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My little lady loves to help me in the kitchen. Every time I am cooking she is right there next to me with her chair pulled up to the counter, ready to help. When her birthday rolled around this year I thought I would give her a little basket filled with all of her own cooking utensils and aprons. I love that she is so excited to be a part of making meals and think this is the perfect gift for any little one that is interesting in cooking or baking.
My basket included:
1. 2 Coordinating Aprons (that I made for her)
2. Colorful Plastic Measuring Spoons
3. Colorful Plastic Measuring cups
4. Spatula
5. Large spoon
6. Large plastic measuring cup
7. An assortment of fun sprinkles for baking
8. Ice cream cone bubbles (just for fun)
9. Matching Oven Mitt and Pot Holder
10. Princess Cupcake Cookbook
11. Baking basics cookbook
I found the measuring cups and large utensils at Shopko. They had a great deal and I was able to get items 2 for $4.00 during a sale. They had lots of fun colors to choose from for girls and for boys too. This would be a great gift for a little boy who likes to cook as well – just change out the colors and aprons for things that are more masculine. I found the oven mitts and sprinkles in Target's Dollar section around Valentines Day as well as the little baking basics book.
Just so we are all aware – I DO NOT let my daughter actually use the oven mitts to put things in or take things out of the oven. They are more for her to play with and pretend to be like mom. I do not encourage anyone to let their toddler do things in the kitchen that are unsafe in any way. I am very careful when I cook in the kitchen with her to keep hot, sharp, or electric things far from her reach. Always be aware of what your child is doing while you are cooking and teach them what is unsafe for them to touch. The oven mitts are great for her to play with at her play kitchen and she uses them even when she is mixing dry ingredients in a bowl, but never on the stove top or in the oven.
I found a great Disney Princess Cupcake cookbook at a scholastic book fair at my son's school. It is a great way to get her really excited about the things that we can create in the kitchen together. I found a cute basket at the dollar store in hot pink that I used to package all of her cooking utensils. It made for a great way to wrap her gift, and we now have a special spot in the kitchen for her basket where she keeps all of her special little cooking goodies
I made the aprons using 2 bandanas that I found at Hobby Lobby. They were only a dollar each and are the perfect girly colors and patterns cooking up some fun in the kitchen. I used a Christmas apron that she already had to create a pattern, and cut the bandanas to size. I hemmed all the edges and used the excess fabric that I cut from one bandanas to make 3 little pockets on the opposite bandana. I used regular grosgrain ribbon from the dollar store to sew ties around the apron and around the neck. The neck strap has Velcro closures so that the apron can be adjusted as she grows. They turned out super cute and only cost me a few bucks to create. She loves to choose witch apron she wants for the day and always has a spare if one gets dirty.
She was more than excited about this gift when she opened it in her birthday, and she especially loved to have her very own cookbook. She heads for her basket of cooking goodies at least once a day. The utensils are great for cooking, and doing experiments, and she even likes to use the measuring cups as snack holders. The little handle is just right for her to hold and snack on the go.
I enjoy each and every moment that we spend together in the kitchen, and amazed at how intrigued she is by it all. This is the girl that won't sit still to color for more than 2 minutes at a time, but she will sit in the kitchen for 4 hours with me and concoct all sorts of things. I was very happy to give her an inexpensive gift that encourages her to do something that she enjoys, especially because we can do it together.
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Hi! I love this idea! I have 3 boys and they love to cook with me. Do you have ideas for a boy version of this?
This is great! I did something very similar for a cousin's kid for Christmas and it was a total hit. The same gift basket idea works for a huge range of ages… sprinkles and icing never get old!
You can find teething toys in so many cute shapes and colors to choose
from. It is best to plan ahead on what to give so as not to buy something so generic that the recipient will just leave the toy untouched.
The box can have anything inside which makes her go gaga over it.


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It was hot, so I wanted to minimize cooking indoors. I grilled a tri-tip and some ears of corn, made some basmati rice. and a chopped salad. This is the same chopped salad I have been experimenting with. I think I have it down now.
I like to put a bit of chopped up dry salami in the salad to give it some flavor. After I made it the last time, I had a dream that I had put the salami in a kitchen drawer instead of the refrigerator drawer where I keep that kind of stuff. When I looked in the drawer today for the salami, it wasn't there. I think I actually put it in a drawer somewhere. I looked but couldn't find it.
Anyway, the dinner was delicious. We spent a couple hours eating and catching up. I always enjoy their company.
I told my sister a story about the time me and my two friends flew down to LA to attend the premier of some Rolling Stones movie. This was right around the time we graduated from high school. There was a side story about magic mushrooms that got the story started, but my favorite memory was having dinner after the movie.
After the movie we went to a swanky Italian restaurant in Century City, but the host refused to seat us. We all had long hair, wore jeans, etc., and had backpacks on. This was in 1975. We looked like hippies, I guess.
The owner came up and asked what the problem was, and the host just pointed at us, like it was obvious we didn't belong there. The owner seemed to feel differently, and seated us himself, at the best table in the restaurant. He made menu suggestions. I had the Veal Puccini, which was delicious.
After the meal, he sent out a huge fruit plate, on the house, and sat with us a while to see what brought us to Century City. We told him about flying down to see the movie, and about our somewhat aborted trip to Disneyland (that's the mushroom story). He seemed fascinated by our adventure and told us to come back any time. He also gave us a nice discount on the dinner. I never made it back, unfortunately.
I did a google search and the place is long gone, but I found a newspaper write-up from 1974, which tells me the name of the restaurant was Puccini's Seafood Grotto, and that they had eight veal dishes on the menu.
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an article from today's Korea Herald:
Koreans adopted more babies than foreigners
For the first time, Koreans adopted more local infants than foreigners, according to government data released Wednesday.
Ministry of Health and Welfare data showed that the number of infants adopted in the country stood at 724 in the first half of this year, accounting for 59.2 percent of 1,223 adoptions.
This was a significant change for a nation that has so far been notorious for "exporting" babies.
Since 1958 when the government began compiling data on adoption, the overseas adoption demand has always remained greater than domestic demand, which was comparably sluggish at around 30 percent of total adoptions.
While more Koreans have embraced adoptions, the current dominance of local adopters is due mostly to a new government policy regarding adoption, effective Jan. 1, 2007.
The Health Ministry launched a set of comprehensive measures to promote domestic adoption. The most effective change is a restraint on overseas adoption under which overseas adopters may make adoptions only when a baby has failed to find a home here after five months. This restraint does not apply to Korean adopters.
"(The rise in domestic adoption) is temporary. Thanks to the implementation of the domestic adoption promotion measures, it's safe to say there has been virtually no overseas adoption during the first five months of this year," the ministry said.
According to the ministry, about 970 infants are waiting to be taken to Korean homes. This regulation of overseas adoptions has caused a 30 percent drop in the total volume of adoptions compared to the same period last year.
The government noted that it is highly likely for adoption demands from other countries to surge in the latter half of 2007 when babies born in the first half become eligible for overseas adoption.
Recent government statistics showed a gradual decline in both domestic and overseas adoption up until the end of 2006. Some 1,900 children were adopted overseas last year, while domestic adoption accounted for about 40 percent of total adoptions at 1,332.
Koreans also adopted only 12 disabled infants in sharp contrast with 713 adoptions of disabled babies made by foreigners last year.
By Ahn Hyo-lim
yesterday i was hanging out with a group of adopted koreans, and we started looking through my kamp kimchee pictures. when we came upon the picture of the two white siblings, i again referred to them as two of my most enthusiastic campers. someone added, "and it doesn't cost them anything to be there." i responded, "actually, i think the parents do have to pay for the second child to attend kamp too. i think they pay like $100 for the first one and then- " and everyone cut me off:
"psychological cost!!!"
i'm obviously still learning, and this event again spoke to me as to why it's important to be immersed, involved, and aligned with the community that you wish to study. who knows if it were a different time of day or if i hadn't just had a conversation about the economic aspect of kamp kimchee i might have immediately thought of the psychological, not financial cost, of attending kamp as well.
even before i started filling out IRB (institutional review board to help protect human subjects against intentional or unintentional exploitation by researchers) forms for my adoption-related research, i've been thinking about what it means to study a real, living community of people. my research is mostly on the literature that purports to represent a group of people, but i don't see how i can divorce the real, lived realities of adoptees with the ways they're talked about in literature, be it for children, young adults or adults. i proactively seek out opportunities to become more immersed in adoptive communities because i want my research to be grounded in reality. i don't say these things to show that "i have real korean adopted friends, therefore i'm qualified to study transracial adoption," but the reality is that our friendships have profoundly affected the ways i think about my research, and made me even more passionate about what i do, especially when i hear their reactions to my work.
i'm still learning, and i know this is a process, not a destination. the good news is i think i'm on my way.
here's where i've been all week: 2007 International Korean Adoptee Associations Gathering


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The Transportation Security Administration has opened an investigation targeting John Tyner, the Oceanside man who left Lindbergh Field under duress on Saturday morning after refusing to undertake a full body scan.
Tyner recorded the half-hour long encounter on his cell phone and later posted it to his personal blog, along with an extensive account of the incident. The blog went viral, attracting hundreds of thousands of readers and thousands of comments.Tyner is now subject to an $11,000 fine and civil suit. Apparently, Tyner was not aware that he is a slave that is to keep his mouth shut while being sexually assaulted and having his naked body scanned. That is what we do here in America these days. Silly him.
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Well, it's almost here - the big day of the spring Apple Event. This year the event falls on a Monday, March 21st, and one of the big releases we are expecting is iOS 9.3. This new version of iOS has been a part of the Apple Beta iOS program earlier this year, so we have gotten an idea of what many of the new features may be in the final release. We have also heard many different rumors regarding iOS 9.3 and what it may include. I know that I'm always pretty pumped whenever a new version of iOS is released, so to make it easier for everybody, I've created a video to go through the best features of the new mobile operating system. This can be found below, and some of the features include Night Shift, improved notes, improved health apps, and more. Hope this helps, and tomorrow cannot come soon enough. I will be doing a review on the final release, so stick around for any new updates.
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I grew up in the South and listened to a lot of local radio growing up - Molly Hatchet and Lynyrd Skynyrd. In addition to that, my parents listened to a mixture of Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals (The King and I, Oklahoma!, etc.) and 60's surf rock, mostly the The Beach Boys and Jan and Dean.
So that was all swirling in the background, but I didn't pick up an instrument until college. When I was in school (University of Florida) I got heavily into electroacoustic music, really experimental, academic stuff, which got me excited about recording. I moved to Washington DC after college and started recording some sketches of things I had written, which eventually mutated into songs. I had recorded everything solo, but needed a live band, so I formed The Rosemont Family Reunion. We toured around the East Coast, and after a bit reformed as Echo
The three songs that I thought were the best on the record were "The Prostitute," "The English Teacher", and "The Businessman". So I decided to write a record around each of them. Because there were three, all slightly different genres, I found myself thinking about them as different seasons, or different countries, or, finally, different colors. 'Blue' would be the more folk-oriented one, 'Red' would be more country rock, and 'Green' would be more classic pop.
When I started to write Blue, I realized that the sound I was hearing in my head was larger and more symphonic than anything I'd done before. I knew that I wanted things to be specific, and I'd need time to learn how to write the parts. So I moved to Berlin to focus on things. Berlin turned out to be the perfect location for focusing - I didn't know anybody or speak the language, so I didn't have many distractions. All there was to do was write, and occasionally bike through the city for inspiration, letting the rhythms of the city soak into my thinking. A few months later, I was done.
When I went back to the US, I decided to end up in New York City. The city is electric, and the ambition surrounding me was in- toxicating and inspiring. I found an apartment, and started re- cruiting musicians to join me.
Bloom (a play on the phrase 'Echo Boom', describing the children of baby boomers). The first Echo Bloom record was recorded much faster - a 4-day session in 2008. 'Jamboree' was a a collection of character studies, modeled after the photography of August Sander. Each song was about a character - there was a prostitute, an English Teacher, and a truck driver, among others. I put out the record, and after playing the release show immediately moved to Los Angeles. DC had become stale to me, and I was looking for an adventure.
When I was thinking about the next record I wanted to make, I sat down and looked at what I had done before. Jamboree was a fun album that bounced through a lot of different genres, and some of the experiments turned out better than others.
When I went back to the US, I decided to end up in New York City. The city is electric, and the ambition surrounding me was intoxicating and inspiring.
I found an apartment, and started recruiting musicians to join me. The primary ensemble became a six-piece: I sang tenor and played acoustic guitar, Aviva Jaye sang alto and played piano, Steve Sasso sang baritone vocals and played banjo, Shareef Taher played percussion, Jason Mattis played bass, and Josh Grove played electric guitar. We recorded the album over a period of months, painstakingly going through the score to get every piece right. And I remember each moment in every piece and its story - one bridge from an old library along the Spree, a piano line from a street in Neukölln - the songs continue to echo, continue to bloom.
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Have you ever set your little one down to sleep only to watch her suddenly throw her hands out as if in fright? You might be concerned that you've done something wrong or maybe that there's an underlying medical condition at play, but there's nothing to worry about. This is called the Moro reflex, or more simply, the startle reflex.
Babies are born with an array of interesting reflexes that we eventually outgrow, each designed to play a role in our survival. Human babies require more care and for a longer period of time than babies of any other species, so we have evolved with a few tricks to keep us safe.
When exposed to a loud noise or a sudden movement, the Moro reflex can cause your baby to flail. The general belief is that back when humans were more ape, the reflex helped babies latch on to mom's body if they fell. Nearly all babies experience this reflex, but it only lasts for four or five months after birth.
If this reflex happens during sleep, the baby may wake up. It causes sleepless babies and frustrated parents all over the world. There's nothing we can do to prevent the reflex from occurring, but there are a few things we can do to lessen its affect and help our babies sleep.
- When you lay your baby down in the crib or bassinet, try and make the delivery as gradual as possible by continuing that touch connection for a short period of time so that she feels as sense of you even after she is on her own and does not feel like she is falling.
- Try and make sure the room she sleeps in is not only dark, but is free from sudden sounds. Using white noise that is consistent and loud enough goes a long way to filter out noise changes in the home that may startle her.
- Make sure you have established a good nap and bedtime routine so that baby knows what to expect and feels secure with that consistency.
- And the most important thing you can do to help your child with the Moro reflex is to swaddle your baby snugly (but not too tight) so she always feel comforted and secure. When she startles, she'll immediately feel her edges and calm right back down.
The Slumber Sleep System is an effective tool for helping parents get around this reflex. By starting with the Slumber Swaddle baby will get the closeness they need to fall back to sleep immediately and then by continuing with the Slumber Sleeper after about 3-5 months of age you will help your baby continue to get that sense of closeness and bonding just like a swaddle as baby can always feel her edges. This reminds her of the time she spent in the womb, triggering feels of security and safety. It helps children fall back asleep faster without the need to summon mom or dad.
Here's a quote we received from Katie who found the Slumber Sleeper effective to soothing her son's aggressive Moro reflex.
"My 15 week old son had exaggerated Moro or startle reflux to the point where I first thought he was having seizures as he was waking excessively and the episodes were quite unsettling. My pediatrician recommended the Slumber Sleeper with the swaddle attachment and the very first time I put him in the sleeper it worked like magic! I can't even begin to tell you how relieved I was as although my pediatrician said he would outgrow the reflux soon, the episodes were quite alarming. The Slumber Sleeper just settled him so nicely- not only did he not wake as often in the night but he began to sleep for longer stretches of time."
- Katie D., mother to Dylan
Written by Joanna von Yurt, Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant and Co-Founder and CEO of Swanling Innovations Inc.
Joanna von Yurt is the mother of three intelligent, sensitive, and compassionate girls (who all want to be mommies when they grow up). She is first AND foremost a mom! Professionally, however, she is an accountant, controller and serial entrepreneur.
Joanna has a degree in Psychology from Harvard University with an emphasis in child psychology. She worked as an infant caregiver for 12 years and interned as a Child Life Specialist, family/social therapist, and assisted in clinical studies involving children's personality and social psychology. Joanna is a Certified Sudden Infant Death (SIDS) Prevention Professionals, Safe Sleep Educator, Member of the International Association of Child Sleep Consultants, Member of the National Sleep Foundation, and Member of the Canadian Sleep Society.
Joanna has a lifelong passion for childcare and child safety. She enjoys sharing her experiences with other parents about sleep routines, attachment parenting, safe sleep guidelines, and children's natural sleep patterns. Her company, Swanling Innovations, is committed to producing modern, safe and innovative products that meet the expectations of discerning parents. The Slumber Sleeper™ is a 4-in 1 safe sleep solution (mattress protector, flat sheet, fitted sheet and sleep sack all in one) designed to help keep your baby safe, warm and centered.
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DELHI: "Reserve Bank of India issuing circular on disbanding current practices, should consult stakeholders before issuing such circulars," says Lalit kumar Jain, Chairman, CREDAI.
The Housing Finance Institutions or Banks safeguard their interest while devising such instruments. Abruptly issuing such circulars, advising bank against established practices only harm the sentiments and disrupts business plans. This at the end create setback for projects affecting end consumers.
We expect the new RBI governor taking charge; will get into consultative process with stakeholders before taking decision and issuing circulars / advisories.
In past RBI circulars have resulted into reversal of good market sentiments affecting economy and concerning housing sector.
About CREDAI
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) is the apex body for private real estate developers in India. CREDAI represents over 8,800 developers through 20 states and 114 city chapters across the country. Its numerous initiatives and activities help developers come together and work towards better practices, improved customer service and a stronger realty industry.
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Entrepreneurs, by their very nature, are optimists. This shouldn't come as a big surprise. You've got to be a bit positive if you want to take the startup plunge.
That optimism is on full display in a report being released today by Silicon Valley Bank, which surveyed more than 270 U.S. software, life science, clean tech and hardware executives during the month of February. Just how upbeat is the group?
Consider this: Six out of 10 startup execs believe things are better than a year ago, and nearly two thirds of the companies reported revenue expectations that either met or exceeded targets. Meanwhile, 72 percent of those surveyed said that business conditions will continue to improve in 2012, a key election year in the U.S. as the candidates debate economic issues.
Speaking of the election, the entrepreneurs aren't too pumped about their choices come this November, with eight percent of voters saying that the presidential candidates have not proposed solutions to spark the innovation economy. Meanwhile, 60 percent say that the U.S. education system is not preparing future employees.
Here's a look at some of the results:
"To a significant extent, we believe this optimism is well founded. Over the past three year, the economy has begun to strengthen and startups have performed well. But some of the confidence probably reflects the inherently optimistic nature of startup entrepreneurs," the report says.
The survey also found that startup execs plan to boost hiring in the coming year, with 83 percent expecting to increase hiring.
The optimism does vary by sector, with the report noting that 90 percent of software execs plan to hire in the next months. However, that number falls to 73 percent and 71 percent in the hardware and life science sectors, respectively.
The survey also laid out some of the key areas in which governmental policies could help spark more innovation. Here were the six priorities of those surveyed:
–Intellectual property protection (62 percent)
–Controlling health care costs (52 percent)
–Improving the regulatory environment (49 percent)
–International trade/market access (42 percent)
–Implementing health care reform (37 percent)
–Immigration reform (34 percent)


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by Victoria M. Johnson
I was as excited to be handed the keys to our new mobile home as I had been when we purchased our house six years ago. (The foreclosed house). The excitement and pride were equal and anyone who knows me would be surprised to hear that.
Now that we had the keys it was time for us to get to work. We stepped through the threshold and were greeted by empty rooms. The vacant home looked even more spacious—a short-lived condition—and I imagined how I would decorate it with our belongings.
My husband pulled out the tape measure and I used the stud finder. I had to find as much wall space as possible to hang artwork.
"I like this green wall. Are we keeping it this color?" My husband asked, as he measured.
"No." It's hideous, I almost said. "It's a nice color, sweetie, but it doesn't go with our style." There's a diva lesson here. Avoid insulting something your husband just claimed that he liked. No matter how revolting it is. Instead say something like, "It's not my taste."
Looking over my husband's shoulder, I saw the measurement of the wall in question. Uh-oh. There was a problem.


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Greenpeace Waltham Forest are delighted to be partnering with the Walthamstow Garden Party this July. Throughout the summer, we've been delivering a programme of plastic reduction around the borough, from community clean-ups to turning waste plastic into art for the E17 Art trail. Come and visit our stall on Fellowship Island or chat to out volunteer litter-pickers to find out more.
An estimated 12.7 million tonnes of plastic – everything from plastic bottles and bags to microbeads – end up in ouroceans each year. That's a truck load of rubbish a minute.
Travelling on ocean currents this plastic is now turning up in every corner of our planet - from Cornish beaches, to uninhabited Pacific islands. It is even being found trapped in Arctic ice.
Our oceans are slowly turning into a plastic soup and the effects on ocean life are chilling. Big pieces of plastic are choking and entangling turtles and seabirds and tiny pieces are clogging the stomachs of creatures who mistake it for food, from tiny zooplankton to whales.
But it doesn't have to be this way. Greenpeace is campaigning to end the flow of plastic into our oceans.
We are calling on big corporations to act to reduce their plastic footprint – and stop producing excessive plastic packaging that is designed to be used once then thrown away.
We are also calling on governments to act to tackle this problem, by creating closed loop systems that allow us to recover and reuse materials rather than waste them.
It's not too late and if we act together now we can protect the world's precious oceans for future generations.
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Located in the center city, this 18e century, « hôtel particulier » is composed of 25 rooms.
From 1 to 5 persons, all rooms are personalised and equipped (bath or shower room, wc, tv) with the vue to the river or cour. Wifi, private garage, and parking space in front of the hotel.
It's breakfast room located under the verriere with the fontain, its « salon » with old funitures will contribute to the « charme » of the hotel.
You will be welcome in a family but professional style. We are renovating the house in the old style all along the year.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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i really dont mind!
it gets loenly for me, i wish i could talk to people without drivin em all away. im glad i found someone thats intrested in photography like i am :D
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With a stay at APA Hotel Shimbashi Toranomon in Tokyo (Minato), you'll be convenient to Hibiya Park and Tokyo Tower. This hotel is close to Tokyo Imperial Palace and Meiji Jingu Shrine.
Make yourself at home in one of the 153 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones and in-room massages.
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Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless Internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of APA Hotel Shimbashi Toranomon.
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Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a business center, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Are you affiliated with APA Hotel Shimbashi-Toranomon? Apply to the Hotel WiFi Connect program to take control of your account, improve your hotel's confidence score and ranking.
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Dr. Roger L. Gordon was a professor of Educational Media at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for 31 years. He previously served as a professor at Slippery Rock University. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees at The American University in Washington, DC, and he received his doctorate degree at Michigan State University. Dr. Gordon has authored other books in the area of instructional media.
Dr. Gordon has been married to his wife, Sharon, for 55 years. The couple resides in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.


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Troop Leader - Ms. Sue Buta
Established 2004
Brownies, Juniors, Cadette levels - 18 girls in grades 3-7 in 2011-2012.
Girl Scout Troop 79258 is a community based troop with girls from Josiah Quincy as well as from the Hurley School, Chestnut Hill School, Park Street Kids, Boston Latin Academy, John D. O'Bryant, Josiah Quincy Upper School, and The Park School.
Major Events
New girls may inquire about available spots by contacting us May through September for the following year. We welcome new members up through the second week in October pending having enough adult volunteer help.
Proposed Calendar for Winter/Spring 2012.
Events are subject to change!
Our regular meetings are held at the Josiah Quincy School Dance Studio
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The Wet Net team, led by Capt. Matt Yablonsky of Youngstown, came from behind under some difficult conditions to win the Pro Division of the 34th Annual Lake Ontario Pro-Am Salmon Team Tournament out of Niagara County June 1-2. After a near perfect day that left the Wet Net team in fourth place with a score of 213.32 points (based on 10 points per fish and a point per pound), Lake Ontario kicked up a bit and forced teams to deal with more difficult conditions. Yablonsky and his team of Mike Barry, Jim Dolly, Jr. and Matt's wife Christin came in with the best score of the day, bringing a 12-fish tournament limit to the scales for the second day in a row and score 231.21 points. Their two-day total was 444.53 points, good enough for the $11,000 check. They narrowly beat out Yankee Troller and Capt. Richard Hajecki of Rochester with a score of 441.57 points. Second place won $6,000. For Yablonsky, he was fishing off Wilson in 120 to 180 feet of water, focusing on water temperatures 50 to 70 feet down. They ran three riggers and four divers to take a limit of fish both days. It was almost all spoons for the Wet Net squad, using UV and Glow magnum Silver Streak spoons in green and chartreuse colors.
James Spinelli and the Hound Dog team from Wellsville swept the Amateur Open class when they won both the Friday and Saturday contests. Also on the team were Jeremy Beckwith and Brian Insley, both of Wellsville. They fished the Niagara Bar both days in 200 to 250 feet of water. Best lures were Moonshine and Michigan Stinger spoons with anything orange in color. The 22-pound king came on an A-Tom-Mik stud fly and a two face double crush white flasher. They, too, were fishing 50 to 70 feet down with riggers, divers and 300-foot copper wire rigs. After winning the first day with a score of 79.87 points ($900) for their best three fish and a big fish of the day at 22 pounds ($250), they duplicated the 3-fish win with a score 57.97 points ($900). They also had the best two day total among the amateurs, giving them the Amateur Cup, a check for $500 and a Raymarine Dragonfly 7 unit. Big Fish for the second day went to American Dream led by Rick O'Hara of Ransomville with a 12.90 pound king.
Lower Niagara River action for trout was good the past week, but those fish are on the way out due to warming water temps. Smallmouth bass action has been good on tubes and swim baits. Shore action for bass and the occasional trout was good along Artpark. Upper Niagara River action for bass has been decent but you must use artificial baits if you are targeting bass. Mike Rzucidlo of Niagara Falls is still doing well on northern pike in the upper river tossing jigs and plugs at those fish. It's National Fishing and Boating through June 10th, a nationwide celebration of these popular outdoor pastimes. At the top of the list for June 9th will be a Kids fishing derby at West Canal Marina Park, Pendleton from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
For the weekend of June 16, remember that's the opening of the regular bass season in New York. There are quite a few events that coincide with this special day. There will be a Wilson Conservation Club kids fishing derby on June 16 in any public Niagara County waters based on length of the fish being caught. No trout or salmon are eligible. The fishing will be from 8 a.m. to noon. There's also a new Huck Finn Division that you might want to find out about by calling 930-7500. That same day will be a kids fishing derby on the upper Niagara River out of Niawanda Park sponsored by the City of Tonawanda from 9 a.m. to noon. Registration starts at 8 a.m. That same day there will be the 1st Annual Brauer's Fishing Club Smallmouth Bass Contest from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eligible waters include the Niagara River, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. For more information contact Dave or Kathy Muir at 695-5552. June 16 is also the opening of the Great Lakes muskellunge season.


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Sad, dying world, at least you keep the crabs smelling minty fresh.
The above picture of a Cuban crab trying his best originally showed up on Reddit, but it's turned into a broader symbol of just how much GD pollution we are putting in the GD ocean.
The Daily Mail took the picture and put it into depressing, depressing perspective:
According to recent estimates, the ocean is filled with eight million tonnes of garbage - enough to fill five carrier bags for every foot of coastline on the planet.
...Around 8 million tons of plastic bottles, bags, toys and other plastic rubbish ends up in the world's oceans each year. Because of the difficulties in working out the exact amount, since much of it may have sunk, scientists say the true figure could be as much as 12.7 million tons polluting the ocean each year.
Carried by sea currents, this waste congregates into five giant 'garbage islands' that swirl around the world's major ocean gyres.
And even worse, there are other examples, as found by the Daily Dot.
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OCEANSIDE — San Diego Chargers fans will continue to have transportation to Chargers home games thanks to SEAT Planners Incorporated and the Chargers.
Buses will depart from Coastal Corridor, Inland Corridor, Oceanside Transit Center, Escondido Transit Center, Plaza Camino Real bus stop, Felicita Park and Ride, La Costa Park and Ride,
NCTD Transit Center on Beethoven Drive and the Birmingham Park and Ride.
The departure schedule will vary with each game. For schedule information, visit www.chargers.com, the NCTD Web site at www.gonctd.com, or call (619) 921-5011. Tickets are $25 round trip and must be purchased online in advance at http://ticketderby.com.
Football fans residing in Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas and Escondido will be able to board local charter buses arranged by SEAT Planners at the same locations used by NCTD. The new service will use buses with reclining seats and other comfortable amenities well suited for highway travel.
"With steep budget cuts affecting all public transit operators and NCTD, we cannot afford to neglect customers using our regular daily bus service," said Bob Campbell, NCTD board of directors chairman. "Fortunately, we were able to partner with the Chargers and SEAT Planners Incorporated to keep buses rolling to the games."
"When we heard about the budget cuts at NCTD, we turned to SEAT Planners to organize the local charter bus companies into a cohesive plan that worked as well as the NCTD service," said Jim Steeg, chief operating officer for the Chargers.
"Spiraling costs and reduced subsidies to public transit systems nationwide mean private bus operators must now handle events that used to be taxpayer subsidized," said Jim Seal of the California Bus Association. "The CBA helps localities find new ways to provide services they can no longer afford to handle."
SEAT Planners Incorporated was founded in San Diego in 1988 and operates convention and special event transportation systems throughout North America. They are known for their operation of the traffic plan and transportation system for the Comic-Con International event held every July in downtown San Diego.
The Coast News has been delivering high-quality news, community voice and storytelling since its inception in 1987. Since then, the news organization has grown into a successful newsgroup covering a majority of San Diego's populous North County region.


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Tunay Tunca
Professor of Management Science and Operations Management
Tunay Tunca is a Professor of Management Science and Operations Management at Robert H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland. He received his MS in Financial Mathematics and PhD in Business Administration from Stanford University, MS in Management Science from the University of Rochester, and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics with honors from Bogazici University. Prior to joining University of Maryland, he was an Associate Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology at Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Professor Tunca also held positions as a visiting scholar at the Sloan School of Business at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania, Yahoo Inc., and Hewlett-Packard. His research interests include economics of operations and technology management, theoretical and empirical analysis of procurement contracts and processes, forecasting, risk and financing in supply chains, and economics of security. His work has been recognized in Management Science, M&SOM, and CSAMSE best paper award competitions. He is the winner of several teaching awards including the 2014 Allen J. Krowe Teaching Excellence Award, and 2015 Distinguished Teaching Award.


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Suppose you could choose: which would you prefer? Money scandals, or sex scandals?
You can have both, of course, and if you put money and sex together, you can create an exceedingly potent brew.
Which brings me to Silvio Berlusconi, the Prime Minister of Italy and shortly to be the host of a G8 summit. He is a man determined to make the most of his moment in the global media spotlight, but who finds himself currently embroiled in lurid tales of, yes, you guessed, sex and money.
There are snatched pictures of parties in his private villa, attended by half-dressed young women and an apparently totally undressed former Czech Prime Minister. There are allegations that someone paid young women to attend his parties. And, most damaging, there is a specific allegation that he spent a night with one of those women, who is now happy to tell all.
She apparently has video recordings made in his bedroom, which she has described in some detail. Mr Berlusconi himself denies any impropriety, says he has never had to pay for sex, and alleges that the young woman at the centre of the allegations has been paid to create trouble for him.
In Britain, we've been obsessed with MPs' duck houses, moat cleaners and house flipping. (Oh yes, and now, there are the curtailed family holidays, gifts of Krug champagne and celebration dinners claimed by top BBC executives.) In Italy, the talk is of a 72-year-old Prime Minister, whose wife is divorcing him, and who's at the centre of a steamy story that makes him sound like an Italian version of Hugh "Playboy" Hefner.
I lived in Italy for a time, and I like to think of it as my second home (not literally, I don't actually have a second home). I reported on Silvio Berlusconi's first election victory in 1994, and again on his most recent victory last year. I admire a great deal about the country, yet I confess I am puzzled both by him and by Italian voters' reaction to him.
He is hugely rich, controls a vast media empire, has seen off countless attempts to prosecute him for corruption, and is the most successful politician Italy has known in modern times. He is brash, unapologetic, and treats women as if he had never heard of the word "equality". So why is he apparently still so popular?
A friend who has lived in Italy for much longer than she cares to remember wrote recently: "Most Italians wouldn't recognise an ethical principle if they tripped over it." Another commentator, Edmondo Berselli, talks of the country's "moral amnesia".
But suppose, just for the sake of argument, that Mr Berlusconi did have sex with a prostitute. Would that automatically make him unfit for office? Would it make a difference if he didn't pay? Or if she wasn't a prostitute?
Would his moral culpability be greater or less than that of a politician who avoided taxes or fraudulently inflated his expenses claims? Or of a head of state who had consensual extra-marital sex in his place of work? Or of a Prime Minister (British) who earlier in his career had a four-year extra-marital affair with another MP who went on to become a government minister?
The Italian equivalent of the chattering classes are horrified by Mr Berlusconi, but he still seems to do well enough at election times. Many Italian voters seem to take a similar attitude to the one I found when I asked American voters what they thought of President Clinton at the height of the Monica Lewinsky saga. "He's a man, ain't he?"
But Mr Berlusconi does need to keep an eye on what his political allies are saying. The Catholic church does not like this kind of thing being widely written about in public, and there are signs that some of his coalition allies are also beginning to feel queasy.
The Prime Minister has never hidden his love of money, or of attractive young women. What he is now discovering is that in politics, when you put them together, you risk an explosion.
I shall be in Mexico next week, to report from a country hit by a triple whammy of economic crisis, spiralling drug-war violence and swine flu. Listen out for my reports on Thursday and Friday.


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LG Electronics has announced a new washing machine factory in Tennessee, its first major US. facility. LG isn't the first Asian company to bypass domestic production in its home country to instead produce appliances in the U.S. Haier, a Chinese conglomerate, purchased GE's appliance unit in June of 2016 for $5.4 billion.
But The Wall Street Journal's Andrew Tangel writes that the plant could help LG avoid U.S. tariffs.
LG's decision to locate production in the U.S. could aid its push into the American home-appliance market, where it has gained share in recent years competing against rivals such as Michigan-based Whirlpool Corp.
A U.S. plant would also help the foreign company avoid U.S. tariffs aimed at its washers produced abroad. For instance, the U.S. Department of Commerce last year imposed tariffs on LG washers made in China, as the company looked for other production bases, including Thailand and Vietnam.
William Cho, chief executive of LG's North America division, said U.S. duties were among the company's considerations but not the prime motive for building the U.S. factory.
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text: My 3 and half years old son is very smart from many prospective but certain things he is not developing to keep up with his age group. 1) Potty Training: -Lately we started to work with him, and he is very good about doing #1 but wont agree on #2. I can bribe or force him to seat on Bob the Builder seat, but almost always its a failure. Especially he was not moving to the next level only because of that, but finally they moved him up (to his age group). He is doing ok but having accidents. My Thoughts: Me and my Wife both work 9-5 type schedule and we get very short time to stay with him on that. Just weekend not working out and I am not sure if I should make him seat on the potty regardless he will go or not (so he get used to that). 2) Speech: -He seems to repeat a lot. If you say "Say Goodby Eli" he will say "Say good by Eli" ..."Is this yours?" he will say "This yours", Also he uses a lot of "First Person" in his speech. Like "Eli wanna go to bed" rather than I want this or that. Also lately he is strugling to say something as he repeating back to back... "I wanna I wanna I wanna .... ride em" This is becoming more than normal now. My Thoughts: -I honestly don't know why this is happening. I think it just gotten this way over the last few months. He used to be good at responding but now he basically repeat stuff and I am sure he is not actually paying attention. He love watching TV -Elmo -Hi5 -Wiggles -Little Einstein and some Disney Movies. I try to keep it under 2 hours a day. He is obsessed with Animal. He knows at least 50-60 different species of animal and how almost all of them sound. In fact, when he get mad, he will grawl like tiger. And last but not least, he is way way too much attached to me. We try not to be hard on him as much as possible but he often gets into trouble like a 3 years old would. I think he is normal but I want to know if I need to check on those (especially his habit of repeating, and also loosing trend of thought as he is talking)


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Shobhna Mahtani started an alternative therapy center called "Centro Satya" with the idea of bringing East & West under the same roof. This is achieved by bringing together psycho-physical techniques and personalized treatments to restore balance between body, mind and spirit. In short, the professionals and therapists at Satya take advantage of the benefits of many different therapies, but with one common denominator: to present the most appropriate tools for each to find the path for their own welfare.
Personally Shobhna is dedicated to Ayurvedic Facials, a technique based on two guiding principles:
– The mind and body are intimately connected.
– Nothing has more power to heal and transform the body than the mind.
Today, great importance is given to physical beauty, even at the cost of emotional health, so it is necessary to take care of the two levels. Treat the skin from the outside to correct problems such as pigmentation, acne, dry or mature skin, while for the internal aspect the work serves to improve blood circulation and tone muscle. Finally, from an emotional point of view, the facial treatments involve activating the energy of the upper chakras, which are those related to the balance of the nervous system (ajna and crown).
It is two and a half years since she started and many therapists and clients have come to stay and many have gone.
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Therapies like kinesiology, Naturopathic, nutrition, Homeopathy, the Journey, Coaching, and Regression are also available. Recently Reiki courses have also been conducted.
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Botswana Breakdown
Season 3 • Episode 10
A Seattle banker & a Rhode Island bartender head to Africa to test their survival skills in the barren plains of Botswana. Battling intense heat and a watering hole filled with animal waste will our survivalists walk out of Africa or be carried out?
41 min|TV-14|Premiered 10/23/2014


text: It kicked off with the rock band Kasabian playing on stage wearing some unusual attire - a mismatch of suits and enormous green coats, not quite fitting the black tie bill. And then Stephen Fry wandered through the audience in his penguin suit at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden to reach the stage and begin proceedings. When it got down to the business end of things, The Grand Budapest Hotel was a big winner with 5 awards as was Boyhood which picked up the best film award. The Theory Of Everything and Whiplash also won three awards apiece. On the personal side of things the leading actress award went to Julianne Moore for Still Alice while leading actor went to Eddie Redmayne for The Theory Of Everything and best director went to the man behind the camera on Boyhood, Richard Linklater. Wes Anderson picked up best original screenplay for the The Grand Budapest Hotel. An appearance on stage by Stephen Hawking, who's life story is told in The Theory of Everything, brought a standing ovation from the crowd and he repaid them with one of the best moments of comedy on the night by claiming he was not only smarter than host Stephen Fry but also better looking. Of course what we are equally interested in here at Neal & Wolf is who were the big winners in the hair and fashion stakes at this years awards? This year we were spoiled for choice with a number of sophisticated and glamorous efforts by the world's best actors. Plunging necklines and bright colours were on show in force on the red carpet, as was a number of smart bespoke suits from the leading men. The best dressed couple was a close battle between friends and award nominee rivals Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne. Eddie wore Girogio Armani while wife Hannah wore Valentino. Benedict Cumberbatch wore bespoke Alexander McQueen while Fiancee Sophie Hunter wore a Maison Margiela Artisanal gown. Other notable outfits were Rosamund Pike, in Roland Mouret, up-and-coming actress Lea Seydoux in an eye catching long and flowing canary yellow dress. Reese Witherspoon and best actress Julianne Moore both went for low neckline dresses showing of some skin. Reese went with a bold purple figure hugging dress while Julianne wore a show stopping red. British actress Felicity Jones looked gorgeous in a pale pink and black gown with floral details. Her hair tied up and parted at the front added to the elegant look. We must also give a special mention to the pregnant Keira Knightley who looked stunning wearing Giambattista Valli Couture with a blooming floral influence.


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Different Day...Different Story
>> Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Today didn't go so well at the drop-off. Ethan clung to my pant leg saying "You can't leave me. I want you to take me home. I don't want to stay here. Please don't leave me." It sucked rotten eggs. I sat down holding him & broke down like a crazy Mommy. There were plenty of other Moms offering support, which just made the waterworks worse.
Ethan's 'teacher' took him from me and stayed with him by the window so he could wave goodbye to me as I left. Then I cried most of the way to work; probably a bad idea in rush hour traffic.
I was really busy at work today, so I didn't have a lot of time to worry about it. I did call at lunch time to make sure they ate & were having a good time. The rest of the day went much better than the dropping off!
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I had a strange conversation with a friend the other day and I was raving about my Actifry because it creates lovely chips that are very low in fat, crispy and generally a healthy option compared to chips in any other format!
"Ooh we have one of those," she declared.
"arent they brilliant and healthy..." I responded.
"Oh I dunno, we just cook oven chips in ours!"
I was quite suprised, dont oven chips go in the oven to be cooked? AND dont you use the Actifry to reduce the fat and create healthy chips along with all sorts of curries etc?!
She looked at me in amazement, and I obviously had a similar look on my face to hers... clearly not!
To be honest... I havent always chanted in the favour of my actifry as it was once a point of scorning at my husband! Now, dont get me wrong the actifry is great... but IT IS NOT A BIRTHDAY PRESENT... I can only say I was dumbfounded! I was in shock... and now after my actifry has produced hundreds of portions of chips faithfully, I do love it BUT IT IS NOT A BIRTHDAY PRESENT... a family Christmas present - yes!
Anyway... obviously, some people need to be educated in the wonderful world of these Actifrys.
1. A whole family can be fed from the Tefal Family Actify - I usually thow 12 maris piper potatoes (chipped) with one tablespoon of oil
2. There's a whol recipe book full of ideas and starting points beyond chips (though we do mainly use ours for chips of somesort, vegy chips, sweet potato chips etc.
3. It's cleaner than the frying splatter of deep fat fried chips and the cooking bowl is easily wiped clean!
4. It's healthier than chip shop chips and oven chips, limited oil (seriously low amounts of oil) is used and the hot air does most of the cooking.
I suppose the only down side is, that the Tefal Actify is not cheap... butif you wanna eat chips the healhy way, then it's worth the investment.
I also bought a hand-device chipper, absolutely essential in my book as I would seriously lose a finger if I didnt have a device and had to chip 12 potatoes!
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text: I wrote this article together with the Danish astronomer Bertil F. Dorch, who in 2002 proposed that the magnetic activity inside Betelgeuse could lead to observable effects on the surface. Recently, in June 2017, ALMA observed asymmetries in shape and color on the surface of Betelgeuse. Read the popular scientific article on videnskab.dk's website (in … Continue reading Will the gigantic star Betelgeuse cause an apocalypse? (Danish only)


text: Student leaders Law and Wong were jailed for six and eight months respectively [Reuters] Three leaders of Hong Kong's democracy movement have been sentenced to jail for their roles in 2014 pro-democracy protests. Joshua Wong, 20, Alex Chow, 24, and Nathan Law, 26, were sentenced last year to non-jail terms including community service for unlawful assembly, but Hong Kong's Department of Justice applied for a review, seeking imprisonment. On Thursday, the appeals court jailed Wong for six months, Chow for seven months and Law for eight months. Law had been the city's youngest democratically elected legislator before he was stripped of his seat by a government-led lawsuit in July. READ MORE: Hong Kong-China tension - Sheung Shui, a front line town Al Jazeera's Divya Gopalan, reporting from Hong Kong, said all three of them will be taken out of politics for a considerable amount of time. "The judge said this will serve as an example to other young activists and protesters to not break the law or conduct any violent act, so that's where their justification is to sending them to jail," she said. Hong Kong, a former British colony, has been governed under a "one country, two systems" formula since it was returned to Chinese rule in 1997. It was rocked by nearly three months of mostly peaceful street occupations in late 2014, demanding Beijing grant the city full democracy. The so-called "Umbrella Movement" civil disobedience movement, which drew hundreds of thousands of protesters at its peak, was triggered after Wong and his colleagues stormed into a courtyard fronting the city's government headquarters. They were later charged with participating in and inciting an unlawful assembly. 'No regrets' Just before the sentencing, a defiant Wong told around 100 supporters who thronged into the High Court lobby, some weeping, that he had no regrets and urged them to keep fighting for full democracy. "I hope Hong Kong people won't give up," said Wong. "Victory is ours. When we are released next year, I hope we can see a Hong Kong that is full of hope. I want to see Hong Kong people not giving up. This is my last wish before I go to jail." READ MORE: Q&A - The Hong Kong teenager who confronted China In an earlier statement, the Department of Justice said the trio was not convicted for exercising their civil liberties, but because their conduct during the protest included "disorderly and intimidating behaviour". It added there was "absolutely no basis to imply any political motive". Hong Kong enjoys a free judiciary, unlike on the mainland where the Communist Party controls the courts which rarely challenge its decisions. The jail terms will curtail the political ambitions of the trio, barring them from running for seats in the legislature for the next five years. In recent months, dozens of protesters, mostly young people, have been jailed for their roles in various protests, including a violent demonstration that the government called a riot in early 2016. What is driving Hong Kong-China tensions? - Talk to Al Jazeera SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies Asia Pacific Hong Kong Human Rights


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Perfect October for surging Cyclones
By LUKE MEREDITH
AP Sports Writer
AMES — Iowa State will enter November in first place in the Big 12 and in control of its own destiny.
The 14th-ranked Cyclones (6-2, 4-1) are tied with TCU (7-1, 4-1), Oklahoma (7-1, 4-1) and Oklahoma State (7-1, 4-1) after beating the Horned Frogs 14-7 on Saturday. But Iowa State has wins over both the Sooners and TCU — and the Cowboys have to visit Ames on Nov. 11.
Not bad for a team that has never won the Big 12 and was picked ninth in the preseason league poll.
"The goal has always been to get to November with something to play for," Cyclone head coach Matt Campbell said of his team, which went 4-0 in October.
Even though Iowa State has become one of the nation's most remarkable stories, its playoff chances are extraordinarily slim because of home losses to Iowa and Texas.
Iowa State finishes with three of its last four on the road as well, starting Saturday at West Virginia (5-3, 3-2). The Cyclones play at Baylor (0-8, 0-5) and at Kansas State (4-4, 2-3) after hosting Oklahoma State.
That leaves the one-loss Horned Frogs, Sooners and Cowboys desperate to win out and hope for some outside chaos that would open the door for a team from the Big 12 — which missed the playoff a year ago — to nab one of the four coveted postseason spots.
Things should clear up fairly quickly.
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State square off next week in Stillwater in what essentially will be an elimination game for each program's playoff hopes.
Should the Cowboys survive and then topple Iowa State on the road, they'll be in a strong position to reach the conference title game. Oklahoma State finishes with Kansas State and Kansas at home.
"It's been a big game, both in the Big 12 and on the national scene, for the last several years," Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said. "They've got a great football team."
TCU also is in control of its Big 12 fate despite losing to the Cyclones.
The Horned Frogs, though, will likely need some help to reach the playoff.
TCU fell back into the one-loss mix with the Oklahoma schools, Notre Dame, Penn State, Clemson and others after Saturday's defeat. But the Horned Frogs also get a crack at the Sooners in Norman on Nov. 11.
"We've still got a chance to play for a Big 12 title. Does it hurt our chances for the playoff? Probably," TCU coach Gary Patterson said Saturday.
Oklahoma might have the clearest path to the playoff of any team in the Big 12.
The Sooners have a huge road win over Big Ten East-leading Ohio State — which rallied to stun Penn State on Saturday and end the Nittany Lions' unbeaten streak — and its only loss came against the Cyclones.
Remarkably, falling to Iowa State isn't the demerit it usually is in regards to the postseason.


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It seems like every where you turn there is a new caffeinated product on the market. From the energy shots touted by celebrities in Hollywood to caffeinated gummy bears sold in geek stores accross the nation, some California residents may be asking themselves when this trend will end. There is a real concern among parents that as the genre of caffeinated consumables continues to spread, teens and even children may get their hands on products that could have serious side effects on their health.
This is definitely a concern this month after the Wm. Wrigely Jr. Company announced the release of Alert, a new caffeinated gum. Concerns from consumers and even the Food and Drug Administration have been hard to ignore, and recently Wrigley announced that it would be temporarily pulling the product off the market until the FDA can determine whether the product is unsafe for children and teens.
It's been highly debated among health experts what affect caffeine has on children and adolescents. This comes as no surprise to readers of our blog who know about the numerous deaths that have occurred as a result teens consuming too many caffeinated beverages.
While the company stresses that it's product only contains half of the caffeine found in a cup of coffee, it recognizes the concern the FDA has for consumers and respects the agency's decision to do further research before truly giving its stamp of approval on the product. Many parents across the nation are happy for the move because the marketing for certain caffeinated products is geared towards younger and younger generations.
Promotions through social media campaigns coupled with colorful packaging aren't helping the situation either. Some doctors are finding early development of neurological and cardiovascular problems in young adults and teens. And with caffeine being added to items such as candy, which is attractive to children, some worry that more harmful health effects in younger generations down the road.
Source: Idaho State Journal, "Wrigley takes new caffeinated gum off market," The Associated Press, May 9, 2013


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Brewster Place has dining rooms in four locations on campus - Greenleaf in Redwood, The Evergreens Grill, The Market on Main Street and at Brewster Health Center. Menus are created in consultation with a registered dietitian, our dining staff and resident input. Special attention is given to low salt, low sugar and gluten free menu items while providing a wide variety of homemade and healthy menu choices. Special holiday meals are also served throughout the year as well as catering for events, parties and celebrations.
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