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Blogging Guidelines
Since this blog site is a new thing it is going to take some time to figure out the guidelines for use. I'd love to see it turned into a place where we can communicate about more than me just giving you an assignment and you just turning it in. I'd like to post articles and ideas. I'd like to see you do the same. It'd be great if we could use the site as a regular stop for communication with one another about a whole range of issues; from social to political and beyond. I do not want you to dread a blog assignment, and consequently just go thru the motions.So, with that in mind I'm asking you to check the site regularly. The first thing to do is go to the calendar and check the appropriate date. Post articles and ideas that you have. Make sure, for organizations sake, that they pop up under the proper category or posting. I'd also like to see you piggy back on other's comments. If we do all these things then maybe we can learn something and have a little fun in the process.There does need to be guidelines and grading procedures however. This isn't "My Space", it's my space. So, some rules…
I manage every posting. As a teacher, I have a responsibility to check what can and cannot get on the screen. However, I'd like this to be about free speech. So, while I can regulate your comments – I'm going to go from the idea that these are your thoughts not mine. If you following guidelines (spelling, be nice, slang) in order to reach the post, you won't see me doing much editing. I may ask you to consider something different in the future. But for the most part posts will go as is. One thing of special note -according to Intermediate School District guidelines when you post use your first name and last initial only.
#2 – SPELLING – Three Strikes You're Out
This is an institution of learning. You have access to spell check. The bottom line is you have the responsibility and the tools to take care of the grammar and the spelling in your posts. I've asked for and received several student suggestions regarding spelling, grammar, and grading. The following comes from those suggestions. Each spelling / grammar mistake is a 5 point reduction in the posting (20 possible) score. The third error in a post results in a zero on the assignment. You must check this stuff. You might find the Firefox web browser helpful in that it carries inside of the blog a spell check. Otherwise cut and paste into and out of a writing program.
Below are specific guidelines regarding misspelled words.
- Spelling that should be picked up by a spell check and is not – is a mistake.
- Words that are spelled correctly, but not the right word (out vs our / dog vs dig) and are not changed – are mistakes.
- Grammar mistakes – not commonly used slang words, but just lazy overlooked writing – are mistakes.
- Apostrophes, capital letters, proper nouns – if you check 'em you can catch 'em.
You have up to ten minutes to repost your original post. So, if you write it up, post it to this blog, and take a look, and after surveying the situation – you find a spelling error, or something just doesn't feel right – you can still change it. You have ten minutes. All you have to do is label the next post with – REPOST – and then go ahead and make your changes. Make sure that you type "REPOST" as your first word in the body of your blog posting. If you do not note REPOST – I will not accept the new posting. If you do, I will delete the previous post and grade the new one. Posts are time stamped, so don't procrastinate for more than ten minutes.
Even if you disagree with a viewpoint, mine or another student's, keep it to the subject and don't make things personal. We want to start dialogue not shout somebody down or make them feel bad. We want people to check the site, get involved. So, with that in mind, while I do not want you to shy away from the exploration of issues, and I certainly would like to hear what you have to say, remember there is somebody on the other keyboard…who feels equally as justified in their beliefs.
This is not a hip hop site. Unless a specific assignment calls for slang or text message or some other kind of new modern funky language – then we are doing blog assignments in standard English. In order to grade them, I have to be able to read them. Thanks.
What's great about this thing is that it is fluid. Any ideas that you have for readership, or for people to get involved, or new categories or posting pages, would be greatly appreciated. This is after all an interactive web site. That means interactive with YOU. So, if you don't like things as they are, provide suggestions to make it better. You're the "My Space" generation. My generation discovered the electric light bulb. Who do you think knows more about this stuff?
Blog assignments will be announced in class and posted online. Each will count 20 points total. The score will count under homework on your marking period grade. In order to receive any points you must post under the correct category. As for spelling, errors will be bolded in your posting and any points subtracted will be noted at the end of your posting. Your score will follow and will be noted in parenthesis and totaled out of twenty.
As for the point scoring breakdown. I'm laying out a rough idea below – the scoring is subjective and will be fluid – any suggestions please let me know. All scoring for blog assignments will be posted in bold after the assignment.
20 pts – Critical thinking post…You're digging deep – not only through critical thought, but by posing critical questions as well. Quality, not length is the key for a critical thinking post. Maybe you are piggy backing others posts, maybe you are digging into outside sources, maybe you're just talking out of your rear end, but you've nailed it. Who knows? There will be few twenty given out, but since you can pick up so many extra credit points here, you'll be able to make those points up through random postings on spot blog days. To get a twenty you're really going to need to do some deep thinking.
18 pts – Pretty darn good
16 pts – Not bad
14 pts – OK
12 pts – Better than a ten
10 pts – You made it to the blog…and not much more. You've looked at the question. You've covered your bases by offering an answer – but you're not digging in. We need to hear your voice! If you're getting a lot of 10's of 20's, we aren't hearing enough of it.
8 pts – Come on
6 pts – Geeze
4 pts – Ughh
2 pts – Your name is spelled correctly…and that's about the extent of it all. If you're getting two's on a twenty point blog assignment, you're not doing much really.
You'll be able to pick up Extra Credit on blog spot check days. I'll go through on random days and provide students one to four points for posts. I'll announce the day following the random check that I did so, and will keep track of those points. You can get an extra credit point (s) for any posting – of your choice – on any category or page. These blog spot checks could be once a month or seven days a week. They still must be spelled correctly in order to be posted. You may choose to actually do an assignment given to a different class. If you choose to do so, you do not have to post on a blog spot check day in order to earn the extra four points. What you do need to do however, is follow these directions. Go to your chosen assignment – enter it along with assignments by students of the appropriate class. However, you must type (EXTRA CREDIT) at the beginning of your post. If you don't, you will not earn this extra opportunity. If you do, and the quality and spelling of the assignment is good, you can earn up to four points extra. The hope here is that you continue to check in and use the blog as a conduit for learning and communication. The extra credit points will be added to blog point totals at the end of the MP.
If you've been given a one day assignment – due tomorrow – the last post goes in before 11:00 PM that night. If you've been given a two + day assignment – the last post goes in at 7:00 PM the night before the assignment is due. Postings after the deadline will not be accepted on a 20 point assignment. Let me know if you have a computer problem, prior to the due date. My room is open to you at lunch, and before and after school. There is no time limit imposed for all other postings.
It is your responsibility to take care of back work. When you return from an absence, in regards to blogs, check the calendar on-line for any missed work and check your subject matter specifically. Assuming that your absence is excused (if it isn't you cannot make up the assignments) you need to stick to the following guidelines.
- Your assignment is the same as the original class assignment
- It must be posted at the same sight
- At the beginning of the posting you must type ABSENT (date) MAKE UP ASSIGNMENT first thing in the body of your blog post – if you do not I will assume the posting is late and you will earn a zero on the assignment.
In the end – have fun with the Buddha blog! Listen to one another, think of cool ideas that we can incorporate daily or on an individual assignment basis. Question everything. Read the news articles that I post. Post your own. Listen to pod casts and talk to your friends about issues that affect your life.
Blog like Thomas Jefferson would have blogged if he had a "My Space."
You can make this blog exactly what you want to make it. And who knows you may just find yourself, on line, coming down from the mountain…and running into a wise man, who will ask you if you're a god…or if you're a man.
And maybe you can say to him…I AM AWAKE!


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Academic Session 29: Warwick 2011
AAH Annual Conference 2011
31 March – 2 April, University of Warwick
Craft, History, Theory
Session Convenor:
Janice Helland, Queen's University, Canada. firstname.lastname@example.com
This session proposes an integrative examination of craft history and craft theory with a particular emphasis upon the impact material culture studies has had upon the
discipline. In 1999, Judy Attfield suggested that 'hybridity' is one of the 'most remarkable characteristics of material culture studies' (Journal of Design History, 12, 4: 373); in 2009, Paul Greenhalgh lamented the 'absence of historical writing' in discussions of craft (Journal of Design History, 22, 4:402); and also recently, Tom Crook posited a collapse of the dichotomies of modern and antimodern in craft studies suggesting instead an 'alternative modernity' distinguished by a 'multiplicity of 'dialogs' between past, present and future' (Journal of Modern Craft, 2,1, 2009: 17). Thus, while maintaining a concern for production and consumption, papers in the session will also consider intersectionalities, meaning, and social relationships between object and bodies, while retaining a focus upon craft history. How do objects relate to each other and/or to the bodies that create and use them particularly when informed by gender, sexualities, class and race? How does materiality make meaning? What relationships accrue between objects and social practices? How have theories of transculturation affected discussions of craft history and practice?
Speakers & Papers
Alena Buis (Queen's University Canada)
Crafting Home: The colonial homemaker in early modern Dutch trade networks
Juliette MacDonald (Edinburgh College of Art)
Craft and the City: An exploration of craft's role in contemporary urban society
Alyson Wharton (SOAS, University of London)
Armenian Master-Builders and Image-Making in mid-19th Century Istanbul
Susan Surette (Concordia University, Montreal)
Working Craft: Victor Cicansky's The Old Working Class and The New Working Class
Rosie Ibbotson (Cambridge University)
Men's accessories: crafts and fraternalism in the English Arts and Crafts Movement
Joseph McBrinn (University of Ulster)

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Milwaukee police were called to Rain nightclub at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday for a report of 30 people fighting outside the club. Details on the incident and if anyone was ticketed were not available from Milwaukee police as of Friday, according to reports.
According to reports, the emcee of the club, George May (also known as DJ Geotech) said he was working Monday night when Barnett, 24, entered the disc jockey booth and asked to talk over the microphone. May, 26, said he told Barnett that he wasn't allowed to let patrons use the microphone, but would make announcements about Barnett being in the club.
"He took the mike out of my hand," May said. "He tried talking on the mike, but he couldn't figure out how to turn it on."
As May attempted to get the mike back, Barnett grabbed him and began to choke him.
"At that point, I was afraid for my life. I was really scared," May said.
Rain bouncer David Snyder confirmed that he witnessed Barnett attack May.
"Nick Barnett grabbed (May) without hesitation, around the throat with one hand, lifted him off the ground and shoved him back," Snyder said.
Snyder said he stepped in between Barnett and May and asked Barnett to leave the DJ booth. An argument ensued among people in Barnett's group and the group was moved outside the nightclub.
Snyder said that Barnett has visited the nightclub before and has been well-behaved.
Barnett recently finished his third season with the Packers. He had a team-record 194 tackles in 2005. Barnett resides in the Green Bay suburb of Ledgeview and owns FiveSix nightclub in Green Bay.


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I´m using XBMC 11 final release.
I just upgraded my hard drive and had to re-format my computer and I´m struggling to set up my movie library the way it was.
I want the scrapper to download the info, poster etc in Portuguese PT but show the Movie Name in their Original Title in Library. I had this setup before and it was working fine.
I tried re-adding the source again, tried a different source and still no success.
I remember my setting for the scrapper was:
Keep Original Title: CHECKED
Enable Fanart: CHECKED
Enable Trailer: CHECKED
Prefer Trailer fom HD-Trailers: NO
Preferred Language: PT
Get Rating from: IMDB
If I change the setting "Keep original title", nothing changes.
Even when the movie information is downloaded in PT, the original title is listed under "Movie Information" as the correct one. But the Movie List in Library still organizes the titles and shows in Portuguese, not the original title language.
Windows - Keep Original Title option not working The MovieDB 3.1.0
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Heres a log (different movie, Battle Los Angeles).
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2012-04-18 01:21 Post: #3
I just confirmed. This problem is only under 3.1.0.
I re-installed XBMC, disconnected the internet and disabled auto updates for add-ons. The MovieDB that comes with XBMC 11 is 3.0.9.
So I connect to internet, set up my source as Movie with the settings on my first post, and voila, works beautifully.
To confirm my theory, I updated the scrapper to 3.1.0, and simply went into a movie, movie information, and refresh.
The title automatically changed from the Original Title to the Translated Tittle.
My problem is solved by now, I will keep auto-updates disabled and run 3.0.9 until its fixed.
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2012-04-18 17:43 Post: #4
Fixed in TMDb scraper v3.2.0
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Thanks Olympia! I will test it when its out.
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Our mission: To protect and enhance the quality of life for domestic, farm and wild animals in B.C.
Cats can have great friendships with each other. When introducing another cat into your home you must manage the introduction carefully to ensure both cats adapt well. For example, if one cat gets hissed at or swatted, he may always be scared of the other cat. Below are some steps to help ease the transition and tips to help create a stress-free multi-cat environment.
Domestic cats have evolved from their wild territorial and largely solitary ancestors. Their need to defend territory comes from the need to catch sufficient prey to survive. Domesticated cats are more social than their wild ancestors and can live in groups, but they still retain a territorial nature.
Relationship problems between cats are often a reason for cats being relinquished or returned to a shelter. The gradual introduction process is very important in establishing a positive relationship between cats.
It is important to recognize that cats communicate visually through body language but also by scent. They use rubbing and scratching to leave scent (pheromones) and for building a social bond with their human or cat friends.
Before you take your new cat home:
Set aside one room for your new cat away from the resident cat's favourite place.
Have at least one comfortable sleeping area, a hiding area such as a box or a "tent bed," food and water bowls and a litter box. Keep in mind that cats don't like to eat near their litter box, so keep food and water bowls away from their litter box.
Remember, in addition to meeting your pets already in the home, you must also help your new cat bond with your human family members. All these changes – a new home, new people and other pets – can be stressful. Think about how overwhelming all of this change would be like if it were you being suddenly placed into a new environment. The following few steps should help make the transition easier:
Just transporting your cat can be stressful. Cats feel safe when surrounded by their own scent. To make her trip as stress-free as possible, place the towel or bedding she has been sleeping on in the carrier box so that she has a familiar scent during the trip home.
Once home, take the cat to her room right away. Do not come into contact with the resident cat.
Keep the cat inside the carrier box until you are in her room with the door shut.
Place her box or other hiding area in a corner of the room (away from the litter box) and place the carrier box beside it. Open the door.
Do not force the cat to come out. She may be frightened and stressed by the new environment.
Leave the cat alone in the room. Allow her to settle down and come out on her own. If using the Hide, Perch & Go box from the shelter you will want to reassemble the box back to a hide and perch area for your cat use in the transition period. The box will be saturated with her familiar scent and help reduce stress.
Cats communicate with each other by scent, so you should start by introducing the cats to each other by "swapping" scents. This process will take a few days so be patient and do not rush a physical meeting with your resident cat.
Later the first day, place your new cat's towel on or near your resident cat's favourite place or food bowl and encourage him to approach.
If your cat starts to hiss, spit or avoid the towel place it on the floor away from his bed or food bowl. Each day move the towel closer to the cat's food bowl. Do the same thing with your resident cat's bedding, giving it to the new cat for her to smell.
Next, swap food bowls between the cats. They will start to associate the positive act of eating with the scent of the other cat.
Swap direct scent between cats by petting one cat with a cloth around the cheeks and pet the other cat with it in the same way. It is important to rub the cheeks because this is where cats have glands that secrete a "friendly" hormone. Once they are completely tolerant of each other's scent proceed to visual contact.
The time it takes to accept each other's scent can vary from a few hours (usually when one is a kitten or both are very social cats) to a few weeks if either or both cats are less social.
Ideally, the solid door that separates the cat would be temporarily replaced with a screen door or a baby gate with the access above the gate blocked. However, if this is not possible, open the door of your new cat's room just enough so the cats are able to see each other, sniff each other and touch noses. The opening should not be wide enough for either cat to go through. Secure it with a hook or a small nail and a rope.
Encourage the cats to spend time close to each other with treats on either side of the door or by playing with a feather wand (thus avoiding putting your hand between the cats). Do not use catnip. Some cats get aggressive or overly excited.
If the cats are showing aggression towards each other (more severe than a hiss or a quick swat) you may need to make the opening smaller. Over the next few days, feed the cats closer and closer to the door.
Only once the cats are comfortable with each other (they may sniff noses, play through the door or rub against the door) you can have a proper introduction. There should be no growling, spitting or hissing.
It is now time to open the door and let them explore each other's territory. Just for safety, keep a set of keys handy or other jingly item that you can throw on the floor to distract them should they get into a little spat. Your cats will probably be fine. Don't be concerned if the cats ignore each other. Do not pick them up and attempt to force them to interact. Remember, cats resolve personality conflicts by increasing space between each other. Give them the freedom to do that. Each cat should have two choices to escape contact with the other cat, either by jumping up or moving out of the area.
When you have two cats, they may be very close, grooming each other and playing or they may live together but not pay much attention to each other. Cats enjoy watching other cats. Even if they don't seem to interact, they are making each other's life more interesting.
Unless your cats freely choose to use the same litter box and eat out of the same bowl, be sure to provide each cat with a litter box, separate beds, hiding and perching areas and food and water bowls.
Bullying between cats can sometimes be very subtle. A cat may bully another by denying him access to resources.
For example, if you have a cat door to an outdoor enclosure, one cat may stand next to it and hit and swat the other cat when entering or leaving. One may sit near the food bowl and hiss or swat at the other cat when he approaches. Or one cat may simply stare at the other. You will know if the other cat feels intimidated because he will begin to avoid the areas protected by the other and will flatten his body and move slowly from place to place to avoid arousing the bully cat.
If the aggression is a regular occurrence, be sure the bullied cat has his own space where the other cannot go and where he can access a litter box, food, water and bedding without being bullied. If the aggression is not severe or sporadic, consider arranging your furniture so that there are obstacles for the harassed cat to walk behind or to go up and over to gain access to other parts of the home. Having multiple pathways provides both cats with escape routes and hiding areas to minimize contact bottlenecks, and allows your cats to develop their own patterns to avoid direct contact with one another. Many cats do fine together even if they don't get along as "best buddies."
Observe your cats closely if you see bullying behaviour. It may seem minor, but bullying can cause chronic stress for the bullied cat while the other feels he has to guard his territory all the time. This may lead to stress-related disease or behaviour problems such as spraying or eliminating outside the litter box.
Lastly, never punish either cat if they show aggression. If you see signs of aggression go back a few steps. Scent swap for a few days and start visual contact slowly again.
To help calm cats you can purchase a cat-appeasing pheromone called Feliway in the form of a plug-in diffuser or as a spray. The spray can be applied to cat beds, perching areas and furniture. Feliway is available online, at select pet supply stores or through your veterinarian.
Adapted from cat behaviour research by Dr. Rachel Casey, Anthrozoology Institute, UK
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Natalie Segal and Josh Daiek Take First at the Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships Qualifier
From the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour — KIRKWOOD, Calif. (Feb. 24) — Today qualifier competitors mingled amongst pre-qualified athletes and tour veterans as they registered for the Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships. "In Kirkwood, we have some of the toughest competition we've ever seen on the world tour with competitors from Chile, Sweden, France, New Zealand, Canada and the US," said Frankie Alisuag, announcer for the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour.
As the winds picked up and the snow began to dump, 74 qualifier athletes competed on Lookout Vista, including several wait-listed athletes who were psyched to hear they'd been added to the start list. With the forecast predicting quite a significant storm, and five feet of fresh expected by Friday night, Day One—originally slated for tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 25)—has been postponed. The competition is scheduled to resume on Saturday on The Cirque, looker's left.
For the men, local boy Josh Daiek came in first with a score of 35.27, Broc Sheue of Sun Valley took second (32.67) and Squaw Valley's Kevin O'Meara came in third (32.50). On the women's side, Australian Natalie Segal took first, followed by Stowe's Sasha Dingle and Vanessa Aadland of Snowbird.
Following a deep cut, 20 athletes made it through from the Qualifier to Day One. With 100 competitors scheduled to run Saturday, including a heavy list of 80 prequalified athletes, it's anybody's game.
"We had to make an incredibly deep cut, probably the deepest cut we've had," said Head Judge Jim Jack. "We have the best athletes in the world here; this is going to be a fierce competition."
Big name judges at this stop include '94 Olympian Jeremy Nobis, former Subaru Freeskiing World Tour champ Laura Ogden, and Omar Otte, fresh off judging The North Face Park and Pipe Open Series.


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Repairing walls???????
Ok here my story, i have an old house 115 years old two storie, and the downstairs is Plaster walls beauitful. My upstairs well this is the problem, Iam doing my hallway, and the previous owners tried to apply texture to the walls with looks to be with a roller? And it has pull down in the texture that just looks like ****? Sorry best way i could explain the look. So iam trying to cover it up with Joint compound and its covering it well, and then iam going to apply a Starburst pattern with my stomp brush, that i have done many times in other people homes and they just love the look. But the wall are going to be done the same way, but iam going to apply a Ramdon pattern look. Iam telling you this because iam about to go crazy and needed a break from this project? Sorry to Ramble, Its nice to come here and talk to you guys, Pro's
Stipple on the walls? If you're going to the trouble of skimming to kill the old pattern, why not sand smooth and paint??
I was woundering how much trouble sanding and mess it would be to sand old plaster walls?
You'll actually be sanding the skim coat of mud you're applying to "kill" the texture that's there now. If the original is painted (I'm assuming it is) you won't have a lot of luck sanding. I would look into renting a power sander from a rental place (some Home Depots have them). It hooks up to a vacuum to collect the dust. Perhaps hit the existing with some 80 grit paper to knock off the high points, a couple of coats of joint compound, sand again, and paint.......
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Are you looking to include mercury silver in your wedding décor? Our mercury silver centrepiece set is just perfect.
Within the set you get a mercury silver round tray and 6 pretty little vases which you can fill with flowers and place on the tray in the centre of your guest tables.
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MWF seeking BFF : my yearlong search for a new best friend (edition 2011)
by Rachel Bertsche (Author)
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MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche
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Ms. Bertsche hits the premise of the book spot on - after college, if you don't work at a company with lots of people and don't have kids, it is hard to meet people. I loved how she put herself out there and grew through the process. I was challenged in the way the book was laid out and edited. It got confusing at times and seemed like one big run on sentence/paragraph/chapter.
It's hard to make friends as an adult. How would you go about it? One woman decides to go on one friend date a week to see if she can find her BFF.
A good read. But I was exhausted just reading about how gung ho she went into trying to find a friend. Let alone actually doing it the way she did.
Enjoyed reading this, and wished it didn't end. I'm so curious to know what kind of impression I leave with people I first meet, also made me think about all my friends and whether I am a good friend to others.
After moving to Chicago to be with her boyfriend, Rachel Bertsche found herself missing the close friendships she'd had in NYC. She bravely and ambitiously decides to take things into her own hands and invite other women to go on 52 friends dates during the 52 weeks of the coming year.
As you may have noticed, I almost always enjoy humorous memoirs, stunt memoirs, and memoirs by working women. Since MWF Seeking BFF is all three, it was a book I knew I had to read. Luckily for me, it turned out to be just as good as I expected! The author's writing style was very funny and down-to-earth. Her stories were very relatable. The number of girls Rachel met meant that names quickly became jumbled together for me. I was about to just give up on remembering who was who when I noticed… there's a friend glossary in the back! Brilliant.
It made me happy that a book on this topic even exists. I feel like it's almost a secret that grown-ups keep that it's so much harder to find friends when you're out of college and not living near tons of people your age. Getting some advice on how to deal with this was spectacular. Not only did the book include some great advice, it included both research to back it up and many personal anecdotes to keep it interesting. I would recommend this to any young women just finishing college or starting out in a new place. The author is so personable and told such relatable stories, you'll feel less alone just reading it and on top of that, I think the author's advice could be truly helpful.
This review first published on Doing Dewey.
20-something career woman moves to Chicago to get married. Although she loves her husband and her job, she misses her girlfriends. She sets off to find a new BFF by going on one girl-date a week and blogging about it. She jumps back and forth between her experiences, conversations with her husband, and tidbits of research she uncovered on the topic of friendship.
I Pearl-ruled this one at page 54, then skipped to the end to see if she found a friend. The premise has the potential to be a fun read, but MWF Seeking BFF lacks charm and humour. I found the author to be whiny and judgmental, and the rules she set up for herself, her expectations, and her anxieties all seemed very middle-school. But what really tanked this book for me is that she just wasn't an interesting person.
Recommended for: obviously I don't recommend it, but if you are a vacuous and shallow 20-something year old you might relate to this narrator better than I did.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345524942, Paperback)When Rachel Bertsche first moves to Chicago, she's thrilled to finally share a zip code, let alone an apartment, with her boyfriend. But shortly after getting married, Bertsche realizes that her new life is missing one thing: friends. Sure, she has plenty of BFFs—in New York and San Francisco and Boston and Washington, D.C. Still, in her adopted hometown, there's no one to call at the last minute for girl talk over brunch or a reality-TV marathon over a bottle of wine. Taking matters into her own hands, Bertsche develops a plan: She'll go on fifty-two friend-dates, one per week for a year, in hopes of meeting her new Best Friend Forever.
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The fan sites have been working themselves into a frenzy of expectation for weeks. And yesterday, with a fanfare worthy of another Pearl Harbor, the latest Hollywood spectacular was launched.
The cause of the excitement was the release, on the official Warner Brothers Harry Potter internet site, of a second trailer for a film which is still five months from the cinemas.
A full glorious 150 seconds of Harry Potter the movie, and a cast including Maggie Smith, Zoe Wanamaker and John Cleese, could be seen, dimly, through clouds of smoke, owls and broomsticks.
The director, Chris Columbus, promised USA Today - and his four children, who are devoted admirers of the books - that his film will faithfully follow the plot of the original.
The clips give a fleeting glimpse of Harry, played by Daniel Radcliffe, confronting Fluffy, the gigantic three-headed dog who guards the philosopher's stone, and taking to the air on his broomstick under the flying instruction of Zoe Wanamaker.
Columbus vowed that the film, due for release on November 16 and already preceded by a frenzy of merchandising, will keep all the dark and menacing aspects of the book.
The trailer revealed Robbie Coltrane having a seriously bad hair day as Hagrid, and Richard Harris as Dumbledore in a performance promising to go at least as far over the top as his legendary stage Macbeth, which left audiences rolling in the aisles with laughter.
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"That night, his fever dropped to around 102 but never went below 100 like we hoped," Laurie said. "So, we took him to Children's at Legacy the next morning. I was so scared. I had heard that high fevers could result in seizures or brain damage."
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Take hate speech out of Canada rights code: report
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Hate-speech provisions should be cut out of Canadian human rights law because they end up leading to government repression, a report commissioned by the Canadian Human Rights Commission recommended on Monday.
The commission launched the study after taking criticism for investigating cases seen as threatening the freedom of the press. In one such complaint, from the Canadian Islamic Congress, Maclean's magazine was accused of subjecting Muslims to hate speech for publishing an article by journalist Mark Steyn that said Muslims were set to swamp the West.
The commission dismissed that complaint, but Maclean's said it had been forced to spend large amounts in legal fees to defend itself, which it could not get back.
Richard Moon, a University of Windsor expert on the constitutional protection of freedom of expression, wrote the hate-speech report for the commission -- an arms-length government body set up to investigate and try to settle complaints of discrimination.
"Any attempt to exclude from public discourse speech that stereotypes or defames members of an identifiable group would require extraordinary intervention by the state and would dramatically compromise the public commitment to freedom of expression," Moon wrote.
"The use of censorship by the government should be confined to narrow category of extreme expression -- that which threatens, advocates or justifies violence...," he wrote, adding this was adequately covered by Canada's Criminal Code.
Steyn reacted on his website: "I like the word 'censorship' here. Instead of the great wobbling blancmange of PC-speak (politically correct speak), it calls a spade a spade."
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April 17, 2011
Site: Urbana, Ill. (Eichelberger Field)
Scores: #2 Michigan 8, Illinois 6; #2 Michigan, 9, Illinois 7
Records: U-M (39-3, 7-1 Big Ten), Illinois (19-17, 6-4 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Wednesday, April 20 -- at Penn State - doubleheader (State College, Pa.), 5:30 p.m. (TV: Big Ten Network, live)
URBANA, Ill. -- Using explosive hitting to claim early and significant advantages, the No. 2-ranked University of Michigan softball team withstood a pair of late rallies to earn an 8-6, 9-7 doubleheader sweep at Illinois on Sunday afternoon (April 17) at Eichelberger Field.
Sophomore second baseman Ashley Lane (Escondido, Calif./Escondido HS) went 4-for-6 with four runs batted in to pace the Wolverine offensive, while freshman leftfielder Nicole Sappingfield (Norco, Calif./Norco HS) similarly posted a pair of multi-hit games and senior designated player Alycia Ryan (Morristown, N.J./Morristown HS) hit 2-for-2 with four RBI in the nightcap.
Senior RHP Jordan Taylor (Valencia, Calif./Valencia HS) struck out nine Illini batters while allowing nine hits and a pair of walks to claim first game, improving to 20-3 on the season, and picked up a save in the second with a one-strikeout, one-hit relief effort through 2.1 innings. Junior Hilary Payne (Canton, Mich./Plymouth HS) earned the game-two win, entering in the first and allowing seven hits and no walks through 4.1 innings.
Michigan jumped on the Illini quickly in the second slate, scoring eight runs through the opening two innings. With the bases loaded and two outs in the frame, freshman catcher Caitlin Blanchard (Petersburg, Mich./Summerfield HS) lofted a two-run single into shallow centerfield to break through, before Ryan connected with the 2-2 pitch in the next at-bat and drove a line-drive, three-run homer over the rightfield fence. The long ball was the third for Ryan in five games.
The Illini scored three in the bottom of the first, but Michigan responded in kind in the following frame, taking advantage of another bases-loaded scenario to reestablish its early five-run cushion. Freshman rightfielder Lyndsay Doyle (Channahon, Ill./Minooka Community HS) led off the inning with an infield single that dribbled just to the left of the circle and junior centerfielder Bree Evans (Bloomington, Calif./Rialto HS) followed with a chipped double into shallow leftfield that resulted in an Illinois pitching change. An intentional walk loaded the bases for junior third baseman Amanda Chidester (Allen Park, Mich./Cabrini HS), who capped an extended eight-pitch at-bat with a full-count walk. Lane drove in a run on a low chopper to shortstop -- Evans sliding in to just beat the throw two the plate -- before Ryan accepted another full-count walk to wrap Michigan's scoring surge.
Illinois narrowed the gap with three runs in the middle inning, using a fourth-inning leadoff solo homer from pitcher Jackie Guy before pushing across two more in the fifth on an RBI double down the rightfield line and subsequent error on the muffed throw following a grounder to short. After a quick 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth, Illinois continued its comeback in the seventh as rightfielder Hollie Pinchback connected with the first pitch of the inning and drove it deep over the left centerfield fence. Taylor settled in after the solo blast, however, retiring the next three batters on just nine pitches.
The Wolverines also garnered an early advantage in the opening slate, using small-ball tactics and taking advantage of another bases-loaded opportunity to push across four runs in the second inning. After a leadoff walk, Doyle and Evans reached on back-to-back bunts to load the bases for Sappingfield, who looped an RBI single to shallow rightfield. Senior first baseman Dorian Shaw (Burke, Va./Robinson SS) was hit with the 3-0 pitch in the next at-bat to score another run, before Lane and Blanchard drove in runs on consecutive pitches, using a single to shallow centerfield and a deep sacrifice fly to the warning track in right, respectively.
The Wolverines complemented their small-ball capabilities with a power-hitting fourth frame as Chidester and Lane bombed out back-to-back solo home runs to pad their team's advantage. Chidester sat on a pair of pitches over the plate before connecting with the third, driving the 0-2 delivery over the fence in straightaway centerfield for her ninth homer of the season. Lane secured her team-leading 14th long ball of the season in the next at-bat, lining the 1-2 pitch over the leftfield fence.
Illinois responded in the home half of the inning with a run off leadoff hitter Danielle Zymkowitz's bases-loaded single, and after Michigan tallied a run in the sixth, the Illini responded again with a bottom half, using a pair of extra-base hits to push across four runs. First baseman Meredith Hackett sliced a two-run bases-loaded double down the leftfield line to initiate the two-out rally, before leftfielder Jessica Davis lifted out a two-run shot to leftfield in the subsequent at-bat to cut U-M's advantage to just two runs.
Taylor made little work of the Illini in the seventh, however, striking out the side to the end the contest.
The Wolverines will return to Big Ten Conference competition on Wednesday (April 20), heading to State College, Pa., to square off against Penn State in 5:30 p.m. doubleheader at the Nittany Lion Softball Park. Both games will be aired live on the Big Ten Network.
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Due to the controversial nature of the finish of the Final Match in the Number One Contenders Tournament between Triple H and Rob Van Dam, and the altercation between the two backstage after the show, the WWE Board of Directors have moved to eliminate any controversy regarding the WWE Championship Match at Wrestlemania XXIII.
Therefore, tonight on Monday Night Raw, the WWE Board of Directors have decided that Triple H and Rob Van Dam shall meet in a rematch, where all outside interference from contracted WWE employees is banned! This match will be Van Dams last opportunity at inserting himself into the WWE Championship, as if Van Dam is victorious, the WWE Championship will be contested at Wrestlemania XXIII under triple threat rules. However, if Triple H is victorious, the match shall remain Shawn Michaels against Triple H in a one-on-one contest for the richest prize in sports entertainment.
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Saturday Night's Main Event came to a shocking conclusion as during the main event of the broadcast, a Steel Cage Handicap Match between John Cena and Mr. and Shane McMahon, Bobby Lashley ripped through the canvas and attacked Cena with such venom and hatred, practically handing victory to Vince and Shane. Lashley then proceeded to further inflict injury on Cena, with the lasting image of the night that of Vince, Shane and Lashley arm in arm, celebrating their destruction of Cena. And it appears the celebrations are set to carry over into this evening, as Mr. McMahon has announced that live tonight, he, Shane and Bobby will be holding a victory celebration in the ring. What the celebration holds is anybody's guess, but you can be sure John Cena will have something to say about it.
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NORCROSS, Ga. -- Former All-American Natalie Pluskota won the mixed doubles title at the USTA Southern's U.S, Open National Playoffs.
Pluskota teamed up with former Alabama star Ricky Doverspike to capture the regional title. They defeated Marcus Hurtig and Abigail Tere-Apisah 7-6 (1), 3-6, [11-9] in the championship match on Saturday.
With the victory, Pluskota and Doverspike advance to the U.S. Open National Playoffs, which will be held Aug. 20-23 in New Haven, Conn. The tournament will include the champions from the 13 USTA regional sections, and the winner earns a wild card to the mixed doubles event at the U.S. Open.
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Discussion in 'The Trash Can' started by cryptick, Feb 1, 2011.
Does anyone know when she's due?
Didn't know she was expecting lol!
Me, neither!
Well, this report is from last July, so she's probably due soon: http://blogs.babycenter.com/celebrities/report-tonya-harding-pregnant-attempting-to-quit-smoking/
The article on the blog said - "Tonya, 39 , is now working to stop drinking and to kick a chain-smoking habit in hopes of delivering a healthy baby."
Why would she have to work at doing the right thing for her unborn child? Just stop drinking and smoking.
Sometimes, for people addicted to cigarettes it is a lot easier said than done. I don't ever remember reading that Tonya was a chronic drinker but because tests show no amount of alcohol is considered safe, even the odd glass of wine/ beer might be of concern to some women.
I was always more at her smoking with asthma... I will never understand that though...
My mom smoked and drank all through her pregnancy and look at me: almost perfect!
Right NOW!!!!....She found out late last spring and desided to keep it secret because she did NOT want the media to bug her and her new husband...
( I knew about it since last summer and was asked not to say anything about it intil her fan club was told it was okay to post it in their news letter..It was right before Christmas..)
She has a fan club, still?...well....I guess women marry prisoners too...shouldn't be too surprised.
I thought this was about a sequel to "Rosemary's Baby"....
I don't think that the poor kid is in any hurry to come out.
You know, regardless of how we feel about Tonya, I think that she deserves some happiness. I hope she and the baby are fine.
And no, I am not a tonya fan. Just someone who thinks that babies are special.
you meanies I agree with numbers123.. I wish her all the very best and hope she can move on with her life and enjoy her impending motherhood..
I wish her all the best too, and that her baby is healthy and happy. I was never an uber but I liked her, and I still admire her skating skills.
any pics or information about her husband?
Some online sites claim the National Enquirer has a story on one of it's inside pages. Haven't seen it myself.
I wish her well. It's never too late to get your sht together.
It's been what 17 years? Tonya didn't commit capital murder. I think she should have been forgiven long ago, and people need to move on imo.
It's not just the incident that people talk about when they say they hope Tonya has her stuff together. It's all the run-ins with the law and tabloid-worthy fodder Tonya has consistently found herself in throughout the years. Anyway, even though Nancy came out ok in the end, I don't think it does much service to minimize the severity of her attack. I find that a lot of posters (or fans) tend to do that in order to say its time to forgive Tonya (or to snark at Kerrigan).
That said, I hope the baby brings her much happiness and peace.
Interesting how she timed her baby to be born right around Nationals.
She has a regular gig on the "Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest _________" (drivers, daredevils, criminals, partiers, brawlers, inventions, erc.) on TruTV, and on it, she seems like she's having fun with it and is able to snark or banter with the other people on the show. She also seems like she's much happier with herself and her life. Lord knows, it anyone needed to seemingly get one's shit together, it was TH, and hopefully she's on the right track for that to happen.
Exactly. I walk by a church most days, which happens to hold AA meetings. I sternly looked at the people hanging around after their meeting, smoking up a storm. "Just say NO!!!", I helpfully exclaimed. Just stop drinking! "It's an illness", they said. I offered them a solution...it's so simple, just stop! But they just looked at me as if I was a jerk or something!
Well, not quite, but I did hear that Rosemary might end up helping with the babysitting.
"You must spread some reputation around before giving it to PeterG again".
You're horrible, you ahh!!
I wonder what she charges.
People will always snark about it for years to come; it's become part of pop culture. It's not realistic to expect otherwise. I hope she's happy too, but still...it's fun.
I would have "looked" at you the same way. You have no idea!
A blissfully lovely dose of sarcasm to begin my day. Thank you PeterG!
True!! To dismiss it makes the crime seem ok.
Um, is she actually pregnant? Back in an old FSU thread there was a statement from her that she couldn't confirm she was pregnant, she "hoped" she was. Considering you can find nothing online about it aside from the original gossip speculation, I'm not sure there really is a baby on the way.
What you said was completely unrealistic if you had any knowledge about addiction, you would know that already though. How about telling the person who is obese to just stop eating and their diabetes will 'go away'.


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Every welfare reform seems to be "the most fundamental since Beveridge", and every reformer promises to sweep away various perversities with the broom of common sense. Yesterday it was the turn of work and pensions secretary James Purnell to trot through the script. He mixed bad ideas with good ones, but for all the advance briefing about revolutionary change his plans were in keeping with the thrust of policy for the last 20 years. Some extra claimants may be nudged to find work; others, dealt a miserable hand in the economic downturn, may end up penalised.
Politicians suggest sweeping away the (undoubted) perversities of social security requires nothing more than being bold. Many perversities, though, are inescapable side-effects of funnelling funds to the sick, the unemployed and the otherwise unproductive. No sane government wants to encourage people into these groups, yet providing income to them is essential for fairness - the basic purpose of social security. Mr Purnell rightly rejects the route followed in parts of America where money is simply cut off after a time. But that leaves his reforms turning on a familiar idea - asking claimants to jump extra hoops.
Some hoops - notably the requirement to attend jobcentre interviews - can usefully prompt claimants, who can grow demoralised and apathetic, to think through their options instead. Compulsory engagement works best, though, if coupled with help with barriers to work such as childcare. Mr Purnell was at his strongest yesterday when he promised that new requirements on incapacity benefit claimants to train and seek work would be matched by new funds to make workplaces more accessible. That made for a reassuring contrast with his previous - slightly chilling - suggestion that jobcentre staff should not be second-guessed by doctors in assessing claimants' fitness.
Shrewdly, Mr Purnell took the chance to set out some differences with the Conservatives. David Cameron seemed to shuffle rightwards recently when he argued redistributing to the poor had reached "the end of the road". He wants to tackle the long-term causes of poverty instead - all very well, but that offers little relief to those suffering now. Rightly, Mr Purnell says money must be part of the mix, and backed this up with a costly tweak to benefit rules to ensure single mothers (and the odd single father) can keep any child maintenance they secure from absentee parents.
Despite Labour's distinctive emphasis on hard money for favoured poor groups, on the question of the unemployed the Conservative Chris Grayling was right to boast yesterday the government had signed up to the next Tory manifesto. Mr Purnell's plans for so-called workfare are something the Conservatives have long demanded. After 12 months on jobseekers' allowance (JSA), claimants will be expected to do four weeks of community work; after two years, mandatory work could become ongoing. Talk of graffiti cleaning and rubbish-picking, tasks traditionally imposed on criminals, gave a decidedly punitive flavour. When JSA is worth a mere £60.50 a week, the hourly rate could be as little as £1.60. If community work is important it should fetch a proper rate.
Getting tough will have little economic impact as there are only a few dozen long-term JSA claimants in the typical parliamentary constituency. It may be good politics for now, but that may change. In the last recession, as voters saw friends and neighbours forced onto benefit, attitudes to the jobless became more generous. New Labour always insists rights and responsibilities must be matched. The right to financial security for anyone out of a job, however, has been stripped away during 30 years in which unemployment benefits have been frozen. The next great overhaul of welfare should match any new responsibilities to higher benefits. Now that really would be radical.


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EAST LAKE — East Lake coach Dan Genna forces opponents to adhere to his style of baseball, which is to aggressively steal bases and apply pressure until teams commit mental errors.
Tuesday night was no different, as East Lake defeated Largo 10-4 to advance to the Class 5A region semifinals.
The Eagles scored on a fielder's choice in the first, and then in the bottom of the third, with Nathan Montano standing on third base and Justin DiSanto on first, Genna rolled the dice.
DiSanto sprinted for second and the throw by Largo's George Koceja was not in time. Montano slid home amid all of the confusion.
"We were going until they threw us out and we wanted to put pressure on their defense," Genna said. "That's our game."
The Eagles stole six bases in the game.
East Lake (20-8) scored three more times in the third to take a 5-0 lead. With runners on first and second, Morgan Cowan lined a run-scoring hit to leftfield, followed by Garrett Franklin's two-RBI hit.
"I was trying to move the runners over and instead I scored them," Franklin said. The Eagles crossed home plate four times total in the fourth and once more in the fifth.
Largo (9-19) battled back with a couple of RBI singles from Koceja and Steve Petrilyak in the fourth. Two more runs in the seventh made the game a bit closer, but the lead was too big for the Packers.
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- January is cold, that stinks
- it's closer to being warm outside
- January 2008 was not bad to me ... I should appreciate that
- 1 month closer to being done living with you-know-who
- Lent starts next week
- I ordered this from American Apparel, and it should be arriving this week
- Only 328 days until Christmas! (or something like that, I have never been good at math)
31 January 2008
Farewell January
20 January 2008
Movie Insight
- I can't stand crowds
- I can't stand the thought of spending an absurd amount of money to see a movie once (not even guaranteeing that I'm going to like it)
- No power to pause, rewind, lay on the couch, use the bathroom, check the weather, get a snack without missing something
- And then I obsess about who was sitting in the seat before me ... the strangers around me
- I envision what the floor looks like with the lights on (or more so, try not to think about it)
Contrast everything I just said with the fact that I joined Netflix. Call it a moment of weakness. While I claim not to be a movie person, I have seen my fare share of movies that I like, heck I even own a few DVD's. AND with Netflix you get to choose movies to add to your queue, i.e. you get to create a movie LIST. I got so excited about it. Not to mention, I do enjoy getting mail, and the first 2 weeks are free. I went with the cheapest play - $5.00 a month for 2 movies ... I figured it's $2.50 a movie, I don't have to go anywhere, and I can quit anytime I want. These are the movies currently in my queue:
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
- Reign Over Me
- Stranger Than Fiction
- Flags of Our Fathers
- Across the Universe
- Becoming Jane
- Into the Wild
19 January 2008
Not Perfect
Call me crazy ... I dig imperfections. For the past few years, I have had a busted blood vessel under my left eye. To the common man, it just resembles a 'lil zit. But I absolutely love it. It has been a security blanket of sorts ... I know it's there, and few others (if anyone) have one. Thus, my busted blood vessel has an undivided loyalty to me ... until it left. I have noticed this week my zit like marking fading into my face. I am once again a clear skinned common (wo)man. My only hope is to create a faux marking with a red Sharpie marker. But it got me thinking about other imperfections that I adore:
- Acne scars
- Chipped sea shells … not to be confused with chipped teeth, of which I have no patience for.
- Misspelled words in books
- Fat animals
- The occasional cloudy day
- C students
18 January 2008
- 147,000 - miles on my car
- 2539 - songs on my iPod
- 45 - ounces of Peanut M&M's that I got for Christmas
- 35 - contacts in my cell phone
- 25 - years I have been here
- 11 - appears in my sister's, brother's, and my birthday
- 6 - books I got for Christmas
- 3 - checks I deposited yesterday
- 2 - siblings
- 1 - God
- 1 - Liz
17 January 2008
- I love that 'nonetheless' is one word
- The song, 'Hey There Delilah' would be a million times cooler if it was actually, 'Hey There Eliza'
- I am ready for Spring
- I hate folding clean clothes just to unfold them to wear them, and then wash, and then fold, and then unfold, and then wear ... you get the point
- The only reason I know how to spell 'glamorous' is because of the Fergie song
- I would have more money, if I had less bills
- I steal pens - whether I am at a restaurant or at work ... if a cool pen crosses my path, I'll take it with me
- I have been slacking off with regard to my blog
- I have been slacking off with regard to my life
- I am 25 and ready to retire
16 January 2008
Trash TV
- Rock of Love II
- Scott Baio is 46 & Pregnant … actually I have tried to watch this … it's so horrible it doesn't even keep my attention
- The Real World Reunion
- My Fair Brady 3
- Celebrity Rehab
- Intervention
- Flavor of Love 3
- Gauntlet III
- American Idol
- The Biggest Loser
- American Gladiators
11 January 2008
A week with a mid 90s Lumina
- As I was leaving my parents house, (and I guess looking skeptical) my dad's parting words were, "be sure to check out the cruise control." To which I responded, "cruise control existed when they built this thing".
- The car is equipped with a trunk rack … yes, a trunk rack.
- The gas gauge fluctuates ... when I accelerate the gas gauge increases, and when I hit the brakes, it decreases.
- I am at peace with myself enough not to mind driving around a 90something Chevy Lumina.
- The 90something Lumina is not in the best condition either … with paint cracks covering the hood, and paint chipping off various areas of the car.
- The only other Lumina and Lumina-esque vehicles I have spotted up here have been ones driven by sketchy looking Mexicans.
- I am at peace with myself enough not to mind driving around a 90something Chevy Lumina.
- I had a very coming of age moment the other day on my way into work (… probably after giving a friendly wave to a Mexican driving a Lumina beside me) … this car has many memories for me.
- It smells the same way it did when I was a kid … I can remember when my Gramma got it … and it was something shiny and new.
- We … meaning my mom, Gramma, sister and brother, along with myself took many trips down to South Carolina to visit family in this car … I can't believe we made those trips with 3 kids confined to sharing a back seat for seemingly infinite amounts of time.
And now … today to be exact, my little sister is 24 … my Gramma no longer drives … and I drive her car. I am no longer one of the kids in the backseat. I drive a car filled with memories that are irreplaceable … and I am reminded that I am so very blessed.
04 January 2008
New York decorated for Christmas … Awesome
Two summers ago, the three of us took a similar trip to New York … prior to this one, I figured to would be much the same, but more crowded and colder. Aside from the fact that it was indeed colder, and more crowded … I was amazed at how much I enjoyed the trip. I could not imagine a better way to spend 37 hours with my mom and sister than in New York at Christmastime. Highlights included:
- Traveling by train for the first time
- Surviving the train ride
- Free samples from the Lindt Chocolate store
- The Rockefeller Tree … I thought it would be a big tree with lights … but it really was awesome
- St. Patrick's
- Bryant Park (… as in Fashion Week, Project Runway!!!)
- Eating chocolate covered strawberries at Bryant Park
- Making fun of the ice skaters at Bryant Park
- The Cartier Lights … the Cartier store had a Christmas light display that consisted of a tunnel-esque sidewalk walk through … it was our mom's favorite … thus when we walked through it numerous times, my sister and I would flap our wings and glide through the magical display
- Saks Fifth snowflakes … AWESOME
- I saw a musical for the first time … The Spelling Bee … awesome!
- M&M World … duh, my utopia
- Charmin Bathrooms
- The Eagles/ Giants game on the Times Square big screen
03 January 2008
- riding to the beach with Gav
- the Outer Banks
- driving on the beach
- seeing a shark washed up on shore
- Rockband Rockband Rockband!
- the Eagles beating beating the Bills
- Christmas Eve Mass
- presents!!!!
- Christmas morning with my family
- Christmas dinner with the rest of my family
- Bakers Crust, Kogan's, and California Pizza Kitchen
- sailing at the end of December and not freezing to death ... or sinking
- hangin' with Holly & Co. in Norfolk
- spending New Year's with my homies
- seeing Alicia Keys perform in front of St. Patrick's and the Saks 5th snowflakes ... I was there at the beginning of December!
- the Indian dance chaos that broke out in order to get BPong to stalk and conquer a drink
- cramming 9 of us into a bathroom big enough for a single person ... and having pictures to document the experience
- Lion's Bridge
- Juno
- the Redskins beating Dallas
- the nasty test tube shooter things that tasted like sour cough syrup
- the sparklers to ring in the new year ... I lit 5 at once which resulted in a fireball shooting up my arm, carnage ensued and I was left with a hefty burn on my left arm


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The Red Elephants moved into the state quarterfinals for the third consecutive season with a 51-12 win against South Paulding on Friday night, while Mundy's Mill topped Lee County 41-35.


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Subsequently, six independent scientific committees investigated the allegations and published reports, finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct. But the hacking ploy and surrounding publicity succeeding in sowing seeds of doubt about climate science among some sectors of the public.
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Tippecanoe County Prosecutor Pat Harrington tells the Journal & Courier that he dropped felony charges of child exploitation and possession of child pornography against the 50-year-old woman Friday.
Harrington said in a statement that digital evidence crucial to the case no longer exists. Investigators spent a year collecting evidence, including issuing subpoenas to Facebook and the teen's cellphone provider, before the woman was arrested in November.
Prosecutors claimed the girl took the photo of herself but that her mother had possession of the phone when the picture was uploaded to Facebook.
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