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Gov. John Kasich will unveil his plan for funding Ohio's public schools today, just days before he releases a state budget plan for the next two years.
It is expected, based on his previous statements, that Kasich's school proposals won't provide a rush of state money to districts, but will allocate money to reflect student needs in the classroom.
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None of the official communication from the governor's office has said what the proposal will include.
Ohio schools are funded by a combination of local, state and federal sources — 45 percent from local revenues and 44 from state revenues in 2010, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Nearly $2 billion in state and federal aid was cut from public schools in the state's last two-year budget.
Kasich plans to present his school funding formula and other education reforms to hundreds of superintendents Thursday afternoon at a Buckeye Association of School Administrators conference near Columbus. Kasich has kept details of the reforms secret, even from lawmakers and education advocates.
Ohioans will have the chance to comment on the plan and share their ideas for education at 6 p.m. Thursday with Kasich and the education advisers who crafted the plan. The "virtual town hall meeting" will be broadcast on the Ohio Channel and Ohioans can weigh in on Kasich's Facebook page and through Twitter by including the hashtag #ohedu in their tweets.
Kasich advertised the event through social media and emails sent by his campaign office. Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols said the event is not a campaign event, and the email list was used to spread the word.
All Ohio superintendents and charter school leaders were invited to the 2 p.m. unveiling of the plan. Teachers unions, the Ohio School Boards Association and the Ohio Association of School Business Officials were not on the invite list.
The Ohio Education Association President Patricia Frost-Brooks sent a letter to Kasich on Wednesday expressing her disappointment with his choice not to include OEA and others.
"There is a danger in listening only to outside consultants and organizations whose agenda is to downplay the importance of adequate school funding, highly-qualified teachers and real student engagement in classrooms," Frost-Brooks wrote.
Asked whether these education groups were purposely excluded from the event, Nichols said the timing of the event was chosen because it included an audience.
A study released this week by liberal policy group Innovation Ohio shows recent cuts in state funding forced school districts to seek new levies. The report estimated new levy requests since May 2011 totaled $1.1 billion. Steven Dyer, the report's author and a former Democratic state representative, said the state and federal cuts pushed the school funding burden further on local districts.
Nichols pointed out state foundation funding has increased $504 million in the 2012-13 budget over the previous budget — a 4.7 percent increase.
"The budget cuts in the current biennium have narrowed curriculum choices for students, increased class sizes and shifted school funding burdens from the state to local districts," Frost-Brooks wrote Wednesday.
Democrats have called for the state to replace those losses and work in a bipartisan way to draft education reforms. Rep. Debbie Phillips, D-Albany, said they're hopeful Kasich's reform package will include some parts Democrats can support.
"There need to be real reforms that are based on the evidence of what works to help students improve academically," Phillips said.
Several Ohio governors have tried their hand at a school funding formula since 1997, when the Ohio Supreme Court ruled the system unconstitutional. The high court decided the state's funding model "fails to provide for a thorough and efficient system of common schools" as required by the Ohio Constitution.
The Supreme Court also found that local property taxes cannot be used as the primary source of funding. In its final decision, the court closed the case and said it would not hear more on the issue.
Robert Stabile, who literally wrote the book on school funding in Ohio, said it will be difficult for Kasich's model to meet the constitutional test, in part because the court wanted to stay out of it.
"There's such a wide disparity between property values in different districts — it would take a huge amount of money for the state to equalize these districts," Stabile said.
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It's one of the most famous movies of our time and this -- the most famous line of his career.
Nobody can -- That was Patrick Swayze as Johnny castle in dirty dancing.
One of course of his most memorable roles the iconic actor lost his battle with pancreatic cancer in 2009.
And his wife of 34 years Lisa -- joins us now she's the author of the new book worth fighting for good morning Lisa.
Good morning great to see you from pancreatic cancer of course is such cruelty.
The survival rate is so slim how did Patrick respond when he learned that's what he was suffering from.
Well he he know a little bit about the disease I didn't and that first -- he was diagnosed.
Didn't -- is make him frog -- -- -- After all the doctors and nurses had left the room for the day he turned to me is -- -- a dead man.
The fact of the matter is is -- this that statistics are such as small that 80% of those diagnosed with him die within that.
Three to six months after diagnosis.
-- and yet.
Patrick lived longer than that with the disease -- -- -- bravely and of course because he was such a big starting -- had to live in the public I.
That that couldn't have been easy.
No no -- -- and it's it's a testament to his.
Incredible courage and his -- spirited -- -- -- disease.
And the -- more than it is the first to note that we are not statistics and he certainly wasn't -- and he wasn't quite to accept.
He wasn't gonna let cancer dictate his life and I was gonna let it which is some calories and six months after every one body was supposed to be dad.
Because -- and -- TV series for six months is working fourteen to sixteen hour days.
Five days a week in getting chemo on the weekend sending US -- It was kick -- taken names while I was doing it.
Another way that you guys.
Sort of put.
To shame was your marriage you had a 34 year long marriage in Hollywood.
That's a rare what was your secret.
You know -- iron to -- and just recently.
Say and I wish I could take credit for and they said.
You know the -- to the -- to a lot of marriages he does split up and -- you've spent a lot of accuracy -- the path I mean did we.
You know of course it there we loved each other and that was always say it as we had a strong base there.
Bad you know we just we weathered every relationship goes through -- and we just whether -- -- -- and we just didn't give up on each other.
And you know at.
Hey you know what what's here today is could change tomorrow and and it and it and with it well if you hang in there.
Well it's a testament to you as well and your confidence obviously in your feeling of security -- was so -- some.
And you have seen those pictures and dirty dancing with him.
And -- -- insurer also did this I mean -- you -- did you always feel confident or was it hard to be in Hollywood with lots of Hollywood starlets around him.
You know -- we always.
Had worked together we had died that I we trained -- -- acting classes together so we -- used to watching each other it was like this is our job will be like with.
If anything we gave me that you know we've critiquing each other on our -- say it's it's like you know what I really believe that moment -- didn't believe that.
But also I was really lucky that I I had a -- spend that.
Made me feel important always and and because of that I I didn't feel threatened and you know that's.
And and that of course you know might there.
You know my husband was a good looking guy which is which I realized every once every five years I -- government and I was surprised to see we.
-- Because it you know when you -- -- somebody on a day to day basis that's not what you're seeing is you're seeing them as a human being and what they're saying -- you read.
Yeah it does and it's surprising to all of my husband is actually good looking my life well I think I'm sorry that's a that's -- -- streets.
Police it's great to talk to you you seem so strong you seem to be doing wonderfully the book is very special worth fighting for.
Love loss and moving forward thanks so much for sharing your personal story with us this morning.
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about the exhibition
Hudson (Show)Room
Gabriel Vormstein: The Teeth of the Wind and the Sea
Berlin, Germany
January 13–May 01, 2011
about the artistGerman artist Gabriel Vormstein utilizes themes of failure and death in his paintings and sculptural works as catalysts for inquiry and innovation in the arts. Inspired by the work of Egon Schiele, he reexamines the romantic, emotionally charged gestures found in early Modernist painting. He frequently works on raw and primed newspaper as his canvas, selecting and redrawing figures from art history and fashion magazines and offsetting them with abstract imagery and collage. His choice of organic, low-cost materials, such as newspaper, not only recalls the type of media used in the Arte Povera movement from the late 1960s, but suggests a connection between the degrading effects of age that newsprint and the body share.
Vormstein was the recipient of the Graduiertenstipendium des Landes Baden-Württemberg Award in 2002 and is nominated for the 2009/2010 Sovereign European Art Prize. His work has been included in museum exhibitions in Europe, such as Seltsam, so lose im Raum, Kulturstiftung Schloss Agathenburg, Germany (2010); Made in Germany, Kestner Gesellschaft, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany (2007); and Of Mice and Men: 4th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni, and Ali Subotnick, Germany (2006). This will be his first solo museum show in the world and his first American museum project.
about the exhibition
For his exhibition at Artpace, The Teeth of the Wind and the Sea, Vormstein has filled the walls of the Hudson (Show)Room with paintings, drawings, and collages-primarily on gessoed newspaper-featuring fragments of images from myriad sources. Additionally he has created a discrete catacomb or side chapel filled with relic-like plaster constructions and paintings that refer to the ephemeral nature of existence. It is the largest piece the artist has made in his career, dramatically shifting the scale from more intimate portrait-like works to a painting that completely encompasses its environment and submerges its viewers into the installation.
Upon entering the exhibition space, the viewer is presented with an expansive 360° wall painting reminiscent of a fresco or mural on various newspapers joined together with wood glue. Without an apparent beginning or end, one can move through the installation from any point in the room. Large colored and gessoed masses containing paintings and drawings of female figures-drawn from the works of Egon Schiele and Francis Picabia-as well as flora and fauna culled from various art historical sources anchor each of the walls, providing for a visual rhythm of whites, pinks, oranges, blues, and greens. Relating to the tradition of still life or memento mori, these organic elements and materials are meant to express the transitory nature of all living things.
Working counter-clockwise from the entrance, the right part of the wall contains overlapping broadsheets of various colors with a white cloud of gesso that rises above eye level. Near the base of the wall lies a fragment of a female figure drawn in graphite with eyes closed and hand resting on forehead. Above and to the left of this figure is a small bowl of fruit lightly painted in warm yellows and cool greens. Directly above the fruit is a serpentine swirl of grey paint and abstracted symbols that resemble cluster of grapes and the profile of a skateboard; near the base of this section is a downturned sunflower and muddled red poppies. This section and many others contain ripped pieces of previous works that the artist claims were failures, but has resurrected through their piecemeal incorporation in this installation.
The center of the right wall section is dominated by a radiant block of orange color with a thin circle approximately 10 feet in diameter, again with recycled fragments of previous works bookending the centerpiece. On the left of the sun-like section another cloudy wash of gesso fills the space, this time with a delicate line drawing of a garden of flowers. High above are large blue swirls that appear to shower rain in the form of blue paint down on the floral arrangement.
Continuing to the left on the back wall, another wash of gesso-a center section nearly 10 feet square-holds grey footprints that diverge to the top and bottom of the work, evidence of the artist's process of working these large sections of newspaper on the floor of his studio. On the right, abstract geometric designs come in and out of focus; on the left, a Schiele-esque painted figure hovers above eye level.
Featured on the adjacent wall to the left are Vormstein's signature cubic forms rising from floor to ceiling along with translucent square forms of grey, blue, green, tangerine, and rose. Anchoring the center of this wall are large lavender biomorphic forms and a black cat that appear to cast shadows across the quilted newspaper base. Throughout this section are fragments of still lifes, portraits, and birds. Completing the panorama, the fourth wall features a colorful painting of sunflowers resting in what appears to be a window into a brighter world with a ghost-like figure floating above it and blue footprints near its base.
Vormstein's selection of the words teeth, wind, and sea in his title are key because they help reinforce the idea of entropy and time that permeates much of this exhibition. These natural elements break down surfaces, creating new forms from old ones. Indeed in viewing this exhibition, viewers cannot help but to lose themselves "in the landscape of the material and story."
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The title of Andrew Blum's "Tubes:A Journey to the Center of the Internet" is a ricocheting joke. When Alaskan Sen. Ted Stevens described the Internet as a "series of tubes" back in 2006,he was roundly mocked for not understanding the online world despite being chairman of the Commerce,Science . . . →Read More:The internet,you mean tubes


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The sound of a fishing rod snapping is one every angler dreads. While retrieving a rod from one of my boat's compartments recently, it got hung up on something. Being a little frustrated, I tried to just muscle it out and ended up breaking off the tip of the rod. Now, my 7-foot rod is 6 feet, 10 inches. What bothers me the most about the whole incident is that if I would have just ...
Season points leader and second-generation driver Jeff Belletto of Modesto continued his winning ways in the Western Late Model division at the New Stockton 99 Speedway last Saturday night.
If you're lucky, there's a moment as you're falling that provides a chance to do something about it.
I saw in the newspaper a while back where some fellow claimed to have found a treasure trove of old photographic plates taken by the famous photographer Ansel Adams. If authenticated, the photos could be worth literally millions of dollars. I recall meeting Ansel Adams several times at his shop in Yosemite Valley and I wish I had purchased some of his autographed photos. His black and white photo of the full moon over Half Dome might well be the most famous outdoor of all time.
While looking through one of my favorite fishing-supply catalogs, I couldn't believe the prices on some of the items I paid big money for several years ago.
It's a 47-minute walk from where I checked my bags at the float plane dock to downtown Ketchikan. With two of the three flights to get me home out of the way and four hours until takeoff I walked the 2.7 miles, because as any Alaskan will tell you, if it's 72 and sunny, you better not take it for granted.
One of the highlights of my year used to be a four-day houseboat trip in the spring to Lake Shasta. However, in recent years, with the level of the water declining and the cost of fuel increasing, the trip became more work than it was worth. It is one thing to be able to tie up to the trees along the bank at night, but when those trees are 80 feet straight up the bank ...
During the past week, three separate incidents popped up that focused my attention on wild critters right in the middle of a city environment. First, I happened to be perusing the newspaper and came across an article about a rattlesnake being killed in someone's garage right in the middle of town. Rattlers in town? The State Capitol maybe, but a small town in central California? Whooda thunk it?
Memorial Day weekend is over, and I'm sure many of us who were out on the water have a story or two to tell.
After going dark for the Memorial Day weekend, the New Stockton 99 Speedway was supposed to return to action this Saturday night with one of its biggest events of the year: The SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series "Mid Valley Iron and Metals 150".
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About a week ago, I was stunned to see on the news that Budge Brown, founder of the Manteca waterslides, was missing on a plane flight from Nevada to his ranch in Tracy. Search and rescue units searched for several days before finding the wreckage of his plane in a rugged Sierra Canyon. My heart goes out to the Brown family and my prayers are with them.
What a crazy spring we've been having lately! I can't remember the last time I wore a sweater this late into May. As much as I'm enjoying the cooler temperatures, I'm pretty sure that within a week's time our temperatures will go up again. What scares me when thinking about a sudden rise in temperature is how our bodies are going to react. Not having time to acclimate our bodies become less efficient dissipating heat. ...
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The gray in his stubble gives him away. Still, Manteca High defensive coordinator Rick James admits …
The 2013 local racing season will come to a close on Saturday with the 30th Annual "Tribute to Gary Patterson" event at the Stockton Dirt Track, located at the San Joaquin county fairgrounds. The program will feature championship night for the King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series, a special open 360 Winged Sprint Car event and a large fireworks show.
For those of us who have been fishing a while, I'm sure we've all heard the term "turnover" used.
This is the beginning of tarantula mating season. If you take a drive some fall evening into the hills separating California's Great Central Valley from the coastal regions, you can spot the male tarantulas crawling across the roads in search of females. If you live in Central California, take a drive up into the hills to the west of the Valley. Almost any of the main roads will do: Patterson Pass Road, Corral Hollow Road, ...
The first time I took my wife out fishing on the Delta she asked, "Are there always this many bugs around?"
Duck hunting season is open, so it's important that we stay out of each other's way.
Recently I observed in this column that I thought the ideal gun to instruct a beginning shooter was the single shot 22. Although no one disagreed with my assessment, several of my readers chastised me for not talking more about gun safety.
Recently I observed in this column that I thought the ideal gun to instruct a beginning shooter was the single shot 22. Although no one disagreed with my assessment, several of my readers chastised me for not talking more about gun safety.


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Craig Parker, Esq. - General Counsel
Craig Parker served as General Counsel to The Catholic University of America from 1987 to 2009, becoming General Counsel at UDC in December 2009. He was Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Dean of the Law School at Catholic from 1980-1987. He attended law school at CUA and was a law librarian during and after law school from 1976-1980. Before law school, he worked as a VISTA Volunteer with the Delaware Division of Consumer Affairs and a newspaper reporter. He is a former member of the Legal Services Review Panel of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the NCAA General Counsel's Advisory Board and winner of the 2009 National Association of College and University Business Officers Innovation Award. He is active in the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) and is Treasurer of The Arc of Prince George's County, a non-profit serving people with disabilities in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Craig also was a co-founder, with Peg O'Donnell, of the Campus Legal Information Clearinghouse, housed at Catholic University. Craig and his UDC OGC colleagues are initiating a project with Catholic University, the American Council on Education, NACUA and other national higher education organizations to develop a national compliance center to make model compliance materials freely available to more than 4,000 colleges and universities across the country, assisting those schools in attaining compliance with Federal higher education regulations. B.S., Journalism, University of Kansas, 1971; J.D., Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, 1978; Certified Law Librarian, 1980. Licensed to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
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Prior to her employment with the University, Ms. Radkar practiced law in the private sector in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Her areas of practice included labor and employment law, discrimination claims, contract law, insurance defense, and litigation.
Ms. Radkar, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Tulane University and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law Center. Ms. Radkar is licensed to practice in the State of Maryland and in the District of Columbia. She is an active member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), as well as the District of Columbia Bar.
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Stacie Mills joined the Office of General Counsel as a Law Clerk in January 2009. She is primarily responsible for legislative matters, reviewing and updating applicable sections of the D.C. Municipal Regulations, providing Board of Trustees support by way of drafting Rulemakings and Resolutions, and serves as the point of contact for publication of University policies. Ms. Mills received her Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Florida A&M University and her Juris Doctor from the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law. She is a member of the Maryland Bar. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Mills worked in the Office of Contracts and Procurement for the DC Government Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and prior to that, as a Retail Buyer for a national department store chain.
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2012-07-12 18:37
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By Kim Young-jin
Seoul will seek to extend the missions of five overseas-based units including troops in Afghanistan and an anti-piracy one patrolling waters off Somalia, the Ministry of National Defense said Thursday. The request for the extensions, which also includes forces in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Lebanon and Haiti, will be submitted to parliament later this year, the ministry said in a report to the National Assembly's standing committee on defense. Officials added, however, that in addition to the extension, the ministry is considering beginning a phased withdrawal of the "Ashena" unit that protects Korean aid workers in Afghanistan as early as next year, in line with withdrawals by other nations. "We're looking at ways to withdraw Ashena forces in several phases," an official said on condition of anonymity, noting that the unit's mission was slated to be over this year. Under the plan, some troops would be required to remain to protect Korean aid workers known as the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) dispatched to the Middle Eastern country. The PRT, comprised of some 100 aid workers based in the northern city of Charikar and a U.S. base in Bagram, is expected to wrap up its mission of providing medical and other services by 2014. Around 350 troops and 40 police officers are there to protect them, carrying out air reconnaissance and airlift operations among other duties. Transition of security responsibilities from North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces to Afghan authorities is slated to wrap up by the end of 2014. France says it will withdraw the bulk of its troops there by the end of this year. Another official said the decision on the withdrawal would be made after "further review of the local situation and other nations' moves." The Cheonghae unit, comprised of 306 sailors and marines on a 4,500-ton destroyer, rescued crewmembers of the cargo ship Samho Jewelry, hijacked last year by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea. The extensions would also affect 158 soldiers in the UAE, 359 in Lebanon and 240 in Haiti. |


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This is a simple problem where Load Capacity of a vertical bar needs to be increased without increasing Lateral areas and Material. There is one proposed solution as shown below. I would like to check two things with you
1. Is the solution proposed really resolves the contradiction? (Load Capacity Vs Crossectional Area)
2. If yes, Which TRIZ principle helps to think of solution like this?
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Sunday, July 08, 2007
Hello, Tom Tom!
I'm enjoying my little jaunts around the south east very much! I'm seeing country and towns I've never seen before, and what could be better than meeting up with a group of quilters?
Because I am traveling to new places, it's easy to get lost, so I have just purchased a TomTom to keep me company :c)
Anyone else have one of these? I'd love to hear about your experiences with it! I ordered mine off of amazon, it seemed to be the most reasonable price and the shipping was not expensive..cheaper than paying sales tax on it here.
I've been quilting away over here, and listening to books on CD that I picked up at the library. I just finished Jame's Patterson's "5th Horseman" (good mystery,suspense) and am now listening to Fern Michaels' "Fool Me Once" A bit lighter listening, but so far very good!
Of course I have another book on CD going on in my car...I'm listening to Susan Grafton's "R is for Ricochet". I don't watch a lot of TV, but I sure like to listen to books!
I'm definately not as blue as I was. Things will work out. I am thankful for your friendship and support and kind words and for telling me to buck up and just keep doing what I'm doing. I've also had email telling me I shouldn't air my personal life and problems in such a public forum. Go figure! I'm not forcing anyone to read my blog....I just want to say things how I feel them.
If I'm having a blue day, I'm not going to lie about it. If I'm having a happy day, I'm going to talk about it. If my kids are in trouble, I may air that too, (Jason totalled his pickup last week...uuughhhh) and it is all a part of who I am.
Now I think I'll get back to quilting. I have a friend willing to go to guild meeting with me tomorrow night to give me some backbone :c) I have quilts to deliver and I'm not going to let the other people who WANT me there down. One bad apple isn't going to spoil the whole bunch.
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That sounds better! You quit -- she wins!
I have the Garmin c340 and I love it! I get so lost and am totally confident with it. I drove to Louisiana a couple of weeks ago by myself -- something I would never have done without the Garmin. I think you'll love it and feel so much more confident with it.
Just don't leave it in your car when you get out. I hear they're a really hot item for thieves right now.My friend here in the UK has a TomTom she could get lost going to the toilet so it's THE best thing she's ever bought. As to the email about not airing your feelings on your blog - the simple answer is similar to the one I give when I tell people to use the off button if they don't like a programme on the tv - she shouldn't read it then!!!
ReplyDeleteMy mother always said, "Have a stiff upper lip!" That was her way to say go about with courage.
Now did she know I had a bottom lip that quivered and quaked like a chicken lip?
If she did, she never let on.
You do wonderful work, you just can't be responsible for everyone and everybody ALL the time girl.- Gypsy Quilter8:45 AM EDT
ohhhhhh, I need one of those Tom Tom's. Personally I get lost in a closet. Have a lovely adventure.
ReplyDelete good for you, Bonnie. Hold your head up high and don't let one person ruin things for you. You should be proud of your work- I know I'm always amazed at what you do- it is lovely!
As for the Tom Tom...I could use one of those on a long trip. I'm know for hitting the wrong state- and no, please don't ask! *smile*
keep blogging- where else can we be honest and share our feelings? Your among friends and we commiserate and cheer you on.Bonnie, DH had been drooling over the GPS unit at Costco (a Magellan I think) so before we left on vacation last week I encouraged him to get it. It was a lot of fun and very helpful. On the way home DH let the gas get too low and I was able to search for a nearby gas station that was easy on and off the freeway. It also gave us a great back road route to one destination that we would have never figured out, even with the map. (and boy you have a lot of friends named Karen!!!)
ReplyDeleteBonnie I'm so glad that you are not going to let one sour person keep you from your guild and your passion. I marvel at your quilting on your blog and just love the patterns you come up with for using scraps etc.
I don't have a Tom Tom but my new car came with a navigation system and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Before I got this car I used to print out directions from Mapquest and if I was driving alone I found myself looking at the directions more often than the road. Now my nav lady tells me where to go and when :) Just a side note, a friend of mine has a Tom Tom and she changed the voice to John Cleese's voice and she says it is just hysterical!
And finally, blogs are web logs, online journals....where else can you put into words what is going on in your life? Keep on posting whatever you want to post! We have all gotten to know you because you post so many wonderful things on your blog and if you are having a bad day you should be able to share it here and we will supposrt you as much as we can :) HUGS!- Connie in PA1:39 PM EDT
Hi, Bonnie:
I love my TomTom. With a set of yellow pages in a strange city, you can find all the antique malls and quilt shops very easily. The only problem I've found is when I make a final turn, Tom Tom says "you have reached your destination", I'm surrounded by shopping centers, and can't see the shop I'm looking for. It's happened a few times, but I can deal. Good luck and let me know how you like it!
Connie in PA I have TomTom in my phone. It's great, allthou it really doesn't have all of the roads and sometimes it gives wrong directions. Pay attention to the trafficsigns, don't obey TomTom all the way. Atleast my gps calculates really fast a new route, if I decide to turn other way or miss the intersection or whatever.
ReplyDelete- Sally3:01 PM EDT
Hi Bonnie, I read your blog here in UK because I find it amusing, inspiring and motivating. Thank you.
As for what should and shouldn't be on a blog...........that is your decision. No one is forced to read it and frankly if they don't like it, they can click in the little box with a X!! If it makes you feel better, write what you like! I do!!! Let's put all the negative people from our various guilds in a room and let them snivel each other to pieces! Some of those people, if you challenged them to say something nice, would just shrivel up like an old apple. Life's too short . . . tell 'em to buzz off!
Just read the positive comments! The great majority just loves you!You have done 2 quilts for me over the years and they are beyond wonderful. I so much enjoy reading your blog and seeing the quilts you are making. I know it's hard, but I hope you will talk back to the person who is talking about you. I have found that if I can get up the nerve to confront them, so they know I know what they are saying, that it isn't any fun for them to talk about me anymore, so eventually they stop.
You have a gazillion more friends than those stupid biddies. Majority rules!
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Manziel possesses the Heisman, and a quick wit
By Brent Zwerneman : December 9, 2012 : Updated: December 10, 2012 1:51pm
NEW YORK — Johnny "Football" Manziel first showed off his scrambling ability early in the season, his sharp passing emerged a bit later, and his fanatical competitiveness became apparent along the path of Texas A&M's 10-2 regular season.
But with the Heisman Trophy finally by his side and Manziel more relaxed than he had been in weeks — even with a pack of cameras pointed in his direction late Saturday night — Manziel showed one more side to the one-time mystery QB.
A wit as quick as his feet — a humor hidden during the regular season because of A&M coach Kevin Sumlin's no-media policy for first-year players. Manziel, in preparation for awards shows, had only started visiting with reporters in the past two weeks.
In a post-Heisman news conference, Manziel, a former Kerrville Tivy star, said he'd like to keep the Heisman "right next to my bed," but that might not be a good idea in a college neighborhood because of the foot traffic through a collegian's house. Unless it comes with an "indestructible case," he added.
He lauded the Heisman television broadcast for the "suspense ESPN creates" in drawing out the announcement at the end of an hour-long show — then drawing it out some more among the finalists.
"I felt my heart beating out right here," he said, holding his hand a foot from his chest. "I was wondering if on TV you could see my shirt moving."
He said he tried avoiding the budding Heisman hype that started in November, "but as much as I thumb through Twitter," that was almost impossible. He added that when he saw something whiz by on Twitter that was Heisman- or Manziel-related he would "get off of it real quick."
The Heisman brotherhood has been dubbed "the most exclusive fraternity in the world," and while acknowledging A&M's Greek system isn't one of the most glorified in the region, Manziel said with a grin, "I always wanted to be in a fraternity."
Now, he's one of two Aggies in the Heisman fraternity. A few feet away from the announcement, John David Crow exhaled and smiled after the announcement of A&M's second Heisman winner. Crow was the first, in 1957 under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.
"I was right there," said Crow, who attended the ceremony with other living Heisman winners, as they do annually. "It was like a load was lifted off of you, because you felt like he deserved it so much."
Crow, an A&M All-American and four-time NFL Pro Bowler, also knows how this sporting game works, and the wheels already are spinning among fans and media: So what's next for Manziel, the first freshman to win out of the 78 Heismans handed out dating to 1935?
"That's the way sports are," Crow said, chuckling. "You immediately start talking about winning A&M's third Heisman Trophy."
Manziel, in several more serious moments this past weekend, said winning consecutive Heismans — and becoming the first (and only) player since Ohio State's Archie Griffin (1974-75) to do so — isn't his goal for 2013.
"My goal is bringing a national championship to Texas A&M," Manziel said.
That would be a first since the 1939 season for the Aggies, a squad led by running back John Kimbrough, who finished second in the 1940 Heisman balloting to Michigan's Tom Harmon.
Manziel, the Southeastern Conference single-season total yards record-holder with 4,600, finished ahead of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein. Manziel, in collecting 2,029 points to Te'o's 1,706 and Klein's 894, won all but the Midwest of the six voting regions.
Outside the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, where the ceremony took place, a massive billboard has touted the Aggies' triumph by proclaiming, "Call Him Johnny Heisman," paid for by A&M in the start of a Heisman marketing blitz.
Meanwhile, Manziel has kept his humor through the rigors of the race — a wit fans are becoming as familiar with as his scrambling, passing and competitiveness earning him a Heisman.
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