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The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 3, Episode 10 Recap

Christopher was upset because he felt the argument put him in a difficult situation. Johnny called in the midst of the family discussion, and Christopher said that he told Johnny he "squashed" the problem and they agreed not to talk about it again.

Kathy's mother Maria helped her and her daughter Victoria with the cooking in preparation for their holiday dinner. Her husband Rich asked if "drama" was coming, meaning Teresa and Joe Guidice. Kathy said she didn't have a chance to invite them.

Maria related the story of how her relationship with her brother was destroyed by his conflict with her husband over their shoe store, and Kathy saw parallels with her problems with Teresa. Melissa called and said she was stopping by Teresa's before coming to their dinner.

Caroline and her friend Dolores arrived at the radio station for her second show. The topic was divorce, and Dolores was there to provide her perspective as a divorced mother of two. Jacqueline listened to the show on her computer and called her husband Chris, telling him to put it on the radio in his car.

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When school starts... | Step Talk

by Gia

There is always some madness going on. There is always some stupid thing coming out of this stupid BM. I swear...

This year's stupid thing goes like this...

SD7 got accepted into one of the charter schools she had been on wait list for. And the brilliant BM got the awesome idea of split the uniform items her and DH are going to be buy her. She wants us to get her a week's worth of outfits (5) and she will get her a week's worth as well... So she wants SD7 to have 10 Polos AND 10 BOTTOMOS AVAILABLE, not including the stuff she already owns.

WHOAAaaaaaa... I understand a week of outfits, and split it. BM claims that the uniforms fade and get stained...

Oh, and did I mention that she is planning on SD to ONLY stay in that school for one year. Because she is also in list for a better school (which she is "CERTAIN" she'll be enrolled by then)

Of course, DH said......

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Retrofitting? - PrayTell - Worship, Wit & Wisdom

by Other Voices

History, the term “retrofitting” began to be used to describe the process of putting new words to old melodies. While general consensus seems to be tending toward the notion that retrofits are usually not as successful as new compositions, some retrofits will undoubtedly prove to be successful.

Are there settings out there that never caught on the first time that are now worthy of a second look after retrofitting?

Perhaps there was a good reason these settings initially never caught on. But let’s not forget the Bach Passions

Some of these settings, if retrofitted as you say, are essentially just new settings. There are some actually rather good settings from the Belgian and Danish composers of the 60’s and early 70’s that have been out of circulation to the extent that they are virtually unknown. You point out Huybrechts Masses (there are about a dozen dedicated “to the Blessed Virgin” alone) but Huijbers and Oosterhuis wrote a number of settings that were, in many ways, composed to address a similar kind of transition as what we are facing right now. Most of these settings are in obscurity right now, and perhaps their Orffian sensibilities might make them seem a bit dated….I have a soft spot for these settings though as they come from that time when I was first learning organ and these were the settings that my teacher was advocating.