I'm here to tell you that my bolognese sauce is, indeed, famous…in my house, amongst my friends and family and at my dinner table. It's in demand.
It's oftentimes duplicated but never really replicated entirely. It's been 30 years in the making. And, I've had critics beyond the likes of those I faced on MasterChef Season 2. Who? My three sons!! Pleasing their palates was tough when they were growing up, but making them beg for more is an even more daunting task. AND, the real coup de gras of the fame of this bolognese is when your grown sons ask if you can show their wives or special girlfriends how to make the sauce!
A reminder…this recipe makes a lot! Freeze in different size containers for using later. Get creative and use in various ways! Lasagna, pizza, open-faced sandwiches on crusty Italian bread…whatever! As you can see from the many different photos, I've done this bolognese a few times~~and, yes, there's much more evidence of it in my files! xoxxo ~~ally
Here's what you need:
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
5 tablespoons butter
2 carrots, finely, diced
1 medium onion, diced (if you prefer shallots, that's fine, too)
2 ribs of celery, finely diced
(NOTE: You can pulse the carrots, onion and celery in a food processor.)
6-8 garlic cloves minced or thinly sliced (your preference)
¾ pound beef, ground
½ pound veal, ground
½ pound pork, ground
½ pound Italian sausage, ground (remove casings if in sausage form)
½ package pepperoni (stack and cut into fourths)
1 12 oz cans tomato paste
1 large can of Italian crushed tomatoes (try to buy the best brand, preferably Italian, you can)
1 15 oz can diced tomatoes (you can use one w/basil, garlic…again, try to find Italian brands)
1 cup heavy cream or half and half
1 cup red wine
¾ cup chopped fresh herbs…basil (lots!), oregano, Italian flat parsley, thyme
Note: I tie a small bundle of thyme with cooking string, place in the Bolognese while simmering then fish out and throw away after a couple of hours.
¾ tsp crushed red peppers
Kosher or sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
¾ cup of shredded parmigiano-reggiano, parmesan or asiago
Parmigiano-Reggiano, Parmesan or Asiago for grating/serving
Chicken broth (used as needed for thinning sauce)
Here's what you do:
- In a large heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat the olive oil and butter over medium heat.
- Add the onions, celery, and garlic and sauté over medium heat until translucent and soft but not browned.
- Add the beef, veal, pork, Italian sausage and stir into the vegetables. Turn up heat to high and continue stirring and breaking meat clumps apart…you want the meat to brown.
- Turn down heat and add the tomato paste and blend into meat mixture…allow this mixture to 'fry' about 5 minutes continually stirring so it doesn't stick.
- Add crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, and pepperoni stirring for about 5 minutes.
- Add milk and wine…blend…add crushed red peppers, fresh herbs, and shredded cheese…blend…add sea salt and pepper to taste.
- Simmer over medium-low heat for several hours (2-3) stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- NOTE: The chicken broth can be used if you need more liquid to thin or get all the juices out of the cans.
Suggestions for Plating & Serving:
Choose your favorite type of pasta (spaghetti, penne, rigatoni, etc.). Cook it al dente. After draining mix all pasta in large pot/pan with about a cup or more of the sauce coating lightly all the pasta. Serve in large spacious (preferably white) bowl. Spoon over pasta a heaping amount of fresh Bolognese sauce. Grate fresh cheese and garnish with whole basil sprig or some of the chopped herb mixture.
© alice d'antoni phillips www.allyskitchen.com


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The Mrayed family of Tripoli may have overwhelming evidence of a war crime, but what can they do with it?
From right to left: Omran, Abdelhamid, Najat, Khadija, and Abrar Mrayed / Courtesy Ivan LaBianca
TRIPOLI, Libya -- On Monday, August 22, the second day of Tripoli's uprising, the Mrayed family left their home in Ainzara, not far from the pro-regime neighborhood of Abu Salim, for a relative's home in Gurgi, a rebel-controlled district. The drive is about five kilometers by the Tripoli Highway, the city's only major freeway.
They set out just after three in the afternoon in the family car, a Hyundai Santa Fe, and encountered no checkpoints or fighting before reaching the onramp, according to Abdelhamid Mrayed, the father, who was driving. Between their neighborhood and the highway, the only disturbances they saw were people waving anti-regime flags and shouting anti-regime slogans, said his wife, Najat. Their daughter Khadija, a 22-year-old medical student, and six-year-old son Ryad had passed through the neighborhood with the rebel flag painted on their cheeks. Their 13-year-old daughter Abrar held a rebel flag as they drove.
Abdelhamid's sister, Karema, also rode along, sitting in the back seat with her two sons, Zakaria, eight, and Omran, ten.
When they passed Al Khadra Hospital, in the pro-regime neighborhood of Saadi, Abdelhamid saw a loyalist flag flying from a building near the road, which worried him. Forty-eight hours into the uprising, most loyalist banners had disappeared from the city, pulled down by residents and rebel militias and replaced with the three-color rebel standard. Any loyalist banner still flying likely signaled the presence of nearby pro-regime soldiers defending it.
Within a few moments of seeing the flag, Abdelhamid spotted a group of young men with automatic weapons ahead, gathered in the road. He estimated eighteen were in the group but said he did not count.
"We tried to rub our faces" to erase the revolutionary symbol from the childrens' cheeks, recalled Khadija, the eldest daughter, who was in the back seat. Abrar, the 13-year-old, was sitting on the car's right side with Ryad on her lap. She hid her flag under the seat.
Tripoli Highway looks like a Los Angeles freeway. It has a large cement divider down the center, which blocked Abdelhamid from turing around, and an iron fence along each side. The highway had some traffic heading the other way but the traffic ahead, toward Gurji, had disappeared.
They slowed to the checkpoint. The adults all believed that the soldiers would not attack them. Tripoli, and particularly their neighborhood, had been quiet that day after two days of fighting. "We discussed it," said Abdelhamid, indicating his wife Najat, beside him on a cushion in the Gurji house, where the family is now staying. "We said the situation, true it's unstable, but there are people out, there is movement." They had seen television broadcasts on France24 and Al Jazeera, which had set up camera positions on the roof of a school in Gurgi, the family's destination. "So we got encouraged," said Najat. The family's plan was to break the Ramadan fast at Abdelhamid's father's house in Gurgi, stay the night, then return home to Ainzara the next day.
"The court, this must go to a court ... We do not believe in revenge"
The soldiers motioned for them to stop. "The people in the checkpoint told them to lower their windows, lower their windows," said Abdelhamid's 19-year-old niece Afnan, who made the journey to Gurji in a separate car. Afnan, who holds a U.S. passport and lived as a child in Tuscon, Arizona, acted as translator when I visited the family.
Abdelhamid Mrayed slowed the car, but didn't stop, rolling through what the family remembers as two rows of young men armed with Kalashnikov submachine guns. Najat described the men as young and of Arab descent, in jeans and shirts rather than uniforms, wearing scarves made of loyalist flags tied around their heads. That's when Khadija says she saw the body of a young man lying on the road near the soldiers.
The men at the checkpoint, shouting pro-Qaddafi slogans, ordered Abdelhamid to stop the car and roll down all four windows. One of the soldiers reached into the car, where Abrar sat with her brother on her lap.
The soldier, apparently to move her and get a better look at the boy, struck the 13-year-old Abrar on the head and arm with the barrel of his rifle. "These are the ones, shoot them, shoot them," he said.
Ryad, likely frightened, began crying. Though Abrar tried to comfort her brother, saying "don't worry, don't worry," she believed the soldier was about to shoot her.
The soldier fired, shooting the six-year-old boy through the side of his chest as Abrar held him. The boy slumped over and the soldier fired again into his back, sending the bullet to exit through the child's stomach.
Soldiers on each side opened fire into the car. Abdelhamid's sister Karema, in the back seat, was shot in the head and died instantly. Zakaria, her eight-year-old, was struck in the torso but continued breathing. In the front, a bullet hit Najat's left arm, shattering it. Abdelhamid suffered bullet fragments in his right arm and rear shoulder. Omran, Karema's other young son, was hit by bullet fragments in his head, where they remained until they could be removed a week later. The boy said he did not think he passed out but remembers being "confused" and still in the lap of his mother's body.
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