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With Tenacity and Talent, Kellita Smith Rules the TV Roost as Bernie Mac's Wife
Goodbye, Rabbit; hello, Land Rover. "Getting this job felt like I won a championship," says Smith, 33. Playing a cool-headed corporate vice president on the Emmy-winning sitcom, Smith channels Clair Huxtable, serving as foil for her frenetic comedian husband and mother figure for the nephew and two nieces the couple have taken in. "Wanda's a good role model," says Smith. "Smart, beautiful, and she brings home the bacon."
Not unlike the actress herself. "She's the type of person who remembers everybody's name," Wilmore says of Smith. "She treats all the guys like she has a crush on them and all the women like they're her girlfriends." Just go light on the practical jokes. After a recent shoot, Mac, an incurable prankster, tormented Smith with a fake mouse. "Her whole personality changed," he says, laughing. "That sweet girl went to the 'hood on me, screaming and yelling." With all the on-set mayhem, says Smith, "it's like being with a family."
Family is something the single actress has started thinking about offset as well. "I would love for someone to be the captain of my ship," Smith says. "The other day I suddenly felt I was ready to have a baby. It was a major moment for me. I was like, 'What's going on with me?' It may have something to do with working with kids every day."
Smith's own childhood was a difficult one. Born in Chicago, the older of two children (brother Eric, 32, is a security guard in the Bay Area) of a homemaker and a U.S. serviceman, Kellita was 1 when her father was sent to Vietnam. When he returned 18 months later, says Smith, "it was hard for him to adjust. I couldn't understand why he wasn't happy to see us again." In 1972 the couple split, and Smith's mother, Honey, moved with the kids to Oakland. Smith hasn't seen her father since. "I'm not mad at him," she says. "I just don't know him."
Living on welfare in a rough neighborhood, Honey studied sociology at the University of California at Berkeley. Kellita and her brother went to the Oakland Community Learning Center, founded by the Black Panthers. There, Smith says, teachers "taught me how to have a dream."
Hers was to become a lawyer. But after earning an associate's degree in political science from Santa Rosa Junior College in 1989, Smith "got really tired of school," she says, and quit. A job as a Macy's saleswoman was followed by a stint as an administrative assistant at an insurance company. After complaining that the women there were mistreated, Smith was fired. "It was my Norma Rae rendition," she says.
That same day Smith got a newsletter in the mail about an acting workshop and enrolled. Undaunted despite bombing in her first performance, she continued taking lessons and in 1990 scored a part in the touring production of the play Tell It Like It Tiz, followed by spots on shows like Living Single and Sister, Sister. Still, "sometimes she didn't have money for the rent and the phone bill," says her mother, "so I had to help her out." (Smith returned the favor recently when she helped Honey, 56, a Bay Area social worker, buy a condo.) "I lived in an apartment with no furniture for three years," says Smith, "but I was determined."
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"I was thrilled when we got the Unesco award of World Heritage Site status. What an accolade for any city to achieve," says David, 56, now retired from his job as an industrial chemist.
"Then I saw the plans for Mann Island with the new Museum of Liverpool and, in particular, the three new wedge-shaped buildings that were going to destroy this very special environment around the south end of the Pier Head.
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"The elegant Voss Motors showroom would actually make a wonderful museum or art gallery, the upper storey being fitted out for exactly this purpose by Road Range, where I attended some of the many exhibitions and functions were held during their tenure.
"I was so upset, I wrote to Unesco asking what the impact on World Heritage Site status was, but in the meantime the one thing I could do personally was to write to English Heritage asking for help.
"English Heritage's protection operation, Julian Fenner, told me that the case was being considered and I hope it will become grade II-listed as a building of historical and architectural importance.
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Neuson Ecotec is an Austrian enterprise and a leading supplier of equipment in the field of forestry. Being an Austrian manufacturer and a specialist in this field, Neuson Ecotec counts on quality and service, and our committed employees design and manufacture efficient products for professional use. With its innovative products Neuson Ecotec has a valuable share in ...
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Ecometrica is passionate about clear, correct, and meaningful environmental management that helps businesses meet their sustainability challenges, reduce costs, and increase overall performance. We help our clients measure their environmental impacts, from carbon, energy, paper, waste and water management all the way through to full supply chain accounting. We have global ...
Forecon EcoMarket Solutions, LLC
based in Falconer, NEW YORK (USA)
FORECON Inc. is an independent privately held forestry and environmental consulting firm based in Falconer, NY. Established on July 1, 1954, the firm has continued to provide an increasing range of expert forestry and related environmental services for private, corporate, industrial, institutional and municipal forest owners throughout the US. Currently, FORECON Inc. has ...
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Anguil Environmental Systems is a global provider of industrial air pollution control, emission abatement and energy recovery systems. We design, manufacturer, service and install thermal and catalytic oxidation technologies as well as heat recovery systems for a variety of applications and industries.Anguil Aqua was developed to help our industrial clients with water ...
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ElectraTherm's Power Generator produces fuel-free, emission-free electricity from low grade waste heat (77-122°C), utilizing Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) and proprietary technologies. Our machines are fully packaged with outputs up to 110kWe for distributed power generation.
Columbia Weather Systems, Inc.
based in Hillsboro, OREGON (USA)
Professional weather monitoring equipment for public safety and industries affected by weather conditions. Our weather systems measure the meteorological parameters of wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, humidity, temperature, rainfall, solar radiation, fuel moisture, and leaf wetness. We offer a variety of weather stations including mobile weather stations , ...
Vecoplan AG
based in Bad Marienberg, GERMANY
For more than 45 years now, we have been pursuing the continuous development of timber and recycling technology for our customers with passion and commitment, and have become one of the most versatile companies in the industry. We have a wide range of expertise in the development, manufacturing, conveying and processing of wood and secondary raw materials, and are thus ...
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AWC Engineering have been involved in the design, manufacture, operation and maintenance of shredding & granulation systems for over 30 years. Our hands on experience and approved supplier network within the industry enables us to offer spare parts and service support for a wide range of equipment, regardless of manufacturer. Our dedicated machine shop, and co-operation ...
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Environnement S.A is the leading company in the field of instrumentation for the environment. Ever since its creation in 1978, Environnement S.A has been dedicated to the study, development, manufacture and supply of advanced on-line gas, particulate and water analyzers, using the most recent technologies. Environnement S.A proposes a comprehensive range of continuous ...
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LBA - Macrohydrological Dataset from the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) [SAGE_LBA_MACROHYDRO]
Continental scale hydrologic routing models, also known as macrohydrological routing models, have evolved considerably in the past few years. As the models have become more sophisticated, they have ...
Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)/NTL011: Groundwater Flow in the Area Surrounding the North Temperate Lakes Primary Study Lakes [LTER_NTL011]
LTER - Long-Term Ecological Research Program/North Temperate Lakes (NTL) LTER/NTL011 [Summary adapted from the LTER Core Data Set Catalog]: Monthly head measurements from a network of ...
Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)/NTL012: Chemistry of the Groundwater in the Area Surrounding the North Temperate Lakes Primary Study Lakes [LTER_NTL012]
LTER - Long-Term Ecological Research Program/North Temperate Lakes (NTL) LTER/NTL012 [Summary adapted from the LTER Core Data Set Catalog]: A network of 11 monitoring wells is used to characterize ...
Flow and Velocity Data - USGS_SOFIA_flow_velocity_data [USGS_SOFIA_flow_velocity_data]
Velocity data are being provided in an Access database and Excel spreadsheets. The database summarizes the velocity data, site location and description, vegetative characteristics, and water quality ...
Ground Water Levels at Selected Sites in New Brunswick, Canada [CANEMRCCRSGRWATER]
The purpose of this database is to measure fluctuations in groundwater levels at selected sites in New Brunswick. The water level information indicates depth below ground level and elevation of water ...
1992 Water-Table Contours of the Mojave River Ground-Water Basin, San Bernardino County, California [USGS_cont1992]
This data set consists of digital water-table contours for the Mojave River Basin. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Mojave Water Agency, constructed a water-table map of the Mojave ...
1994 Water-Table Contours of the Morongo Ground-Water Basin, San Bernardino County, California [USGS_cont1994]
This data set consists of digital water-table contours for the Morongo Basin. The U.S. Geological Survey constructed a water-table map of the Morongo ground-water basin for ground-water levels measured ...
1996 Water-Table Contours of the Mojave River, the Morongo, and the Fort Irwin Ground-Water Basins, San Bernardino County, California [USGS_cont1996]
This data set consists of digital water-table contours for the Mojave River, the Morongo and the Fort Irwin Ground-Water Basins. The U.S. Geological Survey constructed a water-table map of the Mojave ...
A Coupled Surface Water and Ground-Water Model to Simulate Past, Present, and Future Hydrologic Conditions in DOI Managed Lands [USGS_SOFIA_coupled_sw-gw_model]
This project has two objectives: 1) update and reconfigure the Flow and Transport in a Linked Overland/Aquifer Density-Dependent System (FTLOADDS) modeling code to include all version modifications ...
Analysis of water and soil samples for pollutants (trace metals, major anions, mercury) to determine the nature and extent of contamination in meltwaters in the Ross Dependency [K105_1992_1994_NZ_1]
A set of baseline data for the composition of meltwaters in the Ross Dependency, with particular concentrations on the levels of ultra trace heavy metals in waters remote from significant or current ...
Annual Peak Discharge and Stage of US Surface Water; USGS [EARTH_LAND_USGS_Water_PKFIL]
Originally available as hard copy publication, the Annual Peak Discharge and Stage of US Surface Water data will be made available to the public via the World Wide Web. The URL of the ...
Aquifer-Test Data for Wells H-1, H-2A, H-2B, H-2C, and H-3 at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Southeastern New Mexico [USGS_OFR_2006_1129_WIPP_NM]
The U.S.Geological Survey Open-File Report consists of the results of a series of aquifer tests (shut-in test, flow test, bailing test, slug test, swabbing test and pressure-pulse test)performed ...
Assessment of the rate of contaminant movement through Antarctic soils using a lithium chloride experiment at Lake Vanda [K150_1993_1994_NZ_4]
A leaching trial was set up at Lake Vanda to determine how rapidly and how far water-soluble materials spilt on the soil surface will move. A series of 1 x 1 m plots and control sites on the north ...
Atlas of Community-Based Monitoring in a Changing Arctic (Arctic CBM) [ELOKA033]
This atlas showcases Arctic communities actively involved in observing social and environmental change. It was designed to highlight the many community-based monitoring (CBM) and traditional knowledge ...
Base-Flow Yields of Watersheds in the Berkeley County Area, West Virginia [USGS_DS_2006_216]
Base-flow yields at approximately 50 percent of the annual mean ground-water recharge rate were estimated for watersheds in the Berkeley County area, W.Va. These base-flow yields were determined from ...
Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Geophysical Data [USGS_SOFIA_bbcw_geophysical]
The objectives of this data acquisition project were to complete the downhole geophysical logging including video and flowmeter logging of two core holes (9A and 11A), which are the deepest wells ...
Classification of evapotranspiration units in major discharge areas of Death Valley regional flow system, Nevada and California [USGS_etunit]
The data set was created to delineate the aerial extent and quantify acreage of the different ET units found within the many major discharge areas of the Death Valley regional flow system. The raster-based ...
Coastal Gradients of Flow, Salinity, and Nutrients [USGS_SOFIA_coastal_grads]
Ten monitoring stations will be operated and maintained along the southwest coast of ENP, the Everglades wetlands, and along the coastlines of northeastern Florida Bay and northwest Barnes Sound. ...
Creating a Monthly Time Series of the Potentiometric Surface in the Upper Floridan Aquifer, Northern Tampa Bay Area, Florida, January 2000 - December 2009 [USGS_OFR_2014-5038_FlAquiferTimeSeries]
In Florida's karst terrain, where groundwater and surface waters interact, a mapping time series of the potentiometric surface in the Upper Floridan aquifer offers a versatile metric for assessing ...
Data on freshwater and hydrochemistry in the Antarctic Peninsula region. [CNDP-ESP_GEOANT-UAM_Freshwater]
In English: Surface freshwater, snow and groundwater studies in the Antarctic Peninsula region and Ellsworth Mountains. Hydrochemical data. From projects of the research group on Geology of the University ...
Database of Ground-Water Levels in the Vicinity of Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada, 1957-2005 [USGS_DS_2006_190]
More than 1,200 water-level measurements from 1957 to 2005 in the Rainier Mesa area of the Nevada Test Site were quality assured and analyzed. Water levels were measured from 50 discrete intervals ...
Determination of Groundwater-Flow Direction and Rate Beneath Florida Bay, the Florida Keys and Reef Tract [USGS_SOFIA_fb-fk_grndwtr_flow]
The strategy of this study was to use artificial tracers to determine rate and direction of flow. Tracers were injected into well clusters, existing sewage treatment facilities, and sewage disposal ...
Digital Dataset of European Groundwater Resources [EUSOILS_GW]
A comprehensive picture, at European Union scale, of the aquifers and their characteristics is available in digital form. In 1982, a study by the European Commission provided a complete catalogue ...
Discharge Data (Tamiami Canal) [USGS_SOFIA_discharge_tamiami_canal]
The data are from the following four stations: Station 02288800 - Tamiami Canal Outlets, Monroe to Carnestown; Station 02288900 - Tamiami Canal Outlets, 40-Mile Bend to Monroe, near Miami, FL; Station ...
Ecosystem History of the Southwest Coast-Shark River Slough Outflow Area [USGS_SOFIA_eco_hist_swcoast_srs_04]
The objectives of this project are to document impacts of changes in salinity, water quality, coastal plant and animal communities and other critical ecosystem parameters on a subdecadal-centennial ...
Electrical resistivity surveys in Prospect Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado [USGS_OFR_2006_1171_PG_SJCC]
Prospect Gulch is a major source of naturally occurring and mining related metals to Cement Creek, a tributary of the upper Animas River in southwestern Colorado. Efforts to improve water quality ...
Environment Canada Hydrometric Archive for British Columbia and Yukon [Canada_EC_HydromArchiveBC_Yukon]
Environment Canada's Water Survey maintains hydrometric (streamflow and water level) records for 2400 hydrometric stations in British Columbia and Yukon for which over 500 are active at present. Sensitive ...
Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve hydrological data [USGS_SOFIA_estero_bay_ap_data]
The data for each of the collection sites are available for fiscal years 2002-2005. The files are available in several formats. Salinity and temperature were collected for all stations. Stage, discharge, ...
Estimates of Ground-Water Recharge Based on Streamflow-Hydrograph Methods: Pennsylvania [USGS_OFR_2005_1333]
This study, completed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey (T&GS), ...
Estimates of Monthly Ground-Water Recharge to the Yakima River Basin Aquifer System, Washington, 1960-2001, for Current Land-Use and Land-Cover Conditions [USGS_OFR_2007_1238]
Monthly values of ground-water recharge, for current land-use and land-cover conditions, to the Yakima River Basin aquifer system, Washington, during water years 1960-2001 were previously estimated. ...
Estimating Water Storage Capacity of Existing and Potentially Restorable Wetland Depressions in a Subbasin of the Red River of the North [USGS_OFR_2007_1159]
Concern over flooding along rivers in the Prairie Pothole Region has stimulated interest in developing spatially distributed hydrologic models to simulate the effects of wetland water storage on peak ...
Europe's Waterbase - Groundwater [EEA_WATERBASE_GROUNDWATER]
Waterbase is the generic name given to the EEA's databases on the status and quality of Europe's rivers, lakes, groundwater bodies and transitional, coastal and marine waters, and on the quantity ...
Europe's Waterbase - Water Quantity [EEA_WATERBASE_WQ]
Waterbase is the generic name given to the EEA's databases on the status and quality of Europe's rivers, lakes, groundwater bodies and transitional, coastal and marine waters, and on the quantity ...
Everglades Hydrology and Water Quality Data [USGS_SOFIA_ever_hydro_wq_data]
At present there are few reliable estimates of hydrologic fluxes between groundwater and surface water in the Everglades. This gap in hydrological investigations not only leaves the water budget of ...
Field measurement, major ion, and nutrient data for water from the Big Cypress National Preserve [USGS_SOFIA_field_data_bicy]
The data catagories include site name, date, time, station ID, record #, agency analyzing sample, agency collecting sample, discharge (daily mean), gage height, lab spec condition, field spec condition, ...
Flow Monitoring Along the Tidal Caloosahatchee River and Tributaries West of Franklin Locks [USGS_SOFIA_Caloos_Franklin_Locks_flow]
Monitoring stations established thru this project are designed as part of a larger network needed for the Caloosahatchee River and tributaries that should remain in place long-term (~10 years). Data ...
Flow Velocity and Water Level Transects [USGS_SOFIA_flow_velocity]
The sheet flow over the Buttonwood Embankment during periods of high flow is an unknown element of the water budget for the Everglades. An ongoing project to estimate the flows over the embankment ...
Freshwater Flows to Northeastern Florida Bay [USGS_SOFIA_freshwtr_flow]
In 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began a study to gage several major creeks that discharge freshwater into northeastern Florida Bay. This study provides flow, salinity, and water-level data ...
Freshwater Flows to the East Coast [USGS_SOFIA_freshwater_east_coast]
Discharges through 10 selected coastal control structures in Broward and Palm Beach Counties and the 16 coastal structures in Miami-Dade County, Fla., Florida, are presently computed using the theoretical ...
Geophysical Data from Spring Valley to Delamar Valley, East-Central Nevada [USGS_OFR_2007_1190]
Cenozoic basins in eastern Nevada and western Utah constitute major ground-water recharge areas in the eastern part of the Great Basin and these were investigated to characterize the geologic framework ...
Geophysical Monitoring of the Southwest Florida Coast [USGS_SOFIA_geophys_mon_fy04]
Water management decisions that impact Everglades restoration efforts require high quality data and reliable hydrologic models. Traditionally these data for hydrologic models have been ...
Glaciological Studies on Vega Island [CDA_AR_GEO_GLAF_VEGA_ISLAND]
Field activities for the 1999/2000 summer campaign: Glaciology Group: a) Stake network surveying and computation of net balamce, ice velocities and ice deformation in selected places of Vega Island, ...
Ground Water Flow and Transport for the SICS and TIME Models [USGS_SOFIA_gw_flow_trans_TIME]
The objective of this project is to develop a numerical groundwater flow model that can be used with the TIME surface water model to quantify and predict flows and salinities in the coastal wetlands ...
Ground Water Level and Land Subsidence in Ishikari Bay Area, Hokkaido, Japan [OBR-GWL_LS]
The main purpose of these observations is to monitor the effects of usage of groundwater so that bad effects on the underground water and the land (such as subsidence) are avoided. In the north region ...
Ground-Water Discharge to Biscayne Bay [USGS_SOFIA_metlang]
The purpose of this project was to quantify the rates of ground water discharge to Biscayne Bay. This was achieved through the collection of field data and the development of two- and three-dimensional ...
Ground-water quality in the Lake Champlain basin, New York, 2004 [USGS_OFR_2006_1088_LCB_NY]
Water samples were collected from 11 public-supply wells and 11 domestic wells during the fall of 2004 for analysis to characterize the chemical quality of ground water in the Lake Champlain basin ...
Groundwater Flow Rates at the Bayside Well Cluster study site [USGS_SOFIA_gfr_bay]
The dataset contains the values for the dyes from the tracer study on the bayside of Key Largo. Treated sewage is injected into the limestone under the Florida Keys via on-site disposal ...
Groundwater Flow Rates at the Oceanside Well Cluster study site [USGS_SOFIA_gfr_ocean]
The dataset contains the values for the dyes from the tracer study on the oceanside of Key Largo. Treated sewage is injected into the limestone under the Florida Keys via on-site disposal ...
Groundwater Produced Internally [geodata_0261]
Groundwater produced internally: Long-term annual average groundwater recharge, generated from precipitation within the boundaries of the country. Renewable groundwater resources of the country are ...
Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions and Relation to Water Quality in the Everglades [USGS_SOFIA_gw-sw_wq_everglades]
At present there are few reliable estimates of hydrologic fluxes between groundwater and surface water in the Everglades. This gap in hydrological investigations not only leaves the water budget of ...
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The Duck Who Couldn't Swim
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Once upon a time, my husband and I and our two sons lived on ten acres overlooking Stillhouse Hollow Lake in Central Texas, near Salado. Our little plot of land bordered the Army Corps Of Engineers land that surrounded the lake.
Our house was high on a hill and the land dropped away behind it in shelf-like layers. On the second layer was the barn and workshop. On the third layer was a small field and a pond, which is Texas is often called a �tank�. The final layer was the lake itself.
We had some mallard ducks, but they were slowly ravaged and eaten by the many critters that lived in the land. A few hardy, crafty hens and a drake survived. One hen layed a large clutch of eggs near the tank. But that didn�t last. Eaten by a fox or a raccoon or a opossum or one of any number of varmints that shared the land with us. So she layed another clutch of eggs on the next higher level of land, near the barn. Same ending.
The poor duck would not give up and finally she deposited her eggs in a nest she created right next to the chimney of our house, which was right outside our picture window. (Remember those?) Each day we could look out and see her sitting there, patient and confident that she was taking care of her eggs. It worked.
A few weeks later she hatched about 9 or 10 little ducklings! The cutest things you ever saw. Hours later she took them down to the pond. Can you even imagine how many tiny steps those little webbed feet took to get down there??
They swam in that pond for a very short time. The catfish we had stocked in the pond opened their wide mouths and swallowed them like bugs! I was horrified for a while, but this is MOTHER NATURE, folks. She�s never seen a Walt Disney movie. Only the strong or the very lucky survive.
Back at the house, the boys were looking at an egg that didn�t hatch. It was still in the nest, but had a little hole in it and you could see a tiny little beak moving and weakly chipping away at the egg shell. MOM, we have to help it! Wow. My husband was a Game Warden and had always told me there is a reason some eggs don�t hatch. The bird inside is weak or mal-formed and just won�t make it anyway. But two little boys didn�t want to hear that, so we gently helped that little duckling fight his way out of the egg, slowly, a little at a time, as natural as we could make it. Put him in a box and sat him on the dryer with a light above him to keep him warm. Fed him, got him to drink. Over the next days, he spent a lot of time in one little-boy-hand or the other, watching cartoons on tv, lol.
We named him, of course. Donald, of course. He grew up fine and healthy, except he walked with a little limp and one of his wings was so crooked it stuck out like an artificial limb not quite correctly attached, so he couldn't fly.
The only thing we forgot to do was put him in water and let him swim. So, he never did want to swim. Wouldn�t go near the water. I often took him out and turned over rocks so he could find crickets and other bugs to eat, lol. He was a very plucky ducky, lol.
In the summer, the boys took him down to swim in the tank with them. He wouldn�t have it. We made a boat from the lid of a styrofoam ice chest, and the boys put a rope handle on it and pulled Donald around the tank on that lid when they swam. He would settle down on that lid and seemed to enjoy the ride! He certainy NEVER jumped off, lol.
He lived a long and happy life, was a real pet, just a little funny looking and certainly the only duck we knew that couldn�t swim, lol.
(Inspired by JUSTJO66's blog, A Lesson from a Duck.
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Beautiful story!
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What a great story. I will have to share with my grandchildren.
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What a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing. These memories can be passed down to future generations for enjoyment! Love all your blogs and think you missed your calling and should have been an author! Have a super great day.
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Karen this was a heart touching story. I could almost see the whole picture the way you told it. You are an awesome writer. I really enjoy reading your memories. Keep them coming. Life is all about memories. You have some real good memories. Thanks for sharing them.
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Great story Karen. I'm with PJ..I've never seen a duck that couldn't swim either but I sure would have liked to have seen one on a styrofoam boat..:o) Sounds like your boys had/have tender hearts for the animals, too, like you and your husband. I think children born with animals to care for learn so many good things from them. Thanks for writing this.
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Wonderful story - and very good lessons for the children too - and maybe for the rest of us too!!
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Maybe nature has its way of letting animals know their limitations. I'm sure Donald didn't miss being eaten like his siblings!
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I agree, GREAT STORY! Your boys could probably remember many great stories about dear Donald, as everybody sees things differently.
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Thanks for the heart warming duck story. I feel for the little duck, but I'm glad that your boys took care of him. That duck knew that your family cared for him. Animals are smarter than we think.
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What a wonderful memory. I bet you sons remember Donald too. You ought to ask them. I have never seen a duck that couldn't swim let alone one being pulled around on a styrofoam raft. I bet it was hilarious. PJ
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Oh, this is a MARVELOUS story, Karen! I love your stories. We do have the same heart for animals. My dh is alot like your dh...he has taught me so much. But my dh was not a game warden though he would love to have been or now wishes he had joined the DNR. He did work for government...just the drain commission.
Keep writing these awesome stories, please!
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I am not any medications, I do all of your suggestions, this calf pain was a first time thing, just the right back of the calf, about 3 inches below the back of my knee, after rubbing the large calf muscle,the resulting big red blotchy area occured below the big calf muscle on the back of my leg, why and what was it???? I have no more pain, just a big yellow red blotch. I take vitamin e and potassium, and coral calcium.
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From June 6, 2012 to June 6, 2013 I drew every single day... that's 1 portrait every day for 1 year!!
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the drawings are of really high quality, you're pretty great and quick, and your work is inspirational. thank you for sharing. hope I can get the courage to take on such a challenge someday.
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Should I worry if my toddler doesn't talk much?
My toddler babbles a lot but he only says a few understandable words and not very often. The pediatrician says he's doing fine and that all kids develop at different rates, but I know he's not talking as much as other kids his age. I'd love to hear from parents of reluctant talkers on what they do to encourage their children, when their kids finally did start talking, and any other advice to help me cope.
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my son is 32 months and only says about 50-100 words but he's really smart. if i try to force him than it doesn't work. but when i let him do it, he does it pretty well. he knows i love him and thats what matters. maybe you should try ot socialize him more.posted 08/06/2008 by k_zolia
My son is 17mths. as well, and all he does is babbles. He just said his first word, "hi" two weeks ago. He is doing early intervention, because he also doesn't point for anything he wants, nor does he understand when we say, "Where's mommy, daddy, brother...". So, I am sure if your toddler is finding a way to communicate with you (even if it's not through the use of words) they are doing just fine as the Dr. said. If you are still concerned if wouldn't hurt to have them evaluated, just ask the Dr. for a reference. Hope this info helps you.posted 07/27/2008 by ajoyforhim
my 15 month old doesn't say anything but "doggy" or "da-da"(which in spanigh has no meaning). i live in the dominican republlic and he was born here. All he does is point at what he wants and makes a question guesture like egh?? and get's upset when i don't know what he wants.i heard this is a good sign. i have tried flash cards and books and ed programs. and when i am at work his nanny works on it with him. he is so advanced in everything else. he runs around, dances and sings (words being da-da or doggy) but he doesn't understand that many commands. i try not to speak too much english, just so he can get one language down. what should i do differently? should i be worried at this point? some one please help.. :)posted 07/10/2008 by anyshia_monique
My daughter is 20 months old and I am concerned that she is not talking as much as she should. She says dada, mama and also calls us by our nick names, she says dog and car a lot and once and a while she will say something new but then never says it again. I am worried because I have a lot of friends with kids my daughter's age and they are all talking a lot more but most of them have other siblings that they can learn from so that may have something to do with them being more advanced. My daughter is an only child so I am wondering if that has something to do with it. I do agree that children develop differently so I am just trying to talk to her and teach her different words but I really don't know what else to do. Sometimes I think she doesn't talk on purpose to drive me crazy :-)posted 07/02/2008 by NVP4280
My daughter is 15 months and she HAS said mama, dada, baba and kitty cat before but she barely ever says them.. She doesn't talk AT ALL.. She is very quiet and likes to do her own thing and cries if I try to teach her things. She is very smart when it comes to other things she just NEVER talks...posted 06/25/2008 by jeanafry
My son will be 4 in Aug but still only word he can say clearly is mommy, daddy, water , pee, food. and I'm really getting worrie, we are bi ligual, and speak two different languages at home, some say that is why he doesn't talk yet. is it true? He is not quiet, he is always talking in his own language we cannot understand. Please let me know, if I need to get helpposted 06/19/2008 by mekeso
My daughter is 21 months old. She says "da da" and "cookie" and sometimes "mama". She is a daddy's girl and says dada more than mama. She was slow to crawl and walk but eventually caught up. I figure she will talk when she is ready. She will point to things if you ask where they are, "nose, ears, etc." My mother said all I would say was "read", "tittie" and "kitty". We were in the grocery store and I was hungry so I kept shouting "titty, momma, titty." My mother kept saying that she didn't see any kitties!posted 05/21/2008 by mamawillis06
My son just turned one and is only saying "dada" and "baba", but not in reference to anything at all. My daughter who is three was signing and was using 5-10 words by now so this is a change for me. I have been reading a lot of the posts and most of the ones in this catagory seem to be about boys. I'm wondering if maybe boys develop slower in speach or if possibly this is just a "second child" situation. Either way, I think my son is healthy and just slower in developing his speech, but I do appreciate everyone's feedback.posted 05/19/2008 by a BabyCenter Member
My little one is almost 15 months old and only says one word. "Dada" And i'm not even sure she understands what she's saying. She babbles all the time. She really thinks she is saying something important and will use hand gestures and everything. She was an early walker/runner. She took her first steps at 10months and at 11months her favorite game was to run around the living room while we chased her. She's even got several dance moves now.(wiggle the butt, bouncing, tapping one foot and spinning) She's caught on to brushing her hair and brings me her sun glasses and hat so that I can put them on her. She's even figured out how to flip the pictures on my iphone. And she figured everything out rather quickly. But we've been trying to teach her to say 'mama' for at least 3 or 4 months and she's only said it 2 times and im not sure she understood what she was saying. It's really frustrating for us. Could it be that we always give her what she wants right away and so has no need to say it?posted 05/09/2008 by Damnitwoman
My son is almost 21 months old. I get nothing but pointing and load noises to get our attention to tell him what he is pointing at. He is our bookworm and can't wait for someone to tell him everything that he points out in the book or out and about. He understand commands really well. Like when we ask him to pick up his cup or get the book he will do it easily but no words. I am getting a little worried. I was tring to think when my older boy started talking so I was watching some of our home movies and started to remember. At this point he had some words and by 2 he knew a ton of words. I ahve heard from other mom's of 2 or more kids who said that the second child talked later as the sibling would always answer for them and we also would jump in and assume we know what they want. I don't know if that is true here as my 5 year old is in kindergarten and I am at home with my 20 month old and we talk alot, especially reading books. I don't know, I just hope it all falls in place.posted 05/08/2008 by Dasha in CA
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Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) Anupam and his brother Raju Kher are not mourning the death of their father Pushkarnath Kher and want people to attend the condolence meet in colourful attires.
"We're indeed celebrating our father's death. He lived a full life. He witnessed so many wonderful happenings during his life. He liked to spread happiness wherever he went. I'm sure he's at this very moment making everyone laugh in heaven," said Anupam.
His father died on Feb 10. Anupam had left for Goa to attend the wedding of his friend David Dhawan's son when the news of his father's death reached the actor. He had to return from Goa airport.
"I'm sure if my father had his way, he'd have urged me to attend the wedding instead of returning."
"My father was my greatest critic and fan. He would call up from our home-town in Shimla inquiring about every snippet of news that appeared about me in Hindi and English newspapers. 'Beta, unhonein aisa kyon likha?' He'd wonder at some insignificant but nasty news item. I had to remind him to just chill," said Anupam
Every morning unfailingly, Anupam made that morning call to his father to give him the lowdown on the previous day's activities.
"More recently, of course, my parents had moved to Mumbai to be with me and my brother. So I was relieved from the pain of missing that morning phone chat with him now when he's not available on the phone any more," said Anupam.
The Khers' home has shunned the normal mournful atmosphere.
"Like I said, we're celebrating his death. For the condolence meeting on Monday, we've asked all our friends to please not show up in the mournful black and white clothes. Come clothed in colours, please. Because that's what my father provided in our lives all his life.
"Lots of vibrant colours of joy and positivity. I know he's up there looking down at us. He will find a way to connect with me, just like he did even in those days of bad STD connections between Shimla and Mumbai," said Anupam.
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Beyond Neutrality and Perfectionism
As we saw in chapter 2, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, civil disobedience was justifiable from a legislative point of view. His principle was that persons should disobey (openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept punishment) those laws that are unjust. This was a principle he advocated knowing full well that persons with deficient conceptions of justice would sometimes apply it. The requirement that we accept the punishment for breaking the law was a way to temper the anarchy that might result if fallible people were at complete liberty to disobey all laws that they thought unjust. King's case is particularly interesting because he justified his views about which laws were just and unjust by appeal to a moral position that was not held by all at the time and is rejected by most contemporary political theorists. His case raises the question of what counts as an adequate political justification, of whether one may simply appeal to a principle because one believes it to be true or whether one must also believe that others will accept the principle.
King appealed to a theistic natural law theory to justify his actions. He defined a just law as "a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God."1 The sources he quoted were theologians: Augustine, Aquinas, Buber, and Tillich. Following Buber, he claimed that the pattern of racial discrimination indicates that whites in their relationship with blacks have substituted an "I-it" relationship for an "I-thou" relationship.2 King's opponents treated blacks as objects rather than as persons who are equal moral agents. Because Locke's original argument also used a theistic natural law theory, a synthesis of the two is fairly easy. But insofar as King makes a religious appeal, he seems to be making an appeal on grounds that persons from some other religious (or irreligious) traditions cannot accept.
1 King, Jr., "Letter From the Birmingham City Jail," p. 529.
2 The named audience for King's letter was other clergymen, but as a public letter
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Recently I have had to search for a new day care center because the one I've had my toddler in is set to close the beginning of July. Since I didn't really have to search when I placed him there, I was trying to figure out the best way to approach finding a new center.
Oklahoma Child Care Resource & Referral Association, Inc. and Oklahoma Department of Human Services published pamphlets full of helpful tips on choosing the best possible care for your child. Here are a few of their guidelines:
1. Start early. As soon as you think you may need child care, start the process. Finding a suitable center takes time and some have lengthy waiting lists, especially for infants and young toddlers.
2. Make a call (and go online). The Oklahoma referral service is free and can provide facts and lists of options in your area. The number is 1-888-962-2772 or you can go online: www.oklahomachildcare.org.
Also, you can go to okdhs.org/childcarefind to search for different day cares based on your personal preferences (how may stars the center is accredited with, ages accepted, type of facility, etc.)
You can also call DHS to request reports on the day cares of your choice. They will detail complaints and violations. For Oklahoma County, the number is 767-2650.
3. Visit & ask questions. Look at important factors in deciding on a facility such as:
-Adult to child ratio. The fewer children to caregiver, the better.
-Group size. Smaller groups are safer and more calm.
-Caregiver qualifications. Find out about their training and education. Degrees/special training for taking care of children are key. Look at the turnover – have the caregivers been there a long time? If they are all fairly new, that may be a red flag. Also be sure someone is CPR certified.
-Star ratings. For any center, be sure they are licensed. DHS gives stars to programs for meeting certain criteria. The more stars, the more the center has done above basic licensing requirements.
-Policies. They should give you a detailed description of all their policies, such as meals, behavior, fees, vacations, field trips, medicine, etc.
Drop in unexpectedly to look around the center. Look at the food menus, methods of discipline, activities, playground areas and anywhere else your child will be. See how caregivers interact with the children. See if it's the environment you would feel most comfortable leaving your child in.
4. Stay involved. Be a part of planning activities for the children (if there are opportunities for this) and attend any parent meetings. Always address concerns with the caregiver and director. That's what they are there for.
5. Go with your gut instinct. The safety and well-being of your child comes first. I had visited 3-star day cares, day cares closest to my home and centers with good reputations. In the end, I had to go with my instinct. The center I chose is one in which I don't think I would ever have doubts leaving my son.
If you'd like further information, or a detailed checklist on what to expect from a day care center and specific questions you should ask, call DHS and request a copy of the handbook "The Parents' Guide to Selecting Quality Child Care."
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I am wondering what you guys and gals out there would recommend for a 29er full-suspension bike (either complete or frame). My issue is that I am 5' 11" but my standover is only 29" at maximum, any ideas? Thanks in advance!
I am wondering what you guys and gals out there would recommend for a 29er full-suspension bike (either complete or frame). My issue is that I am 5' 11" but my standover is only 29" at maximum, any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Just go to your LBS and try some out. What type of riding do you do? For basic trails almost anything that a LBS sell that is full suspension is going to be a quality bike, and your LBS should be able to help you find a bike that fits you well. Just make sure to test ride everything you are thinking about and just pick the one that you like the best.
I have already been to a few shops and I have to cross the Giant Anthem X 29er as wel as the Scott 29'ers off my list. I am looking for a hard-core trail bike, nothing for really technical use. I will be going through tons of mud and potholes, roots, etc. As far as components go, all my bikes usually settle around the XT/X9/X0 range by time I am done upgrading them so the closer to that a bike can start the better.
I personally haven't ever ridden a 29er, nor a newer full suspension bike. But I personally like the looks of both the Trek Superfly and Rumblefish and plan on getting a HT Superfly when I graduate collage, but I also happen to be a Trek MTB fan, so I am a bit biased. But just keep doing what you are doing, and just keep going around to different shops and test riding different bikes and brands. You'll eventually find something you like.
It sounds like you're looking for an XC bike... if you're trying out trail or AM bicycle you will find the bottom bracket is higher and thus the standover is.
I actually have a scott ransom I am trying to get rid of because the bottom bracket is so high its like getting on a monster truck.
Have you tried the stumpjumper 29r? Trek? Maybe a ladies model?
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Look at FS bikes that have a radically sloping top tube or even a curved top tube that provides the stand over you're looking for. Spesh and Trek come to mind. Giant FS bikes still have the straight almost horizontal top tubes on their FS bikes. IMHO, that's a old design especially on a 29er.
I have a RIP 9 and love the frame design on it. The curved sloping hydroformed top tube gives plenty of clearance.
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My 26 S-works fsr stumpjumper has a real low standover.
The 29er looks similar.


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Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol, who had a falling out during "Aisha", have sorted out their differences and were cordial to each other on the sets of "Raanjhnaa", says director Anand L. Rai.
"They are very friendly. There were no issues at all...not even on a single day," Rai said in a group interview.
"Raanjhnaa" will see Abhay teaming up with Sonam and southern star Dhanush.
Abhay plays a guy from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and his character is completely opposite to Dhanush, who will be seen as someone from Benaras, Uttar Pradesh.
"I needed someone with Abhay's persona to stand in front of a boy from Benaras. I needed that confidence and complete character. I wanted to say that Indian youth, whether they are from Benaras like Dhanush or a JNU student in Delhi like Abhay, they have one thing in common, which is confidence," said Rai.
He added that Abhay was his choice for the role.
He praised Sonam too and said: "The best part about her is that she lives at Juhu (in Mumbai) and is Anil Kapoor's daughter. She was born and brought up in Bollywood, but she has a middle-class girl in her...I met Anil sir because of Sonam. It all comes from there. They are pure middle-class people and she has those values."
Sonam plays a simple girl in the film and it was these values in her that convinced the director to cast her.
"Raanjhnaa" is coming out June 21.
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A personal playmaker who provides another compelling entry in East Carolina's walk-on success story - especially from the linebacking unit ... Has risen from scout team contributor to a viable two-deep standing as national honors candidate Zeek Bigger's top backup at the "mike" inside linebacker position ... Could also experience added playing time on kicking units as a blocker and coverage specialist ... Overall, has played in nine career games and booked nine tackles (three solo) ... Has collected multiple tackle totals on three occasions ... Played in two bowl games ... Tallied a tackle during the first spring scrimmage (March 28) ... Logged two more hits in the second matchup on April 11 ... Credited with three stops during the Purple-Gold Game on April 18 ... Did not participate in the strength phase of the spring testing period (for the second-straight year) because of injury ... Agility evaluation was documented with a 32" vertical jump, a 7'6" broad jump, a pro-shuttle time of 4.21 and an impressive three-cone drill clip of 7.05 ... As previously mentioned, initially earned roster position as a walk-on during the spring of 2013.
2014: Appeared in seven games, primarily as a member of special teams unit ... Experienced action vs. N.C. Central, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tulane, Tulsa, UCF and Florida (Birmingham Bowl) ... Recorded seven tackles (two solo), with a career-best four against the Green Wave at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium ... Three of seven stops came on kickoff coverage squad ... Forced first career fumble and credited with a pass breakup against Tulane ... Other multi-stop outing against N.C. Central (two) in season opener ... Also logged single hit vs. UCF.
2013: Quick development enabled move from walk-on status to game-day participant in a span of less than eight months ... Played in two games during inaugural campaign in the ECU program -- UAB and Ohio (Beef `O' Brady's Bowl) ... Recorded first collegiate tackles (two) vs. Blazers ... One hit came on a rushing play, the other on a pass completion ... Did not record any statistics against the Bobcats at Tropicana Field.
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Martha Stewart has emerged as a patron saint for entrepreneurial hipsters, who have begun their own pickling, cupcake and letterpress businesses and are selling crafty goods online.
NEW YORK — Tony Stinkmetal, a many-tattooed East Village artist and a fixture at the Artists and Fleas craft bazaar in Brooklyn, would not strike most people as a Martha Stewart devotee.
But after his business partner, Keith Bishop, watched a 5 a.m. rerun of a Martha Stewart program on how to turn a castoff men's jacket into a throw blanket, he decided to make a similar blanket from discarded Star Wars sheets.
From that first blanket, the two men developed Golly NYC, a brand of T-shirts and lamps created from vintage children's sheets (depicting cartoons or superheroes) inspired by Stewart's emphasis on craftsmanship and perfectionism.
"The truth is, in my own little Alphabet City tattooed way, I'm uptight too, and I like to do things right," said Stinkmetal, who changed his name from Michilini for professional reasons.
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Stewart's company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, has faced some difficult blows lately: substantial financial losses and layoffs and cuts at its magazines and television programs. But Stewart, 71, the founder, has emerged as a patron saint for entrepreneurial hipsters, 20- and 30-somethings who, in a post-recessionary world, have begun their own pickling, cupcake and letterpress businesses and are selling crafty goods online.
Pilar Guzman, editor-in-chief of Martha Stewart Living magazine, said the magazine's readership had become "the intersection between Colonial Williamsburg and Williamsburg, Brooklyn."
Many newer fans are skipping the print magazine entirely. MarthaStewart.com, the company's primary website, has counted a 40 percent jump in traffic among 18- to 34-year-olds every month, year over year, since January.
The number of women in that age group who watched Martha Stewart videos rose 172 percent in the past six months, compared with a decline of 10.5 percent for all Internet users, according to comScore data.
This same demographic of women who viewed Martha Stewart content on smartphones grew 168.3 percent in the past six months, compared with an increase of 14 percent for all Internet users.
Beyond Brooklyn, Stewart has drawn crafting and baking fans from Saratoga Springs to San Francisco who have made MarthaStewart.com the most-shared site among its rivals on the social site Pinterest, according to Pinfluencer.
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While some Martha Stewart fans abandoned their magazine subscriptions and Stewart's high-thread-count sheets after she went to prison for her 2004 conviction for lying to federal investigators about a stock sale, this new generation of fans said her prison time only gives her more street credibility.
"She's such a Suzy homemaker and also did some time in the joint," said Luis Illades, an owner of Urban Rustic, where some of Stewart's store-bought decorations appeared. "That has helped cement her iconic image. Before, she was someone your mother would follow."
Crystal Sloane, 29, who grew up on a dairy farm outside Saratoga Springs, N.Y., reading her mother's issues of Martha Stewart Living, has begun her own business called "Vintage by Crystal," designing miniature animals that Stewart eventually featured on "The Martha Stewart Show."
"She's like the Jesus of the craft world," she said. "Not that I like criminals, but I heard that she just took some bad advice. Anybody can make mistakes."
Stewart has responded to this growing fan base by featuring more of these entrepreneurs in her magazine, such as the custom Maniac Pumpkin Carvers from Brooklyn and Bee Man Candle from Canastota, N.Y.
Last month, she hosted a conference at Grand Central Terminal called American Made to honor young entrepreneurs, and she sponsored a contest for students from the School of Visual Arts to promote their businesses.
The winner, a portable pierogi stand, received a $5,000 cash prize and a year of mentoring from her company's chief executive, Lisa Gersh. Stewart also collaborated on the event with Etsy, the e-commerce site for craft entrepreneurs, and invited its artisans to sell wares at her conference.
"I hope that I'm a teacher and encourager and mentor," Stewart said about her relationships with these younger fans. "Small businesses need boosting."
Financial problems
Despite the encouraging news, Stewart's company has not figured out how to make these loyal fans lift it out of its deep financial troubles, no matter how many costs are cut. In advance of its third-quarter earnings, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia said it would cut back two of its four magazines and lay off about 70 employees, or 12 percent of the nearly 600-person company.
This year, the company cut $12.5 million in broadcasting costs by not renewing its daily programming deal with the Hallmark Channel, breaking its lease on its television-production studio and ending its live audience for "The Martha Stewart Show."
David Bank, an equity-research analyst with RBC Capital Markets, said the company must figure out how to sell to the trendy, not just inspire them.
"The real opportunity is, 'Will they go to Macy's or J.C. Penney and buy her bedsheets and her flatware? You've got to use flatware, even in Williamsburg. That's where the money is really made," Bank said. "Who cares if she's popular if you can't monetize it?"
There's still a gap between Stewart and her younger, tattooed, craft-loving crowd. When asked whether she would ever share her fans' love of tattoos — some even have tattoos depicting Stewart — she bristled at the suggestion and warned how bad they look as people grow older.
"I'm not a big fan of tattoos," she said. "I don't think they have to go quite that far. They could put embroidery on their jacket. They could silk-screen a T-shirt."


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By Jonathan Blaustein, Sister Act
At the end of every youth league soccer game, since the beginning of time, the kids walk in a straight line, slap hands with the opposing team, and say "Good game." It's repeated, until there are no more hands to slap, nor games to play.
The other day, my son, Theo, had a Saturday afternoon affair. Afterwards, his friend Campbell, who played on the other team, walked down the line, saying "Bad game" instead.
Theo was mortified.
"Why would he say that?" he asked, in earnest.
"Because Campbell is a little shit," I said, "and he likes to cause trouble."
Theo nodded in assent. In reality, I might have used slightly more G-rated language, but Campbell is the kid who taught Theo to say "Fuck," so his low character had previously been established. And the game seemingly ended in a tie, so I can see why Campbell was pissed off.
Here in America, we have an old saying: a tie is like kissing your sister. For us, though, a tie means a draw. It doesn't mean a match.
Draws are thoroughly unsatisfying, unless you're Chelsea. Then you feel justified in celebrating like you've just liberated Paris from the Nazis. (What's that you say? Chelsea fans in Paris act like Nazis? Oh. That's right. I'd nearly forgotten.)
We can now say with certainty that Chelsea are the 2014-15 Barclay's Premier League Champions. Shall I take the high road and offer them my heartfelt "Congratulations?"
I'd rather not.
Those wankers are so unlikeable, they make Ted Cruz look like Tom Cruise, circa 1989. And did you hear Mourinho's post-game speech? Tim alluded to it the other day, but really, I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
Even though I'm used to his sour-mouth ramblings, he still managed to give me the OMG face. Rather than celebrate, or mention ANY members of his team by name, he went on a rant about how he chose the hardest league to coach in, and other people didn't. He's the bravest man in world football, for accepting Roman Abramovich's billions.
Tim suggested that he was taking a swipe at Pep Guardiola, for choosing the cushy Bayern job. Not to mention that Pep was only taking on a treble winner, with the pressure to improve. It doesn't matter.
Jose Mourinho proved once again, and for ever-more, that he is the sorest winner and thinnest-skinned-insecure-asshole the world has ever seen. Honestly, he could have sex with Karlie Kloss, and then complain that while she might be the hottest supermodel in the world, RIGHT NOW, there were supermodels in the 80′s and 90′s who were far larger cultural icons, so really, it wasn't that special.
As to the game, we all knew it would end in a draw. And it did. Not. Very. Gratifying.
But you know what was gratifying? The 3-1 win against Hull City yesterday. Talk about a thorough spanking! More please.
It's almost as if nobody remembers that last year, Aaron Ramsey was playing like the most in-form box-to-box midfielder in the world. That's right: in the WORLD. People were saying he was worth £50 Million.
And this year, Alexis Sanchez has been one of the most dynamic players on the planet. His buddy, Mesut Ozil, has within him the potential to do things with a football that most people wouldn't even imagine. (Yes, that was the third magic flick of the year, by my count.)
Now, what might happen if all three of those guys started playing to their potential, together? Throw in the in-form Santi Cazorla, and you'd be hard pressed to find a more delicious group. A core that's now motivated, more than ever, by watching John Terry wet his shorts with joy because his team managed a draw at the Emirates.
Speaking of delicious, and draws, once again there is a method to my madness. Even when I'm so off-topic you suspect I might have ingested hallucinogens, I assure you, we'll get to the point.
Which is this: for the first time, in our last month of Arsenal football for too long, we have a draw for our "Matchday Photo of the Month." Perhaps it was inevitable, as the biggest theme of the season, in this column, is that kids are cute, and people like to take pictures of them. (The second biggest theme is that Steve keeps trying, but just can't win. But more on that in a moment.)
Yes, I might not have expected that we'd get all these kid photos, but now that it's happened, I'm not surprised. We love sharing our passions with our children, and what's more illogical and passionate than fandom?
My son, Theo, is 7, and doesn't fancy Arsenal much. Mostly because he likes playing sports more than watching. But Adrian Lightly's 7-year-old son Theo recently caught his first Arsenal match at Wembley. Look at that scarf. So dashing. And the Spiderman sweatshirt? Adorable. He's looking at the program with such erudite attention, you suspect he might actually know how to read.
But then, our very own Tim sent in this cute picture of his daughter helping him prepare breakfast before the aforementioned Chelsea match. Strawberries and cream with bacon? How do you beat that? Really?
And have you noticed that both pictures are mirror opposites of each other? Compositionally, sure. But one is in the Old World, the other in the new. One's at the stadium, the other getting ready to sit down in front of the television.
You know what you do when you find two photos like these? You declare the contest a draw, and hope your faithful readers will understand.
So, do you? Isn't it the fairest option? Just ask (my) Theo. He loves it when his sister deigns to kiss him. Granted, she's 2, and typically withholds affection, but still. Maybe a draw isn't the worst thing in the world.
Finally, we get to Steve. Always the bridesmaid. Listen, Steve, I'm happy to publish your pictures. I genuinely appreciate that you keep submitting. But if you want to win one, slow down, take more time on your composition, and pay attention to the light. If you're not photographing cute kids, you've got to bring your A-game.
OK. We're done here. And the season is not far behind. Send me some photos this month, and we'll eke out one more column before the summer is upon us.