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An October to remember

This has been a crazy month on all fronts:

* Our house has been under construction, and is nearing completion. We had thought that it might even be ready to move in by the end of October. That didn’t happen, but we will be moving in soon.

* At work, I had a special news project that I designed. That was a big deal on its own … but then the Cardinals made a little playoff run that became a World Series championship.

* World Series Game 7 was played on International Josh Day Eve. That was a long night, which meant festivities for International Josh Day were delayed in order that I might nap.

* I had a couple opportunities for public speaking: talked with a college class on design, and taught some preschoolers the sunday after the World Series.

In case you are curious about some of the projects I worked on for the P-D this month, here are some links:

h2. Deadly Day Cares

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Deadly Day Cares was a three-day series focusing on the inordinate number of child deaths which occur in unlicensed Missouri day cares. It has provoked reaction from the public and politicians, which is good. I designed all of this series in print and online. Check out these links to explore some of the series:

* “Part 1: Children die as dangers ignored”:http://bit.ly/ogsjvv
* “Interactive: 45 children who died”:http://bit.ly/pPi8d7
* “See the entire series: stltoday.com/daycares”:http://bit.ly/deadlydaycares

h2. Cardinals scouting reports

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As the National League Division series began, I produced an interactive scouting reports for the Cardinals and the Phillies. For each successive round, we produced reports for the Cardinals’ other opponents. Take a look at how they turned out:

* “Cardinals scouting report”:http://bit.ly/cardsReport
* “Phillies scouting report”:http://bit.ly/nezNgw
* “Brewers scouting report”:http://bit.ly/nTtkUV
* “Rangers scouting report”:http://bit.ly/rangersReport

h2. Pujols’ 3-HR game

I worked late the night of Pujols’ amazing performance in Game 3, putting together a compilation of videos showing 3-home-run performances in the World Series by Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, and Albert Pujols.

* “Videos: Ruth, Jackson, Pujols hit 3”:http://bit.ly/ws3hrs

h2. Cardinals 11 championships

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Finally, after the Cardinals won the World Series, I put together an interactive look back at all 11 of the Redbirds’ championships. It includes recaps, photos, and videos.

* “Interactive: Cardinals’ 11 championships”:http://bit.ly/11championships

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Let’s go Cardinals!

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The World Series is in full force! The girls have been following excitedly (except when the games are actually on at night. They would rather watch “Angelina Ballerina” instead) and I have been hard at work at the Post-Dispatch.

I have prior experience working at the P-D during the World Series and the Super Bowl. October becomes a fun yet frenetic and fatiguing month.

The girls know nothing of this of course. All they know is that they see less of their Pap{a’} (since he comes home very late and takes naps to make up for it), and that the Cardinals might be champions!

So what about those masks? Well, they are called “Face Cards” and they were created by some of my colleagues at the P-D. Numerous players are available, and you can download them “from stltoday.com”:http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/html_f13566f0-fa04-11e0-ba07-001a4bcf6878.html. Yoli and the girls cut them out and assembled them. The only modification they made was to glue the papers to cardboard cereal boxes for reinforcement before cutting them out.