text: No recent wiki edits to this page. The Ani-Mator violently abused Bird-Brain, handling him like a rag-doll. Cannonball tried to fly, but he couldn't steer while still contained in a metal net. Mirage conjured up an illusion of the one thing that would scare the Anim-Mator; a man he called Commander Hodge. He bgean to grovel before the illusion, but when an Ani-Mate walked through the mirage he took his anger out on Mirage and some of the smaller Ani-Mates. Bird-Brain was then separated from the other New Mutants and sent back down into the maze.The others were kept in the laboratory. Cypher was angry at the basic animal cravings of many of the Ani-Mates, which hurt Wolfsbane who often worried about her animal instincts. When the Ani-Mate who wore an executioner's hood began to ask if Wolfsbane was the wolf-girl, Cypher was the only one who could understand the sexual threats it was making towards her. When Cypher cried out to protect Wolfsbane, the creature struck him. Wolfsbane, still in manacles, transformed into a wolf and lurched at the hooded Ani-Mate, but was soon beaten down and spat on.The New Mutants were then locked inside giant-test tubes. Cypher apologised for what he had said earlier and begged for Wolfsbane to used her animal strength to break the glass, but she had broken down into tears afraid to become a wolf again. However, the Ani-Mator ordered that the embryonic specimens of 'Lot G' should be destroyed. His loyal Ani-Mates through the small around the room, smearing blood and tiny bodies against the glass tubes that held the New Mutants. Wolfsbane tried to change into a wolf, but she was still unable to break the glass. Cypher tried to reassure her through the glass, while Magik remained convinced that Magneto would find all the books & maps they'd left lying around at the school and find them.Back at the school, Sunspot & Warlock were miserable while Magneto ranted about the New Mutants and Bird-Brain. He ordered the two remaining New Mutants to remain in the school while he flew to the Hellfire Club for more help. However, Sunspot & Warlock found all thebooks & maps the others left in the library. Upon hearing the news report about Bird-Brain's burger burglary from the night before they began to piece together the location of the New Mutants. Warlock transformed into a plane, and Sunspot grabbed the maps. Together they flew to find the others.Back on Paradise, the Ani-Mator's island, he computers began to signal an in-coming transmission from Cameron Hodge. He had seen the Ani-Mator's computer search on the New Mutants and enquired why he'd done that. The New Mutants listened to the conversation as Hodge revealed the Ani-Mator's past. He had been a brilliant scientist, but when his university looked into his ethical methods, he was jailed. That was where Cameron Hodge had found him, and that was where Hodge threatened to return him. Hodge commanded that the Ani-Mator remove the animal skull from his head, and ended the transmission without revealing that he was already on his way to Paradise. Unknown to the New Mutants, Hodge or the Ani-Mator, Sunspot & Warlock were a few miles further south.The Ani-Mator replaced the skull upon his head and ranted about how important his work was. He ordered that the New Mutants would become donors, and that he would give their powers to his Ani-Mates. As they were being carried away, Mirage commanded Cypher to talk to the Ani-Mates. He managed to convince them that the Ani-Mator would turn on them and have them all destroyed. The creatures ran for their lives, dropping the New Mutants, and freeing them from their glass cages. More vicious Ani-Mates appeared to attack the New Mutants. So Magik teleported home. She teleported all around the mansion, but failed to find Magneto. She returned to Paradise with a baseball bat to join the fight. Mirage commanded her to teleport the creatures to Limbo, while Cypher used his translation powers to hack into the Ani-Mator's computer and stop the self-destruct sequence.The New Mutants were victorious. Over-joyed they ran for the exit. However, there they were fired upon by The Right's smile-faced soldiers.Commander Hodge appeared. The Ani-Mator complained about Hodge's lies, but was soon physically disciplined. Hodge ordered that the New Mutants be taken away to replace the young mutants he'd recently lost (see the X-Terminators' adventures in X-Factor # 23). He then shot Bufo the frog Ani-Mate and commanded that the rest of the Ani-Mate population be slain. When the Smile-Faces approached, Bird-Brain managed to fly away in time while the other vicious Ani-Mates were shot down. He then flew up and kicked boulders down on the Right soldiers, and dropped others down into the pit-falls & booby traps of the maze. Flying down into the maze, Bird-Brain found other surviving Ani-Mates who swore to help him if he spared their lives.Bird-Brain led a rebellion of Ani-Mates against the Right. He freed Wolfsbane and Cypher from one soldier, while others chewed through the straps on the inhibitor helmets on Cannonball and Magik.The New Mutants began to fight back with Bird-Brain's Ani-Mates on their side. Cypher hid behind a rock when Sunspot and Warlock arrived. Seeing his soul friend, Cypher jumped up and began to wave to Warlock. Warlock was over-joyed to see Cypher, but extended his head across the battle-field to push Cypher back under a rock for his own safety. From their he watched as the New Mutants and Ani-Mates were defeating the Right's soldiers. He saw the Ani-Mator appear out of Hodge's plane with a gun, and take aim at Wolfsbane. Cypher cried out to Wolfsbane that he had a gun, but she misunderstood him and thought he meant the machine guns on the Smile-Face's armour. The Ani-Mator fired. Cypher jumped, pushing Wolfsbane ou of the way.Wolfsbane left Cypher on the floor out of the way of danger, and rebuked him for doing something so dangerous while she leapt back into the fight. The Ani-Mator took aim again, but Bird-Brain knocked the gun out of his hand. As the darkness surrounded Cypher, he apologised to Wolfsbane and promised never to do it again His voice grew weaker. Cypher's head dropped to the floor. He lay dead, face-down on the ground.Cameron Hodge ordered his men to retreat. The plane dropped charges on the island before taking off across the Atlantic. Sunspot and Warlock pursued the plane until a giant squid-like Ani-Mate grabbed it out of the air sending it crashing against the rocks below.Back on shore the Ani-Mator continued to fight with Bird-Brain. Stealing the skull-crown off the Ani-Mator, Bird-Brain stood victorious. Wolfsbane was so happy with him that she ran up & hugged him. She called for Cypher to come out of his hiding place, but Mirage found him lying on the ground.Wolfsbane screamed his name, and run to his. She begged him to stop teasing them and broke down when she realised he was dead. Warlock poured over Cypher's body begging him to rejoice in their victorious return. The Ani-Mates stood around in reverence as Cannonball realised this was the reason why Magneto continued to ground them.The New Mutants were grief stricken and full of guilt at the cost of their recklessness. The Ani-Mator began to gloat how he had tried to kill Wolfsbane, but Cypher got in the way. Magik held him in a stepping disc, and threatened to shoot him in the head. However, Wolfsbane begged her not to for Cypher's sake. In a fit of anger, Magik sent the Ani-Mator to Limbo.The Ani-Mates then began to tear at the bodies of their fallen comrades. Bird-Brain stopped them, telling them to honour their dead. Through his tears Cannonball explained to the Ani-Mates that making decisions and dealing with the consequences made them into men. He told them to give themselves names, as they had earned that right and it was what Cypher would have wanted.


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Mother's Day
May 8, 2016
As I reflected on Mother's Day this morning and the mom I have and the things I wanted to tell her that I love about her, I realized that an entirely new layer has been added to her "credentials".
Almost two years ago, my mom drove my dad to the hospital early one morning for a surgery that was supposed to be routine, would require a few days in the hospital, and a few months until he would be back hiking and biking.
Something went very wrong in the surgery, and a cascade of bad events afterwards changed my parents' lives.
When my mom brought my dad back home two months later, she became his caretaker. She encouraged him in his exercises to restore his health, she took him to his many doctors' appointments, she helped him get from here to there, she was his constant companion, and, as always, his best and most loyal friend. Her life changed dramatically, yet she barely batted an eye at the changes that were necessary. She took on the challenge, as she always has, and she looked for ways to give him more help, more dignity, more comfort, and the best life he could have.
If you haven't read the post below this one, about my dad and his death, I will post an excerpt here that is fitting for this Mother's Day post…….
It's impossible to think of my dad without my mom. He adored her, cherished her, protected her. My mom is an incredibly admirable woman in many many ways. But the picture I'll remember of her for the rest of my life, the one I'll tell my children about, and revisit in my mind again and again, is the one of her caring for my dad during the nights he was at his sickest. I slept with her in their room the last few nights of my dad's life so that I could help her listen for him and make sure he didn't try to get out of bed in his sleep. I would wake up and see her there in the dark, leaning over his bed in her nightgown, whispering to him gently, calming him with her voice, telling him she loved him. She would straighten his covers and make him more comfortable in whatever way she could, there in the dark. I've birthed eleven babies, and the picture of my mom caring for my dad across the room in the night rivals the first nano-seconds of my babies' lives when they were lifted up, slippery and red, for me to behold. I don't know any better way of explaining to you, reader of these humble words, the magnitude of my mom's example and how it has affected me forever.
On this Mother's Day, as I reflect on all that has happened the last year in our lives, I want to acknowledge the incredible dedication my mom had for my dad, and the incredible example of love she showed him and all of us who were there.
So thanks, Momma, for being such an incredible mom……by taking such amazing care of my dad.
My dad
August 12, 2015
My dad died yesterday.
He was the gentlest man I've ever known.
He loved the underdog. He loved hiking in the mountains. He loved his wife greater and better than any man I've ever seen. He loved people in ways that are uncommon and incredibly special. He was a wise and godly man. He had a special mind, able to think up games in the yard to play with his kids, or new ways to expand his business. He was tender-hearted, soft-spoken, easy to be with. He was curious, incredibly kind, slow to anger.
I want to be like him when I grow up. I want to care about others as deeply as he did. I want to be gentle and soft-spoken. I want to be wise and tender-hearted. I want to love others more than I love myself.
I got to spend what would be his last night caring for my dad. My mom, who has spent the last year tending to his every need and caring for him tenderly and selflessly, desperately needed rest, so I stayed in their room with him, awakening hourly to give him the medications that people need in the end of their lives. I went to him every time he cried out or let me know he needed or wanted something that I could give. He was incredibly agitated and nothing we had given him calmed him down or helped him rest and have peace. The only time he rested and slept peacefully that night was when I rubbed his back…….arguably one of his top three pleasures in life. At one point in those last hours, he thanked me. I told him that it was my absolute privilege to serve him. And I meant it. All those years of taking care of ME, caring about MY life, being a dad who loved me more than he loved himself, being an amazing example…..rubbing his back, bringing him a sip of cold water, whispering in the dark to try and ease the anxieties on the last night of his life, was a privilege of epic proportions. I may never ever again in my lifetime be blessed in that manner, and I will remember that night for the rest of my days.
When I've prayed over these last few months, when we all knew my dad was terminal, my prayer wasn't that he would be healed. My prayer, over and over again, was to thank the Lord that He gave me my dad…..that He made me to be born into THIS family, with THIS man as my earthly father. What a blessing that was! How utterly and profoundly thankful I am to have been given the dad I was.
When I think of God, I think he's like my dad…..gentle, wise, loving others in incredible ways, always rooting for the underdog.
As I finish writing this post, my dad has been gone now for almost 43 hours. I miss him terribly. But I've been wondering since he left about what all he's seeing and doing in Heaven. I'm thrilled for him. I'm so glad he's rid of that body he had that went bad on him in a matter of hours almost one year ago. I rejoice that his time on earth is over. But I miss his presence here with us.
It's impossible to think of my dad without my mom. He adored her, cherished her, protected her. My mom is an incredibly admirable woman in many many ways. But the picture I'll remember of her for the rest of my life, the one I'll tell my children about, and revisit in my mind again and again, is the one of her caring for my dad during the nights he was at his sickest. I slept with her in their room the last few nights of my dad's life so that I could help her listen for him and make sure he didn't try to get out of bed in his sleep. I would wake up and see her there in the dark, leaning over his bed in her nightgown, whispering to him gently, calming him with her voice, telling him she loved him. She would straighten his covers and make him more comfortable in whatever way she could, there in the dark. I've birthed eleven babies, and the picture of my mom caring for my dad across the room in the night rivals the first nano-seconds of my babies' lives when they were lifted up, slippery and red, for me to behold. I don't know any better way of explaining to you, reader of these humble words, the magnitude of my mom's example and how it has affected me forever.
The Bible tells us that we have the hope and promise of reuniting with those who have gone on before us if we are saved. I can't wait to see my dad again. Until that day, I never want to forget the legacy my dad left us all.
I want to LIVE that legacy.
April 26, 2014
The title says it all, huh?
Those of you who have seen it know what I'm talking about.
I think I made a mistake by buying the soundtrack yesterday. It played on the iPod for no less than six hours. Seriously.
To say the songs are catchy and addictive is like saying the Grand Canyon is an annoying pothole.
My 15-year-old may sing it more than my princess-obsessed little girls.
And he's a boy. It's adorable. I want to kiss him all over his face and snuggle him in my lap, but he's two inches taller than I am, and probably outweighs me too. But to hear him singing "Do you wanna build a snowman?….." as he's doing his morning chores may be cuter than when he was 2, in a sleeper, with a lisp…and my regular readers certainly know how I feel about THAT!
Also? My big, manly military husband does all the motions to "Let It Go"….with the theatrical arm-flinging and spinning, and general ice-queen-ness.
He told me that he went into a meeting at work the other day, singing one of the songs…..and another guy there joined in.
Even my 17-year-old son has been caught singing a line here and there. He just smiles sheepishly because, really, you can't help yourself.
And I'm not embarrassed to admit that I sing some of the songs at the top of my lungs while making breakfast. The kids all cringe and tell me I'm ruining it, but the reaction is half the reason I do it.
I'm all mature like that.
You just can't help yourself with this movie, can you?
This Morning
March 8, 2014
So this was a conversation that was heard in our house this morning…….
Yummy Man was telling the bigger kids about the Malaysian plane that disappeared from radar recently.
12-year-old: "Good thing they weren't flying over the Bermuda Circle!"
I think we need to revisit shapes.
After a few cracks about the Bermuda Square and the Bermuda Quadrangle from other family members who find themselves humorous, we got it straightened out.
But I think I pulled a muscle laughing about that one!
Good thing about having lots of kids? Lots of laughter!
My life is pretty cool.
February 24, 2014
We use Easy Grammar for our grammar curriculum.
Because it's easy.
One of my kids, who shall remain nameless, had a section that required him to make certain words into plural form. He had easy words like "shark" and "house", and then slightly harder ones like "woman" and "salmon". Then he had the trickier ones like "crisis" and "curriculum".
But the one that stumped him was "puff".
He'd already done the plural of "calf" and "knife" and I guess he had that method stuck in his head.
Because he wrote down that the plural of "puff"?
And I'm STILL gonna be laughing over that one when I'm 80.
In Keeping With the Potty-Training Theme
February 16, 2014
Here is a conversation I had with 3-Year-Old a few weeks ago as I was helping her get dressed for bed…..
3-Year-Old: "Mommy! I went icky in my undies today in the garage!" (She had been wearing training pants and thought this was a significant occurrence that needed to be brought up.)
Me: "Oh, that's not good. We don't go icky in our undies EVER, and CERTAINLY not in the garage!"
3-Year-Old then gave me an expression that was a cross between I-can-if-I-want-to and WHY-is-that-not-something-we-do? It-was-a-nice-place-to-go….quiet-and-private-and-heated.
Me: "If you need to go icky, go in the potty! Just tell Mommy that you need to go and I'll help you, just like normal, ok? Because we just don't go icky in the garage in our undies. MOMMY doesn't go icky in her undies in the garage. 11-Year-Old doesn't go icky in her undies in the garage. 9-Year-Old doesn't go icky in her undies in the garage. GRANDMA doesn't go icky in her undies in the garage (correct me if I'm wrong here, Momma). DADDY doesn't go icky in his undies in the garage. 17-Year-Old doesn't go icky in his undies in the garage." (You're seeing a theme here, aren't you?)
3-Year-Old, looking confused and apparently feeling the need to clear up my obvious confusion: "NO, Mommy! I-I-I-I-I-I (big emphasis on this) go icky in my undies in the garage!"
Totally missed the point.
But….MAN, she's cute and funny! (Even WITH the icky-in-her-undies-in-the-garage thing.)
WARNING! Gross Post Ahead!
February 4, 2014
If this is your first time reading this blog, you probably want to start in a different area because THIS post will make you wish you hadn't come here. It also might make you a little nauseous. And shuddery. So I would suggest that you start reading here or here. You'll thank me. Seriously.
If you are not a mother, or you have weirdly clean and hygienic children, or you are easily grossed out by gross things that are gross, read no further. Go read a blog by a mom who has kids whose clothes always match and who never do anything gross. (And good luck with that.)
Because THIS post could win an award for being gross AND may earn me a call from concerned and possibly horrified, grossed-out friends and family. Who think it's gross.
(I'm also going for a record for how many times I can use the word "gross" in a post. Can you tell?)
Three-Year-Old, who is in the process of potty-training, gave us all a collective shudder this afternoon.
And not in a good way.
She was sitting on the potty and had made a deposit, if you catch my drift. She was being supervised by a sibling who wouldn't have had any reason to think that letting her eat a pretzel stick on said potty would be cause for any kind of restriction or alarm. I probably would've let her do the same thing when I was her age. This turned out to be a bad thing, however.
Because, well, she accidentally dropped it.
And not on the floor.
Also? She fetched it. From the potty with the deposits in it.
Also also? Um…….. She ate it.
Again, in case you passed out there for a second like I did when I heard the story……
She. Ate. It.
And that, my friends, is the grossest thing any kid of mine has ever done.
That I know of.
If you decide, after reading this, to delete this blog from your feed reader, I won't hate you or even blame you. I'd probably do the same thing.
But then I'd reconsider.
Because a mom who actually admits this kind of thing happens in her house, has GOT to be a WAY worse mom than I am.
And I would need and relish that knowledge on bad days when I'm feeling like the worst mom in the world.
I would just remember that horrible mom whose kid ate her snack out of the poopy toilet.
You're welcome.
Also? Thank you to those of you who told me a gross story or two from your house to make me feel better about the stories that happen in THIS house. It's a good feeling to know we're not as weird as I thought.
Sorry About That
January 29, 2014
So if you weren't up early reading possibly-offensive blog posts yesterday morning, you missed my possibly-offensive blog post.
I wrote it and thought it was pretty good, although I did grimace a time or two while typing it out. Then I hit "publish" and had Yummy Man read it and he jokingly expressed concern that we might get a knock on our door from Child Protective Services if word got around. But I just kinda snorted and said that this is what happens to moms with kids and this is what kids DO, although she's the first one of mine who has ever done it, and she's number 10.
So then I went to bed and didn't think about it until the next morning…..when it was very early here and I was nursing and I got horrified by the incident, looking at it from YOUR viewpoint. And I thought maybe it would be just too gross to post. (Hey! I'm a poet!)
So now that I've got your interest, here's what we'll do. If you want me to post the gross story, tell me the grossest thing any of your kids have ever done…..and let me give a caveat here. I'm not talking teen-age grossness….I'm talking toddler grossness. If any of yours exceed or come close to the story I was hesitant to post, I'll post it. Deal?
Get crackin'.
Gross me out.
So I've been out of commission, so to speak. I've had some emails inquiring about my condition, and I'm happy to say that we are now the proud parents of another sweet little boy.
Okay, maybe not LITTLE little, but little to us.
And now I will commence with the birth story, so if you are not inclined to curiosity about such things, I'll give you a minute to excuse yourself. Also? If you have any kind of modesty issues or squeamishness towards anything having to do with blood, placentas, the breaking of womb waters, or just general talk of "girl stuff", please do us all a favor and get lost.
Sorry. Lost it there for a minute. I have little patience with people who aren't completely fascinated with my girly innards that produce the most awesome babies in the universe.
Is that a problem?
Okay, so here goes…….
First of all, I must put this first part in caps, because it's so awesome…….
See? Awesome!
I had gotten everyone up for the day and was getting 3-year-old dressed for church. I was sitting on the floor in her room, slipping her dress over her head when I felt it.
The Gush.
This was the third birth I've had that began with my membranes rupturing. It's not a pleasant feeling, but IS a very good gauge of how fast I then needed to move, and a kind of alarm, making it very well known to me that labor was coming.
I yelled to Yummy Man, thinking he could hear me, but he couldn't and besides, the three older girls in the room with me ran yelling down the hallway that my water had broken. I think it was the single greatest and most unusual sentence they had ever uttered…..and they relished it. The teen-aged boys that we have here, shuddered quietly and retreated to their room. I yelled for beach towels and cloth diapers and basically began barking orders while waddling around the house with the equivalent of a hay bale between my legs. Yummy Man ran to help me, asking what to do and what I needed. He was very happy that this had finally begun because he'd been bugging me about it for weeks.
Weeks, I tell you.
While sitting on the potty, hoping to drain all the juice I could from my loins, (See? I told you this was gonna get earthy.) I called the hospital and told the GUY that answered (WHY oh WHY are there men on the OB ward?) who I was, that my water had broken, that it wasn't the best color, and that my labors go pretty fast.
We can see the hospital from our backyard, so it only took a few minutes to get there. From the time my water broke, until they made sure that I was indeed in labor and the contractions truly started was about an hour.
They got me in a bed to monitor me before they committed to admitting me to give birth. I told them that I was very anxious to get an epidural as soon as possible because the labor was going to go fast and I didn't want to do it without an epidural.
I LOVED that they listened to me and actually got the anesthesiologist from another room to come and take care of me. Everyone who helped me that day was very aware of the time and had an urgency to all that they did because of my history and because they actually took me seriously. I have never experienced this before in any other hospital births and I was highly impressed and almost embarrassingly grateful.
They moved me to what would be my room and got me settled with the epidural. It was the easiest, best epi I've ever had and I almost hugged the guy who did it. He was respectful and gentle and now I'm thinking it was because he kinda viewed me as his grandmother and wanted to help me in my time of need…..but maybe not.
At this point, I was between 6 and 7 cm dilated. The midwife actually asked me if I thought she should check me when I arrived and I told her that I DID want her to so that we knew where we were. So that was the verdict. At that point, it was about 3 hours since my water had broken.
The epidural made me happy and things were calm and nice for awhile. At about the 4 hour mark, for some reason, EVERYONE in the room all left at the exact same time, even Yummy Man. He was going to get me more ice water, but ALL the nurses and midwife just left the room to tend to other things. And wouldn't you know, THAT'S when Tiny Britches decided to slide down into the birth canal. I yelled for Yummy Man and he came running back in really fast and maybe called out to others..not sure. But let me say here that, for a split second, I considered calling out to one of the nurses or the midwife who had just left, seeing as how they were just outside in the hallway since the nurses' station was right there. But I couldn't remember their names, and just calling out, "DOCTOR!" or "NURSE!" just seemed like a bad Chevy Chase movie or something.
(Yes, I was thinking about Chevy Chase movies while my baby boy hovered on the brink between the inside of my womb, and the outside of my womb. I am not a normal mother.)
So Yummy Man yelled for someone and they all came running back in. Again, the midwife asked if she should check me and I told her that she really did need to because his head was just inside me and I knew things were gonna go fast. I was complete at that point.
But then Little Britches decided to make things more interesting by squeezing off his cord, or perhaps holding his breath…..wait, can a baby not yet born even do that?
Anyway, they lost him on the heartrate monitor and then things got dicey.
They put me on oxygen and started yelling at me to turn this way and that way and get up there and put that down there and basically be a Russian gymnast who can barely move her legs because of the epidural AND who can barely move PERIOD because she has the equivalent of a birthing ball filled with cement inside her abdomen.
They faintly got his rhythm back, but then promptly lost it again. Somewhere in there, they shoved a large needle in my arm to stop the contractions while they tried to get him back on the monitor but that didn't seem to work. So at this point, the midwife starts explaining to me that the worst case scenario is that they take the baby by c-section, but she is really going to work hard at getting him out the normal way.
A few minutes later, and more flinging me here and there and everywhere, she told me that I was GOING to push the baby out NOW, and since I was only having mild contractions now because of the medicine they had given me, THEY would tell me when to push.
So basically, it was 5 minutes or so of really brutal football practice, where all the coaches are yelling at you to PUSH! PUSH! PUSH! and you ARE, but it doesn't feel like you're doing anything because they are STILL all yelling at you, saying the baby has to come NOW, and did I mention that they were yelling?
Because normally, isn't it the mom that's yelling?
Yeah, I thought so too.
But I was busy pushing while they yelled at me.
And there was yelling.
So after 5 or 6 pushes (wherein my caregivers yelled at me), our eleventh baby was born!
And when the midwife pulled him out, she raised him up in the air and exclaimed, "THAT'S a toddler!"
He weighed 10 lbs., 14 oz.
And he is my SECOND biggest baby.
He looks uncannily like number 9…..so much so that I tell people that I had twins….5 years apart. He is precious and good and handsome and cuter than white kittens.
I just love that little kid to death. Funny how incredibly much you can love someone you just met.
So that's the story. I think it's one of my best yet. =)
A Little Announcement
November 18, 2013
So there's one little detail I forgot to tell my readers.
You know, both of them.
I'm within spitting distance of bearing our 11th baby.
I know. I get really fun around this time. I'm just full of cheerfulness, optimism, and sparkling rainbows.
I'm 44 years old; I have gray hair mixed in with my brown hair, wrinkles in places you would expect, and a huge belly that makes people stare when I walk into a room or store or restaurant. I'm very close to reminding everyone that they each have their own personal cameras on their phones and THIS would be a good time to use them.
With every past pregnancy, I haven't had to deal with the stuff I have to deal with this time, namely smart-alecky, teen-aged boys who find themselves highly amusing.
I have 3 of them now in the house and they make fun of me as often as possible, slamming themselves against the wall when I walk past like there's not enough room for both of us there, laughing at me and making beer-gut and burping jokes when I scratch my belly, and stuffing couch pillows under their shirts and lumbering around the house. You know, respectful things like that.
Also? They call me Bump. As in, "What's up, Bump?" and "What's for supper, Bump?"
And I'm past the paddling stage with them, seeing as how one of them is over 6′ 5″, another one weighs as much as I do when I'm not pregnant, and the other one was born with bulging biceps. Girl babies in the nursery when he was born were like, "Whoa, dude. Those are impressive guns!" 'Cause, you know, baby girls talk like that.
The balance of power has shifted, although I can still send them to bed early and take away computer privileges.
Way better than paddles.
Don't mess with Mommy when her hormones are like an impending tsunami, being held back by a pitiful, shoddy ocean dam.
Yesterday, the dam cracked a little. I woke up with a mental list of all the things Yummy Man had done before going to bed that didn't sit well with me then, and was SO gonna come out now. And it came out and he was okay with it, actually, since it wasn't anything really important in the scheme of life….just in that seriously-hormonal moment in time when trivial things become massive vehicles of doom. And then I cried about the birth and all that fear that I get when I'm close to birth and how I wish I was like those women who look forward to all of this, and I'm just dreading all the pain and yuckiness and pain, and pain. And then I also maybe cried a little bec we were turned down for an assignment to Europe. That was supposed to be my Christmas present from Yummy Man, but the Air Force Personnel Center apparently didn't get that memo or, as an alternative, read my mind. What a bunch of losers!
This child is going to be between 10 and 11 pounds and probably come out with shoulders the size of Yummy Man's. We've had this issue before and, when I was telling the midwife at the hospital about how big my baby boys are, and how I should've considered the size of our offspring when I was choosing a mate, she about bust something laughing. I didn't see the humor. I was serious. If you want to have small, fragile babies that slip out without much fanfare at all, do NOT marry a man who has a lethal DNA mix of Dutch and German ancestry. Marry small. Like, leprechaun small. Trust me on this.
But I AM excited about meeting this little boy and being his mommy and watching how he becomes the little man God wants him to be. It's just the getting-him-here part that bothers me at times.
Seriously. I'm not a bad mommy. I just have a problem with the entire idea of pain. I even felt bad for the cow we used to have, when SHE gave birth. I was all….."I know, Momma. I feel your pain. Push through it. You can do it!" And I do realize how weird that is.
If you haven't been reading my blog for awhile (What is WRONG with you?), then you won't understand my references to birth pain and will probably think I'm a big, wimpy, prissy loser. But you'd be kinda wrong, seeing as how half of my babies have been over 9 pounds, and most of THOSE over 10. AND I had my biggest baby, who weighed 11 pounds, on the living floor in our house in Iowa.
Those are my mom credentials. If I had a business card, all my babies' birth weights would SO be on it, along with how many times we've moved as a family and how many instances of child-vomiting I've endured and cleaned up.
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Heads Up, New Bern! A wonderful �breath of fresh air� came to our city on December 1st, at the Convention Center. The event was �Breakfast With Santa.� If ever a city or country needed some joyous news this was the time. The event brought families together in time of fun and joy. How sweet it was to see these families eat together in such an environment of fun and happiness!
The children had the opportunity to talk with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus and have their picture made with Santa. The children also had the opportunity to write a letter to Santa and guess what! The letters of each child will be answered and sent to them. Games, food, and gifts were available to all. And, the decorations were totally adorable and awesome!
Many thanks to all those who made this possible. A special thank you to the CarolinaEast Foundation for the magnificent orchestration toward this event. My special thanks to three wonderful ladies, Jill Thompson, Joni Bass, and Amy Willis!
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I have to say that Deep Blue Sea (1999) is another movie I saw way back and I did not like it much. I like the idea of genetically engineered sharks with massive brains terrorizing a group of scientists but this movie could have been so much better. The cast is great and includes Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, LL Cool J, Michael Rapaport, Samuel Jackson and Stellan Skarsgard but there were many cheesy moments. I also felt like LL Cool J had a clause in his script for extra screen time.
All that being said, the CGI had moments that looked horrible and the death scenes were enjoyable. Deep Blue Sea is not exactly horror because it is not scary and the Sci-Fi bits are not too in depth. I would not watch Deep Blue Sea again but it was an okay late night horror movie creature feature film.
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Year: 1999
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FONTANA — As part of their year-long 50th anniversary celebration, The Abbey Resort will host a Lego building event Feb. 16 and 17.
The event features Lego user groups from Wisconsin and Illinois, whose members will give workshops throughout the weekend, according to a statement from the resort.
According to the resort's media release, featured exhibits will include a miniature winter village with trains, a model of Frank Lloyd Wright's Hardy House, Wild West-inspired scenes and large sculptures of popular cartoon and historical characters.
The event is free and includes three interactive workshops for children, who will get a chance to play with various brick pieces for combining elements, according to the statement.
Rob Sheets, marketing director at the Abbey, said the Lego event has been in the area before.
"It's been awhile since they've been back," he said. "Expert Lego all-stars will put together their own exhibits ... and a 50th anniversary (Abbey) logo will be on display in our lobby."
One of the workshop experts, Dave Xandegar wants to help children "level up" their Lego building.
"Most children live in a world with the mini-people (Lego sized)," Xandegar said. "That's the scale that they think in. We're going to help them translate their building ideas into a larger figure."
To build a life-sized model of a person, he said start with a body part.
"We start them off with a hand or a foot in that size," Xandegar said. "We tend to build fairly large sized figures."
The target range for his workshops is 5 to 12 years old, but he'll accept older kids, too, he said.
"We don't care if there are older kids," Xandegar said. "And we bring Duplo bricks just in case we get younger kids."
Duplo is the same Lego brick in a larger size for kids up to 5-years old, according to the Lego website.
Xandegar works with his son in the workshops, and they have been doing workshops for many years.
The Northern Illinois Lego Train Club, the Chicago Lego User Group and the Kenosha Lego User Group will also be at the event.
"In honor of the Abbey's 50th anniversary, we are scheduling celebratory events throughout the year like the All-Star Lego Show," David Lindelow, general manager of the Abbey, said. "A weekend at the Abbey Resort & Avani Spa on Lake Geneva offers plenty of indoor and outdoor winter fun. Partnering with regional Lego clubs to provide engaging and fun Lego activities is one more experience families can enjoy together during a winter getaway."


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Hi I just found this group but have been on BBC for a while, just started getting on regularly the last week or so, Im hooked. Im Tina and have a son that will be 10 August 27th and had twin boys on May 11th (Were due on June2). I am a SAHM, I am glad I can be home wiht my children but I am very bored and am totally lacking in adult communication. Anybody else have twins out there?
New here wanted to say hello and give intro...
Wife to Jeff, mother of Ethan August 27, 1999 & Dylan and Ashton Due June 2nd but born May 11, 2009. TINA (Nebraska mommy)
Hey! I'm Kas, I've been on BBC for nearly 3 years-so I'm a lifer I guess!
I've got a 23 month old (sounds better than 2, LOL) and a 27 year old boyfriend. We reside in Grand Island.
Nice to meet you!
Where are all the Nebraska moms?? When I found this group I was excited to meet other NE moms and I see little activity. SexGrinch do you get on here regualrly. I have been getting on her 3 to 4 times a day (it is what keeps me from going nuts sometimes). Anyway nice to meet you too I live about 60 miles from GI in a dive of a town wih a pop of less that 500. yeh nothing but an ampride, and they wonder why people in a small town drink so much uhh hello nothing else to do. Maybe thats why I so cranky I havent drank for the last year. LOL
Wife to Jeff, mother of Ethan August 27, 1999 & Dylan and Ashton Due June 2nd but born May 11, 2009. TINA (Nebraska mommy)
I live in Omaha and have a 17 month old daughter. No twins, but I am a twin and my little sister also had twins!
♥ G+J (2003)= Hannah 3/13/08 ♥Lila 11/22/13♥
I'm about 45 miles from GI, small town....same ol' same ol'! Been on here for most of this pregnancy. The NE board is REALLY slow though!!!! Good for event ideas....not much else....so keep it goin!
I live in Wood River between GI and Kearney and really want to meet some moms to hang out with but not having much luck! I have two boys ages 15 months and 7 weeks. I also don't have a car so can't go anywhere I can't walk to. Not on BBC too much since pretty busy between the two boys.
Shari (24)�and Casey (27) married 6-4-05
Belton, MO
SAHM to Sean 4-30-08, Logan 6-22-09, and Ella 7-31-10
I know me either I woulk like to meet some moms to hang out with that would have a kid my oldest age and a newbie but no such luck. Just kinda hang out I am SAHM so don't really go anywhere besides groc. store, and thats not very fun with 3 kids.
Wife to Jeff, mother of Ethan August 27, 1999 & Dylan and Ashton Due June 2nd but born May 11, 2009. TINA (Nebraska mommy)
HOLY COW. Lots of Central NE ladies! Anyone interested in a meet up?
I'm on BBC everyday. After 11pm :) I check in sometimes when I'm at home. But Cindy Lou doesn't appreciate it!
We can get this board hopping! Just post on it! I check it everyday to every other day. I can check it more though!
I've already meet two BBCr's I've meet on this board. Just got off the phone with one :) and doing pedi's with the other at noon!
THAT is how cool I am. (They might disagree, but they're lying...)
I'd be in for a meet up! Even if I had to shuffle Shari and her LO's around!
Or an Omaha Zoo Meetup!!!!!
I'm a Nebraska mama, too! I live in Louisville (south of Omaha about 20 miles) with DH and my 2-month old son. I'm on BBC a LOT because it gets boring sitting around my house with a sleeping baby.
If there's one thing Babycenter has taught me, it's that no matter how you choose to raise your kid, you're probably wrong.
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Wow . . Lots of new faces. I'm Jenni 23 and my son is Korbyn 16mo. and we live in Loup City, but we spend most of our time in Grand Island and Kearney.
I work part time over night so Im usually on midnight-8am
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Introduced some patchy fog into the forecast as we are expecting some light fog to develop after the 200am-300am time frame. It will be a warm night by May standards with lows in the low to mid 60s in most areas. Normal lows are in the upper 40s to around 50. && .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Saturday night) Issued at 320 PM EDT Thu May 26 2016 Forecast concerns deal with convective trends through the period. Latest vis loop shows enhanced cu from far southwest Kent county through central Montcalm county. We`ve seen pulse storms develop and quickly dissipate along the line. Mesoanalysis shows 1500 j/kg MLCAPE and LIs near -6c. Aloft we`re moving into a brief period of NVA which may keep a lid on the storms. Shear is marginal, around 25 knots and unless that increases, any storms that develop should be sub severe. That said, decent drying in the lowest layers from latest AMDAR soundings suggest the potential for gusty winds and small hail. Coverage and intensity of the storms should diminish this evening as instability decreases. Another weak short wave will approach around 06z and since we`ll still be in a soupy airmass we should see convection develop again. The LLJ increases to 35 knots Friday afternoon and that could keep convection going through the evening. We have highest pops Friday afternoon and then diminishing Friday night and Saturday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible Saturday and Saturday night as low pressure moves from the southern Plains into the upper Mississippi Valley. We`ll remain on the east side of the system which means high moisture content and decent instability. Precipitable water values from Friday afternoon through Saturday night will be near 1.5 inches. Thus any storms that develop will be capable of locally heavy rain. .LONG TERM...(Sunday through Thursday) Issued at 320 PM EDT Thu May 26 2016 The main challenge in the long term deals with the potential for storms over the later half of the holiday weekend. The trend is for less in the way of rainfall on Memorial Day. Models are showing the mid level trough passing through the forecast area on Sunday. This will act to keep the risk for showers and thunderstorms going then. This feature loses amplitude as it goes by. Low level wind fields on Sunday are still elevated and instability will be present...but mid and upper level winds are forecasted to decrease. So if we do end up with storms...the risk for severe weather looks low at this time. A weak surface high pressure system is shown to move in for Memorial Day. This would keep the risk for any shower and thunderstorm activity low. Given the weakening nature of the mid level wave that tracks through on Sunday...it is still not certain how much dry air will move in for Memorial Day. The GFS actually is developing thunderstorms across WI on the backside of this weak high. The GFS has been forecasting too much instability lately...thus the more stable High Res Euro seems better. Will only feature a very low pop. More in the way of a dynamic system is shown to move in for the middle part of the week. Thus a higher probability of storms will exist then...with some possibly strong. Will keep the trend of above normal temperatures going. The brunt of any cool airmass is forecast to stay in Canada. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday night) Issued at 131 AM EDT Fri May 27 2016 It will continue to be a warm and muggy next 24 hours. This will keep the risk of afternoon/evening thunderstorms in the forecast, but they will remain widely scattered. 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- GSXR Rockstar Fairings. This line of fairings is used to promote Rockstar drink. Compared to other fairings, this one has its variety and combination of colors. The color blue is a very popular color that combines with red, black and white. If you are looking for fairings kits with variety of bright colors, then this one is best to consider.
- GSXR Corona Fairings. The Suzuki fairing line is put out with logo and corona crown on its side fairings. Some of the designs here are simply white with color black lettering. Yellow blue is one of the most popular designs which are the color of tank cover and side fairings. If you choose this fairings line for customizing your Suzuki GSXR bike with fairings, for sure you will love it.
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Thank you so much Catspaws!
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Ha! You are awesome man! Thank you Rich!
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adorable and cute :)
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AW I am SO honored Shawn! Maybe one day but idk about right now lol. I am however, thinking of making a kids book, similar to this, soon(maybe this summer).
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"It made me sick."
That was John Smith's reaction to Tuesday's announcement that the International Olympic Committee was dropping wrestling from the 2020 Olympic Games.
"It just made me sick to think that opportunity for 14-, 15-, 16-year-old kids who have thoughts about being an Olympic champion is erased," said Smith, the Oklahoma State wrestling coach and former Olympic champion from Del City.
Smith vowed that the wrestling world would unite in its battle to keep the sport in the Olympics. A final decision will not be made until September, he said.
"I was on the phone a lot (Tuesday) with not just people in the country but all over the world. We're all ready to stand together," he said.
"It's not just us. It's not just Oklahoma State or John Smith that has a passion for wrestling. It's all over the world and there are a lot of numbers behind it. The fight is just starting."
Smith called the IOC's recommendation unjustified and said he was disappointed that the United States was not represented on the board that made the decision. Wrestling shouldn't have even been considered for elimination, he said.
"We have almost 200 countries that participate in wrestling," Smith said. "Comparing that with the other core sports in the Olympics, it's one of the highest.
"We have over a million wrestlers just in the United States. There's not a million athletes in some of the sports that are participating in the Olympics."
The decision to kick wrestling out of the Olympics is personal for wrestlers in Oklahoma, he said.
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This view of Oslo, Norway from the old fort shows one of Oslo's most important landmarks, the Oslo City Hall (Oslo Radhuset); the pier and public boardwalk, an integral part of Oslo life; and one of Norway's natural wonders, the fjord.
View from "Bøkkerfjellet" towards the construction of Larvik's new culture house "Bølgen" located in "Larviksfjorden" (The Larvik Fjord). In the front the railroad from Larvik to Porsgrunn. 136 pictures stitched together.
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Trondheim, Norway, seen from Skyåsveien. Queen Mary 2, one of the largest cruise ships, and possibly the largest construction in Trondheim, carrying more than 4000 passengers and crew, is visiting.
Kayaking in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
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360 Degree view of the glacial valley (fjord) and the basaltic lava flows.
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I'm adding to an already amazing catalogue of reviews - just shows how brilliant this salon is!
I had left my roots to grow for far too long and an impending holiday meant that I HAD to get them sorted out quick sharpish. I had some Wahanda gift vouchers to spend so booked a colour and cut at Lisa Shepherd and really enjoyed my experience. When I arrived I was shown to the waiting area and told I could help myself to refreshments and snacks. Let me tell you - that yellow SMEG fridge is the stuff dreams are made of!
I had a quick consultation with Jamie, my stylist, and he applied the colour whilst asking questions about my usual styling routine. Once the colour was done, I sat back in the waiting area with a cup of coffee and a magazine. Whilst the dye was being washed off, the lovely girl who was doing it offered some great advice on looking after bleached hair and which moisturising masks to use - plus a tip about silver conditioners - stuff I found really beneficial.
The cut was brilliant. I had previously had an asymmetrical cut with a thick fringe, but wanted to grow out those layers and start again with a classic cut that I could later whip into something different. Jamie did a brilliant job and transformed my wonky mop into a lovely choppy bob and sweeping fringe. My head felt loads lighter and the colour was perfect - I felt like the old me again!
I'll never leave it as long to get my roots done again (I'm sure I've said this before) and I'll definitely be popping into Lisa Shepherd again.
I bought the £20 MobDeal for me and my mum as a treat for when she came to visit. We'd spent the day walking around London so our feet were pretty tired once our appointment came round, but after only a couple of minutes in the tank we could feel all the tension just lift away.
I'd had a fish pedicure before at the Kensington Aqua Sheko but this was my mum's first experience, so I was pleased she loved it! When we arrived we had our feet washed and checked over for cuts and blisters, then given slippers to walk over to the tanks. We tried our first Japanese tea and watched the fish as they started their work. After the experience our feet felt fantastic, as if we'd not walked around at all for the day!
The only thing I'd improve is the lighting at the venue. It's quite dark and there is a lovely atmosphere but I was a bit scared of knocking my tea into the tank by accident!
I enjoyed a Hot Stone Rejuvenation Ritual with Bogdan and loved every minute! It was so relaxing and afterwards I felt so rejuvenated I skipped home as if I'd lost a huge weight off my shoulders.
The massage was more than just a treatment, the whole thing was an experience. From the relaxing music and gorgeous smelling massage waxes to the hot stones and lovely cup of detox tea afterwards, I felt like I'd been there for hours being pampered. It didn't feel like I was sat inside a Fitness First either.
Bogdan is a great therapist - friendly, informative, puts you at ease and gets that tension out with skill! I recommend making sure you book in right away.
I attended a free session with Julie to see if meditation is for me. I'd not tried meditation before, only simple breathing techniques, so was really happy to feel that in just that one session I felt calmer and more at peace.
Julie has a fantastic way of explaining meditation and what it's all about, without making you feel silly or that you can't possibly do it. I felt completely at ease and was really interested to hear how meditation had helped her. There were two meditation sessions broken up in-between with a stress tip, with the second being more in-depth. I've honestly never felt so clear and able!
The sessions don't make you feel silly for "thinking". Julie explains that you just need to train your mind to be aware of those thoughts but not indulge them. As someone with a very busy and distracted mind, those sessions really helped me on my way to clearing out all the stress and feeling clear.
I've been going here for power plate sessions for about 2 months now after saving up all my Wahanda gift vouchers. I'd tried power plate before but needed to get myself in a routine instead of doing sessions every now and then, so booked in once a week with a colleague.
Each instructor I've had has been so professional and friendly, making sure I have a good session every week and feel like it's been worth it. Jane definitely worked me the hardest, but she was so great I actually had fun working out! (Which I really don't do often enough). There's working out bored and uninspired, and there's sessions like these which actually make you feel motivated.
The sessions are really working for me so I'll continue to go here and maybe step up to 2 sessions a week, or even a 40 min CardioVibe session if I'm brave enough!
I managed to get booked in for a last minute quick manicure on the 23rd December before I went home for Christmas. I expected it to be so busy that there were no appointments but luckily they were able to fit me in for just over an hour later so I went off to get the last bits of my Christmas shopping in the meantime!
My nails were in desperate need of some attention since I'd left it so long after my last manicure, so the therapist had a difficult job on her hands but gave me the sparkliest red nails with perfect squares. I was really pleased with how well she shaped them as they really were so broken and and awkward. I'll be sure to pop in here again if I'm ever stuck!
I had never tried a Turkish Bath before so the owner of Pasha took the time to explain the history and benefits of the treatment and the black soap - which was really great. I wasn't too keen on being sat in a steam room for so long but once it got started I was fine and didn't panic! The therapists were great, but if you're not comfortable with a male therapist I wouldn't say the Hammam would be for you. We had a good giggle about the freezing water too!
The treatment itself is really long so you definitely get your money's worth and your skin feels so soft afterward! My therapist wasn't too rough with the exfoliation as my skin is quite fair so rashes easily, but hard enough to get all the dead skin away. I would advise to take your makeup off before you go in and definitely wear swimwear, although you can remove bikini straps for the exfoliation and mud parts of the treatment. All in all it was a fab treatment in a great place, I would recommend!
I enjoyed a Full Body Massage followed by a Manicure and was thoroughly impressed. My therapist, Gabriela, was very polite and asked me a few questions before the massage started. She checked if I had any allergies and how much pressure I preferred, and if there were any areas I specifically wanted working on. I said my upper back and shoulders tended to carry the most tension, so she spent most of the treatment time focusing there. The Elemis oils smelt delicious too - very lemongrassy!
Then I had a Manicure with my friend, which was very well done. It did chip on the way home, but that might just be me and my clumsiness on the tube! My nails were shaped perfectly and the selection of colours was very large - usually you only get to pick from 5 or 6 colours. I spent a very cosy couple of hours at CityPoint and will definitely go back to enjoy the facilities for a full spa day.
I really loved my experience at SenS and went home feeling so relaxed I almost fell asleep on the tube! I was lucky enough to enjoy a dark chocolate body exfoliation and white chocolate massage with hot stones, which really helped my tense back loosen up. Mariana is an excellent therapist! She gave me some great advice on my posture and tips on how to keep my back relaxed. The chocolate therapy definitely had an effect on my mood too, I went home smelling so lush!
I'd bought my Mum the MobDeal and she'd come down to London for the day to try it out so I decided to have a go too. I'd bought the previous MobDeal for a fish pedi and loved it, so wanted to try this place out too. The fish were quite small so the ticklish feeling was alright, certainly not uncomfortable, and in the full 30 mins there were plenty around my feet - they didn't look like they got tired at all. I think you'd have to go back for more sessions to see a benefit, but they also do a 15 min session which is handy to nip in every so often to keep your feet nice and soft. Would go again!
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China Has Our Jobs. but Not Our Navy Seals!
By Tina Brown
In the middle of self-serving and greedy electioneering, there was such nobility to the U.S. Navy SEALs rescue of a 32-year-old former fourth-grade teacher from the clutches of brutal Somali pirates (one of whom was named Osman Alcohol). It was like hearing from afar the lost chords of "America the Beautiful." SEAL Team 6 has become a more vivid symbol of the power of the great American idea than positive GDP statistics. Maybe the Chinese are more willing to bully their workforce out of bed in their spartan corporate dorms to crank out iPhone screens through the weary dawn, but can you ever imagine their leader giving an order for a fleet of military helicopters to set off in the dead of night to a heavily armed African hellhole and snatch back an endangered young do-gooder?
obama the professor has become Obama the Caped Crusader when it comes to commanding America's killing machine. The cool temperament that in everyday governing can be aggravatingly "aloof" has turned out to be stunningly well suited to national-security decisions--to those fabled 3 a.m. phone calls. The last time we went into Somalia, we had Black Hawk Down. This time it was a sleek stealth operation that left most of the enemy dead. As Dan Klaidman writes: "From the earliest days of his administration he began pushing his generals to pursue missions that were surgical and narrowly tailored to clearly defined objectives ... What he did not want to do was open up new fronts in the war on terror or get drawn into fighting local insurgencies around the world."
With these thrillingly successful raids, it's almost as if Obama has figured out a way to keep dramatizing an alternative presidency, one where he can make the kind of resounding executive decisions that elude him in politics. …


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Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D Hello from HellJumper! http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=24431&th=4676#msg_24431 <![CDATA[Howdy,

 I go by HellJumper. I've been modeling as a hobby for a while now, and I just recently found out about this website! I plan on 3D printing out a model as a birthday present for a brother of mine.

 It's nice to be here!]]> HellJumper777 2011-03-04T02:32:21-00:00 Re: Hello from HellJumper! http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=24432&th=4676#msg_24432 <![CDATA[Awesome, welcome, enjoy.....]]> bitstoatoms 2011-03-04T02:50:24-00:00 Re: Hello from HellJumper! http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=24433&th=4676#msg_24433 <![CDATA[I was wondering. I just tried uploading a model and everything seemed to work fine, except the smoothing. When I uploaded the .x3d the smoothing groups seemed to have disappeared. Do you have any suggestions on what to do?]]> HellJumper777 2011-03-04T03:37:33-00:00 Re: Hello from HellJumper! http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=24444&th=4676#msg_24444 <![CDATA[Hi HellJumper,

 3D printers print without any smoothing, what you send in is what gets printed so you'll need to make your models smooth by increasing the number of faces (triangles) whilst trying to stay within the 500k triangle limit. Aiming for triangle sizes less than the minimum detail for a material is a good rule of thumb... this will also help to minimize 'stepping' on smooth curved edges.

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 Thanks, though!]]> HellJumper777 2011-03-05T00:19:30-00:00


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yeah Im bored and nothing planned at all this year :( if you were at disneyworld now, would would your day be like? what would you do and where would you go :)
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yeah Im bored and nothing planned at all this year :( if you were at disneyworld now, would would your day be like? what would you do and where would you go :)
a typical day for us is get there for opening and dont leave til closing no matter what the times are, we never go back to the villa then back to the park later. that goes for main and water parks :D
Visit a park and then hit a resort for a nice evening meal - after getting cleaned up and changing clothes first, of course.
There is never a typical day at disney for me every day is different
As a single traveller, the possibilities are endless for me but typically I'll head to a park well after opening to avoid the entrance mob. I'll make my way around and hit the attractions at my pace. Single rider lines are awesome!
Something I also like to do is stick to the absoloute most outer line of the park and work around either clockwise or counter clock wise. I explore every nook and hidden area. One would be very suprised at the details that are just overlooked by the normal visitor.
After getting cleaned up back at my Disney resort hotel, it's off to a table service meal somewhere on property. Try THIS: I went to the Contemporary some time before my reservation time and exited to one of the stairwells opposite the viewing deck. I had the entire rooftop to myself to take some spectacular photos of TTC, Bay Lake, FW, DWL. After dinner at the Wave I returned to the rooftop on the viewing deck and got some great shots of the Hallowishes fireworks. Highlight of my last trip in Sept. And plan to do the same next week!
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I'm finally post-processing all the stuff I shot on our recent Disney vacation in early February.
We like to get there at park opening, have a late lunch then head back to our resort for a swim or nap then back to the park around 6 for the evening and evening meal.
I tend to be at the parks around 9-10 then stay all day. I don't tend to go back either. I eat one big meal for the day then grab whatever I want (maybe even ice cream if that's all I want). My meal is usually a late lunch.


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Although Guatemala is the largest economy in Central America, it trails its neighboring countries in almost any social and economical aspect: Its human development index – a composite measure of life expectancy, income and education – is the lowest of any other country in the region. In the department of Quetzaltenango – the area in which Primeros Pasos is located – it is decreasing even further (PNUD 2012). Despite the prevailing poverty in Guatemala, it is often overlooked when it comes to allocating international aid.
Guatemala's government is divided into three basic levels: national, departmental, and municipal. Guatemala has 22 departments and 330 municipalities. The majority of the population works in the production of corn, vegetables and flowers for home consumption and market supply. Others make their living in quarry work or domestic care. Guatemala's overall population is 60% indigenous, primarily of Mayan decent. However, in more rural areas such as the Valley, over 98% of the population identifies as indigenous.
In 1954 a U.S. sponsored coup initiated a civil war in Guatemala that lasted over thirty years. The ramifications of this conflict are still being felt by the country and have led to critical shortages in health care professionals, medicine, and health centers throughout the entire country. In Quetzaltenango, most public resources and services are focused within the city center, leaving rural areas without adequate public medical care. Because the public health system does not adequately reach rural areas, there is an increased demand for private care, which has lead to higher prices. About 10 million people, 77 percent of the population, have no Social Security coverage or private insurance. Worst affected by the lack of healthcare are the indigenous Mayan population, who tend to live in rural areas, are extremely poor and have little education. Many use home remedies to treat themselves and have never seen a doctor.
Malnutrition is also a very serious problem across Guatemala. According to USAID, the overall chronic malnutrition rate in Guatemala for children less than five years old is 50 percent, higher than any other country in Central America and higher than many African countries. Consequently, childhood death is all too familiar, as infant mortality accounts for almost 25 percent of all deaths in Guatemala.
The Primeros Pasos Clinic is located in the Palajunoj Valley, just 10 minutes south of the city center of Quetzaltenango by bus. Quetzaltenango, or Xela as it is locally known, is the second largest city in Guatemala with a population of 250,000 urban inhabitants. is situated in the heart of the Sierra Madres Mountains about 125 miles northwest of Guatemala City at an altitude of 8,000 feet. It is home to several schools and universities, and is very important economically, not only for agricultural production, but also for the industrial and commercial activity it develops. The Palajunoj Valley is part of the same municipality and is home to more than 15,000 people, spread throughout 10 communities. Despite its proximity to the urban Xela, the communities are considered rural due to the lack of access to basic services such as running water and healthcare.
Despite the large population, the Valley is home to only one public health post that employs one doctor and one nurse.
The Valley is home to only one public health post that employs one doctor and one nurse. Like most public health centers in Guatemala, they often do not have sufficient resources and many patients must go without care. Without the means to travel to receive health care, many residents of the Valley are left with almost no options to access care.
The top two national causes of morbidity are acute respiratory infections and intestinal parasites. In the Palajunoj Valley, many of these treatable illnesses also become the highest causes of mortality. The main causes of death in Quetzaltenango are pneumonia as a result of respiratory infections and diarrhea. Primeros Pasos seeks to reduce the burden of these illnesses through education and empowerment initiatives, and provision of free or low-cost healthcare services.