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Reina's Christmas Centerpiece
At my friend Antonio's house his mom had this lovely Christmas centerpiece on her table.
Easy Thanksgiving Centerpiece and a Little Stroll
A couple Thanksgivings ago, I celebrated with my neighbor's family and their two fantastic kids in Tahoe. The turkey was in the oven and I realized we didn't have a centerpiece for the table. I had found two empty large fish bowls/vases in the house.
Thanksgiving Decor
I decorated a pumpkin last week for our Thanksgiving centerpiece. Originally, I wanted a big one. I was going to scoop out it's guts and make it a vase.Beach wedding centerpiece picture
As promised here are some other views of the centerpiece.
farther view of centerpiece
another view
Candle Centerpiece
This was the centerpiece at dinner on Saturday night at my vacation house in the mountains.New NEA chief lauds Daley arts policy, says model for nation
In a major policy speech this morning in Brooklyn, Rocco Landesman, the recently appointed chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, suggested that the City of Chicago and its Mayor Richard M. Daley should be seen as national leaders when it comes to the arts. "And Chicago, Illinois?Is SNL right that Obama's accomplished 'nothing'?
This is an opinion piece that I just happened to find interesting. I know there has been a lot of Obama bashing since Chicago lost the Olympics, but I didn't see the SNL piece until stuff started showing up on the internet. I'm just interested to hear everyone's opinions on the topic.A Crackdown on Bake Sales in City Schools
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: October 2, 2009
There shall be no cupcakes. No chocolate cake and no carrot cake. According to New York City’s latest regulations, not even zucchini bread makes the cut.
Oldest "Human" Skeleton Found
Scientists today announced the discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor. The find reveals that our forebears underwent a previously unknown stage of evolution more than a million years before Lucy, the iconic early human ancestor specimen that walked the Earth 3.2 million years ago.
The centerpiece of a treasure trove of new fossils, the skeleton—assigned to a species called Ardipithecus ramidus—belonged to a small-brained, 110-pound (50-kilogram) female nicknamed "Ardi."
Geithner Urges Passage of Financial Reform
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/business/24regulate.html By JACK HEALY Published: September 23, 2009 Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner urged Congress on Wednesday to adopt the Obama administration’s proposals to overhaul financial regulation, warning that the system was still fraught with the same problems that helped to create last year’s financial crisis. “The flaws in our financial system and regulatory framework that allowed this crisis to occur, and in many ways helped cause it, are still in place,” Mr. Geithner said in prepared remarks to the House Financial Services Committee.
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