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- Arielle said...
another day another great outfit!
- August 2, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- young said...
Oh, beautiful dress!
And lovely photos as always.
- August 2, 2008 at 9:18 AM
- Ida said...
What wouldn't we do in the name of style? Love the pictures and the outfit!
- August 2, 2008 at 9:26 AM
- Fashion Tidbits said...
cute, cute shoes!!!
- August 2, 2008 at 9:46 AM
- Cris Lazoru said...
Oh my, I love your dress even more than the other two. Great pics!
- August 2, 2008 at 9:51 AM
- apricot tea. said...
Wow, it looks so much like it. I like the print. :]
- August 2, 2008 at 9:53 AM
- bestie said...
oh, it reminds me of your other gorgeous harlequin dress.. the one that forever haunts my dreams..
..anyway. i'm glad you didn't end up rolling over the place!(;
- August 2, 2008 at 10:20 AM
- AsianCajuns said...
I totally know what you mean by being totally immersed in the fashion internet world.
I love your dress - even better than the runway versions. And those photos are soooo fun!
- August 2, 2008 at 10:28 AM
- Nadine said...
Now I think I might need such a beautiful dress, too.
- August 2, 2008 at 10:52 AM
- Adiel said...
I would love to score a dress like this!
...and those shoes are great! Wear them as much as you want!
p.s. I finished altering that dress. I'm going to wear it today and post pictures some time in the next few days.
- August 2, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- Sales Rack Raider said...
How I love that dress! With the shoes being so cute, I'd wear them 3 days in a row, too.
Very cool setting for your photoshoot as well. You must have a really good, steady tripod--I could sort of tell on the second picture (by the way the arrow is oriented) that you're on a slope, but if you haven't mentioned it, I wouldn't have paid attention.
- August 2, 2008 at 12:03 PM
- Ca said...
Haha, if you love the shoes then keep wearing them! Oooh, I want a shirt with Harlequin patterns, but where to look?!
- August 2, 2008 at 12:13 PM
- Sassy said...
You look great in harlequins and I love your pix!
- August 2, 2008 at 1:00 PM
- Amelia said...
I love that dress! It really does look exactly like the ones in those pics. Lucky.
- August 2, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- Inside the Cabinet of Wonder said...
i love these pictures!!
- August 2, 2008 at 1:10 PM
that's so funny that it's nearly impossible to tell that you're on a hill. we all appreciate your dedication, these pictures are awesome!
- August 2, 2008 at 1:21 PM
- pretty face said...
From afar, the dress looked like it was weaved, braided you know... but it's still very beautiful. And I love the way you've connected the images.
- August 2, 2008 at 1:46 PM
- Dapper Kid said...
Love the geometric print and the photographs are wonderful!
- August 2, 2008 at 2:03 PM
- Oriane said...
The three photos on the floor are great ! I like your style.
- August 2, 2008 at 2:21 PM
- amie said...
i love how you style the photos!
do you take them yourself or does someone take them of you?
- August 2, 2008 at 2:48 PM
- Mimi said...
The look reminds me a bit to circus but I really like it.I remember the Miu Miu bags in this patchwork style..I loved them.
Your dress is very cute.You picked a very good location for the pics :)
- August 2, 2008 at 2:50 PM
- lisa said...
Pretty! Love the harlequin pattern and all the green hues.
- August 2, 2008 at 2:57 PM
- Meggy_FFW said...
These are some of my favorite "outfit of the day" pictures I've seen of yours -- I think it's the coloring and the background -- fantastic! I can almost feel the warm cement. & that dress is gorgeous.
- August 2, 2008 at 3:01 PM
- annabananna said...
love the dress, too! and your inspirations are great.
- August 2, 2008 at 3:16 PM
- Alya said...
Oooh! Really cute dress! It reminds me of the ones u mentioned as well..
- August 2, 2008 at 3:54 PM
- ann said...
that dress is so fantastic, you look great!
- August 2, 2008 at 4:06 PM
- Miss Karen L said...
I do love theprint on your dress, it's quite whimsical without being to over the top. The photos are great!
- August 2, 2008 at 5:58 PM
- miss vintage love said...
Im obsessed with white tights!
- August 2, 2008 at 6:20 PM
- StrikeMatch said...
Great photos (as always).. Your photo shoots are better than some editorials I've seen! The harlequin/diamond print is really pretty.
- August 2, 2008 at 6:26 PM
- enc said...
I can't believe the only thing I thought about was "I hope she doesn't get run over!"
What a great dress.
- August 2, 2008 at 7:10 PM
- thetinylittlegirl said...
oh wow, i always love your shots but i must say these are some of my all time faves!
- August 2, 2008 at 7:38 PM
- WendyB said...
I'm loving a harlequin pattern nowadays! Great dress.
- August 2, 2008 at 8:01 PM
- jess said...
I love the dress. your photos are great as always
- August 2, 2008 at 8:07 PM
- Debbie Shiamay said...
You have the most fabulous looking dresses in the world!!!
- August 2, 2008 at 9:12 PM
- alluretone said...
i loveee this pattern. the harlequin is something ive been obsessing over as well.
- August 2, 2008 at 10:13 PM
- Savvy Gal said...
love your dress. cute.
- August 2, 2008 at 11:21 PM
- Lady Melbourne said...
More beautiful, beautiful photos, you always are able to impress me when I come and visit!
They never look contrived, just so natural but interesting at the same time.
- August 2, 2008 at 11:56 PM
- Caro said...
lovely bracelets.. and the pictures with the pile are great :)
- August 3, 2008 at 12:22 AM
- coco said...
I'm loving those shoes.
And I want to see everyone in Rodarte too. I don't think they will do Fashion Rocks though, although it would be AMAZING if they did.
- August 3, 2008 at 1:48 AM
- Annie said...
Very cute and smart-looking. :]
- August 3, 2008 at 2:07 AM
- Sarah said...
these pictures of you look like taken from a magazine!
- August 3, 2008 at 3:47 AM
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- August 3, 2008 at 4:15 AM
- Siljesfashion said...
Love your dress, such a unique style. And the photos are really cool.
- August 3, 2008 at 4:34 AM
- Anna Pope said...
I love the harlequin-inspired print so much.
The composition of the second to last photo is very very nice!
- August 3, 2008 at 4:55 AM
- Claudia said...
I love the pictures! And the dress ofcourse.
- August 3, 2008 at 6:31 AM
- Penny said...
I love the pattern, and your photogaphy - it's always very interesting!
- August 3, 2008 at 8:27 AM
- Jill said...
Lovely pictures as per usual. I'd definetly be scared to do poses like those on such a steep hill, but they came out great. Lovely print on the dress.
- August 3, 2008 at 9:06 AM
- Sarah said...
ah whatever, the shoes look great on you! I think it's great that you don't feel you always have to wear heels because of your height, I know a few people who do and I kind of feel sorry for them because they look so uncomfortable. These flats in particular I think really work, it might be the cut or the color, but they're fab!
- August 3, 2008 at 9:50 AM
- AlicePleasance said...
Beautiful dress and beautiful set for your pictures! I recently bought an Harlequin inspired vintage dress but it's quite large on the bust so I'll have to resize it a little before I could figure out how to wear it!
- August 3, 2008 at 11:25 AM
- Milla said...
Adore, this outfit, adore.
- August 3, 2008 at 12:55 PM
- susie_bubble said...
Love the print...works so well on you...
- August 3, 2008 at 2:32 PM
- Tina :) said...
I absolutely love harlequin! My mom recently purchased one of Miu Miu's harlequin-print bags.
That is such a cute dress, I love the color theme!
- August 3, 2008 at 2:41 PM
- copperoranges said...
lovely lovely dress! i love how you pose too.
- August 3, 2008 at 3:06 PM
- VANESSA DATORRE and LEIRE URZAIZ said...
I love the pics and the way you have find the perfect look with the "arlequin" inspiration...
- August 3, 2008 at 3:18 PM
- Aretha said...
Congratulations! I saw your blogger of the moment logo and I just have to say that you deserve it! You have a very unique look and this post is no exception!
- August 3, 2008 at 4:45 PM
- Farren said...
the dress you wore looks so similar to the above dresses you posted from the runway. it's insane! and it looks amazing on you! =)
- August 3, 2008 at 5:43 PM
- Ashleigh said...
What a great photo shoot....don't worry about the shoes..I seriously have about 70 pairs and there are about 5 pairs that I constantly wear...the others feel left out :s...
- August 3, 2008 at 6:09 PM
- Lauren! said...
What fantastic colors. I really like the composition of your photos? Who takes them? I mean, I would assume it was you, but I can usually see most of your appendages in the photos and they are often too freaky of angles to accomodate a tripod.
- August 3, 2008 at 6:20 PM
- Lady Smaggle said...
This dress is fanatastic! You look awesome, I love it.
- August 3, 2008 at 6:24 PM
- Jenny H. said...
yess tennis camp was exhausting!
but i love playing.
so i am not complaining!
- August 3, 2008 at 7:36 PM
- Shen-Shen said...
This pattern is quite lovely! I love your dress and as always, your photos.
- August 3, 2008 at 7:43 PM
- we wear things said...
your photos and dress are amazing!
- August 3, 2008 at 8:29 PM
- Key said...
oh my! your dress is amazing! i envy you! :) you have an amazing dress collection! :D
- August 3, 2008 at 9:20 PM
- aizat.cinta.goddess said...
yes!!it is fantastic
- August 3, 2008 at 11:30 PM
- Pratishtha Durga said...
That's a really pretty outfit. Those shoes are lovely, and I can see why you'd want to wear them so often. At my end, I did some more shopping (I really MUST stop), and almost ended up buying one more pair of red shoes.
I can somehow see you so comfortably in the role of a fashion stylist. you are ever so resourceful.
- August 3, 2008 at 11:42 PM
- atelier said...
each time I visit your blogs your pics are better and better! the shoes are the eye-catching part of the outfit, great look
- August 4, 2008 at 3:49 AM
- Anna said...
your poses are always the best!
i've also been admiring miu miu's harlequin shifts.
swap links?
- August 4, 2008 at 4:30 AM
- I heart milk said...
Ahhh that dress is really cool. the colors are amazing.
- August 4, 2008 at 5:00 AM
- MizzJ said...
Original photos as always. I love the way the rich greens look against your skin and the contrast with your red hair. You kinda remind me of some sort of quirky elf that got lost in a suburb somewhere haha.
- August 4, 2008 at 11:52 AM
- Caitlin said...
That dress is simply amazing.
- August 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
- ambika said...
Lovely, lovely dress.
- August 5, 2008 at 11:39 AM
- Carl said...
Good Job! :)
- August 24, 2008 at 10:12 AM
- Kovács Linda said...
Hi!I dont know who you are, and you dont know who I am...:)But I like really mutch your blog... Very nice job!!!!
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Paul Doty, 1920-2011
December 5, 2011
Paul Doty, the founder of the Kennedy Schools Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, died today at the age of 91.
Paul Doty devoted his life to harnessing science for peaceful and productive service to mankind, and averting nuclear war. He spent more than 40 years as a Harvard chemistry professor, founding the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He built a world-renowned lab with his wife, Helga Boedtker. He recruited James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, and his lab contributed to breakthroughs that culminated in the Human Genome Project. Fourteen of Doty's 100 research students were later elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He also launched two science journals that remain leaders in their fields as well as the much-cited journal International Security.
As a young chemist at Columbia, Doty worked on the Manhattan Project, planting the seed for his future work combining science and arms control. He traveled to the then-Soviet Union more than 40 times to work with Soviet scientists to promote disarmament. He was closely involved in the Pugwash Conferences, which later shared the Nobel Peace Prize.
Graham Allison, former dean of the Kennedy School and director of the Belfer Center, advised colleagues today of Dotys passing:
I write to inform you of the death of our founding Director, friend, and colleague, Paul Doty, who passed peacefully this morning. Paul was a great man who had a great life and who made huge contributions to many of us personally, to the institutions of which we are a part, and to the purposes we care about.
As we celebrated his 90th birthday in June 2010 I noted that he was a serial institutional builder having entrepreneured not only todays Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, but prior to that Harvards biochemistry department.
Paul was a lifelong peacemaker, building bridges between Soviet and American scientists and promoting nuclear disarmament since the 1950swork that helped the Pugwash Conferences earn the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.
For additional information about Paul Doty, see the following:
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Take the stepJanuary 01,2013
Take the step
The NRAs theme song has one note: more guns. Its an affront to all Americans and especially grieving parents to assert that the fix for Columbine and Newtown is to arm teachers or to put armed volunteers in our schools.
The President of the United States is one of the best-protected people in the world, surrounded by armed, highlytrained, dedicated Secret Service personnel. In public hundreds or even thousands of police officers are added to the protective wall. Yet within my lifetime, John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Ronald Reagan was severely wounded and Gerald Ford was shot at twice. In the same time frame two presidential candidates, Bobby Kennedy and George Wallace were shot, Kennedy fatally, and Wallace permanently disabled by his wounds. Putting more guns around them did not save them.
Gun ownership is not the problem. Vermont has liberal gun laws, a high percentage of gun ownership, and a low rate of gun violence. We need to look deeper than simply owning a gun to find a remedy for the violence.
The victims in Newtown were shot multiple times, one with 11 wounds. That was possible only because the shooter had a semi-automatic rifle and high-capacity clips. Part of the answer: Restrict assault rifles and those bigger clips. That would not affect our hunters one whit: if you need to shoot a deer 11 times to bring it down, you should not be hunting.
Why is it that we are much tougher on owning and operating an automobile than we are with guns? To own and operate a car, you need proof of purchase, a title, and a license if you want to drive it. For a firearm: no proof of purchase, no title, and no license required to shoot it, unless its for hunting.
How is it that people so deranged as to gun down children can lay their hands on multiple firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition?
There is no way in the world to prevent every single occurrence, but if we do a better job of reducing the mass-killing potential of the weapons, tracking the ownership and licensure of firearms, better screening of gun owners and closer attention to and better treatment for the potentially violent mentally disturbed, then we can make a difference and reduce the loss of innocent lives. As a civilized nation, we owe ourselves no less.
And when our representatives in Washington finally realize that the NRA is irrelevant, we can get it done.
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Does this seem like enough? She's content with my parents, and at home too - only cries when tired or hungry. I assume she's gaining weight normally, we go to the doc on Friday so I will know for sure then. She poops at least 3-4x a day and has wet diapers all the time.
I know it's not a pumping issue, I'm doing everything right (massaging, look at pics of DD, relaxed, eat oatmeal, drink tons of water) and have been successfully using my Ameda Purely Yours since a few weeks after she was born.
I guess I'm just new at this AND a worrywart - not a good combo. My gut tells me she's fine, but my niece (who is 2 1/2 weeks younger than DD) eats between 3 1/2-4 oz at a time, so I somehow feel inadequate. I've got a lot of milk stored up in the freezer, but have read not to use it to supplement what I pump so as to not affect my supply.
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Rockwells to go on display in Barre
Jeb Wallace-Brodeur / Staff Photo "The Craftsman" by Norman Rockwell was commissioned by Rock of Ages.
BARRE Two original Norman Rockwells, which were commissioned by Rock of Ages nearly 50 years ago, will go on display in just a few weeks.
The Craftsman and Kneeling Girl will be on display Saturday, Dec. 1, at the companys visitors center in Graniteville from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The visitors center is located at 558 Graniteville Road.
The two oil paint illustrations were commissioned by the company for its national advertising campaigns in the 1950s and 1960s. Kneeling Girl depicts a young school girl sitting at the gravestone of someone named Newton. The illustration appeared in several national magazines, and generated a significant number of granite memorial sales at the companys retail stores. In 1962, Rockwell, who lived in Vermont for eight years starting in 1939, was commissioned again to do a second work depicting a man etching a gravestone in the companys manufacturing building in Barre. George Seivwright of Montpelier, a senior director for the company and a longtime stone carver, was asked to pose for Rockwell. The image has the older man working in the solitude of the granite works, including a angel that appears to be looking down upon him. As a nod to his own mortality, Rockwell added a name to a gravestone in the background, Norwell, which is how the work is known at Rock of Ages and among art collectors and critics. This second image also generated significant sales from its appearance in prominent magazines, including TV Guide and Ladies Home Journal.
The paintings became the center of intrigue in the early 1980s when the company was sold. The Rockwells were thought to be part of the $20 million price tag, however, the selling company, Nortek Inc. of Cranston, R.I., crated up the paintings and had them shipped from Barre to their headquarters in Rhode Island. Kurt Swenson, who was the buyer for Rock of Ages in 1984, fought for more than a year to get the paintings returned to the Granite City, insisting they were part of Barres and the granite industrys heritage and rich history.
The dispute made headlines across the globe, and put the Rockwells front and center before the art and business worlds.
Once returned to Barre, the paintings have been safely on display, behind closed doors, inside the companys headquarters, across the parking lot from the visitors center.
Rockwell, whose most famous works were The Four Freedoms and his illustrations for magazine covers for Look, Boys Life and the Saturday Evening Post, did mostly commissioned works. In all he did more than 4,000 illustrations, spanning decades. He died in 1978. Rockwell spent most of his working life in Stockbridge, Mass. At the time of his popularity, his contribution to the art world was looked down upon by critics and scholars. Today, however, Rockwells are considered prized works of American art, and in some case, fetch millions of dollars at auction.
The value of The Craftsman and Kneeling Girl are not public, however, in 1984 they were estimated to be worth $20,000 each.
In recent months, as Barres apparent renaissance has started taking shape, city officials are counting the Rockwells among Barres most prestigious assets, and have been working with Rock of Ages officials to get the two rare Rockwells on display in a high-traffic area of the city, such as the Vermont History Center. Talks are in the works to move the paintings to a location downtown, but for now Rock of Ages officials say the public can come view the notable paintings on Dec. 1.
We want people to know about these paintings, which are a significant part of the artistic heritage of Barre, said Todd Paton, director of visitor services at the Rock of Ages Visitors Center.
The open house that Saturday will be free.
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#194486 - 12/01/10 05:40 PM Re: kvetch [Re: olly]
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Haha! We hardly ever get that here even in the height of summer, generally it's 'rain, sun?, no, more rain,(and occassionaly 'ooh snow!') glad you are enjoying the weather_________________________
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#194500 - 12/01/10 09:42 PM Re: (s)kvetch [Re: BranShea]
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Sorry I am so late to the game, Branshea. Here's what one etymological dictionary has to say about Dutch kvets 'prune': "Nnl. ontl. uit nhd quetsche v. (waaruit zwetsche v. > de. sveske, zw. sviskon). Dit komt sedert de 16. eeuw voor. Welleicht is het vervormd uit *dwaskin < * damaskin : 'Damasceensche pruim' is een wijd verbreide naam von dese vrucht (mlat. prunum damascenum enz.)." Sorry I am not up to pretending a translation tonight, but thought you might like to see it.
OTOH, German Quatsch means, roughly, 'bullshit, nonsense, codswallop' and must be related to the verb quetschen 'to squeeze, bruise', which is probably related to Yiddish kvatshn 'to bitch, complain'. In Kölsch Quatschkopp means 'stupid person, dunderhead', etc._________________________
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#194553 - 12/03/10 06:54 AM Re: (s)kvetch [Re: zmjezhd]
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Originally Posted By: zmjezhdSorry I am not up to pretending a translation tonight, but thought you might like to see it.
Perhaps BranShea could translate for us.
#194555 - 12/03/10 09:12 AM Re: (s)kvetch [Re: Faldage]
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Perhaps BranShea could translate for us.
She might need help with the linguistic-lexicographical abbreviations._________________________
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#194565 - 12/03/10 03:27 PM Re: (s)kvetch [Re: zmjezhd]
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And I only see this today and yes I like to see this juggling with quatch and kvetch and all. ( we also use 'quatch' as 'kwats') But I've had a long computer dull list-making day. So I'd like to try the translation come sunday. Tomorrow will be our kind of festive gifts-day:
St.Nicolaas or Sinterklaas. Still poems to do and surprise wrappings to make. Thank you for the zwetsches; I will be back for it.
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Nnl. ontl. uit nhd Quetsche v. (waaruit Zwetsche v. > de. sveske, zw. sviskon). Dit komt sedert de 16. eeuw voor. Welleicht is het vervormd uit *dwaskin < * damaskin : 'Damasceensche pruim' is een wijd verbreide naam von dese vrucht
North Dutch, derived from neues hoch Deutsch Quetsche, f. (from where Zwetsche f. > Danish sveske, Swedish sviskon ) This is in use since the 16th century.Probably it is a deformation from *dwaskin < * damaskin: 'Damascian prune/ plum is a widely spread name of this fruit
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Joe still sleeps in our room but in his own bed at 2.5. We're either quiet or use the guest room for marital intimacy.
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Joe still sleeps in our room but in his own bed at 2.5. We're either quiet or use the guest room for marital intimacy.
definitely used the spare room or couch for the intimacy.
We moved DD to her own bed at 25 months, around the same time as she weaned. It's definitely a process with us. She's weaned and has to be able to access the bathroom to go potty but she hardly ever returns to her own bed if she does. We've only had a few nights where she's stayed in her own bed for the entire night. The way it usually works is we'll put her to bed in her own room around 9pm( one of us has to rock or pat her to sleep still) she'll stay in her own bed from anywhere in between 2am-430am... usually 430 am is the norm but it depends on the night. then she gets up and goes pee and then crawls in with us. Sometimes she'll wake SO up and say bed cause she wants him to take her back to her bed and stay with her till she falls asleep. It's been nice the few times she's slept the whole night in her bed but we're fine with her crawling in with us in the wee hours of the morn. It still gives us time to ourselves and time to get a good chunk of sleep before she crawls in.
My LO is almost 7mos and we haven't really thought about moving to the crib yet. I did just start moving him to the sidecar off our bed this past week. He's been doing pretty well with that -- but I don't want to have to get up and get him just yet, kwim? He's a noisy sleeper, so for me it's easier to have him there and be able to see him ("oh, ok, he's just moaning in his sleep") -- rather than waking to a sound and having to go investigate.
My LO is 4 mo. old and we've thought about putting her in her own room because DH can't sleep good with her in there but I don't think I could sleep w/o her in there. DH should be happy that DD sleeps in a pack & play next to me and not him. I don't know if he will let me keep her in our room for 12 months but my theory is "whip out a boob and then you can have a say"... As far as intimacy goes, any room or floor gets the job done! Doesn't have to be a routine, change is good.
Our first was in our bed for 3 yrs before getting kicked out. Our second was in bed with me until she slept all night, which was 3 months. My son was in bed until he slept all night, which was 6 weeks. There are some night he ends up with me in bed, but not very often. Honestly you have to do what is best for your family. Some sleep better with baby in bed, others sleep better with baby out. Personally, I sleep better without baby in bed. To make the transition easier though, I had their crib in our bedroom for a while before moving them to another room out of necessity. Hope this helps!
Ok I guess I am out of the norm here, but we put DS in his own room at about 5 months (a little after). He was in a co-sleeper before he went into his room, we never bed-shared full time. I do still feed him in the bed, he is in with us about 1.5 hours per night on a good night, and maybe 4 hours on a bad night. I can't co-sleep though, baby wants to be attached the entire time he is in bed so it really doesn't work for me.
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We moved our 5 mo old girl to her crib in her own room at 6 weeks. She has done wonderfully, sleeps through the night and has done so since that point. At 2-3 month time frame she was sleeping from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m., now it's about 9 p.m. until 6:30 a.m., like clockwork. It is a joy, I am rested (necessary since I'm working), baby is rested and very happy, and dad is rested and happy, and we have our own time too to still be together (well, unless you count the dog in the bed). I still get up at 1 a.m. to pump for 15 minutes.
And, I've found that when we travel to grandparents house and she sleeps in the pack n' play in our room, she wakes up in the night at least once and sometimes more. She doesn't do as well when she's in our room, and then the next day she is crankier! I know everyone has different preferences, but for me, baby girl in her own room is a blessing.


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Yankees, Red Sox, Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Phillies, Yankees, Red Sox… bla bla bla…
Yes, it's annoying. I know. Except that this year it's not Yankees, Red Sox, Yankees, Red Sox bla bla bla.
It's the Rays! It's the Braves! And no Red Sox!
what if the Yankees are in there? And the Phillies. Hell, the
Phillies are the best team in baseball right now. Post season
no-hitters? Crushing offense? Isn't that what we want?
all biased pride aside, do you remember how many people were watching
the 2006 World Series that featured two historic midwestern teams? What
about the 2002 pairing of two California clubs? Or how about the
mostly-forgotten 1997 classic featuring your very own Tribe?
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care, because no one has told them that they should care.
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tecnocratic ways not yet fully understood, New York has convinced we
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about. So, naturally, our press reflects that.
No east coast clubs? Fine. No glitz. No pomp. Barely a modicum of circumstance.
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Bitter. So bitter. If the Cardinals were in the playoffs but there was nobody there to see them, would they really be in the playoffs? Just an existential question!
The bigger question is why in the world would someone from Cleveland even contemplate one of their teams would be in the mix unless it's in a movie…
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Jane — You make an excellent point, to which I have no witty comeback😉
Peter — Also a great points… unless you don't count the Indians playoff teams of the 90s and 2000s.
Nice of you to mention the Mets; inappropriate and out-of-context as it was.
Yea…us East Coasters suck! I have an idea. Be Better! Or would you like the Pacific Coast League back so you can take in a Portland Beaver game? Quit your whining and run a better club. And Jeff, you know me by now, I'm a champion of the small clubs even though I root for one of the Monsters. Without the smaller clubs let's face it, there would still be MLB. Cleveland partly dominated the 90's through good decision making, great drafting and sound financial maneuvering. Now what? I hate the fact too many teams live for the revenue sharing. I'd prefer ALL teams were on firm financial footing with an ability to compete on the field, at the gate and in the standings. But can we be honest here?
Baseball is over-expanded. And while we're being honest, too bad the Mayflower didn't land on the Left Coast. Being the establishment gets choppy sometimes. Jeff, you just finished reading me ripping the Yanks a new one concerning money matters. I just don't like a whiner! Whoa is me.
..that was for him BTW..not u. NY media bias? I know it exists and it's thick. But I could care less. That comes with living here I gues.
it does get a bit old… but i guess that shows how dominant teams are? I dunno, it's nice to see a change once in awhile!
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The snow and icy weather that began Wednesday night has left emergency officials busy responding to accidents throughout the region.
As of 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Barbour, Lewis, Upshur and Randolph county law enforcement officials all reported accidents in their areas. Law enforcement officials caution motorists to be wary of the weather conditions and drive slowly and carefully.
"Slow down, drive to the conditions," advised Sgt. Alton of the Lewis County State Police. "Leave earlier for your destination, because of the conditions and your slower speed."
Officials say weather and ice was a factor in all the accidents that receive mention in this article, and some accidents could be caused by motorists driving too fast through icy conditions.
Officials did not identify any person involved the accidents.
Philippi's Interim Police Chief Jeff Walters said a driver who lost control of his vehicle Wednesday night struck the historical Philippi Covered Bridge. He said the driver attempted to turn left onto U.S. Route 250 from Route 119, but lost control of his vehicle as he turned toward the Philippi Covered Bridge.
The vehicle struck the south side of the bridge entrance and reportedly bounced off and into the north side where it was then trapped inside the bridge. The driver was not hurt and Walters said the incident report did not say if there had been any damage to the historical icon. He said a wrecker had to retrieve the vehicle that was wedged inside the bridge.
Walters said another accident occurred in Philippi Thursday morning involving a tractor trailer that slid into a ditch on Pike Street. He said no one was injured in the accident.
As many as six more vehicle accidents occurred in Lewis County. The Lewis County Sheriff's Department reported responding to four weather-related incidents Thursday. One accident involved a tractor-trailer that jackknifed on Route 33 at the bottom of Buckhannon Mountain. There were no injuries, officials said.
Chief Deputy R.W. Hyre of the Lewis County Sheriff's Department also said that officials were still on the scene of another Interstate 79 accident by the 10:30 a.m. time. The incident involves a tractor-trailer that slipped on its side at about mile marker 92 traveling north.
Hyre also reported two single-vehicle accidents on Interstate 79 north bound. Both vehicles lost control and slid off the road into the guard rail.
At the time of contact, the vehicle was still on its side and that portion of the interstate had been closed. Hyre said traffic was being rerouted off the Roanoke exit on Route 19 North. The local West Virginia State Police assisted with this accident, the Route 33 accident and two other accidents..
The West Virginia State Police also responded to two separate accidents on Interstate 79. Alton said both single vehicle accidents occurred in the south bound lanes, one at mile marker 105 and the other at mile marker 101. One of the vehicles ran off the road into the guardrail and the other slipped into the median cable, Alton said.
Alton said he also would like to caution drivers that traffic was backed up Thursday going north bound between Routes 86 and 87, because vehicles were having a difficult time traveling up the hill where the road dips as a result of icy weather.
The Elkins detachment of the WVSP responded to at least two weather-related accidents Thursday in Randolph County, dispatcher Mike Atkins told The Inter-Mountain. One occurred at 8 a.m. and another took place at noon on Route 219; no injuries were suffered.
An Inter-Mountain reporter observed a white truck being retrieved in Upshur County after 11 a.m. that appeared to have gone over the guard rails on Route 33 West just across a bridge nearing the downtown Buckhannon exit. One of two metal posts that secure the exit sign to the ground across the guardrails had broken.
Tennerton Tow Service had a line connected to the vehicle and was attempting to bring the vehicle back up off the embankment. Emergency vehicles occupied the right lane of traffic, merging other traffic to the left lane. No further information was available as of press time.


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Friends, family, and former employees were on hand to reminisce about the store's colorful history and to have a good time of togetherness. The public was treated to free food and drinks, as well as festive activities such as a pizza eating contest. Free hats, pens, bottle openers, and koozies featuring the Big B logo were also generously given away to all.
Among those attending the event were twin brothers Jerry and Terry Kempe, the two very first employees of the Big B. The twin brothers were 12 years old in 1964 and were hired by Ben Lyssy to work on the stores then new property.
"Jerry and I started working for Mr. Lyssy in 1964, the year that they opened the store," said Terry Kempe. "He asked us to pick up the roots and clear this land out here, and that led to working in the store shortly thereafter. So I was here from '64 through high school."
Terry Kempe, who now resides in Collierville, Tennessee, recalled the virtues of hard work and dedication he learned from Lyssy at a very young and impressionable age.
"Mr. and Mrs. Lyssy were like parents to us in many ways," he said. "They were instrumental in my life. Mr. Lyssy himself was such a shrewd and capable and incredible business man. Watching him work…he had an incredible work ethic that he instilled in me as a young kid that's got me through my entire career."
Jerry Kempe, who now resides in New Braunfels, recalled how the Big B was and still is a gathering place for many in the community and is a place of fellowship and friendship.
"It's a gathering place for the County and the City of Karnes City," said Jerry Kempe. "It was the first convenience store in Karnes City from what I understand. It's been a gathering spot; it's been a place for people to gather and go over the weather or what ever else there is to talk about."
Kempe related how the store was a big stop for beach-goers back when US 181 was the lone highway between San Antonio and Corpus Christi, long before Interstate 37 was built. Travelers would stop at the Big B and stock up on fishing supplies, gas, food, beer, and bathroom breaks. The store would be packed on friday nights, recalled Kempe.
In the span of its 50-year history the Big B has seen the vast changes the decades have brought on and the store continues to maintain its success as a family owned and run business, according to current owner Benny Lyssy.
"It's been very good," said Lyssy of the anniversary event. "We got to see lots of friends, lots of old employees came. Our customers is what is what has made us what we are the past 50 years. We thank God for being able to do it."


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A lot of those condos are also within 1/6 of a mile of another line. Not sure how you seperate that.
Personally, I attribute the drop in the murder rate to my presence in the area. I have as much evidence as Chief Lanier to back up my theory: before I was around, people were just more violent.
You can all thank me now.
See maps Riverdale 1 and Riverdale 2 here
You and those who formerly served in your position know what needs to be done. The source of Metro's fiscal problems has been discussed for nearly 20 years. It is written about, blogged about, submited in online and neighborhood forums in perpetuity. I don't know if your organization simply has a short term memory issue, or are activly ignoring us in the hopes that we simply go away.
Here it is...pay attention:
Metro's Pension!!
There it is. Addressing this one issue and making some minor tweaks to this program frees up hundreds of millions of dollars in the next decade, and more in the following.
Metro spends $200,000 MORE per employee than the average amount spent by local jurisdictions on the same program(s).
200K more than the AVERAGE!! Do you realize how unsustainable and ridiculous this is? Simply bringing this metric in line with local averages completely does away with your fiscal problems. I don't see any ffx or Arlington pensioners living in boxes on the street so why not model theirs?
100% employer funded pensions are a relic, especially in terms of public taxpayer funded institutions. Even the Federal Government did away with its pension in the early 1980's.
The fact that the newborn Metro organization created one in the late 70's when the entire country was getting rid of them was irresponsible to begin but I am sure the newly created Metro leadership of a new organization simply took the easy most popular way out knowing it wouldn't surface as a problem for 15-20 years and wouldn't become a critical issue for 30 years and they could simply push it down the road.
Well, here we are, more than 30 years later.
I've given your the problem (which you already knew). Here is the solution:
Everyone currently a metro employee still gets a pension, the amount of which is based on their years of service. 20 year employees get their full pension, no changes. Employees who started last year still get one, just a much smaller, prorated one.
You immediately change your program from a 100% employer funded one over to a standard 401K, where both employer and employee contribute to their retirement.
There, I just freed up probably a billion dollars for you spread over the next 15 years. You can thank me by spending it on actual maintenance and upgrades of the system.
I believe the answer is that Wayne Ave has much lower traffic volumes than other streets. Another factor would be the space required to do a grade separation at the intersection of Kenilworth and E/W, as the LRT tracks will be in an aerial overpass at that intersection, changing the geometry.
I'd also note that the property impacts are all a result of widening the right of way, regardless of what that right of way is used for. There are some portions along University where the tracks are in the center, but the road needs to be widened, and the road is what displaces those properties.
Given the values espoused in the project so far (to not reduce auto lanes), this is more or less an inevitable impact.
No, CABI is the reason for the drop in the murder rate.
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It's worth noting that while the murder rate in Wards 7 and 8 has gone down, lots of people from there have moved out to PG County, where the murder rate has gone up.
@freely, I think you might be one of the few who actually believes that the reason metro has mismanaged its operations over the past years is because of employee pensions. Logically, it doesn't make sense. But I've gathered that more than a few people, who are otherwise reasonable in thought, believe the same as you. Reason be damned.
I don't think you can separate the two. There have been a few technological developments that make policing more effective: community listservs, MPD SMS tip lines (50-411), direct email communications with vice officers, etc, etc...
As an "anecdatal" example, I live on a block that has gentrified considerably over the last decade. It used to be that nearly everyone on the street was gone during the day--of to work, etc... Now there are at least 5 houses where someone works from home every day. We have a street listserv. We take notes about the "problem" house on the street, and share photos and license plate numbers with the local MPD vice detective. My neighbor recently installed an IR closed-circuit camera to record car break-ins. We're like uber-snitches. It's awesome.
Compare that with a neighborhood of working-class single moms who're trudging off to work 14 hour shifts.
Obviously middle-class gentrifiers tend to have more free-time and resources.
Also, don't forget that murder statistics are complicated by acquaintance murders, which aren't counted separately. Obviously, they're still bad, but have very little to do with public safety in general.
I don't think I've mischaractarized the root of what she said. While she says economic development is part of it, it's just one of "many, many" factors. As evidence, she points to areas that have NOT gentrified that have seen crime rates decline. In other words, a drop in crime is not necessarily due to economic development but IS necessarily due to police work.
by David Edmondson on Jan 13, 2012 11:51 am • link • report
Sounds like WMATA's HR department doesn't even have the capacity to process applications for 1000 new hires, so might be easier to handle this with one RFP.
The Green Line, Kannan said, "is the regional economic engine we need to focus on over the next two decades.
What about the Silver Line? I think we'll see more growth there over the next two decades than on the Green Line which is further along in being built out. Tysons will probably be the regional economic engine of the coming decades.
They might be able to hire a company to do a scope of work (fix escalators, etc.) but they most likely can't hire individual "contractor" employees.
Reading comp is key. I said Metro's fiscal problems have to do with their unheard of labor and pension system. I didn't say anything about mismanaged operations.
Operations and Maintenance and Fiscal Issues are two seperate things. I didn't combine them, you shouldn't either.
Metro has enormous Ops/Maintenance issues. They also have enormous fiscal issues which are completely unrelated.
On a another note, do you happen to work for Metro, or have a close family memeber that does because I constantly see you push back on anyone who dares mention "Metro Pension Reform".
Surely you can agree that something is amiss when Metro spends 200K more per employ on its pension obligations than the average of that of the local jurisdictions (ffx/loudoun/arlington/montgomery/pg county etc)
Surely you can agree that needing to put a solid 50% of every revenue generating fare increase into funding the still underfunded pension is unsustainable?
You're right. I shouldn't have followed the lead of our everyday discussions and conflated the two.
No I don't work for metro nor know anyone who does. I believe you mischaracterize my positions. What I continually reject is the notion that the unions/pensions are the cause of what the overwhelming majority of us cite as our biggest complaints against metro. You haven't and will never hear anything from me arguing that the current structure of metro pensions shouldn't be changed.
What I am not in favor of is people being stiffed or entities marginalized for nefarious/political reasons. We saw this most recently in the 2008-2009 nationwide anti-teacher/union brouhaha.
It's not like they plan on connecting the Purple line to the rest of the DC Streetcar System, and for a suburban expansion, the 1,000mm gauge makes a lot more sense cost wise.
How would building narrow gauge save costs? It would increase costs by using non-standard equipment. You couldn't buy off the shelf rolling stock, you'd have to get custom designed stuff. It also wouldn't save much space, since the width of the rail cars doesn't necessarily change with the track gauge.
That idea won't solve any problems. In fact, it creates a ton of them.
1,000mm gauge allows you use a smaller loading gauge (less ROW required).
It's cheaper to build narrow gauge in terms of ROW acquisition, marginally lower construction material costs, on top of it rolling stock is cheaper.
And if I use 10 apples instead of 5 oranges, I can build a bigger and better fruit basket, too. (particularly if I throw out the bad apples. And intermix some lemons in there as well)
Is that a union issue? Because the federal government hire individual, long-term contractor employees all the time. Not only does that save them on pensions, that way they change service providers or eliminate the positions altogether if needed.
The problem with WMATA pensions isn't that they are providing good benefits to their employees. That's commendable. Rather, a defined benefit pension turns WMATA into a financial institution, responsible for managing billions of dollars in assets and liabilities. Considering WMATA can't even get the escalators to work, they're in over their head with pensions. It's the financialization of our economy, and the only people who win with that are the bankers and their big fat bonuses.
The Purple Line will be on the "heavier" end of what's considered Light Rail, and isn't really suitable for meter-gauge tracks. Even though Portland's got a streetcar and the MAX Light Rail, both of which are technically standard-gauge LRT, the two systems are not interoperable, as MAX's vehicles are heavier, and have a larger loading gauge.
Shame on me for not googling this first, but I don't believe WMATA funds their pensions in that manner. They just pay as liabilities become due. I don't think they have pension plan assets that they try to manage to equal liabilities every period.
There's clearly a lot of discussion about WMATA retirement benefits here, a good reason for GGW to do an in-depth post on WMATA pensions and OPEBs.
Skoda (and a number of other LRV OEMs) manufacture(s) 1,000mm gauge LRVs. It's off the shelf, it's used in Europe (God forbid). Besides, there are other cities that use nonstandard gauge vehicles - Bay Area, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Toronto, etc...
1,000mm gauge allows you use a smaller loading gauge (less ROW required).
Though 1000mm gauge (3′ 3 3/8″) also means (based on what I have seen) a narrower rail vehicle than one built for standard gauge (1435mm = 4' 8 1/2"). Now wider vehicles can be used on narrower gauges, but it seems to me that wider vehicles would eliminate the reason for the narrower gauge in the first place.
The extensive streetcar system in Helsinki, Finland is 1000mm gauge, even though the Metro there is 1524mm (5', Russian gauge), like the Finnish railroads.
Most of the fleet is made up of articulated Valmet/Strömberg units built in the 1970's and 1980's, but they also have some Düwags imported used from Germany. They also have some fairly new low-floor Variotrams built by Bombardier, but there have been persistent technical problems with the Variotrams.
Stockholm, Sweden has a suburban rail line (electrified, like most of Sweden's rail network) that uses 891mm (2' 11 1/10"), though the EMUs that run on this line are not especially narrow in terms of interior seating layout (though they are much narrower than the regional rail EMUs that run on Stockholm's standard-gauge lines).
It's cheaper to build narrow gauge in terms of ROW acquisition, marginally lower construction material costs, on top of it rolling stock is cheaper.
I am not entirely convinced of the above. Seems to me that the most-compelling reason for narrower gauge is to save space on the street because the real estate taken by the tracks is less.
Helsinki's streetcar system also features (in my opinion) excellent streetcar stops in the middle of the street. They are barrier-separated from rubber-tired traffic (with marked and often signal-protected crosswalks to the sidewalk at one or both ends, and with few exceptions, rubber-tired traffic may not use the parts of the streets set-aside for streetcars.
There's absolutely no reason to move away from standard gauge. Furthermore, there are examples of light rail and streetcars sharing tracks in several US cities. The principle advantage is in the opportunity to share heavy maintenance facilities.
Once again, MD ranked #1 in the nation for public schools. They really need to leverage the resulting human assets better.
That said, the Green Line Study seems to be making the classic mistake of extrapolating the past into the future. Just because the Green Line has been the economic engine in the past decade, doesn't mean it will continue that way for the next couple of decades.
A recent Atlantic Cities article delved into a correlation between lower crime rates along with continual decreases in the popularity of crack as well as the subsequent free-fall of prices, cutting the risk-incentive for the associated violence that plagued the 80's.
RE: Purple Line
For those who haven't been to some of the public meetings, it's worth remembering that a decent share of property owners *want* to be bought out.
That Prince George's County is, of those with with a Metrorail presence, easily the most corrupt jurisdiction for the last dozen or so years probably has a lot to do with it.
The historian David Hackett Fischer, in his book "The Great Wave" using over 700 years of British records shows that the homicide rate and inflation are closely correlated. High inflation, high crime, low inflation low crime. It certainly holds for the examples above. Fisher himself concedes that correlation is not causation, but it rules out the usual explanations.
by Douglas Willinger on Jan 19, 2012 3:42 pm • link • report
You've clearly spent a lot of time and thought on this, and there's a lot to mull over on your site, but it always gives me the chills looking at the various interstate proposals, as though some hideous alternate history was avoided. Makes me feel like I'm looking at some 19th century medical curiousity museum or something.
Likewise with all of the 'activism' that decided that effectively cancelling B&O-PEPCO I-95 in July 1973 meant that everything would simply be Ok and thus we no longer had to protest.
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I'll let you all know if Tuesday's meeting of the McHenry County Board gets moved from Woodstock to the MGM Grand arena.
As I wrote in today's paper, a showdown is brewing between new County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill and a majority of the Public Health and Human Services Committee regarding that vacant seat on the Mental Health Board.
After the County Board rejected the committee's first pick on a 6-18 thrashing May 7, Hill took the unorthodox step of invoking her right under board rules to advance her own candidate. The committee went ahead and advanced another candidate Tuesday on a 4-0 vote, but Hill said she would not put him on next Tuesday's agenda, again her prerogative under board rules.
The second shocker that came out of Tuesday's meeting was confirmation that Hill would ask the board to remove Sandra Fay Salgado from the committee, validating rumors that have swirled in recent weeks.
I attended the meeting, and spoke with Hill and several committee members afterward. Here are some of the things that didn't make my story:
• THORSEN'S PICK: The four committee members in attendance Tuesday picked their first-runner up from the last vote – Crystal Lake City Council member and bank vice president Jeff Thorsen.
Thorsen's financial skills – he also has an MBA – clinched it for the committee. As John Hammerand, R-Wonder Lake, said, Thorsen uses that knowledge daily. For the record, the rejected candidate – former McHenry County College trustee Scott Summers – also has an MBA.
Thorsen was one of six candidates from the pool left when Summers won the last nod.
"I'm very comfortable with the high-integrity, honest person he is, and I think he'll make an exceptional candidate," committee Chairwoman Donna Kurtz, R-Crystal Lake, said.
Salgado said Thorsen was in fact her first pick, but that she ultimately went with Summers in the name of consensus. That consensus was needed last month, because Summers squeaked through on a 4-3 vote.
• NO BOYCOTT: Noticeably absent from the meeting were the three committee members – Paula Yensen, Anna May Miller and Mary McCann – who voted against Summers. Miller and McCann had previously voted, without success, to try to keep ousted President Lee Ellis on the Mental Health Board.
But they did not boycott the meeting, as other county news sources have reported.
Yensen, who is executive director of the United Way of Central Kane County, had a work obligation she could not skip, namely the annual Build-A-Bike giveaway for needy children. McCann was right next door to the public health committee, as chairwoman of the Finance and Audit Committee that oversees county government's spending. That meeting ran until 1 p.m.
I could not reach Miller, but she is recovering from a bad car accident. The last time I saw her was last Friday's committee meeting, and she had to leave early – with assistance. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt, and then some, regarding her absence.
So there was no collaboration on their part to skip the meeting.
I did in fact point this out in my story, but it bears repeating, because an allegation that they intentionally blew off the meeting is a serious one.
• WHO WILL HILL PICK? Salgado before the vote asked Hill which of the six candidates she likes. Hill has said she is looking at the list, and one or two outside candidates, for her final choice.
Hill said she liked Cathryn Perfetti and David Barber. Perfetti is a CEO of a mental health provider agency and is a member of the county's Community Development Block Grant Commission and the board of the McHenry County Housing Authority. Barber is former head of the United Way of Greater McHenry County.
We'll know tomorrow who Hill recommends – board rules mandate that nominees for boards and commissions be presented no later than five days before the meeting at which the vote will take place.
• SHE SAID, SHE SAID: Hill told me after the meeting that her decision to take Salgado off of the committee is not new.
As I wrote today, the issue has arisen every so often over the years that Salgado's presence on the committee is a conflict of interest because she is human resources director for Pioneer Center for Human Services. Pioneer Center receives Mental Health Board funding, and is one of the loudest critics alleging that the board spends far too much money on administration and overhead.
Hill said she told Kurtz of her intention six weeks ago, but that Kurtz told her to hold off. Hill alleged that Kurtz wanted and needed Salgado's vote to ram through her changes to the Mental Health Board.
But Kurtz countered that the issue was not an agenda, but timing.
"I said hold off because I thought it was completely inappropriate to do that when we were in the middle of conducting interviews," Kurtz said.
• COURT IS NOT IN SESSION: I asked Hill how she thinks these two issues – picking her own Mental Health Board candidate and replacing Salgado – looks in the court of public opinion.
She answered, politely but resolutely, that only a small segment of that court is following this issue or considers it a priority.
I also asked Hill about the point that Salgado made, elaborated on at the end of my story, that members of other committees have faced conflict-of-interest questions surrounding their assignments.
She answered that those alleged conflicts would get a fresh review.
Salgado, who sat down with Hill before I did, told me after her meeting that she told Hill that it's all or nothing when it comes to reassigning committee seats for perceived conflicts of interest.
"If we do it for me, we do it for everybody or not at all," Salgado said.
Hammerand said after the meeting that the timing looks suspect.
"If a conflict of interest didn't exist in December [when committee assignments were hashed out], how come it suddenly appeared in May?" Hammerand said.
•X-FACTORS: There are several issues at play when it comes to what will happen next Tuesday evening.
The biggest variables are yet unknown: who Hill will recommend to fill the vacancy on the Mental Health Board, and who she will recommend to replace Salgado.
Both will require the consent of a majority of the County Board. And from what I've seen and heard, many board members are conflicted. A number of them are uncomfortable both with Hill for her actions, and with the blunt and direct way Kurtz has handled the Mental Health Board.
So who they will eventually side with will very likely come down to whom Hill recommends for both posts.
The other x-factor is the Mental Health Board itself, namely if it attempts to affect the outcome.
As I have written and blogged about since January, the Mental Health Board has tried to insert itself into the process since it became apparent that Kurtz would, immediately upon her appointment as committee chairwoman, embark on a reform campaign.
One can argue that this whole mess started in earnest because of the Mental Health Board's gross overreaction to a story I wrote in January based on a 3-minute-long speech that Pioneer Director Pat Maynard gave to the County Board about the need for new faces on the nine-member, unpaid board.
The Mental Health Board fought back as if I wrote that every single board member and employee should be slaughtered and rendered into grease.
I haven't seen any attempted influence since the Mental Health Board failed to keep former President Lee Ellis from being ousted. But with that vacant seat up for grabs, two more terms expiring at year's end and that vacant executive director seat it needs to fill – maybe by giving the present interim director the job – they might see this as a last and best opportunity to stop Kurtz.
Senior Writer Kevin Craver can be reached at email@example.com.


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We are Korean Moms in training dedicated to psycho-analyzing our moms, reliving horrible memories of embarrassment and dread for the benefit of the public...all the while laughing like a wheezy grandpa. Someone needs to pay for our therapy...
Monday, March 17, 2008
#8 Straight A's
10 comments:
yes koreans emphasizes a lot on good education but i cant blame my mom . she was also all A student i know and she still loves to read and study a lot LOL
i was not a very good student and she was qiute upset when i got B i remember
- July 21, 2008 at 10:24 PM
- jeesung said...
this goes double for Korean dads! trust me. i need to live up to my #7-ness, ya know?!?
- July 22, 2008 at 2:04 AM
- .koo. said...
in 6th grade, i got a B+ and my mom flipped out and called an emergency parent/teacher conference meeting to which she horrifically asked the teacher why i was "failing." to this day, when she tells the story, she swears to everyone the teacher changed my grade to an A because she asked her to, which she didn't. and she swears her memory "is never wrong."
- July 29, 2008 at 12:59 PM
How many out there had this experience? After studying hard, proudly show grade of 99 (or 98, 97, etc - but still an "A") and mother only says "what happened to the other 1 (or 2, 3, etc) point?
- August 5, 2008 at 2:23 PM
- email@example.com said...
Whoa, that last comment rings a bell. I was so thoroughly brainwashed that in the 2nd grade I argued with a teacher about changing a 98 to a 100 because I didn't erase completely and my answer only "looked" wrong but was actually correct. She looked as me like I was crazy and said "Isn't a 98 good enough? It's still an A." Clearly she wasn't raised by a despotic Korean mom!
- August 8, 2008 at 10:23 AM
This is therapy.
- August 10, 2008 at 8:37 PM
I got a 93 and my mom got kinda mad. everyone else got like a 70 and she tells me not to compare. Then when she asked what the highest grade was, and it was a 98, she yells at me for not doing as well as him.
- October 8, 2008 at 5:57 PM
- Heather *IsaBella and Harrison's Mommy* said...
Hehehehe, oh the memories! Yup, an A wasn't good enough... It had to be 100%, not 99 or 98... Whatever! B does stand for bad... But here's the kicker... When my lil sis got a B on her report card, I got my ass kicked because I was older and shoulda helped her study since I already knew the stuff and I was responsible for her "failures"!!!
Love always,
- October 9, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Yep. On my first report card (1st grade/1st semester in a school in Seoul), I got a B in Phys Ed and the rest, A's... My mom yelled at me and said, "What's the B for? You couldn't run fast enough? You just ruined your academic career because of your B!"
That was 31 years ago and I still think about it...
- March 5, 2011 at 2:53 PM
Unless you are like me that through my 9th grade year I made c's and d's...When I did make an A my mom was so thrilled, she gave me money! (maybe because she thought I wasn't mentally handicapped and that her DNA finally kicked in! lol)
- April 24, 2012 at 4:48 PM