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June 1-5, 2015
City Project Week is hosted every year by Grace Church & Restoration Now. During the week, we serve our community through home repairs and Vacation Bible School in the Cloverleaf mobile home park. On Mon/Wed/ & Friday we have reflection dinners to share and pray about what God is doing. Join Us!
How Can I Help?
First and foremost, we need PRAYER for the project and VBS – that God would be preparing hearts (both ours and those receiving our services).
Secondly, we need volunteers and donations. To volunteer, see the options below. To donate, submit a check or payment to Grace Church with "City Project" or "VBS" as the memo.
Current Donation Needs:
- Jesus Story Book Bibles (Spanish version) – $10 per book – checks can be made out to Grace Church
- Tin Foil for VBS crafts – drop off downstairs in Children's Ministry room
- Empty cereal boxes for VBS crafts – drop off downstairs in Children's Ministry room
- Donations for supplies for the project – checks can be made out to Grace Church
1. Host an EVENING FELLOWSHIP DINNER
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings, gather with us to enjoy good food and good company.
2. Volunteer for VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL @ CLOVERLEAF
Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 4412 E. Mulberry St. Fort Collins, CO 80524.
During City Project week, we will be having Vacation Bible School in Cloverleaf mobile home community. This is not just for Cloverleaf kids, it is also for Grace kids ages 4 and up! Grace's high school and middle school youth groups will be helping with VBS. If your children will be attending, please let Stephanie Mikkelsen know (firstname.lastname@example.com).
3. Volunteer to work on the PROJECT
Monday through Friday, 9a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Donations towards City Project / VBS: Please make checks payable to Grace Church with "City Project" in the memo line.
- At least 10 volunteers / day for work projects: If you are able to volunteer, please sign up here:
What to Expect:
For work projects please plan to bring: hand tools (drills and hammers etc.), gloves, comfortable old clothes, sunglasses, and sunscreen. All workers will need to sign a liability waiver. We need as many workers (skilled and unskilled) as possible to make these projects happen! Half-day workers are also welcome — if your schedule does not allow you to work a full day, consider a half-day.
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5. Volunteer to PROVIDE LUNCH FOR WORKERS ON SITE
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We like to honor our volunteers who work on the project by bringing them lunch each day. This is a HUGE need and one that so often does not get filled. Please consider signing up for this. If it seems too big to handle by yourself, grab a friend and sign up together. Bringing take out or pizzas is always acceptable. It does not have to be a home cooked meal!


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Oklahoma football: Lane Johnson's unlikely journey to top NFL Draft prospect
Kilgore College football coach J.J. Eckert welcomed a 6-foot-6, 202-pound quarterback into his program five years ago, expecting that he'd probably add some weight to his lanky frame.
"When he walked in here on his recruiting trip, I'm looking at him and I see these big shoulders, and I see a guy that's physically gonna develop," Eckert said. "He would be the first one to breakfast check in the mornings. He'd get in there and eat two, three plates."
Thus began Lane Johnson's unlikely football journey that included three position changes, an extra 100 pounds of mass and stops in Kilgore, Texas, Norman and now New York, where Thursday he'll join NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on stage as a top-10 draft selection.
Just two springs ago, Johnson struggled through a brief identity crisis when Oklahoma coaches asked him to play offensive tackle. The lifelong skill-position player resisted, unsure if he could accept the "big ugly" label.
"I'd been playing a skill position my whole life, and then to have the idea put in my head of me playing offensive line was kind of a shell-shock deal," Johnson said. "It took a while for me to accept that and get it through my head."
Nowadays, Johnson still can't quite believe the past two years' remarkable twists and turns. Neither can Eckert, who had no idea just how special — and big — that skinny quarterback would one day become.
Johnson started only a few games at quarterback his freshman season, completing 32 of 61 passes for 510 yards and three touchdowns. But one of his most memorable moments under center came in the fourth quarter of a midseason contest against traditional junior-college powerhouse Trinity Valley.
With Kilgore leading by three points late in the third quarter, Johnson faked a handoff before executing a perfect naked bootleg, sprinting untouched for a 16-yard touchdown that essentially sealed his team's victory.
Johnson gained around 40-50 pounds from the time he arrived at Kilgore to spring football practices in 2009. One day, as the team worked in a goal-line set, Eckert asked Johnson to fill in for an injured tight end.
"He said, 'What do I do?'" Eckert recalled. "I said, 'Just escape C-gap, and if you see somebody, hit 'em.' Well, he hits a linebacker and pancakes him, and the rest is kind of history."
One Division I coach was there that day watching practice, and offered Johnson a scholarship almost immediately. Over the next few weeks and months, word spread to other programs, eventually landing Johnson offers from Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and TCU, among others.
Johnson picked the Sooners, who were eager to find a solid replacement for departed All-America tight end Jermaine Gresham, and ended his junior-college career after only one season.
"I just thought they were just getting him ready for life after Gresham," Eckert said. "He's a big-bodied guy, and they've always had a lot of success with tight ends there."
After redshirting in 2009, Johnson switched from tight end to defensive end midway through the 2010 season, but never seemed right for either spot.
Then during spring football 2011, OU coaches approached the vagabond big man and asked him to try offensive tackle.
"He was starving himself to play at 270 (pounds) to play D-end," coach Bob Stoops said. "I asked (strength) Coach (Jerry) Schmidt how long it would take him to get to 300 pounds. He said, 'About a week and a cheeseburger.'
"Sometimes with these big, long guys that are really athletic, you don't know when they're going to stop growing."
The move made sense for lots of reasons, but for a guy who spent most of his life playing quarterback, the thought of becoming an offensive lineman — and all the stereotypes that come with it — didn't sit well.
Johnson said coaches left the decision up to him, and he continued to play defensive end for another few weeks before ultimately choosing to give the offensive line a try.
"When he moved to tackle initially, I thought, 'That's an ingenious move,'" Eckert said. "But you're always wondering how the student-athlete's gonna take it."
One thing Johnson said helped was having a friend like Gabe Ikard, the former Bishop McGuinness standout who was also transitioning from tight end to offensive lineman at around the same time.
"It was difficult going from a skill position to playing on the line," said Ikard, now Oklahoma's starting center. "We had to change our bodies and we had to change our mental approach to the game. We realized we were not going to catch any passes and get our name in the paper.
"Once we accepted that our job was the most important on the field, we allowed ourselves to work toward becoming good offensive linemen. "
Johnson entered the starting lineup for Oklahoma's second game of 2011 — a top-five clash at Florida State — and started every game the rest of that season at right tackle. He shifted to left tackle before his senior year, and by the end of the season was showing up on first-round draft projections.
Then in late January, Johnson wowed NFL scouts at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. During the game, former Utah State cornerback Will Davis intercepted a pass and returned it 25 yards before Johnson caught him near the sideline and shoved him out of bounds.
Johnson affirmed his impressive speed with a 4.7 40-yard dash time at the February NFL Combine.
"It's always unique when you start talking about gaining ... you don't really think about maintaining the speed to go along with that," Eckert said. "For him to be able to do that, I think it just speaks volumes about what kind of athlete he is."
The latest mock drafts have Johnson going as high as No. 4 overall to the Philadelphia Eagles, and as low as No. 11 to the San Diego Chargers. Johnson was one of few draft prospects invited to the ceremony.
"I've actually never been to New York," Johnson said. "Having the opportunity to take my family, as well as myself, it's a blessing. ... It's moving so fast now, so it's kinda hard to grasp it all. Sometimes when I have time to think about how my career's gone, it is just remarkable. Over these past months, it's all come into place."


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Every eater is an opinionator, which is why Voracious today is kicking off a new column devoted to the food-based disagreements that might forever divide us if they weren't such great fodder for dinnertime conversations. Tabletop Wrestling is where our contributors will take up the food world's hornet's nests and sacred cows, with each side passionately argued by a writer who cares deeply about the topic. In our column's first installment, Sara Billups and Rose Tosti debate the merits of cold brew and iced coffee.
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Cold Brew!
In the specialty coffee world, there are the hipsters, the geeks, and the clueless following the pack. These days, just about everyone has an opinion about the merits of cold brew versus ice brew coffee. If you're into the handlebar mustache, suspender world of craft coffee, you're likely a cold brew fan whether you know it or not. In these parts, cold brew can follow you home in stubbies and growlers from Stumptown. It's on tap at Analog Coffee, too.
Cold brew is prepared by steeping coffee in cold water, while ice brew is made using a pour over method, with hot water dripped through a filter onto ice. While others disagree, some ice brew experts argue that the acids in coffee that contribute the most nuanced flavors are dulled down by steeping grounds in cold water instead of heating them first. Both are valid methods of brewing, and like ice brew, cold brew can be made well or sloppily.
There's no special equipment required to make home brew in your kitchen, and most anyone can do it. You just need freshly ground coffee, ice cubes, a pitcher, and a refrigerator.
Where cold brew really has the edge is in drinkability. Cold brew is sweet and gulpable. Cold brew is more like a hug than a slap on the face. Cold brew is made for milk.
Pro-coffee cuppers like acidity, but the rest of us tend to swing to the side of sweetness. And really, is floral nuance and brightness what you're looking for on a hot summer day? Odds are, you want to knock back a couple of glasses of refreshing coffee on the rocks. Not to mention that cold brew's earthy goodness is ideal for summer cocktails. Just ask Murray Stenson - Sara Billups
Iced Coffee!
Every summer, the same quandary strikes: you want coffee (need coffee, actually)... but it's hot out. In some cities, this wouldn't matter. But in our little sun-deprived corner of the nation it can feel downright ungrateful to indulge in hot beverages during that brief window of opportunity in which cooler refreshments don't make your teeth chatter. Oh wait! (A sleepy memory from last summer surfaces...) Can't you ice coffee?
Yes, as a matter of fact, you can. And every coffee shop in town does [http://cdn.soundpublishing.com/voracious/2010/08/cafe_javasti_cold_brew_coffee.php], by some form or another. In recent years, "Toddy" and other cold brewing methods have become all-the-rage, but for some of us, allegiance remains with the simple logic of iced coffee... for three really good reasons.
First, because iced coffee is familiar. However you normally brew your coffee, chances are that only a slight alteration in water ratio will allow you to use the exact same method to quell your summer coffee cravings. Use the same dose coffee, cut back on the amount of water... make up the difference with ice. Voila! Iced coffee.
Second, because iced coffee can also be versatile and adventurous. Feel like trying a Chemex instead of your usual French Press? Want to try a new region or roast? Iced coffee don't care. (Too much.)
Finally, and of greatest import, because iced coffee helps to maintain the coffee's original integrity. While some extol the virtues of the low acidity produced by cold brewing, others find cold brewed coffees heavy and boring. Many of coffee's individually distinguishing characteristics are present in its acids: those notes that make it sparkle, give it depth, or tip the palate off to what a coffee's origins might be. Removing those elements is really smart if you have stomach ulcers. Otherwise, why go without? - Rose Tosti
Who's right? Who's wrong? Tell us how you make cold coffee - and whether Billups or Tosti persuaded you to do things differently.
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So while I appreciate Malia Makowicki's perspective on the merit's of the new(ish) Gossip single, I have finally come to the conclusion that I do
So while I appreciate Malia Makowicki's perspective on the merit's of the new(ish) Gossip single, I have finally come to the conclusion that I do not concur. I think earlier Gossip material benefited from it's meld of soul punk and dance grooves: songs like "Night" (from 2003's Movement) and "Yr Mangled Heart" (from 2006's career-launching Standing in the Way of Control) sounded like they were written by a band that refused to forsake one for the other. Clearly, based on the crystalline sheen and simplistic dimensions that characterize "Heavy Cross", they have made a distinct choice--not unlike their former peers in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who recently all but removed guitars from their mix. While I'm certain all those dance remixes of "Standing in the Way of Control" helped pave the way to being able to afford part-time residency in the U.K. and garnering the attention of producers like Rick Rubin, they also seemed to dissolve the band's interest in anything garage-y or risky. I'm all for artistic evolution, but I miss the old Gossip:
Luckily, just as Makowicki and myself have noted; Ditto remains a force of nature and it's all about the live show with the Gossip, so I'll still be front and center when she sashays her sparkly self on stage at the Capitol HIll Block Party on Saturday (their set time is slated for 8:45 p.m.). On a related note, some people seem to be under the impression that the CHBP is sold out, but that's definitely not the case; you can still snag your advance tickets online here. If you wait till the last minute, you'll need to buy them at the gate or at one of the other outlets (Urban Outfitters, Moe Bar or Rudy's Barbershop).


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Michael and Jennifer Bowers announce the birth of their son, Jasper Hoyt Bowers. Jasper was born Dec. 28, at 9:12 a.m. He weighed 7 pounds and 10 ounces and was 20-3/4 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Darrell and Judy McConnell of Republic.
Paternal grandparents are Calvin and Janet Bowers of Thayer. Great-grandparents re the late Wayne Butler, Joretta Butler, Harry Lee and JoAnn McConnell, and Thelma Hoyt. Great-great-grandmother is Mae McConnell.
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A 6 p.m. EST deadline for Mike Leach to accept Texas Tech's latest — and possibly final — offer has came and went without an agreement being reached.So, what happens next?According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Tech's Board of Regents has called a special teleconference for Friday afternoon. The Avalanche-Journal says the teleconference will involve a discussion of the head-coaching position, while ESPN.com's Tim Griffin is reporting the virtual meeting will include, but is "not limited to the position of the football head coach."Both media outlets speculated that the teleconference could end in the firing of Leach, while ESPN.com reports it could result in a contract extension.An ominous statement from the school's athletic director, however, seemed to paint a picture much closer to the former than the latter."Coach Leach has declined our $12.7 million contract," Tech AD Gerald Myers said in the statement released shortly after the deadline passed. "We will enter the decision-making process and should have some announcements by next week. Our decisions will be based on the best interest of Texas Tech and all of its supporters."What has become patently clear is that, regardless of the outcome of Friday's meeting, the relationship between the head coach and the AD is beginning to closely resemble Joe Theismann's leg after its Monday night meet-and-greet with Lawrence Taylor.This situation, involving a coach coming off an 11-2 season, is showing all the signs of not turning out well for anyone, especially the fans of this rising football program.Then again, given ESPN.com's expanded explanation that the Friday meeting is not simply limited to the head-coacing position, could it be Myers — not Leach — who will find his head on the chopping block?I don't have a clue as to the answer to that question, but I am certain of one thing: I'm stocking up on popcorn. This could get good.
Minnesota losing DL Mose Hall to transfer
The transfer train continues its run down the tracks, with Minnesota the latest to see its roster hit with attrition.
As all the cool kids are doing these days, Mose Hall took to social media confirm a change in his current situation, announcing on Twitter that he has decided to transfer out of the Gophers football program. No reason was given for the defensive lineman's departure.
Should Hall move on to another FBS program, he'd have to sit out the 2016 season. He'd then have three seasons of eligibility remaining beginning in 2017.
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— Mos. II (@Mose__vX2) May 2, 2016
Hall was a three-star 2015 recruit rated as the No. 98 strongside defensive end by 247Sports.com. He was also the No. 61 player at any position in the state of Alabama.
Last season as a true freshman, Hall took a redshirt.
Expansion rumblings once again swirling around Big 12
Expansion in major college football has been in hibernation for a couple of years now, but it appears movement on that front could be imminent. Or it could not. One of the two.
Over the past 24 hours or so, a handful of stories have surfaced that, once again, have the speculation swirling around the Big 12 when it comes to that conference getting back to matching its numerical name. From analytics to potential expansion candidates to the 800-pound Longhorn in the middle of the room, the Big 12's annual spring meetings this week figure to at least begin — or, more specifically, continue — the process of settling the expansion/conference title game/league network issues that are all inextricably intertwined.
To wit:
— Monday, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby confirmed that in research performed by an analytics outfit hired by the league, a 12-team conference with an eight-game league schedule and a championship game is the best model for one of its teams qualifying for the college football playoff. Right now, the Big 12 is the exact opposite of that model, with 10 teams, nine conference games and no title game.
According to Bowlsby, the first combination would increase a league's chances of sending a team to the playoffs by five percent. As Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News asked, would that slight bump be enough to get everyone onboard with expansion and a title game?
"Some would say we want every advantage we can get," Bowlsby said. "Others may say it's not enough to blow up a good scheduling model."
From Carlton's report:
Bowlsby said the Big 12 is scheduled to receive "two major reports" in Irving. In addition to information on the title game, Navigate will examine scheduling models for a 10-, 12- and 14-team conference and the variables involved.
In February, Bowlsby said he hoped to have an answer to the expansion question, one way or the other, this summer. Just how close Bowlsby gets to that timeline will depend on how things go in Phoenix this week.
— Boise State, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis and UCF have all been mentioned as potential candidates if the Big 12 opts to expand. According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, the UofM has been lobbying the conference for inclusion in a next round of expansion if it comes.
University of Memphis president M. David Rudd sent a promotional publication – highlighting the finer points of the city and its major university – to University of Texas president Dr. Gregory Fenves in December, showcasing the U of M as a possible Big 12 expansion candidate.
Rudd said the publication, entitled "Memphis Soul of a City," captures "the passion and proud history of Tiger athletics including a historic run by our football program."
The Memphis publication highlights the city's top Fortune 500 companies, its overall attributes and the U of M's attributes, including its recent athletic accomplishments, particularly the turnaround by the football program. Tiger football has gone 19-7 the past two seasons.
— And, finally,that 800-pound Longhorn we spoke of earlier.
It's long been believed that Texas is not in favor of expanding the conference, especially at the expense of folding its Longhorn Network into a conference-wide network, with Texas Tech and TCU, for their own reasons, following in lock-step with the state's flagship institution. According to a report from the Cincinnati Enquirer, the conference is one vote shy of garnering enough support to expand.
It's believed seven of the 10 schools favor expansion. But Big 12 bylaws call for a super majority vote of 75 percent (so at least eight schools) to make a major change. Texas is believed to be influencing Texas Tech's and Texas Christian's decisions to also be reluctant to expansion.
Texas Tech has long fallen in line with Texas. Both are public universities that have been in the same league together since 1956, when they were in the Southwest Conference. Texas and Texas Tech were founding members of the Big 12 in 1996.
TCU is believed to be following Texas' lead because the conference's power broker reportedly helped the Horned Frogs get into the Big 12 four years ago.
In other words, we're right back to where we've been on multiple occasions in the past: as Texas goes, so goes Big 12 expansion. Or doesn't go, as the case may be.
UPDATED 6:38 p.m. ET: If you want an idea as to Texas' thought process at the moment, I think this sentence pretty much tells you everything you need to know.
Texas AD Mike Perrin: "I can't say I've got an open mind on any of these issues. I've got an open mind on receiving information."
— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) May 3, 2016
Iowa State lands Duke grad transfer Evrett Edwards
Duke's secondary loss will turn into Iowa State's gain.
In a tweet posted to his personal Twitter account Monday, Evrett Edwards announced that he will continue his collegiate playing career at Iowa State. The defensive back visited Ames in the middle of April, pulling the trigger on a decision two weeks later.
Maryland and Troy were also potential landing spots for the graduate transfer, who will be eligible to play immediately for the Cyclones this fall. The upcoming season will be Edwards' final year of eligibility.
Glad to announce that I will be playing football at Iowa State! 🌪🌪🌪 #AStormIsBrewing
— Evrett Edwards (@Evrett_21) May 2, 2016
After redshirting as a true freshman in 2013, Edwards played in 25 games the past two seasons. He was listed as the top backup at the Bandit safety position throughout the 2015 season.
Saban or Bear? Bobby Bowden would side with current Tide coach
Thanks to Alabama's run to yet another national championship this past season, an old debate has once again been stirred up: Nick Saban or Bear Bryant.
Suffice to say, both head coaches, one a Hall of Famer and the other soon to be one, carry as impressive a résumé as there is in the profession.
Saban has been a head coach at the collegiate level for 25 seasons, from Toledo to Michigan State to LSU and now at 'Bama. In that span, he's won 191 games, seven conference championships (one MAC, six SEC) and, most importantly/impressively, five national titles.
In a coaching career that spanned 37 years, including 25 seasons in Tuscaloosa, Bryant won a record six national championships and 14 SEC titles. His 323 wins were a record upon his retirement, and are now third in FBS history behind Penn State's Joe Paterno (409) and Florida State's Bobby Bowden (377).
The latter head coach certainly knows a thing or two about running a successful football program, and did it during both Bryant's reign and Saban's. During a radio interview, Bowden was asked which run has been more impressive, Bryant's or Saban's. And, in the end, the FSU legend went with new school over old.
"That's a pretty good question," Bowden said by way of al.com. "I'd say probably what Nick Saban is doing (is more impressive) because football is more balanced now. I think when coach Bryant came to Alabama in 1958, I think it was unlimited recruiting. You could sign all the kids you wanted, and he's gonna get most of them.
"There was an old saying back in those days, 'He's gonna get his and he's gonna get yours.'"
The biggest argument for Saban is what Bowden hinted around, that the current Tide head coach's run has come with an 85-man limit on scholarships while the likes of Bryant had unlimited scholarships to hoard players and stash them on his roster. Then there is one-third of Bryant's titled being shared, as well as two other championship seasons actually ending with a bowl loss, something that could never happen under the old BCS system or the current College Football Playoff.
And all of that's without mentioning the fact that Saban won titles at two different schools.
While what Bryant did at Alabama is certainly legendary and deserves to be remembered that way, Bowden's right: what Saban has accomplished is indeed more impressive than the Bear. And, really, it's not even that close.


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I tried this and it was amazing. The mint and feta made a very unique combination of flavors. I don't like peas, so I substituted them for chopped zucchini instead. I will definitely make this again.
Minted Peas & Rice with Feta
From EatingWell: February/March 2006, EatingWell for a Healthy Heart Cookbook (2008)
The flavors of fresh mint and feta enliven this instant brown rice. Toss any leftovers with some cooked shrimp for a satisfying, easy lunch.
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I shelled fresh peas and thought this was phenomenal. It pleased a picky eater in my house, too.
SOOOO good!! With fresh-shelled peas and slow-cooked brown rice, this couldn't be better! Also used chives from my garden instead of scallions. Highly recommend!!
This was easy to make, smelled amazing, but the combination of mint, salty feta and sweet peas was too much contrast for my family. I think next time I will substitute fresh oregano for the mint and add a little lemon zest, since my kids are really into Greek and Mediterranean flavors.
I just prepared this dish for the first time and I am very impressed with the unique flavor. Since I'm an avid hater of peas I substituted them with chopped zucchini. They proved to be an excellent alternative! I will most definitely be making this recipe again.


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Earlier this month, we went to the world finals rodeo in Amarillo because my husbands older brother had a team that was in it plus a bunch of friends from home...well his stupid hair-brained sister in law had been promising me since the day Brody was born that she was going to let us have her daughter's old carseat, it was a nice one, never been in a wreck or anything like that. Well she had been making stupid ass excuses for why she couldn't give it to us. Whatever. I don't care. Well his grandma had called us like 2 days ago and was asking if we had gotten the clothes and toys and stuff she sent down for Brody, turns out the bitch just kept the clothes for her own daughter and didn't even give them to us. This makes me so damn mad!!!!! Like I don't care about the car seat, we can buy our own and I plan on doing just that..but his great-gramma got him something and she didn't even tell us...F*ck that! Well to top it off, hubby called his mother and invited her down so her and I could get to know each other better, she would get a chance to bond with Brody, and we could go Christmas shopping together. Well she says she has no more vacation days left and can't take off work, but come to find out, the heifer is in Fort Worth Texas,,,like 4 hours from where we live at! WTF! She has made excuses from day one to not come down here and bond with her own grandson, she was supposed to come down the second week since my mother couldn't stay the whole time but her 'truck needed worked on' but she went to the state fair instead. Bitch. Now she wants us to get together as a 'family' for Christmas. Holy crap, really???!!! I just want to tell his whole family except his grandparents to F*CK OFF and not even bother with us. They make me so mad. His stupid sister in law even posted a whole album on her facebook the day my son was born and I didn't get a chance to. She didn't even fucking ask me if she could or not! Angry
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Don't get mad if the family posted pictures of your lo. They are proud of your baby and they want to show off. I'd be more upset if my in laws are not proud of my baby. I grew upand lived with my ddad's family and all his sisters favoured their sister s kids NOT brothers' kids.
Posted 12/10/2012
I get mad at my husbands mother bc she acts like MY son is hers!!! If she is out with us and someone says oh he is so cute before I can say thank you she does! I mean really who pushed him out? But even before he was born it was like that!! I just want to go off on her but she is going through the change. So it will be 10 time worse if I did. But that crap what his family is doing! But its their lose not to be in his life.
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Shares of the home-furnishing retailer, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. ( BBBY ) fell nearly 5.7% in yesterday's after-hour trading session, after the company announced weak fourth-quarter and fiscal 2013 results and provided an unfavorable fiscal 2014 guidance that lags estimates.
The company's fourth-quarter earnings decreased approximately 4.8% year over year to $1.60 per share. The year-over-year decline in bottom line was primarily due to weak sales. However, quarterly earnings were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
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During the quarter, the company repurchased nearly 7.5 million of its outstanding shares, valued at about $532.0 million. Therefore, at the quarter-end, Bed Bath & Beyond had nearly $1.1 billion remaining under its share repurchase program of $2.5 billion, authorized in Dec 2012.
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Additionally, in a joint venture, Bed Bath & Beyond operates 4 stores in Mexico City under its namesake brand. For fiscal 2014, the company intends to open 30 stores.
The company anticipates sales to increase in the range of 2%-3.5% for the first quarter while a rise of 4% is projected for fiscal 2014. Comps for the first quarter is expected to rise 1%-2.5% while for the fiscal, it will increase by nearly 3%.
Gross profit is expected to decline in fiscal 2014 due to anticipation a rise in coupons due to higher redemptions and average coupon amount and mix shift in products sold to lower margin categories. SG&A expenses are also projected to increase due to rise in technology and depreciation expenses resulting from investments.
Further, the company is projecting earnings in the range of 92-96 cents per share in the first quarter, which is way below than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.03. For fiscal 2014, the company projects earnings to grow in the mid single digit range.
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Bed Bath Beyond currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). Better-ranked stocks in the retail space include Barnes & Noble Inc. ( BKS ), Macy's Inc. ( M ) and Tractor Supply Company ( TSCO ). Of these, Barnes & Noble sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) while Macy's and Tractor Supply have a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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Stylish trends don't have to end with the weekend. There is a place for them in the business world.
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Empty shelves making Walmart customers flee to rivals
Retailers consider labor — usually their largest controllable expense — an easy cost-cutting target, Ton said. That's what happened at Home Depot in the early 2000s, when then-CEO Robert Nardelli cut staffing levels and increased the percentage of part-time workers to trim expenses and boost profit. Eventually, customer service and customer satisfaction deteriorated, and same-store sales growth dropped, Ton said.
"When you tell retailers they have to invest in people, the typical response is: 'It's just too expensive,' " Ton said.
Adding five full-time employees to Walmart's U.S. supercenters and discount stores would add about a half-percentage point to selling, general and administrative expenses, according to an analysis by Poonam Goyal, a Bloomberg Industries senior analyst. Assuming the workers earned the federal minimum wage and industry standards for health benefits, the added costs would amount to about $448 million a year, she said. In the year ended Jan. 31, Walmart generated $17 billion in profit on revenue of $469.2 billion.
At the Kenosha, Wisc., Walmart where Mary Pat Tifft has worked for nearly a quarter-century, merchandise ready for the sales floor remains on pallets and in steel bins lining the floor of the backroom — an area so full that "no passable aisles" remain, she said. Meanwhile, the front of the store is increasingly barren, Tifft said. That landscape has worsened over the past several years as workers who leave aren't replaced, she said.
At the Walmart store in Erie, Penn., 26-year-old meat and dairy stocker Anthony Falletta faces a similar predicament.
"The merchandise is in the store, it just can't make the jump from the shelf in the back to the one in the front," said Falletta, who works the second shift. "There's not the people to do it."
No staff coverage
In both stores, departments have merged, leaving some areas with limited or no staff coverage, they said, and workers rarely have time to finish all their tasks by the end of the day. In the morning, employees scramble to set out new merchandise, put returns back on shelves and handle customer inquires, they said.
In Santee, Tim White, a 36-year-old attorney, tried to buy wall paint at the Walmart near his home last fall.
"You wait 20, 25 minutes for someone to help you, then the person was not trained on mixing paint," White said. "It was like, you have to help them help you."
White, who has six children, said while long checkout lines irritated him, "the number-one reason we gave up on Walmart was its prolonged, horrible, maddening inability to keep items in stock."
The White family's visits to Walmart several times a week became less and less frequent until they stopped this year. The eight-member clan now shops at Target and Costco Wholesale.
Costco productivity
Ton's research has centered on retailers that include discount club Costco, whose chief executive officer, Craig Jelinek, recently offered his support publicly for legislation to raise the federal minimum wage.
Costco, which offers a starting hourly wage of $11.50 in all states and employee schedules that are generally predictable, has higher worker productivity and a lower rate of turnover than its competitors, Ton found.
Hancock, the retired CPA in Delaware, said she hasn't abandoned Walmart altogether because she likes the low prices on the items she can find in stock. White, the Santee shopper, said those low prices were crucial to his family, as he was in law school. The family continued to shop there even once he started earning more money.
He added a caveat: "They could get us back if they fixed these problems."


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Re: X10 firmware downgrade please!
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Have you tried rebooting the camera? I heard of a similar problem on the old firmware that was cured with a reset. Most firmware updates can not be reverted by the customer, you should contact fujitech support before attempting to downgrade.
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I've found an anomaly with the new firmware. I use FlashPipe to import pictures and have it change the file name to [Camera]OriginalFileNo which used to come out as [X10]1234.jpg but now the file name is a jumble of symbols. The X100 and X-S1 don't suffer from this....
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For me the saddest episode of the TV show so far is Gotta Catch You Later when Ash, Misty and Brock have to say goodbye. Also I think Bye Bye Butterfree, Charizard's Burning Ambition and Pokemon, I Choose You have some touching moments.
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My Dahon rack fits onto my Swift...
I had to use a couple spacers to spread the bottom a little, but otherwise it went on like butter.
It feels solid so far. I thought I'd post it in case other Swift riders are interested in using a front rack.


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I'm still alive. I think my art-block mood was over -_-"
Tools: Watercolors.
Nghiêm Đan & Pyotr © me
Tools: Watercolors.
Nghiêm Đan & Pyotr © me
so lovely.
this is really good i love the colors
*dies* <-- such indescribable praise
Beautiful =w= speacially that black hair guy...you did a beautiful work
This is amazing! Great job!
WOW!such wonderful shading!!This looks amazing!
Just missing spring-summer
OMG amazing! your work impresses me soo much!
how u make the white thing on their hair?
Draw with super small brush and white ink.
how u do the white, what kind of tool u use
That is W&N white ink.
im not sure i could get it here in US lol
I think it's easier to find Winsor & Newton stuffs in US than here lol.
those are the brand for water color and acrylic
thank that is a lot useful thank a lot, but how do u scan the art and still see the water color paper texture? ( sorry for a lot of question)
I think it depends on the scanner you use, mine is Epson scanner, keep colors and textures very well (at least for my drawings). I don't know 'cause i've not used Canon or HP scanner, but my friends say they're good too.
I don't mind, i'm happy i can share my experience for others : )
I don't mind, i'm happy i can share my experience for others : )
this pic reminds me sooooooo much of aash and puck from the ironking. . .
My reactions:
3. *nosebleed* TOO HOT!!!
4. *dead*
3. *nosebleed* TOO HOT!!!
4. *dead*
Wonderful! It is really wonderful!
Thank you so much
Hope you can wait for the commission from me, because i'm wotking on my manga ._.
Hope you can wait for the commission from me, because i'm wotking on my manga ._.
Love the hickiiiiiiiiiies <3 <3
Man, I adore your style... And the colours are absolutely exquisite Wow!
I hope your artblock has gone now this is gorgeous as always *A* I really love the contrast of warm and cold colours for each. Autumn and Winter I presume. So pretty <:
Y U SO GOOD AT WATERCOLORS?! <--- has no luck with them
OMG! I WANT THEM OMG! I LOVE WINTER AND AUTUMN AND OMG! xD i LOVE this!
And now i offically love winter *Q*
lâu lâu mới thấy thik một tranh cụa chú nha
Nhân tiện là tranh chú đc các em 9 ếch rất yêu thik
Nhân tiện là tranh chú đc các em 9 ếch rất yêu thik
The colors portray both seasons perfectly, I love the whole feel of this!
Nice colours. They both look so lovely.
Your talent and skill is soooo incredible *-* Ah, the beautiful coloring *-*
i.. really... love... your skill....................
this is beautiful! U must check out my work and give me some tips!
Absolutely amazing!!!
OMG!!! you used watercolors?! my God !!!!!!!!! you are ninja. I wish I could use watercolors this way too... anyway, congratulations, loved the pic, so peaceful...
they're amazing
hot guys yay!!!
... where i live its "Winter and Season-Does-Not-Exist"
... where i live its "Winter and Season-Does-Not-Exist"
And only 2 seasons in my place, dry season and rainy season...
are they in love? : O


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The Zee-Magnees Prize was a prestigious award, comparable to the Nobel Prize of Earth, awarded to people who contribute a significant advancement to Federation society.
Dr. Richard Daystrom won this award in 2243, for his development of Duotronics. (TOS: "The Ultimate Computer")
Dr. Ira Graves won this award in the early 24th century for his advances in Cybernetics. (TNG: "The Schizoid Man")
The Zee-Magnees prize was mentioned for the first and only time in "The Ultimate Computer". A certificate in the background of Ira Graves' office said that he won the Zee-Magnees prize in "The Schizoid Man".


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The Columbus Area Arts Council made a bold decision not to have its popular Rock the Park fundraiser concert this year. But it was the correct one.
Arts Council members realized that they were looking at the same headliner acts that Our Hospice of South Central Indiana was considering for its free, annual fundraiser concert, which is Aug. 30.
Given that Rock the Park and the Hospice concert have been separated by just two weeks, the Arts Council determined that the events would duplicate and compete with each other. So, Rock the Park is on hiatus while the council assists with Hospice's concert and takes time to reinvent its own fundraiser.
That decision should be commended for several reasons.
Last year's paid-admission concert with REO Speedwagon marked the sixth edition of Rock the Park, which has grown in popularity. The most recent two Rock the Park concerts each drew about 7,000 people. Giving up a good fundraiser like this, even for just one year, is a significant sacrifice.
It's also significant that the Arts Council is lending resources to Hospice to ensure that its concert is a success. That's a selfless act.
In the end, both organizations are likely to be better for this decision, which complements each other rather than competing.
Hospice will continue with its longstanding fundraiser — started in 1986 — that more recently has attracted classic rock bands. That will serve one demographic.
The Arts Council is considering focusing on up-and-coming groups, which would serve a younger demographic and give the event a chance to develop a unique identity.
An added benefit could be the ability to showcase Columbus' downtown anchor arts district to a new and possibly younger audience.
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