Baby Bedding the Focal Point of Your Baby Room

Having a baby is very excited and is also very excited to decorate the baby room and it could be overwhelm at the same is a lot to do and you might think you have enough time to do it but doing a little be at the time you will get everything done.

One of the first this do is try pick the decoration of the room or a theme and to help you with that you might want to pick the baby bedding as the focal point of the room your will find a lot baby bedding to choose from you can go from classic to funky style if you want to keep simple you can pick one specific color for example pink for a girl and decorate the room with pink and white baby bedding and have picture frames and diaper stacker that go with the décor and do the same thing with baby boy bedding as well.

You other choices will be pick something like safari, cowboy, princess, sport, ladybug, rockstar and many more choices to choose from if you do this it will be a lot easy to decorate the rest of the room because the focal point will be the theme that you pick then it will be easy do the rest for example if you pick safari the color of the wall can have leaf print and sticker of animals like monkey, lion, elephant, bird, and more.

If you pick a cowboy theme this one can easy go for a boy or a girl let say you are having twins you can find baby bedding blue cowboy and pink cowgirl and the rest of the room will be Wild Wild West.

Do your homework on time and you will have a lot fun decorating your baby room

Helpful Tips When Buying a Infant Crib Bedding

As first when you become at parents there are things that you are not aware off one of then is very important and that is educate our self especially as new parents we want to make sure that anything we bring around our baby is safe not just to look this is why is so important to pick a crib that have all the guidelines based on  the Juvenile Products Manufacturing Association, and the infant crib bedding as well has to follow standard remember not to focus on the look you can start doing this research online where you have ton of information at your fingertips and the local store too.

You budget don’t think your infant crib bedding has to be expensive in order to have all the standard you can find affordable crib bedding that have all the requirements, and at the same time be careful with cheap crib bedding the crib bedding has to be firm not soft, and if you buy a crib bedding and is soft is not good always do your homework this is your baby safety we are talking about here and this is a very important issues.

A Charming and Modern Baby Girl Bedding

If you are having a baby girl then you must be very excited and happy at the same time, babies bring so many happy moments I our life, but if you were thinking of what baby girl bedding to pick baby you think of picking a princess theme every little girl dream about become a princess one day, or maybe you even dream to have a princess room or you want your daughter to have a princess room like the one you have when you were a little girl, and if you decide to for with the princess theme which princess you are going to pick they are a lot of princess or maybe you want to pick only a few of your favorite.

Another baby girl bedding set you can pick is the new trend that is evolving now is polka dots with stripes you can find a lot different design for this many manufacture carry this now  the combination of the polka and the stripes is very unique and cute at the same time.

Color is the other big decision you have to make you can pick the traditional classic pink or you can get the cute combination of pink and brown or also can be found in pink and chocolate, now a day with can find a lot different combination of color to pick a baby girl bedding you can even found your favorite color and decorate your baby girl room base on all some beautiful combination that are in most of the store online and you local store as well.

Tiger’s return highlights magical day at Augusta

Tiger Woods came back from scandal, a months-long exile and a verbal spanking from the Masters Tournament chairman to shoot a four-under 68 that could’ve been even better.

He showed, after all the speculation and talk, that he is quite ready to challenge for a fifth Masters title. It was business as usual for Woods at Augusta, especially the way he dominated the par 5s, making eagles at Nos. 8 and 15, the first time he’d ever made two eagles in the same Masters round.

Tiger’s long-awaited return would’ve been enough for any given Thursday, but there was more, so much more.

Fred Couples, age 50, shot six-under 66 to take the first-round lead. Tom Watson — sorry, make that The Legendary Tom Watson — wasn’t all that far from shooting his age. The 60-year-old shot five-under 67. The rest of the leaderboard bore a resemblance to the world rankings: Phil Mickelson, Y.E. Yang, Lee Westwood and K.J. Choi were tied with Watson in second place at five under. Ian Poulter, Anthony Kim, Trevor Immelman, Adam Scott and Zach Johnson were among the big names a few shots back. That’s serious starpower.

Two other over-50 players, Bernhard Langer (71) and Sandy Lyle (69), also broke par. Soft, receptive greens and forgiving pin locations offset windy afternoon conditions and led to a birdie-fest.

So the start of the 74th Masters featured Tiger’s impressive return, big names and low scores. Somebody write this recipe down for the rest of the week along with these instructions: Repeat three more times.

Couples did his best to steal some of the spotlight from Woods. Fresh off three Champions Tour wins, Couples played like a man 20 years younger. He drove it straight and long, hit sharp irons and putted well. Amazing. What else can you say?

“It’s just happening,” Couples said. “Putting has become the best thing in my game. Then I can be more of an attack player. I’m not surprised but I’m thrilled. There’s just something in the air that makes me feel like I’m going to play well when I come here.”

Couples made seven birdies and made it look easy. He missed a short but hard-breaking birdie putt on the last hole, but his 66 was still the lowest score he’s ever put up at Augusta National. His coolest play had to be saving par from the bushes left of the 10th green, where he bumped a 7-iron chip shot to three feet.

For a guy who played sockless (his comfy golf shoes feel like tennis shoes, and Fred says he never wears socks with his tennis shoes), it was quite a show.

Still, the remarkable run by Couples couldn’t overshadow the sport’s biggest day of 2010 — Tiger’s return. You knew it was going to be special from the size of the gallery jammed around the first tee, waiting to catch a glimpse of Tiger for his 1:42 tee time. It’s doubtful a bigger crowd has ever surrounded that tee.

You also knew it was going to be a unique day when an airplane began circling overhead at 1:30 p.m., moments after a wave of applause announced Tiger’s walk from the clubhouse to the putting green. The plane pulled a large banner that read, “Tiger, did you mean bootyism?” The plane circled back around just as Woods got to the first tee. Woods said later that he never noticed the plane or its banner, but it would’ve been hard to miss.

For the record, Tiger busted a perfect drive down the middle of the first fairway, which by then had a yellowish tint from tiny tree droppings that were blown by gusty winds and covered the fairway. The assembled press corps tried unsuccessfully to describe them, but they’re brown, about an inch long and kind of fluffy. Blossoms? Not exactly. But they were everywhere.

Woods tried to hit a careful cut with his driver on that first shot, just to make sure he got the ball in play. It worked so well that he did it most of the day. If he drives it this well for an extended period of time, he will be very tough to beat. Woods played a nice approach and just missed the birdie putt. For the record, his playing partners, Matt Kuchar (70) and K.J. Choi (67), did just fine despite the crowds.

At the par-5 second, his 5-wood second shot came up short and right, and he tried to use the new backstop on the redesigned second green to get his flop shot close. His ball carried a few feet too far — a little rust? — and the ball didn’t catch the slope. That left him a slick downhill putt, and he settled for par.

He got his first tournament birdie of 2010 on the short par-4 third. Another perfect drive, followed by a low spinning approach shot that stopped inside four feet. He made the putt.

By this time, there was little doubt that Tiger’s game was in fine form. He played a low 5-wood shot at No. 4, a 240-yard par 3, that was so good that it cut right through the wind and went just long. It was a dicey chip but no problem. Woods got it close and made par.

There were more classic Tiger moments. He hit it close in two at the eighth for an easy eagle. At nine, he was a bit more spectacular. His drive caught a branch down the left side of the fairway, leaving him blocked by trees. He sweep-hooked a 5-iron shot around the trees and landed the ball just in front of the green. It ran to the back fringe, where it caught the slope and backed up toward the cup. He holed the 10-footer for an unlikely birdie — well, unlikely unless you’re Tiger Woods.

You’ll see the replay of that shot over and over this week. After he hit it, Woods scissor-stepped to his right once, then four more times, then broke into a jog as he attempted to get a look at the result. It was vaguely reminiscent of Sergio Garcia’s shot from behind a tree at Medinah in the 1999 PGA Championship.

“I was surprised it held the green,” Woods said. “That was the first putt I made all day, just about.”

He made two bogeys on the back nine, which negated some solid play and another eagle, this one from six feet at the 15th after he hit a massive tee shot. His eagle putt at the 13th power-lipped out, and he also had near misses at 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, to name a few.

So forget about the five-month layoff. Look out for Mr. Woods.

“I’m very pleased, I hit it well all day,” Woods said. “I had one loose shot on 14, then I made a sweet pitch and I should’ve made that putt. I didn’t putt very well today or it could’ve been a pretty special round.”

Most people would’ve thought a 68 after what Tiger has been through would qualify as a pretty special round, but he’s right — it could’ve been lower.

“I was looking at all the scores; guys were tearing the course apart today,” he said. “Most of the tees were up, especially on the par 5s, so if you drove the ball in the fairway, you could be pretty aggressive. You’ve got 30-some guys under par. I feel like I’m in the right spot, but there are so many guys up there, anybody can still win this event.”

On this Thursday, Tiger answered the question. He is back. All the way back? We’ll see.

At times, he did live up to his pledge to be a kinder, gentler, more fan-friendly player. He smiled and waved after he made that birdie putt at the ninth, mouthed “Thank you” to the gallery, and tipped his cap while adjusting it. He had a few tantrums, but they were minor compared to what we’ve seen from him in the past.

At the 11th, he didn’t like his tee shot and slammed the driver head into the ground and uttered an audible “God—–t!” When he pulled his approach shot badly at the 14th, he simply let his club drop from his hands after his follow through and chided himself, “Noo!” His celebrations were subdued, too, but Tiger doesn’t normally go wild in the first round. The tournament isn’t at stake yet. There’s no one to intimidate or scare yet. No need for theatrics.

Woods wasn’t going to let on that this was anything but just another day at the office.

“It felt normal,” he said. “I was pretty calm all day. I was just trying to plod along and not throw away shots.”

He’s wrong about it feeling like a normal Thursday at the Masters. There was Tiger. Watson. Phil. Fred. Airplanes with banners. Ovations for Tiger at tee boxes and along fairways. Birdies and eagles. It was anything but a normal Thursday. It was a day to remember.

Source: Golf.com

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Emmitt Smith’s family tree has slaves, slave owner

Some know Emmitt Smith as the National Football League’s all-time leading rusher. Others recognize him as a three-time Super Bowl champion or a Dancing with the Stars winner.

But do you really know who Emmitt is?

Until he traced his genealogy for the NBC reality series “Who Do You Think You Are?”, Emmitt says he didn’t even know the answer to that question.

To find out more about himself and the family members who paved the way for his success, this hall-of-fame inductee followed his roots to Burnt Corn, Alabama, the town where his great-grandmother was born. “I feel like a detective on a hunt trying to find clues,” he says.

In Burnt Corn, Emmitt wandered into a convenience store and asked a clerk if he knew two of his relatives, Bill and Victoria Watson. Coincidentally, Joe, the clerk, turned out to be Emmitt’s second cousin.

Emmitt soon learned that his great-great-grandmother, Victoria, had an unusual maiden name — Puryear.

Genealogist Marjorie Sholes told Emmitt that “Puryear” was probably the name of a slave owner. “African-Americans, at the end of the Civil War, sometimes picked the names of their last slave owner,” she says.

The next step? Emmitt went in search of Victoria’s parents’ names. In an old ledger, Marjorie found a man named Prince Puryear who was described with the letter “m,” which meant mulatto. “Specifically, black/white race,” she says.

They also discovered that Prince’s mom was a woman named Mariah. “Now, I know that Prince was mixed race and born into slavery,” Emmitt says. “If Mariah was his mother, could she be the link between the black and the white side of my family?”

To explore this theory, Emmitt traveled to Mecklenburg, Virginia, to learn more about a notorious slave trader who owned Mariah at some point in history. The man’s name was Alexander Puryear.

Virginia historian John Caknipe said Samuel Puryear, Alexander’s father, might be the link to Mariah. To find out for sure, John selected a book of old deeds from a shelf. The number on the book was 22 — the same number Emmitt wore on the football field for 15 years.

“I’ve been wearing jersey number 22 since college,” he says. “Maybe it is my destiny, and I’ve always believed I was a child of destiny, but, whew, this is … it’s making me a little bit nervous.”

Emmitt says the family history he unearthed in book 22 shook him to the core. John helped him find a property deed stating that Mariah was transferred from Samuel to his son, Alexander.

“Samuel probably had her bred,” John says. “Then, when she got old enough, he gave her to his son. … They raised and bred horses, and raised and bred slaves.”

“In other words, the horses were more important than any slaves that they ever had,” Emmitt says. “They treated my people like animals…but worse than animals.”

The deed stated that Mariah was passed down along with a horse bridle and a saddle. “She was such a young woman,” Emmitt says. “I have a 13-year-old daughter right now, and I have a 10-year-old daughter right now. I couldn’t imagine them being passed down through slavery that way.”

Professor Steven Deyle, a domestic slave trade historian, says it’s safe to assume that Samuel was, in fact, Mariah’s father. “Alexander was engaged in this horrible, horrible traffic and why he didn’t sell Mariah is because he recognized Mariah as his sister,” Steven says.

After discovering the horrors his family endured, Emmitt says he’s even more thankful for the power of progress. “I thank God for people who stood up for equality for all of us,” he says.

Emmitt says he felt the true power of his newfound knowledge while sitting on the porch of an old slave quarters in Clayborn, Alabama.

“That house down in Clayborn is where I started to put things together,” he says. “And right then and there, I sensed that my ancestors were crying out to me because they were lost for so many years, and here, their great-great-grandson is going on the journey to find who they were.”

While Emmitt sat on the porch, it started to rain. “It was coming to me all at one time, and it was incredible,” he says. “Oftentimes, people want closure, and I felt like my folks did not have closure. At that time, when I found that information, I felt like they were crying out, ‘We got closure now.’”

After learning what he could from dusty record books, Emmitt took the next step in his genealogical journey and had a DNA test.

The results showed him that he’s 81 percent African, 12 percent European and 7 percent Asian, which is most likely Native American ancestry.

Emmitt’s journey has come to an end, but he encourages anyone who’s curious about their roots to follow in his footsteps. “You must go do this yourself,” he says. “It’s extremely important. It’s critical. It will help shape your vision in terms of how you go forward. It will also help you appreciate your past.”

Source: cnn.com

No. 1 Virginia Triumphant Over No. 4 Maryland, 11-10

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Sophomores Chris Bocklet and Steele Stanwick each matched career highs with four goals to lead the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers (10-0, 1-0 ACC) over the No. 4 Maryland Terrapins (6-2, 1-2) on Saturday night, 11-10, in front of 7,639 fans at Byrd Stadium. The Cavaliers opened up Atlantic Coast Conference action for the second year in a row with a triumph over Maryland.

“I am not sure who the good guy or the bad guy is in this game,” said Virginia head coach Dom Starsia. “We go ahead, they come back. We make a play at the end and win the game. It is quite remarkable, but this is how these conference games are like. Every game in the ACC is like this – we are in the murderer’s row part of the schedule with Maryland today and now North Carolina and Duke up before the ACC Tournament.”

Virginia shot out of the gate on the shoulders of Chris Bocklet (South Salem, N.Y.) who scored three straight goals, spearheading a 6-0 Cavalier run to start the game. Bocklet scored unassisted at 13:53 after running from the X position and depositing the ball in the upper corner of the goal. He scored again on John Haldy’s (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) pass at 12:05 and capped his run at 9:12 with a score via a Brian Carroll (Towson, Md.) helper.

Carroll scored his first goal of the game 15-yards out on a Matt White (Ridgefield, Conn.) assist with 5:11 left in the first quarter. White then assisted Steele Stanwick (Baltimore, Md.) at 2:44 and Haldy’s unassisted left-handed goal with 2:10 left in the first quarter capped the 6-0 Virginia run.

Maryland was able to dent the scoreboard with six seconds left in the opening period when Will Yeatman scored on a pass from Ryan Young, cutting the Terrapins deficit to five goals, 6-1.

Neither team was able to get much going in the second quarter until Stanwick scored on another White helper with 3:38 left before the intermission, pushing the UVa lead to 7-1.

Less than a minute later Yeatman scored his second goal of the game with 2:52 left in the first half, cutting its deficit back to five goals, 7-2, going into the intermission.

Bocklet scored his fourth goal of the game 1:28 into the third quarter on a Stanwick pass, giving UVa the 8-2 advantage.

Maryland then cut its deficit to three goals, 8-5, scoring the final three goals of the third quarter. Yeatman secured the hat trick with an unassisted score with 12:26 left in the period, quickly followed by a goal by John Haus, assisted by Young with 10:44 left in the quarter.

Maryland then scored again with five seconds left in the third quarter in transition after a missed shot by Rhamel Bratton (Huntington Station, N.Y.). Dean Hart grabbed a pass from Brian Farrell and deposited it for the score, cutting the UVa advantage to 8-5.

Stanwick then scored two quick unassisted goals to open the fourth quarter on identical plays. At 13:43 and 12:49 he rolled off the X position and shot left-handed into the net, giving UVa the 10-5 lead. Stanwick’s goal at 12:49 was on man-up after Max Schmidt was tagged for unnecessary roughness at 13:31.

Adam Sear started a 4-0 run for Maryland with a man-up goal via a Travis Reed feed at 12:01. The Terrapins were in the extra-man situation after Bray Malphrus was charged with holding at 12:31.

Joe Cummings scored on a Young assist at 7:41. Then Young scored unassisted on the ensuing faceoff at 7:17. Cummings took a feed from Yeatman at 3:36 to cut the UVa lead to one goal, 10-9.

Young almost evened the scored, 10-10, but stepped in the crease negating the score at 2:10. Shamel Bratton (Huntington Station, N.Y.) then beat his defender and fired a rocket into the net unassisted at 1:51 to push UVa’s lead back to two goals, 11-9.

Yeatman in transition squeezed his fourth goal of the game with 57 seconds left to bring the Terrapins’ deficit down to one goal, 11-10.

Virginia won the ensuing faceoff and was able to run out the clock to secure the one goal victory.

Virginia won the shots (37-33), ground balls (34-30) and faceoffs (15-9) battles, while turning over the ball (21-18) more than the Terrapins.

Adam Ghitelman saved four shots in between the pipes for UVa, while Brian McDermott won 13-of-20 faceoffs.

Virginia continues ACC play on Saturday, April 10, when the Cavaliers open up the New Meadowlands in the Konica Minolta Big City Classic against No. 2/3 North Carolina. Game time is 4 p.m. and it will be broadcast in the Charlottesville area on WINA AM 1070 with John Freeman calling the action. The contest will be televised live on ESPNU.

source:  ncaa.com