I hope everyone had a great 3 day weekend! We didn't do anything special, just stayed home & relaxed after catching up on some stuff around the house. Pete mowed both yards & I did all the housework. Did a special thorough cleaning of my office floor after moving furniture, knitted another panel on the afghan (2 to go!), I made enchiladas for dinner (OK, they're not really enchiladas, we only call them that because the woman who originally made them, who I got the idea from, called them that). They're corn tortillas with ground beef & shredded cheddar inside them. Kind of a corn tortilla cheeseburger. then we watched some TV together & then crawled off to each of our PCs for some game time ... until 4:a. Yes, we were bad. The Sims game I loaded up last night was the Halliwell Manor. I miss Charmed, I loved that show. Anyway, the house is beautiful inside & out. Whoever built it did a good job. I also had downloaded the Halliwells (seperately). I have Phoebe, Piper (my favorite), & Paige. What a difficult game! I usually play ONE Sim & let the other(s) do what they want, but in this game, I wanted to control the destiny of all of them, so off I went, trying to watch over 3 Sims at once. Phoebe, since she worked at a newspaper in the show, was sent out to start a career doing the same thing here in my game. Piper, being such a great cook in the show was sent out to start a career 5-star chef at the Bistro. Paige was a social worker in the show I believe ... there are social workers in the game, but you can't become one yourself, so since she's artistic & it helps if you have someone at home to raise the children (90% of the babysitters in the game do NOTHING), I had her register as self-employed as an illustrious author. She's doing well. Piper met her husband at work & they had a girl named Renesmee (yes, I'm mixing shows here). Paige, since she never leaves the house to go to work & had no chance of meeting anyone, jumped at the chance to meet & eventually marry the repairman who came to fix the kitchen sink when it broke. They had a boy named Harry (named after my real life father in law). Poor Phoebe only works with women & hasn't yet met anyone to marry. BUT, even with Phoebe single still, I now have 7 Sims in the house & the max is 8. This means that when & if Phoebe finally meets someone & gets married, her husband will bring the total to 8 meaning they can't have a child unless someone in the game dies of old age. Paige's husband is the oldest, but he's not even elderly yet & whoever created the sisters made them all fully mature adults instead of young adults. This means that the biological Sim clock is ticking for poor Phoebe. By the time Paige's husband passes, Phoebe will most likely be elderly herself & unable to ever have children. This means that only Piper & Paige will have children who carry on the family names. Watching over & taking care of SEVEN Sims at once sure is a task. My head was hurting by the time I shut the game down for the night (morning?). City council meeting tonight.
Unwillingly set up on a blind date with handsome Miles on Christmas Eve,
Kate gets 12 chances to relive the date over and over again until she
sets things right. At first reluctant to give Miles a shot, Kate learns
acceptance from a holiday miracle.
Echelon:
1: A steplike arrangement 2a: 1 of a series of levels or grades in an organization or field of activity b: The individuals at such a level.
There have been reports of corruption in the upper echelons of the firm.
"Echelon" is a useful word for anyone who is climbing the ladder or success. It traces back to scala, a late Latin word meaning "ladder," which is the ancestor of the Old French eschelon, meaning "rung of a ladder." Over time, the French word (echelon in Modern French) came to mean "step," "grade," or "level." When it was 1st borrowed into English in the 18th century, "echelon" referred specifically to a steplike arrangement of troops, but now it usually refers to a level or category withing an organization or group of people.
Forbes Intelligent Investing:
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of feature stories and video conversations with the business and
investment world’s most respected minds. Watch Intelligent Investing
With Steve Forbes, a video series of rare one-on-one interviews with
financial luminaries at the famed Forbes Townhouse in New York City.
Read Intelligent Investing articles and panel discussions as they focus
on current investment topics and present exclusive editorial from
investment strategists and forecasters that influence your financial
climate. Take a chance and use your shake function to pick from a
lottery of quotes and video clips of Steve Forbes himself. From
investment philosophies to the state of the global economy, Intelligent
Investing is your mobile access to the best minds in the business.
Have I mentioned your __________?
It's
( ) malodorous.
( ) preposterous.
( ) disastrous.
In-state tuition isn't that bad in most places. $6,000/yr is about the average, according to USA Today, for in-state tuition. There are quality universities that are less than that. That's the average. That's $500/mo. You can make that & eating money by delivering pizzas at night while going to school during the day.
On this day in 2002, Kelly Clarkson, a 20-year-old cocktail waitress from Texas, wins Season One of American Idol
in a live television broadcast from Hollywood’s Kodak Theater. Clarkson
came out on top in the amateur singing contest over 23-year-old
runner-up Justin Guarini after millions of viewers cast their votes for
her by phone. She was awarded a recording contract and went on to sell
millions of albums and establish a successful music career. (Clarkson
and Guarnini also co-starred in the 2003 box-office bomb From Justin to Kelly, which was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for that year’s worst film but lost to the Jennifer Lopez-Ben Affleck vehicle Gigli.) Starting with its first season, American Idol became one of the most popular TV programs in U.S. history and spawned a slew of talent-competition shows.
American Idol was based on a British TV show called Pop Idol, which was developed by the English-born entertainment executive Simon Fuller and debuted in the U.K. in 2001. The Idol concept was shopped around in the United States and reportedly rejected by several TV networks before Fox picked it up. The American Idol
premiere, which aired on June 11, 2002, was co-hosted by Ryan Seacrest
and Brian Dunkleman (who was dropped from the program after Season One)
and starred a trio of judge--the acerbic British music executive Simon
Cowell, the singer-choreographer Paul Abdul and the musician-producer
Randy Jackson. The show followed the judges as they selected
contestants, who were required to be teens or young adults, from open
auditions around the United States. Contestants who made the cut were
flown to Hollywood, where they were eventually narrowed to 10 finalists,
who performed live on television and were critiqued by the judges. Home
viewers phoned in their votes for their favorite performers and each
week the contestant who received the lowest number of votes was
eliminated from the competition.
Following Clarkson’s Season One victory, subsequent American Idol
winners--Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor
Hicks, Jordin Sparks and David Cook--have had varying degrees of success
in their music careers. In some cases, American Idol runner-ups,
such as Clay Aiken (Season Two, second place) and Chris Daughtry
(Season Five, fourth place), have sold more records than certain A.I.
winners. Jennifer Hudson, who finished seventh in Season Three of the
show, later won an Academy Award for her supporting performance in Dreamgirls (2006), the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical.
Pack like a pro: Roll clothes to fit in more, & stuff underwear & socks in shoes.
A three-day hostage crisis at a Russian school comes to a
violent conclusion after a gun battle erupts between the hostage-takers
and Russian security forces. In the end, over 300 people died, many of
them children, while hundreds more were injured.
On the morning
of September 1, a group of Chechan terrorists surrounded students,
teachers and parents on the playground of School No. 1 in Beslan as they
held a celebration in honor of the first day of the school year. Some
people managed to escape while others were killed; however, the
majority, an estimated 1,200 adults and children, were herded into the
school gym, which the hostage-takers rigged with a number of explosive
devices. Later that day, Russian authorities began negotiation talks
with the terrorist, whose demands included the withdrawal of Russian
troops from Chechnya. Negotiations broke down after two days and early
on the afternoon of September 3, an explosion went off in the
gym--accidentally, according to some survivors. Some hostages died
immediately, and more were killed or injured when the gym collapsed.
Further chaos ensued as Russian police and soldiers opened fire on the
school. Some hostages were moved to the cafeteria and forced to stand at
the windows as human shields, where they where caught in the crossfire.
In
total, 331 people were killed as a result of the seige, 186 of them
children, and over 700 more individuals were injured. Russian
authorities claimed there was a total of 32 terrorists, 31 of whom died
during the siege. Some surviving hostages claimed there had been
additional terrorists who managed to escape. Residents of Beslan blamed
Russian authorities for badly mishandling the crisis, saying rescue
operations were poorly planned and troops used excessive force.
Shamil
Basayev, a militant Islamist and leader of the Chechen separatist
movement, claimed responsibility for the Beslan school siege. In 2006,
Nurpashi Kulayev, the only known surviving hostage-taker, was sentenced
to life in prison. That same year, Basayev died in an explosion, the
cause of which remains unclear.
Set up a homework station so children have a designated home to do homework. Consider using the dining room table, a desk in their bedroom, or a table in the corner of a living room. Choose a room where your child can concentrate. Stock the homework station with pencils, pens, paper, etc. Setting a place to do homework not only communicates to your child that homework is important, but also gives them the ability to focus better.
Sportsmanship - some tips for kids:
- Don't argue with the judges & referees.
- Be considerate of other players.
- Thank teammates - win or lose.
Steel square stainless steel necklace is a tapestry of pattern, shape, and form that is definitely unexpected.
A United Nations court finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide,
marking the first time that the 1948 law banning genocide is enforced.
Because mass killings had occurred in several countries since the law
went into effect, the UN received heavy criticism for waiting 50 years
before finally enforcing it.
The crimes for which Akayesu was held
responsible took place during the 1994 mass slaughter of the Tutsi
minority population by the Hutu tribespeople. It is estimated that
800,000 Tutsis were killed by roving bands of Hutus armed with machetes.
The killers brutally murdered Tutsi men, women, and children, and even
moderate Hutus who attempted to protect them. One Red Cross worker told
of how he was forced to stand aside while all the patients in his
hospital were hacked to death in their beds.
Conflict between the
Hutus and the Tutsis had been a part of Rwandan life for years. Since
the 15th century, the Tutsis dominated the Hutu people as ancient feudal
lords. When the Belgians gained power of Rwanda in 1919, they ruled
through Tutsi chiefs. However, during a Hutu uprising in 1959, 100,000
Tutsis were massacred, while twice as many were forced to flee the
country. In 1962, Rwanda gained independence from Belgium under a
Hutu-led government. The killings continued for another decade, until
Rwanda was taken over in a military coup led by General Juvenal
Habyarimana.
Rwanda enjoyed a period of relative stability under
Habyarimana until 1990, when the Rwanda Patriotic Front, a group of
Tutsi rebels aided by Uganda, started a civil war
against the Rwandan government. The war was temporarily halted when a
cease-fire was signed in August 1992. However, after Habyarimana died in
an unexplained plane crash in April 1994, the fighting resumed. Hutu
government militiamen, blaming the Tutsis for the crash, began a 90-day
murdering spree as Tutsi rebels fought back. The killing finally came to
an end when the Tutsis gained power in July 1994.
Jean-Paul
Akayesu was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the deaths of
2,000 Tutsis who had sought his protection, as well as 80 years in
prison for other violations, including rape. Although Akayesu claimed
that he was powerless to stop the killings, Judge Laity Kama ruled that
the mayor was "individually and criminally responsible for the deaths."
The ruling not only marked the first time a guilty verdict was handed
down on the basis of the 1948 Genocide Convention, but also the first
time in international law that mass rape was considered an "act of
genocide."
What city was the first in the U.S. to hire a policewoman with arrest powers?
Los Angeles, in 1910. The police department let her design her own uniform.
What color are an emu’s eggs?
Which causes most, 2nd most, & 3rd most work injuries?
A. Machinery
B. Falling
C. Lifting
CBA. Most people know the importance of proper lifting technique, but it's easy to forget. Lift with your legs &, dammit, be careful out there!
Which QB has the most, 2nd most, & 3rd most TD passes?
A. Fran Tarkenton
B. Brett Favre
C. Dan Marino
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