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A chinoiserie thrift-store chaise, drum stool and patterned cushions evoke a air of genteel splendour.
H&H style editor Michael Penney chose vinyl for the chaise upholstery so that it could also be used outdoors. A new shade reinvented the $6 secondhand lamp.
See more photos of Michael's former apartment and a tour in our gallery and video. Plus, see tours of his new house, too!
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Update 13 August 2013: Ici reopened last week.
Original post: The seemingly sudden closure of Ici was a genuine surprise. I was only in there last week and it seemed to be business as usual. The notice in the window suggests that they were not paying the rent and the landlord has reentered the property.
Backstreet Eating across the road, and other cafes nearby like Min Lokal and Breakfast Thieves, are sure to benefit from the reduced competition. The notice suggests that the cafe continued to trade for almost a month after being told to depart, and therefore that the business may have been trading while it was insolvent, which is illegal.
In news on another business with an uncertain future, I have an update on the Burlesque Bar on Johnston St. A raving nutcase emailed me regarding the bar's impending dissolution, caused by being insolvent.
I noted in my previous post that the bar's social media presence suggested that it was continuing to operate as usual, despite the legal proceedings, which could be interpreted as indicating that the business was trading while insolvent.
The nutcase, who I will call Tim, emailed me without any friendly introduction or explanation to say, while linking to the insolvency notice, 'Isn't it illegal to do that' – meaning (I assume) that it is illegal to trade while insolvent. He then said 'Why crack it at me for saying it on Facebook when it is also here?'
Of course I had had no contact with him on Facebook and had no idea what he was talking about. He seemed to think that I was the owner of the bar and that I had, according to a subsequent email he sent that provided more information, sent him a threatening message demanding that he not discuss the issue. That wasn't me.
I appreciate tipoffs and feedback from readers. But nutcase accusations in defiance of common sense are unwelcome. If someone has some sensible analysis of why small business owners continue to trade when it is obvious that their businesses have failed and they are insolvent, that would be helpful. Otherwise, keep your crazy to yourself.

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Howard named as teacher of the year
WINFIELD — Putnam County Schools has named its employees of the year for the 2012-2013 school year.
Debra Howard, a physical education teacher at George Washington Middle School, is the Putnam County Schools Teacher of the Year. Buffalo High School Principal Richard Grim is the Administrator of the Year. Don Thornton, Head Custodian at Mountain View Elementary, is the service employee of the year.
Teacher of the Year Howard says her job is about so much more than teaching fundamental sports skills and the rules of the game. Her job is about changing attitudes, and setting her students up for a lifetime of good health.
"I am high energy, intense and enthusiastic," Howard said in a press release, "and this has enabled me to reach children who may be negative about physical activity. I have an excellent rapport with my students and they know, from my actions, that I truly care about them."
A graduate of West Virginia University, Howard has been a teacher and coach at George Washington Middle School since 1982. She was been honored for her teaching and leadership a number of times, including having been GW Middle Teacher of the Year in 2005, 2008, and 2012; Putnam County Middle School Teacher of the Year in 2008; and West Virginia Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year in 2001.
She was named PEIA Pathways to Wellness Coordinator of the Year in 2005, Putnam County Chamber of Commerce Merit Teacher of the Year in 1990, and West Virginia Schools Athletic Coaches Regional Coach of the Year in 1990.
"Seeing students blossom from sixth grade to eighth grade and learn to appreciate a pysically active lifestyle…are the rewards I find in teaching," Howard said.
"Helping students 'blossom' for 30 years is reason enough to honor Debbie," Putnam County Schools Superintendent Chuck Hatfield said in the release. "Even more importantly, in this age of increasing obesity, she is in the forefront of promoting healthy lifestyles. She helps kids understand the importance and benefits of fitness. That is something that will last a lifetime."
Administrator of the Year
Principal Grim began his career in Putnam County Schools in 1975, teaching music and mathematics at George Washington Middle School. Thereafter, he served as assistant principal at Hurricane Middle then Hurricane High before taking the helm at Buffalo High in 2004.
His focus on technology, is, in part, what helped him earn the title of Administrator of the Year.
Over a period of several years, Grim's work with the Council of State School Officers and The Stupsky Institute led to an interest in the innovative New Tech model currently being instituted at Buffalo. After investigating several options for innovative programs to improve teaching and learning, and working with the Putnam County Central Office staff, Buffalo High sought and was awarded an Innovation Zone grant to create a school where, according to Grim, "students are engaged, excited about their learning, understand the relevance of their learning and (are) willing to take responsibility for their own education."
Superintendent Hatfield said Grim is "always willing to step up and take a leadership role in school and district matters. Buffalo High is taking on a new education model, and without his leadership, I really don't think it would have happened."
Grim is a graduate of Poca High School, West Virginia State College, and West Virginia College of Graduate Studies. In 1990, Grim was named George Washington Middle School Teacher of the Year. He has served as a member of the Putnam Technology Committee since its inception, and is a mentor for new administrators. In addition, he was elected both vice president and president of the Putnam County Principal's Association, was a member of the WVDE 21st Century Classroom Assessment Network, and served on the Superintendent's Advisory Council.
Service Employee of the Year
As head custodian at Mountain View Elementary, Thornton strives to create a environment in which students can learn and grow. And he knows that maintaining the physical school building is just one of the strategies needed to reach this goal.
"While working to keep the school clean and neat, I model friendliness, character, and responsibility to the students," Thornton said in a press release. "I greet them with a smile and cheer every day."
Besides performing the duties required of caring for a large school, Thornton is often asked to accommodate other groups from the district, especially when summer school classes and teacher staff development take over the school. "Don is helpful to everybody," Mountain View principal Sonya Shue said in the release. "He takes great pride in our building and does everything to make sure that our building is safe and clean at all times. He's great with the students and teachers, he works hard, and he is always cooperative."
"You can't ask for a better worker than Don Thornton," Hatfield said. "He takes great pride in his school and makes significant contributions to this district."


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Would of tipped Novak meh.
Nadal in the final.
Ha, bollox. Assume I'm too late?
Nadal anyway on the off-chance.
Cricket Web's 2013/14 Premier League Tipping Champion
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"The PFA does not represent players when they have broken the law and been convicted on non-football matters."
- Gordon Taylor in 2009 following Marlon King's release after a prison sentence for sexual assault & ABH
Or something.
RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990 - 15/4/2006
Nah, final tonight at 7.30 UTC. Considering disregarding the bronze medal match as a) two people tip it and b) it's a bit nonsensical for a tennis tournament.
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The color of immortality, nature and envy - you are truly a unique person. While clearly the color of nature, you also symbolize rebirth, fertility and hope in the world. On the other side of the spectrum, a natural aptitude to money with green coming to signify money and possibly even *********!
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Discounting the bronze medal match.
Dale won, headhunter 2nd, Hakon 3rd, myself fourth
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
One of These Things Is Unlike the Other
He wrote -- "Tiger admitted he went to Abu Dhabi for the seven-figure appearance fee. Can you imagine Tom Brady bowing out of a Patriots' regular season game to go play in China because a bank threw $2 million at him?"
I hate to knock down a fellow golf scribe, and I know we've all made mistakes in our writing before, but football to golf? Really? A team sport to an individual sport where you play all around the world?
If Tom Brady said, after China (?) offered him $2 million to go play in their made-up football league (CFL 2?), "Hey team, I'm going to skip the next game because I'm going to go play football in China," they would simply tell him he couldn't because it would breach his contract, thus losing him as much, if not more, money than he was going to make.
Golf is a fun sport because you can play all over the world whenever you want. Right now, I'm sitting at a Mexican food place in Australia because of a golf tournament. Next week I'll be in Melbourne. Then, the LPGA Tour splits and some go to Thailand while others head to New Zealand. That's the beauty of the game.
I thought it was ridiculous, and still find it ridiculous, that anyone in the world would give Tiger hell for taking appearance fee money. This is goal! If a tournament offered ANY PGA Tour star a million bucks to play at their tournament, the wheels on their plane would be up so fast they might forget their passport. China, Abu Dhabi, or Australia, it doesn't matter, this is why golf is so special.
It isn't Lerner that is making a mistake here, it is anyone that calls Tiger out for taking advantage of where he has landed as a professional golfer. Thank you, Tiger Woods, for cashing in on how damn good you once were at golf, and how much you make the sport more popular. Nobody was waking up at 3 AM in America to watch Robert Rock battle Rory McIlroy. A lot of alarm clocks were turned back to see Tiger compete. That's the beauty of money; you get it when you're wanted.
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- J.R. Clark said...
I don't blame Tiger for going to Abu Dhabi to play instead of Torrey Pines. The European PGA Tour has more contenders for major championships than does the mediocre US PGA Tour.
It is better for Tiger's game to compete against Rory than against two non-entities like Snedeker and the forgettable player who choked like a dog on the 18th hole in regulation at Torrey Pines. Just saying.
- February 1, 2012 at 6:53 AM
Thank you for your brilliant comments, blogger. Again a case of the putrid hatred that is spewed about TW. All the top 10 golfers plus Sergio, in the field at Abu was paid for appearances and nary a mention by anyone. All top 10 Euro stars are paid fees to play in Euro. The real reason for Monty not bothering to ever take up PGA membership. Also TW always get fees for playing all over the World, So does Phil. Seems like envy to me and not real journalism
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Anonymous wins for "best job at reading and understanding an entire article" and it is barely into the first month of 2012.
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WOOOOO New Zealand!!!
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WOOOOO New Zealand!!!
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The crash was on westbound Pleasant Valley Road, near Pleasant Valley Middle School, just before 10 p.m. CHP Sgt. Michael Poore said the car drove off the road around a bend and into a 150-foot pine tree and ignited in flames.
All of the car's six occupants were ejected, said CHP Officer Terry Pedretti. The 20-year-old driver was killed at the scene. One passenger remained in critical condition Friday with lower body burns and the other four were hospitalized with major injuries, including broken bones.
The car's occupants were described as young men, ages 19 to 26. Pedretti said they are all from the Placerville and Diamond Springs area.
Toxicology tests on the driver would determine whether alcohol and/or drugs were a factor in the crash, Pedretti said.
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The Wedding Ring Thing: Is Sandra Bullock's Bare Finger a Big Deal? Readers Tell Us
In the first clear photograph taken of Sandra Bullock since Jesse James' infidelities were made public, the Oscar winner is seen hiking in Northern California...without her wedding ring. While we have every reason to believe Sandra and Jesse will divorce, nothing is set in stone, and the story got us wondering: Is a missing wedding ring a sure sign of anything, or is it sometimes just not a big deal? We turned to our readers, the Pop Chorus, for their stories and opinions:
Cecelia Haack says: "I am happily married and rarely wear a wedding ring. My husband and I were married by a village mayor in Greenland 20 years ago, at end of a 600-mile sea kayaking expedition. We didn't have rings for the ceremony and felt we were truly lucky to be wearing clean clothes. We believe the health of our marriage isn't represented by a wedding ring but in how we treat each other at the breakfast table."
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Megan McClain says: "I have been married to my high school sweetheart for four-and-a-half years. The only time I've taken off my ring, besides cleanings, was when I was pregnant with our son (I wore it on a necklace then). Not wearing our wedding rings is not a deal-breaker in my relationship, since jewelry is a hazard in my husband's profession. But I wear mine all of the time, and unless there's a genuine reason, not wearing your wedding rings speaks volumes."
Megan Champion says: "The alarm goes off, my husband rouses me out of bed. It's Monday morning, and I have to get our son off to school in an hour. I'm half asleep, stumbling to find the coffee pot and make breakfast. The last thing on my mind? Putting my wedding ring back on. It's safely tucked away in my jewelry box, where I laid it yesterday when I decided to work in the garden. It will more than likely remain there for a few more days before it occurs to me that I'm not wearing it. Hubby thinks nothing of it and neither do I. After all, judging by the last argument over who left a wet towel lying on the bathroom floor, we are still very much married. Who cares if anyone else thinks differently? As our 7-year-old would say, 'It's none of your beeswax.'"
Pat Cooney says: "Mine was a modest, slender circle of gold with small diamonds set across the front. In stormy times, I took it off in defiance. Once, I stashed it in a cookbook and found it months later crusted with bread dough, a bookmark on an afternoon of apparently angry baking. Usually, I put it away for the tenure of my dismay du jour, tucked into a carved box with other precious, painful artifacts. My husband unwittingly threw that box away. This much I know is true: The ring is no less a symbol in its absence."
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Gelisa Keekee Longmire says: "My husband and I had a habit of [taking off our rings]. Whenever we would get into arguments, we would be quick to take our rings off. It never meant our marriage was over. Our rings were symbols of the significant other and at the time of an argument, we simply didn't want to be reminded of the other. But we don't do that anymore."
Pam Olivieri Graham says: "I never wear my ring... I haven't worn my ring since 20 years ago when my daughter was born. It is just not that important to me. I can't believe how much people notice though. When my husband and I were out at a bar, we met another couple. They asked us if we were divorced. We both think its weird that it means so much to people whether you have a ring on or not. We are happily married and don't need jewelry to prove to the world that our relationship is good."
Vicki Watrous Zink says: "I always wear my ring. It is very significant to me. I am proud to say I am married and very committed to my husband. He wears his all the time as well. We actually started wearing them a few months before we got married."
Sondra Rankin says: "My parents have been married over 36 years, and my father has NEVER worn a wedding ring. He was a boilermaker/welder and was unable to wear a ring because of his labor. My mom has never minded, and they are as deeply in love today as they were when the met. I don't look at somebody's hand and judge. It means nothing to me."
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- Wednesday 21 AprilBy Pam
My husband and I have been happily married for 23 years. When we met, we were both chefs so not many people in this business do wear rings. After a few years we both changed careers. I became a welder/pipefitter and he became a carpenter. We have seen too many fingers being ripped off in both professions to ever think about wearing rings. And now that we are both older we can no longer fit into our rings, but this does not mean we still do not love or respect each other any less than we did the day we were married.
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy Sharon
I had a married friend that took his wedding ring off while on a business trip to Vegas. He lost it. His ring didn't symbolize anything. I think he took it off at happy hours with his friends. As for me, I were my ring with pride. I agree it's not the ring that makes the marriage. But if you started your marriage with rings, they should be worn, and proudly!!
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy goodday
my husband and I have been together for thirty years ... neither one of us wears our wedding rings ... a piece of gold or silver does not constitute a good marriage ... it's what you feel in your heart ... what you say with your words and how you treat each other
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy Heather
I do feel badly for Sandra, she seems like a nice lady. One should maybe consider the fact that he was married to a porn star before, so that should have told her alot about his character. She did indeed get a "bad boy". Leopards do not change their spots. I have not been married, but If I were married in a traditional wedding with an exchange of rings, then I would expect my husband to wear his ring and I would wear mine. I often see my male friends without their wedding rings and it usually signifies a problem.
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy Doris
i have been married 42 years and most of the time i do not wear my wedding ring i just don't like the way it feels on my finger i have never been a ring wearing person but to me it has nothing to do with how good or bad your marriage is.
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy paulshuler
love,honesty and freindship keep you married rings do not.I still have mine and do not wear it for work reasons,my wife wears hers on occasion but it is no big deal. once a cheater always a cheater! people are obessed with to many television fantasies and not real life! it would be nice if jessie and sandra worked it out for themselves but if they do not I am sure we will all read about it later
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy Frank
I have been married for forty-one years. Everytime I go out to work with my machinery (tractor, baler, etc.) I remove my ring. I have seen the damage done by rings when they get caught on moving parts of machinery. The ring when it is jerked off the finger usually removes all of the skin and muscle with it. It is really a horrible sight. My wife knows that 40 to 60% of the time my ring is laying on my dresser in the bedroom. It's for my own safety.
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy kurt
i have been married for 40 years..neither my wife nor i wear rings..i work where metal is a hazard arond electric and chemicals...my wife is choctaw indian and doesn't like jewelry..we love each other deeply....as amatter of fact we are mormon and are going to be remarried/sealed at our temple. so don,t read too much into rings..god bless
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy SaraHigh Rank Vote downVote upReport this
ITS A SYMBOL. Thats it. YOU choose to make more or less of that symbol as you wish. People should have more respect for others. What is good for one is not always good for another.
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy onabudget2
my wife and i have been married over 40 yrs now. i have changed rings 4 times ,for different reason,s ( bigger fingers,,arteritise, ect,ect. i don,t wear one now,,and don,t feel as if the ring was the reason for us staying together this long. we love and enjoye each other.
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy Diane
We have been happily married for 35 years and see no reason to wear a ring. We are both 62 years old and our marriage is happy and alive.
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy t44garden
Wearing my ring is big thing for me. Every time I looked at it I remember the day I marry my wife. It still bring fond memories even after being married for almost 32 years.
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy Charity
My husband and I have been married for 3 years. At first it was a big deal that we both wear our rings all of the time. When I got pregnant and lost like 50lbs and my ring didn't fit anymore I realized that its not that important. I love my husband and he loves me. That's all that matters. We have a beautiful family and don't need our rings to prove it. I think to each his own. Rings for some mean more to them than it does to to others. I don't think that it means that those who don't wear them love their spouse any less than those who do wear them.
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy PastaRasta
Don't know. Never been married. Probably never will be married.
Most of them bust up anyway, don't they?
- Wednesday 21 April
Why is it anybody's business but hers?
- Thursday 22 AprilBy tatytay
- Wednesday 21 April
I lost my ring three years ago, and haven't bothered replacing it. I know I'm married and act accordingly. I don't flirt, or give off signals. My husband wears his ring all the time.
Rings only mean what you make them mean. My husband gets flirted with even with the ring on. He doesn't respond to it.
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy jabber
a ring on the finger does not mean a marrige is secure!a man that ceats on one wife will repeat it again! if she is smart take the ring and sell it and go out and enjoy yourself!
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy Erica
I agree with Lacie. My rings mean a lot to me and I have only taken them off when we had big trouble in our marriage and it caused me emotional pain to wear them because of what they represent to me. I feel that everyone sees the rings differently and you will wear them (or not) based on what they represent to you. This is the same for anything that one wears that has sentimental feelings attached to it. I am proud to show others that I am married. If I was Sandra, I would most definitely not wear the rings! How painful this time must be for her!
- Wednesday 21 AprilBy Jan
Rings are just a symbol. How you really feel is between you and your spouse.
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Converse Judson leads 14-0 at halftime
Well, it's been a surprising first half here at Rice Stadium. Judson leads 14-0, and North Shore looks lost. The Mustangs have punted four times, and committed one turnover. The furthest they've gotten is the Judson 44-yard line. Judson's defense looks extremely sharp. The Rockets have applied consistent pressure on North Shore quarterback Jeremiah McGinty, […] [Read More]
Katy leads 56-14
Katy went from playing it's worst football of the year in the first half to playing some of its best in the second. Every possession for Madison this half has been a three-and-out. On the last one, Madison punted and Joey Fuda took the return 60 yards for another Katy touchdown. Katy now leads 56-14 […] [Read More]
Katy strikes again.
Katy now leads 49-14 with 1:42 left in the third. Once again, the Tiger drive was three plays. All three were running and all three were Dean. He had three carries, 39 yards and the score. Last week, against Smithson Valley, Madison scored four fourth quarter touchdowns to come back and win. Do these Mavericks […] [Read More]
North Shore's offense going nowhere fast
North Shore's offense will have to regroup when it heads to the locker room at halftime because the Mustangs have been stonewalled, so far. North Shore quarterback Jeremiah McGinty was picked off by Judson cornerback Erik Brown and the Rockets took swift advantage. Judson quarterback Austin Quinney threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Lamont Hooper […] [Read More]
Pflugerville advances to state title
Pflugerville won 20-14 over Abilene in overtime and will play the winner of this Katy/SA Madison game right here at the Alamodome next Saturday at 7 p.m. for the 5A Division II state title. [Read More]
Katy's running game is back
The Madison fans have really quieted in this second half. The Katy defense held Madison to a three-and-out, then came the Tiger running game. Or Aundre Dean's running game, anyway. Dean had three carries for 49 yards and a touchdown. He rushed for 44 yards, then 4 yards, then one yard for the score on […] [Read More]
Katy scores on opening drive of 2nd half
The first drive of the second half ended with Katy scoring on a five-yard pass from Bo Levi Mitchell to tight end Mac Ferris. Guess who is back for the Tigers. Aundre Dean, who wasn't very active in the first half, had five carries for 44 yards in that drive. With 7:20 left in the […] [Read More]
Judson takes 7-0 lead
Judson found the scoreboard first when linebacker Randall Forney scooped up a fumbled punt and returned it 16-yards for a touchdown with 2:03 left in the first quarter. [Read More]
Halftime tidbits
Let's look at some halftime stats: First downs: Katy 9, Madison 8 Total yards: Katy 233, Madison 188 Rushing: Katy 18/53, Madison 15/86 Passing: Katy (Bo Levi Mitchell) 7-of-14 for 180 yards, three touchdowns, 1 INT; Madison (Bryan Ehrlich) 5-of-14 for 102, one touchdown, 1 INT Penalties: Katy 1/15, Madison 3/20 Also, just got word […] [Read More]
Converse Judson stalls on its first drive
The North Shore defense forced Converse Judson into a three-and-out on the opening drive of today's Class 5A Division I state semifinal at Rice Stadium. North Shore's offense also came up empty on its first drive, having to punt from the Judson 44-yard line. The Rockets now have the ball at their 20. [Read More]
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My baby won't sleep alone!
Hello. My daughter will not sleep in her crib...nor cradle. She prefers to sleep in my arms or in the bed with me which is getting a little uncomfortable. I've tried to make her cradle as comfortable as possible but even when I get her to sleep as soon as I place her in it...she wakes up. I tried to let her cry it out but it broke my hear to see her so distressed. Anyone have any suggestions? Will she grow out of this or do I just need to grow a pair and let her cry?
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Thanks for the reply. I have decided against my pediatrians suggestion of letting her cry it out and to just do what's best for my baby...and if that means co-sleeping for some time well then that's what I'll do. I posted this question because as a first time mother...everyone has some advise on how I should take care of my daughter. I've heard way to many times that i'm spoiling her and it's so fustrating! Again thanks for the feedback.posted 08/29/2011 by nikkilu7
Yes, she will grow out of it but not overnight. You didn't say how old she is, but just keep in mind that she spent 9 months being "held" by you 24/7. You can't possibly expect her to be okay with being so close to you one day and then away from you the next. It's a normal biological reaction and she is a helpless baby who knows she needs her mother to be safe. There is no need to, as you say, "grow a pair" and let her cry. All babies outgrow the need to be near their mothers eventually. When was the last time you saw a 14 year old girl who needed to sleep in her mother's arms? As to the current situation, one option is to use something like an arm's reach co-sleeper pushed up next to the bed. Or you can take one side off of the crib, make the mattress the same height as your bed, and push it up against your bed. She will probably want to sleep near you for quite some time.posted 08/28/2011 by agent2187
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"All the images are telling a similar story even though they're quite random, it's the colour that makes it work as one page"
Mackie caught AnOther's attention last week when he released a selection of striking colour themed images. "The colour pages are actually just a screen grab of the previous nine images on my instagram", he explains. "When I started I had so many images it felt natural to sequence them by colour. It was a fun way to arrange the images I had – they then gave me a direction to add new ones. I think we always want to arrange object and images by colour. All the images are telling a similar story even though they're quite random, it's the colour that makes it work as one page. I always think it's beautiful to have loads of tones of one colour, even now I'm obsessed with paint charts or the fabric colour cards we use at work when consulting for Marc Jacobs or Louis Vuitton. There we use vast books of hand dyed swatches but a nice digital version is the MyPANTONE app on iPhone."
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Superglass Make turns all sets of the two ingredients for glass into Molten glass instantly and without the need of a furnace. A set consists of one bucket of sand and one soda ash, seaweed, or swamp weed.
Note: Kelp must be ashes first, Lunar magic will not combine raw kelp with sand, but will work with raw normal seaweed. Edible seaweed will NOT work as you cannot make soda ash from it and it cannot be used in its raw form.
Unlike when making molten glass normally, the buckets are not returned to the player after glass has been made - the entire bucket of sand and seaweed/swamp weed/soda ash are consumed to randomly produce either 1 or 2 pieces of molten glass. On average, each set will produce 1.30 pieces of molten glass whereas regular molten glass crafting will only produce 1.00 pieces. Please note that the spell only works on PAIRS of ingredients.
A maximum of 14 pairs of ingredients can be converted per spell. To do this, the player must wield a greater runic staff or a wicked pouch which has been charged with runes for Superglass make, while having in inventory the 14 sets of ingredients. This will produce a long-term average of 18.2 pieces of molten glass per cast. Using this spell to create molten glass can simultaneously train the magic and crafting skills for significant profit, although using this spell to train magic is significantly slower than more popular magic training spells, such as high alchemy, due to the need to bank in between each cast.
Besides the 78 Magic experience given per cast, this spell also gives 10 Crafting experience for every set of one bucket of sand and one heap of Seaweed or Soda ash used in the cast. This is half the experience (20 exp) for making glass in a furnace. As 14 of each can be used in each cast, the maximum Crafting experience per cast is 140, and the maximum total experience is 224.
Using Superglass Make will not yield Crafting Strange rocks.
The average profit per cast is 799 coins (assuming seaweed, buckets of sand and runes are bought and that molten glass is sold (at a ratio of 1.30 glass for every set of sand and seaweed), while wielding a greater runic staff charged with Superglass Make runes).
Superglass Make costs 922 coins per cast, 772 coins if an Air staff is equipped and 610 coins if a Fire staff is equipped.
Worth noting is the fact that the profitability of Superglass making can vary greatly. The reason for this is the Grand Exchange prices on sand/seaweed/astral runes fluctuate quite frequently. It is recommended to study the market beforehand if aiming to maximise profit.
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The use of mousekeys and bank presets greatly increases the rate of casting. By positioning your cursor so that it is over the banker and the preset 1 button, you can withdraw your inventory in 2 key presses. Using this method yields around 914 casts per hour (assuming use of an air staff with 13 sets of seaweed/sand), resulting in:
As with all Lunar spells, the Lunar Diplomacy quest must be completed to cast this spell.


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Who Sets Your Benchmarks?
In his new book, What You're Really Meant to Do, Robert Steven Kaplan outlines a step-by-step approach to defining success on your own terms.
Editor's note:When it comes to improving your leadership abilities, Professor Robert Steven Kaplan is a big believer in starting with a look in the mirror. In fact, he wrote a book on that subject: What To Ask The Person In The Mirror: Critical Questions For Becoming A More Effective Leader And Reaching Your Potential. Kaplan continues his theme of self-directed assessment and improvement with his new book, to be released in early May, What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential. He offers a step-by-step approach to defining success on your own terms—and pursuing your goals accordingly. In this excerpt, he discusses the unfortunate and all-too-common tendency to focus on extrinsic rather than intrinsic motivators.
From, What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential
When I was growing up, my parents often talked to me about the importance of working hard and becoming successful. "You should go into a profession," they would say. "Doctor, dentist, lawyer are all good professions. Orthodontists also do very well!"
My parents justifiably believed that professional status would allow me to have a better life than they had. They grew up during the Depression, and both began working at young ages to help support their families. They both continued to work long hours throughout their adult lives. My father traveled extensively as a jewelry salesman in the Midwest, and my mother was a real estate agent who took on other work as money needs arose.
They both hoped that I wouldn't have to deal with the financial stresses they had faced. They wanted me to have a nest egg. They hoped I would achieve professional success and social status. Like most parents, they wanted to be proud of me and wanted to feel confident they had launched me on the road to a better life.
Although most of us grow up as products of our families, we are also heavily influenced by the social norms manifested in popular culture. I had a pretty typical upbringing. I watched a lot of television and read popular magazines. I was influenced by the media, which regularly celebrated "winners." Just as they are today, the winners were usually described as those who had made a lot of money and attained wealth, power, or influence. I read the advertisements and magazine covers, which were dominated by the smiling faces of people who had "made it." Boy, they sure seemed happy!
As a student, I was regularly assessed, tested, graded, and otherwise measured against "objective" metrics. As is true for most of us who grew up in the latter half of the twentieth century, the first twenty-two years of my life seemed to revolve around an unending series of tests designed to rank me versus my peer group. At the end of each grading period, my mom would ask me if I had made the honor roll. She was disappointed in me if I hadn't—not a good feeling! I internalized these standards and began to believe that academic metrics and accomplishments would be critical in determining where I could go to college and the kinds of jobs I would be able to get after college. To the extent that I thought about it, I figured I would eventually focus on what I wanted and who I was—but, for now, if I wanted to take the next step up the ladder, I needed to excel at what I was doing.
Later, when it came time to pick a job and career, I asked my parents and friends for advice. I didn't fully understand what was involved in various types of careers, so I wasn't really sure what I would like. As a result, I gravitated toward those jobs that everyone else seemed to want. If everybody else wanted certain jobs, I thought, they must be worth pursuing. Once I was actually in a job, I focused intently on how to excel at it so that I could be in a position to get a good review and be promoted. I certainly did not want to have to explain at a cocktail party why I had been passed over for a promotion.
Although I'm exaggerating this narrative a bit to make a point, I do think that many of us are trained to dream of success in terms of benchmarks, accomplishments, and milestones. At the same time, we are trained to fear the stigma of failing to achieve these critical metrics. Many of us are encouraged to focus more on extrinsic motivators—those that can be manifested visibly (money, status, title, etc.)—as opposed to intrinsic motivators, which are those things that motivate us internally (such as passion for the mission, intellectual stimulation, and close relationships).
Many of us motor through our young adult years trying to rack up one achievement after another—being "successful"—without thinking through what we truly want. At many points along this journey, we seek or get guidance from well-meaning peers, friends, family, and loved ones who advise us what we should desire and what we should avoid. Little of this advice is based on any deep understanding of who we are as individuals, but rather on the advice givers' own experiences, desires, and understanding of social norms.
Fortunately, some young people get the kind of wise guidance and coaching that help them focus at an early stage on their strengths, weaknesses, passions, and sense of self. Others gain this insight later in life, perhaps with the help of mentors and other people with whom they have strong relationships and who take the time to understand them as individuals. With this support, they develop the strength, confidence, and self-awareness to gravitate toward paths that fit their passions and skills.
As discussed earlier, over my career I have spoken with and advised a steady stream of young, middle-, and later-stage professionals who excelled for a period but then began to struggle professionally and to experience doubt about what they wanted.
In the early stages of their careers, they have the opportunity to develop new habits and make choices that will get them on the right track. At later stages, it is still not too late, although they may feel that they've "accomplished" their way into a dilemma: a life that looks good to others but doesn't tap their true capabilities or fulfill their passions and desires. They regret that they waited too long to develop good habits for honing their skills or for thinking deeply about what they wanted.
Does any of this sound like you? Are you making the most of your capabilities? Do you feel as if you're on someone else's path? If so, is it too late to make changes? Is there another way to manage your life and career and climb the next mountain?
Reprinted by permission of Harvard Business Review Press. Excerpted from What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential. Copyright � 2013 Robert Steven Kaplan. All rights reserved.
- Kathy Condon
- Executive Coach, Speaker and Trainer, KC Solutions
When I started reading this I thought "Wow, that's my life." You did a great job capturing the norms of the time.
As a coach, I help so many people discover their real talents and help them move into a profession they will love....for I understand how good it feels.
Glad you are addressing of career change in such simple terms. Congratulations on getting your thoughts in a book.
- Sumeet Singh
- Project Manager, DiabeticCare
I believe this article hits some key points in regards to individual goals and benchmarks. Growing up, I was made familiar with specific careers but it was only when I entered the working world that I realized the true scope and reach of different lifestyles, professions and, inherently, types of success. Luckily, I realized this at a young age and am currently on a path that will lead me to achieve my personal benchmarks. Thank you for the insightful article!
- Hugh Quick
- home, none
It is good to read of someone who has understood that 'success' is measured by internal and personal criteria, not by other people
- Kapil Sopory
- Company Secretary, SMEC(India) Private Limited
Not many of us are able to independently decide what they need to do as per the call of their own inside. Right from childhood, our paths are created as per the guidance of others which we willy nilly follow somewhat blindly. Thereby, our intrinsic talent remains unexplored and it is realized when it is too late for retrieving the lost ground. I wanted to go for literature but was given an impression this does not pay. Thus, was made to choose something different - bacame a banker evethough I initially detested arithmetic, financial affairs, etc. But I had to carry on - square peg in a round hole... We need to closely watch what our young ones are capable of and honour their choice of the vocation they would like to adopt. Even during our professional career, there are umpteen stages when one is made to do tasks which don't go parallel to his/her acumen. Bosses don't care and one has to submit. Real success is when our internal and personal true happiness becomes a way of our life.
- Calpin
- Accountant, IMS Limited
All very valid points. But I think most of the career choices are made based on the parents influences. Some parents want their offspring to follow in their footsteps, while some want them to live the career that they missed out on. Regardless of the Childs strengths or desires.
On the subject of career, just want to share a quote by Confucius - 'Do something you love and you will never work a day in your life.'
- Priscila Pereira
- Lawyer, None
The article is very simple but touch directly some points of our lifes. Who never made this cuestions at least once in life? And who never face the idea that our parents really know what is better to us? In life we must to do many choices and a career is one of the most important of those choices, because theres the feeling that it will guide your entire life and you can not fail. The "dharma" is a part of the guidelines of the hinduism and says that you must follow and do those things that you believe and love. I believe that when we are doing something with such pasion theres no way to be wrong.
- Daniel Lee
- Director, Lee Associates
Sadly, the world now focuses on Wealth rather than passion. Wealth is the common indicator of success and knowledge, whether that is true of the indidviudal or not. Passion takes a back seat often. 'High income' individuals are viewed as experts in their areas, while passionate people who work not for the money are often marginalised in the corporate world. This is more visible in certain industries like the Education in certain countries, where creating perceptions and visibility matters more than the students results. Today's world sadly focuses on perceived success rather than passion.
- Shadreck saili
- Phd candidate, Atlantic international university
It takes an organised thought and mind to set benchmarks
- Elaine Moore
- Medical Massage Therapist, the Work Eniale Massage Healing
I'm truly glad to read something that is different from the worldly mold of success. Following the pack and the rest of what others tell us we should be measured against. Others standards.
Moving with the crowd you get no further than the and it is not gratifying. So many wonder why with all the successes they are not happy. Intrinsically.
I've just become a member of "the Great Courses" and was able to find this in the member area. I will buy it, it does so support my thinking, all my life. I never played the game. Although I think, know, I could have done more to follow my deepest passions and who I was, my strengths. But was dumb ed down to lack the confidence to do so as a women and one of color as well. During the time I was coming of age. No blame game though. I still know that self honesty and my path is more important than follow the crowd... Thank you for the excerpt.


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Student Aces Hall of Fame Internship
Published: Jul 3, 2008
It's a whole different kind of game on the courts of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, says University of Tampa senior Ryan Messier.
The Hall of Fame's historic courts in Newport, RI, are where many of the game's legends of the past and present have played.
For Messier, a native of Attleboro, MA, who works at the Hall of Fame as an intern, it is where he regularly rubs elbows with millionaires and negotiates exclusive tournament accommodations for wealthy tennis enthusiasts. It's all in a day's work for the sport management major.
"It's a place that's been around forever," Messier said. "You walk on the ground and you can just feel the history that's there."
As an intern, Messier is focused on the marketing and management of the Hall of Fame's two major summer tournaments.
The Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, held from July 7 – 13, host some the world's most notable players, with the competition broadcasted live on Fox Sports Net.
The Champions Cup, held Aug. 13 – 17, includes retired players and legendary pros like John McEnroe, Jim Courier and Mats Wilander.
Both tournaments attract tennis fans and professionals alike from all over the world.
Messier's duties as an intern are many and varied. On a given day, he is charged with recruiting and coordinating tournament volunteers, handling ticket orders and selling exclusive travel packages and accommodations to tournament goers. He serves as a liaison between all sponsor representatives and coordinates all box holder packages, gifts and mailings.
"I walked in on the first day and they told me to sell a $1,000 luxury suite," Messier said. "It's definitely not an internship where they stick you in a room and leave you."
Messier is also directly involved in the preparations for the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
His other duties include supervising all tennis ball boys and ball girls. Even this, a seemingly simple task, carries with it much responsibility as a 20-page manual dictates exactly how each ball boy and ball girl must stand, kneel and move on the courts.
"I had no idea how much work actually went into that," he said. "There are a lot of very specific things that they have to do."
All of it is a long hustle, especially on the days of the tournament, when his working hours are all day every day. A $20 per day stipend is all he receives for payment. Nevertheless, the internship has many perks.
The job gives him the opportunity to meet tennis greats like John McEnroe and Andre Agassi, who make appearances at the tournaments and other events. Also, on a recent evening after a long day of work, Messier and some coworkers enjoyed a few rounds on the Hall of Fame's renowned grass-covered tennis courts.
"It's very stressful, but I'm learning a lot," Messier said.
While the International Tennis Hall of Fame is his first internship, he is hoping to obtain further internships, including one possibly with the Tampa Bay Lightning, in order to gain further hands-on sport management experience.
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Style Tiles are an attempt at breaking the Photoshop design comp logjam that exists at most interactive agencies. Customers and marketing folks care tremendously and rightly about branding and the the comp is traditionally the only place that branding is seen during interactive development. But comps are labor intensive, inflexible and, like all other project documentiojn work products unlikely to be maintained through (and certainly after) a project is completed. The style tile places colors, fonts, logos, design elements (drop shadows, boxes/lines, headers, etc. in an easily understandable form, without forcing page designs to match pixel exact approved comps. By separating strategic design from implementation details much less time is wasted on minutia that has little impact on usability.
Paired with Continuous Design (or NoPSD) – a movement towards doing page-level design in CSS as an iterative process in parallel with application development. It's no magic bullet, of course. But separating the branding and approval side of design, from the implementation side is far more likely to work in a world where design houses are often separate companies or may as well be, even when under the same roof as the web developers who are tasked with implementation. There's no question that the FASTEST, most exact way to build sites is with a strong designer, who actually understands CSS implementation is able to use Photoshop comps as live development documents – mixing the re-generation of site sprites will CSS to address issues with the correct tool. Unfortunately there aren't a hell of a lot of THOSE around and not many interactive agencies built around that kind of combined skillset.


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A blog about politics and issues with Kathleen McKinley.
Monthly Archive for February, 2009
Sen. John Cornyn's Speech at CPAC
"Thank you all for being here this morning – especially all the conservatives who are visiting the nation's capitol from around the country. As you can see, change has indeed come to Washington. You can see change as you ride around the public transportation system: where it's now more crowded under the bus than inside […] [Read More]
Join The Houston Tea Party!!
The tea party that I mentioned in the previous blog post is happening here in Houston as well! Mark your calenders! If you are sick of how Congress is spending OUR money, then BE THERE! From Facebook group: Event: Houston Tea Party Type: Causes – Rally Network: Global Time and Place Date: Friday, February 27, […] [Read More]
Tea Party Madness
It all started when CNBC's Rick Santelli called for a "Chicago Tea Party" Thursday. It was this shout out (and you have to watch it) that caused this ripple of revolution that touched a nerve. People are frustrated to no end about this stimulus bill that passed too quickly, and not even properly read by […] [Read More]
Be On Guard
Did you happen to catch Glenn Beck on Fox and Friends this morning? He had Gretchen literally under the table by the time he finished his doom and gloom speech. Beck sees worldwide turmoil and chaos in the next five years. Worse than the depression, he says. Geeze. Honestly I don't see it that bad, […] [Read More]
Former Astronaut Wants Non-Political Look at Global Warming
SANTA FE, N.M. – Former astronaut Harrison Schmitt, who walked on the moon and once served New Mexico in the U.S. Senate, doesn't believe that humans are causing global warming. "I don't think the human effect is significant compared to the natural effect," said Schmitt, who is among 70 skeptics scheduled to speak next month […] [Read More]
Just Saying…..
As a online newspaper, you might not want to make gun owners angry. The Commercial Appeal in Memphis Tennessee, for some reason I still can't figure out, decided to post the names of those in Tennessee who have a permit to carry a gun. It seems in the link above the paper is trying to […] [Read More]
The Beheading of Journalism
Meet Muzzammil Hassan, who founded pro-Islam station "Bridges TV" five years ago to fight the negative sterotypes of Muslims. Don't they look like an average sweet couple? He is now under arrest for beheading his wife. You would think that the extreme irony of this story would have the newspapers scrambling. But as Mark Steyn […] [Read More]
A Love Story
For Valentines I thought I would take a look at a couple that embodies love for a lifetime, William F. Buckley Jr. and his wife, Pat. They died within months of each other as sometimes happens with elderly couples that have spent a lifetime together. It happened with my grandparents as well. Vanity Fair has […] [Read More]
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Hancock Lee Jackson was born near Richmond in Madison County, Kentucky, on May 12, 1796, to John and Mary Forest Hancock. Hancock married Ursula Oldham in the spring of 1821. The couple moved to Howard County, Missouri, shortly thereafter. In 1829, the couple moved to Randolph County where they raised eleven children. Jackson was elected as the county's first sheriff and as a delegate to the 1845 Missouri Constitutional Convention.
Following the onset of the Mexican War in 1846, Jackson raised a company of Missouri volunteers and served as its captain. The unit fought under the command of Brigadier General Sterling Price during campaigns in Taos and the Moreau Valley in New Mexico.
Jackson was elected to the Missouri Senate in 1850, serving from 1851 to 1855. Allied with the pro-Southern, pro-slavery, and states' rights wing of the Missouri Democratic Party, Jackson ran for lieutenant governor in 1856 on the ticket with Trusten W. Polk. When Governor Polk resigned on February 27, 1857 to accept a seat in the U. S. Senate, Jackson assumed office as acting governor. In an August special election to choose a new governor, Robert Marcellus Stewart was elected. Governor Jackson's term expired on October 22, 1857, when Stewart took the oath of office.
Jackson ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1860 against his cousin, Claiborne Fox Jackson. In 1860, President James Buchanan appointed the former governor as U. S. Marshal for the western district of Missouri. Jackson resigned his post upon the election of President Abraham Lincoln and returned to private life. In 1865, Governor Jackson moved to Salem, Oregon, where he died on March 19, 1876. He is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery.
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Copyright is in the public domain. Preferred Citation: (Item description), (date); Hancock Lee Jackson, 1857; Office of Governor, Record Group 3.13; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
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The collection finding aid provides information pertaining to additional Jackson material held by the New York Historical Society Archives , New York City and the State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.


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At this spring's Milan Furniture Fair, there were, of course, pieces with a familiar modernist sheen—molded plastic chairs, shiny aluminum tables—but the objects drawing the most attention were made from knitted yarn and string. "I don't know if people are yearning to get away from the hard and move to the soft, or if this is just about a maternal return in reaction to the times we're living through," says Sebastian Wrong, design development director at Established & Sons, whose striped Jumper chair designed by Bertjan Pot and upholstered in a single knitted piece of felted wool was just one of many examples of haut-knit design attracting notice in Milan.
Following a resurgence among fashion designers and artists, homespun, cozy techniques such as crochet, macramé and knitting have found favor with international furnishing designers from Rotterdam to London to Toronto. "Craft is the word of the decade," says Murray Moss, founder of the design gallery Moss in New York. "It went from having the most pejorative meaning to being embraced."
Grant McCracken, a cultural anthropologist at MIT, sees craft's acceptance as part of a broader cultural impulse for objects that are "deliberately imperfect, small-batch and most of all handmade." Museum of Arts and Design curator David McFadden calls it "a reaction to living in this weird cyberspace: things that engage the hand and eye and tradition and tactility all mean a great deal more today than they would have 20 years ago." According to Moss, knitting in particular has an emotional resonance: "It's more or less that scarf your grandmother made for you when you went to university," he says. "We all have that emotional plug-in." Knitting also evokes pure, honest work, says Susie Brandt, chairwoman of the fiber department at the Maryland Institute College of Art. "People are embracing the idea of manual labor. It's tangible. You can see the beginning through to the end."
Of course that handiwork can be a kind of illusion. Bertjan Pot's Jumper chair was made using a mechanized technique that normally produces pullovers in high volume. Toronto-based Luflic uses a sock-knitting machine from the 1930s to make the sheathing for its In the Round chair. And German design firm Llot Llov's Ray lamp was knit out of merino wool by a computerized system. Virginia Postrel, author of "The Substance of Style," sees no contradiction: "Knitting has been done by machines for 100 years and yet it's still associated with the hand and with personal creativity."
Comfort matters—but so do look and originality. "I've always been interested in proving that knitting can meet modern aesthetics," says furniture designer Melanie Porter. "It's a technique with very few constraints. There are no limitations on the materials you can use." That means everything from the felted wool in Porter's Albert chair to patterned porcelain in Annette Bugansky's Motif vase to Mexican designer Emiliano Godoy's knitted beechwood room divider. These and the other pieces depicted here, all of which have emerged in recent years, exude a natural authenticity, a sense of tradition carried along—and the cozy, comforting, nostalgic thing we call home. —WSJ. editors
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