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Ervin Santana is all smiles again after a strong winter league campaign in the Dominican Republic.
In no particular order of importance …
I'm busy working on a non-baseball project that will eat up a lot of my free time the next few days. If something of actual importance happens, I'll weigh in, of course.
I'm also dealing with a back problem. Nothing that appears to require surgery — so far — but for now I have to limit my time sitting in front of a computer.
The 2008 minor league spring training schedule is on FutureAngels.com, which is the only place on the Internet where you'll find it. FutureAngels.com functions as an unofficial web site for the minor league complex, posting schedules for spring training, summer league and fall ball. The schedule includes links to maps showing where each game will be played, so if you're lost around Phoenix you can print these maps to get you around.
Right now, I'm scheduled to work the March 16-18 games. As always, I'll have video on-line, each night if possible. FutureAngels.com is the only place on the Internet where you'll find video from the Angels minor league spring training.
Across the parking lot, players are reporting now to major league camp, which means beat writers are also reporting to camp. The Angels' Media Relations try to steer reporters to certain stories, which is why you'll see the Times, Register and Press-Enterprise run largely similar articles. Media Relations schedules a block of time for Mike Scioscia to meet the press, so they all get the same notes and quotes.
Today's story du jour is Ervin Santana. Last summer, Ervin got ripped by certain elements of the press, and the fan sites as usual engaged in a knee-jerk dismissal of his future. Well, as I've written many times, the problem was mechanics, and mechanics can be corrected, but some people just want to write off a player as a "bust" without engaging their brain to figure out why a player is struggling. Today's articles disclose that Ervin had a mechanical problem with his hip and shoulder flying open, causing his pitches to flatten out.
Mechanics are a habit, and a habit comes from repetition. If you add up pitches thrown in a game, warmups, bullpens between starts, spring training and whatnot, a pitcher probably winds up and throws somewhere around 5,000 to 10,000 times a year. If a flaw creeps in, and you keep repeating that flaw, soon it becomes habit and you just don't think about it. Bad habits can't be fixed overnight, as you have to consciously force yourself not to do what you've been doing wrong, and during a game a pitcher wants to concentrate on the contest and not remembering to fix a flaw.
The big baseball story this week was the Roger Clemens / Brian MacNamee melodrama on Capitol Hill. I just can't get excited about it. In my opinion, the only reason Congress is involved at all is that Major League Baseball is incapable of policing itself. Without Congressional pressure, illegal drug use would probably be rampant in MLB. Let's face it, owners are in this to make a buck, and people will gladly pay a lot a money to watch Barry Bonds hit homers or Roger Clemens strike out batters. If you had told their fans that Bonds and Clemens were juicing, few of them would have cared. They just want the gratification of entertainment.
Athletes are competitive, and the most successful athletes are those who are the most competitive. That means pushing their bodies to the limit, and to go beyond that limit may require the use of illegal drugs. But let's not overlook that steroids and HGH weren't banned by MLB until a few years ago, and much of the reported abuse occurred before then. Barry Bonds is alleged to have used substances so chemically altered that they may not be covered by law.
So rather than argue over legal technicalities or records with asterisks, I'd rather they just concentrate on purging the game of these substances and move on. You'll never be 100% successful, because if the difference between a dream major league career or a life selling insurance is injecting yourself with chemical enhancements, it's hard to convince many people to give up millions of dollars for a few thousand.
In closing … I want to encourage you to sign up for the FutureAngels.com bulletin board. With a blog format, you can only respond to my articles. On the bulletin board, you can start your own topics. The MLBlog format requires you to use your e-mail address as a screen name, which is an invasion of privacy in my opinion, but on the bulletin board you can create your own screen name and protect your privacy.
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The Army Reserve's reliance on a private contractor to conduct medical screening of drilling reservists has driven up costs and reduced readiness of medics and reserve units, says a freshman congressman who also is an Army Reserve colonel and physician.
But an advocate for the contractor counters that the percentage of Army reservists medically ready to deploy within 72 hours actually has jumped over the last several years, from 24 percent to 62 percent.
Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., says he has watched with rising frustration as an arrangement with Logistics Health Incorporated (LHI) of La Crosse, Wis., has handcuffed his Reserve medical staff on weekend drills from providing basic preventive health services to fellow reservists.
Heck charges that this has cut training opportunities for reserve medics.
And LHI contract rules create barriers to using reserve medical personnel effectively, to give flu shots, for example, or to do preventive dental care.
Heck also contends that thousands of reservists every year are wrongly classified as medically non-deployable because LHI relies too heavily on soldiers' responses to health questionnaires to assess fitness for duty.
Besides being a freshman member of Congress, Heck commands the Western Area Medical Support Group in San Pablo, Calif., one of four such groups in the Army Reserve. He oversees 2,200 medically trained reservists assigned to 13 units across six states.
LHI does important work to ensure reservists stay medically fit, Heck says. "The problem is it doesn't really accomplish that in a timely, cost-effective manner."
"I would send a soldier who was well to a PHA" — Periodic Health Assessment conducted by LHI — "and he would come back broken, this is, medically non-deployable for an issue that was really not an issue," Heck says. "But it would take six months to a year for us to clear it up."
Heck estimates that 10,000 Army Reservists currently have a "P-3 profile" from LHI "that renders them medically non-deployable. And most of those, I am sure, will be adjudicated as not valid."
Army Reserve Mobilization Support Units still are responsible for medical processing of reservists when mobilized and on return. But if the same personnel "want to do soldier readiness processing at my unit, they can't do it on a drill weekend for my soldiers even though that's their job should they be mobilized," Heck says.
LHI, in a statement, said that neither the company nor the Reserve Health Readiness Program it services prohibits reserve components "from performing their medical readiness services organically."
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LHI says in the last three years the Army Reserve "has witnessed historical medical and dental readiness improvement."
Heck says he has been raising questions about the LHI contract for at couple of years based on "my first-hand experience. Now it's just that I'm in a position to maybe get some answers."
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Walz filling House vacancyStaff Report | April 08,2014MONTPELIER Tommy Walz, a former educator from Barre, has been tapped by Gov. Peter Shumlin to replace former Rep. Tess Taylor.
Walz was picked from a list of three candidates submitted to Shumlin by the Barre City Democratic Committee.
I am pleased to appoint Tommy Walz to fill this opening, Shumlin said in a statement. His long-term commitment and service to the Barre community will make him an excellent voice for his constituents in the Vermont House of Representatives.
Walz moved to Barre in 1967 to teach English and German at Spaulding High School. He and his wife, Leslie,later moved several times, including a stint in Germany. Walz returned to Vermont in 1979 and again taught English at Spaulding before working in computer sales and data consulting.
I am proud to be joining the Barre contingent in the Vermont House of Representatives, Walz said in a statement. Barre has given us much and Leslie and I have had the chance to return some small measure through volunteering and serving on local school boards. Representing the people of Barre City in the Vermont House provides yet one more way for me to serve my community.
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Tony Stewart needs to get to racing in a sprint car. Not tomorrow. Not a week from now. Today.
He's 21st in his weekend job of racing in the Sprint Cup Series. That's subpar for the three-time Cup champ. He needs the comfort and the healing of a woman, I mean, a sprint car.
This would not be the recommended path for most on the NASCAR circuit. But Stewart is truly a rare breed. How many photos of his pet pig and of him eating out of a can of SpaghettiOs can he really tweet and make us think he's happy.
For better or for worse, Stewart is married to his sprint car. It is what brings him true joy. It is raw. It is fierce. It is what lured him into this business to begin with. It's why he likes that to be more private time than when he's out at the Cup track.
Yes, a sprint car did break his heart last year. Actually, it broke his leg. In two places. Three surgeries and six months later, he was finally back in a stock car. That made him smile.
But getting in a sprint car last week for a test made him downright giddy. There's nothing like hammering the gas in one of those cars and feeling the awesome power.
Driving a sprint car for Cup drivers, let's face it, is stupid. Many get paid millions to race stock cars. To go out there in a high horsepower open-wheel car risks injury more than walking across the street or driving to the store. Drivers can't live in a bubble but there's a reason Richard Childress lets his grandsons compete in the occasional late model rather than a sprint car. There's a reason that former sprint-car drivers Carl Edwards and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. don't race them anymore — they know better than to ask Jack Roush for permission.
But for Stewart to be at his best mentally, sprint cars have a soothing effect. They don't just make him whole, they provide a necessary distraction so he doesn't dwell on his Cup struggles. They help him clear his mind. They help him build endurance throughout the summer.
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By Tonya Fennell: Freedom Newspapers
Having a special needs child, Lisa Dunaway was most concerned with the medical facilities in her prospective new home.
Along with other spouses of Air Force Special Operations Command, she joined her husband Thursday and Friday to tour Clovis and Portales. She may soon call Clovis home when the AFSOC 16th Wing moves to Cannon Air Force Base.
Forty-six AFSOC personnel and their spouses took part in the two-day tour of Cannon AFB, the Melrose Bombing Range, schools, medical facilities and housing.
Dunaway said Clovis held more than she expected. "There's more here than I thought," she said. "I wanted to make sure the medical facilities and physicians were adequate."
The young Air Force wife said she found the health care services in Clovis would meet her child's needs.
Born in Kansas and raised in Colorado, Brandy Hewins said a possible move to Clovis would mean she was closer to home.
"I think it (Clovis) is just great," Hewins said. "I love the area."
The co-pilot's wife said she began researching Clovis schools on the Internet before her visit to Clovis. Hewin said she enjoyed the tour because she had the opportunity to view schools and churches on base as well as in the community.
Air Force spouse Tricia Bauernfeind lauded the Clovis weather.
"The weather has been wonderful," she said. "There is no concern for hurricanes and the humidity is not a problem."
Bauernfeind said the weather is perfect for social gatherings. "I can just imagine the get-togethers we could have," she said, adding she welcomes the opportunity to live closer to her hometown of Dallas.
Bauernfeind said the tour included a private banquet at the Clovis Civic Center.
"The food was wonderful," she said.
Lt. Gen. Michael Wooley, commanding general of Air Force Special Operations Command, said the overall consensus among the tour participants regarding Clovis was favorable. Wooley said the purpose of the tour was to show AFSOC leaders and their spouses the "real deal" of Clovis, Portales and Melrose.
"This community has stepped up and provided information," Wooley said. "If I was going to give this tour a grade, it would be an A-plus."
Portales Mayor Orlando Ortega said he was pleased with the way the tour of Portales went, complete with banners, store signs and folks waving as the buses traveled through the streets of Portales.
"Our goal was to show the community, including the education (opportunities) and also to show the quality of life in the community," Ortega said. "I believe we were able to give them a good snapshot of what our community is like."
Ortega said the people on the tour were particularly interested in seeing what Portales has to offer in the way of education, including higher education, and housing was another big topic.
According to Ortega, Portales city officials explained the new housing initiative with city property near the golf course, and the group toured Cannon Meadows, a housing development near Eastern New Mexico University, owned by the Air Force.
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Gay marriage laws to generate spending
A national think tank says new gay marriage laws in Maine, Maryland and Washington will generate at least $166 million in wedding spending in the next three years.
The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law estimates that nearly 18,000 same-sex couples in the three states will exchange vows in the first three years after the new laws are in effect.
Wedding-related spending for in-state couples is expected be about $16 million in Maine, $63 million in Maryland and $89 million in Washington. The estimates do not include out-of-state same-sex couples that travel to those states to marry.
Lee Badgett, research director at the institute and an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, says the additional spending will create new jobs and boost tax revenues.
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Segregation hasn't been the law for decades, but many neighborhoods are still largely segregated across the country. Business Insider analyzed a report by two Florida State professors to determine the most segregated cities in the U.S. They are:
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8. Birmingham-Hoover, Ala.
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It's been nearly 10 years since Thomas Friedman discovered that the world is flat. His book describes a "plug and play" world built on an open, global, web-enabled platform that supports multiple forms of shared knowledge and work irrespective of time, distance, geography or language. While globalization once was the province of governments or corporations, he proposed that the big change was going to come when individuals and small groups plugged in and learned how to "work horizontally." Keep in mind, this was before the smartphone.
A few years later, Tina Brown wrote in The Daily Beast that juggling part-time "gigs" was the career path of a rising "hustler class." What she called "gigonomics" boils down to professionals increasingly working part-time or short-term jobs rather than in salaried positions. Her polls revealed that one third of the US workforce was working freelance or holding down two or more jobs. By this time, the iPhone had been introduced but the "bring your own device" to work phenomenon was still years away.
How quickly everything changes. What these writers could not see was how people would organize businesses around the shifts they described. Combine the global "plug and play" platform with "BYOD" and you get a view into what is becoming the gig economy. While more people are able to work than ever before in history, to succeed, we must think in a new way.
Here are some illustrations of how employment is moving towards just-in-time gigs:
With over a billion unique individuals from around the globe using its services each month, Google employs them all. Those billions of short search terms tell their systems what people are looking for, and what a user chooses from their search results list tells Google that user's preference at that point in time. This is the content they sell to advertisers while they reward all user/employees with quick results, accurate maps and other free services.
In this way, we all work for Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and any other service that uses our information for their gain. It's important to make the most of these gigs because they also put us in position to work with anyone, anywhere. They afford us the best research services ever devised, the best news and access to the best people to work with. Use these free tools to form your own small networks to stay on top of what is happening in your field or to help you turn a hobby into a career.
Magazines and news organizations:
It comes as a surprise to realize that most news now comes from unpaid sources. As networked smartphones and their cameras turn millions into reporters, news organizations have welcomed submissions from the scene of events like the Hudson River landing of US Airways flight 1549.
Pioneered by the Huffington Post, the use of unpaid stringers and contributors has gone mainstream. Even magazines like Forbes have hundreds of contributors to their web site. Such magazines provide a great platform for writers to be exposed to clients in the best possible light. If you contribute articles to an industry-related news organization, you stand out and at the same time you are free to frame the issues you address in your own terms. Be on the lookout for "Send us a pitch" links to become a guest columnist at the publications you admire and would like to support.
Universities and colleges:
No longer are university positions "soft," if they ever were. The Chronicle of Higher Education's Adjunct Project reports that fully two-thirds of the faculty standing in front of college classrooms each day aren't full-time or permanent professors. In some fields, such as technical fields of practice, this is good thing.
Technology and methods change so rapidly that colleges are always on the lookout for practitioners who can teach. The adjunct model is also a wonderful way to take advantage of high-level personnel who would otherwise not be looking for a full-time teaching career. Likewise, professionals should look at teaching as a gig that helps expose them to standout students and new ideas.
Much has been made of the "lean startup" and its value. One thing that the model creates is more serial entrepreneurs. Their job is to identify a need and focus a team on filling it, at scale. Tools like Kickstarter extend financing to artists, authors and other creative professionals by helping them pitch directly to their customers. To date, over 4 million people have pledged over $600 million in support for over 40,000 Kickstarter projects. To get started, go to their school page. Your creativity and effort can result in gigs of your own choosing.
The Maker Faire and many large athletic and musical events, often once a year gatherings in a certain location, embrace large paying audiences. While volunteers staff the booths and take tickets, out-sourced services create a state of the art infrastructure for these events regardless of location. Gigs for electrical, sound, video, art and lighting infrastructure can turn even a desert into a happening.
These examples show how the gig economy is taking shape around us. Once you start to see it in action, you might note how much of our lives rely on the efficiencies it provides. So what can we do to make the most of these changes?
We can prepare for this new economic landscape by becoming networked problem-solvers. When you have an idea, research it, take pictures and notes. Find or form an online group to investigate your idea and explore others. Go horizontal and embrace the best minds you can bring to bear on the problems you want to solve. Build a team of people you can go to with issues that lie beyond your own expertise. Then, bring all the wisdom of your "small network" with you as you pursue your career in the gig economy. It's as close as your next gig.
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SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Athletes of distinction were recognized this past week at year-end awards presentation ceremonies at Liberty, Fallsburg and Monticello. At each, enraptured audiences got to view this writer's array of slides that chronicled the year and to hear coaches and administrators laud the efforts of each school's standouts. In addition, athletic directors Jason Semo of Liberty, Tim Bult of Fallsburg and Doug Murphy of Monticello noted the Scholar Athlete team designations awarded by NYSPHSAA for team GPAs of 90 percent or better. Liberty led the way with 10 teams recognized for their academic excellence. Coaches bestowed awards on players and each school ended its evening with the presentation of special senior awards.
Senior award winners were as follows.
Liberty: Paulina Kleinberger and Will McGuire, Liberty Rotary Club Senior Perseverance Award; Megahn Burke and Emirsen Shehi, Elizabeth "Betty" Totten Sportsmanship Award; Eddie Soto and Jessica Dunnigan, Tom Kelly Award Outstanding Senior Athletes.
Fallsburg: Lauren Elliott and Tyler McAuliffe, Student Government Association Award; Susan Moody and Andrew Moore, Fallsburg Comet Booster Club Award; Kathleen Orlan and Kristopher Williams, Outstanding Senior Athlete.
Monticello: Patrick Ripa was this year's winner of the Mayor's Cup presented by Monticello Mayor Gordon Jenkins. The following athletes earned Doctor of Sport distinction with at least nine varsity letters including their senior year: Anagabrille Loor, Kevin O'Rourke, Dominic Martinez and Patrick Ripa. Master of Sport winners had at least six varsity letters. They were: Amanda Palko, Samantha Stawarz, Taylor Reardon, Taylor Welch, Brandon Rieber, Steven Wilbur and Matthew Rodrique. To read about all of the award winners and see albums of pictures, visit sportsinsighsny.com.
The county's elite track and field athletes vied at the Section 9 state qualifier meet held at Warwick on June 2-3 for berths at states. The top finishers from Division I, which includes Monticello, and Division II, which includes the rest of the county schools, will head to the state championship meet at Caldonia Mumford High School, located southwest of Rochester, on June 10-11. The following female athletes will represent their schools, the county and Section 9: Jessica Dunnigan (L) qualified in all four of her events including the 100 (12.53), 200 (25.53), long jump (18-1¼), which was a personal best, and the 400 relay (51.14) with Lara Heslop, Nikole Snyder and Rebeccah Harman; Dominique Darby (T-V), shot put (36-0.25) and discus (104-3); Kaitlynn Greffrath (T-V), pentathlon (2,046 points); Hannah Feinman (SW), triple jump (33-10); Heidi Furman (T-V), hammer (123-2), which is not a state event; Mareena DiMilia (T-V), javelin (106-9.5); Boys: Alex Campanella (E), 800 (4:27.46); Hunter Proscia (E), 3000 steeplechase (9:54.62); Garrett Lapolt (M), shot put (47-1); Todd Roeder (SW), discus (130-41). Brandon Wagner (SW), javelin (137-0), which is not a state event.


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LEWIS, NY — NYCO Minerals has been mining wollastonite in the Town of Lewis in the Adirondacks for the last 60 years. The company now wants to mine a 200-acre area located about 50 feet away from the current mine. However, that parcel is owned by the state as part of the Adirondack State Forest Preserve and subject to a "forever wild" provision of state land.
NYCO has proposed giving some 1,500 acres of land to the state in return for the 200 acres owned by the state. Additionally, over time the state land would eventually be returned to the state.
In order to allow this to happen, voters in the state must pass Proposition Five, which will be on the ballot in November, and would amend the state's constitution to allow the transfer to take place.
Supporters of the proposition say it's a good deal for the state, and support has come from a number of organizations, including unions and environmental groups. The Adirondack Council, for instance, in June released a statement in support of the proposition. William Janeway, the executive director of the organization, said, in exchange for the 200 acres the people of the state would receive "1,500 acres of land containing better wildlife habitat and greater recreational opportunities."
An analysis of the proposition by the council said, "The 1,507 acres to be added to the Forest Preserve contain important wildlife habitat, more than three miles of stream, sensitive fisheries, and recreational resources. Much of this area is also identified in New York State's Open Space Conservation Plan as lands that should be protected as part of the Lake Champlain Watershed priority project."
Local politicians are pleased that the 100 jobs provided by the company in remote Essex County would remain. But not everyone thinks the proposition is a good deal for state residents.
The Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club is urging voters to say no to Proposition Five. Roger Downs, the conservation director of the chapter, said, "The term 'forever wild' loses meaning when we allow parcels of our remaining wilderness lands to be developed for private commercial gain. The Forest Preserve and the 119-year old protection afforded to it by Article 14 of the State Constitution should not be for sale at any price. The proposed land exchange does not represent any real improvement to the wilderness legacy of the Adirondacks."
Charles Morrison, a spokesman for the chapter's Adirondack Committee said: "The state legislators who voted for this proposal in the closing days of the legislative session have not been given the full facts. For example, proponents of this deal have kept quiet that NYCO has been planning for the closure of the 1970s Lewis Mine all along, and the company opened a second mine at Oak Hill in the late 1990s, two miles away from the Lewis mine, to replace it. In 2006, NYCO submitted a 25-year plan to state agencies to phase out its Lewis mine and transition to full operations at Oak Hill by 2016 where the ore is as good, or better, than at Lewis. There is no economic emergency here that requires the voters to amend the constitution."
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Alphabet Letter T Toad
Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities and Worksheets
Alphabet > Letter T > T is for Toad
Animals > Endangered > Amphibians > Toads
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Here are printable materials and some suggestions to present letter T.
1. Animals > Amphibians > Toad
A toad is a small animal that looks like a frog and has dry, rough skin. Toads are amphibians, but live mostly on land rather than in or near water.
Visit the toad theme lesson plan activities for animal facts, online learning resources, crafts and other activities to incorporate with this alphabet presentation.
2. Alphabet Activity > Letter T is for Toad
Present the letter T Toad six-piece online jigsaw puzzle to practice problem solving and view letter T in upper and lower case. Adjust number or pieces using the Change Cut button on the left.
Children Age 3 and under:
* Print a letter T coloring page D'Nealian or Standard Block font and a toad coloring page behind it or on a separate page if using finger paints to decorate later. Discuss other letter T words found on the worksheet.
* Finger Tracing:
Trace letter T's in upper and lower case with your finger as you also sound out the letter. Invite the children to do the same on their coloring page.
* Children can trace and color the letter T's. After completing coloring the letter, encourage children to color the teddy bear coloring page. Write the word toad on the margins.
Children Ages 3+ to 6:
Alphabet - beginning letter T
1. Present the Letter T Activity Worksheet and Mini Book program. Read suggested instructions for using the worksheet and mini-book.
Letter T words: The worksheet and matching mini-book can be used as part of a Letter T program of activities to reinforce letter recognition, initial handwriting practice and to identify related T words.
Discuss other letter T words and images (refer to activity worksheet above): First 'brainstorm' and ask the children about other words that have that beginning sound and write them on a board (dry erase board) as the children come up with examples. You can print letter T in a different bright color to make it stand out. If you have illustrated alphabet books you can also use images in them. You can also display letter T posters and coloring pages or make a letter T classroom book. For related images visit: Letter T Printable Materials.
*Finger and Pencil Tracing:
Trace letter T's in upper and lower case with your finger as you also sound out the letter. Invite the children to do the same on your worksheet. Encourage the children to trace the dotted letter with your choice of sharpened crayon, fine tip marker, coloring or regular pencil and explain the direction of the arrows and numbers (on the upper right corner) that help them trace the letter correctly. During the demonstration, you may want to count out loud as you trace so children become aware of how the number order aids them in the writing process.
*Find the letter T's: Have the children find all the letter T's in upper and lower case on the page and encourage them to circle them first. Visit each child to make sure they have identified the letter T's and then discuss the locations with the poster and worksheet.
Letter T Word Search & Handwriting Practice
The four and six word search game features a toad and letter T words with pictures and handwriting practice.
Advanced independent handwriting practice:
1. Print your choice of printable lined-paper and encourage children to draw a toad behind the page or print a toad coloring page.
2. Drawing and writing paper Encourage children to draw, color and decorate a toad and write letter T t. Share some images of a real toads to inspire the children.
To view updates to these activities visit: http://www.first-school.ws/activities/alpha/t/toad.htm


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Originally Posted by chakan
Kishi just drew Lee on rampage:
:rofl: if only.......
Don,t you readers realize what the Raikage said to Naruto on page 9, that Minato failed to deal with the nine tails and that Naruto is doing the same mistake because he is avoiding the nine tails. So i imagine that Raikage knows a lot about the demon and knows that he can stop Naruto right now at that level but knows also that if Naruto really take the time to listen and have a good discution with the Nine tails, maybe then Naruto will be at a level to stop the war.
What do you guys think
I think jammers, that you probably don't know how to read if you think that naruto is avoiding de kyubii, he just spoke with it in the last chapter, and said something like this "we will do something about your hatred" in other words he cares and want to tame the nine tails completely
Originally Posted by naninha
I think jammers, that you probably don't know how to read if you think that naruto is avoiding de kyubii, he just spoke with it in the last chapter, and said something like this "we will do something about your hatred" in other words he cares and want to tame the nine tails completely
I do understand that but maybe there is more to do with the Nine tails power than just tame the nine tails. Even the Nine Tails was telling Naruto that he is being foolish to think that he can stop the war by himself
Man its Raikage vs. naruto now!
I hope Naruto won't try to overdo it. He still have more villains to take on like Zetsus before he can face Sasuke and probably Madara.
I think probably but not likely, he'll still have to deal with the Raikage. By that Naruto will be totally drained. Knowing Naruto he will still jump at his chance to rescue anyone. If that happens, his recklesness may just catch up to him.
It would be nice to see Naruto acquire more of his fathers techniques, but its unlikely. The only ones who would be able to teach him those techniques is either Jiraiya or Kakashi (one being dead, the other seems to have his hands full at the time being).
from the last interview Kishi had (last year), he stated that there are two shinobi right now that surpasses Minato. But i just dont see it. (hope one of them is Naruto) Minato seems to be the baddest ever! Well so far anyway.
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Maybe the other one is Madara( assuming one is Naruto)
Originally Posted by jammersnaruto
Don,t you readers realize what the Raikage said to Naruto on page 9, that Minato failed to deal with the nine tails and that Naruto is doing the same mistake because he is avoiding the nine tails. So i imagine that Raikage knows a lot about the demon and knows that he can stop Naruto right now at that level but knows also that if Naruto really take the time to listen and have a good discution with the Nine tails, maybe then Naruto will be at a level to stop the war.
What do you guys think
Naw Raikage is just acting on inpluse and taking matter in his own hands. Same as Naruto. Narutos going to do with he wants to do, rather then the 4 of them fighting they should come up with a solution to assist Naruto.
Naruto isnt going to Listen he wants to assist his Fellow ninjas and instead of them putting faith in him there turning this war into a even bigger mess.
My prediction is Naruto put it all together against the Reikage and defeat Him to prove that nobody is in His league, We may see the beginning of Fox/Sage mode and a super beast rasengan bomb, the ultimate jutsu.
you guys crack me up wiht your "Theories"
I like this but i can wait till it get better, the flash back make me feel like they are taking long tho, im kind new can anyone hlp me out?
bi dont think the next chapter can live to to this ones ,it was really good
naruto was just getting warmed up n if bee hadnt stopped A, hahahaha! A would be sucking his sorry butt by now....naruto is da reincarnation of the SO6P
In order for /naruto to change your ideal he has to know and understand your pain. He has to know why A is the way he is then he has to show him his power. Naruto will shock everyone when he combines both kyuubi/sage mode. Giving him more strength and speed then A.
I like how A thinks he can kill Naruto with ease. A like everyone else underestimates him and they get burned by his rasengan.
Originally Posted by isthatnecessary
Sugar coat? Naruto was not exactly fighting yet. Have you never seen a real fight ever?
lol i agree has he ever seen a fight a fight is when 2 ppl hit each other
Hopefully we will see some action in the next chapter.
lol most people think naruto wasn't about to be killed he was reckless and jumped into a battle with the Raikage. A was about to kill naruto. Most people think he was about to perform some secret new jutsu even though he couldn't do a normal rasengan in the nine tail mode remember it blow up in his face.http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/519/15 He even sayed it felt like a normal rasengan wouldn't work in that mode.http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/519/17 And who is to say that he can mix the sage and nine tails mode? A lot of you just want them to put faith in him WTF? They are at war! How can you put so much faith in one person to stop a entire war by himself. Remember people we know the manga is titled Naruto the people of the naruto universe don't. Would you put your faith in one person to stop an entire war knowing that he is the key to the worlds end? I mean in the real world!! I'm not saying he should kill naruto, but just saying put faith in him. really? A was doing what he saw was best to stop madara plan from coming true. Naruto didn't really think things though he based his judgement on his emotions, not saying it's a bad thing but look at sasuke look what his feeling of hatred have done to him. I still believe naruto decision was reckless. he should have at least trained more to control his new powers. At least learn to make a complete Tailed beast bomb! Come on!!
Last edited by WhyShouldIBecomeASage; 06-08-2011 at 05:14 AM.
has any1 seen naruto using flash technique(which he got to learn from his father)???? well may be now is right time!!!
oooh come naruto use it....
If u mean the flying thunder god technique, then its impossible fr Naruto to learn that, as it was the signature technique of only his father............
Maybe he will rip out some secret Space Time Ninjutsu possibly belonging to Nine Tails.........
whywouldibecomeasage my title pic is proof sage and 9tails. agree with u about the emotion crap. He should train but this way he gets to save people and give them hope. bee will give a hope in naruto. cant wait to see naruto and hinata know doubt they will get together why become naruto told neji he would change the clan. he just didnt say with his seed. lol.
here is what I think will happen. naruto will pull a power out of his azz. it will be the sage of the 6 paths power. what power can this be. the power of his blood line also the same blood like as the first, second, forth, and fifth. why do you think he calls her granny. maybe naruto dads mom is the first sister. anyway. this power will allow his to take in all of the collect tail beast with his blood line and sage. this will force madara hand. also it will amaze everyone. the reason why i say this is look at the sage of the 6paths necklace.
also even with flying thunder 4th could not touch madara to slow. but natural enery kick azz. u will see.
Minato was not from the senjo clan and madara was obvious when he told naruto that he can see the 1st in him, but he meant the well of the 1st not the blood!! and naruto didnt use the flash technique, he just accelerate his speed movement with his chakra...
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Way back in 1984 a line of shape-shifting toys became the must-have plaything for all self-respecting boys. They quickly morphed into a series of comic books, cartoons and an animated movie. Now, 20-plus years after the fact, they're the subjects of a wild, effects-filled summer blockbuster brought to the big screen by, among others, Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg.
Thousands of years ago an advanced race of shape-shifting bio-robots populated the planet of Cybertron. Since then, their society has been ravaged by a civil war as clans fought over an all-powerful cube of energy called Allspark. The Autobots wanted it for good; the Decepticons for evil. Through their battles, Allspark got lost in space and eventually crashed down on a then primitive planet Earth. The evil Decepticon leader, Megatron, set off to retrieve the treasure and its power.
Eons later an intrepid explorer by the name of Witwicky is traversing the frigid North Pole and stumbles upon a remarkable find—Megatron, frozen and caught beneath the ice.
One hundred years after that, the explorer's great-great-grandson, Sam, buys a battered Camaro as his first car. But this car has a habit of turning on its own ignition and flipping through radio channels without anyone being in its driver seat. (It plays songs such as "Sexual Healing" and "Baby Come Back" whenever Sam is wooing his love interest, Mikaela.)
About the same time, a pilot-less helicopter attacks a military base in the Middle East and infiltrates the U.S. defense network. Little does Sam know that he's driving an Autobot and will soon be swept up in the Transformers' ongoing conflicts. He must help the good 'bots find the powerful cube before the Decepticons revive the still-frozen Megatron and take over all mankind.
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The Witwicky family motto is, "No Sacrifice, No Victory." It was handed down from Sam's great-great-grandfather. Throughout the film this credo is raised as Sam, Mikaela, the Autobots and human soldiers all must make a choice to sacrifice themselves for others around them. When the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, is chided by his evil counterpart for protecting measly humans, the good 'bot retorts, "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" and "We cannot let the humans pay for our mistakes." At one point he assures Sam, "I will sacrifice myself to save you." And later, Sam puts his life on the line for the robots as well.
Mikaela talks about her devotion to her father. Captain Lennox speaks passionately about going home to his wife and holding his new baby daughter. Sam records what he thinks may be his last message to his family, speaking of his love for them. Sam's father moves to protect his son when special agents want to grab him, saying, "You're not taking my son!" (The agents arrest everyone.)
Spiritual Content
Mostly just clichéd expressions: Mom tells Sam, "For the love of God, drive safely." As Sam's car rotates its radio tuning dial, we hear an evangelist say, "Like visitors from heaven. Hallelujah!" When fiery objects crash to Earth, a young man exclaims, "This is a hundred times cooler than Armageddon, I swear to God." After the military base is attacked and destroyed, the Secretary of Defense says, "Our prayers are with the families of these brave men and women."
Sexual Content
A conversation between Sam and his parents revolves around whether or not he's been masturbating in his room. Sam does have pictures of bikini-clad models on his bedroom wall. And he confesses to having a Busty Beauties magazine under his bed.
A number of girls are dressed in bikinis at a party. Several women (including Mikaela) wear low-cut tops and show cleavage. As Mikaela leans over to look at a car engine, Sam (and the camera) takes a long, close look at her exposed stomach and back. He tricks her into sitting on his lap. And they're shown cuddling on the hood of his car. No surprise, then, that when one of the Autobots scans Sam it reports, "The boy's pheromone levels indicate that he wants to mate with the female."
While Sam fights with a small robot, it rips off his pants. Sam and Mikaela force an agent to strip down to his boxers and then handcuff him to a post. Soldiers shower. (Bare torsos are seen.) And Mikaela laments, "I've got a weakness for hot guys with tight abs and big arms." References are made to "hot" criminals, chagrined virgins and "hos." When Sam mixes up a sentence, the word "ride" takes on a sexual connotation.
Violent Content
There are many battle scenes, some between humans and transforming robots, some pitting robots against robots. And although much of the violence is broad comic book-style crash-bang action, more than a few of the scenes between Decepticons and military personnel are intense and contain lots of gun and missile fire.
While there is no display of copious blood or open wounds, people are constantly running away from the destruction around them and many are crushed by debris, blown up by bombs, impaled, tossed away by robotic pincers or batted aside by the gigantic mechanical Decepticons. Buildings are demolished, vehicles crushed and roadways crumbled. While chasing Sam and his metallic compatriots, one huge robot rips through a bus on the highway. The vehicle is torn in half and erupts in a ball of flame. (We don't see the unfortunate passengers.) Some of the robots are smashed or broken (one loses its legs) and some are "killed."
A small Decepticon shoots several people with sharp ninja star-like objects. Sam is thrown around and battered by a police car. He smashes into a parked car's windshield. And he flips over his bike's handle bars. Mikaela grabs an electric saw and hacks a small robot into pieces. A guy running from the FBI smashes through a glass door.
Crude or Profane Language
Transformers contains an unexpectedly high volume of vulgarities, boasting about 10 s-words and four or more uses each of the words "h---," "a--" and "d--n." "M-----f---er" is cut off in mid shout twice. The insult "b--ch" shows up once. There are crude references to urination. And an older woman flips her middle finger to her adult son.
God's name is twice combined with "d--n." "Oh my god" is exclaimed about a dozen times.
Drug and Alcohol Content
Sam's dad drinks a glass of wine. Sam's dog has a broken leg and Sam gives the animal prescribed pain pills. Later, the police find the pills for "Mojo" in the boy's pocket and ask, "Is this what the kids are taking nowadays?"
Other Negative Elements
The President of the United States is depicted in a somewhat demeaning light as he asks a flight attendant, "Could you wrangle up some ding-dongs, darlin'?" In fact, many authority figures are stereotypically portrayed as either incompetent or belligerent. A policeman interrogating Sam sees the youth look at his gun and says, "You eyeballing my piece? Go for it. I will bust you up!" And a government agent holds his badge up to Sam and Mikaela, saying, "This is my do-whatever-I-like-and-get-away-with-it badge."
A female computer analyst steals a secret code. A young man screams at his grandmother to shut up. And Sam's dog urinates on a robot's foot, inspiring the huge machine to "urinate" on a man in return.
As the projectionist dimmed the lights and launched the first reel for a packed-to-capacity prescreening of Transformers, I realized that there were two different people sitting in my seat. No, there wasn't anyone on my lap, it was just two versions of me: The sentimental guy and the critical reviewer sat side-by-side in the same skin, both watching carefully, but through two very different lenses.
My sentimental side remembers his 6-year-old son in the bath, swimming through steamy bubbles, locked in Transformer vs. Batman battles. Brrr-chnkkkkk-cluunk-claaacckk! The boy called out transformation sounds with a focused intensity; the fun echoed down the hallway. Through that memory prism, the movie Transformers is a blast from the past, equivalent to finding a box of old toys in the basement and having its contents come to life with CGI perfection. Shattered cars soar and tumble through the air, buildings shake, lasers blast, and gigantic, weighty metal robots crash, crunch and demolish with more vivid realism than any bathtub imagination could conjure.
The hero robots, soldiers and teens risk everything for the good of all and agree that without sacrifice there can be no victory. The cheesy comic book dialogue and humor dampens the violence and the bad guys are evil but never nasty enough to be really scary. The thundering sound effects rattle your seat and teeth. And the cars and trucks and planes are super cool. (Cool enough to elicit thoughts of possible test drives. Which surely gives auto maker GM product-placement shivers of joy.)
But then my reviewer side clears his throat and brings up the point that we mustn't abandon a level-headed concern with content. For example, Sam's girlfriend works as hard as anyone to save mankind, but she does it while stylishly revealing a great deal of her tanned and toned form. Goofy teen Sam runs around in a baggy T and jeans, but sultry Mikaela's every teenage curve is showcased in skintight, cleavage- and midriff-baring outfits.
Having an adult in authority address Mikaela as "you in the training bra" is at least three or four steps over the line. So is a discussion about Sam's solo sex life. And so are s-words and truncated f-words.
Should we really be OK with Hollywood injecting that kind of vulgarity into a movie about kids' toys coming to life? Does God's name have to be abused just because tin cans are suddenly taking on CGI airs?
From wide-eyed innocence to inoculated crassness. That's a path that's being trod by just about everything in our culture. From Britney Spears to cartoons on TV to tots' toys. And no matter how many classic Autobots start popping up on eBay in the wake of this latest big-screen salvo, not even the rose-colored glasses worn by my sentimental side can, um, transform such a significant problem.
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Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky; Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes; Josh Duhamel as Captain Lennox; Jon Voight as Defense Secretary John Keller; John Turturro as Agent Simmons; the voices of Hugo Weaving as Megatron and Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime
Michael Bay ( 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Pain & Gain, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Island, Bad Boys II, Pearl Harbor, Armageddon)
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Today, I ran into my boss outside of work. She smiled, and started trying to have an in-depth chat with me. I wouldn't have minded, if it weren't for the fact I ran into her at a club, whilst they were having an S and M theme night. And we were both fully dressed up for it. FML
by jobsearching / 11/21/2012 at 3:43pm / United Kingdom (Bristol, City of) / Work
Today, at my school they were having a carnival to raise money. One of the patrons suggested that if they wanted to make money, they should have people pledge money to make me cover my ugly face with a bag. The school got over $500, and I had to wear a bag. FML
by Anonymous / 11/01/2012 at 7:11pm / United States (Vermont) / Miscellaneous
Today, I took a pregnancy test. When I saw that the result was positive, I started crying and showed my mom. She burst out laughing and told me that I had taken an ovulation test. FML
by I'm stupid / 11/25/2012 at 10:08am / United States (Illinois) / Health
Today, my girlfriend did the walk of shame in a skimpy Halloween costume after a night of drunken sex. Problem? The walk ended at my doorstep, and the sex was with a stranger. FML
by heartbroke / 11/03/2012 at 6:02am / United States (Pennsylvania) / Intimacy
Today, I spotted a girl I have a crush on while grocery shopping. Before I could go over and say hi, I noticed her walk over and stroke a few kitchen knives through plastic wrapping. Then I spotted her in the dog food section sniffing rawhide bones with her eyes closed, looking very happy. FML
by grocerystalker / 11/16/2012 at 12:58am / Australia (New South Wales) / Miscellaneous
Today, I'm recovering in the emergency room. How did I get here? Intoxicated at a coed party, I saw a hole in the host's shed and thought it funny to christen it a "glory-hole", only to be bitten by what may well have been a black widow spider. FML
by Widowmaker / 11/28/2012 at 1:09pm / United States (Nevada) / Health
Today, I caught my mother trying to switch my contraceptive pill for Tic Tacs. I don't know what's worse - how far she will go to have a grandchild, or that she thought I wouldn't notice that my birth control left me with minty fresh breath. FML
by Username / 11/25/2012 at 6:36pm / United Kingdom (Newcastle upon Tyne) / Miscellaneous
Today, while I was sitting on the toilet, my toddler swung the door open. We just bought the house, and we have no curtains. Our new neighbor, who I haven't met, was mowing her yard. I stood half-naked to close the door, and our eyes met. I froze. She waved. FML
by ohcrap / 11/07/2012 at 8:41pm / United States / Miscellaneous
Today, my extremely overweight roommate decided to not only be a nudist, but also to get in shape for his new lifestyle. He's been doing naked lunges in our room for the last twenty minutes. FML
by xXfloatingshitlogXx / 11/03/2012 at 12:04pm / Norway (Akershus) / Miscellaneous
Today, my husband came home drunk off his ass at 2am. He started crying on my shoulder because he couldn't go home with some beautiful woman who hit on him, because sadly for him, he's married to me. FML
by Helen / 11/10/2012 at 5:15am / United States (Arkansas) / Love
Today, due to a health insurance mix up, my schizophrenic girlfriend has been off her meds for a little over a week. She's convinced I can read her mind, and if I don't stop "pretending" she'll slit my throat in my sleep. Her medication won't be available for at least another two weeks. FML
by Eganstein / 11/11/2012 at 7:50pm / United States / Love
Today, I realized I'd put on my shirt on inside out, so I went to the bathroom stalls to fix it. As I was taking it off, I accidentally dropped it in the toilet. FML
by Anonymous / 11/19/2012 at 4:08pm / United States (New Jersey) / Miscellaneous
Today, I took a crowded train home. I was holding on to the rail when an old man started rubbing his crotch across my hand. I moved my hand but he moved too and kept doing it. When I moved my hand higher, he started licking it. I had to wait ten minutes for the next stop. FML
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Co-Chair of the Parsons Faculty Council and former owner of Thomas Werner Gallery in Manhattan, Thomas currently lectures and teaches internationally on topics of Photography, Education, Video, Business, and the Art Market. He has had the pleasure of working with the State Department as a cultural representative for the United States in Russia, been a photography consultant for COACH and a consultant for Rodale Publishing regarding contracts and licensing. Werner is in his third term as a Director on the National Board of the American Society of Media Photographers, and is a former President of ASMP's New York Chapter. Thomas' research is Russian based focusing on the introduction of contemporary education methodologies and the development of creative cultures within the country. Over the last seven years he has visited over thirty Russian cities, partnering with twenty nine cultural, educational and governmental organizations to develop a series of cross cultural and educational projects. Russian partners have included; The State Hermitage Museum, the National Center of Contemporary Art, Perm Regional Government, National Centre of Photography for the Russian Federation, The Central State Archive of Film, Photographic and Phonographic Documents, and the United States Department of State in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. He has curated exhibitions in the United States and internationally, including four exhibitions with the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. His personal art work and private collection of Russian photographs and artifacts have been exhibited internationally. In 2012 he began a new collaboration with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.
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This celebrity had a falling out with his all movie actress sister and says the pair have been "intimate" in the past when she was going through a drug phase
Obviously looks to be Angie and James Haven. But I don't know, I'm feeling very Ron Burgandy about this one for some reason: "What? You pooped in the refrigerator? And you ate the whole… wheel of cheese? How'd you do that? I'm not even mad; that's amazing."ReplyCancel
This seriously grosses me out. Way to go all Targaryen Hollywood!
Jake and Maggie Gyllenhal
Heres a link that has all celebrity siblings… http://www.imdb.com/list/K40UUKpwhcU/ReplyCancel
Angelina Jolie does have TV movie credits. The most famous is that "Gia" movie she did for cable.ReplyCancel
It sounds like Angie but her brother is not really a celebrity but then again, who else could it be? Wait it could be Kim K! She has done movies! Lol!ReplyCancel
Ditto…I was thinking Jake/MaggieReplyCancel
They're brother/sister? Had no idea!ReplyCancel
OMFG! Can the "she was in TV once upon a time, even if she's only been in movies for the last 5 to 10 years" Nazis please let it go?!? Every GD time Enty posts an "all movie actor/actress" blind, you all jump out and scream like pissy little five-year-olds.
Most actors have done some sort of TV at some point. Hell, does a Barbara Walters interview ruin their "all movie" status because that's on ABC?
Clooney is "all movie." So is Angelina Jolie.
This rant is now officially over.ReplyCancel
James Haven is admittedly gay, so how would he be interested in doing things with his sister Angelina? I'm thinking Eric and Julia Roberts. Enty's hinted at him (in blinds at least, so who knows?)having an inappropriate relationship with his daughter Emma.ReplyCancel
UGH I just had them all typed out but I just went through EVERY actress on the list that I linked and the only one who has not done tv is Maggie.ReplyCancel
Give me a sec, I'm calibrating my "celebrity" translator… tuning the antennae to "blind item" and… switching language to "bullshit" setting…ah, yes! Here we go:
Angelina isn't speaking to me anymore and my career never really got off the ground so times are tough. I mean, yeah, I got some of mom's money, but Dad and I have a fragile peace right now, you know? So, I basically have to sell dirt on my sis to get by and, if I don't have anything legit to peddle, I'll just make up something that's plausible. She's acknowledged her past drug use and everyone saw us kiss, so I'll ride the incest rumor to the bank for a quick buck. It's not like it really happened, and obviously, I look like a bigger perv b/c she was on drugs but what was MY excuse, you know? Soooo… I gotta run to the bank.ReplyCancel
again an old rumor on Angelina Jolie and James Haven?ReplyCancel
Oh my god- I'm repulsed and intrigued at the same time!!!ReplyCancel
Julia did have a drug phase in the early 90s and she is estranged from Eric.ReplyCancel
Still don't buy the Angie/Brother thing, they just seemed drunk and affectionate, not in love/sexing it up.
No idea who it is though, I only whine about other ppl's guesses xDReplyCancel
@Mango: You can sign a petition to have their tax status exempt and reclassified as a hate group: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/investigate-irs-tax-exempt-status-westboro-baptist-church/YrKbHYtV
its not much, but they are disgusting and use their "church" as their family's tax shelter.ReplyCancel
when was maggie on drugs?ReplyCancel
This is not angie. Based on previous blinds on this siteis Joaquin Phoenix and his sister Rain. They were raised in a cult which does not frown on this behavior. And they both went through drug issues.
LOL! Love the GoT reference! This is so Circe and Jamie!ReplyCancel
@Erin, THANK YOU!! The comments on nearly every blind have some variation on the "all movie" nitpick, sometimes I want to scream your exact words at my screen. I think Enty should have some sort of sticky post, or add the same all movie/all TV qualifier to his blinds.
I hate to veer so far off-topic, but if any of the commenters live in or around Newtown, I think someone should put the call out for volunteers to form a human wall around those funerals. Westboro Baptist is a pathetic excuse for a "church" that perpetuates hatred, bigotry, and violence, and it's pure evil to subject grieving parents to their garbage, even more so when their children have died in such a horrific way.
If I were anywhere near Connecticut (sadly, I'm in Ohio), I would be at each and every funeral, attempting to shield those poor families.
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I just posted this on my FB today: Anonymous has gone after the Westboro Baptist Pieces of SHIT. I wish I could be part of a human wall against those monsters
@Sunny, I wish I could be there, too! If ever there were a time to stand up and be counted, THIS is it.
Thanks for the link! Here are a couple that I've been finding comfort in:
Sign the petition on Whitehouse.gov that is trying to strip them of their tax exempt status and show those fuckers what's up.ReplyCancel
Elissa – thank you for the links! Great reminders that we have to keep going and doing good in this world
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Thanks for the tip! I just signed the petition. This link may take folks directly to the petition to revoke Westboro's tax exempt status and to re-classify them as a hate group. You have to create an account, but it's super easy
Not to nerd out on you, but Jamie justified his and cersei's love because targaryens married their siblings 🙂ReplyCancel
Giovanni and Marisa Ribisi
Joaquin and Rain PhoenixReplyCancel
I doubt it's the Ribisi siblings; I think Enty would describe him as an "actor", and his sister has a surprising number of TV credits, according to IMDB.
Joaquin Phoenix WOULD be considered a "celebrity", since he's known for more than his acting, and Rain only has 3 TV credits–according to IMDB–the last of which was a movie in 2001. Plus, Joaquin seems a little mentally unstable, so a revelation like this wouldn't be so surprising coming from him. So, yeah, I'm going with the Phoenixes.ReplyCancel
Haha yes! I love my fellow CDNA nerds<3
This could work with either the Targaryen's or Jamie and Cersi.


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When a friend called me up and said he had a northern flicker nest in his backyard in late June, I packed my camera and binoculars in anticipation of some good looks. Northern flickers, as most woodpeckers, are cavity nesters, and the cavities are frequently low enough on the trunks of trees to afford some excellent views of young being fed by adults.
The northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a member of the woodpecker family and is common in the region. Unlike most woodpeckers, northern flickers are mainly ground feeders, and feed on ants and other small insects, sometimes using their bill to dig for their prey. Flickers appear light brown with black scalloping and spots, a black breast mark and a red head mark that appears just above the nape. The eastern U.S. variant has yellow-shafted flight feathers that are visible in flight.
I was not disappointed when I observed this nest from an inconspicuous location; about 10 feet up in a dead maple (flickers prefer dead or diseased trees for nesting), the adults were constantly shuttling food to the young and at least three heads were visible at once. A typical clutch of northern flickers numbers five to eight. The ky-aa calls of begging young were frequently heard. Some of the young had well developed plumage and all that exposed a wing had developed flight feathers; their maiden flight out of the cavity would take place very soon.


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Amarillo High senior Ryan Sluder didn't take a swing with a baseball bat Wednesday. But he hit a home run.
Sluder saw "a dream come true" at the Amarillo High Activity Center when the outfielder signed a national letter-of-intent with the Oklahoma State baseball program in front of family and friends.
The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Sluder is considered one of the top athletes in the Amarillo-area, starring in football and baseball at AHS.
Sluder has started for the Sandies in both sports since his sophomore season, earning first-team All-District 2-5A status in each.
In baseball, Sluder earned 2-5A newcomer of the year as a sophomore, then as a junior earned all-District 2-5A first-team status by hitting .381, with three home runs and 20 runs-batted-in.
"This is great honor for Ryan," said AHS baseball coach Jeff Timmons. "We are just happy he is playing for Amarillo High. Ryan is very talented and could have easily signed football."
Sluder said during his junior year he thought "football was my future" after receiving letters from many Division I schools.
This past summer, Sluder found a renewed passion for baseball, which he started playing when was five and fell in love with at age nine under coach Dennis Dockery.
"I played with a team here in Amarillo during the summer and we travelled all around," Sluder said. "I knew then I wanted to play baseball more."
OSU first saw Sluder play in Houston at the area code baseball games, then renewed that relationship during the summer when Sluder played some games for the Oklahoma Shockers.
Josh Holliday, brother of St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday, is the first-year OSU head baseball coach.
"Oklahoma State been a great baseball school for many years," Sluder said. "Under the last coach it's kind of gone downhill, but these new guys are fired up and will change the whole deal. God has blessed me to be able to do something like this. This is an honor.
"I wanted to get my decision over with so I can go out and play with these guys (nodding toward the AHS baseball players in the room) and have fun and see what we can do."
Sluder also said with his sister, Megan, attending OSU, he has spent time on the Stillwater, Okla., campus and "I just love it there."
Sluder is a starting wide receiver for the District 3-4A champion Sandies. He is scheduled to start on Thursday night against Lubbock High in a Class 4A bidistrict playoff contest.
"This (signing) motivates me even more to play football since I know this will be my last time to play," Sluder said.
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