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So we saw who April chose last night. But are you at all interested in hearing more detail about the decision made? Check out a little of the interview The Hollywood Reporter snagged with the actress herself, Sarah Drew! Be advised that the following contains a spoiler or two.Read More
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Is it February 27th yet? The are questions that were left hanging in the air at the end of the Grey's Mid-Season finale and we need answers! Namely, who's April's choice going to be
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Even before the airing of the Grey's mid-season finale, many have been wondering if April was really going to follow through with marrying Matthew. I guess that question is still up in the air. Here's what TV Guide has to say about it.
Grey's Anatomy left fans with quite a cliff-hanger: Jackson (Jesse Williams) interrupted April's (Sarah Drew) wedding to Matthew (Justin Bruening) to declare his love for her. But who will she choose? We won't find out until the show returns on Feb. 27, but in the meantime, let's weigh her options.
FOR HIM: April's relationship with Matthew, a paramedic she met at the hospital, makes her happy, enough so to say yes when heoutrageously proposed.
AGAINST HIM: Their courtship has seemed more about April trying to move past her tryst with Jackson (see below).
FOR HIM: April and Jackson, both Mercy West vets, bonded in the tough transition over to Seattle Grace. The shooting that claimed the lives of their fellow Mercy Westers Reed (Nora Zehetner) and Percy (Robert Baker) brought them closer. April even gave him her V-card when they hooked up as stress relief during the medical boards.
AGAINST HIM: April was way too overjoyed that she was not pregnant with Jackson's child. Besides, choosing Jackson would break two hearts: Jackson is currently dating intern Stephanie (Jerrika Hinton), who was pretty shocked to see her boyfriend "speak now" at the wedding, even if he apologized to her for doing so.
With all that in mind, should April really leave Matthew for Jackson? It's time to hear what you think. Take our poll below and hit the comments with your thoughts!
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S10E12 – Get Up, Stand Up
"Failure is inevitability. Every scientist was told so. Over and over. The ones we remember, the ones who changed our lives. The Curie's, the Salk's, the Barnard's. They're the ones who wouldn't take "no" for an answer."
Very rarely do weddings in Shondaland go completely as planned without some type of crisis, misfortune, or disruption and the Season 10 winter finale is no exception to the rule, leaving the viewer's hanging on the edge of their couch cushions, eagerly hoping the next two months fly by! Oh Shondaland, how you torture us so!
As if one's wedding day isn't somewhat stressful enough, April's newly appointed bridesmaids don't help the matter when she ends up spending most of the day hunting them down, (comically) forcing them to put their personal matters aside to focus on her and her big day! Naturally this takes place after she witnesses Meredith and Cristina brutally battle it out, bashing one another for the faults they've recently acquired, having sworn they'd avoid in the past. Meredith has become progressively irritated with Cristina's recent acclaims for the successful surgery she performed on the infant, to which she has no clue exactly how she saved the infant's life. Cristina, meanwhile, points out that Meredith isn't the surgeon she once knew, having chosen her family over her career. The two continue bickering back and forth and before storming out of the room from one another, Meredith accuses Cristina of "becoming the thing you worship", to which Cristina responds, "And you've become the thing we laughed at." Ouch.
Arizona and Callie appear to be making some headway on repairing their marriage but over time throughout the episode, we see a brittle Arizona become more and more uneasy with Callie's growing excitement over her plans for her and Derek's brain mapping program to which Callie is hoping Arizona could potentially benefit from. In a moment of vulnerability, Arizona breaks down, (inconveniently enough in front of April on her wedding day) confessing to April she cheated on Callie because someone else was attracted to her, regardless of her amputated leg. Not long into April's (again comical) attempts at consoling Arizona, Meredith and Cristina barge in, picking up their argument where they left off. Turns out the two admit to one another the reason why they're growing apart is the same reason they became twisted sisters in the first place: competition! Before the two can call a truce, April goes Bridezilla on them all, telling them this is HER day and instead of fighting, crying and focusing on THEIR personal business, they should be focusing on HER instead. Way to go, April! You tell them whose boss…. er…. Bride!!
Meanwhile, Alex continues to work on making peace with his estranged father but not after a few shouting matches first. When Jimmy admits he did his best to be there for his family, Alex shouted back that "his best was worthless" and that because of Jimmy's alcoholism and abandonment, Alex had to be the man of the house. Later on, Alex visits Jimmy again and in a round-about way, thanked him for leaving their family because ultimately, they all turned out for the better because of it, especially Alex. Soon after, Alex and Jo meet up before April's wedding to which Alex tells Jo they are all the family they'll ever need, etc… smooch, kiss, embrace, etc… Hey, at least one couple on the show is getting a pleasant ending… so far!
Back at the hospital, Shane is playing Mr. I Can Do It All by fudging the amount of hours he logs per week to up the chances of him becoming Dr. of the Year. (OK, not really, but you get what I mean.) Cristina warns Shane to take a break in light of getting burnt out but Shane disregards Cristina's advice, clearly becoming more and more self-destructive than one could imagine. His assertive, arrogant attitude lands him in a difficult predicament when he goes rogue and attempts performing surgery on an ailing Jimmy by himself. Leah calls for help and when Richard arrives, Shane has flash backs to the super storm and admits he was at fault for Brooks' death. Richard takes over and attempts to save Jimmy's life and the last we see of Shane, he's standing in an elevator; covered in Jimmy's blood looking like he's ready to join the cast of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.Read More
"Every doctor has a dirty little secret. We're all competitive science nerds. In grade school, we made the biggest and the best volcanoes which erupted actual fake molten lava. In junior high, we spent hours laboring over our rat mazes. So that one day, we'd be the person who changed the face of medicine. Forever."
Two words: Kepner. Overload. If you haven't already watched, be prepared because that's exactly what you'll get this episode and I'm not just talking about April. We're talking April times 3! April's sisters come to town to throw her a bridal shower however things don't go exactly as planned! Turns out April's sisters aren't quite what you'd expect them to be. IE: Generous, loving, accepting… blah, blah, blah. In fact, they're downright rude, especially to the bride-to-be herself! Since childhood, the Kepnerettes (as Sarah Drew calls them) dubbed April as Ducky (as in Ugly Duckling) since she spent most of her childhood embracing life with acne, braces, and following in the shadows of her more beautifully gifted sisters. It isn't until they've pushed April too far when they humiliate her at her own bridal shower when April finally gets the guts to stand up to her sisters and tell them enough is enough with this Ducky business! April is so ticked she even goes as far as firing them all from their bridesmaid duties and enlists her fellow co-workers Cristina, Meredith and Arizona to take their place! (I have to admit, I was pretty amazed and impressed with April's sudden outburst! Besides, her wedding will be way more fun with her new wedding party than the old one!) Side note: Anyone else get a major kick out of the expressions on Mer, Cristina and Arizona's faces when they heard the news? Pure comedy gold!
Meanwhile, Stud 1 and Stud 2 (aka Jackson and Matthew) finally break the awkward barrier that's been looming between the two over April and Matthew's upcoming nuptials. Kind of. Away from the hospital, the two randomly run into a victim in need of an emergency tracheotomy and it's Matthew that doesn't waste any time stepping up and taking care of the job. Only Jackson makes it blatantly obvious he doesn't approve. After the two guys go head to head on how one would've done the job better than the other, they somehow end on good terms with Matthew even going as far as insisting Jackson attend the wedding! Wait, wha?? Yep. Now it's a waiting game to see if Jackson actually attends… and how does it go? Speaks now or forever holds his peace?…
Alex's dad makes an unruly appearance in the episode when he shows up at the hospital in dire need of medical attention from trying to get clean. As luck would have it, Jo happens to be one of the first people Jimmy runs into but turns him away, insisting his efforts to get sober be taken up with a rehab center. As if on cue, Jimmy collapses and Owen gives orders that Jo take him on as a patient. Jo tries her hardest to help but when Jimmy goes into a withdrawal-induced rampage, he slams her against a wall, forcing Alex to step in and come to her rescue. Alex insists he leaves and goes to a rehab clinic where he belongs but it's Jo that insists Jimmy stay and try to get clean at the hospital. How long will Jimmy hold on without the alcohol and drugs now that he knows Alex is his son?
That awkward moment when you see Cristina and Shane in an on-call room. Yeah. The writers actually went there. Um, er… besides that….. Cristina, with a huge audience watching her every move during surgery, implants the 3D printed valve into her infant patient and at first the surgery looks unsuccessful. Simultaneously, Stephanie and Meredith are performing surgery a few ORs down the hall and implant their 3D printed portal vein into a sheep. That's right, a sheep. At first, their surgery looks to be successful to which Stephanie celebrates a little too soon. Later, Shane (who is extremely crabby at the thought of having lost to Meredith and Stephanie) begrudgingly congratulates Meredith for having won the "competition". Meredith, unamused with Shane's recent disrespectful 'tude, confronts Cristina on the matter to which Cristina becomes snippy, assuming Meredith is insinuating she is the reason for Shane's unpleasant demeanor. Still with me? Naturally as one would think, this causes the wedge between Meredith and Cristina to further widen, and the two end up fighting once again. Sigh. When will this feud ever end? Side note: Cristina and Shane's surgery was successful and saved the infants life while Stephanie and Meredith's surgery….well, didn't have the same result.Read More
"The body is an infinitely complex mass of interacting systems. People like to think doctors see it all clearly. But it's not always obvious what's a hiccup in the system and what's full-on medical disaster. We figure that out in our first year of residency. We spend the rest of our careers lying about it."
Thanksgiving is but a few days away and the GSMH crew (or at least Meredith anyway) is busily making plans to celebrate the special day. Since Mer's cooking capabilities are, well, nonexistent, she's enlisted Owen's new lady to do the brunt of the work. Little does Emma know, the small gathering turns into quite the party when Meredith ends up inviting most of the Attendings and their significant others. Yikes! No pressure, Emma!
With Emma's presence in the hospital becoming more frequent, Cristina becomes increasingly antsy to pursue an interest of her own that's become fairly absent as of late. Since her and Mer are still on the outs (more on that later!) Cristina feels it necessary to express her need for, er… sexual encounters to someone that will listen, whether he actually wants to or not! That person: Alex! Alex, clearly uneasy about Cristina's choice in conversation with him, tells her flat out she just needs to get laid! Enter stage left, Shane who overhears the conversation and later offers to 'service her needs'. To all viewers' relief, Cristina immediately rejects Shane's proposition (thank goodness!) but later has second thoughts about what it is that Shane really offers… um, ew.
Callie and Arizona are on the mend but hit yet another rough patch when Arizona confesses to Callie she was involved with someone while they were separated. Taking the high road, Callie avoids getting angry and instead asks Arizona if whatever it was she had with the other person was really over. Arizona tells her yes although Leah doesn't exactly feel the same. As if things weren't awkward enough, Leah, Arizona and Callie are working on the same case together and in the OR, Leah panics at Callie's instructions on how to proceed with a surgical mishap. Leah demands that Arizona tell Callie to lighten up on her and with a look of realization and disappointment from Callie towards Arizona that could stop the clocks, Callie puts the pieces together and figures out Leah was the person Arizona was involved with. Arizona quickly apologizes to Callie yet again but insists that she won't keep doing so and that Callie can't keep playing the victim. Arizona continues on to say that if her and Callie are really going to try and work past their issues, she wants Callie to let her move back from the couch to their bedroom. Au contraire, my dear! Callie doesn't feel the same, at least now anyway, and insists she needs at least one more night to process the realization that's come to be.
April is busily tending to wedding duties, one of which includes nailing down the final guest list to her and Matthew's nuptials. In an awkward attempt to avoid inviting Jackson outright and hurting her hubby-to-be's feelings, April invites Stephanie "and a guest" instead. Later, Jackson confronts April and tells her that while she has his blessings to move forward with marrying Matthew, he will not be attending the wedding. Something tells me Jackson's intentions won't stand true. He'll be there I'm sure of it.
Bailey continues to struggle with her OCD issues and Ben has no interest in letting her fall victim to this evil disorder. Ben unintentionally leaks Bailey's situation to Derek who is forced to report her condition because he's on the board for the hospital. In an effort to avoid any additional stress from the hospital on Bailey, Ben tries talking to her to get her the break she needs to get help. Sadly, Ben's efforts are dismissed and Bailey wants to hear nothing of it. As a result, Owen later interrupts one of Bailey's surgeries and tries provoking Bailey's condition by using Meredith to rearrange her surgical instruments. Bailey freaks and gets kicked out of the OR, further proving her OCD is slowly getting the best of her and her career.
Richard continues his healing process and pushes himself to the limits to prove to both himself and the docs that he is more than ready to leave the hospital and continue healing at home. During a stress test, Richard ups the treadmill to a speed he can't keep up with and as a result, takes a tumble and breaks a rib, forcing him to stay hospitalized longer over the holiday season. Fortunately for him, he's got the interns there to keep him company!Read More


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Feb 9th 2009 9:20PM Bummer. Looks like I offended some complete stranger in my strenuous efforts to be cooler than he. Next time I'll use only Battlestar Galactica quotes and references to sugar cookies. Here's hoping that won't come off as "trying so hard to be cool."
Then again, since I don't have any sugar cookies in my apartment, I'm probably deeply offending any stereotypical geeks out there whose literalist pedantry drives them into a rage at anything that isn't explicitly verified, then double checked by Wikipedia user "5nap3kill5dumbeldor3".
And since I've only watched like 3 episodes of BSG I'm running the risk of alienating that show's millions of rabid fans!
Wow, "wtfman," thanks a ton for bringing to light my failings. I guess the only way out is suicide.
(Note: Someone make sure to tell him that that also wasn't entirely literal. Hopefully I'll be dead before I have to read his tirade against my obviously trying so hard to be cooler than all those people who actually did commit suicide over his wicked e-barbs.)
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Oct 11th 2006 11:44PM Yeah, Comcast put my cablecard in. Sadly, after it was in for almost a whole day, it gave out and now I have to get it replaced.
How's it working out for me? Not so well.
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Jul 3rd 2006 2:50AM Oooooh! Improved Evis damage!
When do we find out how much?
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May 30th 2006 1:31PM That was so... *sniffle*... beautiful!
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May 29th 2006 10:07PM "Noob", and the even more idiotic "nub", are insults that make me assume the insulter is a 16 year old basement dwelling wretch. It's not even the sort of insult that you can use ironically, thusly challenging that idea.
The moral of the story: Swears are always best.
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May 25th 2006 10:11PM Nice work Blizz.
It's good to see Blizz take such a proactive stance on this sort of thing as compared to SOE. That's why they get my money.
Also, my insatiable love for murlocs helps.
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May 25th 2006 10:01PM In truth, I havent done a PuG for probably 6 months now. Once you get your tier 0 (or the newfangled .5 for you damn kids these days) there isnt much reason to do PuG's if you have a guild.
I will say though, when I was still doing PuG's, I didn't find them to be all that bad. I'd get a group with an idiot in it probably 1 out of every 5 times, and even then if you explain things to the person, they usually catch on, unless they're just a griefer. And, if they are, you can, at least, have some fun insulting them.
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This is 40 Reviews
Time Out
However irritating 'This Is 40' is at times, there's a warmth that wins you over, and an honesty about families.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
Toronto Star
Denver Post
Apparently Apatow's penchant for if-it's-not-broke filmmaking isn't changing anytime soon. And it's a shame, because while This is 40 has plenty of laughs, it lacks decency and heart.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
Christian Science Monitor
The performers are so likable that you stay with them even when, as is often the case, the material is hit-or-miss.
Full Review | Original Score: B-
Newark Star-Ledger
Judd Apatow is not a disciplined artist. And that's a good thing.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4
Detroit News
"This Is 40" tends to be about the self-inflicted problems of spoiled upper-middle class white people. Which can be sort of funny, sure. Sort of.
Full Review | Original Score: C
New York Post
No one could be as whiny, spoiled, tasteless, combative and reliant on annoying stand-up comedy riffs as the entire cast of this film, the most disappointing one of the year.
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4
Washington Post
Overlong, unnecessarily sex-obsessed and downright nasty at times, "This Is 40" feels haphazard and unfinished, despite a few moments of laugh-out-loud humor.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4
Richard Roeper.com
At times "This is 40" is brutally funny and brutally honest. Just as often, it's painfully shrill and unpleasant.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
Los Angeles Times
The film has as much to say about family dynamics as a couple's wavering love.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5
San Francisco Chronicle
The real problem with "This Is 40" is its lack of truth, that Apatow wanted to express something about married life, and it eluded him.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/4
USA Today
There are moments of perception and sweetness, as per usual with Apatow movies. It's just too bad the movie's trajectory is formless and jokes built around petty marital resentments sometimes fall flat.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
Seattle Times
It's not so much a movie as a loose collection of mostly funny conversations; and maybe, for the holidays, laughter is almost gift enough.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
With This Is 40, Apatow turns his audience into fitfully chuckling therapists, dealing with a raft of problems that aren't entirely sorted out.
The bawdy wit and crisp dialogue that were the hallmark of Apatow's Knocked Up are still present, but the conflicts feel so cushy that one gets the impression that the filmmaker is losing touch with life as it is lived outside of Brentwood.
New York Daily News
There's a funny movie scratching at the edges of "This is 40."
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
Minneapolis Star Tribune
"This Is 40" is a bull's-eye zeitgeist comedy, a movie in which everyone acts like real people but funnier.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
Philadelphia Inquirer
This Is 40 is messy. But see it for its honest insights, its laughs, and for the terror Mann's character, as a mom defending her emotionally wounded daughter, rains down on a toothy school kid who's been sending unflattering texts.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
New York Times
There are a lot of loose ends and a few forced conclusions. But, then again, the acceptance of imperfection is Mr. Apatow's theme, so a degree of sloppiness is to be expected. That's life.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5
Chicago Reader
This is too much like a $35-million smart phone filled with kids' pictures.
Boston Globe
I hate to say it, but if Judd Apatow wants to be a seriously funny filmmaker, he may have to leave home.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
There are few laugh-out-loud scenes. Yet maybe that's the point. That life isn't about the grand gesture but the little day-to-day details that keep us grounded and human.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
Arizona Republic
We aren't used to comedies that make us squirm like this. That doesn't mean they aren't worth our time. This Is 40 is.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
After copping out in "Funny People," Apatow still hasn't set the table for a meaty drama, but making us laugh is a piece of cake.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
"This Is 40" turns out to be an opportunity squandered.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4
Apatow does a good job of charting the uncertain waters of marriage - the tears, the arguments, the moments of clandestine sex interrupted by children, and the love and affection that are often masked by more immediate frustrations.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
Miami Herald
This is 40 is crude and dull, with a supporting cast that reminds you how utterly uninteresting the main characters are.
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4
TIME Magazine
As the movie goes on, the laughs are fewer and farther between, and for the last 30 minutes, not only did I not laugh, I wanted it to end so I could get back to my own boring but less precious life.
Toronto Star
The movie frequently shifts from comic to dramatic and back again, true to Apatow's whiplash style but also true to life.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
Chicago Tribune
More like "This Is Whiny."
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
AV Club
It's 134 minutes long, and substitutes loosely related situations for plot. But a few broadly comic moments aside, This Is 40 also captures the rhythms and concerns of real life in ways that slicker Hollywood comedies don't.
Full Review | Original Score: B+
Globe and Mail
Mixing topicality and improv, Apatow rescued big-screen comedy from its lengthy wallow in the trough of dumb-and-dumber -- we have good reason to thank the guy. Until now.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
Associated Press
It's the feel-bad comedy of the holiday season - and that's what makes it good.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
MSN Movies
'This Is 40' isn't without flaws, it moves along nicely, and while it doesn't boast ... it does manage to be very consistently funny in a way that makes dramatic sense.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5
Village Voice
Much like marriage, This Is 40 is somewhat formless, and it almost never hurries up. But life is improved by having the option.
Rolling Stone
Judd Apatow makes comedies that count. This Is 40 doesn't build to a catharsis. Yet Pete and Debbie's sparring yields some of Apatow's most personal observations yet.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
New Yorker
Here is all the plenitude and warmth and the triviality and sadness of Los Angeles life.
As funny as a hemorrhoid.
Entertainment Weekly
This Is 40 isn't always hilarious, but it's ticklishly honest and droll about all the things being a parent can do to a relationship. And why it's still worth it.
Full Review | Original Score: A-
Time Out New York
As [Apatow's] title implies, he could have taken a deeper plunge into the main task of middle age: revision.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
An acutely perceptive, emotionally generous laffer about the joys and frustrations of marriage and middle age.
Hollywood Reporter
Even with all its ups and downs, there are more than enough bawdy laughs and truthful emotional moments to put this over as a mainstream audience pleaser during a holiday season short on good comedies.
A pure, maximalist representation of a gifted artist simultaneously at the top of his game and looking to expand the form.
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Very butch - it suits her.
Oh my!! why such a drastic cut?
She used to have short hair like this years ago. Who cares?!?! Slow news day?
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Everton's first outing of September was one of the most emphatic draws on home soil in recent years.
A draw which ultimately felt like the most satisfying of wins, those perched on the edge of their seats in the Gwladys Street when Everton looked destined for a 3-1 defeat against Manchester United will keep this memory close to their hearts for many years to come.
As the final whistle loomed, injury time goals from Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta sent Goodison Park into scenes of euphoric celebration. A trademark Cahill header and the Spaniard's 93rd-minute volley delivered the unthinkable and secured the Blues a dramatic point against Sir Alex Ferguson's side. There was even the notion that Everton might grab an astonishing winner in added time. The Blues launched a counter attack and just as Phil Jagielka was about to strike on goal the referee blew for full time.
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I put up my fall florals, broke out the ten year old pumpkin topiaries and dressed up the dogs with brown satin bows. I suppose it was time.
15 comments:
- Ron said...
Happy Fall, y'all!!! I am going with Halloween on the front....NOLA is big time Halloween. I am glad you and Mel will be able to see the Halloween decor. I still use my topiaries in November! xo
- September 21, 2012 at 8:19 AM
- Dixie Delights said...
It'll be Halloween out front come Oct 1. I just had to do something between my basket of tulips and the black crows :-) xoxoxo
- September 21, 2012 at 8:29 AM
- Laura from Top This Top That said...
It's funny ,before you know it we will be decorating the porches for Christmas!:)
- September 21, 2012 at 8:32 AM
- Gee Singh Newbanks said...
I have a small entryway and had to keep it simple. Very simple :-/
Pop on by and visit me..
Cheers, Gee
- September 21, 2012 at 11:01 AM
- Loris Glassworks said...
Love your front entry and the wreath. Very nice!
Lori in Atlanta
- September 21, 2012 at 12:05 PM
- Kristin @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia said...
It is so pretty! I'm hoping i can finish fall decorating this weekend. I did finish my canvas thanks to you, just posted on it.
- September 21, 2012 at 6:19 PM
- Shenita @ Embellishments by SLR said...
Amanda, this is so pretty! I love your fall touches!
- September 21, 2012 at 7:19 PM
- Jordan said...
So lovely! Love your blog, so inspiring!
- September 21, 2012 at 9:44 PM
- Stacy C. said...
Love your pumpkin topiary so much I might just have to copy it! Lovely porch!!
- September 23, 2012 at 10:54 AM
- Geri O said...
love the topiaries. I'm your newest follower. I would love for your to check out my blog. http://sister-number-5.blogspot.com
- September 23, 2012 at 9:10 PM
- the cape on the corner said...
i so want to do pumpkin topiaries, but i don't have any real front entry. just stairs that i put potted plants on, but at the top, it isn't wide enough. yours are 10 years old? they looks great!
- September 24, 2012 at 1:41 PM
- Dixie Delights said...
Yes! 10 years!!
- September 24, 2012 at 3:17 PM
- Infuse With Liz said...
Looks great! 10 year old pumpkin topiaries! Has that look been popular that long! Well they look great!
- September 24, 2012 at 9:31 PM
- Trisha @ The Sweet Survival said...
Love the ribbons on the dogs! Super adorable!. Stopping by from Tuesday's Treasures.
- September 24, 2012 at 9:50 PM
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Such a beautiful entryway. :)
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A Tricky Holiday: Should Christians Ignore or Embrace Halloween?
- Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Wier family uses Halloween as a springboard to talk about the history of the early church and its martyrs. "Let's start by letting our kids know the stories of these great men and women," she says.
"If I did have children, I would focus on teaching my kids ways they can take advantage of secular holidays like Halloween to be a genuine witness for Jesus Christ--a light in a dark world. Instead of focusing on the negative aspects of Halloween, parents can turn the holiday into a positive, relationship-building tradition for their family using creative alternative ways of celebrating," says Fairchild, who lists several ways to do so on the Christianity site of About.com.
Above all, Christians should follow their conscious and remember that you don't have to embrace every aspect of the holiday. "Some aspects of Halloween—the partying, the demonization of the holiday, the darkness—are not appropriate for Christians," Allen points out.
Christians can use Halloween in a positive way. "We should see our culture as a mission field, and we can use Halloween to talk about how the whole world is held captive to the fear of death—it's in all the literature, movies and media, especially around Halloween. People are afraid of death, and rightly so, because at the other end of death is standing before a holy God," says Allen. "What a great entry point all this death imagery is to talk about the Gospel."
"I love this season," adds Wier. "It's the only time of year that neighbors come knocking on our door. What a wonderful opportunity to make our home a place of hospitality."
Weir doesn't preach at her guests, but instead uses the holiday to set the tone that "we're a family who loves people. We might have little crosses hanging around, wrap our candy bars quotes from the Psalms, but the predominate message of the night is that we are generous givers and that we love them."
"I do believe some Christians are missing evangelistic opportunities when they try too hard to remove themselves from the world," says Fairchild. "They might choose to ignore Halloween or celebrate it with other believers only. But 1 Corinthians 9:22 suggests … that we're not called to live in a safe and protected environment, guarded against the evils in the world. No, we are called to reach out into the world and be the light of Christ. Halloween brings people of the world out into the streets and to our very door steps. We should be thinking of creative ways to seize this opportunity for developing new relationships and sharing our faith."
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In the end, whether or not an individual or family should celebrate Halloween in any fashion should be carefully considered in relation to their own situation and heart. "If someone comes to the Christian faith from a background in the occult, then perhaps the best practice is to refrain from celebrating Halloween. If another believer has freedom in Christ to participate, then we should not condemn them," Fairchild recommends.
We also should keep in mind that "often our negativity toward Halloween does more damage than good, alienating the very people we seek to reach," says Fairchild. "Our neighborhood has a very family-oriented, active night of trick-or-treating each Halloween. When we first moved in, we used the holiday as way to get to know our new neighbors, sitting outside on our front porch while handing out candy."
Allen reminds us that in Christ, we should not be fearful of Halloween. "Jesus said that the truth should not be afraid of the world, that none of this stuff—the scary and death-oriented things of Halloween—has any effect on the truth. God's truth stands like a pillar that cannot be crumbled by the occultic practices of Halloween," he says.
"We don't have to surrender our beautiful faith heritage by eschewing Halloween celebrations," adds Wier. "This holiday gives us an opportunity to show Christ to our neighbors and friends. I've always found it striking that Halloween is followed by the International Day of Prayer. We can make it a season to remember the early church martyrs and to pray for those still suffering for their faith in the world today."
Sarah Hamaker is a freelance writer and editor, and author of Hired @ Home: The Christian Mother's Guide to Working From Home. She lives in Fairfax, Va., with her husband and four children, who are looking forward to trick-or-treating this Halloween. Visit her at www.sarahhamaker.com.
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McDonald plans to remain head baseball coach in addition to taking on the position of Athletic Director.
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Student athletes can expect no drastic or immediate changes with McDonald as the new Athletic Director.
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McDonald has high expectations for all staff and students working with him in the athletic department.
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- the existing dwelling was of brick construction with metal fascia (metal fascia generally require strengthening in the roof with backing timbers or brackets in order to hold the additional weight of the pergola).
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Ra Ra Riot "Dance With Me" Official Video
Ra Ra Riot recently released the video for their song "Dance With Me" of their new album "Beta Love."
The video is eclectic with two dimensional images and green screen usage all mixed together to create some very confusing and psychedelic plot that has to do with skeletons.
All that aside, my prediction for the band is they are the new "Neon Trees." Essentially an Indie band with pop qualities that, via being played in stores like American Eagle Outfitters, will get them on top 40 charts.
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Household decisions, credit markets and the macroeconomy: implications for the design of central bank models
AbstractIt is widely acknowledged that the recent generation of DSGE models failed to incorporate many of the liquidity and financial accelerator mechanisms revealed in the global financial crisis that began in 2007. This paper complements the papers presented at the 2009 BIS annual conference focused on the role of banks and other financial institutions by analysing the role of household decisions and their interplay with credit conditions and asset prices in the light of empirical evidence. In DSGE models without financial frictions, asset prices are merely a proxy for income growth expectations and play no separate role. On UK aggregate consumption evidence, section 2 of the paper shows this is strongly contradicted by the data, for all possible discount rates and both for a perfect foresight and an empirical rational expectations approach to measuring income expectations. However, an Ando-Modigliani consumption function generalised to include a role for liquidity, uncertainty, time varying credit conditions, wealth and housing collateral effects, as well as income expectations, explains the data well. Section 3 reports new evidence on the striking rejection on aggregate data of the consumption Euler equation central to all DSGE models. Section 4 shows that UK micro evidence is consistent with the generalised Ando-Modigliani model. Section 5 discusses the limitations of recent DSGE models with financial frictions and housing. Section 6 discusses some business cycle implications of amplification mechanisms and non-linearities operating via households and residential construction. It reconsiders econometric methodology appropriate for designing better evidence-based central bank policy models.
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Albany-- There is a rare and sometimes deadly disease that strikes nearly three thousand Americans each year, but now immunization can prevent up to eighty three percent of cases in adolescents and young adults. Ten to twelve percent of those infected, with Meningococcal Meningitis will die and up to twenty percent of those who survive will have some form of long term disability.
Young adults and adolescents have an increased incidence of the disease, accounting for about thirty percent of U.S. Cases. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a vaccine for use among those eleven to fifty-five years old. Advocates for the vaccine say it can be dangerous to ignore.
"The CDC this past year, recently passed new recommendations that eleven and twelve year olds should be immunized, if a child is fifteen and entering high school, that student should be immunized. Any college student living in a dormitory also should be immunized. The National Meningitis Association looks at the age group from eleven to twenty six as being the highest at risk for contracting this disease" said Terri Corr, with The National Meningitis Assocition.
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SINGAPORE – 2 February 2009 – OpenNet Pte Ltd, which was selected to build the passive infrastructure for Singapore's Ultra High Speed Broadband Network by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore ("IDA"), announced that it has appointed Mrs. Tan Kah-Rhu as Chief Executive Officer starting 1 Feb 2009. Mrs. Tan will spearhead this nation-wide project to build and operate Singapore's highly-anticipated optical fiber infrastructure, capable of providing ultra high-speed Internet connection – up to one gigabit per second, or ten times faster than today's technologies.
Mrs. Tan was Vice-President (Access and Transmission Engineering) at Singapore Telecommunications ("SingTel") before her current appointment. She managed a 500 strong team in both Singapore and Australia, with active involvement in telecommunications access and transmission facilities, including fibre roll-out to buildings.
Mrs. Tan has held various senior positions in the industry before including a stint as CEO of Singapore Aeradio from 1996 to 2001. In that role, she diversified Aeradio's business and grew its revenue by several folds. She then held several VP portfolios at SingTel, including heading the planning and operation of the global submarine cable for both SingTel and Optus.
"I am privileged to be leading the team that will realize the first phase of Singapore's vision of providing seamless connectivity under the Next Generation National Broadband Network", shares a confident Mrs. Tan.
Mrs. Tan will report to the board of directors, chaired by Mr Tan Gee Paw.
Chairman Mr. Tan Gee Paw welcomed Mrs Tan on board, "We wish Kah-Rhu all the best in her new role. As an experienced communications executive, she brings to OpenNet the necessary hands-on experience to see to a successful rollout of this ultra-fast broadband network for Singapore."
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