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Hello Family and Friends,
I just want to share some information on a great honor that Jordyn has received for Art.
Jordyn’s art teacher submitted one of her art pieces in The Scholastic Art Competion for the Harris County School district. Out of 1100 entries throughout the region; 150 Gold Key awards (highest honor) were given and 160 Silver key awards were given for grades 7th-11th.

Jordyn received 1 of the 150 Gold Keys (highest honor). The district had a reception Feb. 4th for theregional award recipients. There pieces were on display through out the reception area and all the winners had an opportunity to introduce themselves,their teacher, and school to the audience of over 700 people. Obviously, we had no idea of what a great acheivement this was until we got there; the Superintendent recognized the young artist and their accomplishment. Of course, Jordyn was soooo nonchalant about the whole ordeal….but that’s Jordyn.

Now ,it was told to the audience and in written packets given to the award recipients of the Gold Key that their art would be sent to New York City to be judged on a National level for scholastics through out the country. The national award recipients would be notified and invited to the Big Apple where there pieces would be on display and they’d be honored with a reception at Carnegie Hall.

Jordyn’s art teacher, Ms. Guiterrez emailed me today to notify us that Jordyn’s art was selected and she was going to New York. We are very excited and proud of Jordyn as this true gift that is so natural for her is developing into something bigger than we could imagine. Moreover, art has been apart of Jordyn’s past time since she was 1 years old. Thanks to Grandma (Artist) Eliska Williams who has always been very instrumental in helping Jordyn to foster and grow (always allowing her to paint, draw,color, or whatever etc., when she is at Grandma’s house) in her God given talent.

I am embarrassed yet proud to say that though we appreciate all forms of art, love to go to galleries to view art, and have quite an extensive collection of pieces from well renowned artist; We did not understand or realize the level of skill that Jordyn displayed in “Heinz Ketchup Bottles” neither did Jordyn:)!

WOW!!! (Proud Pappa!)

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(CNN) — A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday, killing at least 122 people and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin.

“I would like to offer my condolences to the families of the 122 people who lost their lives during the earthquake,” said Chilean President-Elect Sebastian Pinera. “And by the way, the number of victims could get higher.”

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said she expected the death toll to rise.

“We are taking all the necessary measures at this time,” she said.

Officials did not give any information on the number of those injured. The full extent of the damage was not yet known, although there were reports of collapsed buildings and hundreds of people in the streets.

The capital of Santiago lost electricity and basic services including water and telephones. Bachelet said regional hospitals had suffered damage; some were evacuated. A major bridge connecting northern and southern Chile was rendered inoperable, and the Santiago airport was shut down for at least the next 24 hours.

-read more at cnn.com

Americans in Chile: State Department of Consular Affairs 1-888-407-4747

Earthquake Details

Read more at earthquake.usgs.gov

For his first official appearance since the car accident and subsequent scandal that turned the golfer’s world upside down months ago, Tiger Woods will appear in public to issue a statement at 11am ET on Friday, February 19th.

According to PGATour.com, the press conference will take place at PGA headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

As we get ready for this year’s NBA All Star Weekend, here are some of our favorite hot men that will take part in the festivities:

Want more eye candy? Check out our Superbowl hotties

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Ladies we thought we’d give you some Eye Candy for Superbowl Weekend.Even though we are partial to the hotness of Reggie Bush, here are some other hot men who will take the field this Superbowl Sunday.

Check out our offerings and tell us who is your favorite:

5 things you didn’t know about the Superbowl

Take a look at last year’s Superbowl Eye Candy:

Here he is modeling in Clavin Klein’s coveted underwear ad. Eye Candy at its finest if you ask us!

Check out Mechad’s ad in its entirety below:

Also featured are Mehcad Brooks (True Blood and The Deep End) , Kellan Lutz (Twilight), Fernando Verdasco (Spanish Tennish Player) and Hidetoshi Nakata (Japanese Soccer Player).

To see the rest of the adds go here.

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Grammy Nominees

Record Of The Year

Album Of The Year

Song Of The Year

Best New Artist

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Best Pop Performance By A Duo

Or Group With Vocals

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Best Pop Vocal Album

Best Dance Recording

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Best R&B Performance By A Duo

Or Group With Vocals

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Best R&B Song

Best R&B Album

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Best Rap Solo Performance

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Best Rap Song

Best Rap Album

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Best Latin Jazz Album

Best Gospel Performance

Best Gospel Song

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album

Best Traditional Gospel Album

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

From HuffingtonPost.com:

Republicans have turned overwhelmingly against President Obama, while Democrats are still largely supportive — leading to the most polarized approval ratings ever recorded during a president’s first year in office, a new report by Gallup finds.

Over the course of this past year, Obama has averaged a job approval rating of 88 percent among Democrats and just 23 percent among Republicans, according to the study released on Monday morning. That year-one 65-point margin is the largest that the public opinion research firm has ever recorded.

The White House Blog

State of the Union: Watch, Discuss, Engage

Tonight at 9:00PM EST, the President will give his first State of the Union Address. He will talk directly to the American people about restoring security for middle class families after a lost decade of declining wages, eroding retirement security and escalating health care and tuition costs.

Immediately afterwards, we will hold a live video discussion with top policy officials working on the domestic policy, jobs and the economy in particular, and foreign policy.

• Watch it all live at WhiteHouse.gov/live
• Join the discussion during the address, and the chat afterwards through Facebook

Also, as we announced earlier this week, we are partnering with YouTube, who will be soliciting questions for the President in the days following the speech – submit your own or vote on others’. The President will then answer some of those questions in a unique live event next week.

As a final note, for those who have their own websites, as always you can embed the live stream on your site using the code found at the “share” button at WhiteHouse.gov/live.

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