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Thursday, August 13, 2009
What to do?
I received a card in the mail the other day from my friend who got married in July. The same friend who announced her pregnancy at the rehearsal dinner. You can read about it here if you're so inclined.
I thought it was a wedding thank you. It wasn't. Inside was a card from "the baby" with a picture of her 9 week ultrasound.
I did not have a meltdown. Score one for me. But I'm not really sure what to do. Do I acknowledge this? How?
Part of me is glad that she's still including Irish Boy and I in her pregnancy just like everyone else. We haven't been exiled to the land of infertiles like we have with some of our other friends. But at the same time is it selfish of me to have my heart break a little bit when I see that picture?
I don't know what I should do. Write a note back to the baby? Say nothing? Internetz, I needs your advice...again!
16 comments:
- Jennifer said...
I like your new look!
Maybe it's just that I'm still raw from what's transpired over the past week, but to me it sounds like your friend is either a.) a complete asshole or b.) completely clueless.
Assuming she knows what you and IB are going through it just seems like she's intentionally rubbing salt in the wound. Sending you an ultrasound picture? FROM THE BABY? Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. It comes across as incredibly mean-spirited to me.
I'm all for being happy for someone else's good news, but I think that people should show SOME sensitivity toward friends and family who are having trouble.
Or she's just a moron.
Again, I'm hormonal and still kind of wish I was dead, but my blood is boiling on your behalf. Good on you for not immediately declaring jihad and sending her a care package full of fire ants and mustard gas.
- August 13, 2009 at 7:04 PM
- jenicini said...
Wow. Seriously she sent out ultrasound pictures to all of her friends? Half of me completely agrees with Jennifer above. Yep, your friend was an idiot.
I have come to realize that regular women have no effing clue what it feels like to be an IFer. Even when you tell your closest friends every bitty nitty gritty detail--they just don't get that you are slapped in the face on a daily basis by random occurrences in living everyday. You certainly don't need a kick in the proverbial balls from your friends.
- August 13, 2009 at 7:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
i just had an idea. next time you have a visit from "THE WAND" ask for a picture. then send it to all your friends as a little note from "the uterus". you can talk about what a party it is in there, because no one knows what will happen next, but how they aren't invited, even though it's like, super awesome, because it's for empty utes only.
- August 13, 2009 at 10:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
OR you could go get a colonoscopy and again, ask for a pic. then you can send it to all the cutesy pregger friends and say "i shoved something up my ass, now shove it up all of yours..."
i sure hope auntie comes, because i am so rageful these days i feel like flying out there and giving this lady a piece of my mind. gah! stupid! mean! insensitive!
- August 13, 2009 at 10:11 PM
- Mrs Bee said...
I vote for complete moron.
If it was me...I'd be sending a picture of my crappy faulty empty uterus...
But thats just me and I'm *slightly* bitter.
I had a friend come to me the other day admitting that she had an abortion last week and begged me not to hate her. WTF? AFTER listening to Mr Bee and I go on and on and on about how much we want to be parents.
Although their intentions are good, sometimes people just don't think.
- August 13, 2009 at 10:11 PM
- Melissa G said...
Jesus was there a list with babiesRus registry included with the u/s picture too?!
Have you ever heard of the Youtube video, Pregnant Women are Smug?
It's pretty funny, and alarming appropriate for this occasion.
I don't think you are obligated to reply to her at all. I wouldn't.
- August 13, 2009 at 10:15 PM
- Fertility Chick said...
Ladies, you are the reason I blog, nay live!
I was actually feeling pretty low after I posted this and now I'm honestly laughing so hard I might pee myself. Yeah, I went there.
I thank each of you for your responses - for your rage on my behalf and your seriously excellent suggestions as responses.
She does know what Irish Boy and I are going through - but she's not really a mean-spirited person so I will chalk it up to being completely clueless...but now I feel a little better by starting to feel perhaps as horrified as I should've felt when I first saw it!
Loving the fire ants and mustard gas - and the pic of my empty ute - maybe I can send both?
Now off to watch that YouTube link - thanks Melissa!
- August 13, 2009 at 11:02 PM
- junebug said...
This just happened to me last month. My friend sent me and others an email with her first sonogram. I didn't even know she was pregnant. Part of me was happy for her but part of me wanted to set her on fire. Then I had to go to therapy because I felt guilty for wanting to set her on fire. I think it was easier to deal with as an email because I could just email back "congratulations" and have that be the end of it. With a letter, I don't know. I would probably ignore it. If she calls or mentions it then I might say, "Congratulations" but that is the best she could expect from me.
It feels so good to hear that so many other women feel the same rage and saddness. Which makes me normal and not a bad person.(I keep telling myself that anyway) Misery loves company and I am a big old ball of misery and bitterness who is loving this company.
- August 14, 2009 at 4:27 AM
- Amaprincess said...
Ugh! Some People SUCK!!! I think sending her a copy of your MANY ultrasounds is GREAT!!!! I would definitely do that! I can't believe how insensitive some people are!! I find myself thinking all the time "did you REALLY just say that?"!!! HUGS to you!!!
P.s. I am sooo going to check out that youtube video!!!
- August 14, 2009 at 9:27 AM
- Tina said...
I am so sorry. What an unbelievable thing to do especially that she knows you are trying. If she isn't a mean-spirited person then she is pretty damn clueless. Wow!
If it were me, I would send a picture of the HSG that was done! I would put a few arrows on it. One pointing to my empty ute and one pointing to the area where my left tube once was. Then I would write, "I am very happy for you and your husband and your little one on the way, but to all people who have struggled to get pregnant and with IF, it is a slap in the face, punch to the gut, to get completely unexpected "gifts" from you in the mail!"
Or if you don't want to be labeled as THAT person, maybe just tell her that with all the struggles that y'all are going through, unexpected/unannounced pregnancy related news can be difficult to get!
- August 14, 2009 at 11:36 AM
- Anonymous said...
I think you need to do something to nick this in the ass though... you don't need her thinking that she is doing your a favor or something by "sharing" this experience with you. My little sister said some crap about sharing her pregnancy with me every step of the way.. I blocked her on FB (she hasn't even noticed yet! LOL)
i like babyincredible's idea best of sending her something from "the wand" LMAO awesome! and maybe include this article in there too http://minname.blogspot.com/2009/07/must-read.html
yes you are pregnant dear friend now please let me go on forgetting about it so I might have a chance in hell of getting knocked up myself without your randomness hitting me up the side of the head!
oh *big sigh* that felt good...
- August 14, 2009 at 12:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
I am in shock that some people are that freaking clueless!!! Lucky I'm not the one she sent it too-I would have seriously sent her a copy of the pic of my laparoscopy showing my endo. I love the idea of sending a picture of your next visit with the wand!!
I guess I just don't see how anyone who knows that you're dealing with IF would ever think to send that to you...or to anyone dealing with IF. Of course I don't understand why anyone would send their baby u/s pics to friends in the first place.
- August 14, 2009 at 1:47 PM
- Busted Tube said...
While I love the colonoscopy idea I can also see why you might opt for a less intense response. I think people are just clueless. What a weird thing to send in the first place, I mean no one I know has even sent out 20 week ultrasound cards, is this a normal thing within your area?
- August 14, 2009 at 10:14 PM
- Fertility Chick said...
I've never received any ultrasound pics (of any of the weeks!) from anyone else I know ever! Sometimes they appear on friends' Facebook pages (as we've all had to endure I'm sure!) - but I've never actually received an actual copy of one addressed just to me!!
- August 14, 2009 at 10:32 PM
- Lin said...
Clueless! My boss recently got pg on the first try...when she announced it to everyone she could think of at the company via e-mail. She included an ultrasound pic. I was in the midst of pre-O hormonal crazies and in combo with another moronic comment my BFF (another first try pg) made that day, I did in fact have a bit of a breakdown. So, kudos to you for no breakdown!! Might be a good idea to just politely remind the friend what you're going through and that you're there for her, but maybe just ask before she "force feeds" stuff like that to you. Ugh...clueless, defintely!!
- August 17, 2009 at 1:27 PM
- JemLowSF said...
I think her card was in poor taste, period. There are plenty of people who DON'T want to see the sonogram, fertile or not.
Reminds me of the time I went to see a college friend across the country. I show up at her house and she opens the door. She's 7 months preggers. Didn't warn me. I had to hold back the tears. I wanted to kill her.
- August 18, 2009 at 5:21 PM


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A Message from Superintendent Thompson- October 2018
In creating a culture of continuous improvement, Muskego- Norway Schools has hardwired goal setting, action planning, and progress monitoring. Recent continuous improvement efforts had us setting our next five (5) year strategic plan, implementing revised literacy and social studies curriculum, instituting 6 high leverage instructional practices, and completing several facility projects. The strategic plan and annual Eye on the Goal (EOTG) plans align our practices and efforts toward our common vision of being the district of choice and mission of every student learning, growing and succeeding. Our practices result in actions that set the direction and focus for our district. Department and building- level EOTG plans have a uniform design and approach.
As a result, our system is integrated and aligned – we are all moving in the same direction. The more intentional we are at measuring outcomes, the more likely we are to reach heightened levels of success. The EOTG plans ensure that we focus on what is important, set goals and action plans to meet those goals, and then monitor progress.
For us to be prepared at the end of the year, we need to have a well articulated plan at the beginning of the year. We start with articulating SMART goals (strategic, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely) that cascade from the district to each school and every department. The 2018-19 district goals are available on our website under the Strategic Plan tab. Strategic action steps are articulated for each goal to ensure expected outcomes are reached. Throughout the year, we look at data and conduct progress monitoring retreats to ensure we are on track to meet our goals at the end of the year.
We love what we do, believe it matters, and work to make a difference for every student.
Wishing all a wonderful 2018-19 school year,
Kelly Thompson, Ph.D.
Strategic planning is paramount to the success of Muskego-Norway Schools. Our district has been committed to continuous improvement since the school board adopted the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence in 2008. Since that time we have seen improvements that span all departments within our system, including increased student achievement and growth data, strong budget processes and energy saving approaches, effective safety practices and technology supports, and reduced worker compensation claims and student suspensions. Continuing our tradition of strong planning, MNS is currently engaged in the critical work of developing our next multi-year strategic plan (2018-2023). Thank you to the community members, parents, students, staff, and administration who have taken time thus far to provide insightful feedback through focus groups, surveys, and participation on our Strategic Planning Advisory Committee. Throughout the early spring we will continue to gather input from various committee groups, the school board, and building-level listen and learn meetings. Our current mission of "Every student learning, growing … succeeding" and our vision "To be the District of Choice in Southeastern WI for students, staff, and our community" frame the draft strategic plan along with three main focus areas:
Exemplary Student Learning and Engagement, with the expectation that all students are:
Academically Prepared
Highly Engaged
College, Career, and Community Ready
Highly Effective Personnel and Expert Teaching
Sound Stewardship of Resources and Strong Community Support
These three focus areas align well with our values of providing: 1) A high achieving student learning environment; 2) An environment that attracts, develops, and retains highly effective personnel; 3) A district worthy of community support; 4) System-wide continuous improvement; and 5) Long-term financial stability.
While planning for the future, we continue to monitor our progress toward annual metrics, as noted below.
Our community deserves excellence! We continue to be committed to continuous improvement in all our efforts and are proud of recent accomplishments and recognition.
With Gratitude,
Kelly Thompson, Ph.D.
With the new school year fully underway, we continue our meaningful work to broaden excellence throughout our system. It is an exciting journey making our way toward realizing our mission of "every student learning, growing and succeeding" and becoming the "district of choice for our students, parents, and staff." We are committed to expanding opportunities and enhancing challenges that grow our students and prepare them for their view of a successful future.
Through our continuous improvement efforts, we build focus and expectations through our Eye on the Goal process. The image below depicts our efforts for the year.
We are particularly excited to be embarking on our next long-range strategic plan. Through the voice of our students, staff, parents, and community via surveys, focus groups, and our committee we will identify key elements of success that will carry us through the next five (5) years. There are various ways to be involved in the conversation:
Be a member of the Strategic Plan Advisory Committee and attend meetings (4:00-5:30 PM) on October 9, 2017, November 13, 2017, December 4, 2017, and January 22, 2018, at the Educational Services Center. Contact me if you are interested in attending.
Attend the Parent Advisory meetings on September 25, 2017 and November 17, 2017 (5:00-6:30 PM) at the Educational Services Center. Contact me if you are interested in attending.
Attend a fall Conversation with the Superintendent on September 27, 2017 (Wednesday) at 7:00 AM or November 30, 2017 (Thursday) at 12:00 PM at the Educational Services Center.
Complete the community survey. If you missed the window of opportunity, contact me directly to share your thoughts and ideas.
Check-out the incredible progress we are making on our facility projects at //www.muskegonorway.org/about/buildingprojects.cfm. Thank you again for your partnership and trust in our efforts to build an excellent learning environment for the students of this community.
We are blessed to be able to provide incredible opportunities for our students through the amazing work of our staff, positive support of our school board, and collective efforts of our parents and community members. On behalf of our students, thank you for your commitment and trust! When I think of why we continue to make gains for students, I think of our focused and aligned efforts through our Eye on the Goal, our annual strategic plan (see image below). Our plan keeps us focused on what is important to meet our mission of every student learning, growing, and succeeding and our vision of being the district of choice.
We focus on how students learn; our entire staff works exceptionally hard on the action steps we have set into motion in order to make a difference. This is exciting work because we know there will be long-term benefits seen in the years to come. For the 2016-17 school year, we continue our commitment to increasing reading achievement for all students, ensuring annual academic achievement growth for all students, promoting a positive work environment for our staff and deploying the master plan projects, including those supported by our community through the April 2016 referendum.
I would love the opportunity to discuss our district's plan or any other topics with anyone interested. To this end, please consider joining me for a Conversation with the Superintendent on April 24, 2017, from 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. at the Educational Services Center – S87 W18763 Woods Road. If this date/time does not fit your schedule and you are interested in meeting, please contact me to schedule an individual meeting.
Kelly Thompson, Ph.D.
We are off to an excellent start to another fabulous school year! There are many exciting things happening across our system that continue to demonstrate our commitment to our mission of every student learning, growing, and succeeding and efforts toward reaching our vision to be the district of choice. We are proud to provide an exceptional learning environment for the nearly 5,000 students we serve. Unique to our system is our tremendous focus on our annual strategic planning process, termed Eye on the Goal (EOTG) (pictured below). This plan aligns our practices and efforts toward a common vision and mission. Our practices result in actions that set the direction and focus for our district. Department and building- level EOTG plans have a uniform design and approach. As a result, our system is integrated and aligned – we are all moving in the same direction. The more intentional we are at measuring outcomes, the more likely we are to reach heightened levels of success. The EOTG plans ensure that we focus on what is important, set goals and action plans, and then monitor those goals and action plans for progress.
EOTG plans are developed annually during school/department- level EOTG team meetings and Leadership Team Retreats in June and August. Plans are updated throughout the year at monthly Strategic Leadership Team meetings, department meetings, and through the articulated school-level EOTG process. Plans are communicated to the Board each year in fall, winter, and summer.
We are thankful for the constant and positive involvement of our parents, school board, and community stakeholders. Your involvement, coupled with a dynamic staff across all workforce sectors provides a recipe for success for all students in Muskego-Norway.
Wishing all a wonderful 2016-17 school year,
Kelly Thompson, Ph.D.
It is a tremendous honor to serve the students, staff, parents and the community in Muskego-Norway. As we continue to work collectively in pursuit of our vision to be the district of choice, the board will be asking the community, through an April 2016 referendum, to invest in a facility solution to address aging elementary schools.
This effort began in 2014 when the school board established a Master Planning Committee (MPC) to study facility needs. The MPC, which included 36 community members along with district staff and administration, identified several key facility issues that were recommended to the board for their consideration. In fall, the district sought input through a community survey to determine which facility needs were most important. In response to the community's feedback, the April 5, 2016 referendum will focus on addressing the district's aging elementary schools and the other projects identified as needs will remain on the master plan until solutions to address and resolve them are established and deployed.
The April referendum will ask community members to consider investing $43.18 million dollars, to close Tess Corners Elementary and Muskego Elementary, moving those students and staff to the remaining three elementary schools. Mill Valley Elementary will be renovated to accommodate more elementary students, and the Country Meadows Elementary/Muskego Lakes Middle School complex will be renovated to support only elementary aged students. Site improvements at Lakeview will be addressed and a new school will be built on district-owned land to accommodate middle school staff and students.
Although our facilities are well-maintained and we are making the best of the spaces our community has entrusted to us, we have reached the point where we need to consider how much we invest into 90-year-old buildings. The plan moves the district away from continuing to pour money into aging schools and invests in learning environments that better align with our community's expectations and the excellent instruction currently provided to our students. The tax impact of the plan is $.20/$1,000.
For more information, please go to the district website at //www.muskegonorway.org/referendum, attend an Open House, or contact me directly.
It is an honor to be working alongside an incredibly talented staff, dedicated board members, involved parents, and positive community members on behalf of our students as we strive to meet our vision To Be the District of Choice. In 2013, with the input of educators, staff, parents, students and community members, we created a multiyear strategic plan, which we call our Eye on the Goal (EOTG). Our EOTG (pictured below) articulates the deliberate choices we are making to focus our efforts in the years ahead to ensure we meet our mission of Every Student Learning, Growing ... Succeeding and reach our longterm goals of providing High Quality Innovative Practices, being a Top 3 District for Student Achievement, ensuring Strategic Allocation of Resources, and being a Destination Workplace.
Each year, we review our plan and develop annual Key Performance Objectives (KPO) aligned with each of our focus areas and goals aligned with our metrics. Our 201516 annual KPOs are: 1) Increase reading achievement and growth; 2) Develop/deploy student goal setting processes in reading (grades K4) and design an Academic and Career Plan Process (grades 512); 3) Ensure staff have opportunities to engage and professional development and positive/healthy activities to increase a sense of wellbeing; and 4) Deploy innovative solutions to facility needs and insurance costs.
The path forward is an exciting one and I am honored to be on this journey with you as we continue to bring focus and clarity to our efforts that are designed to enhance the educational experience for each and every MuskegoNorway student.
Wishing all a wonderful 2015-16 school year,
"Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela
Muskego-Norway Schools believes strongly in our mission of EVERY student learning, growing, and succeeding. For us, success and failure is not based on innate ability, a "fixed" mindset, but on grit, learning, and hard work, a "growth" mindset. Educators target their praise on the efforts students put forth to better their understanding, deepen their thinking, and endure through challenging tasks. Missteps and wrong answers offer an opportunity for improvement. The culture in our schools helps nurture success. Here are some points of pride:
We also believe strongly in our vision of being the district of choice in southeastern WI. To this end, we focus adult efforts on exemplary teaching and learning, highly effective personnel, continuous improvement, and sound stewardship of resources. We measure our efforts and track our success to grow every student in their academic literacy, engagement in learning, and readiness for college and careers.
It is a tremendous honor to serve MNS,
Muskego-Norway Schools is a place where we love what we do, believe that it matters and strive to make a difference for those we serve. The outstanding performance of our students has earned our district and schools recognition in 2013-14:
Our mission is Every Student Learning, Growing ... Succeeding. We bring our mission to life each and every day across the system through the efforts of many hard working, engaged staff that cultivate a learning environment that personalizes, nurtures and holds students to rigorous expectations. Students 4K – 12th their capacity, build their confidence and help them realize their dreams and aspirations. It has been my honor to serve as superintendent of this fine organization for the past two years. I have had the pleasure working alongside our dedicated staff for more than 20 years, serving our 4800 students in five (5) elementary, two (2) middle schools, and one (1) high school.
We are a system committed to ensuring:
We prioritize and focus our efforts to enhance: Academic literacy; Meaningful engagement; College and career readiness for all students.
Our 2014-15 Key Performance Objectives, targeted efforts aligned to our four (4) core competencies, are:
Wishing all a wonderful 2014-15 school year,
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." We are reminded of this quote from William Butler Yeats each time we discuss our deliberate efforts to achieve our strategic plan. At the center of our discussions is the "why" of our actions. "Why" do we provide exemplary teaching and learning, ensure that highly effective personnel are working with our students, take steps to continuously improve and guarantee sound stewardship of resources? The answer is embedded in our mission. We focus our adult behaviors so that we ensure that every student is learning, growing and succeeding. We measure the effectiveness of our efforts to increase student learning through academic literacy, meaningful engagement and college and career readiness metrics.
So much of learning depends on inspiration, effort, and confidence. During the winter, when our world is cold and dark, teachers reach students by nurturing warmth—and inspiring light — on the inside. We are in a great place where students are first, achievement, engagement and readiness are the focus and great people make it happen. I am confident that the best is yet to be and I am excited to continue our journey together into the future that is filled with hope.
As a district of nearly 5,000 students, Muskego-Norway Schools provide a highly successful learning environment for students in grades 4K through 12th. The district continues to cultivate strong community support and pride through its efforts to ensure that every student learns, grows and succeeds in rigorous, relevant, and personalized experiences.
During the 2012-13 school year, the school board along with district staff, students, administration, parents and community members underwent a full review of the district's direction and key efforts through a strategic planning process. Over the next three years, Muskego-Norway is committed to increasing academic literacy, meaningful engagement and college and career readiness for all students through targeted efforts in our core competencies of exemplary teaching and learning, highly effective personnel, continuous improvement and sound stewardship of resources. Our seven 2013-14 Key Performance Objectives (KPOs) are:
Understanding the importance of a strong strategic plan, our system has embedded our mission into all aspects of the organization. It focuses on our purpose and provides a line of sight for our improvement efforts. We prioritize our work with responsibility and integrity, using our five beacon statements that exemplify our values in maintaining a high-achieving student learning environment, an environment that attracts, develops and retains high-impact staff, a district worthy of strong community support, a system-wide continuous improvement focus and long-term financial sustainability and resource stewardship.
We are encouraged by the progress our system has made in serving our students and look forward to enhancing partnerships that will further support the achievement of our vision to be the district of choice in southeastern Wisconsin.
Wishing all a wonderful 2013-14 school year,
It has been an amazing seven months transitioning into the superintendent role. I have enjoyed meeting parents, community members and business owners at various student and community events, working alongside our outstanding staff, supporting our dedicated school board and observing the wonderful learning students are engaged in across our excellent schools. Thank you for your exceptional children; they are the focus of all we do.
We continue to make progress on our nine 2012-13 key performance objectives (KPO) and expect to accomplish our action plan by year's end.
2012-13 KPOs:
The rapidly changing work environment demands that we embrace a fresh approach to education, one that takes into account the reality that many doors will open to our graduates if they have been properly prepared. As we plan for the future and prepare our students for the world they will inherit, we will need to enhance our service delivery model in an effort to educate all our students.
We have great opportunity before us as we work to develop our next multi-year strategic plan. The plan is currently being developed with the input of a strategic planning team comprised of students, parents, teachers, community members, and administrators. Along the way, through various conversations with broader stakeholder groups, input has been sought from staff at each building, our parent advisory team, the Chamber of Commerce, student groups, the school board and the leadership team. I am sincerely grateful to all who have participated in the process to date.
The new plan will build from our current mission of "Every student learning, growing… succeeding" and vision of "…being the district of choice in Southeastern Wisconsin." Moving forward, the expectation is that all students will be:
To this end, as an organization we will commit to providing exemplary teaching and learning, highly effective personnel, continuous improvement and sound stewardship of community resources. We expect to share the details of the strategic plan with the community later in spring.
Public schools are only as strong as the communities they serve. Muskego- Norway has always had a strong support of community and for that we are grateful. Through our collective efforts we will continue to make a difference for all children.
Thank you for the incredible opportunity to serve the students, board, staff and citizens of this great community.
With the support of many, the transition to the superintendent role has been smooth. It is a pleasure to be working alongside outstanding staff and students in an environment that seeks continuous improvement and is supported by a strong community. I feel incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to continue supporting the focused efforts of this organization. With every step of my career, it is clearer that this is a very special place to learn and grow. Understanding the importance of a strong strategic plan, our system has embedded our mission into everything we do. It focuses us on our purpose and provides a line of sight for our improvement efforts. We work through challenging times with responsibility and integrity, using:
Beacons that Guide Our Decisions:
The 2012-13 school year marks the fifth year in our district's five-year strategic plan. Establishing the next strategic planning process is a key performance objective (KPO) for next year as we continue to create a clear and relevant path through which we will achieve our mission of "every student learning, growing … succeeding" en route to our vision of being "the district of choice."
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Kanye West is preparing to make his sartorial return to Paris Fashion Week showing his second womenswear collection. WWD reports that West will show his ready-to-wear looks on March 6th at 9:30pm at an an undisclosed location. Despite heavyweight support from the likes of designer Alexander Wang, Vogue's Anna Wintour and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Kanye's eponymous line largely drew harsh reaction from fashionistas when it debuted last October in Paris.
Kanye West Working On Fashion Line, G.O.O.D. Music LP In London
Critics panned his collection as lacking cohesion and improperly fitting. The NY Times mused, "What Mr. West eventually showed was confusing as well. Though designers in Paris are presenting collections for next spring and summer this week, Mr. West's collection was heavy on leather, fur and coats, some pieces dripping with so much fox you couldn't tell if they were stoles or backpacks."
Fashion faux paus! Adding insult to injury, the same onlooker writes, "A sparkly cropped jacket had so many bits of flare in it that you could imagine Mr. West sampling fashion like he samples different styles of music. There was one good-looking pair of color-blocked pants in blue and coral, but it was obvious that most of the clothes suffered from a poor fit."
Kanye has been vocal about his fashion aspirations and ranted about the arduous journey to become a designer on his much-discussed tweeting spree last month. He tweeted, "Early 2011 ... I moved to Paris and opened a small design studio... the language barrier was quite difficult... I still don't have a Paris VAT number to this day..."


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'Tis the season for bubbly...and the finest sparkling wines come from Champagne. Real Champagne from France has become an amazing value in the post-Y2K era - excellent quality in recent vintages and many good choices with prices below $30. Selections are best this time of year and several local retailers are offering price promotions. Some recent recs can be found in the chowlinks listed below. I'd add to those the specials at Weimax in Burlingame (which will be open on Christmas Day for last minute shoppers).
Anyone have any others?
Larry Steins post on Billecart-Salmon @ K&L -
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As of this writing, there had been been no ISO announcement to the public, but Microsoft announced Tuesday that its Office Open XML document format has won approval as an ISO/IEC standard.
The process wasn't an easy one; many criticized Microsoft's vote-gathering tactics from the beginning and continued to do so for more than a year. In fact, the questions continue even after the "unofficial" results were made known. InformationWeek reports that Norway wants its vote for approval thrown out. Citing "serious irregularities," a representative of the delegation says the vote does not reflect the wishes of its members.
At first I was wont to brush off Microsoft's press release as premature, given that the results are still unofficial and Norway is protesting. However, ODF proponent and legal expert Andy Updegrove, blogging at ConsortiumInfo.org, suggests otherwise. He notes that the results have been confirmed by reliable sources. From Updegrove's blog:
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Iraqi Violent Deaths Halved in August- Security Transition Proceeds
Iraq saw major progress in the months of August as violent deaths in the country were close to one-third of what they were in July!
From USA TOday, Violent deaths in Baghdad were down sigificantly in July.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced late this week that Iraqi forces will take responsibility for Thi-Qar province in the south this month. Thi-Qar would be the second of Iraq's 18 provinces that local forces would control.
Preliminary reports from August show a major decline in violence.
104 of the 973 violent deaths in Iraq in August were terrorists.
And, Haider Ajina sends a translation of a headline and article from the Iraqi News Agency of September 1.
"U.S. forces hand over security for Kirkuk to Iraqi Army"
U.S. forces handed over security responsibility of Kirkuk city to the Iraqi army during military ceremonies on Thursday August 31. These ceremonies took in military fort twenty kilometers north western Kirkuk. The ceremonies were followed by a speech from the U.S. commander David Kary of the U.S. forces in Kirkuk. He commended the Iraqi forces for their fight against terrorist in the area. Kary said; "The Iraqi army will now receive responsibility for security of Kirkuk. They have proven capable of keeping security with out assistance from the multi national forces". Iraqi General Anwar Hammeh Amien praised the multi national forces for their training of the Iraqi army to take over security control of the city. He added; "Now the Iraqi army can depend on it self to protect the boarders and city residences, we will need help from the multi national forces, in the areas of intelligence, air support, and artillery, in fighting and defeating terrorist in large operations."
New military officers from the Iraq Military Academy during their graduation ceremony in Baghdad, August 28, 2006. (Faleh Kheiber/Reuters)
Haider offers these comments:
Another important area in northern Iraq is handed over to the Iraqi military (whom we trained). This is almost a weekly event. Soon Thiqar province in the south will fall under provincial control just like Muthena province. Iraqis are being trained by us and the British and are ready, willing, and able to take over security responsibility for their own country.
Of course, they only take over after they graduate training and prove themselves. Iraqi security philosophy has to be completely wiped clean from the old methods of Saddam and the old Russian training. They then have to be indoctrinated to respect the law, and serve and protect civilians they are to serve. It has been a long process to move the Iraqi security apparatus from the old "dominate and oppress" philosophy to that of "serve and protect."
The Average Iraqi is also having to learn that the Iraqi security forces can be trusted, that they will serve and protect. Early and soon after the liberation, and after the Iraqis figured out that we are there to stay till the job is completed, Iraqis were coming to our military with information, but not to the Iraqi security.
Now, and for some time, Iraqis are going to their own security forces with information.
This is a fundamental change in the relationship between citizens and their security forces in Iraq. This is also a unique relationship in the Arab world. It is one I am sure other Arabs will want to have with their security forces.
As always, terrific news not reported by our mainstream media from Haider Ajina!
In other good security news this week, General Casey announced that Iraqi forces will take over security and local forced could be running Iraq in 12-18 months.
RedState today shows in pictures the tremendous progress made since 2005.
Back Talk explains the August numbers.
It's interesting that the same day as this news comes out the media warns about, "A surge in Iraqi sectarian violence and insurgent attacks leading to Civil War."
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Last week it was lovely to be back in the village i grew up in with my parents doing a stall a small local christmas fair and seeing quite a few familiar faces
The fairs have been going well and..
I am now able to take Christmas Orders!
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I hope you are all well!
I can't believe it's now less than 5 weeks until Christmas!
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Legends of the past…
I want to hear about the legends you have worked with in the past, and for this I shall tell you about mine. The idea from this post came about for two reasons, one being that we all have legendary figures and some of mine recently came to mind with a strange dream sequence…and the other being that my legendary blogging mum and dad have met in Washington (with lots of other bloggers) and I got very excited and wished I could have been there…only 3528.45 miles away…
Max's Legends…
Some of these may have been mentioned in the past posts and the list is not exhaustive. The names may have been altered to protect the innocentguilty. Disclaimer: the following examples are not examples of recommended practices!!
Charge Nurse Snack…Most legendary for sitting in a busy waiting room do triage assessments for the minor injury patients, realising that the rest of the department was exceptionally busy and knowing that no patients were being seen from the waiting room because of this. Snack bravely fought off constant bouts of patients moaning: "I've been waiting 2 hours and nobody is being seen here". Until he had finally taken enough abuse from one patient in particular and took him through the rest of the emergency department. They stopped at the resus room, where three patients were actively being resuscitated following a nasty RTA(MVA) and Snack asked which one of the resuscitating doctors the patient would like to call away to see to his sprained wrist. The patient now understood why his minor injury was not being dealt with and sat quietly back in the waiting room, only speaking to stop other patients approaching and asking Nurse Snack about how long the wait was! Legendary move. Always wished I had the balls to do it!
Sister Pensioner…
No doubt many legendary tales to tell in her past, but really should have retired by now. Most legendary activity in my experience was during one shift while two nurses (one of which was little old me) tried to defuse a very odd, rapidly worsening family argument about to end in a fist fight. I looked out of the cubicle and saw Sister Pensioner, looking in the room and using the phone. I assumed she was ringing the police in an attempt to stop us getting our arses kicked. We managed to defuse the situation and got out and when I asked Sister Pensioner "where the hell are the Police", she informed me that she hadn't rang them, and was in fact ringing social services to get more background information… thanks for that!
Sister Essex…one of the younger sisters, everyone loved to work with her, very hard working when the muck hit the fan, but a good giggle and chilled out when the opportunity allowed. Apart from generally being a legend, her most memorable moment to me, was on a night shift when a hyperventilating girl came in and nobody could calm her down. We even medicated her I think, and still she was hyperventilating and hysterical. Sister Essex went in to her again, shut the cubicle door and left the room again about 5 seconds later, having resolved the patients issues by administering a good old fashioned slap around the face.
Sister Wings…Another elderly sister, but this one still as sharp as a knife and bought back the old fashioned values to being a sister…basically most junior staff where scared pant-less of her, and never knew what kind of mood she would be in. However the more experienced staff had worked out the key. She has now retired and I can share the secret with you….
Eye liner… she normally wore eye liner that extended past her eye lashes, the rules were easy:
Eye liner extended in a downward direction = bad mood.
Eye liner in an upward direction = good mood.
Eye liner straight = approachable, but don't push it.
No eye liner = call security.
Mr H…the boss. Our emergency department was essentially nurse led, as the consultant Mr H used to tell all the new doctors. Fair enough really, we lived and breathed it and the new doctors invariably used to pass through for a few months. Mr H was formidable in a completely spaced out kind of a way. This is the guy who could never be found in his office, he may have been in there but nobody could see through the smoke. People thought he was rude as he used to walk through the department and ignore everyone saying their good mornings to him. He wasn't ignorant, he was thinking. I thought he was the most important person in the building, but he thought he was the least important. I sutures his finger once, I was trying to stitch up a patient, but he got in the way. He swore (not at me, but the burst of pain), sucked his glove and then carried on. I tried to manage him as a needle stick but he wasn't interested. He actually came to work having a heart attack and tried to ignore it. Eventually Sister Essex and I had to practically rugby tackle him to do an ECG.
You'll notice that all my listed legends are from my days in the emergency department, I think this reflects my nursing blood, however I've been out of there for a long time now, and that is why of all the people I've worked with these are the legends. Unforgettable spirit and style. Love you guys!
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I was honored to be a member of this crew and fondly remember these legends.
You forgot the legend that was C/N Specks – He seemed to have a sixth sense for trouble, and patients always seemed to get violent on his shifts despite him being the calmest and most softly spoken guy going. When it all kicked off he would calmly remove his glasses and place them in his top pocket!
I remember him trying to persuade a young girl who seemed high but pleasent enough to come back into the department for assessment, he seemed to have it all in hand, however I noticed that the glasses where off and that meant trouble, within seconds she was trying to wrap a crutch around our necks, CN Specks just calmly said, "I think we'll have the police please"
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text: Jack turned three the day before Owen. Each year I get to relive my irritation after finding out my friend Jodi went into labor with her son before me (even though I was due first). My exact words are not appropriate for this blog :). Jodi reminds me of this every year. Owen and Jack are just 14 hours apart. They are together all day long at Kim's. They act a lot like brothers. Jack loves pirates like Owen loves flags. We had a a great time at his pirate party!


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Dominique Smith of Tobyhanna is being charged as an adult with attempted homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.
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- Color: Incandescent bulbs have historically been known for their warm tones, leaning towards the red/orange of the color spectrum, CFL bulbs produce a relatively complete spectrum of light but have serious peaks at different points which results in color distortion; often why CFL is not the best choice for picking out clothing or other color sensitive applications occur. LED bulbs produce a light spectrum similar to incandescent and are also available in different "color temperatures" for different applications. Cooler color temperatures like 5000K will produce light more like natural sunlight. Whereas warmer temperatures like 3000K will produce light more like incandescent bulbs.
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- Environmental Impact: The fewer bulbs are thrown away the less impact to the environment. So LED and CFL have advantages here. But CFL bulbs also contain mercury and emit greenhouse gases when disposed of; making them more harmful to the environment.
Between the cost of electric and the cost of the bulbs, an LED bulb could save over $6 per year compared to an incandescent bulb. By replacing only 20 bulbs in your house the savings over a 20 year period could be in excess of $2400. Try them in a few lights and see what you think.
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Texas Rose of Tralee visits
Haley O' Sullivan (Texas) the 2013 Rose of Tralee visited Dundalk yesterday (Monday) morning.
Haley was accompanied by Dundalk man and 2013 Escort of the Year Jonny McGailey and our 2013 Louth Rose Sarah McCrave.
Haley, whose family are from Cork and Longford, won the competition in August last year after impressing the judges and beating out 31 other contestants.
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It's the eye of a horrible storm. That time of year where Christmas has passed and you're waiting for New Year. Stuck between two horrific days. I'm off work all week and days just get wasted. Drink til I even get bored of doing that. Wander around town and everyone is out in their new jacket, new shoes, new bag, new hat…new whatever they got for Christmas. Clothes seem to be a popular Christmas gift for others. It's important to people how others see them and it's important that they are out and seen.
While I do appreciate the time off work, the break in routine can be a drag and I fill each day just waiting for the end. I get out of my bed too late to do anything of value or worth and go to bed regretting that I did nothing, hoping that tomorrow will be different.
Having no real life skills also means I never have any food in the house and live day to day as they come, relying on the work ethic of local takeaways when required…at least there are some places for who it's just another day.
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Searching for a new home can be exciting and at the same time tiring. But unless you have decided to rent, you would have to buy a new home for you and your family. With the help of the real estate agent you may begin your search with the house that fit your preferences in terms of location, facilities and price. It would also help if you get pre-approved for mortgage beforehand. So when you find the exact home that's perfect for you, you can make an offer right away. Make sure you have the house professionally inspected before buying though. After submitting your offer, you would have to wait for a response from the seller. You're very lucky if he finds your offer satisfactory. Then the sale can be processed as soon as possible. But if the seller finds your offer too low or the conditions unreasonable, he may reject it or give you a counteroffer. It's up to you then if you are going to accept his counteroffer. The negotiation will go on until you reach an agreement. If you don't, then you have to go on to the next appropriate house. Once an agreement is reached, you need a settlement agent to process the paperwork and to take care of the other things to make the sale legal and fair. Since your lender would usually require you to insure the house, look for the best deal and insure the house too so you will be able to obtain mortgage and be ready to pay for your new home. Get a copy of the documents before the closing day. Examine them for inconsistencies. Then if everything is well all you have to do is sign them and show up for the closing.


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Elounda Sunrise Apartments is located in northeast Crete, facing the sheltered Elounda Bay. It features an outdoor pool, and offers free Wi-Fi and rooms with air conditioning and private balconies.
All rooms are equipped with TV, kitchenette, refrigerator, safe and private bathroom.
Guests of Elounda Sunrise can relax on the grounds and enjoy panoramic sea and mountain views from the pool area. Breakfast is served daily after 10 am at the bar. Refreshing drinks and cocktails are available throughout the day.
Historic sites in the area of Elounda include the ancient city of Olous and the Venetian Castle on Spinalonga Island.
The pet-friendly Elounda Sunrise Apartments is 40 miles from Heraklio and Nikos Kazantzakis Airport. It is a 13-minute drive to the nearby town of Agios Nikolaos. Free on-site parking is available.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me.It would be my pleasure to help you!
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A biography of legendary rocker Lou Reed (1942-2013).
There is no shortage of biographies testifying to Reed's importance as the godfather of punk and progenitor of art rock. Even before his death, his place in the rock-'n'-roll pantheon was uncontested as a founding member of the Velvet Underground, and his life had become the subject of mythic archetype for his transgressive lyrics, blend of pop stylings with avant-garde aesthetics, and hard-living lifestyle. Journalist Levy's narrative of Reed's life and work—touted as the first since his death—confirms these honors. But the most useful aspect of Levy's study is his ability to separate Reed the rocker from Reed the person. Reed's reputation and legacy as one of the pioneers and innovators of rock are unquestioned, but the author also showcases his irascible, confrontational, and often cruel personality, which complicated his cult of personality. Driven by the emergence of bohemian and Beat cultures in the 1950s, Reed devoted himself to a contrarian, anti-bourgeois lifestyle that alienated friends and lovers, sabotaged professional relationships, and fueled a self-destructive lifestyle. Guided by his literary mentor Delmore Schwartz, Reed began his musical career as a songwriter at Pickwick Records, where he began writing one of his early masterpieces, "Heroin." He also made connections with like-minded musician John Cale and artist Andy Warhol, who formed the artistic core of the Velvet Underground. As frontman, Reed ushered in a new style of cacophonous, uninhibited, and gritty urban realism in songwriting. The details of Reed's ascendance, fall, and comeback as a solo artist are so vital and culturally significant they read like a Hollywood script, and Levy ably captures it. Few artists, let alone musicians, have had a more fruitful yet tempestuous creative life, the results of which forever changed perceptions of popular music and art.
A valuable study of Reed, further cementing his totemic influence as the high priest of art rock.


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My work can currently be seen in Staithes Studios Gallery, The Craft Centre and Design Gallery at Leeds and at Studio Eleven in Hull. Many pieces are also available on line form my ETSY SHOP
Saturday, 19 July 2014
I was halfway through printing the pieces for a forthcoming exhibition at The White Room Priestleys when the roller on my press sheared off. All is sorted now and I can't thank enough Hawthorne Printmakers who replaced and delivered a new press within days.It is with great relief that I have been able to complete the pieces today - now I have to select which to show.
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Google Search engines are answer machines. When a performs query, the search engine search of billions of documents and does two things: first, it returns only those results that are relevant to the query; second, it ranks those results according to the popularity of the websites. There are two crawling techniques.
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A general purpose Web crawler gathers as many pages as it can from a particular set of URL's. Whereas a focused crawler is designed to only gather documents on a specific topic, thus reducing the amount of network traffic and downloads. The goal of the focused crawler is to selectively seek out pages that are relevant to a pre-defined set of topics. The topics are specified not using keywords, but using exemplary documents. Rather than collecting and indexing all accessible web documents to be able to answer all possible ad-hoc queries, a focused crawler analyzes its crawl boundary to find the links that are likely to be most relevant for the crawl and avoids irrelevant regions of the web. This leads to significant savings in hardware and network resources and helps keep the crawl more up-to-date. The focused crawler has three main components: a classifier, which makes relevance judgments on pages crawled to decide on link expansion, a distiller which determines a measure of centrality of crawled pages to determine to visit priorities, and a crawler with dynamically reconfigurable priority controls which is governed by the classifier and distiller. The most crucial evaluation of focused crawling is to measure the harvest ratio, which is the rate at which relevant pages are acquired and irrelevant pages are effectively filtered off from the crawl. This harvest ratio must be high, otherwise, the focused crawler would spend a lot of time merely eliminating irrelevant pages, and it may be better to use an ordinary crawler instead.
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Indexing the web is a challenge due to its growing and dynamic nature. As the size of the Web is growing it has become imperative to parallelize the crawling process in order to finish downloading the pages in a reasonable amount of time. A single crawling process even if multithreading is used will be insufficient for large-scale engines that need to fetch large amounts of data rapidly. When a single centralized crawler is used all the fetched data passes through a single physical link. Distributing the crawling activity via multiple processes can help build a scalable, easily configurable system, which is fault tolerant system. Splitting the load decreases hardware requirements and at the same time increases the overall download speed and reliability. Each task is performed in a fully distributed fashion, that is, no central coordinator exists.


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Day one... Looking forward to having lots of fun posting projects from my 1880's Victorian Home and various projects throughout New England. Hoping for feedback and inspiration from others who love restoring and decorating old homes. These are a couple of photos from my completed dining room. I'll be getting into the details about this room later.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Day one
Posted by Antique Homes and Lifestyle at 10:20 AM
2 comments :
- Sandy said...
Love your house!
- September 11, 2013 at 4:20 AM
- Antique Homes and Lifestyle said...
Thanks so much Sandy. I love your house too! Looks like we are doing a lot of similar restoration projects.
- September 13, 2013 at 9:12 AM
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I wore this outfit last week on a night out, I took the photos and then forgot to upload them. But here they areee. I'm so shocked that ASOS are still selling this peplum top, as I brought it last summer for £28, and now it's down to £14! Hate it when that happens.
I love these New Look wedges, I've been wearing them loads lately as they are so comfy and easy to walk in! Perfect! Definitely need to get some more wedged heels in the future.
Today me and my flatmate are going on an educational trip to the museum of childhood, as she studies early childhood. I'm so excited to see lots of toys! I'll probably be uploading lots of photos on my instagram if any of you are interested!


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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
An Artist Behind the Wheel!
Joe Schneider was born in Spokane, Wash. in 1960. His father taught at Gonzaga Univ., and his parents raised four daughters and two sons. Joe was the third oldest, and the oldest son. His folks have been married more than 60 years and all his siblings are all currently living in the Northwest. Joe's mother came from a logging family and so Joe was introduced to Indian art from her side of the family while his father was a German immigrant and Joe was able to visit the country and learn about art from his father's country of origin. When Joe was in the first grade, his teacher passed out paints to the kids in the classroom. Joe decided to paint sunflowers, not thinking much of it. When he eventually brought the painting home, his parents immediately realized he had a gift. All six Schneider children were required to take piano lessons. When Joe was in the fourth grade, his folks allowed him to substitute art lessons for piano lessons. They hired an art professor from Gonzaga to give him lessons. Robert Gilmore provided classical art training and Joe will be forever grateful for the instruction he received. In high school, Barbara Eddy was another art instructor that made a huge impact on his life. After high school graduation, Joe attended Gonzaga Univ. and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts. He the stayed on another year and earned his teaching certificate. Joe met his first wife while at Gonzaga and they were married for seven years. They were both artists and went to New York together to explore the art opportunities available. Joe worked at a museum as an art handler. In Williamsburg, NY the couple lived in a "bombed out and desolate" neighborhood. It was very stressful living and the marriage ended. Joe ended up in East Village Manhattan. He saw developers moving in and corporations taking over. Joe decided to stretch his wings and "try new things." He went to school and became a massage therapist. He also decided to take up ballroom dancing. He met his wife Debbie while on the elevator to class! Joe now knows how to dance and has a beautiful wife! Debbie and Joe married in 1993 in NY. The rents kept rising, so they decided to move and started looking ALL over the U.S.! After crossing paths with Realtor, John Leamy, they were introduced to Corbett....and fell in love! They both loved nature and wanted to be a part of a great community. Joe started bus driving for the Gresham School District in addition to doing his art. He then made the switch to Corbett as soon as there was an opening, and has now been driving the bus for Corbett Schools for 13 years. He loves it!! Joe does not have children of his own, but says the Corbett kids are "his kids" and he truly enjoys the relationships that he has developed over the years with the many, many different students he has had ride the bus. Joe had adults encourage him as a youth and he wants to do the same for the kids on his bus route! He considers it a honor to be a driver and says his two most important bus rules are to 1. Be safe and 2. Be KIND.
Saturday, September 10, 2016
From Outdoor School to Corbett Schools
Benno Lyon was born in Summertown, TN. Benno has two older
brothers and a younger sister. At the age of six, Benno's parents
moved the family to the Northwest. Both his parents are
originally from the East Coast and yet were now raising their
children in the Pacific Northwest. After living in White Salmon,
WA. as a result of his father's job in Hood River, he moved at
age 11 to Portland with just his mom and siblings. Benno says he
was an outgoing kid, talkative and interested in camping, the
outdoors, backpacking, music (he plays guitar), arts and
literature. Benno graduated from Benson High School in
Portland and then took a "gap year" to travel. He first worked in
Alaska at a fishing lodge as a dishwasher. Then Benno toured
Europe for six months, visiting 14 countries with his backpack.
Beginning college at Evergreen State College, he then
transferred to the Univ. of Oregon where he earned his B.S.
degree in Environmental Studies. Throughout his growing up
years, Benno had worked at Outdoor School on Gordon Creek
Road as a leader. He had also worked at Olympic Park Institute
as a field instructor. Benno loves the outdoors and travel. He has
enjoyed being "a vagabond," touring around such places as
Mexico and Hawaii. In 2001, he headed to Pacific Univ. in Forest
Grove to earn his MAT, Masters in Teaching. He has taught at
Hillsboro Public Schools for a year and taught at Oregon
Episcopal School (OES) for 14 years. In 2003 he was touring an
out of town friend through Portland and met his wife at a jazz
bar. They married in 2011 and now have two children. Son Lucca
is seven and daughter Elora is three. Remember he taught for
years at Outdoor School on Gordon Creek Road? Well, he is
now back. He just recently bought a home for his family on
Gordon Creek Road! Welcome, Mr. Lyon.
Friday, September 9, 2016
Both an Athlete and a Teacher!
Michaela McNairy was born in Bakersfield, CA. Her parents have been married nearly 30 years and have three daughters. Michaela is the middle child. Her oldest sister is just 13 months her senior, but her younger sister is five years her junior. Her father has worked for Costco for years, and has been transferred several times over the years. When Michaela was three years old, the family
moved to Boise, Idaho for five years. Then, Costco moved the family to Twin Falls, Idaho for five years. When Michaela was in 8th grade, the family transferred to Lake Oswego, OR. Michaela graduated from Lakeridge High School and then went to Humboldt State Univ.
for a year. It was here she contracted the Swine Flu, along with numerous other students. She then spent 1.5 years living at
home, attending Clackamas Community College. Her body needed this time to fully recover. Next came a year at the Univ. of Colorado in Boulder, then she finished up at Portland State University. Michaela majored in English with a minor in Writing. Michaela had been a three sport athlete all through high school and into college, running track at Humboldt and also at Clackamas, playing volleyball at Boulder. After earning her undergraduate degree, she went on to Portland State Univ. to earn her Master's degree in Education. This is currently Michaela's first year of teaching and she is teaching high school AP Language and Composition. Throughout her growing up years, Michaela has worked with kids. She has taught, coached and volunteered with youth in sports, camps and other capacities. She also spent several years working at Costco! Currently she lives in North Portland with her 3 cats and loves to read, hike, exercise and watch basketball. Her boyfriend works for the Blazers and plays in a rec league, so she enjoys watching his games. Her passion for sports has led her to be the Corbett Middle School Varsity Girl's Volleyball coach this year. Welcome, Michaela!
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You can never be too thin, so 120-pound South Florida hairdresser Marla Shore (Hair Raiser, 2000) and her even sleeker best friend Tally Riggs sign up for three-month trial memberships at the Perfect Fit Sports Center in hope of dancercizing off the two or three pounds they gained over Christmas. But before she can get close to a StairMaster, Marla's summoned to the whirlpool by the receptionist's screams—to find Jolene Myers, corporate executive at Stockhart Industries, drowned at the bottom. Detective Dalton Vail, angling to get closer to Marla, invites her out for coffee, but instead of giving her the inside scoop on the murder, coaxes her into driving his 13-year-old daughter Brianna to ballet while he spends evenings on the investigation. To make matters worse, Marla's old friend Arnie, owner of Bagel Busters, convinces her to pretend she's his fiancée to ward off advances from horrible Hortense Crone, who's had a crush on him since high school. These social entanglements leave Marla precious little time to interview suspects—like animal rights activist Cookie Calcone, who confronted Jolene over Stockhart's use of animals for product testing, or Eloise Zelman, who resented her husband Sam's business meetings with Jolene at the Holiday Inn. So what Marla ends up exercising most is her ingenuity, solving the case without either trashing her relationship with Dalton or making commitments she can't keep.
An amusing, well-paced mystery—to the extent it can be disentangled from the humdrum romance.


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noted that quite a few messages asking for help on the places of interest for XXX city/country.
Can i suggest that we have a destination guide that is similar to the photo page so people can just click on say paris and there will be a list of "must see" for paris and similarly for any destination in the world.
So unless a reader is interested to go to somewhere that is unique, he/she can just go to the "FAQ" page to check out the places to go.
Think this is helpful for those people who are going to a destination for the first time and needs some overview.


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