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|May 19, 1998
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|William A. Kay, David A. Dague, Dorsey P. Brown
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|Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc.
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The present invention relates to telecommunications networks and more particularly to tracking call transaction data that may be evaluated with respect to user defined parameters.
Telephone network capabilities have advanced in recent years to include enhanced call routing and completion functions as well as to provide various new information communication services. Such functions and services can now be delivered at great speed and efficiency, even as the volume of network traffic continues to increase at a significant rate. Call transaction data, i.e., information associated with each call, are commonly used to support call processing and to provide accurate billing information.
Various telecommunication configurations have been developed to archive telephone transaction information. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,402,474 to Miller et al. discloses a technique for archiving telephone transaction information for inbound and outbound calls. A programmable interface is located between a work station and an archive server that automatically stores information derived from a telephone transaction in a database of records having a plurality of category fields. A host access table, stored in a memory in the workstation, contains programmable commands. An interface program, stored in the workstation memory, executes the commands in the host access table, to perform interfacing functions between the workstation and the archive server, as well as to perform interfacing functions between the host application program and the telephone network. The system utilizes automatic number identification (ANI) to obtain archivable data about the call from the telephone system, from the host computer, and from the customer service agent at the workstation. Such data may be telephone numbers provided by the host computer to the workstation for initiating call placement to the customer's telephone. Each source of data can be automatically archived in the archive server for future billing, auditing and management functions.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,231,593 and 5,243,543 to Notess disclose a system for collecting and displaying statistical data for a plurality of local area networks (LANs). Data is collected from remote nodes, each of which is attached to a respective LAN. A LAN driver intercepts all records on the LAN. The records are sent to a collector process where statistics are accumulated into a shared memory area and then transferred to an archive process in a management node. The archiver writes the statistics to a history file and compresses the data. Sampling rates are provided for sampling the various compressed data.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,425,087 to Gerber discloses a system that monitors telephone usage. Various events can be reported to a management information system. These events deal with the length of each call, the length of time that a party was placed on hold, and the telephone number of the other party. The system monitors a line that the telephone company switching system identifies with the directory number to be monitored. Information thereby obtained is provided to a system administrator so that telephone activities of employees, for example, can be monitored in real time.
While existing arrangements permit the gathering of call transaction information for administrative purposes, such as monitoring, processing control and billing, a need exists for making call usage information available to a subscriber in a context that is customized to fulfill the subscriber's particular concerns. For example, subscribers who advertise in the yellow pages or in media campaigns would benefit from a knowledge of how effective such advertising is in helping business. Information such as total volume of incoming calls, and a statistical breakdown of such volume on the bases of day of week, time of day or geographical area of origin for calls placed to the subscriber number during a prescribed time period would be of significant importance. Such information further could be used to develop a statistical demographic representation of the incoming calling population.
Conventionally, however, only telephone bills for phone usage are provided to the subscriber on a periodic basis. Information, such as time, date, length of call, and directory number of the line to which the subscriber was connected, are itemized to explain phone usage charges. Calls so identified are those for which charges are incurred, predominantly outgoing calls and incoming calls for which the subscriber has authorized payment. There is no routine report format for incoming calls that are not being charged to the subscriber. The advertising subscriber has no means to determine total incoming call volume, or the times and places at which the calls are most frequently placed.
Moreover, information about incoming call attempts that may not have been completed would be of significant interest. For example, callers who are placed in a queue during times of call overload may terminate the call before completion to the subscriber station. Attempted calls, even if not completed, are a factor in the measure of advertising effectiveness.
Among the advantages of the present invention is the ability provided to an individual telephone subscriber to track information from incoming telephone calls, including attempted calls that have not been completed during a specified time period. Information, including demographic breakdowns of calls, such as time of day, day of week, location of origin, etc. may be reported automatically by the system.
The present invention meets the needs described above in part through use of the Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) and Integrated Service Control Point (ISCP) platform to provide such information to those subscribers desirous of such service. A trigger, set at the called subscriber's Service Switching Point (SSP), suspends call completion while an out of band message is sent to the ISCP. The ISCP will capture the date and time of the call, the originating call number and the terminating (subscriber's) call number, before signaling the SSP to resume call processing to complete the call. Thus, information will be obtained for all placed calls, even those that subsequently may not reach the subscriber.
ISCP network data is collected for all calls placed to service subscribers by the AIN platform Data and Reports System (DRS). Subscriber stations need not all be associated with the same Central Office switching system or Signal Transfer Point. DRS is an operations support utility that provides service analysis on the collected data. The data may be sorted on the basis of called subscriber number and transmitted at periodic intervals to a report processor.
The call originating phone number for each call may be used to access an existing telephone system billing database, called Customer Record Information System (CRIS), to obtain caller information, including zip code.
The zip code, in turn, can be used to access a commercially available census data base (e.g., CACI) to provide further demographic information. For example, demographics for a given zip code may include median age and median income. Report statistics can match these demographics with the number of calls received as collected at the ISCP.
The calling party number may be supplied through Caller ID or ANI transmission. If this information is available only for calls within a telephone company Local Access and Transport Area (LATA), reports may include detailed breakdowns of such calls while categorizing out of LATA calls in more general breakdowns. Detailed zip code results can include number and percentage of residential calls, business calls, homeowners, median income and age. Generalized information may include numbers, averages and percentages of calls in time ranges for days of the week.
Additional advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent to those skilled in this art from the following detailed description, wherein only the preferred embodiment of the invention is shown and described, simply by way of illustration of the best mode contemplated for carrying out the invention. As will be realized, the invention is capable of other and different embodiments, and its several details are capable of modifications in various obvious respects, all without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the present invention in the context of an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN).
FIG. 2 is a more detailed diagram of the ISCP used in the preferred AIN implementation of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a table exemplifying collected call transaction data according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the handling of calls and collection of call transaction data according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating the report data and formulation process according to the present invention.
FIGS. 6A-6C are tables exemplifying reports that may be generated by the report processor according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a partial block diagram of a further embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a depiction of the invention in an AIN architectural environment. The figure is considerably simplified for explanation purposes. The full network and operating environment for the invention may comprise multiple central offices, diverse interconnections, and provisions for reliability through redundancy, all of which need not be shown for developing an understanding of the invention. Service Switching Points (SSPs) 11, 13, 15, 17 represent central office (CO) switching systems that are appropriately equipped programmable switches present in the telephone network. Subscriber lines individually connect SSPs to subscriber premises at which locations telephones 12 or other communication devices are connected. As well known, the SSPs recognize AIN type calls, launch queries to the ISCP and receive commands and data from the ISCP to further process the AIN calls. In the illustrated embodiment, the CO-SSPs are end offices.
SSP capable central office switching systems typically contain a programmable digital switch with CCIS communications capabilities. One example of an SSP capable CO switch is a 5ESS type switch manufactured by AT&T. Other vendors, such as Northern Telecom and Seimens, manufacture comparable digital switches that may serve as the SSPs. A more detailed description of an exemplary SSP type CO is presented in the commonly assigned copending application, Ser. No. 08/248,980, filed May 25, 1994, hereby incorporated by reference herein.
The SSP type COs 11 and 13 are shown connected to a first local area STP 23, SSP-COs 15 and 17 being connected to a second local area STP 25. The connections to the STPs are for signalling purposes. Each local area STP can connect to a large number of the SSP-COs, as indicated for ease of illustration merely by the circles below STPs 23 and 25. The central office SSPs are interconnected to each other by trunk circuits for carrying telephone services. The overall network may contain end offices without SSP functionality. Such end offices will forward calls to one of the SSPs if such treatment is required. Also, certain switching offices within the network, whether SSPs or not, may function primarily as tandem type offices providing connections between trunk circuits only.
The local area STPs 23 and 25, and any number of other such local area STPs (not shown) communicate with a state or regional STP 31. The state or regional STP 31 in turn provides communications with the ISCP 40. The STP hierarchy can be expanded or contracted to as many levels as needed to serve any size area covered by the Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) and to service any number of stations and central office switches. Also, certain switching offices within the network, whether SSPs or not, may function primarily as tandem type offices providing connections between trunk circuits only.
The links between the central office switching systems and the local area STPs 23 and 25 are typically SS#7 type CCIS interoffice data communication channels. The local area STPs are in turn connected to each other and to the regional STP 31 via a packet switched network. The regional STP 31 also communicates with the ISCP 40 via a packet switched network.
The messages transmitted between the SSPs and the ISCP are formatted in accord with the Transaction Capabilities Applications Protocol (TCAP). The TCAP protocol provides standardized formats for various query and response messages. Each query and response includes data fields for a variety of different pieces of information relating to the current call. For example, an initial TCAP query from the SSP includes, among other data, a "Service Key" which is the calling party's address. TCAP also specifies a standard message response format including routing information, such as primary carrier ID, alternate carrier ID and second alternate carrier ID and a routing number and a destination number. The TCAP specifies a number of additional message formats, for example a format for a subsequent query from the SSP, and formats for "INVOKE" messages for instructing the SSP to play an announcement or to play an announcement and collect digits and a "SEND TO RESOURCES" message to instruct the SSP to route to another network node. Reference is made to the aforementioned copending application, Ser. No. 08/248,980, filed May 25, 1994, for a more detailed description of the AIN network.
The ISCP 40 is an integrated system shown in more detail in FIG. 2. Among other system components, the ISCP 40 includes a Service Management System (SMS) 41, a Data and Reporting System (DRS) 45 and the actual database referred to as a Service Control Point (SCP) 43. The ISCP also typically includes a terminal subsystem referred to as a Service Creation Environment or SCE 42 for programming the database in the SCP 43 for the services subscribed to by each individual business customer. The components of the ISCP are connected by an internal, high-speed data network, such as a token ring network 47. Connection to this ring is made to serve as an alternate data link to SSPs and other nodes, such as a report processor.
In the AIN network system, certain calls receive specialized AIN type processing under control of data files stored in the SCP database 43 within the ISCP 40. Such files contain call processing records (CPRs) associated with respective AIN subscribers. Information contained in the CPRs relate to the AIN service or services to which the customer subscribes. The SSP type local offices of the public telephone network include appropriate data in their translation tables for customers subscribing to AIN services to define certain call processing events identified as AIN "triggers". The SSP uses the translation table data to detect a triggering event during processing of calls to or from such AIN service subscribers. Upon detection of such event, the SSP suspends processing of a call and activates a query and response type AIN interaction with the ISCP. Completion of call processing ensues after sufficient information is exchanged between the SSP and the ISCP. For ordinary telephone service calls that are not subject to enhanced treatment, there would be no event to trigger AIN messaging. The local and toll office switches would function normally and process such calls without referring to the SCP database for instructions.
In accordance with the present invention, tracking of call transaction data is performed through AIN functions. To enroll a subscriber in this service, a CPR is established in the SCP 43 by means of the SCE 42. The CPR indicates that call transaction data is to be collected and stored in DRS 45. The switch translation table is set at the subscriber's SSP to include a terminating attempt trigger for calls placed to the subscriber. A terminating attempt trigger is distinguished from an origination trigger in that the former is used to activate AIN functionality for incoming calls that are placed to a subscriber line associated with the SSP in which the trigger is set. An origination trigger, on the other hand, is set to activate AIN functionality for outgoing calls placed from a subscriber line associated with the SSP. Terminating attempt trigger functionality is provided for in version 0.1 of AIN.
FIG. 3 is an example of a table stored in the DRS 45 that includes collected call transaction data. Data for each triggered call includes terminating call number, originating call number, date and time of which the call was placed. The originating call number information is obtained from ANI or caller ID identification. Additional information may be included, such as whether the call was answered and the duration of the completed call.
Operation of the system depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2 with respect to handling of calls and collection of call transaction data may be explained with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. 4. As an example, a particular subscriber may be assumed to have an advertised telephone number associated with a station 12 connected by a subscriber line to SSP 11. The SSP contains the switch translation tables for the subscriber line that indicate a termination trigger for incoming calls to the subscriber station 12 that may originate from any station within the AIN network or from more remote locations.
The SSP, upon detection of a trigger at step 101, will suspend call processing, compile a TCAP formatted call data message and forward that message via a common channel interoffice signalling (CCIS) link and STP(s) to the ISCP 40 that includes the SCP database 43, at step 103. Call transaction data is conventionally included in TCAP messaging. The ISCP will access the subscriber's CPR stored in SCP 43 at step 105 to determine what AIN treatment is to be applied to the suspended call. In accordance with instructions derived from the CPR, the ISCP will extract call transaction data from the TCAP message at step 107. At step 109, this data will be stored as one record, having fields corresponding to the table headings of FIG. 3, in DRS 45 109. Upon completion of this task, the ISCP will formulate a TCAP message, step 111, instructing the SSP to resume processing the call to connect with the subscriber destination as originally dialed. At step 113, the SSP will resume call processing.
A trigger will be set in the switch translation table of each subscriber of the service that is associated with SSP 11. SSP 11 will determine, in the above described manner, whether a trigger exists for each of the incoming calls that is to terminate to a station served by that SSP. Similarly, other SSPs of the AIN network will perform the same functions. The DRS database table as depicted in FIG. 3, over time thus will contain a plurality of records for all subscribers of the service.
Storage of this call transaction data in the DRS frees up SCP memory to be used primarily for storage of CPR records. As an alternative to the operation outlined in FIG. 4, the SCP may be used to store call transaction data temporarily as calls are being processed. The stored call transaction data can periodically be downloaded, for example at thirty minute intervals, to the DRS to free memory capacity in the SCP. This alternative operation may increase call processing speed during heavy traffic conditions.
The accumulated call transaction data are used to generate statistical reports. Reports may be produced periodically at such times as, for example, issuance of a subscriber's telephone bill. Alternatively, reports can be generated in accordance with the subscriber's preference as to time period covered and report generation schedule.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating the report data and formulation process. ISCP 40 periodically transmits the call transaction data captured in the DRS report processor 51. The report processor may comprise a PC or a more general purpose computer, such as an IBM RS-6000 and has the capacity to store the received data. While this received data can and will be used to generate records indicating statistical usage, additional information is derived therefrom by the report processor. The report processor will access the telephone company billing database 55, called Customer Record Information System (CRIS). Using the originating phone number of each record, information stored in CRIS, including zip code, is obtained for each caller. The zip code, in turn, is used to access a commercially available census database 53, for example, CACI, to provide further demographic information. With such information, the processor can generate standardized reports setting forth statistics for all incoming calls during the report period as well as reports that are specialized in content and format to individual subscriber specifications.
FIGS. 6A-6C are examples of reports that may be generated by the report processor. FIGS. 6A and 6B respectively are tables showing incoming call statistics by day of week and time of day. With such results, a subscribing advertiser can evaluate the effectiveness of advertising promotions and anticipate busy periods. The statistics of these tables can be derived directly from data received by the report processor from the ISCP.
FIG. 6C is an example of a report table that contains information derived from additional databases. The zip code of each caller identified in the call transaction data is derived from the CRIS database. Demographics for a given zip code is obtained from the census database. Report statistics can match these demographics with the number of calls received as collected at the ISCP. As illustrated in the table, the subscriber may then be given report information by zip code, such as the number and percentage of residential and business calls, percentage of calls from home owners, the median household age and income for all incoming calls during the report period.
FIG. 7 is a diagram of a further embodiment of the present invention. To simplify explanation, only a portion of the network shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is depicted with appropriate modification. Intelligent peripheral (IP) 60 is connected by data transmission paths between ISCP 40 and SSP 11. Such transmission paths may comprise AIN F links using TCP/IP or ISDN protocol.
The IP is an advanced network platform that contains at least one powerful general purpose computer. Reference is made to commonly assigned copending application Ser. No. 08/248,980, filed May 25, 1994, for a detailed description of the intelligent peripheral and the relationship thereof with the AIN network. The IP, in this embodiment, will perform the functions of the report processor of FIG. 5. The IP can receive information from SSP 11 and transmit information to SSP 11. Thus, SSP 11 can be programmed to transmit call transaction information directly to the IP with each call without suspending call processing. Additionally, the IP can generate reports and transmit the same digitally through the SSP 11 to subscribers having digitally compatible stations. The network may include a plurality of IPs, each of which may serve one or more SSPs.
Only the preferred embodiments of the invention and but a few examples of its versatility are shown and described in the present disclosure. It is to be understood that the invention is capable of use in various other combinations and environments and is capable of changes or modifications within the scope of the inventive concept as expressed herein. For example, as identification of a calling party number may be supplied through Caller ID or ANI transmission, reports may include detailed breakdowns of calls originating within the subscriber's LATA, while out of LATA calls may be presented in more general breakdowns, such as those of the tables of FIGS. 6A and 6B. For subscribers who advertise in several area yellow pages, incoming calls can be broken down in the report according to the regional yellow pages books associated therewith.
Calls originating from remote locations may be transmitted through interexchange carriers with Feature Group D inband signaling. Such signaling will contain billing information that identifies the calling party. Incoming calls of this nature, which may be routed through a tandem, would be recognized by the terminating SSP. Calling party identification information will be stripped from the inband signaling and included in the TCAP message sent to the ISCP. In an additional variation of the invention, interaction with the ISCP need not originate from the subscriber's end office but may, for example, be initiated by the SSP at the point of presence of the interexchange carrier for the incoming call.
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Tomorrow: Cloudy. Chance for scattered snow showers. 24
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Snow will graze eastern and SE Ohio early. Sun will gradually mix with clouds in advance of an upper level system that will bring a chance for freezing drizzle or snow by Friday morning and scattered snow showers for Friday. The weekend looks generally dry and a little cooler. An area of low pressure will bring a mix of rain and snow for Monday and temperatures will be much more seasonable next week.
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Streeter Lecka/Getty Images Matt Leinart Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Matt Leinart will become the 32nd USC player inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Leinart led the Trojans to a 37-2 record over three seasons, one of the best teams in college football history. He passed for 10,693 yards and 99 touchdowns, and was named a first-team All-American three consecutive seasons. "Everything I achieved in college was solely because I had the greatest teammates in the world," Leinart wrote on Instagram. Brian Bahr/Getty Images Marshall Faulk Marshall Faulk was a three-time first-team All-American and a three-time Heisman finalist as a San Diego State running back. Faulk led the NCAA in rushing yards in 1991 and 1992, and finished his college football career with 5,562 all-purpose yards and 62 career touchdowns, which is the eighth most in NCAA history. John W. 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And I'm Alex Cohen. Oscar nominations aren't out for another few weeks, but Slate's movie critic, Dana Stevens, has already made her selection for the best films of the year. She joins us now.
And, Dana, I was interested in this list. Many of them aren't mainstream. But we'll start with one that came out relatively recently, and it's called "The Wrestler." And you seem to be unabashedly smitten with this film. Let's take a listen to a clip. This is Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler."
(Soundbite of movie "The Wrestler")
Mr. MICKEY ROURKE: (As Randy Robinson) I want you to give this to your little guy. It's a Randy the Ram action figure.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. ROURKE: (As Randy Robinson) Tell him not to lose it. It's a $300 collector's item.
Ms. MARISA TOMEI: (As Cassidy) Really?
Mr. ROURKE: (As Randy Robinson) No.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. ROURKE: (As Randy Robinson) Come on. Hey, one beer.
Ms. TOMEI: (As Cassidy) (Laughing) OK.
COHEN: OK. Besides Marisa Tomei's squeaky little voice there, what's to love about this film?
DANA STEVENS: Well, you know, I'm glad you played that scene because that actually is my favorite scene, which leads up to my other favorite scene in the movie - in the center, sort of the part where Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei are falling for each other tentatively.
I did love "The Wrestler" to my surprise actually because the director, Darren Aronofsky, is not a favorite of mine. He's a big cult director who has a sort of small but very devoted following, and I've never fallen for any of his movies before.
Everyone talks about Mickey Rourke's performance in this movie, and he is quite amazing. But I feel like the whole unit just held together really well. All of the performances are very sound, and it's a very small-scale movie with handheld camera work.
I also rarely like sports movies or comeback movies, and, you know, I really can't stand watching things like wrestlers staple each other in the wrestling ring. It's got a lot of gory violent scenes, but it still managed to have this very beautiful and lyrical mood that just captured me.
COHEN: One of the films on your list is one that I've heard a lot of critics rave about, but I still don't get why they're so excited and maybe you can shed some light on this. It's a French film called "The Class." What's so great about it?
STEVENS: It's by a French director named Laurent Cantet, who is a little bit of a sort of sociologist come director. He's really interested in observing the way institutions work and, you know, sort of the way race and class interplay in people's real lives. And what he did was he used a real teacher, real French teacher in a real (unintelligible) high school.
But it's not a documentary. He sort of scripted - he spent a year with these students and this teacher and sort of semi-scripted situations that they would improvise from. And so the whole thing feels so natural and so real that you actually can't believe these people are acting, and it's a very interesting story which I don't want to give away here on the radio, but I can't think of anyone who wouldn't like this movie.
COHEN: Dana, another lesser known film on your list is called "Wendy and Lucy," and it stars Michelle Williams, and it's about a young woman and her dog headed to Alaska. What's special about this film?
STEVENS: I'm happy to see that this movie, although it's not getting a chance to be seen in many markets, is popping up on a lot of critics' 10 best list. I just looked at the New York Times' critics' 10 best list, and I think all three have been put on. It's just about a girl - you know, anything about her background or how she ended up in this situation, but she's sort of living out of her car with her dog.
And the plot of the movie is that she losses her dog in a small town, and she's on the road and, you know, what she goes through to try to find her dog. And it's so not sentimental - as sentimental as that plot outline might sound. and it ends up being a real microcosm of, you know, American society and what it is to be someone who's living at the just the margins of livability in that society.
COHEN: And finally, let's talk about a film that came out in a few cities last week to qualify for the Oscars, but it doesn't really come out main stream until the middle of next month. It's "Revolutionary Road." It stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Let's take a listen.
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Mr. LEONARDO DICAPRIO: (As Frank Wheeler) Sweetheart, what are you talking about? Where are we going to live?
Ms. KATE WINSLET: (As April Wheeler) Paris.
Mr. DICAPRIO: (As Frank Wheeler) What?
Ms. WINSLET: (As April Wheeler) You always said it was the only place you'd ever been that you wanted to go back to, the only place that was worth living. So why don't we go there?
Mr. DICAPRIO: (As Frank Wheeler) You're serious.
Ms. WINSLET: (As April Wheeler) Yes. What's stopping us?
COHEN: The last time these two were together was in "Titanic," which was a hit of epic proportions. What about this time around?
STEVENS: I don't - I seriously doubt that "Revolutionary Road" will be the kind of hit the "Titanic" was. But I have to say that Kate and Leo still have that chemistry, and they are great together on screen. Their performances are just wonderful in this movie.
Nonetheless, the movie didn't make my 10 best list because I felt, as a whole, it was doing things that'd already been done. The director, Sam Mendes, who's also Kate Winslet's husband, was the director of "American Beauty," another sort of critic of suburban emptiness, and I didn't think this movie went too many terribly interesting places that "American Beauty" hadn't already gone.
BRAND: Dana, you recently wrote in Slate that "Revolutionary Road" was a number of films that you described as grim bundles waiting under the Hollywood tree. Why so many downers in film recently do you think?
Ms. STEVENS: I don't know. I mean, maybe at every December into the near future will bring us grim green bundles because those are the kinds of movies that win Oscars. I think that the bundles I was referring to were "Valkyrie," "Revolutionary Road" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," all three of which are, you know, clearly being angled and timed, you know, to get Oscar nominations and all three of which are self consciously serious and somber and, you know, take themselves very seriously with some success at times, but, you know, not movies that are going to be light hearted or have a lot of wit about themselves.
BRAND: Slates movie critic Dana Stevens, thanks, Dana.
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100 Students Show Solidarity With Teacher Battling Cancer With Surprise Performance at Her Home
More than 100 students, including the marching band, showed up at the the Ohio home of a beloved teacher to serenade her with cheers and songs of solidarity in her battle against cancer.
Read: Instead of Missing First Day of School for Her Adoption, This 10-Year-Old's Class Came With Her
Lorraine Perna, 63, has been a business teacher at Wayne High School in Dayton for nearly 30 years.
She started school along with everyone else this fall, but decided to take a medical leave of absence as she began chemotherapy treatments, said Jessie Livesay, a history teacher at the school.
To show Perna she has the school's full support in her fight, more than 100 students showed up one afternoon singing, dancing, and carrying signs with messages that read, "We love you Mrs. Perna!"
"She was in complete shock," Livesay told InsideEdition.com. "She didn't realize what was going on at first."
The school's marching band serenaded their beloved teacher with the fight song, the football team presented her with a signed helmet, and students even collected different gifts and baskets to cheer her up.
The display got so big that the police had to come block traffic off the street, and a school resource officer showed up to oversee the event, Livesay said.
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Chelsea Victoria Clinton is the only daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton. She's a smart girl, with a great personality and, umm, a "unique" look. Bless her.
Early LifeEdit
Chelsea was born February 31, 1980 to Bill and Rodham Hillary Rodham Clinton Rodham Hamrod Rodham in a dilapidated house on a chicken farm outside of Little Rock, Arkansas. This fact, however, was not immediately known to the citizens of Little Rock until Chelsea learned to walk on two legs. After being weened from Bullet, the family beagle, she was raised primarily on TCBY Yogurt and the hay that her parents begged off the neighbors.
Most of the United States was unaware of her until her parents became house-hold names when her father, who had worked his way from chicken farming and "lady entertaining" to a manager of a McDonald's restaurant, became Governor of Arkansas. Arkansans quickly got used to seeing Chelsea out and about with her parents, dressed in a full-length dress and her designer brown paper bag mask.
But the Chelsea enigma really took off when her father announced his candidacy for President. Even then, at the age of 12, the circumstances of her birth were clouded by uncertainty. Her mother, Hillary, was a known lesbian and thought to have had her uterus removed during a failed gender reassignment operation. Meanwhile her father, routinely found his sexual needs sated in the company of prostitutes and crack whores. It was later explained in an emotional and tearful segment on 60 Minutes that Hillary became pregnant after accidentally rolling over in bed onto a pool of her husband's naughty juice left behind after he had finished choking the chicken.
Life in the White HouseEditLife in the White House was not easy at first for Chelsea. Upon the family's initial arrival then-President Clinton was forced by the Secret Service to house Chelsea in a specially made barn until DNA testing revealed that she was not a pony, but indeed a human child. Concerned with her psychological well-being, she was insulated from public schools and was, instead, taught by butlers and maids in the basement. There she fared well, making friends with the White House staff, including a
Chelsea and Monica became close friends, swimming in the Presidential pool and relaxing in the sauna. After the Presidency, butler Quimby McCallister chuckled that the staff thought it was cute how, when her father was not around, they would sneak into the Oval Office to steal cigars from him to see if he noticed. Eventually, President Clinton did notice, but brushed it off as childish pranks and even, on one occasion, offered Monica one from his "private collection".
It wasn't all fun and games, however. During the God-appointed Congress' holy mission to impeach her father for lying to a Grand Jury, she fell into deep depression and began going out to party at local clubs with Monica. After a famous arrest, she was sent to the Galapagos Islands for rehabilitation amid the sea turtles with a Haitian Shaman. After two weeks of voodoo rituals involving the drinking of goat blood and horse urine while walking over hot coals, she was allowed to return to her home in Washington, D.C.
Graduation and Later LifeEdit
After her high schooling was complete, Chelsea was ready for college and went on to garner good grades that allowed her to take a job working for the hedge fund Screw Poor Americans Inc. With her father having now completed two terms as President and her mother, Rodham Hillary Rodham Clinton Rodham Hamrod Rodham running for the position herself, the future couldn't seem brighter.
Chelsea now resides on an island off the coast of Taxachusetts where she terrorizes the locals. However, she still tries to see her father as often as possible. And during the 2008 Presidential election she toured with her mother, helping to promote her bearist liberal agenda.


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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Birthday Girl
The bounce, the red-ish hair, the attitude, not to mention how glad we were that she was the only one (Remember Tigger's song on the original Disney movie? "I'm the only one!"), it all added up.
These days, lo these seven years later, I'm not sure it fits.
She's pretty quiet, our Tigger. The bounce is only at certain times. The attitude is under control. The challenges of Tigger at 2 (and 3 and 4 and 5...) are mostly past tense.
One thing about this blog being mostly about my family, well, it's easier to blog about the younger folks. The funny things they say or do are bloggable and they are proud of them.
The thing about parenting older children is that they're still funny creatures. They still say (and do) funny things.
But the moments become more protected. When they open up and talk about their lives, their dreams, or their fears, those times aren't just funny. They're poignant and special. I wish I could blog them, because this blog helps me remember things, but somehow I just can't.
I can tell you that this child is unique. She is talented. She is quiet (most of the time). She needs time alone to recharge (like her mom). Her favorite present today (from her aunt & uncle): a password protected journal with a spot to store small treasures, complete with invisible ink and special light. That tells you a lot about Tigger right there.
She is funny and complex and incredibly sweet and yet still gingery (like her hair). She has a way with words. She definitely has a way with the little folks. For someone who can be impatient with the rest of us, she has deep wells of patience with her toddler sister and her baby brother. She has what used to be called "a knack" with babies.
So, I'm not sure where that leaves us as far as her blog name goes. She has grown and matured greatly, but she's still our Tigger and we wouldn't have it any other way.
Weekend Links - September 28, 2013
Today Tigger, who was but a young lass of 2 when I started this blog, is nine. NINE. Nine as in, almost TEN, nine.
My children are growing up on me. (And I sure have had this blog a long time too, but that's a story for another day.) Anyway, on to the links for this week.
Spiritual / Inner Life
My children are growing up on me. (And I sure have had this blog a long time too, but that's a story for another day.) Anyway, on to the links for this week.
Spiritual / Inner Life
- Eating, Body Image, and the Gospel by Amie Patrick.
- Artists in the Nursery by David Taylor.
- The Danger of Tweetable Theology by Aaron Ross.
- When Christian Women Make Different Choices by Christine Hoover. Very helpful post. I especially thought about this in an educational context: we choose homeschooling, you might not. And that is OK and we can still be co-laborers for His glory.
- A Retraction by Persis at Out of the Ordinary. I appreciated this.
- Serving in Church: When Your Spiritual Gift Isn't Changing Diapers by Catherine Parks.
- 20 Things to Know Before You're 30 by Debra Fileta.
- Grace Doesn't Mean You Get To Do Whatever You Want by Bethany Shaeffer.
- Small Group Meets But Fails to Notice Each Other. Ouch.
- Un-Ironically Whole-Hearted by James Witmer. Convicting.
- Discipleship in the Land of Narnia by Matt Smethurst.
- Why You Should Breath Narnian Air by Trevin Wax. Really need to dig our Narnia books out again...
- From Hitler's Wolves to Christ's Lambs by Chad Bird. Amazing true story.
- 10 Tips for Discipling Your Kids by Justin Buzzard. Yes, discipling, not disciplining. (No matter how much my spell check is not liking it.)
- My Child Wants of Follow the Crowd by Jennifer Dyer.
- Dear Moms: Sleep Deprivation is Nothing to Brag About by Meagan Francis. And this is the time for me to confess that I NEED so much sleep to feel at my best. So much as in: more than 8 hours. I admit it. The sooner we stop bragging about how little sleep we can get by on, the sooner we can take a nap, right?
- 15 Lessons Learned from Miscarriage from Moments a Day. Yes.
- Mothers are Never Alone When Alone by Courtney Reissig. Great reminder.
- Old Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills by Alix Spiegel
- 7 Ways to Be a Productive Mom by Christin from Joyful Mothering.
- What Your IKEA Furniture Says About You. Truth, with a side of LOL. (language warning for this site)
- Trend Endurance: Fox Goods and Decor. I know some folks who need these things...
- 5 Tips for Giving Kids the Color They Crave.
- How Pinterest Can Help You Get More Out of Your Closet from Organizing Made Fun.
- Reaping Benefit from the Virtual Company We Keep from Out of the Ordinary.
- 21 Really Annoying Facebook Friends We All Have. OK, "really annoying" might be a bit extreme but, yes, I recognized these folks. (And my apologies if I am one of these people for you.)
- 41 Reasons Why Pugs are the Most Majestic Creatures On Earth. I'm not entirely convinced, but the pictures did make me laugh.
- How to Make Money Playing with Legos. Not sure whether to show this to my husband and oldest daughter or not.
- 15 Types of Readers, as Told By Cats and Dogs.
- 21 Cities You're Pronouncing Wrong. Good to know, right?
- 7-Year-Old Writes Hit Book to Raise Money For Sick Friend. Such a cool story.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Little Miss Three
How can this be?
(Pardon the weak Seuss imitation. My brain, some time back, left on a vacation.)
She's little and pert and sure of herself.
We've called her a sprite, or a pixie, an elf.
Ne'er a dull moment, wherever she goes.
Sent here to keep everyone on their toes.
Cuddly and loving, gives sweet hugs and kisses.
Bossy, defiant, too big for her britches.
Clever with screens, smart as a whip.
Watched closely or she gives us the slip.
Looks up to those sisters, loves that sweet brother,
Brings so much joy to her father and mother.
Don't know what we'd do without her really,
The one, the only, our baby girl: Miss Lili.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Weekend Links - September 21, 2013
My apologies for the lateness of this post. An Autumn cough / cold / sinus infection / whatever but just please go away already has been sending me to bed early these days. And then my mom and a friend and I tried to have a yard sale this morning. I say tried because it rained in the early part, and even though we managed to get things set up after that, yard salers were few and far between today.
Oh, well. Goes that way sometimes. At least I got rid of some stuff and donated some more. (Enough to fill a mini-van!) De-cluttering is always a nice feeling, no matter how it happens.
Anyway, on to the links!
Spiritual / Inner Life
Oh, well. Goes that way sometimes. At least I got rid of some stuff and donated some more. (Enough to fill a mini-van!) De-cluttering is always a nice feeling, no matter how it happens.
Anyway, on to the links!
Spiritual / Inner Life
- Dare Not Compare by Christina Fox.
- The Mental Neat Freak by Jennifer Fulwiler at Conversion Diary.
- Don't Segregate the Youth by David Wright.
- Putting an End to Spiritual Envy by Erin Davis.
- Why Generation Y Yuppies are Unhappy from Wait But Why. "Guilty as charged," I guess. But it would also be helpful for older generations to understand these differences.
- Who is Really Leaving the Faith and Why? by Andrew Hess. Possibly encouraging statistics.
- If God's In Control Why Am I Trying So Hard? by Christopher Abel.
- Why Prayer Changes Things by Melvin Tinker. This is a question I wrestle with often.
- How to Mourn with the Parents of Stillborn and Miscarried Children by John Patton. That's the key I think: mourn with us. Don't expect us to "move on" on your timetable. Understand that something devastating, something that requires grief, mourning, and much processing, has happened. Don't give platitudes. Don't lecture. Mourn.
- Courage in the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren.
- Marriage, Community, and Kinship by Andrew T. Walker.
- A Great Savior for a Wannabe Great Mom by Melissa Parnell.
- Don't Wear Your Child's Name Out by Auntie Leila at Like Mother, Like Daughter. So much wisdom here.
- Whining Whiners and How to Cure Them: A Checklist also by Auntie Leila at Like Mother, Like Daughter. What can I say? She was on an absolute roll these past few weeks. Have you added this blog to your favorites yet? Because it is definitely one of mine.
- 7 Habits of Parents Whose Kids Solve Problems by Janel Breitenstein.
- Child's Play: The Art of Toy Rotation from Playful Learning. Hope to do something like this when we get our new home.
- Beauty Amongst the Chaos from Tales from the Bonny Blue House.
- School Is No Place for a Reader by Jennifer Franssen. Devastating post. So thankful my mom homeschooled me and that I can homeschool our kids.
- An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Ali Almossawi. Fun way to illustrate logical fallacies.
- What Does Memorization Have to Do With Learning? by Marina Olson.
- Allowing Your Child to Think (and Learn) Outside the Box by Cara Thompson.
- Start Schooling Later Than Age Five, Say Experts from the UK Telegraph. I think it's interesting that they are actually willing to have this discussion overseas. I think it may be a while before we start talking honestly about education in the US.
- Investing in Tools for Our Daughters by Robin at Raising Homemakers.
- Stop Using Facebook to Send a Message to People You Won't Confront Directly and Privately from Downshore Drift. Oh, my, yes.
- Middle Class Problems: People on Twitter Overreacting About Small Annoyances. Yep.
- 7 Ways to Be Insufferable on Facebook from Wait But Why. (Language warning for that site.) Have to say I mostly agreed, but pictures of your adorable babies or growing kids? Keep 'em coming. That's one of the reasons I maintain a FB account: I want to keep up with people I see rarely, if ever.
- The Science of What Makes an Introvert and an Extrovert. Fascinating stuff.
- I'm an Introvert and I Don't Need to Come Out of My Shell by Matt Walsh. I really enjoy Walsh's blog. (I've shared several of his posts recently, here and on FB.)
- A Boy Named Humiliation: Some Wacky, Cruel, and Bizarre Puritan Names. I love names and the meanings behind them but, wow, how glad am I that my parents didn't use one of these names when I was born? Very glad.
- Where Americans - Rich and Poor - Spent Every Dollar in 2012.
- 10 Unusually Cool Places to Sleep. Road trip, anyone?
- Baseball news: One of my favorite pitchers is retiring.
- Everyone loves quizzes, right? These are cool: Color Quizzes. (The Color Personality Test was right on for me. I saved the results to share with you but I'm not sure if the link works or not.)
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Treasures in Wipes Containers (or Earthen Vessels)
She opens her box. She wants to show me. (And, oh, may I always realize what a privilege it is to be trusted with her treasures.)
"These are two pretty rocks I found. This is my doll's necklace. This is a broken necklace. This is a Canada quarter and this is an America quarter. This is an Indian Head." (Note: that last thing is some sort of shiny, metal image of a Native American in full headdress. I am sightly afraid it came from a tobacco product or something like that.)
She sorts them out in front of us. I admire her treasures. She starts picking them up again, ready to stow them back in their diaper wipe treasure box.
"These are just treasures because I found them," she tells me.
These are treasures because I found them.
I am not special. I feel this more at certain times. I recently told my husband I used to feel like a "bright young thing". I had expectations of what I would do, what I would become, what I would be.
And here I am at 32 and I have neither done nor been those things. I may be young in comparison to some, but I am not young or bright in comparison to others. I may not yet be old (whatever that means) but I certainly feel more like an "ordinary, not young thing" than a bright, young talent.
I am not special.
But here's what God whispered to me (and it's funny because He used my 6 year old and her treasure box to do it): you are my treasure because I sought you and found you. I sent my son to seek and save you. You are mine. Your name is written on my hands. I have loved you with an everlasting love. I chose you before the world began. You are mine. I commended my love to you while you were still a sinner. While you were still my enemy, I sent my son to reconcile you to me. You are mine. You are a treasure because of who you belong to, not because of what you are. You Are Mine.
2 Corinthians 4: 6-11
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
I still have goals and plans for what I would like to accomplish in whatever time God grants me on Earth. There are still dreams left to dream. But whatever I accomplish, whatever I finish, whatever I do, whatever I am, the glory must be to and for God alone.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Weekend Links - September 14, 2013
We're spending a few days away right now so I don't have my usual computer. Here are a few links I saved for you, though. (Come rain, snow, sleet or out of town trips, the links post must go on...)
Spiritual / Inner Life
Spiritual / Inner Life
- The Church With Thick Ankles from Femina blog.
- Ten Questions Your Science Book Won't Answer from chaseGodtv
- A Grown Up Not Sexed Up View of Womanhood by Tish Harrison Warren
- Yes, God Will Give You More Than You Can Handle by Michael Hidalgo
- The Dangerous Pit of Uniqueness by Mike Leake
- 3 Tips for Understanding Proverbs by Kathy Howard
- What Happens When Parents and Kids See Youth Group as Simply an Elective?
- Old Enough to Defend from Kids Ministry 101
- Seven Ways for Busy Moms to Get in the Word by Courtney Joseph
- Dethroning the Drama Queen by Julia DesCarpentrie
- 7 Reasons I Do Homeschool My Teen from Winging It (a response to a post by CafeMom)
- "Tidy Time" vs. Tidy All the Time: A Key Concept to a Cleaner Home
- Socialization is a Bunch of Malarkey from See Jamie Blog.
- Travelers Beware: Google Play Might Delete All Your Books
- Global Warming Cleverly Hides Itself with 1 million sq miles more arctic ice
- Virginia County Library System Destroyed 250,000 of Its Own Books
Wishing you all a very happy Saturday!
Monday, September 9, 2013
Book Review - Take Flight
I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review but the book, honestly, sat on my bedside table for several days before I picked it up. Sometimes God uses our procrastination to bless us - as it turns out, I started reading this book right when I really needed the encouragement and reminders of His care for me.
My one quibble with this book is that most of the scripture passages are quoted from The Message. The Message is OK, as paraphrases go, but I want to know what the Bible really says. I kept one of my preferred translations handy before accepting any application from a Bible passage quoted from The Message. (Some passages bear little resemblance, in my opinion, to a more literal translation.)
That one point aside, I highly recommend this for anyone looking for an easy but encouraging devotional. With just 14 short chapters, you could work through it easily in a month or stretch it out longer by doing one a week in addition to whatever other devotional tools you prefer.
You don't need to be familiar with The Sisterchicks books by Robin Jones Gunn to enjoy this book. I think I read one years ago but I haven't kept up with the series but this devotional book doesn't require you be familiar with the plots or characters from the series. The true stories in this book are the ones that sink in and resonate.
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Saturday, September 7, 2013
Weekend Links - September 7, 2013
We had kind of a crazy week - we visited two sets of great-grandparents, we observed Labor Day by not doing much actual labor, iBoy had his 4 month check up on Tuesday, we started our Wednesday night kid ministries again, we signed some papers for a house we have an offer on, and our oldest had an appointment with her orthodontist to again discuss what to do about her mouth and her distressed tooth.
Suffice it to say we were off our routine and - except for the visiting grandparents part - slightly out of sorts all week. Wednesday I seriously just wanted to go back to bed and stay there. (You can guess how well that worked out). Schoolwork just sort of drifted - a few things got done but much more didn't. Meals were based on what was at hand (fortunately we got to eat with grandparents two days this week!) and I felt behind and inadequate all week.
But it's Saturday now and the week is almost over. I'm so ready for a fresh week. It won't be exactly routine, we have a TN trip and more visits with other grandparents, but it has to be better than this week.
Now for the links (and there are a LOT of them, so settle in):
Spiritual / Inner Life
IKEA Furniture for Barbies. How has it taken them this long to think of this?!
I love everything about this room:
So, what caught your eye this week?
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Suffice it to say we were off our routine and - except for the visiting grandparents part - slightly out of sorts all week. Wednesday I seriously just wanted to go back to bed and stay there. (You can guess how well that worked out). Schoolwork just sort of drifted - a few things got done but much more didn't. Meals were based on what was at hand (fortunately we got to eat with grandparents two days this week!) and I felt behind and inadequate all week.
But it's Saturday now and the week is almost over. I'm so ready for a fresh week. It won't be exactly routine, we have a TN trip and more visits with other grandparents, but it has to be better than this week.
Now for the links (and there are a LOT of them, so settle in):
Spiritual / Inner Life
- The All-Better Kiss by Britney Hamm.
- Why Telling Your Story is Not the Best Way to Share the Gospel by Leslie Keeney. Apologetics is important and critical thinking (logic) must be taught.
- Related: How Logic Can Help Save a College Student's Faith by Dave Sterrett.
- Should We Sing "To" God or "About" God? by Ross King. (And if you're thinking the answer is "both", I agree, but there's more to the post so don't be scared off.)
- 5 Lies Every Twentysomething Needs To Stop Believing by Paul Angone. Hope it's OK for a thirtysomething to post this since I'll admit that I needed it too.
- Stop Following Your Heart by Chris Nye.
- 10 Perils of Prosperity by John Teevan.
- 5 Words Vs. 5 Lies by Trip Lee.
- Please Stop Complaining About How Busy You Are by Meredith Fineman. Convicting.
- The Ache of Mortality by Elisha Galotti. Lovely post and I could definitely relate.
- 12 Things Highly Effective People Do Differently by Marc Chernoff.
- Concepts for Kids: When to Stop Organizing by Rachel guest posting at I'm an Organizing Junkie. Good reminder here.
- Challenge Your Youth by Alvin Reid. This post is somewhat directed to church workers but it certainly has applications for parents as well.
- Getting Your Child Ready to Leave by Susan Yates. It starts now, even if your child won't be "leaving" for several years. (Related to this concept: I had a "how to sew on a button" lesson with my oldest yesterday. More practice required but it's a start.)
- A Nation of Wimps by Hara Estroff Marano. I may have posted this before but it is kind of related to the above post.
- Marriage and Birth Order by Corrie Anne. The Birth Order stuff interests me but I don't think it's quite as accurate as other personality measurements. For instance, my husband is more of an Only (because his only brother is quite a bit younger) and I am a textbook Oldest but our marriage works incredibly well. I can't imagine how my marrying a Baby (the best match-up according to Leman) would work at all. A Baby of the Family Husband would drive me insane.
- Holding My Faith Firmly Instead of My Children by Sue Birdseye. So hard.
- How Do You Keep Your House Clean With 5 Children? by Amy at The Finer Things in Life. I loved this post.
- The Introverted Mother by Eowyn Stoddard. Yes. This is where I live.
- Raising a Boy Who Loves to Write from Playful Learning.
- Reading Criteria for My Angelicscalliwags. I thought this list was useful.
- Multiplication Pin Explained. Have you seen that pin about how Japanese kids learn to multiply? This post explains how it works.
- Any budding architects in your house? They probably need this Monochrome Lego Set.
- How to Make Your Old Furniture Work in a New Space. Thought I might be needing this soon.
- Converting an Old Barn. Cool and it gives meaning to the age old cries of mothers, "Were you raised in a barn?!"
- How to Stop Hating Facebook. I have a love / hate relationship with Facebook. I read another post this week that said the problem with FB is envy. I told my husband that wasn't true for me. Pinterest causes me to envy. Facebook causes me to despair. I was only partly kidding.
- Speaking of Pinterest, did you hear about the user who was attributing Hitler quotes to Taylor Swift? Always check before repining "inspirational" quote pins, is my motto. OK, no, it wasn't my motto. But it is now.
- My friend Amy sent me this one: Stills from the Lion King vs Real Life Safari.
- Half the U.S. Lives in These 146 Counties. I live in one of them, how 'bout you?
- Sleep Boosts Brain Cell Numbers. I could have told them this. (P.S. Dear BBC, thanks for taking the stigma out of wanting to sleep longer. Kisses!)
- This Abandoned Mall is Perfect for Your Zombie Back to School Shopping. We've got a few local malls that are tending this way. Bring back the malls, I say. These new shopping centers mean I have to drive to each individual store and buckle / unbuckle my kids at each stop. So I just don't go. Of course, I didn't go to the mall much anymore either so I guess they don't need my opinion.
- The 1970s Cold War Era Home Built 26 Feet Underground. You know you've always wanted a glorified bunker with a pink kitchen...
- Last link of the day and it's just because it made me laugh out loud: Under Julia Child's Kitchen Counter.
IKEA Furniture for Barbies. How has it taken them this long to think of this?!
I love everything about this room:
So, what caught your eye this week?
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Come and join us with your links posts or just see what other people want to share this week.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Books of 2013 - August
For a little bit in August it was looking like I wouldn't finish very many books. By the 12th I had only finished three. Three! For some folks that would be OK but that is fairly a-typical for me. Anyway, by the twenty-second I started getting back in my reading groove and finished seven more, bringing my total to a respectable ten.
That was a close one.
What were the books? Glad you asked:
That was a close one.
What were the books? Glad you asked:
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Four Months
Oh, my beautiful boy.
Four months. Four months?!
This right here is what I go through to get one picture for your monthly photo shoot.
You're still a very zen little fellow. You forgive us for the crazy ways we dress you up. And you can pretty much sleep anywhere, any time:
You can roll over both ways now, so tummy time is not quite the torture it used to be.
You smile and laugh and blow bubbles and drool and stick out your tongue and clutch your blanket and so much more. And everything you do is the cutest thing we've ever seen. Because you are the cutest thing we've ever seen. Each one of your sisters is head over heels in love with you. There are actual fights about whose turn it is to hold you.
Four months. Four months?!
This right here is what I go through to get one picture for your monthly photo shoot.
You're still a very zen little fellow. You forgive us for the crazy ways we dress you up. And you can pretty much sleep anywhere, any time:
You can roll over both ways now, so tummy time is not quite the torture it used to be.
You smile and laugh and blow bubbles and drool and stick out your tongue and clutch your blanket and so much more. And everything you do is the cutest thing we've ever seen. Because you are the cutest thing we've ever seen. Each one of your sisters is head over heels in love with you. There are actual fights about whose turn it is to hold you.
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The Rays announced at a press conference on Monday that they've signed center fielder Kevin Kiermaier to a six-year extension that would pay the defensive star a guaranteed $53.5MM. Kiermaier is represented by Reynolds Sports Management.
The deal would begin with the 2017 season, meaning it would replace the $2.975MM salary to which Kiermaier agreed when avoiding arbitration as a Super Two player earlier this offseason. The center fielder receives a $1MM signing bonus, a $3MM salary in 2017 and then salaries of $5.5MM in 2018, $8MM in 2019, $10MM in 2020, $11.5MM in 2021, and $12MM in 2022. The Rays have a $13MM club option (with a $2.5MM buyout) on Kiermaier for 2023, though that figure can rise due to performance escalators. With the option and the escalators, he deal would max out at $66.15MM.
The contract, then, would buy out all four of Kiermaier's potential arbitration years in addition to a pair of would-be free agent campaigns. It's not known if there'd be any sort of options included on the deal (though the Rays have typically secured at least one option year in the majority of their contract extensions), but the current six-year term would run through his age-32 season, putting Kiermaier on pace to reach free agency prior to his age-33 campaign.
Kiermaier, who will turn 27 in April, is regarded as one of the best, if not the best defensive player in all of Major League Baseball, regardless of position. Over the past two seasons, his 44 Defensive Runs Saved are the highest among any Major League player, and he's also pacing all of baseball with an Ultimate Zone Rating of +42.3 runs. Unsurprisingly, he won a Gold Glove in each of those two years.
In addition to his superlative glovework, Kiermaier has produced at a slightly above-average clip at the plate. He's reached double-digit home run and stolen base totals in each of the past twos years, topping out at 12 long balls and 21 steals in 2016. Overall, in 1314 plate appearances since making his big league debut, the former 31st-round pick has turned in a .258/.313/.425 batting line that checks in at five percent better than the league-average hitter, per context neutral stats like OPS+ and wRC+.
Kiermaier had come up as a mostly speculative trade candidate at various points in the offseason, but the news of a long-term deal all but eliminates the possibility that he'll be moved at any time in the near future. While the team's corner outfield scenario is far less clear — Colby Rasmus, Steven Souza, Corey Dickerson and Nick Franklin all figure to be in the mix — Kiermaier now joins franchise icon Evan Longoria and ace Chris Archer as a cornerstone for years to come. Outside of that talented trio, the Rays don't have a single player on a guaranteed contract beyond the 2018 campaign, so even with this new deal and a perennially modest payroll, the Rays will be able to supplement the roster with additional pieces to whatever extent ownership allows.
Taking a step back, the extension for Kiermaier proved to be considerably more costly for the Rays than recent extensions for center fielders with two-plus years of big league service. Ender Inciarte, who was also a Super Two player, inked a five-year deal worth $30.525MM this offseason, while Odubel Herrera inked a virtually identical five-year, $30.5MM deal with the Phillies. (Herrera, unlike Inciarte and Kiermaier, was not a Super Two player.) Of course, while Inciarte is a very strong defender himself and Herrera has been a superior bat to this point in his career, neither of those players has matched Kiermaier's defensive accolades.
To that end, Kiermaier's deal serves to further exemplify the premium that's being placed on defense on a league-wide basis. It was five years ago that Cameron Maybin, then considered a premium defender in center field, signed for half this amount, while a more established offensive center fielder, Andrew McCutchen, inked an exceptionally similar pact to the one Kiermaier will land.
Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times was first to report the deal was close, and also reported many of its specifics. ESPN's Jim Bowden reported that a deal was in place, and USA Today's Bob Nightengale was first to report the amount of the guarantee.
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