Costco AU

Who would have thought that a Costco could look like this?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Th5c_UPlEqRyJLsJIEZjcDeLECeoWjl76yewcYUW_pBmPYrTCqILfvvoRpOpcMB0xsjCpx3jWr528GUC4XZNPlWxLiyEX_fdIZEPc_LGOqlcEpp819Lz9TeJMiVFwllSccTmJ2SWWimd/s1600/Costco_Photo_05_PH.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Th5c_UPlEqRyJLsJIEZjcDeLECeoWjl76yewcYUW_pBmPYrTCqILfvvoRpOpcMB0xsjCpx3jWr528GUC4XZNPlWxLiyEX_fdIZEPc_LGOqlcEpp819Lz9TeJMiVFwllSccTmJ2SWWimd/s640/Costco_Photo_05_PH.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />[Photo by Peter Hyatt | via <a href="http://www.worldbuildingsdirectory.com/project.cfm?id=2466">World Buildings Directory</a>]<br /><br />It's the Costco at Waterfront City in Melbourne's Docklands, designed by <a href="http://www.nharchitecture.net/">NHArchitecture</a> and completed in 2009. The architects describe it as such:<br /><blockquote><i>[It] demonstrates how large format retailing need not conform to the traditional stereotype of a big pitched-roof shed. The project challenges this precept by combining Costco’s globally successful retail strategy with VicUrban’s design agenda promoting quality contemporary architecture and public space.<br /><br />Big box retailing does not have a good track record for promoting leading architecture and urban design. Traditionally banished to the industrial edges of the city and symbolised by a massive shed in a sea of asphalt, the reputation is often well deserved. Melbourne’s new headquarters for Costco overcomes this conventional attitude.</i></blockquote>Of course, inside it looks exactly like every other Costco: <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJhsVv9vua2x8eMW1Nyl_i71rFEzHK_Tz4vbGP883NcObF8duHCAaKqr6XhOM37uevuQDdDd_8YjN4HxwrOuPa6s8tZFKEh-1XB2yEISYEPtZzM7uKp0ymxsVg8d8IyYq-YUYOw7AhJ9H/s1600/Costco_Photo_11_TM.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJhsVv9vua2x8eMW1Nyl_i71rFEzHK_Tz4vbGP883NcObF8duHCAaKqr6XhOM37uevuQDdDd_8YjN4HxwrOuPa6s8tZFKEh-1XB2yEISYEPtZzM7uKp0ymxsVg8d8IyYq-YUYOw7AhJ9H/s640/Costco_Photo_11_TM.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />[Photo by Trevor Mein | via <a href="http://www.worldbuildingsdirectory.com/project.cfm?id=2466">World Buildings Directory</a>]

Costco AU

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Alloy on John Street

Last week Mayor Bloomberg "<a href="http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/news/press-releases/mayor-bloomberg-announces-approval">Announce[d] Approval of Development That Will Allow for Expansion and Funding of Brooklyn Bridge Park</a>." Specifically this headline is referring to a 47-unit, 100,000-sf development at 1 John Street in DUMBO. The development team is comprised of <a href="http://www.alloyllc.com/">Alloy Development</a> and <a href="http://www.moncon.com/">Monadnock Construction</a>, though the press release linked above does not indicate the architect responsible for the design.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nycmayorsoffice/9411269198/" title="John Street_1_Credit Alloy by nycmayorsoffice, on Flickr"><img alt="John Street_1_Credit Alloy" height="481" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2852/9411269198_da4229d532_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />[All photos via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nycmayorsoffice">nycmayorsoffice Flickr account</a> | Image: Alloy Development]<br /><br />A hint at who is responsible for the building design can be found in Alloy Development, which has Jared Della Valle (formerly of Della Valle Bernheimer Architecture) <a href="http://www.alloyllc.com/about/key-personnel">as its President</a>. DVB undertook projects as both architect and developer, a situation that seems to have precipitated the split into Alloy and <a href="http://bernheimerarchitecture.com/">Bernheimer Architecture</a>—the former focused on development and the latter on architecture. So is 1 John Street's boxy and glassy design the product of Alloy Development itself? I'd wager it is (a sentiment <a href="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130731/REAL_ESTATE/130739963">echoed by Crains</a>).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nycmayorsoffice/9411266604/" title="John Street_2_Credit Alloy by nycmayorsoffice, on Flickr"><img alt="John Street_2_Credit Alloy" height="504" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/9411266604_08ef99168b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />[Image: Alloy Development]<br /><br />Alloy certainly isn't alone in developing and designing substantial residential developments. DDG comes to mind as one developer/architect making its stamp on New York City, with projects in <a href="http://ddgpartners.com/#/11/41-bond">NoHo</a> and the <a href="http://ddgpartners.com/#/9/345meatpacking">Meatpacking District</a> in particular. Naturally, with Alloy's location in Brooklyn they are focusing on developments in that borough; one standout is the nearby <a href="http://www.dumbotownhouses.com/">Dumbo Townhouses</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nycmayorsoffice/9411264720/" title="John Street_3_Credit Alloy by nycmayorsoffice, on Flickr"><img alt="John Street_3_Credit Alloy" height="351" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5494/9411264720_ab1ec09487_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />[Image: Alloy Development] <br /><br />It's worth comparing Alloy's design for 1 John Street with the other 10 developer entries in the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation's RFP for the site, <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/05/30/which_of_these_11_condos_should_grace_the_bk_waterfront.php">which can be seen at Curbed</a>. Alloy's winning entry is Team 11. In addition to the 47 residential units, the proposal includes ground floor retail and a branch of the Brooklyn Children's Museum.

Alloy on John Street

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ALEC charged with tax fraud for political junkets

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqbBvOSjWyjb8EovjG4xMi2cYSqbWLEpgNJdfwfWxgXoT2P1fAht8UrnSOvGijhszYW4rUhFQcXUFFvacYCorY1_l8XLm4Z6hyX0xpROYBXY9slOUBW_cOZWT1R-xiqBE092AFGTKVc4j/s1600/alec-exposed-600x400.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqbBvOSjWyjb8EovjG4xMi2cYSqbWLEpgNJdfwfWxgXoT2P1fAht8UrnSOvGijhszYW4rUhFQcXUFFvacYCorY1_l8XLm4Z6hyX0xpROYBXY9slOUBW_cOZWT1R-xiqBE092AFGTKVc4j/s320/alec-exposed-600x400.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://alecexposed.org/" rel="nofollow">ALEC</a>, the corporate escort service for state lawmakers, was charged today with tax fraud. The <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/" rel="nofollow">Center for Media and Democracy</a> and <a href="http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=8281551" rel="nofollow">Common Cause</a> say the anti-worker organization is lying about the extravagant vacations it funds for elected officials.<br /><br />In a letter to the IRS, the two watchdog groups say ALEC since 2006 has spent $4 million on lawmakers' vacations disguised as "scholarships." Elected officials' meals, airfare and accommodations are paid for by ALEC, and they stay at luxury hotels like the Ritz-Carlton and Hyatt Regency in vacation spots like New Orleans and San Diego. About 300 state lawmakers a year receive travel funding from ALEC, and at least 20 have gotten as much as $7,000.<br /><br />Here's how Common Cause and the Center for Media and Democracy explain their charges:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is running a secretive, multi-million dollar slush fund that finances lavish trips for state legislators and has misled the Internal Revenue Service about the fund’s activity... </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"> the “scholarship fund” scheme also raises serious questions about ALEC’s compliance with state gift and disclosure laws, and the ethics of lawmakers who accept ALEC’s travel payments. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">The watchdogs said that by funneling money through ALEC, that group’s corporate sponsors are able to take a federal tax deduction for the cost of wining, dining and housing lawmakers and their families at resorts and events like ALEC’s 40th anniversary meeting this week at Chicago’s posh Palmer House Hilton (August 7-9).  Meanwhile, ALEC conceals the sources of the funds from the public and hides the amount of spending from the IRS by claiming that it only holds the funds in “trust,” while writing lawmakers’ checks to cover their trips. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Common Cause and CMD laid out details of the fund’s operation in an IRS tax <a href="http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7Bfb3c17e2-cdd1-4df6-92be-bd4429893665%7D/SCANNED%20SUPPLEMENTAL%20SUBMISSION.PDF" rel="nofollow">whistleblower complaint </a>and letter to the IRS Commissioner.</blockquote>ALEC will be celebrating its 40th birthday on Aug. 7-9 in Chicago, but there'll be a crowd on hand to blow out the candles. The<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/07/12194/alec-celebrates-its-40th-birthday-chicago-protesters-prepare-blow-out-candles" rel="nofollow"> Center for Media and Democracy</a> tells us:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">ALEC will be greeted in the Windy City by a broad coalition of good government groups, labor unions, as well as civil rights and religious groups, who will rally to say that 40 years of ALEC is nothing to celebrate. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">ALEC's 40th, like their previous meetings, will consist of closed-door meetings where corporate lobbyists and state legislators sit together on task forces and pass "model" bills, which the legislators then bring back and introduce in their home states with no disclosure. The state legislators in attendance will also be wined and dined at corporate-sponsored events and taken to fancy dinners with special interest lobbyists.</blockquote>Appearing as a special guest will be Jeb Bush, champion of the movement to outsource public education. (That worked out real well in <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/07/out-sourced-school-grade-changed.html" rel="nofollow">Indiana</a>.)<br /><br />If you're in Chicago on Aug. 8 and ready to rally, check out this<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/398759776900781" rel="nofollow"> Facebook page</a>. <br /><br />

ALEC charged with tax fraud for political junkets

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Effective Tips To Losing Those Extra Pounds

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Ella Walker</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Speaking about weight loss is often hard. Your doctor will also be able to advise you about diets that are unhealthy or counterproductive to long-term weight loss. Stick to the following tips in the below article and use them as a guide to starting you on a weight loss journey.<br /> <br /> You can get some exercise while you are chatting on the phone. Rather than sitting down as you talk, stand up and walk around while you are on your phone. You don't have to engage in heavy exercise. All you have to do is stay active and do some chores; you will be burning calories in no time!<br /> <br /> If your goal is to lose fat, focus on cardio workouts. Cardiovascular exercises will burn fat by quickening your pulse and pushing your body for energy. Any exercise that increases you heart rate will qualify as cardiovascular activity. You should find an activity that you enjoy and do it.<br /> <br /> Focus on clothes and not on weight. Do not pay attention to the scale. People can vary a lot in how much they weigh. Everyone has a different ideal weight, so trying for one weight can be silly sometimes. Focus on the clothing size that you desire and use that as motivation.<br /> <br /> Make sure your diet consists of lots of healthy foods. If you're eating nothing but low-calorie foods, you may not be getting enough nutrients. Improving your health should be a higher priority than losing weight.<br /> <br /> A proven way to shed some pounds is to start walking daily. Not only does it help you lose weight, but it keeps your appetite satisfied by keeping the blood flow away from your digestive system. You can burn up to 500 calories each hour and that is about the same as the calories of a small meal.<br /> <br /> Try eating meals at the same general time each day. This will help you establish a routine so you don't eat at all hours. You should try getting your snacking times on a schedule, as well. When you're on a schedule, you are less likely to overeat.<br /> <br /> Weight loss isn't that difficult. You need a mentality to help you avoid giving up when losing weight. Keep in mind that everything you do, even mundane household tasks can be part of your success. You need to be active if you want to lose weight.<br /> <br /> As you can see, the information laid out here can help you with your weight loss journey. Apply what you've just read, and make the necessary daily lifestyle changes needed to achieve your goals.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>If you want to learn more <a href="http://www.youcaneatandloseweight.com">You Can Eat And Lose Weight</a> you can read more topics for a helpful tips.</div><br /> </div><br />

Effective Tips To Losing Those Extra Pounds

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The Merits Of Bella Weight Loss

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Lela Perkins</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Bella weight loss is an institution run by some experts. This institution is formed for one main reason, which is helping people out in burning calories. The members of this place are those who are experts in the sector of nutrition and dietetics. Others are those who are well versed with knowledge on the various exercises that people usually do to burn the calories.<br /> <br /> The people in the nutrition department do very many activities. There are those whose work is to tell their clients on the best ways to feed if they want to keep their mass in check. Others are those who prepare meals for the people who want to reduce their sizes. These people in order to avoid eating that which will only add calories may opt to have all their meals from this particular place. The cooks do their work very well.<br /> <br /> The advice given by the experts in this department is termed as very beneficial. This especially is for those individuals who do not have the capacity to practice any form of exercise. They are the people who have accumulated too much of the calorie in their bodies. The meals advocated fro also are the kinds that are easily available and very cheap to obtain even if they need to be purchased. People who follow the counsel given, usually witness good results at the end.<br /> <br /> However, there are some individual who have got very serious addictions to various commodities that are rich in calories. Getting these people to totally quit from their consumption may prove a bit difficult. As such, the experts handling them have to exercise some very good level of patience with such people. This is so as to ensure that they do not feel discouraged as well as discriminated upon.<br /> <br /> The next department handles people who have got a good amount of calories fine, but who also can at least be able to do some other activities in the gym. The instructors here have organized their exercises such that they expose their clients to the simple ones first before slowly progressing to those that are very technical. Besides, they also may give them instructions to use at their own time in their premises.<br /> <br /> This has also helped very many people. There are some individuals who have got gym facilities in their houses. These people may also be the very active types. If they stick to following the instructions given by their instructors, they end up witnessing of the results of their struggle through very quick loss of calories. The instructors here also earn very well in terms of salaries.<br /> <br /> However, this is also very difficult to follow. There are those individuals who are very heavy such that they cannot even make a single step in an attempt to even jog. The aspects here therefore have to struggle with such people until they finally can do it comfortably. The individuals who subscribe to these exercises may also feel insufficient in their undertakings.<br /> <br /> <A href="http://www.x2zero.com">Bella weight loss</A> as an institution is among the busiest in terms of operations. The people employed here are very kind with their clients. This is because they deal with people who have issues with their bodies and thus have very low self esteem.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>You can visit the website <a href="http://www.x2zero.com">www.x2zero.com</a> for more helpful information about The Functions Of Bella Weight Loss </div><br /> </div><br />

The Merits Of Bella Weight Loss

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Now hiring: HoH

I've been talking to a life coach.  Like a real one with training for these sorts of things.  I had no idea they existed until recently.  I suppose they'd work for most people.  Or normal people.<br /><br />One of the most frustrating things for me is I am perfectly capable of being my own life coach.  I know what I need to do.  I just need somebody to tell me to do it.  Somebody to look at my list and tell me to first take care of this item and that one, get lunch ready (I forget to feed my family often) and then knock out this other thing on the list.  THEN, I can go play. <br /><br />Instead, I like to stare at my muddled mess of things to do for work, family and myself.  Never quite getting anything done.  I'm too busy trying to figure out <i>how</i> to get it done.  Which never works out because life gets in the way.  Or there's something else I feel like doing.<br /><br />In the perfect little world inside my head, I can be my own life coach like all the other competent people are.  But I can't do it alone.  So that's where they other half of my perfect little imaginary world kicks in.  That's the part that needs hubby.  Yeah, this is the DD thing... but it's also not.  It'd help if he'd talk to me, help me set goals, keep up with what I'm doing or not, generally support my efforts, let me know if I've disappointed him or others.  <br /><br />Nope.  <br /><br />So that's where the life coach idea came about from.  <br /><br />She's cheery and peppy.  Granted it's all been email.  But I already know what she looks like<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MDBbVTZYyBSyCWkELCLso0XY7FmarluC_LGxw03W18IVdlaNOATrIK1Ix-wSdFAsvgy-RLqb32ghIcmjj16dqiX2X0RwQOQwEt-nBusNLdh3rKD96shKKvKZonp3MM0em1R0dRkdFbM/s320/Cheerleader.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MDBbVTZYyBSyCWkELCLso0XY7FmarluC_LGxw03W18IVdlaNOATrIK1Ix-wSdFAsvgy-RLqb32ghIcmjj16dqiX2X0RwQOQwEt-nBusNLdh3rKD96shKKvKZonp3MM0em1R0dRkdFbM/s200/Cheerleader.gif" width="196" /></a></div><br /><br />And I can hear her voice through her written words and she needs to be slapped.  I guess I'm not wired to appreciate a peppy little cheerleader shaking her pompoms when I cleaned the toilet.  <br /><br />What she can't understand is what's going on in my head.  She's not a therapist, so doesn't have a grasp on the complexities of a person with issues.  I can't get into what I really need with her. <br /><br />Her methods are based around the notion that I will get off on seeing the laundry put away.  Sorry, but I don't get my kicks because the baskets are empty.  I'm not even looking for kicks.  I tried to explain that I don't live in a reward-based world.  I just need her help to prioritize and talk to me about what I did or didn't do, then help me with the next week.  My rewards will come naturally as I manage my responsibilities better and have time to enjoy life.  <br /><br />She told me I have problems if I think I don't deserve rewards.  <br /><br />I never said I didn't deserve them.  I feel strongly that laundry inside the drawers is just laundry put away.  The mail sorted isn't a monumental occasion worthy of balloons and streamers.  I don't run around beaming with joy, high on life because my kids' dinner didn't come from a factory.  <br /><br />This isn't going to work.  I let her know I appreciated her time.  The early communication was a time to see if we could work together.  I had already paid for what was done and as agreed upon, not like I took advantage of her.  It's an incompatibility of motivational styles.  She responded to this with a less than friendly email.  In a nutshell, I'm a big fat quitter and I'll never change if I'm not willing to put in an effort.  Sigh...<br /><br />Accountability.  That's all I need.<br /><br />I need to hire a HoH and not a life coach.  Imagine how that'd go over lol

Now hiring: HoH

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Some Tips On How You Can Afford To Hire A Personal Trainer Westlake

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Jackie Johnson</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Westlake is one of the most populated areas in the entire state of California. In the 1980s, Westlake has become the home of numerous impoverished Guatemalan as well as Salvadoran communities who are said to be exiles from the wars that are happening in Central America at that time. In the 1990s, the neighborhood of Westlake has gained greater notoriety due to the rampant scandals which include narcotics and prostitution.<br /> <br /> Lots of things have changed now. While Westlake is generally a good place to live in now, a lot of people here still find it too expensive to train with a fitness trainer. So here are a few tips on how you can easily afford to train with a personal trainer Westlake.<br /> <br /> Train In A Group<br /> <br /> The best thing that you can do is to look for a fitness trainer who will be willing to train you and your group of friends. This way, you can split the cost with your friends. There are some trainers who can train up to a maximum of four people, so look around and find this kind of trainer.<br /> <br /> The websites also allow participants to set their own fitness goals, schedule their own workout routines and follow video demonstrations on some exercises. All these are being offered for free online, yet if you feel that you are more comfortable working out with these trainers in person, then contact them and schedule an appointment.<br /> <br /> Opt For A Gym Membership<br /> <br /> It is cheaper if you choose to sign up for a gym membership instead of asking a trainer to train you privately right in the comfort of your own home. When you sign up at the gym, most of the trainers there will be willing to offer consultation services for free. So instead of paying for a personal trainer Westlake for consultation, why not take advantage of these free services at the gym? Some gyms will also ask you for your fitness goals and will ask their in-house trainers to come up with a fitness plan specifically for you.<br /> <br /> At the very least, hiring a personal trainer to train you in a gym is cheaper than hiring one to train you at home.<br /> <br /> Look For Online Personal Trainers<br /> <br /> You may not have heard of this before, but there are actually lots of websites now that offer free workout programs and diet plans online. Some of these sites are managed by a personal trainer Westlake so better check these websites out.<br /> <br /> The websites also allow participants to set their own fitness goals, schedule their own workout routines and follow video demonstrations on some exercises. All these are being offered for free online, yet if you feel that you are more comfortable working out with these trainers in person, then contact them and schedule an appointment.<br /> <br /> Given these tips, there is no longer a valid excuse why a person cannot exercise these days. You really don't have to spend a lot of money to hire some of the topnotch celebrity trainers in Westlake. Just follow the tips above and you'll definitely achieve a celebrity-like body in no time. But of course, the personal trainer Westlake is just there to assist you with your exercise plans. All the effort should still come from you, and of course, you should also be willing to sacrifice in order to make it through your fitness goals.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Being in excellent condition by using the assistance of <a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-westlake/">Personal Trainer Saratoga</a> not just boosts your physique but also your health as well. The huge benefits that one can get from <a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-saratoga/">Personal Trainer Westlake</a> are limitless.</div><br /> </div><br />

Some Tips On How You Can Afford To Hire A Personal Trainer Westlake

By Jackie Johnson Westlake is one of the most populated areas in the entire state of California. In the 1980s, Westlake has become the h...

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Get Ones Girls To Accept Veggies

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By George Dodson</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>You can probably still remember as a child the parental adage that would go something like this 'You better eat your vegetables or you won't grow up strong'.<br /> <br /> It's actually a fact that many foods taste awkward specially some of the vegetables. Of course it depends on the person since taste vary with individuals.<br /> <br /> We already know that eating vegetables bring about many benefits. Equipped with vitamins and minerals, vegetables are a must eat and should always be added in our daily meal. You can see a variety of colors, textures and shapes present in vegetables.<br /> <br /> Although these vitamins and minerals can be taken from supplements and drinks, it doesn't actually guarantee its effectiveness as that of taking it from eating vegetables. Thus, we really need to teach our children to eat veggies. The main question however is how you can go about making your children eat vegetables.<br /> <br /> A good approach is to prepare vegetables that are easy to eat and with sweet taste then eventually try to add bit and pieces of other vegetables on the meal. Sugar can be added to their meal to have a sweeter taste and add squash for the soft and smooth taste. You might saute carrots in butter and other flavors such as garlic and, which modifies the taste and makes them more palatable. You can opt for cauliflowers or broccoli since these vegetables are palatable for children when sauted or cooked with various sauces. If you're looking to hide the not-so-good taste of the vegetable, you can simply opt for these styles of cooking..<br /> <br /> Of course, a lot of us will also agree that other fruits taste better as they are or uncooked. There's probably a reason how these vegetables taste how they are. Many a kid is gone out in the garden with a salt shaker and eat the tomatoes right off the vine. Also, carrots can be the sweetest vegetable depending on how they're grown. Then again there are those veggies that doesn't have the same traits such as turnips and rutabagas.<br /> <br /> On the other hand, these too can be sauted and made more tasty just like potatoes and squash.<br /> <br /> If you're going to cook vegetables, it's better to saute them rather than boil them. If you choose to saute your vegetable, you'll have a better taste and the essential vitamins and minerals will retain. If you prepare them out then Al Dente, they are firm to the bite and taste more like their natural state.<br /> <br /> No matter how you put it, vegetables are still the best source of essential proteins, vitamins and minerals that the body. Getting your children to eat them is not difficult if you use your imagination, consider what they like, and prepare those that are not so tasteful in ways that seem to mask the taste. This way, you know your children are getting their essential vitamins and minerals in a form that nature provides for maximum digestion.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Additional interesting food information can be found in my most recent article <a href="http://bestfoodie.weebly.com/1/post/2013/05/how-couples-can-lose-weight-together.html">publishing nutritional information</a> at our site <a href="http://bestfoodie.weebly.com">bestfoodie.weebly.com</a>.</div><br /> </div><br />

Get Ones Girls To Accept Veggies

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Children’s Librarian, Part-time - Greenwich Library

<strong>Children’s Librarian, Part-time</strong> - <strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Greenwich Library</span></strong></strong>. Overview: Part-time non-represented Children's Librarian for Greenwich Library located at the Cos Cob branch. 15-18 hrs/wk. $24.65/hr. Minimum Requirements: Master’s Degree in Library Science. 1 yr experience in library services for children preferred. Job Description: Planning and conducting programs for pre-school and school aged children. Responsible for providing quality patron service to children, their caregivers and other adults working with children. Plan and implement a variety of weekly programs for pre-school and school aged children. Assist in collection development/maintenance. Promote reading through displays, booklists, book talks, and programs. Performs other related duties as assigned. Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Strong background in children's literature and knowledge of early childhood development. Ability to work a flexible schedule including mornings, afternoons, evenings and weekends. Will supervise branch in the absence of Branch Librarian. Ability to perform the physical requirements of the position including, carrying books, light to moderate equipment and moving other equipment. Excellent interpersonal skills and love working with children of all ages. Excellent reader's advisory skills experience and research skills in children's literature for pre school and elementary school children. Demonstrated programming skills and experience. Proficient technology and computer skills to assist patrons. Familiary with Integrated Library System operations, word processing, email and internet searching. Visit <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.greenwichct.org/jobs" href="http://www.greenwichct.org/jobs" target="_blank">www.greenwichct.org/jobs</a> for info & to apply. Close date: <span style="color: red;">August 16, 2013</span>. EOE M/F/D/V.<br />

Children’s Librarian, Part-time - Greenwich Library

Children’s Librarian, Part-time - Greenwich Library . Overview: Part-time non-represented Children's Librarian for Greenwich Library ...

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London Architecture

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">These buildings are great.  They were so striking as we turned the corner in Soho.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhSgN2We-wl0OATZfRg83xECHN_6f2PaShi_hvmfwZ6midcc6SAjlq2h6Mx1a484smsH_vQ71JnA8vmR-zH1RJgiUvL3XI_agzQnAzhZ66WMaN44EhP3wUY-KPuLvAaIfMujBb6isoRAq/s640/blogger-image-2032934731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhSgN2We-wl0OATZfRg83xECHN_6f2PaShi_hvmfwZ6midcc6SAjlq2h6Mx1a484smsH_vQ71JnA8vmR-zH1RJgiUvL3XI_agzQnAzhZ66WMaN44EhP3wUY-KPuLvAaIfMujBb6isoRAq/s640/blogger-image-2032934731.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIoyIG3-p9Hv6r7yUKUBBXOrXOVODfc-0WT_TT2qORAktfAym-80S5FzNbNCTxAlg3WDS4Uq1hpHYbeto7rEtoP3JeHxEkHw8gRvKZ28Bl8Zc2rIIRWaKc_rj5jFgPzhyphenhypheniN9p629leNz6/s640/blogger-image--2024488359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIoyIG3-p9Hv6r7yUKUBBXOrXOVODfc-0WT_TT2qORAktfAym-80S5FzNbNCTxAlg3WDS4Uq1hpHYbeto7rEtoP3JeHxEkHw8gRvKZ28Bl8Zc2rIIRWaKc_rj5jFgPzhyphenhypheniN9p629leNz6/s640/blogger-image--2024488359.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0zxPOEtz66srVem-k15OR0zPlFHkMFOz8IjKax0sei2dfY2icFFaUNtT7NvuMFxthp2BCvF3szp9KYyBDoKRyeINkKCDXi3ieIbFqwcPiD1dL91oRy2H1HiP_wzOxTsAipRHPeRl2YsF/s640/blogger-image-671641060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0zxPOEtz66srVem-k15OR0zPlFHkMFOz8IjKax0sei2dfY2icFFaUNtT7NvuMFxthp2BCvF3szp9KYyBDoKRyeINkKCDXi3ieIbFqwcPiD1dL91oRy2H1HiP_wzOxTsAipRHPeRl2YsF/s640/blogger-image-671641060.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We could see "The Shard" from just about everywhere!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlJ8OIUtMX3tKTOw64V8dSKADFCAEIMBS0L7zX6obB4CLSVgd__QePrnB5kScpNdtvtJXMMOEMC8y9h6D1RfJ2qgeVHM_mASbjCQq0kwyXu5MD899fFhySChrCBqCOYx_kcUfbJ4SeR3F/s640/blogger-image--983506743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlJ8OIUtMX3tKTOw64V8dSKADFCAEIMBS0L7zX6obB4CLSVgd__QePrnB5kScpNdtvtJXMMOEMC8y9h6D1RfJ2qgeVHM_mASbjCQq0kwyXu5MD899fFhySChrCBqCOYx_kcUfbJ4SeR3F/s640/blogger-image--983506743.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">We also got a good glimpse of the "Cheese Grater" building and the "Walkie Talkie" building.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-GLv-yXUi1CPK3TaZUPTXbi7X2kdcibMfAuBGn7z2K3qcgarYydakd09_mQAwwNl8ydvfZiTy9KWq5rOHvnV_CG5EnX2KNl8gFP853fln4upixlLrOl12GSXnpfRddR7RYEXZK81__h9/s640/blogger-image--1636284805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-GLv-yXUi1CPK3TaZUPTXbi7X2kdcibMfAuBGn7z2K3qcgarYydakd09_mQAwwNl8ydvfZiTy9KWq5rOHvnV_CG5EnX2KNl8gFP853fln4upixlLrOl12GSXnpfRddR7RYEXZK81__h9/s640/blogger-image--1636284805.jpg" /></a></div><br />

London Architecture

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Interim Executive Director - Memorial and Library Association of Westerly, RI

<strong>Interim Executive Director - </strong><strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Memorial and Library Association of Westerly</span></strong></strong>, RI. The Memorial and Library Association is a private non-profit corporation consisting of Westerly Public Library and Wilcox Park (approximately 18 acres) with 30 full and part-time employees. Responsibilities: 1. Plans, organizes, directs and coordinates all operations and activities of the Memorial and Library Association of Westerly, a. Oversees the implementation of the Association’s Long Range Plan, b. Supervises professional library staff and oversees staff development programs, c. Oversees the development of educational and cultural library programming, d. Problem solves and obtains appropriate resources during unexpected operational situations. 2. Protects and preserves the assets of the Association: a. Coordinates the finances and day to day operations of the Association, b. Oversees the maintenance of the Library facility, c. Oversees the maintenance of the Wilcox Park, d. Complies with all federal and State safety laws and regulations. 3. Represents the interest of the Association in all public and private forums: a. Continues relationships with other community and library associations and represents the Association by attending local and State appropriate meetings. 4. Reports to the Board of Trustees and, through the President of the Board, makes recommendations to the Board. Essential Abilities and Qualifications: 1. MLS from an accredited institution preferred. 2. Experience leading a multi-service organization and ability to work with Trustees, staff and the public. 3. Awareness of and ability to master a working knowledge of the practices and principles of library administration. Timing: September through December 2013 (with flexibility). Salary: Independent contractor status paid hourly for approximately 20 hours weekly over five days. Application Deadline: <span style="color: red;">August 16, 2013</span>. How to apply: Send resume and two references via email to: Kirsten Anderson, <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:kanderson@westerlylibrary.org" href="mailto:kanderson@westerlylibrary.org">kanderson@westerlylibrary.org</a>.

Interim Executive Director - Memorial and Library Association of Westerly, RI

Interim Executive Director - Memorial and Library Association of Westerly , RI. The Memorial and Library Association is a private non-profi...

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Part Time Young Adult Librarian - Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library

<strong>Part Time Young Adult Librarian - </strong><strong><strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library</span></strong></strong></strong> is seeking a creative, energetic Librarian who is proficient with current technologies, excels at outreach and programming for young teens. This individual will have primary responsibility for the development and delivery of Young Adult Services (grades 6-12) including collection development, program planning, outreach to students via the local school district and youth organizations, and policy development. Additional responsibilities include reference and readers’ advisory assistance, bibliographic instruction, computer assistance as well as supervision of after school users on an individual or group basis. The Young Adult Librarian works cooperatively with the full time Children’s Librarian in support of all Children’s Services. This position requires participation once a month in the Saturday rotation at the Adult Services Desk. Performs other duties as required. This is a part time position of 20 hours. Required: ALA-MLS; public library experience with teens and adults preferred. Knowledge of integrated library systems, III’s Sierra preferred. Ability to work in a dynamic team environment, to adapt to changing needs and resources, manage multiple responsibilities and assist with projects as needed. Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills required. Knowledge of the Microsoft software suite, Word Press and basic Html code preferred. This position requires day, evening and weekend hours. Salary, DOE, ranges from $20,800-$22,400. Partial Benefits. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and three professional references to Mary Fiorelli, Director at <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:mfiorell@oldlyme.lioninc.org" href="mailto:mfiorell@oldlyme.lioninc.org">mfiorell@oldlyme.lioninc.org</a> by <span style="color: red;">August 23, 2013</span>. EOE.

Part Time Young Adult Librarian - Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library

Part Time Young Adult Librarian - Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library is seeking a creative, energetic Librarian who is proficient with ...

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6 week Photo - Look at me now!

I had a great weekend and I hope all of you did as well.  Tomorrow, I will be highlighting a few of my Belviq followers currently taking Belviq.   Most started about when I did.  I wanted to give you all their "check in" as well (previous blogged about them).  They are all doing so well!<br /><br />Anyway, today, I just wanted to share my 6 week photo.  I didn't get a chance to getting it taken Friday so here it is!  And, I OFFICIALLY lost 25 pounds - no variables ha!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFdfdTfU_kz1xDpFHRUERw38Rn88BG_4v_YItI6A-cPDunYpHkn1CTxE1FaMnGLslU8W_Z2aVhAS__BnPYeS1XRGf2u1Va_5dNHLRhhMLVBRmfURQZCCXC_sP_mESZGTKxFMYRDaH0ZE/s1600/IMG_0034%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFdfdTfU_kz1xDpFHRUERw38Rn88BG_4v_YItI6A-cPDunYpHkn1CTxE1FaMnGLslU8W_Z2aVhAS__BnPYeS1XRGf2u1Va_5dNHLRhhMLVBRmfURQZCCXC_sP_mESZGTKxFMYRDaH0ZE/s320/IMG_0034%5B1%5D.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br />Thanks Britton for taking this picture for me!  :)<br /><br />xoxox<br />Ellie

6 week Photo - Look at me now!

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vacation hangover

She returns!<br /><br />Is there any day worse than the first day after a glorious two week vacation? I think not. But I did miss y'all terribly and it does feel good to see a computer again (sort of).<br /><br />We didn't get home last night until about 10 pm thanks to a three hour delay around Chattanooga, so I feel behind already. A dead stop on the highway in the mountains with two antsy girls (three if you count me) is not a prime Sunday drive, let me tell you.<br /><br />So as I dig everything out of the car and start the mountain of laundry, imagine I'm spending my day working at this lovely spot.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCOgG3S1kN1BY9RH7xOLxiKA5X4ZaIkSN8baXLXtnljiGGKrQ5OCO9jnX14Emk9YL3n4Zq3LeDoJPJPsSnqsaz8CknOG0-JgqnQrT9JCf6kmvbyI6yrsUznUbEON8yc6riG93m8e3EQ7V/s1600/LBDvacation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCOgG3S1kN1BY9RH7xOLxiKA5X4ZaIkSN8baXLXtnljiGGKrQ5OCO9jnX14Emk9YL3n4Zq3LeDoJPJPsSnqsaz8CknOG0-JgqnQrT9JCf6kmvbyI6yrsUznUbEON8yc6riG93m8e3EQ7V/s400/LBDvacation.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Ahh, memories.<br /><br />But have no fear, I had many projects going before I left, so I'll have plenty to share with you in the coming days!<br /><br />So tell me, what did I miss while I was gone? Anything good? I need details people!

vacation hangover

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Have you registered for the Google summit at Parklands College on 26th and 27th September?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnNXEUR_MnuYllbavLM18QT5P_6SWXqWqAkja8NLucwE82dBIgUAUrEkGRbTALLDYttFqb-y_TS9F6TlHsEKSGgWMSTKh8TEzJV9oRMk28zs_APEe0HbU027H5BhfSZhILs0tdwKSmtE/s1600/google+summit.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnNXEUR_MnuYllbavLM18QT5P_6SWXqWqAkja8NLucwE82dBIgUAUrEkGRbTALLDYttFqb-y_TS9F6TlHsEKSGgWMSTKh8TEzJV9oRMk28zs_APEe0HbU027H5BhfSZhILs0tdwKSmtE/s1600/google+summit.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This post is a reminder about the upcoming Google Summit hosted by SchoolNet and Parklands at Parklands College in Cape Town on September 26^th and 27^th. This is a first of its kind in Africa and well worth attending. The early bird fee is unfortunately no longer available but we would love you to register to attend and find out more about how <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">Google Apps for Education and other Google Tools can be </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">used </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">easily and freely  </span>in an educational institution <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">to promote student learning in K-12 and higher education.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Ed Tech team from the USA are the organisers of the Conference and they have created a Conference website especially for the event. You can view this at  <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://za.gafesummit.com/">http://za.gafesummit.com/</a>. </span>Please let your colleagues and anyone else who might be interested in attending know about this event. </span></div></div>

Google summit Have you registered for the Google summit at Parklands College on 26th and 27th September?

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Comparing Business to Teaching: A Wake up Call to the World

<p>Of all of the jobs I’ve had in my life, teaching takes the most energy and patience and is by far the hardest of what I’ve done. </p> <h3>When I was a businesswoman</h3> <p>When I was a businesswoman - <strong>I could fire employees who didn’t do their job</strong> – now, I have to work to <strong>motivate and teach every student</strong> even those who don’t want to be there. </p> <p>When I was a businesswoman - <strong>I could even fire customers</strong> if they caused a constant drain upon resources with complaining or wasted tasks; – as a teacher <strong>I work with all who come. </strong></p> <p>When I was a businesswoman - I had great <strong>autonomy</strong> - the buck stopped with me in terms of customer satisfaction - as a teacher there are so many things in the life of a child at my school from the lunchroom to the playground to the team and other teachers - all of these combine to make their experience - <strong>I only have control over my own classroom.</strong> </p> <p>When I was a businesswoman <strong>the world was a more forgiving place</strong> when I messed up. I could make mistakes in grammar or spelling without everyone pointing at me, accusing me of falling short. I could forget a date in history. Now, for some reason because I’m a teacher, <strong>I’m supposed to be perfect in knowledge</strong> – but I’m not.</p> <p>When I was a businesswoman, <strong>I had far less customer service to do.</strong> As a teacher, I’m getting a barrage of questions from parents and students and board members to handle with far less time to respond. I live “customer service” every moment because <strong>all I do is answer questions and serve.</strong></p> <p>When I was a businesswoman, <strong>I could actually close my door.</strong> I could be alone for more than 50 minutes at a time. I could plan my day and work my plan. If I had a big project I could get some quiet to do that. As a teacher, <strong>I have to do my big projects as I work with students or after school.</strong> I will be in the midst of something and a parent drops by for a chat and I’m stuck staying till 9pm. It is how it goes. People somehow think that teachers are here without schedules and that we work less time than the <em>real world</em> but I can attest to the fact that the hours are longer and people respect your time far less when you teach.</p> <p>When I was a businesswoman, <strong>I could leave work at the office and come home.</strong> I could go on vacation and leave someone in charge and expect not to receive many phone calls. (I was general manager for cellular one - so even back in 1994 I had a cell phone.) Now, as a teacher, except in the summer, my students still contact me. Not to bother me, but because I’m a 24/7 teacher. <strong>I’m always on the ball.</strong></p> <p>When I was a businesswoman, <strong>I could go out for lunch.</strong> Wow, I got an hour for lunch. Now, <strong>sometimes I’m lucky to get 5 minutes</strong> – if I have lunch duty. People who think teachers have shortened hours need to realize that we are pretty much on duty every moment of every day and that includes lunch.</p> <p>When I was a businesswoman, <strong>I could be a member</strong> of the Rotary club and president of the Chamber of Commerce. I could go to meetings where I learned about current events and had time to read the newspaper. I got to be around other adults and make a difference in the community. As a teacher, <strong>the school is my world.</strong> I have to dive into my online PLN for daily learning and open up a video to see current events. I have to master tricks to allow me to stay abreast of the world in minutes because my time to read the newspaper is gone. </p> <p>When I was a businesswoman, I worked with numbers and was <strong>paid by the numbers.</strong> As a very good businesswoman, I was able to earn whopping commissions for my sales. As a teacher, <strong>what I do is not quantifiable.</strong> While some say a test score could quantify what I do - I work with people. J Edwards Deming said that ‘the most important things are not measured and unmeasurable.’ and I agree. You can’t measure what I do except see what happens after time. People think you can actually measure all of learning in a number don’t know kids and don’t know learning. Many of them have test anxiety (like their parents) and a number on a piece of paper can’t summarize a kid even more than my weight can summarize my overall health. It can give you trends but not the full picture.</p> <p>When I was a businesswoman, if I did a good job long enough at my current job, <strong>I could get promoted</strong> - usually with a significant raise. As a teacher, <strong>there is no promotion</strong> - unless you want to move into administration and move away from kids. There is no merit increase- pretty much all teachers get the same % increase - even the sorry ones. About the only way I could get a big increase is to be a good coach and that certainly isn’t my calling. This is probably the hardest thing for me - in my years of business I was promoted every year or two consistently. Now, I have to reinvent myself every year. My promotions come in the form work I do on the side and with my students. My promotions are made when I level up my teaching and get more out of my students.</p> <p>When I was a businesswoman, <strong>there were awards you could win.</strong> When I was part of a team that implemented something new, we received notice for it or a commendation. Certificates were handed out for many things because people knew that building a resume is important and that excellence needs to be quantified. As a teacher, pretty much <strong>the only awards that are won are by the students</strong> - while this is fine - if you’re driven (like me) you miss having those things to shoot for. My reward comes in the thank you letter or note from parents. It comes in the pack of post it notes and pens that someone left me. I’m happy with a kind word at the store. No wonder teachers are desperate for attention. The only award for teachers at our school is STAR teacher and that is picked by a senior – since I teach up to 10th grade - I doubt that will happen. Plus, that is just by one student. I never knew until I became a teacher just how hard it is because of the silence of recognition opportunities. The silence about what good teachers do is deafening and it is something that society needs to address and every school should address if you want to keep the best teachers teaching. </p> <h3>But…</h3> <p>When I was a businesswoman, though, as much as I appreciated my employees and enjoyed making my “numbers” every month - there was something missing. My <em>passion</em> was there but not my <em>purpose.</em></p> <h4>When you hear the Siren song… you can’t turn back…</h4> <p>I didn’t really plan this path for me. It is kind of like the men who would hear Siren’s song and couldn’t for the life of them turn away. Except I’m not sailing towards the rocks, I’m sailing around them daily.</p> <h3>What I didn’t have as a businesswoman.</h3> <ul><li>But when I was a businesswoman, I didn’t have all of this life around me.</li><li>I didn’t laugh as much. I didn’t live as much.</li><li>I didn’t have customers coming back to thank me years later for what I’d done for them “back when.”</li><li>I didn’t have the freedom to talk about important things of life and every month I started over at zero with more numbers. I don’t teach numbers - I teach precious human beings. I love them.</li><li>I love teaching. It is my purpose. It isn’t my destiny it is my calling. When I’m there, I’m all there. Sure, there are drawbacks and things I don’t have. The world gives a whole lot more respect to me as a businesswoman than me as a teacher. But I don’t care.</li></ul> <h3>I choose to teach</h3> <p>I happily choose to be a teacher. This isn’t about receiving the world’s respect or having an easier time of it. It isn’t about having time alone or being able to close your door. It isn’t even about the money - although I have always had to work on the side to support “my teaching habit.” I also have a husband with a very good job and my family can afford to let me teach. <em>Not everyone can afford to do this. Some great teachers are leaving the profession and their calling because they can’t afford to sacrifice their families to teach.</em></p> <p>Teaching is about something I must do. </p> <p>It is more like Jeremiah 20:9 where Jeremiah says:</p> <blockquote><p>there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.</p></blockquote> <p>While he’s talking about holding in God’s name. I’m talking about teaching. I tried to hold back my love of teaching but I could not. It is who I am. It is what I must do. And for all the drawbacks, teaching – good teaching – is just plain old noble. It is. </p> <h3>When you feel the good things in life</h3> <p>There are times when you eat a very nice restaurant or end up in a very nice hotel or are on the prow of a ship with the wind in your hair where you say to yourself “Wow, this is living. This is amazing.” </p> <p>I do that just about every day in my classroom. There is something supremely noble and important. I feel it in every word I speak and action I inspire. What I do is very important. Every day is important in the life of a child. I just didn’t have that in the business world. </p> <h3>We can all join in and start appreciating good teaching.</h3> <p>While we need good businesswomen and men and some aren’t cut out for teaching – it is time to appreciate and elevate teaching for what it is – a calling, a passion a purpose. </p> <h3>What teachers DO</h3> <p>Good teachers aren’t slackers. They don’t choose not to be part of the community activities you have going. They do care about the community. </p> <p>I don’t do this job because I get (sigh) <em>summers off</em> or <em>holidays.</em> It takes the whole first week of summer just to feel like a human being again.</p> <p>I’ve never worked harder but been more fulfilled. Teachers aren’t perfect and we don’t always behave nobly, but good teachers care about kids. Teachers work 98% of time of other professions in 3/4 of the year. Our hours are very long during the week. </p> <h3>What society should DO with good teachers.</h3> <p>Shouldn’t the people that spend more time with kids than their parents be respected members of society? </p> <p>Do we let one or two employees not doing their job color our entire view of a company? The existence of bad teachers doesn’t diminish the importance of good ones. In fact, I’d argue that it makes good teachers even more important!</p> <p>I don’t have time to look back from the plow at when I was a business woman. In fact, I usually don’t go down this row because it can make me unhappy with how education organizes itself. </p> <p>But it is what it is. I pay the price in a major salary cut to do work with purpose. Some would say that doesn’t make me noble - it makes me stupid. I don’t care what you say - </p> <p>I care about living a life that means something. </p> <p>I care about doing my God given purpose. </p> <p>I care about the future of my city and state and world. </p> <p>I care about kids and helping their parents help them do their best.</p> <p>I care and thus, <strong>I teach.</strong></p> <p>I care about teaching and the future of kids and thus <strong>I write this blog</strong> to help others see the truth.</p> <p>I will pour myself out in service to the noblest of professions.</p> <p><strong>I sure hope some of my business colleagues will read this post and understand just what teachers do and give up in order to work with kids.</strong> You can start doing things to encourage and keep good teachers and it starts with giving respect and thanks to them.</p> <h3>What parents and business people can do.</h3> <p>I hope as the school year starts that parents and others will realize how important saying thank you to the teacher is – it is the ONLY - I repeat the ONLY “way to go” most teachers EVER get - no matter how good they are.</p> <p>I hope most of all that my students are ready for me. We’ve got special things planned and it all starts Thursday.</p> <h2>I start today!!</h2> <p>I don’t have much time to format this post and make it perfect because I’ve got to run to school. In fact, I’ll go ahead and publish it now and then add the photos later tonight. I hope people will read it anyway without the pretty pictures.</p> <p>Preplanning starts to day and I can’t wait. I’m ready! I’m psyched. I love this job even with its drawbacks - it is a great profession and I’m honored to be a teacher. I’ll leave the house in 10 short minutes as soon as I press publish!</p> <p>Watch out students, Mrs. Vicki is coming! I’m your <strong>TEACHER</strong> and I’m so glad to be right here with you this year!!</p>

EDUCATION Inspiration Teaching Comparing Business to Teaching: A Wake up Call to the World

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Today's Teamster News 08.05.14

The Payday Playbook: How High Cost Lenders Fight to Stay Legal  ProPublica   ...Outrage over payday loans, which trap millions of Americans...

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London Underground - in the underbelly of the city!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdT8F9MDH4W8yjaehsN3JwyDQgUV2-0hxgb2GjHfZ6y7z0Yi7dWHGb8Dri8Us_wNLKBQtIkp3cPaxFyyuLfqlPCt0wbrl4GDT0sXx-oFqD4T5JQ2CrGk3ghVRvF1xgfPAardMLiWfUeIgz/s640/blogger-image-2139275368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdT8F9MDH4W8yjaehsN3JwyDQgUV2-0hxgb2GjHfZ6y7z0Yi7dWHGb8Dri8Us_wNLKBQtIkp3cPaxFyyuLfqlPCt0wbrl4GDT0sXx-oFqD4T5JQ2CrGk3ghVRvF1xgfPAardMLiWfUeIgz/s640/blogger-image-2139275368.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">From the time Amy and I got on the underground or "Tube" at London Bridge we loved it!</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpyqdkk4lHg_yzZ9L6drUl5_zP2-PqpJI4lOCANH2tF9UcjYk8KDTb6OjkcU83v-J79Cw2banLSeKzU3n4jX7LA9TQWSXWeu3IbBbqwNl-Ix7FP-2KWMVsAAFO0aLnJ8mzkJngPsTAZYI/s640/blogger-image-1731885479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpyqdkk4lHg_yzZ9L6drUl5_zP2-PqpJI4lOCANH2tF9UcjYk8KDTb6OjkcU83v-J79Cw2banLSeKzU3n4jX7LA9TQWSXWeu3IbBbqwNl-Ix7FP-2KWMVsAAFO0aLnJ8mzkJngPsTAZYI/s640/blogger-image-1731885479.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our cousin had arranged for us to get a lend of Oyster Cards (like the Irish Leap Travel card) from her parents so all we had to do was top them up and away we went!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzgaorvFFakvUZUnV66kNSK9q3l_fMNm4pHeuCZ6hSJYQsrJYs60Fm3rzBiM4cg6oTB-xUYJvREPDCIiBb4Ap9SsTHTszyE7Za2nyI5zUtVC49jin2NosF4WkkwcA4rsqhCgj5Bml6YhD/s640/blogger-image--1505979123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzgaorvFFakvUZUnV66kNSK9q3l_fMNm4pHeuCZ6hSJYQsrJYs60Fm3rzBiM4cg6oTB-xUYJvREPDCIiBb4Ap9SsTHTszyE7Za2nyI5zUtVC49jin2NosF4WkkwcA4rsqhCgj5Bml6YhD/s640/blogger-image--1505979123.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">A fun, fast convenient way to travel all over the city.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPUdZi3EjdFVK-48aXDv8nxJtdgvcBwnZ1k99MauVavTVjQuGo3m8TXaBA29pmdnHy3zQWzITWD2wrfREUq2cPOLB9-gCqzESd8dhyphenhyphenIvjIjPX055z6ckQlZyN_kEOwjrfPDFT9ToZy-iG/s640/blogger-image--415399104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPUdZi3EjdFVK-48aXDv8nxJtdgvcBwnZ1k99MauVavTVjQuGo3m8TXaBA29pmdnHy3zQWzITWD2wrfREUq2cPOLB9-gCqzESd8dhyphenhyphenIvjIjPX055z6ckQlZyN_kEOwjrfPDFT9ToZy-iG/s640/blogger-image--415399104.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Great picture of Amy with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Beck">Henry Beck</a> conceived map of the underground.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAkQIdTsawjVef2-8NN1NOS6f1HBE1zQgeiGrXsJq25nap8pjH52caAS4bCwufqX5GIEfwsFyprNKIIf_P8y_yjuhfp2ipF5pBh372GFY1ogkILBEtWp1d-A-SSTyYK0ZL6X5gpYICmqC/s640/blogger-image--575569811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAkQIdTsawjVef2-8NN1NOS6f1HBE1zQgeiGrXsJq25nap8pjH52caAS4bCwufqX5GIEfwsFyprNKIIf_P8y_yjuhfp2ipF5pBh372GFY1ogkILBEtWp1d-A-SSTyYK0ZL6X5gpYICmqC/s640/blogger-image--575569811.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">London's underground is the oldest in the world and I think the best - even better than New York and Paris!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fkoU_4DmsBRzKHkQBRBah8zje86CieeHimghrJoEafPfnCPDCE_Ys-tKxL7IRA0Y-RcCLMLJTvb1lBhYSqR2pyAcyOgB1ZdZGvp_JChS4M0qa69DoLHwZrpKFFz28nbPnG9C7xBWUVDd/s640/blogger-image--1111212293.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fkoU_4DmsBRzKHkQBRBah8zje86CieeHimghrJoEafPfnCPDCE_Ys-tKxL7IRA0Y-RcCLMLJTvb1lBhYSqR2pyAcyOgB1ZdZGvp_JChS4M0qa69DoLHwZrpKFFz28nbPnG9C7xBWUVDd/s640/blogger-image--1111212293.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Standing to the right as per Amy's advice!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGujn8nw-HoGGL1D_vRo2jrFku_GYz8fMtcx_FTULP9Yt2H7wBCA4LwVjhiSglcCGn2hWanAlGf3AgwmbR6ZCC-u8VQgFCd0kjMx-ZL8ajnXMBtMzy-HGjmeSs9XAPPCPyJ0dTG5GMk25/s640/blogger-image-2124025363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGujn8nw-HoGGL1D_vRo2jrFku_GYz8fMtcx_FTULP9Yt2H7wBCA4LwVjhiSglcCGn2hWanAlGf3AgwmbR6ZCC-u8VQgFCd0kjMx-ZL8ajnXMBtMzy-HGjmeSs9XAPPCPyJ0dTG5GMk25/s640/blogger-image-2124025363.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">By the end of the trip we were like locals we were so au fait with the tube! </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIL-siqdthlQFnaJ_JFxfh90AWbxEXrPEfQENzquJAzdbTBfN7IYsR9_lVKdoSp15L4yuZBGJue79wUnnlFpM_0UZrDG9TFftzVoTHTeZA7tKHo7o5wZLk6XmYc2xPZp3e1Oighk8hpXG/s640/blogger-image--1921617978.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIL-siqdthlQFnaJ_JFxfh90AWbxEXrPEfQENzquJAzdbTBfN7IYsR9_lVKdoSp15L4yuZBGJue79wUnnlFpM_0UZrDG9TFftzVoTHTeZA7tKHo7o5wZLk6XmYc2xPZp3e1Oighk8hpXG/s640/blogger-image--1921617978.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

London Underground - in the underbelly of the city!

From the time Amy and I got on the underground or "Tube" at London Bridge we loved it! Our cousin had arranged for us to get a len...

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Image Leaked : Sony royal phone comming soon

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Sony has launched new Xperia Z-Ultra Fablet. But in the race to become the number one smartphone maker Sony is trying to move too quickly.Its a great news for smart phone lover who's love sony gadgets.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gw7Zug9f4uUTxvPjxhMTHLHHBsIpV2TIU4XCX30RJ49vJIaEk8F967gQp54N5RM0AQWTTmQU3EeVTUfD-_QeysU9hjfr1TJSGQZb0lugc-95T22M9hXVMglx6qoE4szUkCS4WIITVv8/s1600/sonyphone.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Sony royal phone comming soon" border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gw7Zug9f4uUTxvPjxhMTHLHHBsIpV2TIU4XCX30RJ49vJIaEk8F967gQp54N5RM0AQWTTmQU3EeVTUfD-_QeysU9hjfr1TJSGQZb0lugc-95T22M9hXVMglx6qoE4szUkCS4WIITVv8/s320/sonyphone.gif" title="Sony royal phone comming soon" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">source : bhaskar.com</span></td></tr></tbody></table>From past few days rumors about Sony's flagship Xperia i1 Honami market is running hot.The phone pictures leaked on the internet have created a furore. According to rumors , it will have a 20mp camera , 1080px resolution and 5.0 inch display screen. It will capture different angle pictures with high quality. That means it's best camera phone, the Nokia smartphone will hit. If we talk about power , it will have 2.2 GHz processor , 2GB RAM.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6zYLMBtOxaBz7kUbOMx_Oiej7eE0puYS6NbMzUq06LCmlIqClPjULQcarg2OnD-uiqYiz3RzCByZZMhl6WvD1C7WEXNR2-wlYLVaJXo23UE5xiHaEouYalpYQnPLoE_1a_60FtAI6K0/s1600/sonyphone.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="sony honami phone image leaked" border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6zYLMBtOxaBz7kUbOMx_Oiej7eE0puYS6NbMzUq06LCmlIqClPjULQcarg2OnD-uiqYiz3RzCByZZMhl6WvD1C7WEXNR2-wlYLVaJXo23UE5xiHaEouYalpYQnPLoE_1a_60FtAI6K0/s320/sonyphone.gif" title="sony honami phone image leaked" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source : bhaskar.com</td></tr></tbody></table>Protect your phone with IP57 certificate.It means this phone will having IP57 certificate which protect your phone from dust and water.<div><br /><div><br /><div> <div><br /><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: #cccccc; border: thin solid #000000;"><table style="width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="auto-style1" rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwq1TqeWf9-Gy7S135LTaOHSIQHvbajeZZw0nOINVBSyjn5XxCZOxJlgJcxESBAi5LDZZe-4FMuo_r2K4dEB8ndM79BG_fG7-tGVQ1xr4ZBHzXaUtpCslKV8sXGXVd3GGBvk8Hdh2MHuU/s200/jacob.jpg" style="height: 69px; width: 59px;" /></td> <td>About the author : <a href="https://plus.google.com/109838201058606610638" rel="author">Jacob </a>        <a href="http://pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in/search/label/jacob">View All post by Jacob</a> </td> </tr><tr> <td><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">He is the co-founder and Chief Editor of pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in. He is well known among his circle for his incredible attraction towards smartphones and tablets.Jacob is a DOTNET programmer and also a part-time Android App developer</span></td> </tr></tbody></table></div> </div>

Image Leaked : Sony royal phone comming soon

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2013 NFL Team Previews

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">Holaaaaaaaaaaaaa football fans! As I write (okay, type) this the NFL Hall of Fame game is being played between Dallas and Miami. Yes, it is almost time for football again. We’ll get few preseason games, then opening weekend of college football where I watch football from 11 am until around 12 midnight and refuse to apologize for it and then it will be NFL season again. I know you’re probably wondering who is going to be good and who is going to suck this season. Well, wonder no more cause I’m here to expertly break down every single team in the league for you. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>NFC South:</i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Atlanta Falcons:</b> OVER-RATED *CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP* OVER-RATED<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Carolina Panthers:</b> Could either be much better or still sucky. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>New Orleans Saints:</b> WHO DAT?! My #1 Team. Great offense. Shitty Defense. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Tampa Bay Buccaneers: </b>Probably shitty, but awesome cheerleaders…</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fyx3JgXX7nysnVEz2yRn_sixkWEwmgMoU-8XN0KPb5T9HGSolWlai_KMuA8w_WG3_LDXkScIwH565h9hAP2Z7AozDNSFMPjTqhNlep-ledhyphenhyphenTb3IeVeTpydWtQ62Pbi0FbO6jW6lRrHl/s1600/Sexy-Buccanneers-Cheerleaders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fyx3JgXX7nysnVEz2yRn_sixkWEwmgMoU-8XN0KPb5T9HGSolWlai_KMuA8w_WG3_LDXkScIwH565h9hAP2Z7AozDNSFMPjTqhNlep-ledhyphenhyphenTb3IeVeTpydWtQ62Pbi0FbO6jW6lRrHl/s1600/Sexy-Buccanneers-Cheerleaders.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>AFC South:</i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Houston Texans: </b>My #2 Team. Solid, but can’t quite get it done. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Indianapolis Colts:</b> Insufferable. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Jacksonville Jaguars:</b> They fucking suck. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Tennessee Titans: </b>Not bad, but nobody cares much about them. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>AFC North:</i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Baltimore Ravens: </b>Very good but probably won’t repeat. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Cincinnati Bengals:</b> Not too bad w/ Ginger Ninja at QB<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Cleveland Browns:</b> Poor Cleveland. They deserve so much better. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Pittsburgh Steelers:</b> 8-8 team that gets enough weirdly great calls from refs to win 10. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>NFC North: </i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Chicago Bears:</b> OVER-RATED *CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP* OVER-RATED <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Detroit Lions:</b> You think the city is a disaster, get a load of these guys. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Green Bay Packers:</b> Underachievers led by Aaron Rogers who is a shitty teammate. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Minnesota Vikings: </b>As average, boring and predictable as the NFL itself. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>NFC East: </i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Dallas Cowboys: </b>They're actually pretty good, but ... Romo. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>NY Football Giants: </b>Who knows? Probably good. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Philadelphia Eagles:</b> Might be exciting but probably suck. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Washington Racial Slurs: </b>I will watch RG3 every week. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>AFC East: </i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Buffalo:</b> I’m so sorry y’all. Another city that deserves better. Or do they?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Miami Dolphis:</b> Slightly better than averagely shitty. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>New England Patriots:</b> Trending downward. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>New York Jets: </b>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>AFC West: </i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Denver Broncos:</b> Good but Manning will fuck it up again somehow. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Kansas City Chiefs:</b> Fuck ‘em. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Oakland Raiders:</b> Combined IQ of all players = 72<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>San Diego Chargers: </b>Who cares when you have cheerleaders like these…<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkElXP65bxSyjK3NvUuZcwQ6uDMldw51PdNzbPf8ylRsQQtH87tG7pzCnI4W1SpHtmcTrVKcKqG6hSO_8I_D_bUDhn64-cs3SkghuDRQlgpSgdcyzbbNW0jWZxeVavgH2hq4HjID5hjUV/s1600/Chargers+Cheerleaders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkElXP65bxSyjK3NvUuZcwQ6uDMldw51PdNzbPf8ylRsQQtH87tG7pzCnI4W1SpHtmcTrVKcKqG6hSO_8I_D_bUDhn64-cs3SkghuDRQlgpSgdcyzbbNW0jWZxeVavgH2hq4HjID5hjUV/s1600/Chargers+Cheerleaders.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>NFC West: </i></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Arizona Cardinals:</b> Are they still in the league? <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>San Francisco 49ers:</b> Best team in the NFL. Crazy good. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Seattle Seahawks: </b>Very good team. Fans are HUGE whiners though. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>St. Louis Rams:</b> The usual shit. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">So there you go folks. You won’t get this level of NFL team analysis anywhere else. Time to head to Vegas cause you know everything you need about each team now. You’re welcome. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/jayman68">Facebook.com/Jayman68</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws">@Jayman_IWS</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">In other news, we threw a HUGE surprise Birthday Party for President Obama on IWS yesterday. It was a freaking blast too! Lots of people wishing Obama a happy birthday including Kanye West, Lady Ga Ga, John McCain, Thomas Jefferson, John Q Adams and a couple of dozen more! Plus we made many attempts to call important people. Listen to hear how those turned out…<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="370" src="http://player.cinchcast.com/?show_id=5220213&platformId=1&assetType=single" width="400"></iframe><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;">Listen to <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/">internet radio</a> with <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid">IWS Radio</a> on BlogTalkRadio</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br />Also, bonus smoking-hot Tamp Cheerleader ...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqPwAWj_jaI5TtvYMNeZIaxZdqCruCQ4c2792QxbZUZYUVE9tw_rBJ9gn3CwBYVUDALHI1CLGivImgvsiI9-DEhxGi1inmZOkyJDZN5el_4j6GujyLRViEUBjcOiD8W1I24cftALC46sI/s1600/Sexy-Hot-Cheerleader-Tampa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqPwAWj_jaI5TtvYMNeZIaxZdqCruCQ4c2792QxbZUZYUVE9tw_rBJ9gn3CwBYVUDALHI1CLGivImgvsiI9-DEhxGi1inmZOkyJDZN5el_4j6GujyLRViEUBjcOiD8W1I24cftALC46sI/s1600/Sexy-Hot-Cheerleader-Tampa.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /></div></div>

2013 NFL Team Previews

Holaaaaaaaaaaaaa football fans! As I write (okay, type) this the NFL Hall of Fame game is being played between Dallas and Miami. Yes, it is ...

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