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I have been beading and designing for over 21 years and teaching beading for about 20 years. I especially love Japanese seed beads in size 11 and size 15. Not a delica fan but they have their place ...
I have been beading and designing for over 21 years and teaching beading for about 20 years. I especially love Japanese seed beads in size 11 and size 15. Not a delica fan but they have their place in the bead world and I recently have been working and designing with them. I especially love teaching other people about beading.
I love the feel and the colors of beads. They sparkle and entrance you. They are very addicting.
Stitch I need to learn more about is Ndebele. I will when I have a project that "needs" it. I can do it but don't feel proficient with it yet, also more about sculptural peyote.
I have a program where IF you inspire me (suggest) a pattern(that I don't already have) and that I can make and put for sale, you get it FREE and then I make money from them selling to other people.
Aside from beads, I also crochet and embroider.
I teach locally and that brings me the most joy! Find me surrounded by beads and beaders and you will see a very happy me!
This ornament uses 2 colors of size 15 Japanese Seed Beads, and 15mm Mini ornaments I got at Michael's or 15mm or 16mm plastic beads and head pins.
Tiny beads on a tiny ornament might not be for the beginners
Approx Finished Size: about 3/4" across
Graphs for 3 more designs included and a blank one so you and design your own!
Photo of package and scan of bar code on last page.
Pages to Print: 11
Save paper and ink - Read your pattern on your favorite tablet or e-reader. I keep all my tutorials on my iPad so I can have them with me all the time. I often beaded from my laptop on the table next to where I bead before I had the iPad.
All my tutorials and patterns are designed for you to use to create beadwork. I give my permission for you to make and sell things made from my patterns and tutorials. I will never charge more for a tutorial giving permission to sell things made from my stuff. I think it's such a rip off to do that. If you wish to teach my patterns or projects, please contact me and we will work out something.
This is a tutorial for electronic delivery only. This is for your personal use. You may make items and sell them but please do not share or sell my tutorial.
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Seniors Luis Ocejo and Kai Eckenrode were named to the Capital One Academic All-District® Men's Soccer Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday afternoon. The accolades recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
This marks the second straight year that Ocejo has earned Academic All-District honors, adding to the defender's extensive academic achievements at Stetson University. Last season he was also named Third Team NSCAA Scholar All-American, and has earned A-Sun All-Academic honors each of his three years as a Hatter. This season he was one of only 30 student-athletes named as a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award.
Eckenrode, meanwhile, earns Academic All-District honors for the first time after leading Stetson with five goals during his senior campaign. The forward is a two-time A-Sun All-Academic honoree, and was named a Conference Scholar as a junior in 2011. A communication studies major at Stetson, Eckenrode was one of just two forwards to earn Academic All-District 4 honors this year.

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The eurozone crisis and a tightening regulatory screw have intensified a mismatch between emerging trade flows and the provision of trade finance. Latin American companies and
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- A woman at 6:29 a.m. Thursday spoke to police at a Fifth Street property about being assaulted by her live-in boyfriend at her residence on North Ellsworth Avenue after an argument, complaining of a possibly right broken hand/wrist, a minor injury to her upper lip and neck, which was slightly red. Fire department first responders checked her hand, but she didn't want transported. She drove herself to the hospital and was told to contact police after she was treated, to make a written statement. A written statement was taken from the boyfriend. Information will be forwarded to the prosecutor's office for review for possible charges.
- Nickolas Korda, of Franklin Avenue, reported at 4:34 a.m. Thursday that his upright grocery cart full of newspapers was missing. He was delivering newspapers in the area of Franklin Avenue and South Lincoln Avenue and left the cart on the corner to walk to a few houses. When he returned, the cart was gone. It contained the Salem News, Morning Journal and East Liverpool Review newspapers. Officers checked the area and didn't find the cart.
- Douglas Smith, of 228 Vine Ave.-10, was charged with disorderly conduct persisting and resisting arrest after police were called to his apartment building for the third time at 1:34 a.m. Thursday for a disturbance. Police were first called at midnight for a domestic and learned he and his wife had been arguing all day. He was allegedly upset and using profanities when officers were talking with him and attempting to explain to him the procedures regarding eviction and child custody. The parties were told to stay away from each other for the rest of the night, but officers were called back at 12:30 a.m. and could hear him screaming and yelling profanities at his wife inside the apartment. They were separated again and he was going to stay at a friend's upstairs. When officers arrived again an hour later, he was back at the apartment being disorderly and causing a disturbance. He was told he was under arrest and while an officer was trying to handcuff him, he pulled away, said an expletive and three officers took him to the ground, with a brief struggle starting. He continued to resist and an officer used a taser on him.
- Police were called at 10:44 p.m. Wednesday for a dispute in the 400 block of Sharp Avenue, but persons involved had responded to the police station for the incident which occurred on South Broadway Avenue where residents found a man arguing with the neighbor and said he brandished a knife. He was asked to leave and two residents followed him to the station. He had called police and when contacted in the main lobby, he was checked for weapons and a knife was confiscated. He denied making any threats and the residents didn't want to pursue charges, but he was told he may face charges for carrying a concealed weapon due to the size and style of knife. The prosecutor's office will be consulted about charges.
- A man in the 300 block of North Lundy Avenue reported at 10:01 p.m. Wednesday that someone entered his residence and removed a video game system and games belonging to his girlfriend.
- An anonymous caller at 9:49 p.m. Wednesday reported hearing persons arguing near the east end of the basement in an apartment building in the 700 block of East Fifth Street. No disturbance was found.
- A man in the 1700 block of Fairview Court reported at 8:32 p.m. Wednesday that his ex-wife has been sending harassing text messages. An officer attempted to contact her and left a message regarding possible criminal charges for telecommunications harassment.
- A store clerk in the 2300 block of East State Street reported at 6:50 p.m. Wednesday that a woman entered the store and concealed two items while shopping and left without paying for them. Officers checked the area, but were unable to locate the vehicle in question.
- A domestic was reported in the 800 block of Newgarden Avenue at 6:42 p.m. Wednesday when a mother and her two juvenile children were involved in a verbal dispute. She was told her options for dealing with the children when they become unruly.
- An anonymous caller contacted the police at 5:26 p.m. Wednesday to speak to an officer regarding conceal carry laws due to a recent arrest report that had been published in the newspaper. The officer gathered information and will follow up with the caller.
- A woman came to the police station at 4:58 p.m. Wednesday to report receiving harassing and threatening phone calls from a male with a restricted phone number. The suspect said he knew a specific person was at her residence who owed him money and the caller alleged he would be coming to the apartment with a gun.
- A Benton Road woman reported at 4:54 p.m. Wednesday that a female she knows yelled at her while she was outside a business and threw an iced coffee in the direction of her and her vehicle.
- A woman on Fair Avenue reported at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday that her juvenile daughter came home from school and said another child was spreading a rumor about her. She was told to tell the school and they would contact police if they needed more help.
- Police were called to a dispute in the 400 block of Sharp Avenue at 4:39 p.m. Wednesday when persons visiting an apartment were assaulted by a roommate. Nobody was injured, with the persons arguing. They were told to stay away from each other.
- Police checked for a reckless operator near South Broadway and Key Bank at 10:26 a.m. Wednesday. The vehicle was located and the driver apologized. No violation was seen.
- At 3 p.m. Wednesday a Marathon employee turned in a wallet found at the service station.
- A woman reported at 6:41 p.m. Wednesday her son living on Royal Birkdale Drive was extremely intoxicated and about to leave his home in a 2005 White Dodge Ram truck to stay with a friend and requested an officer stop him from driving. Police spoke with the 55-year-old man and he said he was not leaving the home for the night.
- A Fairfield Avenue woman reported at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday a suspicious vehicle was blocking her driveway. Police spoke with the driver who was a home health nurse at the wrong address and got stuck trying to turn around.
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- A Salem-Unity Road man reported Monday his ex-girlfriend has been calling and texting him numerous times a day and at all hours. Constable Dan Valentine contacted the woman and told her to quit it.
- Annette from the Vista Center reported Wednesday a woman arrived to take a patient from the facility without the official guardian's permission.
- A woman reported Wednesday finding a dead animal in a bag under the Canton Bridge by Willow Grove Park.
- A traffic flagger for a construction company reported a motorist in a blue Dakota pickup flew through a construction zone on Pritchard Avenue on Wednesday. The caller said the motorist disobeyed directions and was nasty to the flagger.
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Stetson University men's golf coach Larry Watson has announced the addition of signee Spencer Turner to his program for the coming year.
A native of Amelia Island, Fla., Turner comes from a strong athletics background. His father, Ronald Turner, competed on the track team at the University of Tennessee as an undergrad and the younger Turner played football at Bishop Kenny High before turning his full attention to golf.
"I am excited to have Spencer join the Stetson team," Watson said. "His athletic background in golf and football will bring a competitive spirit to the team. I really like players who have played other sports because it gives them a better perspective about how their game is progressing.
"I think Spencer's football experiences will assist him in reaching his potential in golf. I know he could have gone to other schools and played, but he chose Stetson. That is a plus for our program."
Turner was a two-time All-District selection and helped his team to one district title and two runner-up finishes. He was also active in the Junior ROTC program and was an honor roll student. In addition to his play at the prep level, Turner also competed in 10 AJGA, FCWT and Hurricane tournaments.
He chose Stetson over Tennessee, Chattanooga, Jacksonville, North Florida and Florida Gulf Coast, among others.
Turner will join with Chase Levesque as the only freshmen on the Stetson squad for the 2014-15 season.


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quote: It'll be funny to see where this argument is in 10 years. At the current rate of progression in storage, by 2020 you'll be able to store every song, every tv show, every movie, and every book ever written (with subtitles + meta data) in something that costs a couple thousand dollars. What will they sue you for if they catch you using it?


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a long history of
debate, Google and Verizon finally came to a basic
framework of proposed net neutrality policy. The policy
would look to regulate wired traffic, ensuring that "legal"
traffic was not slowed and that ISPs would not be able to charge
premiums for "speed lanes".The Federal
Communications Commission, which is currently in the process of
crafting net neutrality legislation to bring
before Congress, was surprisingly dismissive of the proposal
in a brief public comment.FCC Chairman Michael
Copps remarks [PDF],
"Some will claim this announcement moves the discussion
forward. That's one of its many problems. It is time to move a
decision forward—a decision to reassert FCC authority over
broadband telecommunications, to guarantee an open Internet now and
forever, and to put the interests of consumers in front of the
interests of giant corporations."The comment raises
questions about exactly what kind of net neutrality "authority"
the FCC is seeking over the nation's ISPs and internet wires.
After all, the Google/Verizon proposal called for mild
FCC regulation and a fine architecture for those who don't
comply, with fines of up to $2M USD.It should be interesting
to see exactly what the FCC has in mind instead.The FCC
taking input from Google, Verizon, AT&T, Microsoft, and others in
the process of crafting its net neutrality legislation. It is
unclear when it will finish the draft of its legislation for
quote: I would agree, even as conservative as I am, there is too much past history of monopolies (AT&T) and media (cable/telephone/internet) running monopolies on customers in certain geographic areas.
quote: I don't want the internet regulated (and I'm talking original constitution definition of regulation which is to make regular), I want the companies that provide the internet to be regulated so they don't screw customers for profit while never upgrading the infrastructure (or doing so at snails pace).
quote: I would actually like to see ISP's...shock...COMPETE for the business of customers.


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Why are Epson UltraChrome K3 prints so scratch-resistant? And what about fine art papers?
Epson UltraChrome K3 Ink technology uses a different method for "binding" the particle of pigment and the glossy resin encapsulation. This chemical process, called Crosslinking Chemistry, makes the prints significantly harder than the previous Epson UltraChrome Ink technology. As a result, the scratch resistance is amazing on normal RC or Photographic-grade media types.
Fine art papers also benefit, but pose another problem. Although the ink is harder to scratch off, the surface of the print can get "scuffed" and the print will appear to have a "scratch" (similar to moving your hand across a suede jacket). The ink does not come off, but the print may still be damaged.


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Why incentives don't work in education—or the business world | Opensource.com
Why incentives don't work in education—or the business world
Even as the U.S. economy recovers from a financial meltdown led by a number of white-collar Wall Street swindlers, critics of the public education system push for more "business" in the classroom: specifically the implementation of incentives and the hiring of CEOs for superintendents.
There's just one little problem. According to 40 plus years of academic research, incentives—and disincentives—don't normally work. And when they do, they often don't make people behave quite like their proponents anticipate.
In June the New York Times published an article exposing a number of instances of cheating on standardized, "high stakes" tests in public schools. And the guilty party? Not the students.
From Houston teachers with a $2,850 bonus on the table to thirteen educators and 2 principals in Georgia who faced the possibility of job loss, cheating is present at alarming levels among today's school staff. Data forensics specialist John Framer told the New York Times, "Every time you increase the stakes associated with any testing program, you get more cheating."
For educators and administrators, the stakes couldn't be much higher. In addition to financial incentives that reward top performers, school districts and state programs often include provisions for firing or demoting teachers and principals, while their schools may be put on probation or lose crucial accreditation.
Gaming the system
Beyond ordinary cheating lies a gray area that is concerning to most organizations with an incentives plan. Author Daniel Pink offered an example in his recent Telegraph article that should be familiar to anyone who has worked in sales:
"In the early days of the [Red Gate Software] company, [co-founder Neil] Davidson created a fairly straightforward commission scheme. But, of course, salespeople figured out a way to game it – by pushing sales into the time period most advantageous for them, by underselling one month to show a bigger gain the following month, and so on. This wasn't because they were unethical; it was because they were rational humans responding logically to a particular incentive structure.
So Davidson made the system more complex – and salespeople responded by increasing the complexity of their own behavior. On and on it went, until both the management team and the sales force seemed more focused on the compensation system than on making great software and selling it to customers who needed it."
When the company decided to scrap the commissions plan and simply pay the sales staff a "healthy flat salary," the sales team generated more revenue.
In a recent FastCompany article, Dan and Chip Heath, authors of the book "Made to Stick," said that incentives often yield "collateral damage." The Heaths point to examples like NFL quarterback Ken O'Brien, whose unfortunate habit of throwing interceptions led a team lawyer to add a clause to his contract that penalized him for each interception.
"The incentive worked as intended," the Heaths said. "His interceptions plummeted. But that's because he stopped throwing the ball." When the penalties for failure are high, people take fewer risks, which leads to a reduction in innovation and often overall performance.
According to Freakonomics author Stephen Dunbar, you can't simply "divide people into piles of good people or bad people, cheaters or non-cheaters. The point is that people's behavior is determined by how the incentives of a particular scenario are aligned."
This is nowhere more true than in the much-lauded business world. Slate places the blame for the Wall Street crisis and BP's oil spill on "the law of incentives." In each case, journalist Eliot Spitzer said, placing the burden of risk on the public while businesses kept the profits had the effect of removing all sense of responsibility from executives and led to disaster.
If not incentives, then...
So what motivates workers, if not punishments or rewards?
Open source may have some answers there. Every day, programmers around the world generate high quality code for open source projects—often for free.
Yet the Heaths' article mentions a production-increasing initiative by AT&T executives where programmers were paid for each line of (proprietary) code they produced. They weren't more productive; they simply generated a whole lot of extraneous code.
Open source coders and other highly motivated workers share three characteristics, according to Pink: purpose, autonomy, and mastery. The coders contributing to an open source project—some of whom may well be working for AT&T—are intrinsically motivated to do quality work. It seems that offering external motivation (in the form of money) should further increase their interest in a project. But in fact, the opposite occurs.
Social science researcher Alfie Kohn theorizes that the more an executive gets employees to think about what they will earn for doing their jobs well, the less interested they will be in what they are doing.
"Loving what you do," Kohn said, "is a more powerful motivator than money or any other goody."
If Kohn and Pink are correct, the key to "motivating" our teachers and our workers may be rather simple. Pay them enough that they don't have to think much about money, then let them do their jobs as they see fit.
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In my mind, the two things that every article ignores when it comes to US education (which in my personal opinion is in a woeful state) is that we don't pay teachers enough for what they do, and we don't give them a feeling of job security. There are good and bad apples out there, but no matter which, if people spend their time worrying about their job security they won't be as focused on taking "risks" and getting rewards (providing a positive learning experience). It's less about money, more about security.
Thanks for a thoughtful and interesting piece. How you would build incentives for education that provide the public with meaningful accountability?
Your comments about charter schools I read as reflecting an ingrained reluctance on the part of the educational establishment to expose schools to competition within school districts. Without meaningful alternatives, the ability to flee from failing schools, or the sense that educators are serious about improving schools, then yes -- parents or voters will turn to imposing external measures on educators, like standardized testing -- with all that entails.
It may be true that teachers work under stultifying conditions in many areas, and no doubt greater engagement would help. But until there is a greater drive to achieve really world-class outcomes, frustration with the U.S. public educational system will only continue to grow among those who are paying for what now is an expensive and marginally effective system.
Thanks for alerting me to this conversation, Rebecca! I agree with much of what you said. I fundamentally dislike the idea of standardized tests, though. They will always reflect the biases of the test-maker (cultural, learning & performance styles, etc.) and so will always privilege the kinds of performance produced by people like that test-maker. I think we'd see a lot less "failure" in schools and students if we broadened the means by which they can demonstrate what they can do.
And however we assess people or institutions, I agree that we need to lessen the stakes and use them as opportunities for support instead. After all, people typically don't do their best work when under threat of serious punishment. Unfortunately for the high-stakes testing hawks, Campbell's Law is not the kind that can be repealed!
Thanks for the long and thoughtful answer. Your comments about demographics and about your kids' ability to achieve struck a chord. The role of culture and values is a rightly sensitive one in American society, but it strikes me that there's a lot going on behind the scenes and at home that makes a difference in kids' outcomes -- maybe the decisive difference.
I still think you're letting the educational profession and bureaucracy off too lightly for their own contribution to the mess in many school systems, since educators and educational administrators are as ferociously narrow-minded an interest group -- at least in some places -- as any old-school industrial union. But I agree after reading your response to my post that there are also larger social issues that are being glossed over in the discussion about "fixing" the schools -- and holding teachers accountable for not magically fixing larger social issues is something I'd agree is unfair to teachers. Unfortunately, the standardized testing fetish is about as far as we can get until there's a more nuanced discussion of what's going on, or not going on, in our schools.
Good luck, and thanks for a thought-provoking post!
Low teacher salaries mean that more talented people are drawn to other more lucrative fields early on. All the minor incentive adjustments after people make career choices are unlikely to have effects large enough to be measured. You can't expect to be able to motivate people with money when they've already decided that they will forgo money to teach.
Alfie Kohn hits the nail on the head. I, and many other teachers, didn't choose our work with money in mind. We're driven by the opportunity to make a positive difference in other people's lives. We're driven by meaning. (And many of us are extremely talented, thank you very much; we're just not shallow or greedy! We had the opportunity to choose other paths, but decided that teaching was our calling.)
All studies you've cited are basically observations by mostly empirical observers - outside lookers on. And yet what they all point to is an inner requirement of life - of all organisms - discovered by many biophysicists like Mae Wan Ho pointing to this inner coherence guided by value dynamics/vibrations that we all feel, know by our own inner experience of what we know as "good" and here we find definitions of "good" are as varied as there are individual entities. So why do we find in Open Source , Open Space processes that some form of "good " emerges" and draws people to being their own best "good" they can be if given the space and opportunity to do so? I submit it is because of the inherent desire to create - to be challenged by ones own inner autonomous drive to express self uniquely and in so doing find meaning - quality is part of that meaning - random acts of expression may provide little except distraction for a moment, but leave one feeling rather empty if that's all that occurs. It is not competition, pushing against others to "win" necessarily although there is an element of such as we work collaboratively to get the "best" solutions harmonizing what the greatest number of best efforts can bring into coherence. Complexity theory falls short also in explaining this process because it often relies on belief in "cause and effect" do this and get that steps in bringing about solutions for life and life has quite other ways of functioning. Check out movie In Search of Bobby Fisher to see the effects of competition without the higher values of meaning and diversity.
Not to revive an expired thread, but I was recently pointed towards a site about poverty reduction research, which contained this study summary:
The study is interesting for the parallels to some of the issues addressed (or not addressed) in the discussion over U.S. education: teacher qualifications/conditions of service, class size, test scores and basic academic preparation. It also suggests that even in a very poor context, there are incentives and tools available to improve education in a cost-effective setting.
Unsurprisingly, the bottom line seems to be:
To get the most out of these teachers, implementation details matter. The biggest gains come when local school committees are empowered to effectively monitor these teachers and when extra classes are structured so as to target instruction to students' initial achievement level.
I may be cynical, but it strikes me that those are some basic principles which are often overlooked in the argument over education here.
But as mentioned in the article, it is important to be diligent and conduct some research before choosing an acceptable incentive programs are a great way of keeping employees motivated and accomplished at the same time. More companies need to look into investing into such beneficial programs.


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When FBI agents searched James Bagarozzo's home, they found a stash of cash, including $3,000 in quarters and $40,000 hidden in his bedroom ceiling.
Bagarozzo, a retired Buffalo parking meter mechanic, agreed to forfeit that money and more as part of plea deal Thursday that could send him to federal prison for up 30 months.
The longtime city employee admitted stealing a total of $210,000 in quarters over an eight-year period by rigging 75 parking meters he was supposed to be fixing.
"I wanted to make sure my family was going to be OK," he told U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
Bagarozzo, 57, said he began stealing from the city when he was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, a chronic inflammatory condition affecting the gastrointestinal tract. He said he was worried about providing for his family.
On top of that, he told the judge, he began gambling at local casinos.
"That's what caused me to be here," he said. "The money was going primarily for gambling. I was going to the casino three or four times a week."
He also informed the judge that he had undergone counseling for his gambling problem.
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. declined to comment on Bagarozzo's defense except to cite what he called a principle as old as civilization itself.
"You just can't steal at all," Hochul said. "Thou shall not steal, whether you're a public employee or someone who works for a private enterprise."
Bagarozzo is one of two parking meter mechanics arrested by the FBI in December for stealing from city meters.
Lawrence Charles, the other mechanic accused of stealing from the city, took a plea deal Tuesday. Both men pleaded guilty to a felony charge of theft and conversion concerning groups receiving federal funds.
Charles admitted stealing $15,000 in quarters as part of his plea agreement with the government.
"Mr. Bagarozzo didn't just steal money from the community," said Christopher M. Piehota, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Buffalo. "He stole their faith and trust."
Bagarozzo, who once served as head of the city animal shelter, will be required to repay the $210,000 he admitted stealing. His attorney, James Harrington, indicated he would repay the full amount by the time he's sentenced on Dec. 17.
Hochul said the money discovered at Bagarozzo's home - about $54,000 - has been seized and will go toward satisfying the restitution he owes. He said Bagarozzo also plans to hand over another $100,000 from the sale of his home.
One of the questions that remains unanswered is whether Bagarozzo and Charles were working together and, if so, how much?
Charles told Arcara he had learned how to rig the meters from another employee in his department, and later told The Buffalo News that it was Bagarozzo who taught him how to do it.
Bagarozzo denied that Thursday and told Arcara, "We never discussed what we were doing."
During Thursday's court appearance, Assistant U.S. Attorney Maura O'Donnell outlined the eight-year history of Bagarozzo's thefts.
He began stealing between $5,000 and $10,000 a year, she said, but his stealing escalated to the point where he was taking home about $1,000 a week in quarters.
Bagarozzo, she added, would rig the meters so the quarters would remain in the upper compartment instead of falling into the more secure lower compartment.
He would take out fistfuls of quarters, stuff them in his pocket and then deposit them in a bag and take them back to his house, O'Donnell said.
She later told Arcara the city uncovered the wrongdoing as part of an internal investigation that included a private investigator and video surveillance.
"The City of Buffalo," Hochul said, "really deserves credit in this case."
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She had never been in love before. Then, a few years ago, Kelly Clarkson finally figured out why, she says.
"I was dating skinny jeans and I needed Wranglers," the singer, 30, tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story.
So when she fell hard for music manager Brandon Blackstock a year ago, she knew it was something special.
Relaxing at their Nashville home together in December, Clarkson recalls, "Out of nowhere I just said, 'Thanks for being an awesome guy.' I've never been loved properly by a man, and I was just like, 'I thank you so much for that.' "
What she didn't realize was that Blackstock, 36, was about to propose. "Not a damn clue!" she says. "If I did I would have worn something besides Uggs and a sweatshirt with no bra."
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Why, Steve Kroft wanted to know, had President Obama and departing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed to a half-hour sit-down with Kroft on "60 Minutes?" Their mutually admiring answer was, in effect, that they wanted to convey, before her departure, just how much of a mutual admiration society they had become in Obama's first term.
You know, that's Obama's Doris Kearns Goodwin administration, the one for which Goodwin's 2005 book about Lincoln's political genius, "Team of Rivals," seems to have convinced the new president that Lincoln was right: There was no greater ally than a defeated rival – one with firsthand experience of just how unfortunate it can be to be on the business end of a victor's competitive energies.
Lovely. And no doubt true in some small measure, as we saw on "60 Minutes." But the most persuasive theory being floated is that Obama and his veep, Joe Biden, will have a publicly visible political bromance until the 2016 election and that the "farewell, Hillary" lovefest for Steve Kroft on Sunday night was Obama's only way to get in front of the story early and declare himself neutral in any presidential campaign succession contest that might develop between Biden and Clinton.
Or, as Obama joked to Kroft when Kroft got close to a 2016 question, "You guys are incorrigible." (To which Kroft could have replied – if he were a rude sort not interested in a return interview engagement – "true enough but you guys are just as incorrigible in another way. You don't do anything this overt without considering every future scenario. That's how you both got where you did.")
So it was all rather pleasant to watch on the level of, say, a showbiz interlocutor asking things of lovey-dovey cast members in a movie about to open in 2,000 theaters five days later.
There was only one revealing – and weirdly uncomfortable – moment. After Kroft asked the secretary of state if her acceptance of responsibility for the deaths at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi included feeling "guilty on a personal level," Obama smoothly changed the subject and tried to take the sting out of the moment by telling an anecdote about his much-traveled former secretary of defense, after serving several different presidents, advising Obama early on that the only thing a newcomer can be sure of is that at any given moment someone somewhere in his administration is screwing up.
To which Clinton's laughter was a hair too enthusiastic in the context of a question about an event that took four American lives, including those of America's ambassador to Libya. Obama immediately continued talking on a more solemn level, a subtle but suave and definitive presidential way of making sure the tone of things gave no more ammunition to those who launched so much flak at Secretary Clinton during the congressional hearings the week before.
And that, too, of course, was likely another reason for the president and secretary temporarily turning into a TV newsmagazine love duet. It was, no doubt, Obama's way of coming in after a tough week for Clinton and underscoring just how great in the job he thought she'd been (not to mention how powerful her husband had been on his behalf at the Democratic convention).
Interestingly, Obama didn't need to. Her worst moment in the public image wars during the congressional grilling was also, oddly, her best. When a tea party senator kept fileting an undersecretary's inept explanation of the tragedy as an extreme response to some sort of heretical Internet film rather than the homicidal Sept. 11 act of terrorism that it was, Clinton finally exploded, "What difference does it make?" at that stage to bludgeon one State Department underling for selling the wrong narrative in public? They were all there, she said, to make sure it never happens again, not to chalk up points on the board. In her justifiable ire, the woman finally revealed herself in public to be someone who doesn't suffer fools gladly. In the context of the decades we have all spent in her well-controlled and judicious company, it was enormously appealing, even endearing.
At the end of Kroft's half-hour with Obama and Clinton, no one could possibly doubt that the show had been artfully used by the president for his own political purposes. Which, no doubt, is why "60 Minutes" people made jolly well sure its next segment was slam-bang and news-packed, which it was. Scott Pelley interviewed America's Numero Uno Anti-Doper Travis Tygart to the effect that Lance Armstrong's much-vaunted contrition to Oprah Winfrey was a load of hooey – riddled with lies and evasions to avoid prosecution.
Right about here, I must confess finding l'affaire Lance utterly baffling. For all his supposed heroism and the undeniable good done by his charity, I never cared a whit about Lance Armstrong and still don't.
It is, for pity's sake, all about cycling! I loved riding my bike as a kid (I used to show off doing knee stands on the seat), but there is no single athletic event in the world that inspires less interest in me than the Tour de France. Armstrong, to me, was almost as unnecessary and annoying a celebrity as a Kardashian or a Snooki. (At least he was good at something; and the world certainly benefited from his foundation more than it has from what most of us have done in our lives.)
What was remarkable about that story on "60 Minutes" on Sunday was that the show was, in a sense, saying that Armstrong's Oprah session was full of prunes. It was one TV institution flexing its muscles in public at another's expense and doing it with truth, not smarm or snark or lies or envious meanness. And, yes, along the way, it was a lovely way, too, for "60 Minutes" to plug "60 Minutes Sports," where such reportage is set to appear often.
It was an hour, then, of self-serving genius.
Sunday splendors: The day turned out to be a veritable tubal festival – even more so than usual. The SAG Awards – now named the SAG-AFTRA Awards since the merger of the two showbiz unions – revealed almost nothing for those handicapping the Oscars except:
1) Jennifer Lawrence not only has more strength than expected for Best Actress in "Silver Linings Playbook," but she has become, at a young age, an uncommonly graceful award accepter and
2) Sure thing Best Actor sweeper Daniel Day-Lewis had the grace during his acceptance speech to give a shout-out to the unnominated Joaquin Phoenix for "The Master." The SAG folks snubbing Phoenix was almost as idiotic (if more comprehensible) than the Oscars snubbing Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow in the Best Director category.
Best lines: Anne Hathaway, accepting Supporting Actress Award from her guild: "I'm just so glad I have dental." Tiny Fey accepting for her departing role in "30 Rock": "I remember Amy Poehler when she was pregnant with Lena Dunham." Bryan Cranston, about to walk off stage after having been "endowed" with an award for "Breaking Bad:" "Tonight, at least, I am well-endowed."
Kimmel in prime time: You get a prime-time chance tonight at 10 (Channel 7) to see last Thursday's remarkable "Jimmy Kimmel Live" episode in which Matt Damon pretended to tie-up Kimmel, hijack the show and bring out a succession of celebrities that a mediocrity like Kimmel couldn't possibly land – Andy Garcia pretending to be Damon's Guillermo-like sidekick, Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Reese Witherspoon, Demi Moore, etc., etc.
Nothing on the show was all that individually funny – except for Kidman's quick lap dance of a trussed-up Kimmel – but the idea was so good and so smart and it was all carried off so swiftly that it was a tiny little comic milestone despite itself.
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A Texas state trooper has been suspended after being accused of conducting a body-cavity search of two women in public along a roadside, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety this week.
Trooper David Farrell has been placed on paid suspension while a grand jury reviews the case. Farrell is the second DPS trooper to be suspended in connection with the July incident that also led to the suspension of female trooper Kelley Halleson.
The incident took place on July 13 during a traffic stop in Irving, Texas, when troopers pulled over 38-year-old Angel Dobbs and her niece 24-year-old Ashley Dobbs for littering. One of the women was allegedly throwing cigarette butts from a window. According to reports, after making the stop Trooper David Farrell claimed that he detected the odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. Farrell then reportedly asked the women if they had marijuana in the vehicle. The women denied that there were any illegal drugs inside the vehicle and allowed Farrell to search it. After being unable to find any drugs in the vehicle, Farrell allegedly attempted to change the questionable stop into a DUI investigation.
The driver of the vehicle, Angel Dobbs, was given a sobriety test. When the woman was determined to be sober Farrell reportedly called female trooper Kelley Halleson to the scene. According to the dashcam recording Farrell wanted Halleson to search the women because they were "acting weird."
Angel and Ashley were then forced to submit to a body-cavity search by Halleson while on the side of the road. Subsequently, no drugs were found and the two women were permitted to leave.
Angel and Ashley Dobbs have filed a lawsuit against both troopers, the DPS and its director Steve McGraw.
The lawsuit alleges that officers subjected the women to an illegal, extremely intrusive and humiliating search in in public and in full view of passing motorists.
The attorney for the two women, Scott H. Palmer, told the Dallas Morning News that what occurred was not a police procedure but a sexual assault against his clients.
"I was molested, I was violated, I was humiliated in front of other traffic. ... I had to watch my niece go through the same thing and I could not protect her at that point," Angel Dobbs told station KVUE.
Ashley Dobbs echoed her aunt's anguish at the hands of the two troopers.
"I don't think anybody needs to have to feel, or go through what we went through," she told NBC News. "It crosses my mind every day. It's humiliating."
Police misconduct appears to be on the rise lately. Or, has it already been rampant but people are now beginning to report it more?
For many in the inner cities of America the answer is simple. What these two women experienced is only a snapshot of what many face in areas all across the country. Stories of police misconduct abound among those who live in many of the high crime areas in the US.
Police work can be extremely stressful as they are exposed to many dangers in the line of their duties. Being human, just like the rest of us, they suffer from some of the same issues and problems as we do. To some extent, they may be even more vulnerable to certain situations. There are times when situations warrant a strong response from police, However, it is never excusable when an officer crosses the line between strong response and brutality or proper police procedure and plain humiliation.
There is never an excuse for police to contrive a situation for the sole purpose of making arrests, yet we are confronted with this prospect on a seemingly regular basis. From false DUI and drug arrests to incidents like this, we see this kind of behavior time and again from those whose duty is "to serve and protect."
Although the greater portion of our police serve honorably in their positions, there is a certain element among them that promote a culture that allows the kind of behavior we read about so often now.
Consequently, the sins of a few cast a pall of suspicion over all. A nation should never allow itself to fall into a state where its citizenry should be afraid of the very one tasked to protect them. Sadly, this is the condition that appears to gradually becoming a reality in some areas of this country.
Police and police forces are necessary and integral to society to avoid chaos and maintain order. Those in whom we entrust the authority to enforce our laws must always bear in mind that they are servants of the public--not the other way around. The awesome responsibilities that we place in the hands of the men and women who have sworn an oath to serve and protect us should never be taken lightly--neither by us, nor by those who wear the badge.


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Well in a very pleasant surprise Dad gave me his Canondale Six13 frame, he even built it up for me while Shauna and I were checking out Niagara Falls. �Now for those of you who aren't in the know, the Six13 was Canondale's first foray into Carbon, they took an aluminum frame and chopped out the 3 main tubes and glued in carbon tubes. �The Six13 was released in 2004 and used in the protour for a few years before Canondale eventually updated to a System Six, which had a complete carbon front end mated to a aluminum rear �triangle. �In 2010 the composite frames �were discontinued so Canondale could focus on their Asian sourced full carbon frames.
So is the Six13 better than my CAAD 9?
My CAAD 9 was in serious need of overhaul, it had some wild squeaky sounds and wasn't shifting well, I think Dad got tired of hearing it creak and moan when we rode so he loaned me the Six13. �When he loaned me the bike it was outfitted with full carbon fork from Canondales endurance bike, the Synapse, 32 spoke box wheels, 25mm tires, and a setback Thompson seatpost, all parts that enhanced the smoothness of the ride.
The first time I rode it I remember tensing when I was going to be forced to ride over a rough section of road, to my surprise the bone rattling pavement didn't feel that bad. �I love my CAAD 9, but you learn to be prepared for bumps, the bike is so stiff they can launch you. �The Six13 kept its wheels on the ground.
Over the next few rides I purposely hit bumps hard, now in the past I've said I didn't believe that bikes made that much difference, but I could feel the machine under me soaking up the impacts. � Dad claimed it was just the 25mm tires so I put my own harsher riding wheels on with 23s, and it was a bit rougher, but still seemed as if the bike was a sponge when I hit rough stuff.
So Dad gave me the frame and put my parts on it since he's riding a sweet new Fuji. �He kept the Synapse fork for the bike it actually belongs on, but left the rear derailuer. �I've been using a Dura Ace 9 speed triple derailuer for 8 years and Dad�diagnosed�it was the cause of my shifting problems, it's spring tension wasn't even close to current 10 speed parts, it literally didn't have enough power to pull the chain down.
So I took the bike out and first thing I noticed was it actually shifted right, wow its like they made these 10 speed parts to all work together. �Next I slammed into some big bumps and was like, hmm, that wasn't bad, but it wasn't quite as good as it had been. �There's no doubt that the Six13 frame has a better ride then the CAAD 9 frame all things being equal, but it was the fork and seatpost that were giving the bike a super sweet ride.
Since I now had two frames to build up and only one seatpost, so I found a used Specialized FACT carbon with built on ZERTZ elastomer bump abosrber. �Yes I am now one of those guys that buys gimmicky carbon parts for their bike.
I'm pleased to report the post was a nice edition to the Six13, I'm quite certain that it damped road vibrations noticeably and seemed to offer a bit of compliance.
I'm also please to report that Shauna is out riding with me again. �We did 16 miles tonight and she did great, we're talking about attempting to ride the Katy Trail in Missouri later this summer.


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Born in Bordeaux, France, to a decathlete father and a dance teacher mother, the principal dancer with the prestigious New York City Ballet was inspired as a child by Mikhail Baryshnikov in White Nights.
But Millepied, 33, took his role as Portman's dance partner in Black Swan (which he also choreographed) because he admired Director Darren Aronofsky's work, and because he was certain "that I wasn't going into another sort of average, uninteresting dance film."
Here are five more things to know about Portman's groom-to-be – and the future father her child:
1. It's in His Name
Perhaps he was destined to dance? The name "Millepied" roughly means "a thousand feet" in French and it is reportedly not a stage name. Portman, on the other hand, was born Natalie Hershlag.
2. He Choreographs in the Kitchen
"I love to cook," Millepied tells PEOPLE. "Nowadays I actually cook Italian-style food more than French heavy sauces. I make a good salad, some great roasted vegetables, grilled fish. I'm crazy about L.A. because at the farmers' market you find all kinds of wild mushrooms."
3. He's on the Drum Beat
Millepied's family moved to Dakar, Senegal, for a brief period when he was a child. "We lived next to this really famous family of drummers," he has said, "so I played the drums seriously until I was 12 or 13 [years old]."
4. He's Also a Director
"I just co-directed a French film in Paris with the actress Lea Seydoux (Inglorious Basterds) and I'm actually in it with her," he says of the film Time Doesn't Stand Still. "There's one dance in it but it's not really a dance film."
5. He Proves the Uptight Ballet Dancer Is Just a Stereotype
"They are really normal and fun and outgoing people," he says of his colleagues in dance. "Especially the new generation. The technical level is higher than it's ever been and they're as dedicated as ever. But they are people who know how to have a good time, that's for sure."
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Up for the show's top honor as entertainer of the year are three male stars, one country icon and one female singer with a penchant for roping her own personal dramas into the lyrics of her songs.
But who will take home the big prize? Take our poll below!
Jason Aldean has had a tough year with a divorce in the works and a recent tour bus accident that killed a man, but the Georgia native's career continues red hot with his latest record, "Night Train."
Luke Bryan who graces the cover of the latest issue of PEOPLE Country, took home the ACM entertainer of the year award for 2013, making him a top CMA contender.
Blake Shelton is a certain fan favorite with his crossover profile rising as The Voice's winningest coach. Shelton, 37, who is married to fellow star and Oklahoman Miranda Lambert, was named entertainer of the year last year.
George Strait is known as the king of country music, still holding up the mantle for the traditional wing of the industry. At 61, he's been honored twice already as entertainer of the year, in 1997 and 1998, and is the CMA's most-nominated artist ever. He's also on his farewell tour, making him a sentimental favorite.
Taylor Swift leads the CMA nominations with six. She will also be honored with another career milestone, the CMA's Pinnacle Award, last given out to Garth Brooks in 2005 for an artist who "has achieved both national and international prominence through concert performances and record sales levels unique in country music." She won entertainer of the year in 2008 and 2010.
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LISBON - Bond was increased to $100,000 cash or surety Monday afternoon for Todd Roberts, the Washingtonville man accused of failing to stop after an accident which caused the death of a 9-year-old Salem girl on Nov. 9.
Columbiana County Municipal Court Judge Carol Robb bound Roberts over to the county grand jury and then had bailiffs take him into custody after hearing testimony during the preliminary hearing.
Roberts, 27, East Main Street, Washingtonville, had been released initially on a $10,000 surety bond. However, Robb cited two troubling parts of Monday's testimony which caused her to increase the bond.
"The first fact is the admission of consumption of alcohol," Robb said, "and the second fact is the defendant stopped to adjust a headlight but did not stop after striking a child.
"I appreciate the fact he surrendered to police," the judge continued, adding he waited until "the next day, after there was no further opportunity to test his blood alcohol level."
Throughout the hearing, there were tough moments for the family of Olivia Thompson, the fourth-grader who died from her injuries after she was struck by a pickup truck on East State Street near South Lundy Avenue.
Salem patrolman Brent Slider testified when he arrived at the crash he found the girl's shoes in two different places before locating what first appeared to be a "small jumble of clothing" under an SUV. It appeared she had serious trauma to her left leg and her right leg was curved, Slider testified. She was unresponsive and he could not find a pulse. He called immediately for medical assistance.
Further investigation, including video surveillance, later determined the impact was nearly 130 feet from where Slider found the girl's crumpled body. She was struck near the Dollar General.
A 12-year-old girl who had been walking in front of Thompson at the time of the crash returned to talk to police after running home to have a family member call 911. The hysterical girl reportedly told Slider Thompson was struck by a small black pickup which drove away.
A driver, Melanie Sturgeon, who was eastbound about a block away, also reported a small black pickup driving erratically in the area. Slider said Sturgeon reported seeing something thrown from the pickup, instead of someone struck.
Salem police Detective David Talbert testified Roberts called the sheriff's department utilizing 911 the next morning.
"He was in an accident and believed he had struck somebody," Talbert testified about Roberts' statement to police the day following the accident. "He thought they were wearing a piece of clothing similar to what his daughter was wearing."
Talbert said Roberts admitted to not stopping because he had consumed some alcohol at BB Rooners with a female friend prior to the crash. Talbert said his investigation, which included interviewing others in the establishment and reviewing video surveillance, revealed Roberts drank one and a half beers just prior to leaving. The crash was less than two blocks from BB Rooners. Talbert testified Roberts did stop after the crash in the Papa John's Pizza lot to adjust his headlight before driving eastbound toward Washingtonville.
Roberts drives a 1998 Chevy S-10, which has been towed and processed by the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation. Talbert testified there is front end damage to the vehicle.
Roberts' attorney, James Hartford, questioned investigators about how many cars were parked along the street at the time of the crash, which happened after dark. He also asked what the child was wearing. He asked Slider to mark on a map the locations where the girl was believed struck and where she was located.
Hartford also questioned the names of other East State Street businesses and patrol cars from which investigators are still in the process of gathering surveillance video.


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Jessica Simpson tied the knot with former NFL player Eric Johnson at the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California.
"We are overwhelmed with complete happiness and love having made our eternal commitment," the newlyweds told PEOPLE in an exclusive statement on Saturday.
"To say 'I do' in front of family, friends and, most importantly, our children has been the happiest moment of our lives."
Simpson, 33, wore a custom Carolina Herrera gown to exchange vows with Johnson, 34, in front of more than 250 guests, including Ashlee Simpson and her fiancé Evan Ross, Jessica Alba, Cash Warren, CaCee Cobb and Donald Faison.
The couple's son, Ace, who just turned 1, served as a ring bearer and their daughter, Maxwell, 2, walked down the aisle as a flower girl accompanied by Ashlee's 5-year-old son, Bronx.
Simpson started dating Johnson four years ago, when they were introduced by mutual friends, and the pair instantly fell for one another.
"I couldn't ask for a better man in my life right now," Simpson told PEOPLE in 2010. "I'm in a great place and if right now could last forever, I'd take it."
Johnson took her up on that offer and proposed in November 2010 with a stunning ruby engagement ring by Neil Lane.
But wedding plans were put on hold – twice.
First Simpson gave birth to their daughter Maxwell, and then she welcomed their son Ace Knute last June.
"I definitely look forward to the day that I can look into his eyes and make that commitment that we both really long for," Simpson told PEOPLE last year. "He's just got to stop knocking me up!"
After getting her post-baby body back thanks to Weight Watchers and diligent workout sessions with trainer Harley Pasternak, Simpson is ready to start this new chapter in her life with Johnson.
In May, she posted a photo of the two of them on Instagram with the caption: "I can't wait to marry you!!!"
For all the details about Jessica Simpson's wedding – and her exclusive wedding album – pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday!


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Friday, August 22, 2014
Theyd been called out.
And on Friday afternoon they answered with abandon.
A group of 22 Berkeley Intermediate School teachers, along with Principal Mike Shaw were called out to take the ice-bucket challenge to raise awareness for ALS.
Never let it be said that teachers will not rise to the occasion.
Seated 22 across on the front sidewalk of BIS, Shaw and his teachers took one for the team, getting doused with buckets of ice water as they named off the schools they challenged to do the same.
We called out just about everybody in Berkeley County, Shaw said.
From H.E. Bonner Elementary to St. Johns Christian Academy, and all schools in between, their names have been called.
More than $41 million has been raised in support of ALS research, commonly known as Lou Gehrigs disease.
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To Both Ken and Kmartel,
I have to agree I was lucky to have lived in French Town for at least a few years. My name is Scott Crofoot. My mother, Ida Stelter and her family grew up in French town. I spent several years there when we lived with my Grandmother off and on while my Dad was overseas. Kmartel, by your description of the time you lived in Tomahawk it's more likely you may have known my mother. I attended Fulsher Elementary, Washington Elementary and Tomahawk JR. High before I moved away. I used to love fishing in the pond at the end of Mill Street and broke in my Ronco pocket fisherman there by catching a 4lb Bass. My Aunt used to keep a boat over at my Great Uncle Lyle Emory's house and I used to row it by myself all the way up to the point and even over to the railroad tressel to fish. I caught many a northern in the lily pads off Bradley park. I think back to the freedom I had as a kid, especially during the summers, to go wherever I wanted. I wish my kids could experience that now, but it's a different world. I remember in the winter I used to drive the old Skidoo 10hp machine through the park where I learned how easy it was to get stuck. Good times. On another day in the park we were walking the old road up to the point when we saw a low flying Cessna type pontoon plane snag on a cable hanging across the river to one of the islands. It slung the plane back and slammed it to the water right onto its pontoons. Weirdest thing I've ever seen! Everyone was fine and after about 30 minutes they all climbed back in and took off. Figure the odds! You never knew what wild life you would see in the park when riding your bike through. Deer, Ducks, Muskrats, Eagles, Squirrels to name a few. It was a great place to be a kid and I did not know how lucky I had it.


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I'll be taking a trip to the grocery store today, as usual, and I wanted to tell you about Tasty Vegan, a new blog Ashlee started with great vegan recipes. Might give you an idea of just what a vegan eats!! This week I'll be making the Glazed Seitan Stir-Fry and Chick-Un Noodle Soup... yum!
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I'll be taking a trip to the grocery store today, as usual, and I wanted to tell you about Tasty Vegan, a new blog Ashlee started with great vegan recipes. Might give you an idea of just what a vegan eats!! This week I'll be making the Glazed Seitan Stir-Fry and Chick-Un Noodle Soup... yum!
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I think I was reading your blog at the same time you were reading mine :). Thanks for sharing the homeschooling thoughts. It's a good perspective on it, especially since I tend to be sort of anti- homeschooling because of my experience. I think you would be great at it and I bet your boys would really excel. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do. Go Colts!ReplyDelete
Yes, it was a lovely post! I left a comment. :o)ReplyDelete
Do you go grocery shopping every day? I can't seem to decide if we do better going more often, or less often. Produce doesn't keep long but I also seem to buy more when I go more often. Maybe I should just take a small amount of cash each time to avoid overspending.
Ignore me, I'm thinking out loud again!
Oh Steph...I am totally with you. I loved Sheryl's post. I am praying fervently about next year. It is the hardest decision. Thanks for linking her. : ) Hope everyone is feeling better today.ReplyDelete
Thanks for linking to that- what a great perspective! ... I've really open the forum on homeschooling more... but I'm starting to think if we stick around here it's probably our most reasonable option...ReplyDelete
And thanks for the plug! :)
I love the IDEA of home schooling...I just don't feel confident enough to DO it! To be responsible for my childrens education scares the you know what out of me! I haven't even finished college! LOLReplyDelete
I can TOTALLY see you homeschooling. I think about it a lot too. I guess I just need to jump in or quit thinking about it. I am a chicken about it though.ReplyDelete
You'd be good at it. As for me, I'm not so sure. If my boys were having problems I'd pull them out and do the best I could. But I like the idea of going to school too. And they have a lot of fun at school. Neither one of them would want to be homeschooled at this point. It's probably easier if you start out at home in the beginning.ReplyDelete
And I've read Ashlee's recipes. They look really good to me. I'm going to try a couple myself, and I'm by no means eating a vegan diet.
P.S. I'm going shopping today too....AGAIN!!ReplyDelete
I would still like to know more about vegan eating. I just don't know where to buy some of the stuff. We don't have a natural food store within a reasonable distance. I'm already driving 30 miles to get to Super Wal-mart which I'm not happy about, but there the only ones with organic food!!! Argh!ReplyDelete
I would LOVE to be a homeschooler, really, I would. I just don't think I have it in me. I was the world's biggest slacker when it came to school and I don't know how I couldn't pass that right on to my girls.ReplyDelete
Luckily we live (at least, we do currently) in an area with an amazing array of shool choices. Cetainly one of them has got to be better than being schooled by an ambivalent mama ;)
Oh yeah, the vegan blog is fantastic. Just made one of her recipes for dinner last night and it was a huge hit!
I think I'd be good at homeschooling BUT there aren't any other homeschoolers within 100 miles of us. Literally. So that's keeping me from doing it, sadly.ReplyDelete
Come to the dark side! Unschool!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the link! This is such a topic for moms right now! I think Tricia was able to put 2 cents in for the both of us!ReplyDelete
Hello! I found your blog through Alli's. I am going to have a baby in about 5 weeks, and I want to get a sling for her. What do you recommend? If you could leave a comment on my blog, that would be great ;-)ReplyDelete
Homeschooling is also something that is constantly on my mind. My oldest is going on 3. I see so many benefits to homeschooling. Where we lived in MI, I'd NEVER send my ds to the public schools. Catholic schools were only OK-the ones that were actually GOOD cost around $10K/year! So that's when i started thinking of homeschooling.ReplyDelete
Where we live now, the schools are much better. I'm still more inclined to choose private over public, but not at the expense of HAVING to vaccinate my son accoridng to state recommendations. (NOT requirements!)
What a good post/link. From how I've gotten to know you thru your blog, I can see you doing a wonderful job w/ homeschooling. Many of my friends were homeschooled. Common among them all-no one regretted it. :)


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Panetta opens combat roles to women
January 23, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and......
While I support the idea of women being eligible for any type of work, this is something I think is a bad idea, mostly for personal reasons. The thought of one of my daughters being killed in combat would be unacceptable. And then you have the overwhelming likelyhood of sexu@l assault when they are captured.
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Another aspect of the dismantling of the United States professional military force. Woman have served in combat through Iraq and Afghanistan in many mission critical roles and many have had success in the fields they worked. What this country does not need is woman in combat arms, first strike jobs. The only thing that will happen if woman are allowed in the Rangers, Special Forces, Force Recon and frontline speciality combat units is reduce the standards of training to fit them and cost alot of lives should they be admitted to the units. It's time to quit using the military as a social experiment and get back to the business of war fighting and national defense.
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Once the picture of the old frosted glass train station light started appearing on Facebook, money to buy it back from a Toronto dealer came in faster than Christopher Byrd imagined.
Instead of a month, it took two weeks to collect $3,696 in donations from 105 people from Buffalo to Alden to North Carolina, Virginia and California – people who wanted to help bring back the first of the original Art Deco lights to the decayed-but-still-beautiful Central Terminal station.
"I was just ecstatic," said Byrd, founder of the station-neighborhood advocacy group Broadway Fillmore Alive. Once things got going after Thanksgiving, he couldn't help but check the fundraising website chipin.com every half hour or so. "The numbers just kept going up and up and up."
Sometime next week Byrd will drive from Toronto with the sconce that was once posted somewhere on the concourse of the terminal at Paderewski Drive. The 83-year-old, nationally registered historic place is now under gradual restoration.
For those who pitched in from $5 to $500, the project celebrated several related ambitions: to return the station to its former grandeur, to revive its formerly thriving East Side Polish neighborhood, and to champion the more general promise of preservation projects.
"I look at the light as part of a catalyst," said Chris Ziolkowski, an Alden contractor who donated $100. A recent buyer of a house near the terminal that he intends to rehab and live in, he would like to see the rehabbing spread.
"It's a good cause," he said. "They did it in record time. How is that for grassroots?"
Before train service left the 1929 Central Terminal for Depew in 1979, the grand main concourse and its passenger walkway were lighted up with the sconces framed in the sharp lines of Art Deco's futuristic aesthetic.
In the decades that followed, the abandoned station was sold in foreclosure auction and a former owner infuriated some by selling off the lights.
The ethereal assortment scattered. Two tall lights from either side of a doorway and six shorter ones were bought 20 years ago from a New York City dealer.
Greame Reading, a restaurateur and architect, used them as part of the signature design of his Deco Café in Hong Kong. His appropriation of the Buffalo lights fascinated traveling Buffalonians who shared their pictures on the Central Terminal's photo site.
As Reading opened more Art Deco-themed cafes, he considered the lights to be such a critical part of the appeal that he commissioned replicas from China for his other restaurants.
"The power of the design is so strong that it's making people comfortable now," he said in an interview three years ago.
About a decade ago, the owner of a Toronto decorative arts shop found that he, too, was enchanted by the looks of a station light. "It's quite a beautiful object and a rare one," said Roberto Navarro, whose shop specializes in retro decorative objects. "In 1928, in Buffalo, that design was the vision of what was modern."
From a Buffalo dealer, he bought one of the smallish – about 20 inches tall – sconces.
"I liked it, so I kept it for a long time," he said of the light. He fixed it up to sell as a coffee table this year. "Eventually, I took it from my basement and cleaned it and put it in my store."
When a Buffalonian spotted it in his King Street shop, a deal was slowly hatched.
At first Navarro was inundated with emails. Some rudely demanded that he just give the light back.
"A lot of them were not really reasonable," he said. "I have a small business. I have to pay the bills."
Instead, Byrd took up the cause shortly before Thanksgiving. Navarro had agreed to drop the price from the $9,000 he saw others were charging for similar lights to a more affordable $3,000.
"It's about time that people wake up and take care of their heritage," he said. "There's a lot of building in Buffalo that deserves to be protected and restored."
Since the Central Terminal was launching a formal $769,000 roof repair fundraising drive, Byrd asked for informal help on Facebook, using a cheery picture of the light surrounded by Christmas lights and the message, "Bring a piece of the Central Terminal home to Buffalo for the holidays."
"Once it was posted on Facebook," said Byrd, "it just started spreading everywhere."
In the 15 years since the station has been owned by the nonprofit Central Terminal Restoration Corp., the station, now lit by ordinary fixtures, has become a venue for public events and grand annual revelries from Dyngus Day to Oktoberfest.
Not long ago, a replica of one of the old sconces went up on the wall. Retired sheet metal workers crafted it after calculating the measurements and design from old photos, said Maryn Rodgers, CTRC executive director.
To put sconces back the way they used to be, they will need a dozen, as there were six on each wall. With a real one to consult, making more copies should be easier.
"You have to have an original to create the template for any kind of proper restoration," Rodgers said.
When the old light does come finally inside, it will be put on display for tours and locked up when it's off duty. "It's not going to leave again," Rodgers said, adding that one day she'd like to set up a museum where the old ticket windows are.
Byrd is looking forward to the making the Toronto trip. An owner of a lighting company there has offered to look the light over and make any repairs. When he finally gets back to the old neighborhood, there will be a small party to celebrate everyone who helped.
"We did this. We're giving back to the Terminal," he said. "People should all be proud."
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