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Large Family Life: Hilarious. Horrifying. And Sometimes Even Serious.
You know that moment when you’re driving your 15 passenger in the van rain and your twelve-year-old son says, “Mom, I finally popped out that loose tooth” and then hands you his bloody molar?
Yesterday, a certain older child came and told me there was mold in the bottom our towel/sock/underwear laundry basket. Now, before you go off and call the Health Department or Child Protective Services or the Department of Fish and Wildlife (or better yet, call a cleaning service for me), let me point out that we live in a very damp climate. Damp towels + damp climate + damp laundry room = lots of condensation and the occasional mildew. No, it’s not a common occurrence, but it happens every once in a while. K?
When I received the news I frowned appropriately and told this child to: “put the laundry basket in the shower, add about two inches of hot water and then pour in a bit of bleach; that will kill the mold“.
Those seemed like straightforward instructions to me.
The child frowned a bit and seemed confused. I repeated myself, stressing the bleach would kill the mold so it didn’t grow back, and add that I would come in and scrub the basket. The child still seemed confused, but wandered off to do my bidding.
Now you have to understand, in my house you have to reach a certain Age of Accountability or Maturity or Something before you are helping with laundry. And you have to practically be married with three kids and a mortgage before I’ll let you touch the bleach. This particular kid seemed up for the job, so off the child went.
Imagine my surprise an hour or so later, when I opened the shower to scrub out the laundry basket and I find the basket still full of laundry. I stood there puzzled and blinked a few times. The bathroom smelled bleach-y, but I had scrubbed the toilet and floor earlier, so thought perhaps the smell came from there.
Just then, Child walks in.
Child: Exactly what you told me.
Me: Wait, you filled it with two inches of hot water, then added bleach?
Me: And the basket was full of laundry?
Child: Yes. That’s why I was confused.
Me: Oh….You said the bottom of the basket had mold. I thought it was empty.
Because really, what more was there to say?
So was it bleach bleach or color safe. Did it ruin all the clothes or was it mostly socks? Just curious do u have a dif river loader? I’m about to get a too loader. I’m so over the moldy smell. My friend got a top loader that her mom bought. Speed queen. Made here n Michigan I think. A bit off topic. Just curious what type washer u use. More than 1?
That is too funny. Hope your towels, socks and underwear aren’t to strange looking now.
as I was reading this. and got to the line.. “When I received the news I frowned appropriately and told this child to: “put the laundry basket in the shower, add about two inches of hot water and then pour in a bit of bleach; that will kill the mold” I went to my self.. she never said to take the clothes out of the basket.. Oh no.. I know where this is going..
Funny, but not! I hope not too many items were ruined.
This reminds me of one of my biggest parenting “fails”. When my son was about 10-12 he was so careless about urinating he would get it all over the bathroom instead of in the toilet. Tired of bleaching down the entire room, I complained and said, “If you don’t stop this I’m going to make you pee outside.” Empty threat from me, but apparently it got to him. Years (and I really mean years – like 5 or 6) I noticed there was a long, yellow strip of dieing grass in front of our back porch. I mentioned it at dinner one night and said I couldn’t figure out what was killing the grass there. My son, who was about 17, sheepishly admitted that he had been peeing outside off the porch for many years, since he thought it was a good idea to follow my comment about peeing outside! Thankfully, we live way out in the country and there are no neighbors to see it. My son (all grown up now) gives me a bad time about this whenever he remembers it!
Oh, there is something about bleach and a teenager. Many years ago, my 14 yr old saved her money to buy Guess Jeans (yes, it was that long ago) but couldn’t get the “acid washed” in her size and wouldn’t be caught in the new looking jeans I made her buy. You see where this is going. If she had only used a little bleach but sorry to say, she learned from me “more is better”. Lets just say neither of us were happy with the end results. Couldn’t even use them for rags.
Thanks for bring back the memories and I’ll be sharing with my 38 yr old daughter this weekend as well.
Seriously, if we had a dollar for every time we did’t quite make that connection with our kids…well we wouldn’t have a mortgage anymore, that’s for sure!
We don’t live in a damp climate and we have wet moldy towel laundry often. So.
Is it bad to say at least if was only socks and towels and underwear?
Thanks for giving me a good laugh! My children can be so literal they can twist even the most basic of instructions.
Oh no! Oh my. So were the clothes completely ruined?!
You have the funniest stories. Your 12-year-old popped his molar out?! Ouch! You think that would be excruciating!
Thanks for sharing (and for linking up to the #SHINEbloghop).
Thankfully, it was just towels, socks and undies. So we have a few pink items, but it could have been so much worse!
How funny! I’ve just come across your blog from the SHINE blog hop and I love the way you write. New follower here! Have a great day!
Thank you, Erin. Your post about stay at home moms was spot on!
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Earth or soil, especially when loose.
Are you with me in feeling that number two just doesn’t belong there? When I hear the word used that way, I feel compelled to get down on the ground and defend the soil.
And truth be told, aren’t some of your most wonderful memories those of playing in sand, squishing clay, digging in the garden or even in a pot?
Growing up, through my teen years and till today, I have relished time with the soil, the earth, the dust. It brings me closer to my core and opens my heart and mind.
Here are some pictures and memories from one of the gardens I grew up in. And down below, two videos and some musings on growing with my current garden.
[one_half] I grew up playing in the veld across the road from our home. A place where I saw hadedas for the first time through the smoke of an African fire.
Now I live on the ground.
than the corridor of my childhood home.
As Fall moves forward into Winter and I sowed the seeds, I prayed to G-d.
I asked for the humility of a seed and for its resilience. These flowers are going to push through the earth in the Spring and reach for the sun. Their humility doesn’t mean they lack a sense of purpose. Similarly, I don’t have to surrender my vision. But I do have to let go of my ego agenda.
And even deeper than that – I have to have the courage to go underground and dissolve there if I am to grow. One of The Method’s most powerful Isms is, “You have to die in order to live.” I’m hoping to be able to do that – again.
If you enjoyed these ideas, you may be interested in The Method module called Do Think which explores the ongoing cycle of plant life as a metaphor for personal growth.
For the first time since leaving South Africa, I have a Garden again. I can feel the dirt under my feet and between my toes…Shimona this article was a gift which transported me to a safe and beautiful garden I used to visit when I was younger. When I close my eyes and breathe I can smell the jasmine and feel my toes in the earth. Am I awake or is this a dream? Whatever it is, it is wonderful!!!
Can so relate Chaya Bracha. Enjoy the garden – even as it turns to mulch. It’ll bring its growth with the Spring.
I always connect with your spiritual teachings, but none more then this one!
Thanks for sharing your pictures and memories of your childhood gardens, they were all so inspiring.
I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn and Queens- in apartments , no garden at all. I decided I wanted to be a farmer when I grew up- this was the early 70’s- no Jewish Farm schools in NYC at that time.
I went on to college and became an Aggie- studied Agriculture and got a BS degree in Agronomy. And later a Masters degree in Education. My soil professors would not hear of us calling soil, the beautiful organic matter full of life and the living, d*i*r*t.
A lot has passed in my life- I worked in Agriculture in the Midwest US, Israel, Switzerland and Canada- now I am back in NY- teaching Agriculture Education on a small non profit farm owned by a church, which raises beautiful living organic produce for soup kitchen and food pantries and the hungry on Long Island.
RULE #1 This is soil, pick it up feel it, smell it (the old farmer’s would taste it to determine the pH), love it- it keeps us alive and healthy. A healthy soil is a healthy plant and a healthy plant is a healthy animal that eats it.
Dirt is what is under your bed…..
nice shimona, thanks for sharing this. you are brave to try different plants from seedlings no less., for us here in Israel, no planting now, as we are taking a rest, being a shmittah year. before the new year I stocked up on succulents, they are hardy and enduring, and the wonderful thing about cactus is that every now and then it offers a surprise: a sudden blossom of glorious color that last for a few days and then vanishes as quickly as it appears….the little serendipitous surprises in life.
Love the pictures of your garden. I can tell she is a close friend of yours throughout your life. Gardens truly are metaphors in our lives. Just the feel and smell of soil in my garden helps to calm my soul and it transports me to a different realm of reality. What a blessing our gardens are for us.
Gardening is just IT. All life began in a garden. Your beautiful photos and memories touched me today. We won’t have a killing frost here in north Texas for another month or so, G-d willing, so our garden is still producing greens and herbs every day. Such a blessing.

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Verizon And AT&T Testing Nokia Lumia LTE Windows Phone Smartphone?
We are expecting to see the first Nokia Windows Phone smartphone announced for the US this week at a joint event with Nokia and T-Mobile, and Nokia said previously that we would see LTE enabled Windows Phone devices from them next year.
Now according to a recent report from Cnet, both AT&T and Verizon are testing out LTE versions of Nokia’s Lumia 800 Windows Phone Device, although Windows Phone Mango doesn’t officially support LTE as yet.
It isn’t clear as yet when we will see the first LTE enabled devices from Nokia launch in the US, all we know so far is that it will be some time next year, and the devices may come with the next version of Windows Phone, Tango, which supports LTE.

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Back in the saddle today after a few days in Indianapolis, where I watched many future millionaires speak about the next steps in their careers and saw an Ohio State basketball team win its second trophy of the season.
But we begin with the Wright State Raiders.
WSU has a shot at a Horizon League tournament double championship in Detroit.
The WSU women will face top-seeded Green Bay at noon at Little Caesar’s Arena in Detroit, while the men will take on a huge underdog in Cleveland State at 7 p.m.
The Wright State men have already set a program record for wins since joining Division I, but I’m sure they would rather have an invitation to the NCAA tournament.
That will come if they beat Cleveland State tonight.
The surprising Vikings are in the final despite finishing in a tie for next-to-last in the regular season standings. They knocked out No. 1 seed Northern Kentucky on Saturday and outlasted No. 4 Oakland last night.
One of CSU’s 12 wins so far is against Wright State as the teams split the regular season series.
The women’s team has a much more daunting task today.
Coach Katrina Merriweather’s Raiders will face No. 1 seed Green Bay, a winner in 24 of the last 25 matchups between the two teams.
WSU finished No. 3 and knocked out No. 2 IUPUI in the semifinals.
While the debate about the fairness of using the conference tournament to award bids to the Big Dance will no doubt rage on this week and beyond, it could work out pretty well for Wright State this time around.
I used to find the conference tournaments to be a waste of time, but I decided I like giving everyone a do-over.
Some folks say it’s unfair, but ultimately, everyone still controls their destiny. Go out and win and you’re in.
Sometimes the most talented team doesn’t emerge until later in a season because of youth or injuries or whatever else, and now of course unbalanced league schedules can play a role in who wins the regular season crown in some leagues.
Plus, obviously upsets are part of the magic of March and this 10 days or so of appetizers before the main course helps make the NCAA tournament even more enjoyable.
However, I am a big fan of regular season excellence, too, so I hate seeing that fall entirely by the wayside.
To me the answer is not to take the automatic bid from the conference tourneys to encourage the selection committee to be far more interested in inviting more deposed smaller-league champs, especially when they enjoy truly dominant seasons.
What if a significant bonus were awarded to regular seasons champs so they stand out to the committee when it is comparing at-large resumes?
There has to be some way to do that that would make sense without making the conference tournament also meaningless to the regular season champions.
Ohio State women’s basketball won the regular season and conference tournament championships in the Big Ten behind coach Kevin McGuff and point guard Kelsey Mitchell.
West of Wright State’s campus, we find Dayton basketball fans both able to curse the current system (maybe) and look forward to a second chance.
The Flyers were the dominant team in Atlantic 10 women’s basketball for most of the season but were upset in their conference tournament while the men need an early March miracle to be able to play on after this weekend.
ESPN’s Charlie Creme still has the UD women solidly in the tournament as a No. 9 seed, for what it’s worth, while he sees Ohio State having played its way up to a No. 3 while winning the Big Ten tournament over the weekend.
The Buckeyes got over a three-game slump in January to end up winning the regular season title, too, and they present an interesting team heading into the NCAA tournament.
They lack depth, but they have two dominant players in Kelsey Mitchell and Stephanie Mavunga plus all of their “role players” are significant talents as well (which is what separates them from those Jim Foster teams that used to lose earlier than they should have every year in the tournament).
Ohio State women’s basketball coach Kevin McGuff talks about how the Buckeyes are playing with the NCAA tournament coming up next.
My favorite story from the NFL Scouting Combine came from Mike McCray II, the former Trotwood-Madison standout who turned his father into a Michigan fan for five years by signing with the Wolverines.
Turns out Mike McCray Sr., who was a captain for the Buckeyes in 1988, didn’t waste any time getting back into the flow of Ohio State fandom, though.
All’s fair in love and rivalries, right?
Anyway, here’s a look at other stories from the Combine.
I came away convinced the Bengals can get a lot better up front quickly but should still consider drafting Lamar Jackson, too, and the Browns would be foolish to pass on Saquon Barkley with the No. 1 pick.
We’ll have plenty of time to debate between now and late April.

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2004 - started processing of pollen in the cells, and getting clean pellets subsequent delivery across Russia.
2012 - opens a new direction tourist apiary "Bashkort" for residents and guests.
2014 - opening their own shop for processing of bee products with the launch of a tablet line.
2016 launch of the line of deep processing of propolis with the release of various extracts and Each refill lasts up.
The most important thing for our friendly team is to work for the benefit of people, and that beekeeping was on every table!
Bashkir honey - repeated participant and winner of various food exhibitions and fairs. Bashkir honey is the first time won an award in 1900 in France at the Paris World Fair, marking II International Congress on beekeeping, where he received a gold medal.
1971 - Gold Medal in Moscow at the XXIII International Congress of Apimondia, the exhibition "Beekeeping-71."
2002 - the highest award marked the Bashkir honey in the international exhibition "Green Week" in Berlin.
2001-2004 years - the highest award at the World Fair "Russian Farmer" - "Agrorus" in St. Petersburg.


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Need a cake for all occasions? This lemony cake has a crisp outside, but buttery soft on the inside with notes of citrus and rosemary. A drizzle of citrus icing drizzled over the cake takes this cake to the next level. Not to mention, it is perfect for every season!
Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a bundt cake with coconut oil. Combine salt, baking soda, baking powder, minced rosemary, and flour in a large bowl. In a separate bowl combine almond milk with vegan egg, olive oil, sugar, lemon juice, lemon extract, vanilla extract, and lemon zest. Combine, and add to flour mixture, mix until blended.
Pour the batter into prepared 9 1/2-inch bundt cake pan. Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes or until the outside is golden brown and you insert a wooden toothpick and it comes out clean.
Remove from pan and cool for 15 minutes on wire rack. Combine powdered sugar and lemon juice, stir until smooth. Place short pieces of parchment paper underneath the cake.
Drizzle icing over cake in a circular motion. Garnish with rosemary if desired. Remove the paper for a clean cake stand.
Per Serving: Calories: 382 | Carbs: 69 g | Fat: 10 g | Protein: 4 g | Sodium: 164 mg | Sugar: 40 g	Note: The information shown is based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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The annual Giants of Lovers Rock event is back & bigger then ever- this year with a twist. Soul & Jazz legend Jean Carne celebrates the 40th anniversary of her career with “The Don’t let it go to your head” tour & for the first time ever she will be performing her hits in reggae.
Joining Jean will be the biggest names in Lovers Rock; Janet Kay, Carroll Thompson, Kofi, Sandra Cross, Peter Hunnigale & many many more. Hosts Eddie Nestor MBE & Robbie Gee will keep the jokes coming for this four hour musical spectacular.
With an after party until 2am & a 24hr tube service this is the ultimate Lovers Rock experience.
Tickets go on sale Friday 6 July at 11am.

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Newfoundland and Haida Gwaii are hot right now, but my prediction for the next hot destination? Iles de la Madeleine. Until now this small archipelago between PEI and Quebec, out in the middle of the St. Lawrence has made the news because of the annual seal hunt in the area, but it becoming a must-visit multisport destination. Try various wind sports with Aerosport, go cave kayaking, or try ice kayaking in winter. But there is more to do than just outdoor adventure: En Route magazine is raving about the cheese, the food, the artisans, the massages, the accommodation. Everything you need after a full day of being out on the land and water.
Fly in from Quebec, or in summer, take a ferry from PEI. Highly recommended.
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the return of David Thompson (the greatest HBC explorer of his time) to Ontario, a fleet of canoes – the Thompson Brigade – will make its way from Rocky Mountain House to old Fort William (Thunder Bay , Ontario) this summer. This would be an amazing experience, covering more than 3,600km! I wish I had the time to go. It’s only a two month paddle.

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text: Does a screening requirement for homeless families seeking shelter create unintended costs? In 2012, Massachusetts passed a law requiring homeless families seeking shelter to prove that they had recently stayed somewhere not meant for human habitation. Hospital emergency department discharge paperwork can provide such proof. This study explored the trends of emergency department use for shelter by homeless youth before and after the eligibility criteria was passed into law and to measure the financial impact it had on the health care system. Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of deidentified medical records of homeless children and young adults from birth to age 21 seeking shelter at a pediatric emergency department in Boston from 12 months before the eligibility rule to four years after the rule went into effect. They analyzed the number of visits, length of stay, insurance claims, and hospital charges before and after the policy change. Researchers found a significant increase in emergency department use for homelessness after the policy change. The results indicate that policymakers should consider the potential unintended health care costs of shelter eligibility policies and identify housing strategies that can prevent emergency department visits by families experiencing homelessness.


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On arrival I knew the play was going to be like no other I'd seen before. A cowboy greets me western style– (Howdy Madame) outside a 'Pop-Up Saloon,' and quite frankly I don't feel like there's an option to leave as he hustles me in like a bewildered sheep. Thankfully there are other people inside what turns out to be the Bobtail Saloon.
Neil Young's 'Heart of Gold,' is blaring out and there's an intense card game going on, whilst a 'Yankee' bartender (Dan Brazier), yells out to come and get your whisky. It's not for the faint hearted.
Death by Pie is the theatre group, so called for a love of comedy and pie. Set up by Nathan Smith and Hannah Hobley (Benidorm) in 2014, they come tonight to perform as part of Greater Manchester Fringe.
The opening scene is brilliant, perfectly timed slapstick comedy, using physical theatre and cheesy homemade signs bearing the actors names put me straight into the Dukes of Hazard (original) mixed with Monty Python. The actors are second to none, putting their all into perfect 'Southern,' accents, hilarious facial expressions and extremely clear faultless performances. Their voices carried so well, despite the fact being in a car park often the traffic threatened to drown them out.
Westernized is completely unique and mesmerising throughout. I found myself singing along to the many ridiculous songs, including 'the West is the Best,' where the routine was very coordinated 'Steps' style, to the actors forming together to represent a horse drawn wagon.
At times it had a feel of a silent movie, with the pace of it and the melodrama. However the cast have successfully satirised some of the more 'cringe' points of the West, to get their story across, which is essentially a good vs' evil moral tale.
Nathan Smith's guitar accompaniment, plus a triangle, mouth organ and cymbal being used to create atmosphere and build-up the plot and it added to the play's charm.
Like a crazy western, budget soap opera, Westernized hurtles along at a million miles an hour, we see the seedier side: cathouses, high poker stakes, guns and whisky, but of course this makes for riveting viewing. Go see for an antidote to the polished world of Netflix, Westernized comes as a welcome relief.


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A lone drumbeat pierced the serenity of Arlington National Cemetery a little after 1 p.m. yesterday, the solemn prelude to the funeral of Lieutenant Colonel Dominic Rocco Baragona.
The 42-year-old Army officer ended his life the way he had lived it, in service to others, family and friends said. Baragona was killed May 19 near Safwan, Iraq, when his Humvee collided with a jackknifed tractor-trailer.
Yesterday the career soldier, West Point Class of 1982, was remembered as a passionate Cleveland Indians fan and as a loving and generous son, brother and uncle, the diplomatic middle child in a family of seven.
Senator Mike DeWine of Ohio, where Baragona grew up, reminded the graveside mourners that Baragona "gave back so much to his family and friends." He also "gave back so much to his country," DeWine (R) said.
Known from an early age as "Rocky" -- after Indians slugger Rocky Colavito, from whom he got his middle name -- Baragona was the glue in his close-knit Italian-Scandinavian family back in Niles, Ohio. At Christmas he relished playing Santa, family members said, spoiling his nieces and nephews with the latest gadgets and planning elaborate gift-giving rituals. One year, a coffee table for his sister could be found and unwrapped only after following a series of clues scattered about the house.
"You almost felt like your presents" were inadequate, recalled his oldest brother, Tony, 47, "because he always bought the top-of-the-line stuff."
Rocky Baragona brought that good-natured spirit to his military assignments. As commanding officer of the 19th Maintenance Battalion at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, he was responsible for nearly 900 soldiers. The battalion, which supports the III Corps Artillery, was charged with keeping every piece of battlefield equipment war-ready.
When it came to such logistics, said Brigadier General Richard P. Formica, Commanding General of the III Corps Artillery at Fort Sill, Baragona was an unparalleled expert, and an invaluable subordinate.
"I could count on him to tell me what I needed to hear, not what I wanted to hear," Formica said.
Baragona's parents, Dominic and Vilma, who have retired to East Point, Florida, sat together on velvet-covered chairs under a canopy yesterday as their son was laid to rest, one of nearly two dozen casualties from Iraq buried at Arlington since the war's outbreak three months ago. Members of their extended family and friends stood behind them, some sniffling during the prayers and remarks or silently wiping away their tears.
Baragona was divorced, with no children.
Throughout the service, eight soldiers held an American flag over the silver-colored casket, their white-gloved hands never flinching, even when a three-volley rifle tribute crackled through the air. After a bugler sounded taps, the soldiers folded the flag into a crisp triangle for presentation to the officer's parents. Baragona posthumously was awarded a Bronze Star and a Meritorious Service Medal.
The Baragonas lingered briefly after the official ceremony, holding hands as they approached their son's casket. Thirty years ago the couple lost a child to leukemia. Now they have buried another.
"When everybody went their own way, he made sure the family stayed together," Dominic Baragona said of his son. "It's going to be a great loss."
Died May 19, 2003 when a tractor-trailer collided with his humvee near Saffraw, Iraq.
Rocky was born June 14, 1960 in Niles, Ohio, and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 1978. He was recruited by West Point and graduated in 1982. He served his country with pride and honor for 21 years and was the Battalion Commander for the 19th Maintenance Battalion based in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
He is the highest-ranking military officer to have died in Iraq.
He is survived by his parents, Dominic and Vilma Baragona of St. Geroge Island, Florida and five brothers and sisters, Tony Baragona of Pensacola, Florida, John Baragona of Tempe, Arizona, David Baragona of Phoenix, Arizona, Pamela Baragona of Dublin, Ohio and Susan Gunn of Eastpoint, Florida. He is also survived by nine nieces and nephews and four grand-nieces and nephews.
Rocky was preceded in death by a brother, Christopher, in 1974. Services will be held June 18 at 11 a.m. at Arlington Funeral Home, 3901 Fairfax Dr., Arlington, Virginia, followed by a burial service with Full Military Honors at 1 p.m. at Arlington National Cemetery. A reception will be held at 3 p.m. at The Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington for friends and family.
On May 18, 2003, Army Lieutenant Colonel Dominic Rocco Baragona, 42, was in a convoy heading for Kuwait City to load his battalion's gear on ships. Then the soldiers were to fly home to Fort Sill in Oklahoma.
Baragona found time to e-mail his father, Dominic, in St. George Island, Florida. "Dad, a couple of bullets whizzed by our heads, but we're now 60 miles south of Baghdad and we're home free," he wrote. Minutes later in a conversation by satellite phone, he confirmed to his father that he was USA-bound. "So I asked him, 'Rock, what's the worst thing that can happen now?' " his father says. "And he said, 'Dad, something stupid can happen.'"
The next day, near Safwan, a tractor-trailer in the convoy jackknifed and smashed Baragona's Humvee. He became the highest-ranking U.S. officer to die in Iraq.
"For me to fix blame, it wouldn't be fair," his father says. "The only thing I'd kind of like to say is that ... I hope all these things they're lookin' for, these weapons of mass destruction and other things, I hope they find them. ... Then I will feel in my heart that the ultimate sacrifice that he made has some kind of justification."
A commander of the 19th Maintenance Battalion at Fort Sill was killed in Iraq Tuesday after a tractor-trailer jackknifed on a road and collided with his vehicle, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Wednesday.
Lieutenant Colonel Dominic R. Baragona, 42, of Ohio, died in the accident. He was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom March 16 with about 100 other soldiers from 19th Maintenance Battalion and attached to Army and Army Reserve units, a press release said.
Baragona was a 1982 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Ordnance Branch. He arrived at Fort Sill in July 2002, officials said.
A memorial service is being planned to honor Baragona.
When Lt. Col. Dominic R. Baragona died in a traffic accident on an Iraqi highway in 2003, few would have foreseen that his death would prompt a federal judge in Atlanta to levy a $4.9 million judgment against a U.S. military contractor in Kuwait.
Baragona was killed when a tractor-trailer rig owned by Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Co. struck the Humvee in which he was riding on May 19, 2003, as he was leaving Iraq to return home. He became, at that time, the highest-ranking military officer to die during the United States' 2003 invasion of Iraq. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
The legal battle that followed Baragona's death sought to hold the Kuwaiti company, under contract to the U.S. military, financially liable for the Army officer's accidental death. Filed by Baragona's parents, Dominic F. and Vilma Baragona of Florida, on behalf of their son's estate, the case eventually involved Washington lawyers (one a former staff attorney for U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and the other a former brigadier general in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps); the chief investigative judge in the trial of Saddam Hussein who was later spirited out of Iraq for his own safety; and President Bush.
The wrongful death case, which found its way into the federal courtroom of U.S. District Judge William S. Duffey Jr. of the Northern District of Georgia (a former officer in the Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps), has become a national case of first impression regarding the responsibilities of a foreign military contractor when an employee's negligence results in an American soldier's death, said Steven R. Perles, a Washington attorney who represents the Baragona family.
Perles, a former staff attorney for Sen. Stevens, has an international litigation boutique in Washington that specializes in representing the estates of U.S. citizens killed in terrorist attacks abroad.
During two years of litigation in Atlanta, Duffey established that Georgia was a legitimate venue to seek damages against KGL for Baragona's death in Iraq. The judge directed a thorough analysis of Iraqi law before he awarded a $4.9 million default judgment to Baragona's parents after KGL for two years either ignored or failed to accept service of the suit.
"This case is very important and is going to have far-reaching implications," Perles said of Duffey's ruling. "It's the first time any U.S. government contractor has behaved so badly under these circumstances that it had to be sued as a result."
Defendant Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Co., which transports supplies into Iraq, is one of the U.S. military's largest contractors in the Middle East, Perles said. The company, he said, has $100 million a year in Army contracts and also handles subcontracts for military contractors such as Halliburton Inc. and Kellogg, Brown & Root, Perles said.
KGL handles shipping, warehousing and ports management for military organizations worldwide, oil and shipping companies, general contractors and construction firms. In 2006, the company reported revenue of $182.7 million and a net income of $90.7 million, according to BusinessWeek. Since the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003, its annual net profits have nearly quadrupled.
"They are one of three or four contractors who have been the primary beneficiaries of the war," he said. "Almost every piece of military cargo that lands in the Persian Gulf and is trucked up to Iraq is hauled by this company."
KGL driver Mahmoud Muhammed Hessain Serour -- described as an Egyptian national in his 60s -- was driving a tractor-trailer rig on a three-lane highway in Iraq when the truck hit a pile of concrete debris in the right-hand lane and jack-knifed, according to the federal complaint.
At the time, the tractor-trailer rig had drawn alongside a three-vehicle convoy that included Baragona, who was en route to Kuwait and then to the United States on leave, according to the complaint. The lieutenant colonel's convoy had steered clear of the debris and was traveling in the far left lane. But the tractor-trailer, in attempting to avoid the debris, swerved, jack-knifed, crossed two lanes of traffic and collided with Baragona's Humvee, the complaint stated.
Baragona was thrown from the Humvee, although witnesses said he was wearing a seatbelt. KGL's driver survived and was transported to a coalition hospital for treatment before he returned to Egypt. An Army investigation subsequently determined that the driver's negligence caused the accident and Baragona's death, according to the complaint.
Perles said that military contractors such as KGL are required by the U.S. government to carry liability insurance. "It's mandatory," the lawyer said. "No insurance, no contract."
As a result, he said, a contractor found to have been negligent normally resolves damage claims through its insurer. "This company was very unusual. It went in the opposite direction," Perles said. "This kind of temerity among government contractors is unheard of ... They told us in no uncertain terms they were untouchable."
It was KGL's extensive financial ties from 1997 through at least 2005 via its military contracts with the Army at Fort McPherson that allowed Perles, on behalf of the Baragonas, to establish jurisdiction in Georgia for the litigation. In late 2005, after the case was filed in Atlanta, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued an opinion dramatically expanding prior precedent that had restricted the reach of Georgia's long-arm statute (establishing jurisdiction over nonresidents in civil litigation who owned property in Georgia or conducted "any business" in the state) to contract claims.
In that case, Innovative Clinical & Consulting Services v. First National Bank of Ames, Iowa, 279 Ga. 672; 620 S.E. 2d 352 (Ga. 2005), the state Supreme Court determined that the Georgia courts have "unlimited authority to exercise personal jurisdiction over any nonresident who transacts any business" in Georgia and that Innovative Clinical overruled all prior cases that failed to offer "the appropriate breadth."
Duffey subsequently determined that the Baragonas could sue KGL in Georgia.
The key to determining jurisdiction was whether KGL did business in Georgia, Perles said. "My view," he said, "is that if you do $800 million in business out of Fort McPherson, Georgia, that's a very significant interaction with the forum." Those contracts have provided for transport and cargo services for the Third U.S. Army in Iraq, according to a court pleading.
Perles added that if the U.S. Army had discovered that KGL had engaged in any kind of procurement fraud, those charges would have been prosecuted in federal court in Georgia under the terms of the military contracts KGL signed. KGL, he said, "had the expectation that if anything went wrong, they could well be hauled into court here."
Despite Duffey's ruling, KGL ignored the Baragona suit, three times refused service and refused to make an appearance in the case, Perles said. Baragona said that the mechanism set up through the Hague Convention of 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters to serve foreign court papers, and a second attempt at service through the Kuwaiti Ministry of Justice, failed to prompt an answer from KGL.
Perles said he also sent a consultant to Kuwait to meet privately with officials at KGL. The response, he said, was brusque: "We are a Kuwaiti company. We are untouchable. We are not even going to have a conversation with you. Goodbye."
Duffey himself became involved in trying to serve KGL's chairman through the district court clerk in Atlanta after Perles' lawyer learned that under Kuwaiti law, judges, not attorneys, serve the suits initiating litigation.
Perles said that FedEx delivered the suit from the U.S. Clerk of Court in Atlanta to KGL's chairman in Kuwait. "The report back from FedEx, 'We served it. The chairman refused to open it,'" he said.
Perles said that, at Duffey's request, he also tried to serve the suit on KGL through retired Army Brig. Gen. Richard J. Bednar, now senior counsel at Crowell & Moring in Washington. But Bednar, who did not enter an appearance in the federal case in Atlanta, refused service, Perles said.
Bednar was served with the Baragona suit at Duffey's suggestion after KGL's director of legal affairs suggested in a 2006 letter to the Army's procurement fraud branch that Bednar was providing counsel to KGL, according to Perles.
"When this company ignored service, Judge Duffey went a long way out of his way to give them actual notice of the proceedings," Perles said. "Much more than the law required him to do. It was an exercise in drowning someone in due process."
Duffey eventually entered a default judgment against KGL, but not before Perles said the judge began, in the absence of a defense, to raise issues that the defendants themselves might have raised had they participated in the litigation.
"The effect of that was rather than conduct an ordinary default, we conducted a trial in absentia," Perles said, with Duffey "doubling as judge and adversary ... By being both judge and adversary, he forced us to craft what I think is a really bullet-proof proceeding."
As a result, Perles said, "It's going to be much more difficult for KGL to try to get this [judgment] set aside than if it had been treated as an ordinary default."
Perles said that Duffey also required him to provide the court with an analysis of Iraqi law and whether conflicts existed with Georgia law regarding the Baragona family's negligence claims against KGL.
Duffey eventually determined that five days before Baragona was killed in Iraq, the Coalition Provisional Authority had declared itself to be the governing authority in Iraq. At that time, the provisional authority declared that the laws then existing in Iraq remained in force, which, the judge concluded, included the law of civil damages that would apply to the Baragonas' claim, according to one order.
That section of the Iraqi Civil Code provided that "every person has the right of passage on the public road provided he (observes) the safety (precautions) so that he will not cause injury to a third party .."
"Although there was a period of significant unrest and confusion between the fall of Saddam Hussein and the rise of the CPA [Coalition Provisional Authority], this unrest indicates a breakdown in enforcement, not the absence of laws," Duffey wrote. "The Court understands the CPA regulation to adopt Iraqi civil law as it existed under Saddam Hussein at the end of his reign."
But Duffey also required the plaintiffs to determine whether Iraqi law permitted the recovery for wrongful death as well as injury, permitted the parents of the victim to recover those damages and established any parameters for damage awards. To answer those questions, Perles said he recruited Judge Raid Juhi Hamadi Al-Saedi, the chief investigative judge for the Iraqi High Tribunal who referred the first cases against Saddam Hussein to the adjudicating court in Baghdad that led to Hussein's death sentence and execution.
Perles also enlisted the aid of Dr. Abdullah F. Ansary, a Saudi professor of law with degrees from Harvard University and the University of Virginia School of Law. The two Iraqi legal scholars agreed that Iraqi law permitted damages for wrongful death, permitted recovery by the parents, particularly the mother, of the deceased, and gave the court wide latitude in ascertaining damages, according to court filings.
The two scholars also noted that the Iraqi courts, like the Georgia courts, may hold employers liable for damages from injuries caused by their employees' negligence, according to their report.
Following a damages hearing in April, Duffey established that the economic loss from Baragona's death ranged from $3.9 million to $8.1 million, according to one order. Duffey settled on $4.9 million.
Perles said that even though KGL is in Kuwait, and has, so far, failed to participate in the litigation that ended in the judgment, he believes he will collect from the Kuwaiti firm. Perles said that KGL has also become the subject of a federal inquiry by the U.S. Army stemming from a private meeting that President Bush had with the Baragona family after their son was killed.
Military contractors may be barred from doing business with the federal government, including its military branches, for fraudulent misconduct, violation of antitrust statutes, dishonesty or a lack of integrity, according to the JAG Corps Army fraud fighters Web site. Debarment -- which may be based upon a criminal conviction, a civil judgment or a preponderance of the evidence -- severely restrict the ability of a company to be considered for government contracting business for as long as three years.
Perles said that the Baragonas, who were living in Ohio when their son was killed, appealed to then-U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, for help. On the Baragonas' behalf, DeWine filed complaints with the U.S. State Department and Kuwait's ambassador to the United States, whom he met at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee coffee.
After the Kuwaiti ambassador gave DeWine "the brush-off," Perles said DeWine complained to President Bush, who arranged to meet with the Baragonas while on a swing through Ohio. At that meeting, at a local Wendy's, the Baragonas told the president that KGL had stonewalled them and asked him to initiate debarment proceedings against the military contractor, Perles said. The president promised the family he would, and then did so, Perles said.
On Sept. 22, 2006, the chief of the Army's procurement fraud branch issued a show-cause letter to KGL as to why it should not be debarred from doing business with the Army command, according to court documents.
In an Oct. 18, 2006, reply that is included in court files in Atlanta, Ahmed Afifi, director of legal affairs at KGL in Kuwait, asserted that KGL and firm Chairman Saeed Esmail Dashti "strongly disagree" with allegations made in connection with the Atlanta litigation. The letter insisted that neither KGL nor its executive had ever "taken steps to frustrate the lawful delivery of court documents in connection with that lawsuit" and that the Baragonas' attempts to serve the suit on KGL had been flawed.
"KGL would like to assure your office that KGL did not frustrate or delay the lawful service of the relevant court documents," Afifi wrote, adding that conforming KGL's "conduct to its national and international law regarding service of process is not a basis to consider debarment proceedings ... In the meantime, KGL will continue to support the government of the United States of America and its representatives overseas."
Afifi referred all further questions to Bednar, the Army's former chief debarment officer, according to his letter.
Last week, Bednar said he is not currently doing any legal work for KGL. He said that he did look into the matter after the Army issued its show-cause letter complaining about KGL's apparent refusal to accept service of the suit. "I wrote back and explained there was a flawed attempt to deliver [the suit] in Kuwait ... We provided information on how it could be perfected ... That was the only issue on the table."
"As far as I know, that matter is closed," Bednar added. "I answered the letter. We've never heard back ... There was never a debarment proceeding. The company was never suspended. It was never proposed for debarment. It was never debarred."
Bednar said that other than the show-cause letter, he didn't recall whether KGL has been a client. "I have hundreds of clients," he said. If he has done work for KGL, "it was not very extensive."
Perles said that after the Army issued the show-cause letter, it asked him to agree to a voluntary suspension of debarment proceedings until after Duffey decided the case. Perles agreed. After the judgment, the lawyer said he notified the Army of Duffey's decision. "As far as I'm concerned, it's [the debarment inquiry against KGL] open."
Perles said that if KGL faces the loss of its government contracts through debarment, it might consider paying the Baragonas' outstanding judgment as a way of mitigating any formal action by the Army. "If a government contractor engages in conduct that makes them unfit to be a contractor ... the hearing officer looks at all of it, including whether a contractor makes restitution," Perles said.
Perles said that he cannot lay claim to monies that the U.S. government may owe to KGL. But he may seek to attach funds that KGL is owed by American firms such as Kellogg, Brown & Root, under which KGL has subcontracted military business.
"I can't attach government funds sitting at Fort McPherson," he said. "If KGL got its money in Kuwait, via direct wire, I have no way of getting that. But if Fort McPherson gives Kellogg, Brown & Root another contract ... once it [the money] hits Kellogg, Brown & Root I can attach it ... We will find out where KGL does subcontracting, and we will issue writs of attachment. This judgment is going to get enforced."
The case is Baragona v. Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport, No. 1:05-cv-1267 (N.D. Ga.).
A federal judge has said he may be forced to render an “injustice” and cancel his order telling a Kuwaiti military contractor in Iraq to pay $4.9 million to the family of a U.S. Army officer killed in a road accident.
The contractor, Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Co., is asking U.S. District Judge William Duffey in Atlanta to throw out the 2007 default judgment, arguing he lacks jurisdiction over the foreign company for a wreck that happened overseas.
Duffey’s remarks at a December 5, 2008, hearing suggest he is leaning in that direction, said an attorney for the family of deceased Lieutenant Colonel Dominic Rocco Baragona. The judge might rule at any time.
Steve Perles, a Washington lawyer representing the Baragona family, predicted his clients will lose.
“Duffey is sending a strong signal that he’ll do what the law requires whether he finds the company’s actions morally repugnant,” Perles said January 5, 2009, in an interview.
Cliff Zatz, a lawyer for KGL with the Washington law firm Crowell & Moring, declined to comment, saying the company hadn’t authorized him to speak publicly.
The Army is reviewing the case to determine whether the company should be barred from bidding for U.S. military contracts.
KGL has a contract to transport supplies for the military in Iraq. It provided the largest quantity of heavy equipment transporters and flatbed trucks to contractor IAP Worldwide Services in support of the U.S. surge in 2007, it said on its Web site.
Baragona, 42, died May 19, 2003, two months after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, at the Iraq-Kuwait border. The Humvee in which he was riding on his way home on leave collided with a tractor- trailer driven by a KGL employee, according to the family’s complaint and an Army accident report.
The truck struck a pile of debris, jackknifed and crossed the road into the military vehicle, the Army report said. The KGL driver was at fault, the family said, citing the report.
The Baragonas sued in Atlanta because nearby Fort McPherson is headquarters for the Army’s Central Command, which contracted with KGL. The family won a default judgment because the company didn’t appear, and the court didn’t determine whether KGL’s driver was at fault.
The company first responded to the 2005 lawsuit last February after Duffey ordered the payment. KGL asked the judge to cancel his ruling and dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction.
At the December hearing, company officials testified they never did business with or received any money or paperwork from Fort McPherson.
“All of the contracts were issued, administered, performed and paid in Kuwait,” KGL said in court papers.
The case drew the attention of members of Congress and the White House. The Bush administration in 2006 asked the Army to review whether the company should be barred from receiving U.S. contracts. Two U.S. senators in October asked the Kuwaiti government to urge KGL to pay the damages.
An Army fraud unit in Arlington, Virginia, is monitoring the case to see if there are grounds for a debarment proceeding against KGL, said David Foster, an Army spokesman.
Military authorities in December told KGL to prove it has liability insurance as it’s required to, the Army said.
The Baragona family received $250,000 in military insurance for the soldier’s death, his father, Dominic Baragona, said. They are using the money to award high-school scholarships, he said.
The family, resigned to a court loss, still is fighting to get KGL banned from contracting with the government and will meet with congressional staffers next week, Baragona, 75, said yesterday.
Baragona is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
The case is Baragona v. Kuwait Gulf Link Transport Co., 05- cv-1267, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta).
Dominic Rocco Baragona, who died in a traffic accident in Iraq.
stationed in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, died in a road accident in Iraq.
Dominic Baragona in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, June 18, 2003.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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Our family has always been a “cat family”. When I met my husband, he had two cats and I had one. Our children grew up with our cats as pets and then after long and happy lives, our cats died peacefully. Two years ago this summer, we found a kitten in our garbage can and nursed her, sang to her, and were patient with her until she was ready to come close to us. She has been in our home ever since.
The stories of special cats in CAT TALES will warm your heart and surprise you with their amazing feats of bravery and kindness that these cats shared with others. I was especially fond of Holly’s story. Holly found her way back home walking 190 miles to find her owners after she ran away from them on a vacation. Holly was determined to find her way back home and her story was amazing. Our cat, Buddy, many years ago, ran away from home. We thought we would never see him again, but then one night, exactly 30 days later, my husband saw him walking up the driveway. We have no idea where he went or what he had been doing for 30 days, but we were sure glad he was back home. Much like us, Jacob and Bonnie welcomed Holly back home and cared for her after her long journey home. I’m sure they wish Holly could tell them all about her journey!
Other stories, like Monty, who was chosen at a shelter, ended up saving the life of his owner after she suffered from a diabetic attack. With no training, Monty has alerted his owner numerous times to low blood sugar.
This small book is packed full of amazing stories of average cats and even celebrity cats and what makes them so special. Each story is full of photography of the featured cat in his environment and doing what they love.
Children would love having these stories read to them and older children will appreciate reading a story or two during a car ride or before bed. They are quick reads and will leave you feeling happy.
Aline Alexander Newman is an award-winning author, former teacher, and longtime contributor to National Geographic Kids magazine. A lifelong animal lover, Aline has kept dogs, birds, mice, rabbits, and yes, cats as pets. She is the author and co-author of numerous books about animals. She and her husband, Neil, divide their time between an old farmhouse in northern New York and a seasonal camp in the Adirondacks with their current pet, a rescue dog named Moose. For more, check out her website, HERE.
For those of you who like other animals besides cats, then these stories of beloved pets will warm your heart as well. From guinea pigs to dogs to cats to horses to potbellied pigs and much more, these short stories of animals that were rescued and raised in loving homes will inspire you to find your next pet at a shelter. There are stories of animals saving their owners lives to animals who were loved and cared for after being close to death. Sometimes while reading these stories I wonder who really saved whom….the animals or the owners?
Some of the stories in this book may be about animals you have heard of like Nala the cat who is a social media star. Others are lesser-known but just as amazing. One of my favorites was about Callie the sheep who had a terrible infection and they thought she would never walk again and now frolics on the farm with a donkey and goats. As a child, I had a pet lamb growing up who needed special care and so Callie’s story touched my heart. Sam, a cat that was rescued, soon found stardom when his owner thought his markings would make him look unique. He now has thousands of social media followers and is a “super model”.
Other stories you might enjoy include Nora, the piano playing cat and Chris P. Bacon, the potbellied pig who was born with hind legs that don’t work right. There is also the story of JJ who was trained after his rescue to be an alert dog for his young owner that has a cell disorder.
Children will love the photographs of the animals along with the stories of adventure and love between the pet and owner. This book shows the importance of sharing the love of animals, raising pets with love, and adopting pets from rescue shelters. It’s impossible not to have that “warm-fuzzy” feeling after reading this book. These stories would appeal to younger and older elementary-aged children and would make a great gift for a child who just adopted a pet.
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If you are disappointed to find that someone else has already submitted a contract on your dream house, you may want to consider making a backup offer. The housing market has been tight everywhere in recent months, so discuss this option with your real estate agent if you really love the house. Backup offers don’t always work out, but enough do that you might want to consider the possibility.
Because the backup offer is a binding contract, you want to be sure that your financing is approved and that you’ve included all the contingencies that you would have in a first offer. If the original contract falls apart for any reason, you must be prepared to follow through with the purchase. Make your offer a fully executed agreement signed by you and the sellers, outlining price and terms. This will ensure that they must sell to you within a specified time period if the house becomes available again.
The buyers’ loan might not be approved. Loans are becoming tougher to get and if they can’t get approval, the buyers will have to back out of the deal.
The lender will require a home appraisal to verify the home’s worth. If the appraiser says the property is worth less than the price offered, the lender can deny the mortgage.
The home inspection might uncover problems that the buyers don’t want to deal with and the original contract can fall apart.
The buyers may have made a contingency contract based on the sale of their current home. If that sale doesn’t materialize in time, the domino effect could make your dream home available again.
There might even be problems due to homeowner association requirements. For example, the buyers might have three pets and back out of the contract when they discover the HOA only allows two.
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I just took a road trip up and down the highways of West Virginia, and I didn’t mind paying the toll because the autumn color was fantastic . As the trip progressed and the sun descended, the colors got deeper and richer, and the leaves glowed like they were lit up from the inside. A landscape that compelling made me want to keep on looking; stopping to blink was sacrilege. But I had to stop looking. There were signs that warned me to pay attention to the road: “falling rock”, “steep down-grade”, “strong cross-winds”, and “run-away truck lane ahead”. Yikes!
So, I paid attention to the interstate, but I kept thinking about the populations of bright leaves. They reminded me of people clustered in communities. Some were oak people; some were scarlet maple people, some were pine people, and so on. I reflected glumly, that I would probably be a brown leaf, instead of what I really wanted to be – brilliant red. Even as an imaginary leaf person, I was disappointed with myself, until I thought about it for a few more miles, and realized I had forgotten to factor “time” into my calculations.
Time changes the appearance of foliage. New leaves emerge in the spring, tiny and yellow- green. By the time summer comes, the leaves are darker, bursting with light-catching pigment. But chlorophyll production grinds to a halt when days get shorter in the fall, and with the green pigment gone, the glorious hidden colors are revealed. At the end of the cycle, a barrier forms between the leaf stem and the tree. The winter leaf releases its hold on the branch, drifts downward on chilly winds, and crackles beneath my feet. A leaf has its sunny days, its fall festival, its winter dance- and no more. Like all organic things, it ends in dust.
Leaves die. We die. Why is the prospect of dying (except for the rational fear of suffering) so distressing to us that we deny it, ignore it as long as we can, or spin fanciful “maybes” about it? I have a theory about this. I don’t think it’s because we’re afraid of non-being- unconsciousness isn’t unpleasant. I think what we really fear is being thrust, conscious, into the unknown. I think we know- deep down- that we don’t end.
John doesn’t give us the details we crave, but he tells us something important. We don’t reach our final destination until we see Jesus. And we won’t be complete until we are in His presence.
In the “fifth” season, my hidden colors will finally be revealed, but it will no longer matter to me. I’ll be looking at Him.
You could never be a brown leaf person. You are amazing and your thoughts are often profound. Awesome thoughts, Deb!
You, my friend, were born to be a red dancing leaf, and I know in heaven we won’t care–but it will be fun to see what kind of leaf people we are. I’m counting on our trees being close together! Great profound thoughts. You’re right, of course. It’s not the unconscious we fear but the frightening aspect of a place we don’t know and have no hope to enter apart from Him.

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Aren’t toddlers the cutest? My toddler, “New Kid”, loves to throw balls around. Maybe this is not so good in a small apartment! Lately I’ve been keeping him entertained with a “ball in a box”. I wish I’d thought of it when he was younger, because it’s perfect for babies, too.
All I did was put a ball or other small toy inside a clear plastic container so he can shake it and watch it roll around.
Sometimes he even plays with it by himself for more than 2 minutes before trying to take the lid off to get at the goods.
The best kid of ball to use is either a sky bounce ball like this (shown in photo). Ping pong balls (I recommend the yellow ones for contrast, instead of white) are extra fun because they bounce around so much, especially if you add a couple for them.
No fancy, expensive apps or electronics needed.
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We also had o-balls that Marianne mentions – they were a big hit. I am still thinking that they might be used for some sort of abstract sculpture one day.
Raising a Happy Child – try to use the small o-balls for bubble play. And for super large bubbles the big o-balls!


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"Pure Collaboration: Supporting EndNote Sharing Options" by Matt Regan, Heather Healy et al.
Objectives and Methods: Through liaison work and contact with faculty, we began to realize that there might be a greater need for instruction on collaborative tools in EndNote. To assess this need, we created a survey that targeted use patterns, comfort level, and knowledge of collaborative tools in EndNote. The survey population was composed of past attendees of Endnote workshops as well as selected departments. In addition, we analyzed use patterns and case scenarios with known researchers and librarians to determine where collaborative functions in EndNote might be useful. The results of that analysis highlighted a need for help choosing which function is most appropriate for a given task.
Conclusions and Next Steps: Responses to our survey clearly showed that EndNote is the preferred citation manager for our users. However, the majority of respondents were not using the available collaborative functions. Even among those who are using EndNote to collaborate, respondents felt that they could be doing so more successfully. The most widely cited barrier to collaborative use was lack of knowledge, and a high proportion of our respondents expressed a desire to attend a workshop on EndNote collaboration tools.
In order to help researchers and librarians identify which of the collaborative methods are most appropriate for a given task, we developed a decision tree that covers the most common uses for EndNote. This will be used as a supplement to our workshop handouts, which detail how to use each method. Both aids will be available on our subject guides and used in our EndNote Advanced workshops.

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I received my sheets very quickly. They were wonderful and I appreciate being able to get them. I do day care and was unable to find them locally.
The sheets are great for the bed as they are made to fit the portable crib. The quality is very good.
The jersey knit porta crib sheet is soft, however, not as thick as I thought it would be. I've had better quality sheets.
The jersey knit sheet fit my portable crib mattress perfectly. All other sheets fold the mattress up like a taco. This sheet fits the thin pad that came with the crib, as well as the thicker mattress that I purchased later. The jersey knit is so soft, and I like the quality. If you search other porta bedding sites, you will see that this sheet is priced the best. I highly recommend.
I tried ordering this sheet with reservations, however, the sheet is top quality and I received it within three days. Super fast!! Will definitely purchase another sheet today.

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Stocks had been decrease for the second week in a row as equity markets saw average strikes each up and down midweek. Information, commentary, market information and analysis stories are from third-get together sources unaffiliated with Fidelity and are offered for informational purposes solely. is part of ICICI Securities and presents retail buying and selling and investment providers. Asian markets have turned lower as the correction that has hit world equities moved into one other week, while the euro faced fresh pressure after German Chancellor did not form a authorities on the weekend.
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Possibly the marquee matchup of the weekend, the Green Bay Packers play host to the Seattle Seahawks at Lambeau Field. Both project as playoff teams, probable division winners and possible number one seeds in the NFC. The Packers are a three point favorite at home which denotes a neutral field pick 'em from Vegas. It's an exciting game that boasts a lot of star power.
Not the friendliest matchup for Aaron Rodgers in week one. Seattle's defense is whole again with the return of Earl Thomas and only allowed 16 passing touchdowns last year. Still, you don't sit the best quarterback in fantasy, and he should find a way to have a solid day.
Nelson will likely have to deal with Richard Sherman for most of the afternoon, which limits his upside. But, Nelson is a touchdown magnet and remains a WR1 even with a tough matchup.
Adams had a breakout campaign, but still has some questions around his game. As long as he keeps his end zone targets (16 last year,) he is a must start. Temper expectations but start with confidence.
The Seahawks are especially stingy against tight ends, allowing a measly 5.5 fantasy points per contest. It remains to be seen how Bennet will be used, so if you have a better option, look elsewhere.
Surprise, Seattle is also a good run defense. Montgomery is going to find tough sledding in this contest but still makes a serviceable play in PPR leagues.
Russel Wilson is looking for a bounce back year and the Green Bay Packers are a good place to start. Last year's defense was second to last against the pass and gave up the third most passing touchdowns. Considering the tundra is decidedly un-frozen, Wilson is a top flight QB1.
Doug Baldwin does what Doug Baldwin does. Put him down for 6 catches and a 50/50 chance of a touchdown.
Graham projects to have a good week against a Packers defense that gave up the eighth most passing yards to tight ends last year. He is a must start TE1.
Lockett is questionable with a leg injury but should play, representing a high risk high reward flex candidate. He is a distant third option in the Seattle passing attack but boasts the speed to score from anywhere including his special team duties.
Your guess is as good as anyone's on who will see the majority of touches out of the backfield. Thomas Rawls has shown he can handle the load but is questionable, Eddie Lacy has All Pro potential but can't catch a ball and C.J. Prosise might have the most upside of all three. Playing any of these players is a very risky proposition.


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Bakson’s Vitamin D Plus Tablets is ideal for all age groups. Homeopathic nutritional supplement for strong bones and also for Boost immunity.
Net Qnty. 50 tablets of plastic bottle (Each 550 mg).
The use of Bakson’s Vitamin D Plus Tablets is 1 tablet, once daily.
And also protect from heat, moisture and direct sunlight.
A health supplement in the form of multivitamin with a special focus on Vitamin D. Furthermore vitamin D is used for preventing and treating Rickets, a disease that is caused by not having enough vitamin D (Vitamin D deficiency).
It is also used for treating weak bones (Osteoporosis), bone pain, bone loss in people with a condition called Hyperparathyroidism and in inherited diseases in which the bones are especially brittle and easily broken.
It is also used for preventing falls and fractures in people at risk for Osteoporosis.
Furthermore Vitamin D could play a role in the prevention and treatment of a number of different conditions. That including type1 and type 2 diabetes, hypertension, glucose intolerance, and even multiple sclerosis.
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text: Yesterday was one heck of a day. I managed a short swim and short but heavy ride. The rest of the day from 4:30am until I pulled into the driveway at 9:00pm was work. I like the stress of doing three things to add up to one. Running market research, Shoe Ranger and then managing two struggling running stores. It's enough to keep the stress meter high but manageable.


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Sam is here inside a pocket you can remove him and add a tag, journaling tag , photo tag even some memorabilia will do great .
I did this layout for Treasure Box Designs using the file Treasure Tot Skateboard Sam. You can find this file under the "Boy's section" on the Treasure Box web page.
In this case instead of having just photo mats I decided to have "photo pockets". You can no only add as many photos as you want but you can also add journaling tags and memorabilia.
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Don’t just look out the window; check the weather forecast from a reliable source.
Dress for the session; is it a high-intensity session or long slow run?
Listen to your body; wear what you need.
One of the clearest influences on the clothing needed is the weather - both current and for the duration of your run. Though starting cold might feel a challenge, you know you are going to quickly warm up so think about going lighter at the beginning. However, if it is raining or windy, don’t brave the elements for the sake of tough-points, pack a jacket and wear it if necessary!
If you’re heading out on your long slow run you will definitely be running cooler than your weekly interval or hill session. If you’re out for a high-intensity session then go thinner for your base layer and bring a long sleeve top or jacket for when you are sweaty and tired when you have finished. For a longer, lighter session, a long-sleeve top might be best.
We are all built differently and respond to exercise, the elements, and just general well-being differently. If you get cold hands then you may require gloves even on warm days, if you run hot then don’t worry about starting too cold as you know you will soon warm up. Listen to your body and don’t let other people’s habits dictate what you need for yourself.
Race day is what we are all training for and it will be exciting, scary, and nerve-wracking all at once. Don’t let your clothing and layering let you down on the day. The best way to guarantee this is to practice, practice, practice.
Test out different layering systems and see what works for you.
Do ask others for advice – but don’t take it as gospel!
Remember, just get outside training, discover what works for you, and go into race day confident and happy with your decisions.
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Smashwords – Books Tagged "generational values"
These results show books which have been specifically tagged with this keyword. You can also try doing a general search for the term "generational values" .
generation X, one of four generations in the current workforce, is often overlooked and under appreciated. sandwiched between 80 million baby boomers and 78 million millennials, generation X is roughly defined as anyone born between 1965 and 1979, and it has just 46 million members. their independent natures are coupled with an entrepreneurial spirit.
the traditionalists is one of a 4 part series of generational books (the traditionalists, the baby boomers, generation X, and the millennials) designed to provide the reader with a better understanding of the oldest generation in today's business world. their background, goals, contributions, and behavioral patterns are discussed.

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Ian.Kidston just made me add a new smiley to our collection !
Thank you so much for the Ian !
Can´t wait to taste this fine Australian Shiraz. Think I´ll share them with my family on x-mas eve.
Oh, and there´s a movie too... "Bottle Shock", which I havn´t seen yet, but will be looking forward to.
Thank you Ian, you really should´nt have - But who turns down Australian Wine ?


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Ricky Gervais plays video games while Ecuadorian peasants choke on sarin gas. Ricky Gervais breaks into his own apartment to steal money from his shrew of a wife. Ricky Gervais, coked out of his mind on South American blow, guns down Latin American men with frightened abandon. Ricky Gervais gets the girl … who’s not his wife.
There. I’ve saved you the hour and 40 minutes it takes to watch Netflix’s newest questionable comedy — Special Correspondents. Do literally anything else with that time. Remind yourself of better days by rewatching the first few episodes of the British The Office. Ponder a happier universe where Gervais sticks to T.V. and never writes another movie. Hug your loved-ones close and reassure them they’ll never have to sit through Special Correspondents.
Yes, it’s that bad and Netflix knows it. “They’re faking war-zone reports. It’s not the worst idea ever. Wait, this just in — it’s the worst idea ever,” reads the two-sentence summary floating beside a picture of a charmless Eric Bana and awkward Ricky Gervais that serves as the flick’s poster.
Don’t say they didn’t warn you.
Special Correspondents is a movie written and directed by professional British gadfly Gervais. The film stars Bana as Frank Bonneville, a local celebrity newscaster at a low-rent radio station in New York City. Bonneville oozes sleaze, laziness and affected disinterest but he’s handsome and clever so life treats him well.
Gervais plays Ian Finch, a hapless loser addicted to video games and comic books. He’s the head sound engineer at the radio station and he’s content with that. His wife, played by Vera Farmiga, is not … and she constantly pressures him to step up, stop reading comics and be a man.
Comedy ensues when a vague conflict breaks out in Ecuador and the radio station decides to ship the two to South America to cover it. But Gervais accidentally throws away their passports, money and plane tickets so they’re stuck in New York. Rather than fess up to the mistake, Bonneville and Finch decide to fake it. The pair post up in a loft above a restaurant across the street from the radio station in call in fake stories about a real war.
The lies get out of control as the two stage a kidnapping, fabricate a rebel leader and eventually sneak into Ecuador to avoid getting caught in their lies. It’s a good premise wasted on a terrible movie — and Gervais is to blame.
Special Correspondents is an adaptation of the French film Envoyés Très Spéciaux, which follows roughly the same plot but uses Iraq as its war zone rather than Ecuador. Which makes much more sense.
“It’s real target is fame itself and what people do for a shortcut in life,” Gervais told NPR in a May interview. And in that idea is the seed of a great dark comedy, one which the French film takes advantage of. The writers of Envoyés Très Spéciaux conceived of the film after Iraqi insurgents released a French journalist they’d kidnapped and she promptly launched a media tour in order to sell books.
The two writers wondered what someone might do to attain that level of fame. Might they fake it? Might they actually try to get themself captured?
Adapting the idea should have been easy. Special Correspondents should be full of Brian Williams jokes, celebrity deconstruction and Bana ironically grinning through book tours built on lies in the desert. Instead, it’s mostly a movie about Bana and Gervais sitting on a couch watching T.V.
Ditching Iraq for Ecuador is part of the problem. Iraq has resonance and weight. Faking war reports from Baghdad and then intentionally getting captured by its insurgency would be ridiculous, dark and funny … if done right. It’d be hard to narrative trick to pull off, but potentially intensely satisfying.
Instead, Gervais decided to go the easy route and change the location of the conflict to Ecuador — a country a vast majority of the film’s Western audience won’t care about one way or the other.
The other problem is Gervais’ wife. Farmiga is always great, but she’s wasted in Special Correspondents. When Finch and Bonneville’s stories become popular, Farmiga cashes in. She cuts albums, starts a charity and does the T.V. talk show circuit. It’s deplorable.
But having Finch’s wife, rather than Finch himself, reap the benefits of his lie is a mistake. It’s an attempt to keep Finch and Bonneville likeable by mitigating their success. It’s implied that Farmiga is the real monster because she’s the one doing the exploiting. But Finch and Bonneville are just as culpable even if the film attempts to portray them as hapless goons who are in over their head.
It doesn’t track. It’s disingenuous and lazy — an attempt by Gervais to have it both ways. He wants to keep his protagonists free from scorn while still commenting on celebrity culture. Instead, Special Correspondents detours into the life of Finch’s wife just make the film dull.
That’s Special Correspondents’ big problem — it’s boring. The characters, except for luckless loser Gervais and his office crush, are terrible people. The plot takes too long to unfold and nothing happens when it does. The movie isn’t funny or smart or interesting.
It’s not even so bad it’s funny. Special Correspondents is just there — the kind of movie destined to run on TBS at 11:00 on Tuesday morning. Something to distract you while you fold laundry. A movie you forget about as soon as it’s over.
The inciting incident, Gervais losing the tickets and the two conspiring to lie to the public, doesn’t occur until 30 minutes into the film. The first half hour is all character development for terrible and unpleasant people. Bana sleeps with Gervais’ wife. Gervais mopes and wonders how to save his marriage. A fellow journalist flirts with Gervais — to no avail.
Special Correspondents doesn’t know what it wants to be. When Bana and Gervais banter, it wants to be a buddy comedy, but the two have no chemistry. When the team files its fake news stories and watch the mainstream media pick them up, it’s a critique of the modern media landscape.
But the film spends five minutes on the idea before getting bored and going back to Gervais reading comics in bed. When Gervais and his office crush flirt miserably, it’s a romantic comedy with no love and no laughs.
I’ve never sat through a film so unfocused and unwatchable. Special Correspondents is so bad that even a climax featuring Gervais high on Ecuadorian marching powder, murdering goons in the jungle, can’t save it.
Kudos to Netflix for its subtle warning.