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Northrop Wins $333M Contract for Air Force Infrared Countermeasures Hardware
February 21, 2012	Contract Awards, News 1
Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) has won a $333, 659, 831 U.S. Air Force contract to provide hardware and associated support for large aircraft infrared countermeasures. The Defense Department said the award was given under a firm-fixed price, undefinitized contract action for calendar years 2011 and 2012. Northrop will perform …
Boeing Wins $52M to Provide Navy Aircraft Assembly, Testing
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Boeing (NYSE: BA) won nearly $52 million in contracts for work on F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G aircraft, the Defense Department announced Friday. The awards consist of a a potential $30, 050, 000 contract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency and a $22, 034, 515 U.S. Navy delivery order. Under the DLA contract, Boeing will …
Lockheed Wins $45M NAVSEA Anti-Mine Systems Contract
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Lockheed Martin Corp.'s (NYSE: LMT) maritime systems and sensors business has won a $45, 566, 659 contract to consolidate U.S. Navy shipboard mine neutralization systems. The Pentagon said Lockheed will consolidate the Navy's Shipboard Mine Neutralization System-SeaFox and the AN/SQQ-32 Airborne Mine Neutralization System-SeaFox. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract, Lockheed …
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L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) has won a $50 million contract modification to provide satellite antennas to U.S. Special Operations Command. The Defense Department said the modification increases the contract's ceiling amount to $207 million. L-3 will provide deployable node-medium, very small aperture terminal and small aperture terminals satellite antennas. L-3 …
Lockheed Wins $148M to Integrate Navy Aegis System
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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) won a $148.5 million U.S. Navy contract modification to provide an Aegis weapon system, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Lockheed will produce and integrate the system for the Navy's DDG 116 guided-missile destroyer. Lockheed will also purchase material assemblies to support a host nation of the Aegis …
Raytheon to Update Navy SATCOM Network on Potential $979M Award
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Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has won a $19, 861, 994 U.S. Navy contract modification to update the Navy's military satellite communications terminal, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. The contract is potentially worth $979, 752, 906 if all options are exercised. Six percent of the funds will support foreign military sales to Canada, the Netherlands …
Triple Canopy Wins $159M Afghanistan Security Services Contract
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Triple Canopy has won a $159, 972, 048 U.S. Army contract to provide security services in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Monday. The Pentagon expects work under the firm-fixed-price contract to be completed by Jan. 26, 2017. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Wins $138M for Patriot Missile Engineering
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has won a $138, 698, 837 U.S. Army contract to provide engineering services for a missile defense system, the Defense Department announced Monday. Raytheon will provide engineering for the Patriot air and missile defense system. The Pentagon expects work to completed by Jan. 32, 2013. The U.S. …
Northrop Wins Potential $637M SPAWAR Network Contract
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The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) a potential $637, 773, 236 contract to provide shipboard networks, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Through an initial $36, 646, 047 delivery order, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command selected Northrop to install the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services …
Northrop Wins $158M for Hawkeye Long Lead Materials
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The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) a $157, 942, 000 contract to provide long lead materials for Hawkeye aircraft, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Northrop will also provide related support for full-rate production of five Hawkeye aircraft. Work expected to be completed by March 2013 and the …
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Southwark Council has called on the FE Commissioner to support its bid take over half of Lewisham Southwark College, criticising it for "a lack of imagination and robustness in curriculum, in strategic and financial planning".
The council's cabinet member for children and schools and chair of the corporate parenting committee, Councillor Victoria Mills, has written to commissioner Dr David Collins.
She put forward a takeover proposal for the part of the college that was Southwark College before it merged with Lewisham College in 2012.
And in addition to the Ofsted blows, the merged college's £290k 'Lesoco' rebrand proved a failure, as exclusively revealed by FE Week.
The 30-page Southwark Council takeover proposal (pictured left) is called Raising standards and developing skills in further education in Southwark — a prospectus for change.
It reads: "Put very simply, a second inadequate rating is simply not good enough with a lack of imagination and robustness in curriculum, in strategic and financial planning.
College governors' board chair Chris Bilsland said its "model of FE is not broken," while the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Dr Collins were yet to comment.
However, the proposal was described as "interesting and understandable" by former Lewisham principal Dame Ruth Silver, who left in 2008 after 17 years to chair the Learning and Skills Improvement. But she also expressed concern about the college's future under council control.
She told FE Week: "It feels like a return to the past when colleges were too often neglected by their local authorities who always put schools first — they have to, it's the law.
Southwark College was rated as inadequate before it merged with Lewisham, which had a grade three rating at the time (then termed satisfactory, but 'requires improvement' under the current common inspection framework).
However, the prospectus suggests they be demerged, with all Southwark provision being wound down before closure next month.
There would then be a transitional management team taking over in September, with competitions to secure new provision over the autumn and winter.
The new Southwark provision would then open in September next year, with delivery phased in until the following September, when the college would be fully operational.
The prospectus added: "Early indications from the destination survey suggest that very few Southwark residents are planning to attend the college from September.
The council's proposal further suggests the majority of Southwark provision be based at a central hub in Waterloo. It also proposes a "radical approach… to start afresh, to devolve the commissioning responsibility and buildings in Southwark to the borough".
The proposal comes with a letter from Councillor Victoria Mills, in which she says: "We strongly believe that for too long our residents have been let down by the FE offer in Southwark. Solutions have been tried, but each has been left wanting.
"Students are coming out of Southwark's schools with great potential to build on their personal success. And as a borough we are job rich.
"The employment opportunities in Southwark are simply fantastic thanks to the highly ambitious regeneration of the borough by the council and our partners.
Lewisham Southwark College, which has around 13,600 learners, defended its plans to turn around performance.
Mr Bilsland said: "The college absolutely understands and shares the frustration felt by the London Boroughs of Southwark and Lewisham at the college's historic poor performance.
A college spokesperson pointed to appointment of a new senior management team to be led by current Newcastle College principal Carole Kitching, due to start over the summer, and plans to invest more than £40m in a new Southwark campus.


To answer this query, "Is my ancestor's grave marked with a tombstone," it is necessary to determine the cemetery used for the burial site. As genealogists start researching by moving from the "known" towards the "unknown" locating a person's place of burial can be researched in this same method. It is best to consult with relatives, family records, cemetery and church records, newspaper obituaries, professional genealogists and historians. In this way the cemetery can be located, then the next step would be to contact the local infrastructure department, church or private individual who maintain Saskatchewan cemeteries.
Once the internment location has been found, through research it may be that the burial site is unmarked. The plot may not have received a tombstone perhaps due to neglect, inattention, or hard times. The cemetery itself may have a policy of no tombstones such as at Forest Hills Memorial Park in Berks County, Reading, Pennsylvannia. In some cases the family or the person themselves may request no tombstone. Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. founder, has no tombstone. The internment sites of notable comedian John Belushi, and American author, H.P. Lovecraft, remain unmarked, and the family erected a cenotaph in a separate location.
Descendants may decide to erect a gravestone upon discovering this ancestor in their family tree, and honour their ancestor with a memorial. Genealogy societies such as the African Atlantic Genealogical Society (AAGS) joined with the he American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) to honour the unmarked gravesite of Eubie Blake, an African American composer. In researching notable local figures, societies, historians or agencies first must contact family descendants to receive permission to erect a tombstone. A similar project honoured and memorialised the unmarked gravesite of blues guitarist, Tommy Bankhead, by the Killer Blues Headstone Project in St. Louis.
For most of Saskatchewan's cemeteries volunteers from various agencies have initiated their own cemetery projects to record burials. It is then possible to search internet grave registries to locate internment sites. There are global sites such as Find a Grave, Internment.net, or the Cemetery Junction Directory. In Saskatchewan alone several agencies have come together to compile listings of cemetery burials. These agencies are listed at Saskatchewan Gen Web – Cemetery Records – Obituary Records Just a very few agencies recorded at the aforementioned site are the Ancestor Recognition Project – Cemetery Preservation: Online Digitization, Canada Gen Web Cemeteries Project, City and town infrastructure departments, Odessa Library — a German-Russian Genealogical Library, Doukhobor.org, GRHS (Germans from Russia Heritage Society), International Internet Genealogical Society Library, Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, Rural Municipality offices, Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project, Saskatchewan Mennonite Cemetery Finding Aid, Saskatchewan Genealogy Society and branches.
In Saskatchewan the Genealogy Index Search listing is online by the Government of Saskatchewan eHealth Vital Statistics division providing searchable information on "births registered with Vital Statistics more than 100 years ago, and deaths registered more than 70 years ago". The burial index is searchable online available from research done by Saskatchewan Genealogy Society SGS members from their volunteer cemetery transcription projects. Many of the SGS transcriptions have been put on microfilm and are held with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Family Search centre.
It may aid the individual to search in the family biography / local history books published locally in the province by various communities during the province's 50th anniversary celebrations (1955), 75th anniversary, (1980) and 100th anniversary (2005). Indexed books can be searched through the Saskatchewan Resident's Index SRI or Our Roots Nos Racines to see if there are any family names within these resources. The local history committees who came together to write these books are an invaluable source of information as are the local museum curators and librarians.
If the town or placename that the individual resided is unknown, check the homestead records to determine the legal land location (address) for the pioneering family residence. Pinpointing this location on a map will indicate the closest rural placename and the nearest large centre. Entering these placenames in a library catalogue may assist in finding the relevant local history / family biography book. At times these books will also profer cemetery listings as well as biographies of the local residents submitted by the families themselves.
Locating the homestead on a map is actually very wise to assist narrow down the closest or most likely cemetery for the family to adopt. For instance the Rural Municipality of Excelsior #166 maintains 40 cemetery records and Sliding Hills RM #273 maintains 49 cemeteries. On average a rural municipality encompasses 9 townships each 6 miles by 6 miles square, so the RM itself would be an 18 mile by 18 mile area unless boundaries were altered due to population or natural boundaries such as rivers. Such a cemetery density would offer the family a choice of cemetery locations close to their homestead. They may opt for a church yard corresponding to their religious beliefs, desire to be interred in family plot, or choose a town or city plot if the final years were spent residing in an urban centre near senior's or healthcare resources.
Without a cemetery transcription nor photographs of headstones available, it may be fruitful to ask the assistance of a professional genealogical researcher or some kind soul on the local mailing list or query board for the relevant region of Saskatchewan to check the cemetery for the ancestral burial site. If this is the case, do not expect an answer during the winter months. Between the months of October and April, snow covers the ground making traipsing through cemeteries difficult, and rendering headstones buried beneath the snow invisible to the sight.
To determine if a person is actually interred in a specific cemetery it would be helpful to consult church records, newspaper obituaries, cemetery burial certificates, census records or perhaps family records.
Cemetery burial records are held by the local administration; city or town authorities usually handle cemetery queries in their infrastructure department, parks and cemeteries. Similarly cemetery plot maps, and internment certificates are held by the rural municipality, the civic administration overseeing private rural farm and ranch lands, unorganised hamlets, unincorporated areas, localities, villages and former towns. Burial registers are held by religious denominations officiating at churchyard burials.
If the cemetery plot is located on private land, it is necessary to contact the private land owners for access to the site. This can be done by contacting the rural municipality office and purchasing an RM map of the area.
At times the cemetery may have unmarked graves, and cemetery owners may indulge in ground penetrating radar surveys to find and document all historic internment sites. If a cemetery has a paper trail, such as death certificates, or obituaries to show that an internment had taken place in the graveyard, then radar technology or grave dowsing may help to locate any unmarked sites.
In regards unmarked older cemeteries, it is necessary to contact the local historians for information and directions to a cemetery. For public cemeteries, a local resident would be able to offer directions to a cemetery currently in use. A rural municipality map purchased from the rural municipality would demark cemeteries, townships, ranges along with current roadways.
If a researcher is fortunate in finding the cemetery gravestones photographed online or the cemetery transcribed on the internet, that may help in locating the gravesite, unless the name is not listed. Such may be the case for the Ogema Cemetery in the RM of Key West 70, located in the northwest quarter of section 22 township 7 range 22 West of the 2nd meridian where both a cemetery transcription and tombstone photographs are online from two different agencies. If the ancestor's name is not listed from either of these listings, but does indeed show up in the provincial genealogy index search where the Government of Saskatchewan eHealth Vital Statistics division indicates "births registered with Vital Statistics more than 100 years ago, and deaths registered more than 70 years ago", then it would be wise to follow up with further research.
In the case of Key West 70 there are 27 local cemeteries, which are listed at in at least two sites online; Canada Gen Web or the Saskatchewan Genealogy Society Cemetery Index . Another note to consider is that the town of Ogema is located in the southeastern portion of the rural municipality there is a chance that the family may have chosen a cemetery in a neighbouring RM such as Norton RM # 69 to the east, The Gap RM # 39 to the southeast, or Bengough RM # 40 to the south.
If one encounters such an experience of finding the death certificate in Saskatchewan with the Vital Statistics division, but no record of the ancestral name in the expected cemetery listings, it may be necessary to apply for the death certificate from Vital Statistics and or the burial (internment) permit from the Rural Municipality or in the case of this example, the Ogema town office. Most rural municipalities, cities and towns have their own individual websites online along with their contact information. The Government of Saskatchewan also has the Municipal Directory System online with contact information. MySask.com and Canada 411 are two online phone (and address) directories.
Officially civic registration of births, marriages and deaths did begin in 1905 with the formation of the province, registration did not become a regular practice until 1920. The government system to register deaths began in 1888 when the area was still part of the Northwest Territories. These early records of the Northwest Territories may be included in the Saskatchewan Provincial Archives or Manitoba Provincial Archives (Hudson Bay records) vital records collection. If the family chose to be buried in a churchyard, the church burial registers may indicate where an ancestral loved one may be found. If the deceased were registered under the terms of the Indian Act, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) maintains the Indian Register containing dates of birth, death, marriage and divorce information.
Equipped with a date of passing provided by the provincial EHealth genealogy index search another venue opens up. It becomes easier to follow up on an obituary search in an historic newspaper. However as indicated previously if families did not regularly register for a death certificate in the early pioneering years, they may not run an obituary, especially if the passing occurred in the dearth of winter, 40 degrees below zero, no plowed roads, actually no formal paved roads at all, and only horse and buggy for conveyance, or ox and cart. However, there were newspapers, and indeed some obituaries were run. Newspapers were published in the Northwest Territories in the late 1800s serving all of northwestern Canada. As settlement expanded out west, additional local newspapers sprang up across the province. Some these newspapers can be researched online as a few historic newspapers have been placed online by Google News for instance. Various editions of historic newspapers are held on microfilm in the provincial archives and public library system.
Additionally, with the known departure date, application can be made to the Saskatchewan Law Courts to search for wills, letters probate, letters of administration, estate titles which are held in the Wills and Estates Registry dating back to 1883. If desiring to erect a gravesite marker on an unmarked grave, it may behoove one to check if there is a will to honour any requests made by the departed if they wished to lie in an unmarked grave.
So in this way, by starting with the known, and working towards the unknown, steps can be taken to determine cemeteries in the locality where an ancestor resided. Searches can be made of transcriptions made by local residents to determine if the internment took place in a cemetery in the region. Many of these transcriptions are coming online. It is wise to investigate several regional cemeteries to cover all the bases. Without an ancestor's name listed on a transcription made from tombstones, local church or civic registries can be consulted for historic burials in unmarked gravesites. Additionally the death certificate can be ordered from Vital Statics, Ministry of Health. Without a primary source document, to show that an ancestor was buried in the cemetery, it may not be possible to erect a tombstone, in such a case, perhaps a bench, cenotaph, a tree planting or commemorative sign could be placed in the cemetery honouring the relative and acknowledging their unmarked gravesite.
Through the Rural Municipality office cemetery clean up committees are established throughout the province to care for active cemeteries. Volunteers come together with lawn mowers, weed whackers, and chain saws to maintain active burial grounds to comply with their community standards.
Education is the key, to preserve a derelict cemetery. For historical conservation purposes it is wise to learn what to do, and what not to do. The Saskatchewan Historic Cemetery Manual and the A Graveyard Preservation Primer by Lynette Strangstad outline precautions necessary to increase awareness about cemetery preservation. Use caution in an historic cemetery site near large cemetery monuments, as these too, may break and topple. Trained volunteer cemetery crews, archaeologists or professionals recommended by the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation are required for preservation work on an historic graveyard in need of restoration. For such work, grants and assistance is available.
Non-invasive methods of reading fading inscriptions is imperative to preserve information for future generations of genealogists. Do no harm is mandated, headstones should not be sprayed with solvents or cleaning supplies as these may enter cracks, and further erode the stone. A simple mirror or plain rain water may help to bring out the shadow play on the inscription. "Rubbings" onto paper should never be made on stone which is soft and may break apart under the process further eroding a delicate stone. For example when attempting to read an eroded head stone, do not make rubbings with light weight paper that the wax or ink colour may bleed through.
Photographing a tombstone from a variety of angles and a tight close up opens up the capability for image enhancement in photo software to enlarge, and manipulate photos to bring out the natural contrasts, and highlights in the photographic image.
Cemetery tours and historical cemetery guide books enhance the interpretation of the community's evolution, providing information and cultural, historical and contemporary heritage interpretation. The Regina Ethnic Pioneers Cemetery Walking Tours and the associated books; Regina Ethnic Pioneers Cemetery Walking Tour Multicultural Tour 2 , Regina Cemetery Walking Tour Founding Fathers Blue Tour, and Cemetery Walking Tour : Multicultural. Tour 2 are examples of such an endeavour.
It is with honour and respect that cemeteries which have served communities for decades are recognized and cared for. "Burial grounds are an essential part of a community", as the town of Herbert says, "the little prairie cemetery, dotted with small bushes, little fences and crosses, perennial plants, flower vases and personal touches really do tell a story of those who have gone before." Cemeteries do indeed, express the social identity of their communities.


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PERTH Heat hopes its unbeaten 11-game Australian Baseball League run continues into this week's prestigious Asia Series tournament in Taiwan.
The Heat will clash with championship-winning sides from the Taiwan, Korean and Japanese baseball leagues from Friday, with the top two teams to face off in a final on Tuesday week.
It will be the first time an Australian team takes part in the tournament, which started in 2005 but has not been held since 2008 due to financial reasons.
Reigning Australian champions Perth will head to Taiwan full of confidence after a blistering start to the current season in which the team has yet to drop a game.
Heat manager Brooke Knight said his side could not be better prepared for their historic overseas trip.
"Every sport is played with a bit of confidence and you tend to up your game when you're feeling good, and right now that's where we are at," he said.
Knight acknowledged Perth's winning start was an amazing achievement, but loathed to concede it would not last forever.
However, he is hoping it continues for at least four more games so the Heat can add an Asian title to the team's trophy cabinet.
"You're going to have to win at least two out of three to get to the championship game on Tuesday, so without getting too far ahead of ourselves we'll just try to get that first one under our belt and then try to take one of the next two games," Knight said.
"Baseball gives you the opportunity to do some special things if you get a quality pitching performance and swing your bats at the right time.
Knight will also be hoping catcher Alex Burg continues his amazing form with the bat.
Burg has hit five home runs and 12 RBIs (runs batted in) to lead the league in both areas and has now emerged as an early favourite for the MVP award.
"I've known Alex a long time and he's a great individual, so it doesn't surprise me that he's performing like he is," Knight said.


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How Our Schools Teach White Supremacy to Latinx Children
August 13, 2015 / John Paul Brammer
Source: Everyday Feminism
Originally published on The Huffington Post and republished here with the author's permission.
"They didn't have a wheel."
That was my takeaway from the slim chapter on pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures in my world history book: that the indigenous Mexicans, though they had clay wheels they used as toys, failed to invent the wheel.
As a biracial person of European and Mexican heritage, this was the first time I'd read about my "other" culture in a textbook.
By that time, my young brain was full of knowledge about Europe. I knew the names of the kings and queens, the Henrys and Georges and Catherines. I knew about the classical period and the holy wars and the fall of Rome, about the crusades and the Renaissance.
I didn't know everything, of course. But I knew a lot.
It was a magic history, rich in detail and texture like a tapestry – full of characters whose triumphs and defeats shaped the world we live in today.
And the innovation! Advances in philosophical thought that still influence the way people think, architectural wonders that remain as testaments to human ingenuity, artistic masterpieces that continue to be studied and analyzed.
European history, it was clear, is living history.
When it finally came time to learn about the ancient Mesoamerican cultures, I was excited to find more of the things that made European history so interesting to me. I was excited to learn about my other heritage.
What had they contributed? What were their achievements? Who were their philosophers and architects and artists?
What I learned instead, however, was what they didn't do.
It began with their non-invention of the wheel. The most basic prerequisite for any advanced group of people, the litmus test for "advanced society," and my people had failed it.
The rest of the precious few pages pre-Columbian Mesoamerican societies were afforded were largely spent establishing their many evils: blood sacrifices to hungry gods, an insatiable lust for power and conquest, and a morbid, crude fascination with death.
The text compared these primitive societies with the more advanced Europeans, making lists of things they didn't have.
They didn't have beasts of burden. They didn't have guns. They didn't have steel. And, of course, they didn't have wheels.
Wheels? But what would the Aztec have done with wheels?
The Aztec, whose capital city of Tenochtitlan was built on water, home to over 200,000 people, engineered with canals and floating gardens and causeways – why roll what you can float?
These are questions I could have asked, but didn't.
As for things the pre-Columbian societies did have, these were still compared to the European precursors, to which they almost always paled in comparison. This was like that, only not as sophisticated. This, similar to that, but primitive.
It seemed that the only way to talk about these cultures was to put them in the context of European history.
The name "pre-Columbian" is evidence itself. These cultures, these societies that had existed independently from Europe for so many years were only given significance when first touched by conquest.
The history of the Americas before Europeans arrived is "pre," and the history after, "Columbian," after its "discovery."
The chapter ended with the arrival of the Europeans, who rolled in on wheels and wiped the indigenous people out.
As for the Aztec, they were destroyed and enslaved. Their capital was buried under modern Mexico City. Their temple was broken down and turned into a cathedral.
And that was their end.
I didn't know how to articulate it at the time, but after reading about my Mexican ancestry, I felt shame. I felt lesser. I felt like my culture hadn't contributed or didn't matter.
I felt like my culture, my history, was dead.
It wasn't until I developed more critical thinking skills that I realized I had been taught a Eurocentric, whitewashed version of history.
I realized that the wheel was an arbitrary benchmark and that the depiction of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures as "savage" was hypocritical.
Yes, the Aztec conquered people. But didn't the Europeans conquer the Aztec? Didn't the Europeans take their land, build haciendas, and put them to work mining for silver and gold?
I realized that the truth is humans have always accomplished great things under the conditions in which they lived, that the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican societies were brilliant engineers, artists, astronomers, and philosophers.
They just weren't European.
I don't believe teachers or the education system are consciously propagating this outdated view of the world. My high school history teacher was one of the best, better than any college professor I've had. I received an education that most people in the country would consider the standard.
The problem, as is the problem with institutions such as racism and sexism, is that Eurocentrism is a system, pervasive in several facets of our society and upheld by tradition.
The way we teach minority cultures as primitive and Europeans as advanced in our schools is wrong. It asserts one culture over another. It perpetuates supremacy and encourages the subjugation of people of color.
When we teach someone that their heritage is lesser, they see themselves as lesser.
It also keeps students from being able to understand the world we live in, how to understand people from other cultures and how to see things from their perspective. In an increasingly globalizing era, this skill is crucial.
The cultures of the world do not begin and end with Europeans. Their merit is not measured by how similar they were to European societies, and their history is not dead.
We must understand that Eurocentrism in our schools is a cog in the machine of institutional oppression.
And when we do nothing about it, the wheels roll on.
John Paul Brammer is a writer, blogger, and activist from Oklahoma. His work has been featured in This Land Press and The Advocate. He frequently writes on the topics of LGBT activism and his Mexican American background.
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Born at Folkestone, England on 30 May 1855, son of William Lait and Mary Anne Barnes, he left school at the age of 17 years to article for four years with an artitect at Birmingham after which he worked in his father's architectural firm until 1890 when he emigrated to Canada. He spent two years in Toronto before coming to Winnipeg in 1892. From 1892 to 1896 he worked as superintendent and general assistant to George Browne. In 1897 he started his own architectural practice, during which he supervised the construction of the University of Manitoba, Bank of Hamilton, Mariaggi Hotel and other Winnipeg buildings. In 1882 he married Alice Louisa Robinson (c1865-1913) of London, England. They had twelve children, of whom four sons lived to adulthood. He was a member of the Sons of England Benevolent Society and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 8 March 1928, following a three-month bout with cancer.
"Tenders [Glines Block]," Winnipeg Tribune, 21 April 1904, page 2.
Death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
"William B. Lait dies after long illness," Manitoba Free Press, 9 March 1928, page 2.
"W. B. Lait, well-known architect here, dies," Winnipeg Tribune, 9 March 1928, page 3.


The victory of the Russian national team over the team from Spain in Davis Cup may be called a miracle, head of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpischev told TASS on Monday.
The game of Group 1 of Europe/Africa was held in Vladivostok on July 17-19. After the first day, the Russian team lost 0:2, but finally won with the score 3:2.
"As the final fifth game with Spain was over, the first thought was 'It can't be true'," head of the federation said. "We were losing 0:2 and losing in everything. We even were not leading in any first games, and in those three games where we won later on we were on the edge of failure, but a miracle happened. The team made a heroic deed. It is for the third time in history of the Russian national team, where it wins after the score of 0:2."
He said it took him four hours to analyse mistakes of the first two games.
"I met with the team and discussed their mistakes — this has worked."
Davis Cup is structured with a 16-nation World Group, contested over four weekends during the year. The remaining countries are then divided into three regional Zones depending on their location. In March Germany, the US, the Czech Republic, Italy, Brazil, Croatia, Japan and Switzerland lost their games of the 1/8 final and in September they will be competing in the World Groups semifinals.


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Judicial ethics and discipline
A blog of the Center for Judicial Ethics of the National Center for State Courts
Posted on January 16, 2020 by graycynthia
10 years ago this month:
Accepting the recommendation of the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, the Arkansas Supreme Court removed a judge from office for his relationships with probationers; his involvement with Cycle Breakers, a probation program run through a non-profit corporation; ignoring and by-passing laws that were an impediment to his interest in Cycle Breakers; and enforcing payment of unauthorized "civil fees" from defendants with jail or the threat of jail, knowing the money would go to Cycle Breakers. Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission v. Proctor, 360 S.W.3d 61 (Arkansas 2010).
The California Commission on Judicial Performance severely censured a judge for terminating and abandoning the trial in a dissolution of marriage matter before the husband had completed his case and without offering the parties an opportunity to present additional evidence; threatening the husband's attorney with contempt if her client did not produce his statement of economic interests; failing to disqualify himself after reporting the husband's failure to disclose an economic interest to the husband's employer, which terminated him; and being discourteous and impatient toward the husband's attorney and repeatedly threatening a mistrial if the proceedings were not concluded quickly enough. Inquiry Concerning McBrien, Decision and Order (California Commission on Judicial Performance January 5, 2010).
In lieu of formal disciplinary proceedings and with the judge's consent, the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications publicly admonished a commissioner for invoking his office and using profanity while protesting a parking ticket. Public Admonition of Pierce (Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications January 26, 2010).
Reviewing the recommendation of the Judicial Tenure Commission based on a settlement agreement, the Michigan Supreme Court suspended a judge without pay for 21 days and publicly censured her for acting as treasurer for her own campaign and running for mayor while a judicial candidate and after being sworn in. In re Sanders, 777 N.W.2d 134 (Michigan 2010).
Based on the recommendation of the Judicial Tenure Commission, to which the judge consented, the Michigan Supreme Court suspended a judge without pay for 90 days and publicly censured him for driving while intoxicated. In re Nebel, 777 N.W.2d 132 (Michigan 2010).
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The California Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished a judge for failing to disclose his personal relationship with an attorney every time the attorney appeared before him. Public Admonishment of Mason (California Commission on Judicial Performance December 3, 2019).
Approving a stipulation for discipline by consent, the California Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished a judge for (1) speaking sharply to a female attorney who was new to the felony trial department and hitting her hand at the bench with enough force to leave a visible impression and (2) using crude and inappropriate language when talking with a court administrator about a case involving sexual misconduct by a judge in another state. Inquiry Concerning Jacobson, Decision and Order (California Commission on Judicial Performance December 19, 2019).
Adopting the recommendation of the Commission on Judicial Discipline based on a stipulation, the Colorado Supreme Court suspended a judge for 28 days without pay and publicly censured him for driving under the influence and crashing his vehicle into trees and bushes while avoiding a collision with another vehicle. In the Matter of Timbreza (Colorado Supreme Court December 2, 2019).
Based on an agreement, the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission publicly reprimanded a judge for (1) his handling of a small claims case and (2) holding a hearing in 2 criminal cases even though a petition for his disqualification was pending. In re Wright, Public reprimand (Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission December 23, 2019).
Following a hearing, the Nevada Commission Judicial Discipline publicly admonished a hearing master for ignoring an attorney's objections to her questioning of a juvenile defendant, yelling at the attorney, telling the juvenile that her probation would be increased if she refused to answer her questions, preventing the attorney from making a record on his objection, and threatening to contact the attorney's boss; the hearing master was also ordered to complete a course at the National Judicial College. In the Matter of Henry, Findings of fact, conclusions of law, and imposition of discipline (Nevada Commission Judicial Discipline December 12, 2019).
Accepting a stipulation based on the judge's resignation and agreement not to seek or accept judicial office in the future, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct concluded a proceeding against a former non-lawyer judge who waived confidentiality to the limited extent that the stipulation can become public; the Commission had been investigating several complaints alleging that the judge had (1) failed to enforce a town ordinance regulating storage of "junk" on residential properties; (2) failed to properly inform a defendant during an arraignment of his due process rights; and (3) sent a letter to the editor of a local paper in which he made political and partisan statements, criticized public officials and town residents concerning a local controversy; and criticized the governor's executive decisions and policies and described the governor as "corrupt" at a time when he was running for re-election. In the Matter of Chamberlain, Decision and order (New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct December 5, 2019).
Accepting an agreed statement of facts and recommendation, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly censured a judge for (1) using profanity and invoking his judicial office in an attempt to have smoking and/or drug-related paraphernalia removed from a store's window display and (2) making an insensitive remark about a co-defendant's ethnicity while acting as a private attorney in a civil case and asserting his judicial office when confronted about his remark. In the Matter of Tawil, Determination (New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct December 12, 2019).
Accepting an agreed statement of facts and recommendation, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly censured a judge for appearing and acting as his daughter's attorney in a family court matter on 3 occasions and invoking his judicial title in several instances during 2 court appearances. In the Matter of Edwards, Determination (New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct December 20, 2019).
The Oklahoma Supreme Court (1) publicly reprimanded a judge for, while a candidate, violating rules concerning election expenditures and reports and (2) publicly admonished her for neglecting to pay over 60 parking tickets and county, state, and federal tax obligations for several years; the Court also placed her on probation, including completing at least 5 mentoring sessions with an experienced judge. In the Matter of Coleman (Oklahoma Supreme Court December 3, 2019).
The Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board issued a letter of counsel to a judge for telling a police officer at a traffic stop to "check the registration on this plate soon;" the Board made the letter public with the judge's consent. Letter to Reinaker (Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board December 13, 2019).
The Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly warned a judge for endorsing on his Facebook page his brother's campaign for a position on the school board. Public Warning of Saucedo (Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct December 5, 2019).
The Utah Supreme Court approved the Judicial Conduct Commission's reprimand of a judge for texting to court clerks a "short, graphic video showing a man's scrotum." Inquiry Concerning Dow (Utah Supreme Court September 13, 2019).
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The Arkansas Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission publicly admonished a judge for telling a litigant who was in his office, "I'm tired of lying sons of b****es telling lies on me," which was a reference to a complaint the litigant had filed against him, and, in a second case, shouting at an attorney in his office, "I do not have time to teach you law. What are you looking at me like that for? Am I speaking Chinese?" Letter to Davis (Arkansas Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission January 24, 2000). The Commission also required the judge to attend anger management counseling.
The California Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished a judge for inappropriate conduct toward female court employees, including suggestive sexual references and unconsented kissing. Inquiry Concerning Gibson, Decision and Order (California Commission on Judicial Performance January 28, 2000).
Pursuant to the recommendation of the Judiciary Commission, the Louisiana Supreme Court removed a judge from office for (1) abusing his contempt power 3 times, (2) banning a prosecutor from his courtroom and then dismissing 41 cases when the prosecutor did not appear, (3) participating in a case as counsel for 4 years after becoming a judge, and (4) deliberately disobeying orders of the administrative judge. In re Jefferson, 753 So. 2d 181 (Louisiana 2000).
The Missouri Supreme Court suspended a judge for the remainder of his term for (1) writing an "open letter," published in a local newspaper, that implored citizens to support the police chief in a dispute with the mayor, (2) ordering a blanket reduction in fines and release of prisoners to compel the payment of his health insurance, and (3) failing to recuse from a case involving the daughter of the mayor with whom he was feuding. In re Hill, 8 S.W.2d 578 (Missouri 2000).
Based on an agreed statement of facts and joint recommendation, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly admonished a judge for (1) presiding over a traffic case in which the defendant was his niece, and (2) issuing a criminal summons when a defendant in a small claims case failed to make a payment on a judgement. In the Matter of Bishop, Determination (New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct January 10, 2000).
Refusing to perform same-sex marriages
Recently, the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly warned a judge for refusing to perform same-sex weddings while continuing to perform opposite sex weddings. Public Warning of Hensley (Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct November 12, 2019). The Commission found that the judge had cast "doubt on her capacity to act impartially to persons appearing before her as a judge due to the person's sexual orientation . . . ." (According to the Texas Tribune, the judge has filed a lawsuit in state court claiming that the Commission violated the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act and seeking a declaratory judgment that "any justice of the peace may refuse to officiate a same-sex wedding 'if the commands of their religious faith forbid them to participate in same-sex marriage ceremonies.'")
Beginning in August 2016, the judge and her court staff gave all same-sex couples wishing to be married by the judge a document stating: "I'm sorry, but Judge Hensley has a sincerely held religious belief as a Christian, and will not be able to perform any same sex weddings." The document includes a list of local persons who would officiate a same-sex wedding.
On June 24, 2017, the Waco Tribune published an article on their web-site entitled, "No Courthouse Weddings in Waco for Same-Sex Couples, 2 Years After Supreme Court Ruling." The article reported that the judge "would only do a wedding between a man and a woman."
Other judges have also been publicly sanctioned for refusing to perform same-sex marriages.
In 2013, based on a stipulation and agreement, the Washington State Commission on Judicial Conduct admonished a judge for publicly stating he would not perform same-sex marriages in his judicial capacity while he continued to perform opposite-sex marriages. In re Tabor (Washington State Commission on Judicial Conduct October 4, 2013).
On November 6, 2012, Washington voters passed a referendum approving same-sex marriage. During an administrative meeting with judges and court personnel shortly before the referendum was to take effect, the judge stated that he felt "uncomfortable" performing same-sex marriages and asked his colleague who did not have similar personal objections to officiate in his stead. Reporters learned about his position from an unidentified source, and his statement was broadly publicized. After several newspaper articles and on-line comments, to press clarify his position, the judge explained that his decision not to marry same-sex couples was very personal and based on his religious views, and that, because judges are not required to perform marriages, he believed he had a right to decline to perform same-sex marriages so long as those seeking to be married have access to another judge without delay.
Following contact by the Commission, of his own volition, the judge ceased performing all marriages.
The judge accepted "the Commission's determination that, by announcing he would not solemnize same-sex marriage due to his philosophical and religious concerns while continuing to solemnize opposite-sex marriages, the judge appeared to express a discriminatory intent against a statutorily protected class of people, thereby undermining public confidence in his impartiality. Acknowledging that the judge was not required to solemnize marriages, the Commission explained that, "having chosen to make himself available to solemnize some weddings, . . . he is bound by the Code of Judicial Conduct to do so in a way that does not discriminate or appear to discriminate against a statutorily protected class of people."
The Code of Judicial Conduct imposes on judicial officers a specific, enforceable obligation to avoid bias and the appearance of bias. These obligations go beyond those imposed on others who serve the general public, reflecting the unique and integral role judicial officers play in our constitutional scheme of justice honoring the rule of law. Judges must not only be impartial, but must also be perceived as impartial, in order to properly fulfill that role . . . .
By even temporarily acting in a discriminatory fashion toward gay men and lesbians, in stating that he would not solemnize their marriages when he continued to solemnize heterosexual marriages, and by commenting on that decision publicly, a reasonable person could objectively conclude that he might act in a discriminatory fashion toward gay or lesbian litigants, lawyers, or witnesses.
In a de novo review, the Wyoming Supreme Court censured a judge for her refusal to perform same-sex marriages and ordered that she either perform no marriage ceremonies or that she perform marriage ceremonies regardless of the couple's sexual orientation. Inquiry Concerning Neely, 390 P.3d 728 (Wyoming 2017). For a longer discussion of the case, see a previous blog post.
See also Moore v. Judicial Inquiry Commission (Alabama Supreme Court April 19, 2017) (suspension until end of term of Chief Justice for entering an administrative order that directed all probate judges to follow the state's laws banning same-sex marriage in disregard of a federal court injunction; In re the Matter of Nance, Findings of fact, conclusions of law, and final order (Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission December 19, 2017) (public reprimand for entering a general order declaring that "under no circumstance" would the adoption of a child by a homosexual be in the child's best interest); Inquiry Concerning Day, 413 P.3d 907 (Oregon 2018) (holding that judge committed willful misconduct by having his staff screen marriage requests to ensure that he did not marry a same-sex couple, but declining to consider the judge's constitutional arguments because, even if it considered his refusal to perform same-sex marriages, it would impose the same sanction (a three-year suspension without pay) as it was imposing for other violations); Re Atherton (Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct December 18, 2015) (public reprimand for an order dismissing a complaint for divorce because, referring to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage in Obergerefell v. Hodges, "Tennesseans, corporately, have been deemed by the U.S. Supreme Court to be incompetent to define and address such keystone/central institutions such as marriage and, thereby, at a minimum, contested divorces").
In 2014 and 2015, judicial ethics committees or conduct commissions in 6 states issued opinions, orders, or articles advising that a judge cannot refuse to perform same-sex marriages if the judge performs opposite-sex marriages even if the refusal is based on sincerely held religious or personal beliefs. For an analysis of those advisory opinions, see a previous blog post.
In 2019, the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics And Professional Responsibility issued a formal opinion on judges and same-sex weddings. ABA Formal Opinion 485 (2019). The opinion advised that, in a jurisdiction in which judges are obligated to perform marriages, a judge may not decline to perform marriages for same-sex couples. In a jurisdiction in which performing marriages is a discretionary judicial function, the committee stated, a judge may not decline to perform marriages for same-sex couples if the judge agrees to perform opposite-sex marriages but may refuse to perform all marriages for members of the public while still performing marriages for family and friends as long as they do not refuse to perform same-sex marriages for family and friends.
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The Arkansas Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission publicly admonished a municipal court judge who had been suspended from the practice of law for failing to pay annual fees and, therefore, had not been an attorney in good standing for 4 years as required for municipal court judges. Letter to Harrison (Arkansas Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission January 24, 1995).
The Arkansas Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission publicly admonished a municipal court judge who had been suspended from the practice of law for failing to pay annual fees and, therefore, had not been an attorney in good standing for 4 years as required for municipal court judges. Letter to Adams (Arkansas Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission January 24, 1995).
Granting the petition of the Judicial Standards Commission, the New Mexico Supreme Court removed a judge from office for (1) harassing and interfering with a court administrator, refusing to obey legitimate orders of the chief judge; verbally abusing a deputy sheriff, using profanity, and being discourteous, undignified, and disrespectful; deliberately failing to devote the number of hours required of a district judge; treating a hearing officer with discourtesy and disrespect and acting without dignity; and (2) his relationship with a not-for-profit organization. In the Matter of Castellano, 889 P.2d 175 (New Mexico 1995).
Pursuant to an agreed statement of facts, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly censured a judge for dismissing a case based on ex parte communications, sua sponte, without hearing any witnesses, stating that he could not ignore the "cry . . . raised up in the community" about the plaintiff, and ordering the plaintiff not to file any further actions without the court's permission. In the Matter of Frati, Determination (New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct January 20, 1995).
Based on an agreed statement of facts, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly censured a judge for giving inaccurate testimony in an attorney disciplinary proceeding against his law assistant. In the Matter of Bloom, Determination (New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct January 20, 1995).
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Why Buffett's wrong on bitcoin: Legg Mason's Miller
10 Apr 2014 / CNBC – Legg Mason's Bill Miller may have lost 20 percent of his investment in bitcoin, but he's still bullish on its potential. The money manager told CNBC on Thursday he bought into the cryptocurrency after its biggest exchange, Mt.Gox, collapsed earlier this year.
Miller, chairman and chief investment officer at Legg Mason Capital Management, said bitcoin makes sense when investors look at its risks versus rewards. The payoffs would be huge if the digital currency can obtain a small fraction of gold's market share, he said.
Bitcoin prices exploded last year just past $1,100 only to hit several potholes in recent weeks. Bitcoins traded at $410 on Thursday morning, according to exchange bitstamp.net.
"You can't go buy anything with gold today in the United States," Miller said on "Squawk Box." "If it becomes only 10 percent as popular as gold, then it's an $800 billion market value. You can lose 100 percent of your money, or you can make 120 times your money. I think the risk reward is OK."….. Read more
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101571751
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Football: Cherokee takes business trip
jlewis@thebct.com
CHERRY HILL — It was Cherry Hill East across the field, but it could have been anyone. The Cherokee High School football team prepared, as it always does, for its toughest game of the year.
"It was a hard week of practice," said Dan Iannone, the Chiefs' right offensive tackle. "Anything can happen. We prepared for this team like it was any other week. Don't take anything lightly. Always do your best."
Usually that sentence ends with "for 48 minutes." Saturday Iannone was in for eight or nine plays.
That's how long it took for the Chiefs to put a 30-point lead together on the way to a 54-0 win over Cherry Hill East in their West Jersey Football League American Division game. The win clinched a share of the division crown.
The Chiefs (7-1 overall, 4-1 division) scored on four of those nine plays, including the very first. Iannone knocked down the defensive end, Juan Ibarrondo picked up the linebacker, and Marc Woodard sprinted through the gaping hole for a 76-yard touchdown.
"I made that big block on the back side, the hole was huge, and he said he ran through it," Iannone said. "That was a good time."
The good times continued on Matt Stickney's first carry. Iannone got in front of him too, as the senior tailback headed for the left side. This time his block on the edge helped key a 42-yard run.
Cherokee added a 26-yard interception return by Jesse Streb and a 55-yard run on a reverse by Rob Agnoni on the way to a 27-0 lead. Kenneth Ravel kicked a 23-yard field goal with 1:09 left in the first quarter to make it 30-0.
When senior defensive back Anthony Gambone picked up a fumble on the first play of the second quarter, Cherokee coach P.J. Mehigan spoke the words "second offense," and Iannone's day was over.
The second offense didn't get on the field right away, though. Gambone returned the fumble 9 yards for a score to make it 37-0.
"You can't prepare any differently," Cherokee coach P.J. Mehigan said. "You've got to respect the game. We came in and had our meetings Monday, we watched film. We had a feeling that we'd be better than these guys (East was 0-7 coming in), but we tell the kids, you're always competing against your own best performance, not the other team."
Ravel added a second field goal and Brendan Mooney scored on a 1-yard run to make it 47-0 at the half. Senior running back Mike White, who had 57 yards on seven carries, added a 17-yard touchdown with the running clock going in the fourth quarter.
Cherokee quarterback Trevor Osler played less than a quarter and completed one of three passes for 13 yards. Back-up Connor Ashton went 4-for-7 over the balance, for 39 yards.
Just as the preparation for every game is the same, so is the aftermath. Ashton was carrying equipment back toward the buses after the game, with no starters in sight.
"It's a freshman's job," he said.
John A. Lewis: 609-871-8141: email, jlewis@calkins.com: Twitter, @JohnLewis19; to subscribe, go to calkins.com/orderBCT


Old classic Java window borders... A port of Icewm theme for Gtk2. Enjoy everybody!
Could you tell me, which gtk theme is used?
Nice port, I like the old JAVA desktop themes. Can you make a different pressed state of buttons, please?
I love this Metacity theme, It's really great! Does anybody know where I can find the matching GTK theme? I've been looking around and can't seem to find it anywhere..
You need the gtk-engine-metal from older versions of Gnome.
Yeah, it's a good old class theme!!! this theme can be downloaded embed in some older versions of Gnome itself; I do not remember which... probably 1.6.
Please let some lines about the reason of your vote, no matter if "up" or "down"; ask yourself that you may be objective and sincere, if you aren't.


1: blueberry muffins made straight from the box. mmm.
2: buying itty bitty baby clothes. makes me squeal every time.
3: checking the mail and not finding bills.
4: pink rain boots on cloudy days.
6: snuggle time with the husband every night.
10: eating movie theater popcorn, at home.
4. My fabulous job and dressing up for work every day!
5. My old black Ford.
7. Money in the bank.
Why are you so cute? I'm obsessed with your blog. That is all.
today FOOD is making me happy! haha I'm eating everything in sight!
movie theatre popcorn at home would be on my list too. along with getting new spring colored clothes, getting silly texts from hubby, snacking on a reese's cup at work, and reading all these blogs I love!
Sushi sushi for me too!! Makes me so happy!
Sometimes I think to myself that muffins are the only proof I need that God exists. Ha!
6. snuggling w/the hubby on weekend mornings.
8. driving around town exploring new places.
i love thinking about what makes me happy. helps realize how much i have in life to be grateful for! happiness is everywhere!
4. laugh attacks with mr. monson at the most inappropriate times... like church or class.