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Friday, December 18, 2009
The Marilyn (Patch) Arnone Interview
[NOTE: This interview originally appeared in October 2007 at Bumscorner.com.)
If you're a Howdy Doody fan, you might know her better as Marilyn Patch, who played Doodyville schoolteacher "Happy Harmony" on "The New Howdy Doody Show" for 130 episodes back in '76. Dr. Marilyn Arnone has been doing her part to educate kids in entertaining ways ever since she hosted her own children's show called "Marilyn and Calico" at the age of eleven. (Hmm...I think I built a birdhouse out of a milk carton when I was eleven, but then I blew it up with some firecrackers.)
Dr. Arnone is a Harvard grad with a PHd who is currently the director of educational media for Syracuse University's Center for Digital Literacy, in addition to being co-founder and president of Creative Media Solutions. I had such a blast recently watching and reviewing the DVD set "Say Kids, What Time Is It? It's Howdy Doody Time: The Lost Episodes" that I was compelled to hurl a few pertinent interrogatives at her, which she was nice enough to answer--after all, she's "Happy Harmony"!--and you can enjoy the results right here, right now. So, come on, Peanuts! To Doodyville...and beyond!
porfle: How in the world did you manage to land your very own Saturday morning children's show at age 11?
Marilyn: I used to go around the neighborhood asking neighbors if I could show them my puppet act. When they invited me in, I'd get behind a big chair and pull out my brown sock puppet (Calico, the Texican Donkey) and start talking to it. They probably thought I was a little weird but harmless. Then, finally, I got my parents to take me to meet some people at WHDH-TV in Boston, the CBS affiliate at the time. We did a pilot and then the show.
porfle: Is this what first interested you in the potential of using television to help kids learn?
Marilyn: Not at that point, but after I graduated from high school and contemplated college, I knew that's what I wanted to do. Now, I am involved more in digital media and learning doing more with the Web but it still uses some of my old skills with television. I love kids. I feel I am doing something I like and making some kind of contribution at the same time.
porfle: Didn't you appear as a contestant on "What's My Line?"
Marilyn: Yes, but Dorothy Kilgallen was the the first one to interview me and she guessed me without too much problem (that I was the youngest person in Boston to have her own TV show). I recently saw the clip and you should have seen the expression on my face, total amazement and disbelief. Guess Mr. Daly felt badly for me and flipped over all the cards anyway which meant I won all the money. A whopping $50.00! With the extra time left, they asked me to sing a verse from a song. I chose my parents' original song "We Wish We Had It But We Ain't"--a song they wrote during the Depression!
porfle: Your talent for ventriloquism is impressive. Can you tell us a little something about this art and how you happened to pick it up?
Marilyn: Well, when I was 8 or 9, Shari Lewis had her own show. She became one of my idols. I thought she was so beautiful and talented. I watched her carefully and the rest was self-taught.
porfle: What did you do between "Marilyn and Calico" and "Howdy Doody"?
Marilyn: I graduated junior high school and high school. Got married. Had a baby boy, Sean. Went to college and got a bachelor's degree from Emerson College.
porfle: How did you come to join the cast of "The New Howdy Doody Show"? Did you create the "Happy Harmony" character or had it already been established?
Marilyn: The character of Happy Harmony was already written up in the prospectus for "The New Howdy Doody Show." I heard about the auditions in NYC and went for the try-outs. I was able to do a little of everything, sing, dance, play the guitar, puppeteer, and act so I think that helped me a bit.
porfle: What was it like working with Buffalo Bob and Clarabell?
Marilyn: It was some of the most fun times I've had! They always kept things interesting. They taught me this funny gibberish-type language so we could communicate anywhere and no one would know what we were saying. They swore me to secrecy but my daughter, Alexis, actually figured it out after a while. Buffalo Bob used cue cards but I never did. He was a master of cue cards, I was not. So, I memorized everything and went into rehearsals prepared. Bob didn't have much patience for re-takes.
Lew Anderson who played Clarabell was so nice, with a dry sense of humor. He always kept me laughing. And he was so very talented as a musician, writer, and arranger. He loved his Big Band! I loved going to work at the studio because we had such a tight cast and crew. Everyday was interesting and different.
porfle: Wasn't some of it pre-taped, especially the backstage scenes?
Marilyn: Yes, all the backstage scenes were taped at a different time than when the live audience was there.
porfle: Did any unfortunate or embarrassing mishaps ever occur during taping that didn't end up on the air? I'd love to see a "Howdy Doody" blooper reel.
Marilyn: All the time. So much fun. I'd love to see the blooper reel myself again. This wasn't exactly a blooper because the crew planned this trick on me but for me, it was a blooper because I wasn't expecting what happened...OK, the director, Errol Falcon, and the crew had planned this scene where everyone was getting squirted by Clarabell and they got to me and I said something like "I always like it when somebody else gets squirted by Clarabell!" at which point someone on the catwalk dropped a bucket of water on my head.
Ok, I was expecting that. What I was NOT expecting was that on the heels of the bucket of water dropping on my head, I was pounded with a pie in the face. Now, that expression was priceless! Guess they thought that if I knew it was coming, it wouldn't have looked as funny! Good thing I'm a good sport!
porfle: Aren't you skilled with marionettes yourself? How much of this did you get to do on the show?
Marilyn: I was a puppeteer (hand and rod puppets) before the show but had never done marionettes. They sent me to New London, Connecticut, to work with Margo Rose to learn to operate marionettes. I loved it! It took a lot of practice because these were long-stringed marionettes that had to be operated from a high puppet bridge. It was an honor to have Margo Rose work with me like that.
porfle: How much input did you have in the "Happy Harmony" character, regarding songs, storylines, etc.?
Marilyn: None for the most part. However, they did let me do a little ventriloquist bit using one of my own puppets sitting in the audience one time. That was fun.
porfle: By the 70s, weren't some of the kids in the Peanut Gallery a little jaded toward something as simple and innocent as "Howdy Doody"? Sometimes it looks like their baby-boomer parents are having the most fun.
Marilyn: Probably!
porfle: What's the story on the show's bandleader, Jackie Davis? Not only was he funny, but he played a mean Hammond organ.
Marilyn: He was super-talented and a pleasure to work with. Always upbeat and funny.
porfle: During a show, was it easy to find yourself relating to the marionettes as actual performers?
Marilyn: It was easy for me because I could get into character and forget about the fact that
Pady Blackwood, the master puppeteer, was doing all the magic above!
porfle: Mayor Phineas T. Bluster cracks me up. Can a marionette's performance be so funny that you lose it during a scene?
Marilyn: Oh yes, especially when Nick Nicholson or Bob would ad-lib with the puppets but that was mostly during rehearsals. Bluster used to say things to me sometimes and I'd blush. Like he was a dirty old man. Pady Blackwood was quick enough to make the puppet look like it was coming right out of his mouth. Mr. Bluster used to be the one that cracked us up the most during rehearsals--you just never knew what he was going to say.
porfle: There's no getting around it--"Happy Harmony" was very cute. Did she ever get any "fan mail" from older male viewers?
Marilyn: Ah....yep.
porfle: How was "The New Howdy Doody Show" received by audiences and critics at the time?
Marilyn: Unfortunately, it didn't have a long run.
porfle: You went on to do the "Pappyland" series in the 90s. The IMDb page for it shows that it still has quite a few devoted fans. Was it a good experience?
Marilyn: It was also a very good experience. My former business partner, MariRae Dopke, and I ran the production company that produced and edited the show. We were co-producers. Mike Cariglio, who played Pappy, is immensely talented as an artist and he learned to make puppets, too. I love working in the studio and miss the fun we had on that show.
porfle: How are the requirements for an effective children's television show different now than they were in the 70s? Or the 50s, for that matter?
Marilyn: You still have to gain and sustain attention but today, programs have to have more
educational value and funders are looking for outcome-based evaluation, a plan for assessing whether kids have actually changed in knowledge, skills, attitude as a result of regular viewing. There is also the Children's Television Act which makes providing quality children's programming a condition of license renewal so that's good.
porfle: What's wrong with some of the children's programming you've seen? "Barney", for example.
Marilyn: Some of it is good but there's room for improvement, of course. Let's save this for
another interview. This could take a while!
Buy "Say Kids What Time Is It? It's Howdy Doody Time:The Lost Episodes" at Amazon.com
7 comments:
- Unknown said...
So glad I found this interview, I just wanted to know more about Marilyn so I did a search and found this very informative and fun to learn about her.
- March 22, 2015 at 9:11 AM
- Unknown said...
Just wanted to know more about Marilyn after seeing an episode of The New Howdy Doody Show, so I did a search and found this great interview to learn how accomplished and talented Marilyn is and not just as Happy Harmony.
- March 22, 2015 at 9:14 AM
- Porfle Popnecker said...
Thanks John! I just asked the questions and Dr. Arnone took it from there. She really came through and made it one of our best interviews ever.
Thanks for reading!
- March 23, 2015 at 12:47 AM
- Unknown said...
I recently found old reruns of the New Howdy Doody Show with Marilyn Patch Arnone showing on The Works TV Networks and was captivated by her beauty and talent. Being a nostalgic tv viewer, I actually enjoyed watching the shows even though I am 50! I miss Buffalo Bob Smith and it's nice to read about some of the people from the show. Great interview!
- June 8, 2015 at 1:49 PM
- Porfle Popnecker said...
Thanks, Rob! I'm delighted that people are still finding this interview and enjoying it years after it was done.
- June 8, 2015 at 3:29 PM
- Unknown said...
I watch "The New Howdy Doody Show" every Sunday at 9 am CST on COZY TV. She does have a Facebook page. Tried to get her as a friend but she never added me. Bummer. The show dos make me laugh even at my age age 61.
- December 20, 2015 at 6:11 PM
- Porfle Popnecker said...
Oh well, hope you enjoyed the interview. Glad you're still getting the show!
- December 21, 2015 at 9:07 PM


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I didn't treat it with antibiotics last time I got it and I thought about leaving it, but I didn't want to deal with it if it got worse so I decided to get it checked out. I called urgent care and they were packed. Then I called McSoothy and she's on vacation. Then I called my old primary and she was booked. So finally I got in at the "extended care" walk in clinic and got seen by a really creepy nurse practitioner. I kid you not, he called me "Baby" (after getting a look at my toasty knocker). It was weird. He clearly didn't know what to do (his first recommendation was anti inflammatories) but I'd called the LC and she'd already told me the recommended antibiotic and dosage so I gave it to him.
It really does seem to be a mild case so I'm not bothered by it. I think it happened because Michael skipped a few feedings over the long weekend and my breasts stayed a lot fuller than they should. Sometimes I think the universe is trying to tell me to stop breastfeeding.
I felt like mastitis was enough for Monday, but then I picked up Michael and noticed that they hadn't written down any milk for him so I asked to see the collection bottle I'd sent that morning. I'd sent a small bottle with fresh that I'd pumped Sunday and some bags of frozen milk. None of the frozen milk was touched. Only about half of the fresh milk was used and I know that there was only 4.5 oz in the bottle and some of that was used to make his oatmeal in the morning.
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He knows to smile for the camera but makes a really cheesy smile now. I hope he grows back into something a little more natural.
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He finally started a more traditional crawl the other week instead of just rolling. He's getting places quicker but he'd rather be up and walking but I don't think he'll get there until closer to a year.


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I fell in love with watercolour when I was younger and my mom proudly stuck the onion she had just painted in her watercolour class on the edge of the mirror in the kitchen. The delicate blending of colours, subtle differences in value, alluring negative work and glimmering transparency fascinated me. I have been painting ever since.
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Banana and Toffee Cupcakes and a Giveaway
I've been wanting to do a giveaway for a while now. When I started this blog in May of 2009, I had no idea of how big it would grow. I simply wanted a place to be able to talk about my experiences cooking over here in the UK . . . the new tastes I was exploring, the different foods and cooking methods, the traditional and the not so traditional . . . that first month I didn't do that many posts, but I did share some tasty recipes such as Heuvos Rancheros and Fish and Chips . . . you can see that very early on I had a very distinct way of looking at this beautiful melting pot we call the UK and it's cuisine!
After almost 2 years, some 608 posts (including this one) and as many recipes, almost a million hits and a readership that has gone from strength to strength and is now nearing a thousand I thought it was about time I did a giveaway to show my thanks for all the lovin you have shown me over the past months and the inspiration. If it wasn't for you, my lovely readers, I just wouldn't be doing what I am doing and loving it oh so much!
I was going to wait until my followers hit 1000, but heck, I just can't wait. It's close, but not that close and I want to give you something now!
I am giving away a lovely baking set which consistes of a tasty little cookbook, "Cupcakes2 by Sue McMahon. It is filled with over 80 tasty recipes for all occasions and tastes . . . scrummy cupcake such as . . .
Pina Coloda Cupcakes . . . oh so yummy . . . and containing all the flavours of a true Pina Colada!
There are these yummy Banana and Toffee Cupcakes . . . and a whole host of other tasty ideas!
Not only am I giving away this delicious cookbook, but I am also throwing in some really cute cupcake wrappers (complete with adorable little cupcake pick) and a box of hundreds and thousands to decorate them with! What is a cupcake without some pretty decorations? They are a must!
Not only that, but I am also throwing in a set of Typhoon Cooking Scales, so that you North Americans can truly follow along with the weight measurements of my recipes, although to be sure I will still be converting them like I already do! (Never fear!)
To get in on the Giveaway all you have to do is to leave me a comment at the end of this post letting me know that you are one of my followers. I'll give you a week to do so and then on Friday the 4th of March at midnight I will draw one lucky name and then will send all these goodies off to you asap.
You don't need to live in the UK. You can live anywhere in the world. I only ask that you be a follower. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeasy!
And in the meantime here is that tasty banana cupcake recipe. I'm afraid that when I went to make them I had no evaporated milk in my cupboard! (How did that happen????) I ended up just frosting them with buttercream . . . but they were rather scrummy even without that Toffee Topping . . . mmm . . . mmm . . . good!
*Banana and Toffee Cupcakes*
Makes 12 small ones or 8 medium ones
Printable Recipe
I love it when I have black bananas on the countertop. It means I can bake tasty things like these delicious cupcakes!
3 1/2 ounces of butter, softened (7.06 TBS)
3 1/2 ounces of soft light brown sugar (1/2 cup plus 1 TBS firmly packed)
2 medium free range eggs
3 1/2 ounces of self raising flour (1 cup, less 2 TBS)
1 ripe banana, peeled and mashed
for the topping:
1 quantity of toffee topping (see below)
3 to 4 TBS of chocolate flavour sprinkles.
You will need one 12 hole bun tin lined with paper liners.
Preheat the oven to 190*C/375*F/ gas mark 5.
Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl until light and fluffy. Sift in the flour and add the eggs, beating all together until the mixture is smooth. Fold in the mashed banana. Divide the mixture equally amongst the paper cases. Bake in the centre of the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, until the cakes have risen and are just firm to the touch in the centre. Remove from the oven and tip out onto a wire rack to cool.
For the topping, spread some toffee topping over the top of each cupcake and scatter on some chocolate decorations.
*Toffee Topping*
Makes enough for 12 standard cupcakes
3 1/2 ounces of butter (7.06 TBS)
4 1/2 ounces condensed milk (evaporated milk. a generous half cup)
2 ounces caster sugar (1/4 cup)
1 TBS golden syrup (can use corn syrup)
Place the butter in a large bowl and melt it in the microwave for 30 to 40 seconds. Stir in the condensed milk, sugar and golden syrup. Cook in the microwave for 4 to 7 minutes on high, stirring at the end of every minute, until it is pale golden colour. Leave the topping to cool and thicken slightly, then spread ocer the cupcakes using a palate knife.
Alternately you can cook it in a saucepan for 4 to 7 minutes, stirring constantly sso that it doesn't stick!
Giveaway closed!


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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: 2.5" HDDs for Jukebox upgrade - List at http://rockbox.my-vserver.de/hdd-mod.html
From: for_spam_at_gmx.de
Date: 2003-01-11
Hello Sean,
what do you think ?
Bjorn - i`d like to make such list available on
>Also, the battery life was less than I expected. You might get
-- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen!About a month ago, I had the same choice to make. I picked the
FM20. I really like the FM20 and I have no regrets about choosing
it over the Recorder20, but there are some things to think about
before making your choice.
The only real downside is the battery issue. Where the recorder20
uses AA NiMh cells, the FM20 uses a custom Li-Ion pack that you
can't buy anywere. Even from Archos.
Also, the battery life was less than I expected. You might get
better runtime if you stay at 128kbps, but most of my stuff is at
192. The most I ever got out of it was 7 hours before I upgraded the
hard drive. After the upgrade I can get up to 11 hours.
The Firmware is pretty good for Archos. There are a couple minor
bugs: the info display always says files are 128 even if they are
higher, and the track time counter is way off. I suspect they are
related, and the counter is off because it is misreading the bitrate.
I have not doubt that rockbox will eventually support it, but the
Archos firmware is fine for now.
The hard drive upgrade is more complicated than on the older models,
as in, "hey, where'd I put my soldering iron". But the real hard
part was finding a win98 box so I could partition the new drive.
The FM tuner isn't the greatest, reception-wise, but adequate.
Recording off the tuner works really well.
So there you have it. No real deal killers in my book, but stuff to
consider. If you do decide to go with the recorder20, get it soon.
I doubt it will be around for long.
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NEW YORK CITY (October 30, 2013) The officials have been assigned for this Saturday night's WBA/IBO Middleweight World Championship between boxing's fastest rising superstar, Gennady "GGG" Golovkin and top rated contender Curtis Stevens at Madison Square Garden, "The Mecca of Boxing" and LIVE on HBO®.
The referee for the middleweight world title bout will be Harvey Dock (NY) and the judges of the fight will be Michael Pernick (FL), Max DeLuca (CA) and John Poturaj (NJ).
For the clash between undefeated heavyweight fighters, Mike "The Rebel" Perez and Magomed "Mago" Abdusalamov the referee will be Benjy Esteves. Judges for the HBO televised co-feature will be Julie Lederman, John Stewart and Don Trella. Abdusalamov will be defending his WBC US-NBC Heavyweight Title.
In the 12-round IBO Cruiserweight World Championship between Ola Afolabi and Lukasz Janik, the referee will be Earl Brown. The judges will be Waleska Roldan, Jerry Roth and Joseph Pasquale.
Golovkin vs. Stevens is a 12-round bout for Golovkin's WBA and IBO Middleweight World Championship, presented by K2 Promotions in association with Main Events, GGG Promotions and Madison Square Garden. In the HBO televised co-feature, undefeated heavyweights Mike Perez and Magomed Abdusalamov will clash in a 10-round bout presented in association with Sampson Boxing LLC.
The LIVE on HBO® telecast begins at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.


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This seminar is geared towards those serious about dog training. This includes those interested in starting a professional career, expanding their current level of information and skills, or those wanting to take their dog's training to exceptional heights very quickly. The seminar will run full-time Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm for two weeks. It will focus on the two most relevant areas in the industry: obedience (week one) and resolving problem behaviors (week two).
Week One obedience curricula (beginning-advanced obedience):
Walking ExerciseComplete on leash control (with no pulling)Complete off-leash control in any situation
Sit Command Hand Signal Only Voice Only Holding position under heavy distraction (using toys, treats, dogs, people) Holding position from 600+ feet
Down Command Hand Signal Only Voice Only Holding position under heavy distraction (using toys, treats, dogs, people) Holding position from 600+ feet Indefinite Long Down (1 hour +) Invisible Down Command
Come Command Hand Signal Only Voice Only While Playing (with a person, a toy or another dog) Response from 600+ feet Response under heavy distraction Invisible Come Command
Heel Command On and Off-Leash Straight Heel Jot-outs Fast and slow Start/Stop with automatic Sit Circle right and left 90 degree right and left turn 180 degree right and left turn Third degree Automatic Heel (hand signal, no voice) Zig Zags Tight circle right and left Heel hand signal only - from a distance Heel on the spot - right and left About turn - towards dog Reverse Heel Finish on Heel
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Health at Home, a US CareNet company, began offering its in-home healthcare, wellness and companion care services in 1984. In 2013, the company entered into a partnership with US CareNet, then known as CareSouth, to manage 17 Health at Home locations in 11 states, serving over 1,400 clients at the time. US CareNet boasts an almost 40-year history providing in home health and clinical services. The partnership added a higher level of coordinated care with a wealth of technological resources, as well as robust clinical care and educational programs. In 2014, the company exercised its option to increase its commitment to Health at Home, resulting in US CareNet as majority partner.
Today, Health at Home provides care to more than 3,700 clients annually with over 295,000 annual visits performed in 18 locations across the country, and is adding more locations every year. As part of the Health at Home Advantage, the centralized Care Center provided through US CareNet, proactively manages the health care of its patients with outcomes management, transitional care coordination, telehealth monitoring, callback and wellness calls, and 24/7 on-call and after-hours triage, providing cost-saving services to its patients and clients across the country.
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Feds Fail Kids Online Privacy
Contrary to a federal directive, major government Web sites including the one operated by the White House are not adhering to a law that requires companies to obtain parental consent before soliciting personal information from children.
The White House Web site invites children to submit personal information, such as their name, address and age along with e-mail messages to the president and first family.
Sites operated by the Environmental Protection Agency and NASA also collect personal information from children who submit art work to be posted on the site. Both agencies show the child's name, age and hometown along with posted drawings.
Federal law that took effect earlier this year requires private sector Web sites to protect the privacy of children. The law does not apply to government sites, but the Office of Management and Budget recently ordered federal agencies to comply with the statute.
The Federal Trade Commission is readying a crackdown on commercial sites that fail to comply with the law.
"My jaw dropped," said Jim Harper, administrator of Internet privacy site Privacilla.org. "This very concern with commercial Web sites giving where children lived and what their ages are was the supposed justification for COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act)."
The federal law requires commercial Web sites to carry privacy policy statements, get "verifiable parental consent" before soliciting information, and give an opportunity to remove the information.
Peter Swire, OMB's chief counselor for privacy, refused to say in an interview whether the government sites would be investigated or any of their content changed. He stressed that the law was targeted against commercial sites, and that the administration tried to exceed those standards.
"We comply with the spirit of COPPA, given the special legal rules that apply to the White House," Swire said, adding that the Presidential Records Act would keep the correspondence secret for as many as 12 years.
Swire also said that all federal Web sites have been directed to provide their privacy practices along with their budget request at the end of the year, though there is no plan to audit the agencies to review their practices.
"We think that putting privacy compliance into the agency's budget process is a new and useful tool for spreading good privacy practices throughout the federal government," Swire said.
Harper says he has no objection to how the government sites communicate with children, calling the methods "neat." But he points to how businesses have had to remove seemingly harmless content to comply with the law.
"This illustrates the kind of things that commercial Web sites would be doing," Harper said, "but rather prematurely the COPPA law cut off the right of commercial Web sites to provide this kind of interaction."
A company that has run afoul of COPPA, now calling it a "terrible law,"/b> said the government obviously has no ill will toward children and they were both caught in the same trap.
"COPPA goes far beyond limiting the practice of a business collecting personal information for its own use, to include the responsibility that the business not provide any tool or service that would permit a child to send their personal information to anyone," said Steven Bryan, CEO of Zeeks.com, a site aimed at children.
Zeeks.com had to take down its chat area, free e-mail system and other features because they couldn't afford the cost of getting and verifying a parent's permission.
Bryan said the features were always monitored and had security systems to check for suspicious activity.
Lee Peeler, the FTC's associate director for advertising practices, was unapologetic for the situation faced by Zeeks.com, saying it "goes to the safety issue, of giving kids the ability to communicate with predators without any parental involvement."
Peeler said the commission will start its formal sweep of noncomplying businesses within the next two months, and confirmed that federal sites won't be on the list. COPPA requires the commission to provide a report to Congress on compliance and to identify law enforcement targets.
Zeeks.com's bulletin boards are filled with messages signed by children upset that the features are gone. Bryan said COPPA won't make children safer, but will simply drive them to other free e-mail services and unmonitored sites not designed for youngsters.
"Without question, that is where the kids will go to find these activities," Bryan said. "We've closed the playgrounds and sent the kids to play in the street."
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Commonplace travel insurance coverage will cover you for a protracted checklist of actions, but they are typically low threat or supervised by an teacher. She additionally started to fly a wingsuit and it looks as if it will not be lengthy till this excessive athlete turns into 100{36453e9f1c06f3f4322f185f4c713dde5e1d040002a4ff6c868063124c4efd51} airborne. Canarias eXtreme not have any Affiliation or Managerial Relation with any Firm of the Island That One dedicates to the sort of services. A standard sense approach will often be adopted when assessing the danger and in the questions asked about the extreme sport. Ratings weren't nice and a few critics panned the spectacle as moronic." But ESPN caught with it and made the games an annual event, later adding a second winter sports activities program. In the event you suppose paintball is extreme you have been probably scared of working below the sprinklers as a child.
With their extraordinary ability, passion and determination, DEWALT is supporting these world-class motion sports athletes and teams as they strive for victory in the toughest of competitions. Freeskier Ted Davenport soars over Mount Aspiring Nationwide Park in Wanaka, New Zealand. I do parkour in london with PARKOUR GENERATIONS and yes it's an excessive sport of sorts but also more than that- its a lifestyle!
The author offers a lot of details about when and where these sports activities began, who did them and what risks are involved. This allowed the group to deal with the lived-experience of extreme sport, with the aim of explaining themes which might be consistent with members' experience.
I think for many thrill searching for personalities, the only instances after they really feel actually alive is when they're closest to demise, and defying it. I think the excitement and uncertainty of utmost sports bribes thrill seekers, who are at all times trying to up the ante on life.


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Red fish
Blue fish.
New fish
Old fish
Live fish
Dead Fish
It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of 'red fish'. Sometime, between breakfast and today's Halloween buffet our beloved red fish (also affectionately known as Valentine) sunk to the bottom of his fish tank. Red fish leaves behind one sibling, his brother, blue fish.
Red fish will be sincerely missed. Valentine had been with us longer than most employees. Several years ago both red and blue were left behind by a colleague who was moving out of state. Since that time red and blue fish have been tenderly cared for by J-. J- helped Valentine valiantly fight several illnesses, including a year ago when he was nursed back to health by the magic power of cooked peas. Our sincere thanks go to google who provided the resources that lead to the discovery of the medicinal quality of peas.
A funeral service was held today at the edge of the back parking lot. It was an intimate gathering of close friends. After sharing memories, red fish was given a final send off with a green and purple 'silly string' salute.
Special thanks to A.F. for providing photographic services.


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Allan Cooper
After studying Architecture at Newcastle University, Allan has taken every chance to explore the wonders of the world, taking him from Antigua to the Cayman Islands and from Indonesia to the UAE. Since joining The Aurora Zone, Allan has had the opportunity to experience the winter paradise of Northern Finland, which opened his eyes to a completely different type of travel.
Allan loved every moment visiting many of our Northern Lights holiday destinations in Finnish Lapland, completing his lifelong ambition of driving a husky sled and snowmobiling across the frozen landscapes of the Arctic Circle. Allan firmly believes in 'Lady Luck' and was rewarded on his final two nights in Torassieppi with amazing Aurora displays across clear starlit skies. If you're lucky enough to visit this wonderful part of the world Allan would highly recommend spending a night in one of Torassieppi's Aurora Domes.
Next on Allan's travel bucket list is to head to Swedish Lapland and experience the architectural delights of the Treehotel and IceHotel. He would also like to revisit Finland during the autumn months to see the autumnal colours and to hopefully witness the Northern Lights reflect on the lakes before they freeze over for the winter. Then, he hopes to push his inner adventurer to the extreme with a tour of Greenland's phenomenal ice fjords. Allan's attitude is to grab life's opportunities while you can: If it's on your bucket list, what's stopping you?
Favourite experiences:
- Spending a night glamping in the remarkable Aurora Dome, based on the frozen lakeside of Torassieppi
- Heading out on a tranquil Aurora reindeer sleigh ride across the frozen lake
- Sampling traditional Lappish cuisine cooked over a roaring open fire in a Finnish wooden kota
- Experiencing the thrill of a successful Aurora chase in the most uncertain of circumstances


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Mysteries of Prussia
The Order got the lands around "Waldau" castle in 1255. In 1264 the first fortifications were built. In 1457 the fortress was rebuilt as a castle.
Königsberg in Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is a very special Russian city. It was founded by the Order of Crusaders under the name Königsberg (King's Mountain). The beauty and mysteriousness of the ancient buildings are weirdly mixed here...
It is a town with amazing history! Walking around Svetlogorsk you turn out to get to a fabulous village Rauschen with its curvy streets and time-honored architecture. We will grant you beauty and good health, and also unforgettable impression of what you'll see and hear!
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There is a legend about this farm. A nephew of the last hostess of this farm took out treasures from Kaimen castle. At the end of the war six vehicles arrived at this farm and never left it!
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Universal Basic Income (UBI) is the idea that all citizens of a country should regularly receive an unconditional sum of money in order to pay for basic living necessities. In practice, UBI would replace the current welfare system and it's numerous existing programs as a more transparent, efficient, and affordable alternative. UBI would ultimately eradicate poverty and prepare us for the future economy that is rapidly changing due to technological process and automation. Let's take a closer look on how UBI could work in the American economy.
In America, the poverty line for a single individual is $11,880. Thus if UBI were to provide every citizen between the age of (18-64) with $12,000 a year, it would instantly bring every citizen above the poverty line. This will allow a couple things to happen. First the need for a minimum wage law would become unnecessary because it would no longer have to provide a basic living, and therefore involuntary unemployment would no longer exist. Competition would thrive and people would be more willing to take risks knowing they'll always have $1000 in the bank every month.
Secondly, women would be reinvigorated into the economy. Women disproportionately provide the majority of care taking roles in families for children and elderly which is work that is monetarily uncompensated for. UBI would thus be a transfer of wealth to care takers (and therefore mostly women) and provide them with compensation for work that they already do for free. Indeed, UBI would be the biggest feminist revolutionary act of our time.
While the economic boom that UBI is capable of providing looks promising, some skeptics have challenged it on several fronts. One criticism of UBI is that by providing people with free money is that people will have much less incentive to work. This is a fair criticism, but it is one that can be addressed by changing the tax system to a more progressive one.
In the current welfare system, benefits are phased out as workers earnings increase. This creates poor incentive to work, and in some cases like those with disability insurance, the choice is binary: work or receive benefits. With UBI, workers will only stand to gain from working and educating themselves to fit the needs of future markets.
Another strong criticism of UBI is it's relationship with families that have a lot of children. Should UBI provide more for these families? Is this fair? And perhaps more importantly: Is this economically sustainable? This is a problem directly related to overpopulation. You can read more about this in my blog post Overpopulation: A Road to Dystopia. As far as I can tell, UBI advocates haven't been entirely convincing on this front. However, some argue that this will be a non-issue.
UBI will require a change of mindset in the way we view work in our everyday lives. It will require us to accept the uncharted territories of a new world that has an abundance of resources, massive automation, and a diminishing need for traditional work. Despite the challenge this presents, I'm incredibly optimistic to the implementation of UBI in the near future (25-40 years) here in America. I expect this conversation to elevate onto the national level in the coming years.
For further reading on arguments for and against UBI, some recommended articles:
A Guaranteed Income For Every American
My Second Thoughts About Universal Basic Income
Why a Universal Basic Income Is a Terrible Idea
If Robots Steal Out Jobs, A Universal Basic Income Could Help


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The United Nations says the number of Yemenis who are dependent on assistance has risen to 22.2 million amid a brutal Saudi-led aggression on the impoverished Arab state.
The UN humanitarian affairs office, the OCHA, said on Tuesday that 8.4 million people — out of Yemen's population of 29 million — were now at risk of famine, up from 6.8 million in 2017.
According to the OCHA, a total of 22.2 million people, or 76 percent of Yemen's population, are dependent on some form of aid, an increase of 1.5 million people over the past six months.
The humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Yemen has been worsened by a crippling Saudi-led blockade.
At least 13,600 people have been killed since the onset of Saudi Arabia's military campaign against Yemen in 2015. Much of the Arabian Peninsula country's infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and factories, has been reduced to rubble due to the war.
The Saudi-led war has also triggered deadly epidemics of infectious diseases, especially diphtheria and cholera, across Yemen.
According to the World Health Organization's latest count, the cholera outbreak has killed 2,167 people since the end of April and is suspected to have infected more than one million people. About 4,000 suspected cases were being reported daily, more than half of which were among children under 18. Children under five account for a quarter of all cases.
The United Nations' efforts to address what it has described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis have been hampered by a crippling blockade imposed by the Saudi-led aggressors.
"We appeal to parties on the ground in order to stave off famine that we can continue regularly to get food, medicines in, be it from the humanitarian or the commercial side," Bettina Luescher of the UN's World Food Programme told a Geneva briefing.
The program's Yemen director, Stephen Anderson, said on Tuesday: "If the ports are restricted again we could face a catastrophic loss of life if we can't get supplies to people," he told Reuters by phone from Hudaydah on Monday.
Yemenis are facing "an extremely bleak outlook", with continued conflict, high fuel and food prices and diseases such as the cholera outbreak and the spread of diphtheria, Anderson added.


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The Iceland volcano that crippled European travel also sent airlines to Brussels to argue that passengers shouldn't be compensated in extreme situations. The first ruling says they should.
Passengers whose flights are delayed by three hours or more should be entitled to compensation from airlines, according to a senior European Court of Justice (ECJ) official.


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My favourite things about autumn… The crisp fresh morning air, snuggling under my feather duvet, the glorious colours of autumn leaves, living in the middle of the woods one really has a great vantage point. Also autumn has the fun holidays like Halloween and thanksgiving.
My favourite food of the season… Freshly picked apples from the local orchard, the possibilities are endless.
Looking forward to cooking this season… Baking bread, it's been far too hot to even consider having the oven on. Hearty stews like boeuf bourguignon, and roast potatoes and buffaloaf!
Autumnal drink… I'll be finishing the last few bottles of the rosé and begin moving onto the heavier reds.
My autumn plans… The Tiny Terror's Halloween party, a Thanks for friends Thanksgiving dinner, knitting gifts that have been on a promise since last Christmas. Preparing the vegetable garden for next years growing season. Squeezing in a quick trip somewhere and possibly re-upholstering a love seat.
What I'll miss about summer… The late light evenings, I hate when it's dark by 5.00pm.f


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Note from The Black Vault: A gentlemen wrote to me at The Black Vault about a mysterious object discovered during an MRI. After it's discovery, they are eager to see if others out there have experienced the same thing, in connection to unexplained encounters, because it does sound like her mother has had some experiences. Read the below short interview, and then check out the MRI image.
How did you discover the mysterious object?
My wife was in an MRI and they pulled her out of it to ask if she had ever had any shrapnel for metal fragments left in her body from an accident. She had not. What they had found was a weird anomaly, a t shaped piece in the attached image.
What exactly are we looking at on this image?
It is the t shaped object in the right of the MRI scan, about half way down. It kind of looks like a nail but is barbed up and down the object. I googled t shaped alien implants and others have had similar objects.
Has your wife experienced anything strange or unusual?
None that she knows of. But her mother had a very definitive experienced urging the Hudson Valley sightings of 1984. Missing time, and a weird scar on her body among other experiences. The missing time incident was her mother. She encountered a UFO with my wife's cousin and one of her cousins friends during the Hudson Valley sightings. They were gone from my wife for three hours, but thought they were only gone for a half an hour. After that my mother in law had repeated abduction dreams and a mysterious burn scar. I had heard this story many times which peaked my interest when this anomaly was discovered in my wife's neck.
I've read that they can follow a family line with abductions, which makes me concerned for my daughter. As for what we are seeing here, I have no idea. All I know is she was in the MRI getting tested after an auto accident we had. They pulled her out of the test because of that object. They thought she might have had some piece of shrapnel that was left in her body from the accident. But neither of us were cut in the accident. And she had never had a wound in her neck and head area that had left anything external in her body. It is truly an anomalous object.
Are you currently having anyone look at this further, other than The Black Vault? Would you want it taken out?
I have nobody else looking at this other than The Black Vault. If we could figure out what it is or if it is having an adverse effect, then we would think about taking it out.
What does your wife truly feel the object is? Strange anomaly? Or coincidence?
As for what it is, my wife really has no idea but is curious to figure out the mystery. There are other images of it from the MRI but this was the clearest.
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2011 Saint Rose Women's Soccer
The 2011 Saint Rose Women's Soccer Team defeated Grand Valley State 2-1 in Pensacola, Florida to claim the first team national title in the school's history. Carmelina Puopolo played hero for the Golden Knights as she scored both goals in the title game. The win capped off a 24-1-1 season which saw Saint Rose win the NE10 regular season title, the NE10 tournament title, and of course, the National Championship.
During their NCAA Tournament run, the Golden Knights would outscore their opponents 12-1 in the four games. They defeated Merrimack 5-0, followed by a win over UMass Lowell 2-0. The Golden Knights would then go on to a 1-0 win over California (Pa.). In the National Semifinals, Saint Rose knocked off Armstong Atlantic 2-0, before defeating the Lakers in the title game. The team featured eight NE10 All-Conference selections, including NE10 Player of the Year - Christina Cuffari.
This year, the NE10 is proud to welcome eight additions to our Hall of Fame. We welcome three national-title winning teams, and five outstanding former student-athletes to the Conference Hall of Fame.
The NE10 is an association of 15 diverse institutions serving student-athletes across 24 NCAA Division II sports. Together we build brilliant futures by embracing the journey of every student-athlete.
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(Nashua, N.H.) The Rivier University Women's Basketball team suffered a 105-68 setback this evening to visiting Saint Joseph's College (Maine) in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest inside the Muldoon Gymnasium. The Raiders are now 3-15 overall on the season with a 1-7 mark against the conference while the defending GNAC champions remain unblemished at 20-0 overall, 8-0 against league play.
The Raiders were led by senior Kaylee Kacavas (Dracut, Mass.) who finished with 30 points on 11-of-19 shooting from the floor. Classmate Elizabeth Meehan (Nashua, N.H.) recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 assists while fellow senior Megan Hamel (Colebrook, N.H.) finished with 17 points and seven rebounds in the loss.
Senior Hannah Marks (Waldoboro, Maine) used 22 first half points to register a team-high of 24. Classmate Julia Champagne (Brunswick, Maine) chipped in with 16 points and fellow senior Kelsi McNamara (West Newbury, Mass.) added 12 points as did senior Emily Benway (Rochester, N.H.).
Both squads will be back in conference action on Saturday afternoon as the Raiders travel to Regis College for a 3:30pm tipoff while the Monks travel to Johnson & Wales University for an 11am contest.


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Louie Zeegen and Jon Bland
Copywriter Louie Zeegen and digital designer Jon Bland talk about making people laugh, making people upset, and making a book about penises.
Who are you guys and how did you start working together?
JB: I am a designer.
LZ: I am a copywriter.
JB: We are not a studio, a duo or even friends. Kidding. It started by Louie helping me with bits of copy for my personal projects a few years ago, and after lending each other skills for a while, we thought it would be fun to work on a few collaborative efforts.
LZ: Basically it was pretty astounding that I didn't have a website—hence louiezeegen.com, and Pecker was just the result of a conversation over a few beers. We wanted to make stuff that made people laugh, or upset them.
Starting with louiezeegen.com, we have to ask—why the preacher theme?
JB: When I moved to London at the beginning of the year, Louie asked me to create a brand for him. He tasked me with creating something that captured his humour, his taste for things that are slightly odd and his passion for working with people and brands (big and small) to make them better.
One weekend, with this brief in the back of my mind, I was working with Louie at his South London home on another project. Delving through his eclectic book and record collection, I came across this strange, old tambourine that had been covered in faded religious stickers. Each sticker had a religious message accompanied by a quirky, badly drawn illustration. It caught my attention and I quizzed Louie about its origin—I knew he wasn't religious so was very curious as to why he had it.
LZ: I come from a long line of junk collectors. If we found something that was crap, reasonably priced and fun to look at, we'd buy it. My dad and I would sometimes go to this car boot sale near Brighton station. We saw this tambourine; it was one of the weirdest, funniest things I'd seen. So we bought it. We had this 'circle wall' in the hall at home—anything circular and cool got nailed to the wall. The tambourine lasted about a week before my mum wanted it taken down.
JB: After hearing the story I immediately told Louie: 'that's your brand!'
I come from a long line of junk collectors. If we found something that was crap, reasonably priced and fun to look at, we'd buy it
On pecker.world, the totemic book that rotates formidably in the centre of the page also has a worship-like feel. Is this intentional?
JB: We wanted something that showed off the book in a really simple way—not just multiple images either. We essentially had one that the user could control. Or just watch spin gloriously...
LZ: We were excited about how the book would look from the get-go, and there were lots of people asking us what's it gonna look like, how thick etc... so it made sense to just have the book, right in the middle, spinning.
Did you collaborate with a developer to realise these projects?
JB: Mike Ash has built every website I've ever done. We used to work together at Music, he's a Developer there, but I managed to corner him into helping me out with all my personal projects. When I say help, that's a bit of an understatement. Louie's site being the only exception actually; Myles Palmer helped us out with that project.
LZ: That stuff goes well over my head—I'm super envious of them both, and I can't say thanks enough!
Who are the artists, designers or filmmakers that inspire your work currently?
B: Lernert & Sander's new 3-1 music video is hands down the best thing I've seen in years. It's not saving the world or even groundbreaking but it's just a very simple idea, executed beautifully. I wonder if the original plan was to make one video for the entire album... I reckon Kanye will do that next year.
LZ: I'm a writer so as much as art and design inspires me I'm quite biased towards words. The last great thing I read was 'A Confederacy of Dunces' by John Kennedy Toole. It's funny and sad and absurd. In terms of art, I saw a Broken Fingaz show last year and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. It was pretty dumb but lots of fun.


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Kobe Bryant sits out vs. Magic
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant is skipping a game to rest for the fifth time this season when the Los Angeles Lakers host Orlando.
Lakers coach Byron Scott announced his decision about 90 minutes before game time Friday night.
Scott is trying to keep the 19-year veteran in top shape by resting him, and Bryant has so far agreed with his coach's decisions. The 36-year-old Bryant missed three straight games last month, and the Lakers held him out of last Monday's loss at Portland.
Bryant is averaging 23.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game.
Forward Ryan Kelly will start in place of Bryant, giving the Lakers a taller lineup against the Magic. Starting forward Wesley Johnson also is out of the Lakers' lineup with a strained right hip flexor.


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Chief Minister V Narayanasamy today dared Lt Governor Kiran Bedi to prove her charges of "corruption and malpractices" in admission to Post Graduate courses in private medical colleges here.
Chief Minister V Narayanasamy today dared Lt Governor Kiran Bedi to prove her charges of "corruption and malpractices" in admission to Post Graduate courses in private medical colleges here. Making a "suo moto" statement after question hour in the Assembly, he asserted that government's Centralised Admission Committee has adhered strictly to orders issued by the Health Ministry, Medical Council of India, the Supreme Court and High courts in conducting counselling to select students for PG and diploma courses in private colleges during 2017-18 academic year in the Union Territory. "It is for the first time that the Puducherry government had procured 50 per cent quota of total seats in PG courses in the colleges under government category for students of the Union Territory as no government in the past had initiated any step to do so," he said.
"The counselling by CENTAC was conducted in a transparent and fair manner," he added. The 50 per cent quota under government category was also filled in a fair manner through the counselling, he said. However, the Lt Governor had levelled allegations of corruption against officers and political leaders in selection of students. After highlighting statutory procedures followed in conducting counselling, Narayanasamy rebutted Bedi's charges of "malpractices and corruption" in selection of candidates to PG courses, saying she should prove her allegations. "Kiran Bedi should establish her allegations that malpractices were committed in finalising the list of students and that 71 seats were bartered away to private colleges," he said, taking strong exception to the charges.
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Narayanasamy said that he would file a defamation suit against "anyone making false and unfounded allegations against the government that corrupt practices were adopted in PG medical admissions." He said Bedi had made "utterly false allegations during her visit to the office of CENTAC during counselling on May 30 and 31." The Chief Minister demanded that Bedi tender an "open apology" for levelling such charges against officials and politicians. "She is also casting a slur on the Congress government in Puducherry, political leaders and government machinery," he said. He reiterated that the administration had conducted the counselling in a transparent manner, ensuring statutory reservation for students of the OBC, MBC, Backward Class (Muslim), Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Later, talking to reporters in his chamber, the Chief Minister said the Lt Governor had no authority to be present at CENTAC during counselling. "She also threatened CENTAC officials to act according to her directions," Narayanasamy alleged. "The question now arises whether Kiran Bedi deserved to occupy the post," he said taking a dig at the Lt Governor. He took strong exception to the Secretary to Lt Governor, G Theva Needhi Dhas, acting "arbitrarily` in filing counter- affidavit in the Madras High Court as a respondent in a Public Interest Litigation petition filed on medical college admission by parents and students. "Dhas did not inform the Health Minister, Chief Secretary, Health Secretary and Law Department before filing the counter affidavit. He had also not informed me of the situation," Narayanasamy said adding that he would write to the Union Home Minister apprising him of the conduct of Dhas, an IAS officer.
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