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If your buddies tease you for having a quirky, less-than-textbook backswing, Ray Floyd should be your hero. Ray's a great friend of mine and one of the game's icons, but that swing! "Unusual" is the nicest way to describe it. Yet you never wanted to see it in your rearview mirror. Ray's closing 66 at Shinnecock to win the 1986 U.S. Open, his fourth and final major, tells you how effective it was.
If you're like most players, you strive for a one-piece takeaway, so that when the clubhead and your hands are halfway back, they're parallel with your toe line. That wasn't Ray's way. As you may recall, Floyd's waggle was as pronounced as Jason Dufner's. Next, he'd start his backswing by bowing his left wrist, then whip the club way inside. Because he didn't correct this inside move on the way up, the club pointed almost directly behind him at the top of his backswing. You'd swear he was going to hook it 40 yards left!
I see Ray's backswing in a lot of the ameteurs I tee it up with. Unlike everyday players, Floyd knew how to adjust for his laid-off move. As soon as he started down, he reversed the hinge in his left wrist (picture how you'd shoo a fly using the back of your left hand), so that by the time he reached impact, the clubface was back to square. It's a dangerous move, because it adds loft to the clubface, which can lead to pop-ups. Yet Ray produced piercing irons and tee shots by swinging this way. How? He swung straight down the line after impact, "chasing" the ball toward the target and exerting maximum force on the ball. And he chased hard, getting his chest in front of his hips in his follow-through, as though he were running after a dog that had snatched his morning paper.
If you whip the club inside on the way back, fear not. Copy Ray's reverse-wrist curl on the way down and chase through impact, and you'll make solid contact. And if you're prone to hitting the ball too high, try to get your chest in front of your hips in your follow-through, like Floyd used to. It's an ingenious way to shift your weight forward through the hitting zone — the secret to ball-first contact and a penetrating ball flight.


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essence Lash and Brow Gel Mascara
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23 reviews
86% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.0
Price: $$
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Price: $$
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on 3/21/2017 6:02:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I don't like this product as a mascara because it stings if I get it in my eyes and it doesn't really do much length/volume/curl so I only use it as a brow gel. It is, however, an excellent brow gel! You must use a light hand however because if you brush too hard, whatever you used to fill in your brows will transfer onto the spoolie wand. It dries transparent with no waxy sheen and it doesn't flake or crunch. I love the clear packaging because you can see how much product is left. I'd admit the packaging isn't fancy, but I don't care because the product is cheap
($2.99 Canadian at Shoppers Drugmart), the product works, and no one is going to see the packaging anyways. I won't be repurchasing just because I want to get a tinted brow gel so I won't have to fill in my brows and add clear gel.
I'd recommend this product to anyone
on 12/10/2016 3:39:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Works. Cheap. Keeps eyebrows in place without any embarrassing crunchiness, or flaky clumps. With this I can set em and forget about em. Yay
on 12/10/2016 5:26:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Yasssss. This is a fav bc it's so cheap and so good! And you get a lot of product. Only drawback is that it gets a muddy color as you use it -so by the end it's not really translucent
on 10/22/2016 6:07:00 PM
Age: 56 & Over
Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I use this product exclusively for a brow gel so this review is for that use only. I have never used it as a mascara so I can't review it for that purpose.
First, I must say that my favorite brow gel is WnW clear mascara but for some reason that has become impossible for me to find. So, as I was browsing the cheapie section at Ulta this Essence product caught my eye and I decided to give it a try.
As my brows are quite dense and dark in color I use the a clear brow gel to tame my brows and hold them in place. This product does the job but doesn't seem to have the same hold as the WnW.
It applies sort of wet so you need to be sure to wipe the brush before application. Though it doesn't have the same hold others I have tried, the hold is adequate and doesn't leave your brows crunchy. There is no shine associated with the product either so you look natural, not like you have greasy eyebrows.
This comes packaged in the standard mascara tube with the standard mascara brush. The tube on this one is clear so you can see how much product you have left.
I paid $2.99 plus tax at Ulta. A bargain price for this product. I would definitely repurchase as I use this almost daily.
on 12/12/2015 8:09:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Oily, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
SUCH A GOOD PRODUCT ! Personally I only use it to keep my brows in shape after I do them, because I hate finding stray brow hairs have been sticking out during the day.
ALWAYS keeps brows in place ALL DAY
Totally clear, can't even tell its there when it dries
There's heaps in the bottle, over 150 uses I'd say
Cons: it has never ever bothered me, but when your it dries and you touch your brow, you can feel it's there slightly, and if you put too much on you might feel it when you move your brows up and down, but that's kinda to be expected with brow gel.
on 12/8/2015 7:32:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I bought the product for $4.10 AUD which is super cheap if you're living in Australia and it works well for the price. For me it works well and it sets down the hairs and tames brow hairs into place. I only have a few brow hairs that tend to stray a little so I use this product to tame the brow and make sure my brows look defined. When applying just make sure to remove excess product off the brush or you will use a bit too much product which can remove or smear some of the brow products you have used to fill in brows. Definitely will be repurchasing and it doesn't hurt to try this product as it's pretty cheap! :)
Tames hair, does it's basic job of taming brows, less than $5 AUD!
nothing really
on 12/4/2014 3:45:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
This product is a whatever product. Packaging is meh, but the formula is quite horrid. I had to apply 2-3 coats over each other to get my brows to stay in place. I much prefer the anastasia clear brow gel instead of this. At the end of the day, my brows feel like they haven't even been set with a gel. There's many other brow gels out there.
on 9/26/2014 8:58:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I bought this to set my eyebrows after filling them in as I don't see the point in paying a lot of money for a product that can't really screw anything up. I use it every morning over my eyebrow pencil and it dries quickly without going on overly wet. It holds my (heavily filled in) brows in place all day without them smudging or losing their place.
The price is amazing (AUD$3) and I like that the packaging is clear so you can see how much product is left. I've already repurchased this several times.
on 8/18/2014 12:20:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
This is my first brown gel, so I don't have much to compare it to, but it works great for me! It goes on smoothly and the brush grooms my brows nicely and much more easily that I was expecting. I haven't noticed any clumping, and the gel is not visible after it dries. I also have not experienced any flaking. The tube is clear and fun to use - it's neat to be able to see the product and how much you have left! The price is cheap and cheerful. I'd say that the biggest downfall is that it doesn't have extreme holding power, but if you're careful about not touching your face then it 'holds' up just fine lol.
on 6/19/2014 2:44:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
Can't fault Essence for the price and value of this gel. I have used it for both lashes and brows and found that it gave me pimples around my eyebrows when used to set them. It does an alright job of grooming brows but, it is not anything special. When used on my lashes I find it takes a very long time to dry and there aren't many results.
There is no smell and you can't tell you have it on at all. It's definitely value for money but, I do believer there are betters gels out there.
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I have been engaged in an experiment for the last one year, since I had nothing better to do, in order to find something that we see each day almost everywhere in the world. Finally I have enough evidence and statistics and demographic distribution to release the results of my finding.
For long we have been told that we must treat animals like human, with love, kindness, without bias and give them the kind of empathy we would bestow upon a fellow human. And my experiment was to find out if that is the correct way or should we be treating our fellow human as we treat animals. So as I went around the globe charting my vertical world, I asked few straightforward questions to all that crossed my path, both friends and strangers.
I asked, 'do you love animals?' the universal answer was always affirmative; barring a few who said they love all animals except the venomous and slimy slithery ones but they had no desire to harm them or molest them in anyway whatsoever and they simply preferred to stay out of their way. In effect they did not love such animals but neither were they malicious or wished them any ill.
I asked, 'do you love dogs?' again the universal answer was always affirmative. I followed this with, 'which colour?' and they said, 'any colour' and I asked, 'what shape or size' and they said, 'any size, any shape' and I asked 'what will you do if you find an abandoned, starving, ill dog or a bird' and the answer almost always was 'will take care of it, give it food, water' and I asked 'what about the animal's country of origin, will you love an animal more if it is from your country' and they said, 'animals do not have citizenship or nationalities, they are same everywhere' and then I asked 'when you feed a dog or take one home or gave one medication and love, whom you had never seen before, will you first ask the dog or the bird or the animal what its religion is or preferences or a photo id' and they said, 'what nonsense, animals don't have religion and even if they did, we don't bother'.
I went around and found countless animal lovers, countless animal loving organizations like PETA, countless organizations working against animal poaching, countless people advocating for animal rights, all the world outrage against nations that allow animal cruelty, people are turning vegetarian, dogs are being fed on the street, strange dogs are being brought home, unknown birds are being fed with water in summer heat, in short we human are treating animals (known and strange ones) with kindness and curiosity, with empathy and love and with our acts we prove each day that we truly care about animal welfare.
I know many households where the husband's simple wish 'wish I was the house dog' proves that certainly the house dog is getting more love and care and tenderness than the man of the house. Vice versa is true too, where the wife wishes she was the dog.
I think I made my point that when we can treat animals with universal love and empathy, when we do not discriminate dogs by their colour or size or nationality, when we unite to protect animals from acts of cruelty why can't we extend the same courtesy and decency to our fellow human beings! Why do we shun a hungry, strange looking, ragged human on the street and hug and feed a dog with similar outward appearance. Why do we judge a human by colour, nationality, religion when we don't judge animals in such a manner!
I think it is time that we start treating our fellow human beings like we treat animals. Of course humans have many vices that animals do not and I can totally understand why that would deter us from treating humans as we treat animals. I rest my case.


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Triangle Capital (NYSE:TCAP) is holding to its existing dividend policy for now. The company has declared a quarterly disbursement of $0.54 per share, to be paid on September 25 to shareholders of record as of September 11. That amount matches both of the firm's previous two distributions, the most recent of which was dispensed at the end of June. Prior to that, Triangle Capital was less generous by a penny, handing out $0.53 per share.
The firm has paid dividends in every quarter since June 2007. Its inaugural payout followed closely on the heels of its IPO launched in February of that year.
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I tried to do this in five minutes. I really did. After all, I'm a Christian woman who holds strongly to my faith. I base my work on my belief that we serve others, I raise my children through prayers that God will parent more strongly than either my husband or I do.
So I should be able to write about worship with a mere snap of my fingers.
However, I stalled.
My mind flew back to a Bible study I was in where they told me I needed to start each day with an uninterrupted hour of worship with God. I remember staying quiet as long as I could, and then telling the elderly study leader that I didn't have an uninterrupted two minutes to go to the restroom without little hands shoving their fingers under the door, let alone an uninterrupted hour.
Another memory struggling to the forefront are the wonderful words of wisdom that visitors handed me while visiting Andrew and I during chemotherapy and resulting hospital visits; don't forget to spend worship time with God each day. I remember my mind struggling with details and worry and when I opened the Bible, the words blurred and my brain absorbed nothing.
Over the years, working at a boarding school, even church was a place to work, as my husband was the principal during church as well as during school time. Relax and worship? Not as easy as it sounds.
How many church services was I able to sit through without interruption during the last 18 years of child-rearing? How many times had I started on my own personal worship time only to be stopped by somebody needing something from me?
Worship? I grabbed worship moments when I could manage a morning walk; I talked and walked with God. I seized the silence while hanging my laundry on the line in my back yard. I listened to praise songs on the way to the grocery store and sang with my kids at every opportunity. At night, when I tucked the kids into bed and listened to their prayers, my heart would overflow with gratitude and yes, relief. I stepped out onto the back deck at night, gazed at the stars and thanked God for my family. I helped kids learn how to lead praise services at church and watched with tears in my eyes when my daughter began singing up front like a pro. I search Bible verses on my iPad and God sends childhood memory verses into my head at random and odd moments.
So while I walked away from this theme this morning, I thought about it while I taught my class; while I cleaned my house and did my laundry. Suddenly, it was easy, and I've written this in 5 minutes! My idea of worship might not fit most people's definition, but it works for me and my God. For me, worship means taking my heavenly Father with me everywhere I go and keeping Him in the middle of everything I do. It means leaving my eyes open in order to see His works. It means listening each moment I can, and loving the Lord with all my heart, all my souls and all my mind.
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A Hampton man was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison for killing the mother of his children in 2011 and dumping her in Beaufort waters.
Kelvin Jackson, 34, was found guilty of killing Masako Yamaguchi Miller, 34, of Hampton after a jury deliberated for about an hour and half, according to Deputy Solicitor Sean Thornton, who prosecuted the case.
Judge Maite Murphy sentenced Jackson to 45 years in prison without parole, Thornton said.
"I'm very pleased with the verdict and pleased for the family," Thornton said. "Jackson is a very dangerous man, and he deserves every day of the sentence the judge gave him."
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Jackson's trial started Tuesday in the Beaufort County Courthouse. He is the father of two of Miller's three children.
Thornton said the victim and Jackson had a long, on-and-off relationship, in which he was very abusive.
In the days before her murder, Miller took Jackson off their car insurance account, closed their joint bank account and opened an individual one.
It appears Miller was "cutting him out of her life completely this time, and Jackson felt disrespected," Thornton said.
Miller was last seen alive about 11 p.m. May 25, 2011, at her home on Middle Street in Hampton. Her body was found by a fisherman on the morning of May 30 on a mud flat near where Archers Creek meets the Broad River.
Miller was identified using dental records.
The arrest affidavit says that sometime between 12:30 and 5:30 a.m. May 26, Jackson killed Miller and disposed of her body in Beaufort County.
Thornton said there was a pillow found with Jackson's DNA on the edges and Miller's blood in the middle. He said it appears Jackson strangled Miller and smothered her with the pillow.
Jackson was arrested May 27 in Hampton and charged with misdemeanor financial transaction card fraud after investigators found him with one of Miller's credit cards. He was later charged with murder based on evidence gathered from witnesses, forensic analysis and video surveillance, according to the arrest affidavit.
Thornton said that evidence included the DNA at the crime scene, Jackson's use of Miller's credit card, and statements from Jackson that authorities were able to prove were lies.
One other critical piece of evidence, Thornton said, was a handwriting specialist's analysis of a note to Miller's children saying she was on a trip and would be back soon.
The specialist determined the note was not written by the victim and that Jackson's handwriting was a very probable match.
The investigation was a joint effort between Hampton police, the S.C. Law Enforcement Division and sheriff's offices in Beaufort and Hampton counties.
Jackson's attorney, Virgin Johnson Jr., could not be reached for comment.


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During the project regular reports and updates have been provided to the project management board and to JISC. These outline what the project has been doing over six months in terms of activity and the outputs and dissemination as well as any lessons learnt and evaluation information. Here are the reports for October 2009, April 2010 and October 2010.
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#CanadianHearties wish we had Hallmark channel in Canada to enjoy wholesome family programs. Very much enjoy the TV series When Calls the Heart and all the new movies Hallmark adds to their program lineup yearly. Hallmark does most of their filming in Canada and also use Canadian actors.
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Wow... I am SO behind in posting.. I just actually decided not to post a whole pile of cards... along with any other cards that I did in classes (in other words not my original designs) which means right off the bat there are probable 20 or more cards in the last couple months... and they are stunning! Perhaps if I lack in blog posts at a later date I'll come back and post them. haha
Anyways.. these were made for Fathers day last year. I made 3 of them. One each for DH, FIL and my step-father. The bottle is totally Melanie Muenchingers idea and she had posted how to do it. I used a starbucks frappucino bottle for one and a couple of bath salt bottles from the dollar store that I took the bath salts out of and re-purposed the bottle for this. It is the coolest thing!!!!! I must say though that if you spill baby oil all over your laminate floor it is NOT fun to clean up!! haha


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Good girls stay away from Ryder Briggs . . . or, at least, they try to. In Renita Pizzitola's emotional novel of heartache and seduction, one college freshman just can't get enough.
Brinley Dawson doesn't drink, she studies—and despite the accusations of her alcoholic mother, she's still a virgin. But if Brinley's life is so put together, why is she freaking out to be going to college with the gorgeous, green-eyed jerk she kissed on a stupid dare in high school? Ryder Briggs can have any girl he wants . . . and the rumors say that he does. So why, after publicly embarrassing Brinley four years ago, is he suddenly acting like he's interested?
Ryder never forgot Brinley. In fact, those perfect seven minutes permanently raised the bar for what a kiss could be. The truth is, Ryder doesn't dare get too close to anyone. He knows how that worked out for his parents. But when his roommate takes a shot at Brinley, Ryder can't contain his jealousy. Now he must do the hardest thing he's ever done: forget about sex and convince Brinley his feelings are real.
Brinley isn't sure whether she believes Ryder, but for the first time, her body isn't playing by the rules. Then she discovers that she's an unwilling part of a cruel game, humiliating her all over again—and Ryder might be to blame. Has Brinley's little crush turned into a huge mistake . . . or has she found the one guy worth trusting with her heart?
A boy and a girl share a kiss in High School that neither of them can forget. Boy is dumb. Girl gets mad. Years later they meet again. Pizzitola does a great job making this story work. I love Ryder as a hero. He has flaws and baggage, but deep down he is a good guy. Brinley on the other hand is kind of a weak heroine. Brinley never really gets mad, even when she has every right to. The major conflicts in this story are great conflicts, and seem to be too easily resolved.
I still really enjoyed reading the story, and would recommend to anyone who enjoys New Adult romance.
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|Creepers and Spiders
From the way they kept throwing themselves at the glass, I sensed that these spiders would be the kind to attack me at daytime. I packed up my workbench and furnace while considering what I should do. Distracted, I forgot to remove the coal from my furnace before dismantling it and lost about sixty coal. Whoops.
Time passed and the spiders and creepers remained outside. There was nothing for it. I stood back and broke the glass. A creeper attacked instantly.
|Now what?
I could hear the rest still walking around and atop the hill. If I crept out I would surely be attacked from behind, no matter which way I faced. So instead, I ran. I counted to three and just bolted out the door, turning and backpedaling instantly.
|Get back!
Three spiders and two creepers started chasing me straight away, and a third creeper came down the hill to join them. I killed one of the spiders and the other two seemed to hesitate and gave up chasing me. But the creepers persisted.
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I was still running backwards. I had no idea what was behind me. I could be heading straight into another three creepers or a deep chasm or a pit of lava. I had no idea. I unleashed a barrage of arrows.
With the creepers taken care of, I spun around. Sure enough, another creeper was, uh, creeping up behind me.
I could see no more creepers. I was clear. I headed back to collect all the dropped gunpowder, keeping a weary eye on the spiders, of which there seemed to be three again.
My sign ended up some distance from my camp once my frantic sprint and shootout was complete. Moving on towards the east, the plains were broken up with snaking cracks and the occasional cave. Looking into the darkness, I spied a few cubes of iron and brown mushrooms in a few of them and warily mined them while keeping one eye open for any zombies lurking away from the sun.
|More caves...
|And iron and mushrooms :)
|More easy walking ahead, it seems.
The hills were calming and the walk relaxing. But atop a hill to the south was a sobering reminder that it was still too early to let my guard down.
|Creeper on the hill.
|Is it watching me?
I walked backwards until it turned and walked back in the opposite direction. I kept my sword equipped, though, just in case. I saw no more creepers that morning, however. I made good time as I trekked across the flat ground. Sometimes a cliff would rise up to the north or south, but nothing that blocked my path.
|Cliff pigs to the south.
|Mountain to the north.
|Quite a large vein of coal.
|Time to replenish my supplies.
Beyond the mountain, the going was unevenful for some time. The occasional pitfall kept me vigilant.
|Not a whole lot to see here.
|Small stone mound.
|Forest to the south.
Before a low mountain range stretching north to south across my path was a honeycomb of caves open to the sky.
|Looking east.
|Underground waterfall.
|Careful steps...
|Looking back south-west at the caves.
|On to the mountain.
The mountain was easy enough to climb. Certainly nothing like those I encountered a week ago. I dug one, perhaps two, dirt cubes in total. There was also a vein of coal in the base that I mined before moving on.
|Hill climbing.
Atop the mountain, the landscape was slightly more interesting. There were more trees and the ground continued to slope upwards.
|Might take a peek...
|Sure looks ominous...
|...perhaps not.
|Moving on.
|More forest.
After walking among the trees for a while, I came across a rather strange patch of land. Slithers of stone were protruding seemingly at random among the grass. Almost like the remaining foundations of a long-since forgotten building.
And that was really the only interesting thing I saw for quite some time, I'm afraid. For a lot of the afternoon I just continued through the forest. It was a very big forest, though, and that in itself is kind of cool.
I did find a mushroom in a cave entrance, however. And exploring further, the cave was in fact a tunnel, so I walked through it.
|This is looking north-west. The tunnel hooks back to my right (east).
|Ooh. Let's go this way.
|Surprise! More forest!
|Twin trees.
The scenery was getting monotonous. I just kept walking forward, occasionally jumping, hardly paying attention to my surroundings. Apathy was setting in. Sure, I was making great time and on a map I had probably covered a huge amount of ground in the past two days. That was certainly exciting, but I wanted to see something cool, something new. I was sick of plains and forests. I almost cried for joy where I stumbled across a random ditch of sand.
|For glass and TNT.
|Aaaaand more forest. Sigh.
|Sun setting back west.
Perhaps I was being punished. Remember when the landscape seemed to be telling me to turn south a few days back? Perhaps it was a warning, that I was heading into a boring land of flat ground and trees. Oh well. I have a mission and I will stick to it.
Sure enough, after just one more hill, the forest ended.
|No trees! Yay!
I could see no ground to my south beyond a brief incline. I sensed an ocean.
|Yep! (looking south-east)
|Following the land east.
The sky was growing dark, but at least it seemed as though the scenery might change for me in the morning. I decided to make camp on the beach for the night. In a vain attempt to not face a swarm of mobs in the morning, I surrounded my camp in a ring of torches. I'm not sure if it will work or not, but it is worth a shot. The skirmishes the past few mornings have been unwelcomed, to say the least.
|Mob-b-gone... hopefully.
An uneventful day, but a lot of ground covered. I guess I can't complain.


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(Sing to the tune of "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow")
Oh tis' that special season
When I hope you'll have good reason
To decorate with safety in mind
When it gets to be holiday time!
Yes, it's the holidays and what better gift can I share than a few reminders to make this the healthiest and safest of holiday seasons.
First, if you have a tree, secure it well to keep it from tipping and keep it away from floor heaters, fireplaces or other heat sources. Make sure it has water every day to prevent it from drying out and increasing its risk of becoming a fire hazard. If you have an artificial tree, make sure it is fire resistant. Never use electric lights on a metallic tree or a person touching a branch will get shocked.
Speaking of lights, inspect your light strands and replace any that appear damaged or frayed, as well as broken sockets and bulbs. Keep no more than three strands of lights linked together, and keep the small bulbs and ornaments high up in the tree so smaller children don't try to eat them and choke.
If there are children in the home, avoid candles or at least keep them out of reach of small children, and do not put candles on trees whether or not children are present. December is the month with the most candle house fires. To avoid a potential fire hazard, turn off all lights and blow out all candles when you sleep or leave the house, and of course, make sure your smoke detector is working.
Most holiday plants are safe, but remember that mistletoe and holly berries eaten in excess can be dangerous. If your child does snack on a holiday plant and you're not sure what or how much they may have eaten, you can always call the NE Regional Poison Center at: 1-800-222-1222 and they can help.
Finally if you are hosting a party in your home, don't forget to clean up the night of the party so your child doesn't discover left over alcoholic drinks or small snack foods that can be choking hazards the next morning. To wrap up...
(Sing to the tune of "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem")
As you decorate your homes
Safety hazards you will rid.
This is pediatrician Dr. Lewis First
Hoping you'll be first with kids!
Lewis First, M.D., is chief of Pediatrics at Vermont Children's Hospital at Fletcher Allen and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. You can also catch "First with Kids" weekly on WOKO 98.9 FM and WCAX-TV Channel 3. Visit the First with Kids archives at www.vermontchildrens.org.


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Most Read on Bloomberg: Good-But-Busted ETFs, Drifting Stocks
(Bloomberg) -- The most-read Bloomberg News reports from the past week are listed below. The rankings are based on daily statistics through Aug. 27.
See READSUMS for previous lists.
1. At BlackRock Even a 40% Gain Can't Save ETFs From the Trash
(Bloomberg) -- Making money isn't enough to survive in the fund industry anymore.
2. Dollar Gains, Stocks Fall as Fischer Adds to Fedspeak; Oil Sinks
(Bloomberg) -- Traders pushed up the dollar, while sending stocks and commodities down as comments from a Federal Reserve official bolstered speculation that U.S. borrowing costs will rise this year.
3. Stock, Bond Rally Fizzles as Fischer Remarks Bolster Rate Wagers
(Bloomberg) -- The stock market optimism with Janet Yellen's bullish comments on the U.S. economy fizzled after Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said an interest-rate increase is possible in September. Bonds tumbled, while the dollar gained.
4. Stocks Decline on Emerging-Market Risk as U.S. Drugmakers Tumble
(Bloomberg) -- Stocks fell as heightened political and security risks rattled emerging markets, oil tumbled and U.S. biotechnology stocks had their biggest drop in two months as politicians decried drug price hikes.
5. World's Biggest Bond Traders Undeterred by Negative Yields
(Bloomberg) -- It might be considered absurd, if not for the unprecedented contortions in global financial markets.
6. Yellen Says Rate-Hike Case 'Strengthened in Recent Months'
(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the case to raise interest rates is getting stronger as the U.S. economy approaches the central bank's goals.
7. S&P 500 Closes Near High on Fed Bets Amid Mixed Data; Oil Rises
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks closed near a record high after mixed data in the world's largest economy bolstered speculation the Federal Reserve will be in no rush to raise interest rates. Oil climbed.
8. Stocks Run Out of Steam With Bonds, Dollar Before Yellen Speech
(Bloomberg) -- Traders pushed down the value of U.S. stocks, bonds and the dollar before a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen that may provide clues as to the path for interest rates in the world's largest economy.
9. September Fed Bets Jump to 1-in-3 From Zero as Yellen Speech Key
(Bloomberg) --Traders see one-in-three odds of higher U.S. interest rates next month as more Federal Reserve officials joined the chorus arguing the case for policy tightening before Chair Janet Yellen speaks Friday.
10. Donald Trump the Mortgage Broker Was in Trouble From Start
(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump had heard all the chatter, the idle talk about how the U.S. housing market was overheating and trouble was looming. He was unfazed. It was the spring of 2006 and he was pushing a new mortgage business, Trump Mortgage LLC.
1. Watch Trump Build His Campaign Team (Again): Timothy L. O'Brien
(Bloomberg View) -- Eric Trump emailed Monday to encourage me to donate $25 to his father's presidential campaign, promising that I'd be added to a list of supporters that his Dad would review personally. The mass message also highlighted some priorities that Eric said he's learned from his father and that presumably are being put to use in the Trump campaign: research, fast action, hard work and building "a team with smarts and experience."
2. It's Fundamental Why Buffett Beats the Stock Market: Noah Smith
(Bloomberg View) -- Eugene Fama and Richard Thaler, two legendary finance professors at the University of Chicago, recently had a debate about whether markets are efficient. Fama was generally perceived to have gotten the better of the exchange, and I tend to agree with him -- the efficient markets hypothesis isn't strictly true, but it's a great baseline for thinking about markets.
3. Apollo Paid Itself Some Fees and Gave Itself Loans: Matt Levine
(Bloomberg View) -- There is a genre of Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action in which someone starts an investment fund, raises money from investors and then blows that money -- or some of it, anyway -- on personal expenses. A feature of this genre is that the SEC lists the personal expenses in some detail, because they are funny. Really anyone's personal expenses, pulled from their context in life and placed into the context of an SEC enforcement action, will be funny. "I can't believe this dope spent investor money on bagels, whiskey and in-game purchases on his phone," I'll laugh, as though there were other things to spend money on. But also, people who steal from their investment funds tend to spend the money on certain kinds of expense, and those expenses just read funny. If you catered to people running crooked investment funds, you could run a very profitable steakhouse, or a Ferrari dealership, or like eight strip clubs. You'd have a harder time with a used bookstore.
4. Brexit Delay Risks Triggering a Shotgun Divorce: Mark Gilbert
(Bloomberg View) -- It's been exactly two months since Britain voted to quit the European Union. Since then, the silence on how the divorce proceedings will be conducted has been deafening. It's an impasse that helps neither side and, once Europe's August holiday season is over and the region's politicians are back at their desks, there's a risk that things could turn nasty.
5. Do Index Funds Put Us on the Road to Communism?: Matt Levine
(Bloomberg View) -- I have been half-joking for a year and a half that maybe index funds should be illegal, but here is an almost entirely serious claim from Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. that they are worse than communism.
1. Marks: 'Stakes Are Too High' to Be Quiet on 2016 Election
(Bloomberg) -- Howard Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital Group, explains why he felt the need to speak to his clients about the importance of presidential politics and why Hillary Clinton is the better choice for President of the United States.
2. Marks: Oaktree Has 'Amped Up' Caution, Selectivity
(Bloomberg) -- Howard Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital Group, talks about being cautious and selective in current market conditions, the relative attractiveness of high yield bonds, and what may end investors' interest in high yield. He speaks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker on "Bloomberg ‹GO›."
3. A Toast to Maintaining Inherited Wealth Over Thirty Generations
(Bloomberg) -- Lamberto Frescobaldi sets two wine glasses atop a wooden barrel in the spacious cellar of his company's winery in a 1,000-year-old castle not far from Florence. Uncorking a bottle of Nipozzano, he takes a sip and nods. The red that his family supplied to Michelangelo and Pope Leo X still tastes pretty darn good. To Frescobaldi, 53, directing the family business is something of a trust. It's a way to preserve a dynasty that began with wool traders in about the year 1000 and made its money financing the English crown almost 200 years later.
4. Block: St. Jude Heart Devices Vulnerable to Hacks
(Bloomberg) -- Muddy Waters LLC, the research firm founded by short seller Carson Block, enters new territory: placing a bet against the financial strength of St. Jude Medical Inc. even as the medical device company is in the midst of being taken over by Abbott Laboratories.
5. Fed's George: 'Time to Move' on Normalizing Rates
(Bloomberg) -- Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George is reiterating her position that it's time to continue the process of normalizing monetary policy. She spoke to Bloomberg's Michael McKee before the start of the Kansas City Fed's Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.


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When Bon Iver won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist this year, it was a bit of a head-scratcher.
I mean, how could some band that most people had never heard of — from Wisconsin, of all places — beat out ubiquitous pop princess Nicki Minaj, who at times seems to have the full weight of the music and publishing industries behind her?
Or, for those in the know, how could Bon Iver even be considered a "new artist" when their first album, the sublime and critically acclaimed For Emma, Forever Ago, was released four years before?
I don't claim to know the answers to these questions. But I do know that whatever praise one has for Bon Iver is probably well-deserved, as was apparent from their highly-anticipated concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday night.
Underneath arty torn curtains and with dozens of electric candles providing onstage ambiance, frontman and mainman Justin Vernon (vulnerable and usually falsetto lead vocals, guitar, sometimes keyboards) and the eight other musicians (vulnerable and usually falsetto harmonizing vocals, guitars, violins, horns of various shapes and sizes, and two sets of drums) delighted the crowd with their plaintive indie rock stylings. Vernon is a true artist — it just so happens that his medium is sound.
The concert was dominated by nearly all of the songs off Bon Iver's 2011 self-titled release, with highlights including concert opener "Perth," "Towers" and the stunningly beautiful "Holocene" with lyrics such as "and at once I knew I was not magnificent," plus all of the songs off the first album — "Creature Fear," "Flume," "Skinny Love," "For Emma" and "re: stacks," which was presented as a moving solo performance by Vernon.
But, really, it was all good. Magnificent, in fact. But isn't that what you would expect from the band that won the Grammy for Best New Artist this year?
Minnesota, WI
Beach Baby
Hinnom, TX
Creature Fear
Blood Bank
re: stacks
Skinny Love
Lisbon, OH
Who Is It (Bjork cover)
For Emma
— Noozhawk contributing writer Jeff Moehlis is a professor of mechanical engineering at UCSB. Upcoming show recommendations, advice from musicians, interviews and more are available on his Web site, music-illuminati.com.


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Ice hockey marks the change of seasons in cold climates. As freshwater ponds and lakes freeze, hockey players of all ages gather their gear to play winter's pastime. Outdoor ice hockey is like neighborhood soccer, schoolyard basketball and sandlot baseball. It is, in many ways, the spirit of the game.
Long before many of the most iconic players in the National Hockey League (NHL) took their first strides in a professional arena, they learned how to skate on frozen lakes, ponds and backyard rinks across North America and Europe. NHL legend Bobby Orr, for example, began skating at the age of four on the Seguin River in Parry Sound, Ontario. He often reminisces about the local game of "shinny," referring to ice hockey played outdoors and often without pads or protection – just winter ski gear, skates and a "twig," a common term for a stick amongst "hockey bros."
"Most of the time we would be on the ice from early morning until darkness. Sometimes there would be 30 of us, chasing after the same puck," said Orr, nicknamed the 'King of Shinny.'
"If there were no more outdoor rinks, the memories would vanish. Ponds, lakes and outdoor rinks are where kids master their craft," said minor league player and former Pennsylvania State Ice Hockey Captain Thomas Westfall. "Ice time in large arenas is also expensive so it's not the limitless practice time you get outdoors."
In an effort to preserve the outdoor game, the National Hockey League launched NHL Green™, an initiative to detail the environmental impacts and challenges of the sport, and to track the steps taken to become responsible for the tons of carbon emitted while conducting business.
Among the goals of NHL Green, launched January 1, 2010 with help from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), is to reduce the use of natural resources.
The NHL acknowledges that its hockey games are energy intensive. In its latest study, the 2014 NHL Sustainability Report, the league disclosed its big "carbon footprint" – approximately 530,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year, including energy and water use, operational waste and nearly two million miles of team air travel per season.
"It is an aspirational document, reporting on the meaningful ecological accomplishments achieved throughout the league during the past few years," says NRDC's Dr. Allen Hershkowitz. It is the "first ever such report produced by a professional sports league, and it illuminates an extraordinary level of commitment to responsible environmental stewardship by one of the most beloved and prominent sports leagues in the world."
Leading by example, the league hopes to use its influence to inspire fans, partners and businesses to be environmentally conscious. The league has one of the largest and most passionate fan bases in all of professional sports. According to the report, there are 68 million NHL fans in North America, and the league's total social media audience exceeds 10 million followers. The frozen fields on which the sport depends may be the unifier needed to ignite these millions toward environmental action.
The NHL is transparent about its vested interest in this cause. It believes its efforts toward sustainability are not only the right thing to do for the environment but for the long-term success of hockey. The league hopes to continue to host world-renowned outdoor hockey events such as the NHL Winter Classic, NHL Heritage Classic or NHL Stadium Series, played in iconic venues like Yankee Stadium and Soldier Field amongst others. These events have drawn huge crowds in recent years, such as the record setting 2014 Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium with an attendance of more than 105,000 people. The league also wants outdoor hockey to keep breeding creative and innovative skaters, rooted in the history and culture of the sport.
So maybe it's a bit self-serving of the NHL to promote environmental change to protect the quality of its product, but there are worse things sports leagues – or any organization in a position of power – could be doing. The NHL has, and will hopefully continue to do its part and invites you to do yours: if not for future generations, for shinny's sake.
Jessica Goddard is an avid online contributor on human interest topics including uplifting news, health and travel. She is passionate about spreading compelling and inspiring content to make cyberspace a worthwhile place.
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What do Christmas trees, Hoover Dam and the Bach Choir have in common?
They all are modern things in our society that bear the stamp of influence by the Pennsylvania Germans.
A large new exhibit on the Pennsylvania Germans at the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum in Allentown demonstrates how influential Pennsylvania Germans have been in politics, industry and business.


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Bring a cool new look to your home's exterior with this silver and acrylic outdoor wall light.More Details >
The beautiful look of this contemporary outdoor wall light will add style and charm to your home. Demilune wall fixture is constructed of metal in a lovely silver finish. Light shines out from the front and bottom, through white acrylic diffusers that add to the chic look of this modern light. UL listed for use in outdoor wet locations.


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Utica Community Schools has two easy ways to electronically access your student's semester grades through a secure system. These options will allow parents to view semester grades and attendance as soon as the information becomes available:
Schools will no longer automatically printing and mailing them to parents. Printed report cards will be available by requesting one from our school office. For information on how to set up a link, please visit this link: http://uticak12.org/studentinfocenter.
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Glass & Steel # 6
This black-and-white photography created by fine art and commercial photographer Dominique James shows details of the glass and metal ceiling of the Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center. This architectural structure is a butterfly conservatory located at the Callaway Gardens in Pine City, Georgia.
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Blogdorf Goodman is a mishmash of beauty product reviews, musings on fashion and swooning over fragrances.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
7 Inspired Comments:
- At 8:31 PM, Patti said...
I am loving the Temperley things! Where is there a store in NY, we must get there!
- At 8:46 PM, Maurice Riley's Nemisis said...
Is Alice Temperley the *new* Tracey Reese?
- At 9:43 AM, Tania said...
I'm in love with that outfit. So romantic, so bohemian, yet so urban -- yes.
- At 6:58 AM, Annieytown said...
I do not know if there are any stores yet but Alice Temperley is relocating to NYC. I would love to see her clothes in person.
I agree with Tania's statements. They sum her designs up perfectly!
- At 7:37 AM, Patti said...
I am so sure that we saw a Temperley store in SoHo! NY girls, please confirm if you know!
- At 1:34 PM, Tania said...
Why, yes, Patti, she's here:
453 Broome St. (SoHo/NoHo/Little Italy)
at Mercer St., 2nd fl.
From New York magazine's Metro site:
Since Alice Temperley launched her line in 2000, celebrities like Keira Knightley, Scarlett Johansson, and Charlize Theron have fallen in love with her innovative approach to clothing and the art of dressing. The 5,000-square-foot loft retail space opened last fall and features pink belted fur vests ($1,098), black knickers ($697), and black trenches with pink piping ($1,507).
- At 11:31 PM, said...
Who is this model on the picture? Anyone recognizes her?


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Clinical and Biochemical Manifestations of Depression: Relation to the Neurobiology of Stress
Clinical and Biochemical Manifestations of Depression: Relation to the Neurobiology of Stress - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online.
Neural Plasticity - Volume 2015 2015, Article ID 581976, 11 pages -
Review Article
National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Unit on Molecular Hormone Action, Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Received 8 September 2014; Accepted 8 January 2015
Academic Editor: Ana C. Andreazza
Copyright © 2015 Phillip W. Gold et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Major depressive disorder MDD is a chronic, recurrent, and severe psychiatric disorder with high mortality and medical comorbidities. Stress-related pathways have been directly involved in the pathophysiology and treatment of MDD. The present paper provides an overview on the stress system as a model to understand key pathophysiological paradigms in MDD. These mechanisms involve behavioral, cognitive, and systemic manifestations and are also associated with the mechanisms of action of effective antidepressants. Aspects such as depression subtypes, inflammation, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, and prothrombotic states in critical brain circuits and periphery are critically appraised. Finally, new strategies for approaching treatment-resistant major depression and potential adverse effects associated with this complex and intricate network are highlighted. The authors used PubMed as the database for this review. Each author extracted relevant data and assessed the methodological quality of each study.
Autor: Phillip W. Gold, Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, and Maria G. Pavlatou
Fuente: https://www.hindawi.com/


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Cute new papers, cute borrowed stamp, lovely furry fibers, stickles...
It all adds up to a cute little retro cupcake card! The papers are Basic Grey, the stamp is from TAC (thanks Amanda!) This card went together soooooo easy. I really really love it when that happens!
Challenge Inspiration:
1. CPS - sketch
2. Stamptacular - mom card
Saturday, May 9, 2009
1 comment:
- LuLu said...
Love those papers - stunning. The cupcake looks rather yummy too !
Hope you had a good weekend,
- May 10, 2009 at 3:47 PM
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Dear Family, I am SUPER excited to see you all next weekend! It's a time to be thankful and boy am I ever thankful to have each and every one of you in my life.
Dear Maggie, momma was so happy to wake up to you cuddled around my head licking at my forehead this morning. You truly do warm my heart!
Dear Sister, I am so jealous of your upcoming trip to Europe but I will definitely miss you... 4 or 5 or 6 months without you isn't acceptable!
|My sister and I (my sister is the blonde).
Dear Classics paper, please write yourself because you are REALLY stressing me out!
Dear Boyfriend, I missed you so much this week but I am excited to pick you up from work today and have a wonderful weekend together. Also, I love you very much!
Dear Weekend, I am excited to relax, go to the farmers market, go thrifting, maybe catch a movie, meet up with my sister, catch up on my DVR, and spend precious time with my man :)


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We are doing well! I am happy to be into a good fall schedule now and I think the girls are too.
We had a busy summer since I last posted: we went on a couple camping trips, Erik's parents came to visit, we went up to visit my parents in Glenwood Springs, we had some doctors appointments to catch Lia up on everything and she had a minor surgery which went very smoothly.
Nora learned to ride a two wheeler, to go across the monkey bars by herself and she learned to really swim this summer which she is very proud about. She can now dive down for toys on the bottom of the pool- a huge step for a girl who wouldn't put her face in at the beginning of the summer. She turned 5 this past Saturday, much to my amazement! How did five years already pass since she was born?!? It really does FLY by...
Both girls are in preschools this fall. Nora was so close to the cutoff for kindergarten that we decided to hold her back this year and I think that was a good decision. Two days a week she goes to a small neighborhood school that has a emphasis on community, free play and art. They serve vegan lunches with lots of veggies fresh from their own little garden. The lunches smell so good that I always wish I could have lunch when I come to pick her up. I'm not sure Nora is as thrilled about the food as I would be, but she eats well, as always. She has already made some friends there and comes home very happy. She also goes to a local farm program once a week where they do a lot of outdoor exploration- ride horses, feed the goats, pick apples, etc. Now that she is five she can't wait to take a rock climbing class with Erik- something that I think she will be very good at. She continues to love gymnastics.
Lia goes two mornings a week to an integrated preschool that has special needs kids and 'regular' kids in each classroom. She has two teachers for six students which is wonderful for her right now, and some other internationally adopted kids in her class. "ShaSha like-a her tee-cher" she tells me every time I pick her up. We're trying to make a full transition to her being called Lia at school and that seems to be going OK, although she still refers to herself in the third person much of the time. We talked about names one day and when I said her original Chinese name to her, "HongSha", she told me she did NOT want to be called HongSha. I asked her if it was OK if other people called her Lia and if her family called her ShaSha and she said it was. She is always ShaSha at home and I don't see that changing :)
She has done so well and she is adjusting beautifully. I do want to state here however that we have had our share of behavior challenges and that we have put a LOT of work and prayer into attachment and behavior issues these last few months, and now I feel we are just starting to see good fruit from that. I read a lot of adoption blogs and there are a lot of rainbows and sunshine posts out there- which are great sometimes- but I do not want anyone to think that adoption is super easy or that our transition has been seamless. It has however been worth every minute of hard work. When Lia snuggles into me, and says (as she suddenly has been doing this past week) "I need-a my Mama" or "ShaSha want to be Mama's baby" then I know we've made great progress. She is an incredible kid and I am so grateful to get to be her Mama. The hard work and hurdles we've overcome only makes the connection now between us sweeter.
She has made incredible strides with her ability to speak English. She speaks in full sentences, has a wide vocabulary, and uses past and future tense much of the time. It is rare that we don't understand what she wants or needs. She asks "why?" all the time, just as any normal three year old, and she regularly tells pee-pee and poop jokes as she enjoys making her sister laugh. I took her for a developmental screening with the school district and she even tried her best pee-pee joke with the man testing her. Not sure he got the joke :) We don't hear a single word of Chinese anymore besides a few words that have now become family words to all of us. She still sings the Chinese "Mama" song, and mixes a few Chinese words into her other songs but that is all I hear. The few times she has been around people who have spoken Chinese to her the past couple months, she stiffens and will not look at them or respond to them. I'm not sure that it's fear, as much as an "I have no idea what to do with that" sort of reaction.
Sleep has gotten much easier- which is a huge praise! I NEED sleep and I am a terrible Mama without it. She occasionally wakes up crying out, strangely at almost exactly the same time every night in the early part of the night, but settles quickly back to sleep with a hug and kiss and then sleeps thru until morning. She does now cosleep full time and I credit that with solving many of our sleep issues and helping overcome many of her fears. Both girls take a long time to get to sleep but we've been working on that and I've think we've made some good progress. It helps with the days getting shorter and the evenings being darker.
The girls have become great friends which is another answer to prayer. They fight like sisters do, but they also have hours of playing happily together and many times they bring tears to my eyes when they show great kindness to one another. They truly love each other and take care of each other. Lia cried last Friday when we dropped Nora off at her school. If Nora is gone somewhere, Lia asks over and over, "where Nora go?"
Here are some pictures of our last few months. I stopped using my big camera this summer, and now I feel a bit sad about that. I love my iphone but it just isn't the same. I need to commit to taking more pictures, more often...and I need about 4 extra hours a day to edit and sort them :)
|She's SO hard to photograph since she moves so fast- I love this one!
|Camping- looking out of our new tent
|I love this one- might have to order it on a canvas
|Nora pretending to be the Little Mermaid
|Grandpa helping Lia fish- we didn't catch anything
|It is not possible to describe just how much she LOVES ice cream
|Running through the sprinklers
|She has figured out quickly that going to Target is a good thing- Mama can't resist spoiling my girls with little treats.
|At the dentist- she did really well and we were told she has beautiful teeth.
|Goofy looks from both of them...
|My five year old!
I'll try to blog a little bit more often this fall as I have a little time with the girls in preschool. We are so thankful to everyone who has checked in on us and prayed for us over this summer- we appreciate that so much.


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This past weekend my wife and I stopped in to eat at Portillos (if you've ever been to Chicago you know the wonderfulness that is Portillos!). When we sat down I looked at the booth next to us and I saw a very elderly couple sitting on one side, and sitting across from them on the other side was a homeless man. The sight of this intrigued me, and I couldn't help but try to listen in as much as I could. And what I saw and heard truly blessed me.
This elderly couple sat there with this homeless man, fed him, and more than that, were 100% totally engaged with this man and everything he was saying. What was so special was the look on the homeless man's face as he seemed overwhelmed that some random people he didn't know would care so much about him.
Living in Chicago, there is no shortage of homeless people around always asking you for money. Many people just get desensitized to their requests. Now I'm not saying that I don't just pass them by like everyone else the majority of the time, because I do. Though during our brutal winters I do make a point to go through my closet and collect all of my old coats and sweatshirts and I take them and purposefully walk around Chicago to find homeless people to give them to, trying to bless them in the name of Jesus.
But I've never taken a homeless person out to eat and sat there doing nothing other than listen to them and try and bless them through engagement. Watching this elderly couple do exactly that was a humbling reminder of another way believers can put their money and mouth where their faith is.
I know for one, the next time I'm headed out to eat and come across a homeless person in need, I'm taking them with me.
Much love.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Reminder of Faith in Food
Posted by Andrew Marin at 12:11 PM
Labels: God in Culture
2 comments:
- Celina said...
I love this story. Thank you for sharing. I have told you and Brenda before, I have so much trouble with being confronted with the homeless left and right while living here in Chicago than I have have ever been confronted before! I have been living in the tension of what to do when approached and regret to say, I don't have a solution I am okay with yet. This story gives me inspiration.
- March 23, 2009 at 3:54 PM
- Andrew Marin said...
This story also gave me inspiration! But one side note, Celina, that my wife brought up:
Just be careful if you take them out by yourself. Be safe!
- March 25, 2009 at 8:46 AM
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BiographyI started playing LoL at the beginning of Season 1 with my friend Ragie. Not so long after, he quit the game and I played on occasion but not very often. I hit lvl 30 on my Skittlzpvp account but decided to let my friend play on it, because he often got banned on his main with a horrible leaving track record. Now I am almost lvl 30 again with my smurf and soon to be main.
Born in Tennessee in 1995. My parents moved to Georgia about a year after I was born and I have lived here ever since. My mom mainly influenced my love for gaming, because she worked around computers and she even introduced me into games such as Everquest, World of Warcraft, and partially League of Legends. I have been active in many different games for the past 6 years and I hope to continue to see the rise of the eSports throughout many different competitive games.


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I like themes, how about you? What's a theme? THAT'S WHAT!
Starting yesterday (Wednesday) at 9PM EST is DOMINATION: Screw Episode 2 Beta week!
– With all the success of Episode 2 and the fact that we're still working out some kinks (at least for the first week) there have been some lost scoops, and more importantly some balance issues that require further adjustment (around difficulty and timing for speed runs). As such THERE ARE NO MEDALS THIS WEEK.
If this theme is successful we'll consider making it permanent.
Have fun and play nice.
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No Medals.
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Log in to see images!
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there goes planning
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Nicco Posted:
Planning around a software release never actually makes sense to me. There are always bugs, and they're not all recoverable from.
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MC Banhammer Posted:
My 52(then 53 quick after ep 2 came out and I could win against a formerly very hard forum) streak was lost right when I had to kill myself on a certain forum. I was pretty surprised I got an anti-freeze scoop for it since I had apparently just committed suicide for the third time. So, planning was pointless for me.
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Wylin Posted:
See, that's another great point. Planning which takes into account complete unknowns just doesn't make sense.
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Wylin Posted:
You don't have to do that forum right away. There's another chain you could follow.
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I wasn't smart enough to realize I was going to have to not beat the forum until I got into it. I shoulda backed out there but I gotta admit I was really excited to get into the new forums, and well, I was right there looking at one Log in to see images!
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Screw Episode 2 Beta? But that was already last weeks theme. Log in to see images!
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Shouldn't have top priority right now, but we are still waiting. Log in to see images!
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BINGEBOT, me and my 29 cards don't love you anymore. Log in to see images!
Although this is probably a very good idea. Log in to see images!
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FUUUUUCCCK I could've used my visit for the story.
why do I always read these things too late
You should've wrote something in the dom table, or somewhereInertia edited this message on 10/16/2008 10:43PM
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Y'know I had my doubts at first but so far this theme week has been a ton of fun. I approve of making it permanent.
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Btw, cool of you guys to appreciate fake bb2's great idea. I laughed out loud when I saw this thread. It's obviously a good idea in terms of balance, too.
(It would have been interesting to see how the round would unfold under this week's cirgreat timesstances, though)Bling Fling edited this message on 10/17/2008 11:28AM
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Wylin Posted:
I lost a 51 forum streak (with an alt) to a forum freeze-up on day one. Ah well.
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I may have missed this somewhere, but is next week starting on Tuesday again? Or has the timer just not been re-adjusted?Catt although edited this message on 10/19/2008 10:34AM
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This better be a ****ing jib – I've poured a lot into this Domination bull**** this week, and now it was 'for the fun of the game?'
How about the fun of licking my bum? Let's play that game. Way to make me feel great for dropping money on episode II.
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Catt although Posted:
The timer hasn't been updated. Domination will start on Wednesday as per usual.
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UnlimitedANC Posted:
I like the cut of your jib.. this message was originally posted on the 16th. All Lemon scoop timing is off, so we're going to adjust before the next season begins. I would rather start the season off with fair goals. There are no medals this week. We could have made it a bit more obvious, and we'll make every effort to do so in the future. Be sure to check back in this forum for weekly updates including Theme weeks.
Also, please keep your comments constructive, this is not an RP forum.
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How is anyone at a disadvantage? Everyone's equally handicapped. If anything, I have more of a handicap not having episode two, but I'm still winning. This is very special.
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Hi all, I am an old timer from this board may be....1.5-2 years ago. This board and its members supported me heaps in the begining dealing with this thing called BFS....and I thank them for that. Anyway I just popped in to say I am still alive and well after 3 years of BFS. Yes I do twitch as much as ever- mostly calves but no place is out of bounds. But the difference between now and 3 years ago is how I approach it now....
1. I have accepted it is part of me, that I will have forever. Some days I will twitch more some less
2. I dont worry about it anymore..in fact I have gotten so used to the twitching I mostly ignore them, The facial ones are at the most...annoying. But like all the twitching they move on eventually. I do have this sensitive throat thing. (constant tickle) Not sure if it is BFS or not. But I have learnt to deal with that.
3. I try ( and that does not always work) and reduce those things that I know amp it up. In my case stress/anxiety/anger and tiredness. Plenty of sleep helps and if I get stressed.. well I just have to resign my self to the fact that my twitching will amp up accordingly. I am still on 10 mg of lexapro for anxiety..and have been close to raising that to 20mg. I am a naturally anxious person and a worrier ( GAD?)..and if anything that has been the hardest thing to deal with. And I know that affects my BFS symptoms. I also have IBS and high BP as a result of my anxiety.
Overall I can tell you, over time, and yes it does take time. You will learn to adjust and accept that this BFS thing, while an annoyance, is nothing more than that..and annoyance...and it certianly is not going to kill you!
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I admit I had preconceived ideas about Berwick and they weren't that favourable. It turns out it wasn't the "upon Tweed" version I'd got in mind – an important distinction. The town came as a very pleasant surprise, then: Cheapish parking, Tudor town walls, an impressive viaduct spanning the river and a high street still recognisable from the Lowry painting.
There's something about the cry of seagulls that immediately lifts my spirits. Perhaps I associate them with childhood holidays or perhaps it's just the excitement of knowing I'm by the sea again. From the moment we parked their shrieking call had me lifting my head to feel the sun on my face, let the breeze blow through my hair and taking tangy, seaweed-scented gulps of air. Of course, if it had been bucketing it down it might have been a different story!
As it was, the warm sunshine allowed us to stroll around the old military defences of the town, a reminder of the bloody border warfare of the past. Today the embankments are grassed over and park-like, with benches overlooking the sea and river and views over the high street and to the 28 arches of the Victorian viaduct.
But there was another town we wanted to visit before the weather closed in: Eyemouth, a short distance across the border in Scotland. This had been recommended to us just as we were leaving the campsite as being "like a village in Cornwall". Unfortunately, we can't really vouch for the truth of this statement as we hadn't got far around the active fishing port before the black clouds and threatening rumbles had us heading for shelter in a popular fish and chip shop. An early lunch, then. Of course.