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Once a Foe of New Ward 8 Apartments, Barry Seeks Special Approval of Anacostia Project
Over the past few days, I've received nearly two dozen emails bearing a subject line that's some variant of "NO to Councilman Barry's 'EMERGENCY' Legislation!!!" What's the fuss all about? It concerns legislation by Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry that the D.C. Council will consider today. The bill—actually a set of three related bills—would allow the biggest proposed development project in Anacostia to go forward. And clearly some neighbors are not thrilled at the prospect.
The project in question is known by the moniker "Big K," after the defunct liquor store that's part of the site where the new development would rise. Chapman Development proposed a six-story building with affordable apartments and retail, which neighbors criticized and the Historic Preservation Review Board unanimously rejected as out of scale with Historic Anacostia's lower profile. (At the same meeting where community members expressed their displeasure, Barry praised developer Tim Chapman, stated his support for the project, and said it would "transform Martin Luther King [Avenue SE] into a grand boulevard, at no one's expense.") Chapman revised his proposal and shaved a story off the building, but the HPRB once again rejected it, maintaining that it was still "too tall."
Chapman appealed to Mayor's Agent J. Peter Byrne, who can decide that the project has special merit that outweighs any historic preservation concerns. But Barry is trying to circumvent that process with his legislation and approve the development directly.
On March 31, Barry sent a letter to Council Chairman Phil Mendelson notifying him of his intent to introduce the legislation. "At the present, the project is in limbo as the Historic Preservation Review Board ('HPRB'), which has previously allowed the relocation of contributing historic structures, has denied the relocation of two existing vacant houses," Barry explained in the letter, referring to two historic properties that would have to be moved to make way for the development. "An appeal to the Mayor's Agent, which is in process, along with further review by the HPRB, which has already added substantial cost to this critical city-proposed project, will take several months and by that time the rising interest rates on construction financing and increased construction costs could risk making the project economically infeasible."
Barry continued with his rationale for the project's merit. "The District of Columbia, and especially Ward 8, is in dire need of new work-force/affordable housing for its residents," he wrote. "Ward 8 is also in dire need of the investment and retail development that this project provides. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, S.E. has not seen the new construction of residential buildings in over 40 years. Thus, this project is critical to the redevelopment of Anacostia."
There's certainly logic to this argument—Anacostia hasn't seen the kind of development befitting a Metro-accessible, riverfront neighborhood, and a project of this sort could provide a real boost—but it's not logic Barry usually employs. The former mayor has consistently spoken out against the construction of any new rental and affordable housing in Ward 8, saying the area already has enough of it and should focus on market-rate and ownership housing.
Indeed, Barry's standard line is the one a group of neighbors employed in a letter to the Council last week. "Ward 8 is an oasis of affordable housing," wrote local Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Greta Fuller and two other signatories. "We are not against affordable housing. We are against economic segregation."
The signatories stated that they were "confused" by Barry's position, given that he once introduced (failed) legislation that would have placed a moratorium on the construction of new apartment buildings in his ward. "This about face makes it clear Councilmember Barry does not have a clear vision for Ward 8," they wrote. "Please do not indulge Councilmember Barry's latest fancy by approving his emergency legislation."
It bears noting that Chapman has made the maximum $500 donation to Barry's re-election campaigns three times since 2008. He's also made a number of other political donations, including the maximum $2,000 contribution to Muriel Bowser's 2014 mayoral campaign.
A Barry spokeswoman did not return a call for comment.
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My mother-in-law is driving me crazy. Help!
Ever since my daughter was born, I?ve been fed up with my mother-in-law. Everything she does annoys me: The way she refers to my daughter as 'our' little bundle of joy. The way she insists we call her 'Granny' and her husband 'Pop-Pop.' And the way she drops by for surprise visits and calls us every day. I know she's excited about her first grandchild, but she?s driving me nuts. I?ve told my husband how I feel, but he doesn?t agree. Are my hormones making me feel like this? Is anyone else this annoyed by their mother-in-law?
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My MIL opened the gifts for my baby while I was asleep. She always opens gifts before I can do it, even with my second child. Then she wonders why I am not excited to paw through them while she gloats that she has already seen them. She favors my son over my daughter very obviously, wants me to stop nursing so she can bottle feed, and generally manages to make me wish for a gun to blow my head off.... One thing makes me crazy--she will ask me very often what size my daughter wears, and I explain each time very patiently that it varies by store. I say that most of her clothes come from Target and there, her size is--but before I can say the size, my MIL will say Oh no, I shop at better places. The conversation never leads to what size she should buy, which makes me see that she is trying to say she can do better at clothes shopping because she is more well off. What a clear indication that money does not equal class.posted 04/05/2006 by noname6
Oh, I forgot to mention that my MIL will sit next to me, with her thigh pressing up against me when I am talking to my baby. Then she will grab him from me and imitate me exactly, saying whatever I said. And she will turn to me and say See, he likes me so much. I try to tell myself that it all works out in the end. But my mother was bossed around and tormented by her MIL for years, and then had to look after her till she died at the age of 91. Oh Lord.posted 04/05/2006 by noname6
Ok, I'm going crazy, and I don't know what to do anymore. My MIL was originally kind and affectionate towards me, until I got pregnant. Then she turned into a psycho freak, and I realized that the whole sweet demeanor was just an act. What I originally thought was generosity on her part has turned out to be a way of trying to control our lives. We absolutely adore our dd, but she came at a time when my fiance went back to school for a PhD and I had just finished my masters but didn't have a job secured. So things are a little tight these days. But it's nothing we can't handle and it's temporary. My MIL has been taking advantage of this situation by always offering to buy everything for us in order to control us. I have now realized that she thinks that her son is still 5 years old, and she is terrified of not being top woman in his life. She therefore will offer to pay for various things as a 'present', but it has to be exactly as she likes in order to maintain control of our lives. She bought absolutely everything for my baby despite me asking her not to (including crib, stroller, etc), thus taking the joy of buying things for my own new baby away because my fiance didn't want to return what mommy bought and didn't see the point of buying things that I liked since we got his mom's 'presents' for free. Back then I still thought that maybe she had misplaced kind intentions at heart and din't realize what she was doing, so I went along with my fiance. Boy was I stupid! But that's only the tip of the iceberg. When we announced that we were getting married, she offered to pay for our wedding. That's been such a mistake! She didn't want to include me in anything, and would find excuses as to why I couldn't be a part of my own wedding. I finally exploded when I found out that she had hired a wedding planner and had met with her all along to plan MY wedding without my knowledge. So I made an appointment to talk to the wedding planner in order to tell her to run any final arrangements through me first. When she found out, she flipped. She told me that I wasn't allowed to talk to the wedding planner about my own wedding, and that if I had anything to say to the wedding planner it had to be through her,and then reminded me that she was the one paying. I couldn't believe it!!! I totally lost it. I told her that in that case I could pay for my own wedding and make the decisions, because one way or another I was going to be involved. Ever since then we haven't been talking to each other. I have gained control of my own wedding back. However, this whole situation with his mom has taken a huge toll on my relationship. My fiance and I had one of our biggest fights ever because of his mom, since I accused him of making excuses for her all the time, which he definitely does. Now she's turned into a stalker. She can call her son either at his office or on his cell, but instead she calls the house every day and then hangs up on me whenever I answer the phone (she doesn't know that I have caller ID). This whole situation has made me start to doubt whether I should really be marrying my fiance. I really don't want this crazy woman in my life, but I really love him and we have a child together. I don't know what to do....he does tell me that he 'supports' me, but that's only in private. In front of his mom, he officially doesn't take sides. I'm so tired of all of this!posted 04/07/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
hey anonymous --- my boyfriends mother has a dog that could take my four month old apart in three bites and i have seen it growl at people. am i over reacting when i won't let my son go to her house? i'd never forgive myself if something happened to him knowing what i know. please comment! --- I wouldnt let your child go over there. my husband and i had a puppy for two weeks and by the end of that 2nd week my mother in laws dog bite it. we took it to a vet and we had to put it to sleep cuz both Bottom and top jaws were broken as well as the puppys left eye. his name was scrappy and he was a mini pincher. a red one. the dog of my mother in law has indeed growled at several children. i would advise that your child dont go over there... cuz imangine.. if my mother in laws dog could do that to a puppy think of what the dog would do to my child. i hate that dog.. i wanted to kill it...posted 05/01/2006 by kittie_kat_19
I'm looking for some advice...My DH and I are ready to have another child. But the minute I even breathe a word that remotely SOUNDS like "baby" my MIL immediatley cuts me off, telling me: "You and he are not ready!","It's too much to handle for the two of you..." You watch, your next one will be a hellion...you'll be under so much stress!" etc. It seems as though there is some underlying reason as to why she is tryng SOOO hard to get me to my change mind. She makes me feel as thuogh I (and my DH) are not doing a good enough job with our two year old daughter, and don't deserve a second child in our lives right now. I want her to realize that he and I ARE adults, (he is 25 I am 23) and that it IS OUR decision to decide on when we feel we are ready--which is now, ...even if she's not comfortable with it! Any advice on how to handle this converstaion topic wih my crass, controlling MIL????posted 05/03/2006 by lilys&eli'sMom
I could only wish that my MIL would take an active role in my daughters life. She wasn't happy when we found out we were having our first because they are Jewish and I am not. After my daughter was born it took them 2 weeks to come visit and meet their granddaughter (they live an hour away from us). For her first bday she bought my dd a xylophone...not a kiddy one but a real one then a couple months later told us to take it and give it to my moms friends granddaughter for her bday and she'd get something else for our daughter "later". GRRRRR!! Now that we're pregnant with #2 she won't even acknowledge that I'm pregnant(33 wks now). We were going to a family dinner (mil's bro) and when we get there we find out that she hasn't told any of her family that her only son is going to be a dad again. I cannot handle this woman any more!! There is soooo much more that she does but it's making me angry just thinking about it. She doesn't like the boys name we have picked out but can name him this instead of this. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!posted 05/06/2006 by sanjo30
I need help! My MIL is very blunt and it is driving me insane! My husband and I are arguing over something she's said/done constantly. Today she called me and told me I didn't have to go to a baby shower on her side of the family and that she would watch my 9mo old daughter @ the shower if my husband and I wanted to go to dinner. My husband thinks she's being thoughtful and she doesn't mean it in a mean way. But any other family gathering on his side everyone wants us there early so they can see "us". But when it's just me who's invited I "don't have to go" Does any one else see this as rude and unkind?! My feelings are deeply hurt and my husband says I'm overreacting. He tells me to just avoid her and simply stick to "hi" and "bye" need advice please!!!!posted 05/10/2006 by jasco83
my mother in law did the whole "we're having a baby," "we're dilated 3 centimeters", "we're going into the hospital thursday" routine with my baby (7 weeks old) and now everything i do is wrong. she says that the formula that has been sitting in the heat for the past 5 hours is still good, and not only insists on feeding it to my daughter despite my protests, she'll sneak it to my daughter while im fixing a new bottle, and doesnt realize that it is the spoiled milk making my daughter sick. she says she knows better, even though she didnt feed my husband or his brother formula she used real milk. she also has a house with no A/C, it is infested with spiders (I counted at least 7 black widows behind the toilet alone), there's a thousand flies and mosquitos, and that on top of the formula thing, the " *we* were in labor for 7 hours" bull, and the icky cold sores, it is hard for me to tolerate her. on top of that, she always needs to borrow money, even though she makes twice as much as my husband and i have coming in, and has half as many bills (we dont give money to her despite her protests and guilt trips). she also comes over, tells me to make her coffee and food. doesn't even knock. she just walks in, even with husband and i doing the marital things that made the baby in the first place, she'll just keep walking in and talking to us telling us to get dressed. it is awkward and annoying. the first 6 weeks i requested no visitors, not even my own parents came over to visit, and every day, she'd come over, even with my recovering from stitches of an episiotomy, and the sleep deprivedness (husband works so i dont wake him in the night), she'd come over every day all day and id have to cook for her and make her coffee, and she'd make a mess, and kiss all over the baby with decaying teeth and infections on her face and cold sores, and tell me that i hold the baby too much or the baby's too cold (she was burning up), and everything else that annoys me. and now, even though daughter is 7 wks old, if im asleep and she comes over, if the door is unlocked, she walks in and wakes me up, even with my "DO NOT DISTURB" sign on every door. AND if the door is locked, she'll knock loudly, on the windows, doors, walls, honk her car horn disturbing both me and the neighbors, yell, scream, anything to get me to come to the door. she never calls in advance to say she's coming either. when we go to visit she gives her other grandson my baby's bottles with coffee tea or coke in them, and doesnt wash them, and even does that when i only have one bottle, and tells me to wait til the grandson (16 mos old) is done before i can get the bottle to feed my own daughter, and when i dont listen and i take the bottle and said grandson cries, sh glares at me and says "look what you've done" even when i say that its the only bottle i have and my daughter is screaming for food. i can't seem to get rid of her. my husband hates her behavior too, but like all men, thats his mom and he's going to try to tolerate her, and i don't say anything either (unlss my baby is endangered) but i don't let her walk all over me. but soon i won't be able to tolerate it. she also does things to make us miss bills, like taking our mail or hiding it, so that we'llmiss a bill, have lights or water cut off, so we have to move back in with her. she has an "i can't be alone" problem. my husbands 2 friends lived with her for 7 months after we moved out because she woldnt let them leave. and when husband and i come to visit, even before baby's birth, we'd have to sleep on the uncomfortable couches while the 2 friends had their own bedrooms with huge beds. why they couldn't share a bed while we got the other i don't know. but she's hell. a little annoyance is fine but try having one like mine..posted 06/18/2006 by staceyschwager
This is going to sound sad...But, we are trying to conceive and I'm already worried about dealing with my nutty MIL. She is a very narcissistic person and during our wedding, she drove me absolutely crazy...Trying to tell me what to do and when she wouldn't get her way she would say "Well, whatever!" and storm out of the room. Needless to say, I can only imagine how she is going to be when her first grandchild comes into the picture. I have read all of these posts and can identify with every one of them. I can say for myself that I am going to put my foot down immediately and just deal with her crazy and rude comments. Luckily, my husband is on my side( so far!) Wish me luck as we begin this journey! Also, good luck to all those in the same boat!posted 07/08/2006 by Mommy2Meredith07
Okay, my baby is not born yet, but my MIL has already made comments about what I should do. She loves to be needed & I've already put my foot down to my DH about 'our time' after the baby's born. DH is great & has stood up for me, even when she teased me about being a 'fatso.' (Wasn't that lovely?)She said she was joking, but its definitely not anything a pregnant woman wants to hear! But, it is very important that a husband sticks up for his wife because it helps MIL to see who comes first & that she can't take control. You need to be a team with your husband for it to work. Good luck!!posted 07/14/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
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In the 11 years that longtime Sub Pop art director Jeff Kleinsmith and partner and former Sub Popper Jesse LeDoux have been operating their rock poster company, Patent Pending Industries, a thing or two has changed about the music business.
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Albums are increasingly transmitted digitally, not behind a beautiful album cover; and fans find out about shows more often from Facebook than postered telephone poles. Counterintuitively, the concert poster business isn't dying, it's thriving. No longer saddled with so much of the responsibility for advertising a show, posters have become collectible, sought-after pieces of art that mention concerts.
On the eve of Patent Pending's 11th Anniversary Show, opening Thursday at Design Commission Gallery, Kleinsmith talks to us about his first attempts at graphic design, CDs without CDs, and what can happen when women end up on album covers without permission, as is the case with Vampire Weekend's, whose fresh-faced, polo-clad Contra cover model is suing the band, saying she never authorized them to use the image.
When attacking a new album art project, where do you start?
We give our bands pretty much total creative freedom. I do check with the band first, and let them know that we're able to do our own designs, or maybe they have a designer they're already working with. We sort of take the cue from them.
I notice that you did the cover of Mudhoney's Since We've Become Translucent.
Yeah, Jesse and I did that together. First of all, that's the band saying, "What do you got? We're letting you come up with something." Which is great. That's really empowering. You can go as a lot of different directions as a designer. A lot of times I don't feel confident to experiment. I don't know if they really want me to do something crazy. But I felt like with Mudhoney, they were open.
Are fewer bands saying, "What have you got?" these days?
Can you empathize with Vampire Weekend and the lawsuit they're going through right now?
It's very reminiscent of TAD's 8-Way Santa. Those guys found some scrapbook at a garage sale, and there was a photo of this hesher dude and his girlfriend and he was grabbing her breast, and she was in a bikini. That came out as the cover of 8-Way Santa (1991). Turns out she's like a born-again Christian singer herself, and so she sued, and (Sub Pop) had to pull it off the shelves.
People forget how small the world is. And that was me when I started doing graphic design. That's a person, and they're gonna see it.
I feel like I don't see your poster work out very often.
Sort of the dirty little secret with this poster business is that they're not used to advertise a show. They're purely merch. You might hit up Radiohead and say, "I wanna do either a tour or this single show." Can I have permission; I will give you X number of posters; I will take X number of posters. My payment is you giving me permission to sell them online. And Radiohead sells them (at their shows).
I think that the tables are turning a little bit. We're realizing these bands really want this, and make up a nice chunk of change at their shows selling these for $20 a piece every single night. Especially if you're a medium-sized band, that's a nice amount of money. We've been able to start charging what we're worth as far as design goes.
How did you get into graphic design?
I was designing stuff in my bedroom. I was doing The Doors logo or the Judas Priest logo, redoing it on graph paper, spending a lot of time grounded in my room listening to those records. Those records kind of got me interested in art.
You worried, then, that kids today aren't getting that in the switch to digital?
There's gonna be just as many graphic designers, if not more. [Inspiration is] just being fed to them in a different way. Regardless of age, there's always going to be people who prefer to touch and make stuff that's like, physical. CDs may end up being like little books. We've talked about this at work, where you might spend the time to do a cool package, it just doesn't have a disc in it. And instead of a disc, you've got a little piece of paper that says, "Go here for your download." And that could be a magazine, it could be a shirt, it could be a sticker on a banana, it could be anything, really, that has that download. It could be a poster.
So, you buy a poster ...
... and it's got a digital download on it. You could hand-stamp download codes on the back so each poster's got a different download code.
Each poster would be one-of-a-kind, too.
That's true. Absolutely. It's kind of exciting. In a way it's sort of like, I'm not worried as a graphic designer. I'm more worried that I'm 43, if anything.


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Stocks enjoyed a relief rally Tuesday, posting moderate gains after Congressional leaders and the White House were unable to strike a budget deal before a midnight ET deadline last night, forcing a partial shutdown of the federal government as spending authority ended with the start of the new fiscal year. The three major market indices were off their best levels at the close but all ended in the black for only the third time over the past two week. All 10 sectors in the S&P 500 were winner today as well, led by technology and healthcare stocks.
Economic data today also lent strength to today's rally, with U.S. manufacturing activity unexpectedly picking up last month. The manufacturing purchasing managers' index increased to 56.2 in September from a 55.7 reading in August, climbing to its highest score since April 2011, according to data released Tuesday by the Institute for Supply Management.
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People love raising themselves up too: Think about that time your company won an award and every employee within a five-year radius added 'key contributor to award-winning campaign' to their CV. Or how about your friend who went freelance and set up a company called "Your-Friend's-Name-Enterprises"? Or have you ever noticed how people are constantly telling you how experienced they are, or letting slip into conversation that they were head hunted for their new role?
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Was Troy a Metropolis? Homer Isn't Talking
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Published: October 22, 2002
A new Trojan War has broken out. In the warrior roles of Achilles and Hector are two respected professors on the same German university faculty who could not differ more fully and vehemently over what to make of the ruins at the presumed site in western Turkey of the legendary siege in the 13th century B.C. immortalized by Homer.
One adversary, an archaeologist who has directed excavations there since 1988, contends that he has found telling evidence of Troy as a much larger and more important city than previously thought. Surveys and excavations, he says, disclose the outlines of a densely settled town reaching 1,300 feet south of the hilltop citadel.
This greater Troy, with an estimated population of up to 10,000, sizable for the time, is now being portrayed as a thriving center of Late Bronze Age commerce at a strategic point in shipping between the Aegean and Black Seas. It seemed to have been a place worth fighting over (if indeed there is any historical basis to Homer's ''Iliad'').
Where is the proof, the other combatant, an ancient historian, demands to know. Accusing the Troy archaeologist of ''willful deceit,'' he argues that excavations have turned up no firm evidence of such a large town outside the acropolis. At best, he insists, Troy in that period was only a princely seat, a castle and little else of consequence.
The argument between the two professors at the University of Tübingen, Dr. Manfred Korfmann, the archaeologist, and Dr. Frank Kolb, the historian of ancient times, may have little direct bearing on some of the more hoary questions about Troy. Was Homer's Trojan War part history or all poetry? Was there ever a woman like Helen, whose face, however beautiful, could have launched a thousand ships?
The dispute is an unsettling reminder to archaeologists that lapses sometimes occur in the proper practice of their field, where evidence can be ambiguous and the temptation can be great to overinterpret piecemeal findings to burnish their significance. Whether that has occurred now is the issue.
Controversy, though, is nothing new in Troy research.
Heinrich Schliemann, the gifted amateur who was the first to conduct extensive excavations there, in the 1870's, had a habit of mixing fantasy with reality in his reports. Finding a lode of gold and jewelry, he announced it to be the treasure of Priam, king of Homer's Troy. Later, it was proved to be from a much earlier period.
In any event, the hostilities between Drs. Korfmann and Kolb erupted last year, with no armistice in sight. The immediate cause was an exhibition, ''Troy: Dream and Reality,'' organized by Dr. Korfmann to display results of his excavations. The exhibition opened in Stuttgart, near Tübingen, and moved to Braunschweig and Bonn.
When Dr. Kolb saw its elaborate model of what a greater Troy might have looked like, he was incensed. It was nothing like his own conception of a lesser Troy. Calling the model a fiction, Dr. Kolb called Dr. Korfmann ''the von Däniken of archaeology,'' referring to Erich von Däniken, a popular writer who contends that ancient astronauts visited Earth from outer space and created early civilizations.
Since then, Dr. Kolb has only slightly moderated his accusations. In e-mail responses to questions, Dr. Kolb said that Dr. Korfmann ''wants to present a great Troy at any costs'' and in doing so, ''his interpretations distort the evidence.'' Where the archaeologist claimed to find many houses and streets outside the citadel, the ancient historian said that there were few actual excavations of house foundations and that much of the land was open agricultural fields.
Moreover, Dr. Kolb said, ''no evidence at all'' has been found of trade goods and other artifacts to support a view of Troy as a major entrepôt.
Under attack, Dr. Korfmann's team modified the model to show fewer houses in the lower city and reduced population estimates by several thousand. But Dr. Korfmann stoutly defended the research underlying his view of a greater Troy.
''Our work is reviewed by independent scholars every year, and we have never got a negative review,'' Dr. Korfmann said in a telephone interview from Tübingen.
The archaeologist has also defended as legitimate the practice of including conjecture and interpretation in reports of findings. In an interview last year with a German magazine, Dr. Korfmann said, ''Without hypotheses, there can be no scientific and scholarly progress.''
Of course, Dr. Kolb responded. He accused Dr. Korfmann of presenting his conception of Troy as proved.
Among Dr. Korfmann's allies is Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, director of the German Archaeological Institute in Athens. In a recent article in Archaeology Odyssey, Dr. Niemeier said that even though Dr. Korfmann had exaggerated and oversimplified some points, his main interpretation of a greater Troy seemed correct. There was, Dr. Niemeier added, more to Troy than a citadel.
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Anderson picked as next Rising StarPublished 7:20pm Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Much like the blooming flowers that surround her, Bevelyn Anderson brings a smile to anyone who walks in to Four Seasons Garden Center. And because of her contagious positive attitude, the Selma-Dallas County Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee named Anderson the Rising Star for the month of February.
Anderson, who serves as assistant manager for Four Seasons, has worked at the garden center for 11 years. A Selma native, Anderson said she loves assisting her customers just as much as she loves tending to the plants that grow in the small shop off Cahaba Road.
"It's fun teaching people that they can plant and grow anything if they just try," Anderson said, standing next to a batch of freshly bloomed orchids.
Anderson said Four Seasons, which was established in 1984, offers a "personal experience" that can't be duplicated.
"When you come here you get one-on-one attention," Anderson said.
And aside from providing customers with top-notch service, Anderson said she enjoys being outside and working with the plants. Sitting indoors all day and staring at a computer, Anderson said, would not work for her.
"I love working outside in the fresh air," she said. "It's nice not be cooped up."
Anderson joins several others who have received the Rising Star award. Sheryl Smedley, executive director of the Selma-Dallas County Chamber of Commerce, said the award is given to those who "go the extra mile" with quality service. Smedley said Anderson is a great example of a hard-working employee who understands the value of giving back.


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So we have been trying since September 2012 and got pregnant once, but MC in October after 7 weeks, it was more devastating than I had imagined. My excellent OB-GYN specialist said to keep trying naturally until this month (6 months) and if no luck, then to see her about options. No luck after 6 months of trying. Never thought I would dread my AF!
Yesterday I met with my Dr. and we decided to try Clomid. She also did a blood test and suggested we do the HSG test to see if one of my tubes was blocked or if there were problems with my uterus. Since I got pregnant once, at least one of the two were open. She scheduled for the next day since the timing was right.
I never did this test before and had vaguely heard about it, but I definitely wasn't prepared for it and didn't even think to look it up (which luckily I didn't). The test was kind of awkward and uncomfortable. When the dye was injected it was very uncomfortable and I had cramping, which the nurse and my doctor warned me about right beforehand. I had to squeeze the nurse's hand and she told me to breathe slowly, which surprisingly helped. But luckily the test did not last long and it turns out my tubes are wide open - the right much more so than the left and my uterus looked fine and normal. My doctor also told me that my FSH and progesterone levels were very good. So she was happy about it and said that since my tubes were all flushed that this month would be a good month to try again. There was one more test result she was waiting for, so I am not sure what it was for, but I guess I will find out.
Anyway, no real questions - just kind of wanted to discuss it since its my first time going through this. I am turning 43 at the end of March and my DH is 46. We have been married since 2001, but didn't really consider children until this past fall. I don't regret our decision to wait, but I am hoping we get lucky this time. The only thing that could be a problem could be my eggs. My DH still has to do his testing, which is far easier than mine (my doctor said the men always have it easy in this department), so hopefully nothing wrong with him. Maybe its just stress or we have miscalculated my ovulation (Dr. had us get an ovulation predictor kit). So here's hoping for a healthy December 2013 baby!


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Areas where I noticed progress:
- I met my goal!!! At my weigh-in today, I was down 2.8 pounds, putting me slightly below my goal weight of 152. I also measured my waistline today just to see where that was at now that I'm at my goal. I lost another half inch in the last 3 weeks and am at 31 inches now. Woo hoo!
- I thought my waist would probably measure smaller this week because I noticed my belly taking up less room while doing yoga.
- I kept getting positive feedback this week. The best one was two co-workers telling me they planned to go to the gym after seeing my progress. I'm flattered to be sparking someone else!
Areas where I need improvement:
- It'll be interesting to see how diving into maintenance goes for me. I adjusted everything in my SP goals to reflect that I'm doing maintenance now, but it seems like my calories are still on the low side for the amount of activity I'm doing (still running a triple-digit calorie deficit, most days of 250 or more). On the other hand, I also don't want to jump up in my calories too rapidly. I'm sure I'll been tinkering with everything for a little while until I find the right range for me.
- I need to make sure I spin the wheel every morning when I log in! I somehow missed it once last week and broke my streak.
- My best friend just told me he is probably coming to visit in 2 weeks. He hasn't seen me since not long before I started SP and was at least 30 pounds heavier. I think he will be impressed regardless, but I'd like to really do some good strength training in the next couple weeks so I can decrease my body fat further and really look my best.
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The UFC 131 card is a bore and you can pretty much be assured that it will actually be a bore, but this countdown show was even worse. It really did nothing to get me excited about this lackluster night of fights.
I do not think I have been as uninterested in a main event fight as I am in the Shane Carwin vs. Junior dos Santos bout. I just do not care about this, I'm picking Junior to win, but if he loses it really is no big deal.
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Justin Timberlake shows off his beauty routine in the full-length "Suit & Tie" lyric video.
Remember how excited you got yesterday after watching a preview for Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie Featuring Jay-Z" lyric video? You know, the one that let you (legally and without judgment, we might add!) watch Justin Timberlake getting dressed? (Oh, you're still watching? No worries — we'll wait.) But you might want to switch gears to the full-length "Suit & Tie" lyric video, which as promised, has officially dropped today! And guess what? You can continue to watch JT get dressed (#NotComplaining), only this time, Justin walks us through even more crucial elements to his beauty routine, like getting a close shave and having his hair did, for example. We also get a good look at JT's decision-making process for picking out JUST the right tie to go with his matching cuff links. And yes, we know — we're we're basically living vicariously through Jessica Biel's actual life (we imagine she's his IRL go-to "tie picker"), but it's OK — we're working through our jealousy as we speak.
Watch Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie Featuring Jay-Z" lyric video after the jump!
After Justin moves swiftly down his "how-to-be-fly" checklist (we're partial to watching him pick out socks), the black-and-white, Laban Pheidias-shot video sees JT sitting at the piano playing a little ditty (perhaps a new track from his forthcoming The 20/20 Experience?), and likely thinking something along the lines of, "These hands got me a No. 1 single, b****s!!" Next, it's time for a quick drink, a game of roulette, and an expensive Cuban cigar. And although Justin's "Suit & Tie" cohort Jay-Z isn't exactly shown in the lyric vid, Jigga's verse still rings out like gospel (of course).
The moral of the story? Even when doing basic things like getting his hair cut, picking out a tie, and essentially living his #bestlife, Justin still looks slicker than 1 percent of the population. In fact, the only person who miiiight be able to outslick him is Jay-Z himself (uh, did you SEE him at the presidential inauguration??). But here's how Justin wins at the slick game: It's "Justin Timberlake FEATURING Jay-Z," no? Cheap shot, we know, but we're still regaining consciousness from watching JT get dressed, so you'll just have to bear with us.
+ Watch Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie Featuring Jay-Z" lyric video, and get a look-by-look fashion analysis at MTV Style.
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did it on 09.01.09
utterly spellbinding to view... thank you for sharing
very nice one...looking for something similar but different...anyway very cool
great tatoo !
anyone else notice that it is not yet sept of 2009? o.O
that's gorgeous!!
You're quite fortunate to have something some fun and quirky on you!
I LOVE this Very lovely
thx........glad you like it!
Your tat is fantastic!
nicht schlecht nischt schlecht, schaut ja scharf aus...und das tattoo sieht auch gut aus xP ^.~


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Voracious this year is celebrating our local farmers markets with a series of poems extolling what's newly ripe and ready for sale. Each week during market season, we'll run a poem from a local poet who's found inspiration in the region's bounty. And should you find yourself feeling similarly inspired after reading their odes to romaine lettuce, nectarines, pea vines and gooseberries, the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance has provided us with recipes featuring each of the edible muses.
It would be understandable if Georgia Johnson didn't like onions.
The Skagit Valley poet works as a culinary arts teacher and Food Services Manager for the La Conner School District, a job that involves lots and lots of onions. Between teaching students how to correctly chop vegetables for a mirepoix and preparing gallons of chili and untold pounds of taco salad, Johnson's likely dealt with more onions than most home cooks will confront in a lifetime.
But Johnson's poem suggests she isn't done with the bulb just yet. Even after so much onion exposure, Johnson doesn't hesitate to compare Walla Walla's sweet onion to a beautiful seductress. "It's no secret she can make a grown man cry," she writes.
Because of Johnson's scholastic responsibilities, she won't be able to join us for our Producing Poetry Reading next Wednesday at Columbia City Farmers Market, but we hope you'll be there. Six poets who've contributed to our series will be reading from their work: The event runs from 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
She's all.............
Soft, almost
genteel in her paper-thin chemise.
With her, ripe is defined by heat,
by heft in the hand,
not so much perfume or
the give of flesh.
But oh, her scent
once the chemise is stripped
once those straps have fallen
it's no secret she can make a grown man cry.
Once bitten there's no stopping her,
you've got to go all the way with her,
as layer by layer drops away you find it's all
in the curve and swell of her tight wound heart.
The bitter then sweet of her sizzle
gives tongue full range of pleasure.
Cousins on all continents,
these broads command respect from
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Walla Walla,
sweet Southern Vidalia,
the Oignon doux des Cerennes,
that red-headed hot Bermuda,
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Sweet red onions are also good baked this way. Peel, slice, season and brush red onion slices with oil as above, then sprinkle some good balsamic vinegar over them. As they bake, the vinegar helps them caramelize. Either serve them warm right off the tray or dress them in a shallow dish with olive oil and a little more balsamic vinegar.
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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala.--The Army's annual fund-raising drive overcame a tragic twist of fate this year.
The deadly tornadoes April 27 occurred midway through the Army Emergency Relief campaign scheduled March 1 through May 31.
But the Redstone community pulled together and AER raised $266,852, more than $1,800 over last year's $265,000. The total fell short of the goal for a 10 percent increase.
"Soldiers and families will benefit and we appreciate it very much," Lt. Gen. Richard Formica, commander of the Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, said during Thursday's AER recognition ceremony at Bob Jones Auditorium.
Twenty-seven organizations held more than 120 fund-raisers during the campaign. Twenty-two were represented during the ceremony where they received certificates of appreciation for their contributions and support.
Formica, presiding officer for the event, also recognized the campaign's three leaders: AER manager Kathleen Riester of Army Community Service; chairman Capt. Blair Tighe and co-chairman Staff Sgt. Nicholas Race.
"The money that we raised and the contributions that we give go to a good cause," Formica said.
This year's AER theme was "Helping to Make Soldiers and Their Families Army Strong."
Army Emergency Relief assists Soldiers and their families in time of emergency financial need. In 2010 at Redstone, AER helped 324 Soldiers and family members with more than $337,000 in loans and grants. Armywide last year, AER helped more than 66,000 Soldiers and families with more than $77 million.
AER does the following:
Helps with emergency financial needs for food, rent or utilities, emergency transportation and vehicle repair, funeral expenses and medical/dental expenses.
Provides college scholarships to children, spouses and surviving spouses of Soldiers. Last year at Redstone, 40 people received a combined $60,300 in scholarships.
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Those eligible for Army Emergency Relief include: active duty Soldiers, single or married, and their family members; Army National Guard or Army Reserve Soldiers on continuous active duty for more than 30 days and their family members; Soldiers retired from active duty for longevity or physical disability, and their family members; Army National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers who retired at age 60, and their family members; and surviving spouses and orphans of Soldiers who died while on active duty or after they retired.


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HOUSTON, Oct. 1, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. (together with its subsidiaries, as applicable, "Eagle Rock" or the "Partnership") (Nasdaq:EROC) today announced that it has closed on the previously-announced acquisition of BP America Production Company's ("BP") Sunray and Hemphill processing plants and associated 2,500 mile gathering system serving the liquids-rich Texas Panhandle (the "BP Panhandle System") for $227.5 million, as adjusted under the Purchase and Sale Agreement. In addition, per the purchase agreement, Eagle Rock and BP have entered into a 20-year, fixed-fee Gas Gathering and Processing Agreement under which Eagle Rock will gather and process BP's natural gas production from the existing connected wells. Furthermore, BP has committed itself and its farmees to Eagle Rock, under the same Gas Gathering and Processing terms, all future natural gas production from new wells drilled within an initial two-year period from closing, subject to mutually-agreed extensions, and within a two-mile radius of the Partnership's resulting gathering system servicing the BP dedicated wells. BP Panhandle System gathering volumes in the first half of 2012 averaged approximately 180 MMcf/d, and the Partnership expects to continue to grow its overall throughput from the Texas Panhandle area based on the drilling programs from BP and third party producers active in the area.
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