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In Canvas, you can upload all of your course documents quickly and easily by importing them as a .zip file. When importing a .zip file, Canvas even retains the file's internal folder structure.
You can import a .zip file by simply by dragging and dropping the file into Canvas or using the Upload button.
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Find some great fact-based books at your library! Miss Carol suggests...
Sizing up Winter by Lizann Flatt
Well-crafted Paper collage illustrations add visual interest to this picture book that deftly combines mathematical terminology with an overview of winter animals. The reader is encouraged to count, compare and ponder a variety of numerical concepts related to winter. Concepts and vocabulary are fairly basic, but the author does throw in some high level words such as analog and ptarmigan. Even and adult could learn a thing or two from this fun book!
Paul Thurlby's Wildlife
Creative illustrations add an extra dimension to this creative nonfiction book by award-winning Paul Thurlby. Young and old are sure to delight at the unusual facts and humorous visual interpretations of curious animal traits. A word of caution, be very weary of the tiger at the beginning and ending!


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Rumsfeld: War's Sacrifices Tragic, But Necessary
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 26, 2006 - Every U.S. servicemember lost in the global war on terror is a tragedy, but as the United States honors them this Memorial Day, it's important to recognize that some things are worth fighting for, and even dying for, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said last night on CNN's "Larry King Live."
"War is the last choice of anyone with any sense at all," Rumsfeld said. "It is a terrible, terrible thing."
But sometimes it represents the only real choice, he said. "If we tossed in the towel every time we had a problem in this country, we wouldn't have a country," he said. "We wouldn't have won the Revolutionary War."
Rumsfeld noted the hundreds of thousands of men and women who have given their lives for the country throughout its history, and the enduring importance of their sacrifices.
"The reality is that there are things worth fighting for. Thee are things worth dying for," the secretary said. "And the people in each generation, each successive generation in our country's history, have come to that conclusion. And ... thank goodness they have, (or) ... we wouldn't have the country we have today."
Today's military, with the "best-trained, the best-equipped, the best-led, the most professional troops on the face of the earth," is following in the footsteps of their forebears, he said.
"They're the best military that's ever existed. ... We are deeply in debt to the young men and women (in Operations Iraq Freedom and Enduring Freedom) that are doing such a superb job and are so professional," he said.
The troops recognize what's at stake and believe in the cause they're fighting for, Rumsfeld said.
"We're facing a global struggle against violent extremists. It happens that the current battlefield is in Iraq and Afghanistan. But if it's not there, it's somewhere else," he said. "And the closer it gets to the United States, the less advantageous it is for us."
Rumsfeld said he's touched, during visits to military hospitals, by the commitment he sees in wounded troops as well as their families.
"They're so proud of what they're doing. They're convinced that what's being done is the right thing and that they're making progress," he said. "Their families are standing by them and supportive of them. It's inspirational to be with them." It can also be "heartbreaking," he acknowledged.
Rumsfeld told King he feels privileged to be associated with members of the armed forces who have volunteered to put their nation above themselves. "Do I feel privileged to be able to work with these wonderful young men and women who are defending our country and securing our freedom, our ability to say what we want and go where we want the opportunities people have in this country?" he said. "You bet I do feel privileged."
He added that he's proud to be associated with their cause. "I think I'm very fortunate to be able to be involved in something as important as what's going on in the world today and to be doing it with people that I respect and enjoy being with," he said.
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As the epicenter of the nation's advanced manufacturing and logistics industries, Indiana has a compelling story to tell about how Hoosier companies make and move the goods people depend on every day. Our goal is to ensure everyone hears these stories – many of which share a common theme focused on cutting-edge technologies that are transforming the way products are made and moved around the world and the people who use them. Conexus Indiana launched an...
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Historic Hospital to be Torn Down in Gary
A building that once represented the racial divide in the city of Gary, but long provided health care to the African American community, will soon fall to a wrecking ball. The city says it intends to raze the long-abandoned St. John's Hospital.
Valpo Approves Plan to Level Mansion, Build New Homes
The property where an aged, Victorian-era, mansion in Valparaiso currently stands will become the site of 15 new homes, described as "upscale." The Valparaiso Board of Zoning Appeals approved the variances needed for Downtown Valparaiso Partners LLC to proceed with the project, according to our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana.
Honda to Invest $4M, Add Jobs at Greensburg Plant
The American Honda Motor Co. continues to invest in its Greensburg, Indiana plant as it has announced the factory will be producing the company's first electrified sport utility vehicle in the U.S. The company says it will invest more than $4 million and add 34 new jobs in the plant to support production of the CR-V Hybrid.
Purdue Offers 'Stranger Things' Replica Tee
Purdue University has partnered with trademark licensing agent CLC to produce a special-edition replica Purdue shirt that appeared on an episode of Netflix's "Stranger Things 3." The university also teamed up with Venley to accurately replicate the shirt, which will be available at retailers on the West Lafayette campus and online later this month.


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End-of-life notice: American Legal Ethics Library
As of March 1, 2013, the Legal Information Institute is no longer maintaining the information in the American Legal Ethics Library. It is no longer possible for us to maintain it at a level of completeness and accuracy given its staffing needs. It is very possible that we will revive it at a future time. At this point, it is in need of a complete technological renovation and reworking of the "correspondent firm" model which successfully sustained it for many years.
Many people have contributed time and effort to the project over the years, and we would like to thank them. In particular, Roger Cramton and Peter Martin not only conceived ALEL but gave much of their own labor to it. We are also grateful to Brad Wendel for his editorial contributions, to Brian Toohey and all at Jones Day for their efforts, and to all of our correspondents and contributors. Thank you.
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Commentary - Rule 8.5
[1] In modern practice lawyers frequently act outside the territorial limits of the jurisdiction in which they are licensed to practice, either in another state or outside the United States. In doing so, they remain subject to the governing authority of the jurisdiction in which they are licensed to practice. If their activity in another jurisdiction is substantial and continuous, it may constitute practice of law in that jurisdiction. See Rule 5.5.
[2] If the Rules of Professional Conduct in the two jurisdictions differ, principles of conflict of laws may apply. Similar problems can arise when a lawyer is licensed to practice in more than one jurisdiction.
[3] Where the lawyer is licensed to practice law in two jurisdictions which impose conflicting obligations, applicable rules of choice of law may govern the situation. A related problem arises with respect to practice before a federal tribunal, where the general authority of the states to regulate the practice of law must be reconciled with such authority as federal tribunals may have to regulate practice before them.


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The official word:�America redneckognized pint-sized Alana Thompson and her self-proclaimed crazy family with HERE COMES HONEY BOO. In response, TLC has ordered additional episodes of the hit series, as well as three HOLLAday specials (Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas). The show, which premiered in early August 2012, has averaged 2.3 million viewers to date. Its first half of the season ends Wednesday, September 26 at 10 PM ET/PT with a special one-hour episode titled �It Is What It Is."
�HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO has become a pop culture phenomenon,� said Amy Winter, general manager of TLC. �What you see is what you get and we are excited to share even more of Alana and her family's unbridled hilarity, sincerity and love with our viewers.�
In addition to high ratings, the digital response to HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO has been unprecedented. From parodies on major TV shows to a Gangnam Style mash-up, Alana and her family have embedded themselves into the conversations of mainstream media. Since premiere, the show has been #1 on Trendrr.tv�s cable chart for five weeks in a row with over 1.8 Twitter mentions and 1.7 billion impressions.
HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO follows Alana and her family: stay-at-home mom June, chalk-mining dad Sugar Bear, and sisters 12-year-old Lauryn "Pumpkin", 15-year-old Jessica "Chubbs", and 17-year-old Anna "Chickadee.� From family outings to loud and crazy family get-togethers, HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO takes us off the pageant stage and into the outrageous family life of the Honey Boo Boo clan.


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Each week we post a round-up of some of our most exciting national and international PUP book coverage. Reviews, interviews, events, articles–this is the spot for coverage of all things "PUP books" that took place in the last week. Enjoy!
Can you fathom a natural disaster that caused years of disastrous climate change after its occurrence? The year following Mount Tambora's 1815 eruption became known as the "Year without a Summer," when weather anomalies in Europe and New England ruined crops, displaced millions, and spawned chaos and disease. In the book Tambora, for the first time, Gillen D'Arcy Wood traces Tambora's full global and historical reach: how the volcano's three-year climate change regime initiated the first worldwide cholera pandemic, expanded opium markets in China, set the stage for Ireland's Great Famine, and plunged the United States into its first economic depression. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein's monster, inspired by Tambora's terrifying storms, embodied the fears and misery of global humanity during this transformative period, the most recent sustained climate crisis the world has faced.
Bringing the history of this planetary emergency grippingly to life, Tambora sheds light on the fragile interdependence of climate and human societies, and the threat a new era of extreme global weather poses to us all.
Tambora was recently named one of Publishers Weekly's "PW Picks: Books of the Week, April 21, 2014." Check out the list here and start reading the Introduction to Tambora here!
Looking for a book about the difficult role our government plays in society? Check out Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better by Peter H. Schuck. From healthcare to workplace conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent, wasteful giant. The most alarming consequence of ineffective policies, in addition to unrealized social goals, is the growing threat to the government's democratic legitimacy. Understanding why government fails so often–and how it might become more effective–is an urgent responsibility of citizenship. In this book, lawyer and political scientist Peter Schuck provides a wide range of examples and an enormous body of evidence to explain why so many domestic policies go awry–and how to right the foundering ship of state.
An urgent call for reform, Why Government Fails So Often is essential reading for anyone curious about why government is in such disrepute and how it can do better.
Author Peter H. Schuck recently wrote op-ed pieces for the Los Angeles Times and for Slate, in which he elaborates on campaign donation restraint issues and historical government programs that have been extremely effective. And if you're interested in beginning Why Government Fails So Often, you can start reading Chapter 1 here.
Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the latest example of how things continue to go wrong, just when it looked like they were going right. In this wide-ranging, original, and compelling book, David Runciman tells the story of modern democracy through the history of moments of crisis, from the First World War to the economic crash of 2008.
The Confidence Trap by David Runciman shows that democracies are good at recovering from emergencies but bad at avoiding them. The lesson democracies tend to learn from their mistakes is that they can survive them–and that no crisis is as bad as it seems. Breeding complacency rather than wisdom, crises lead to the dangerous belief that democracies can muddle through anything–a confidence trap that may lead to a crisis that is just too big to escape, if it hasn't already. The most serious challenges confronting democracy today are debt, the war on terror, the rise of China, and climate change. If democracy is to survive them, it must figure out a way to break the confidence trap.
The Times Literary Supplement recently reviewed The Confidence Trap which can be found here.
"Runciman's book abounds with fresh insights, arresting paradoxes, and new ways of posing old problems. It is part intellectual history, an absorbing study of the modern debate on democracy through the contrasting perspectives of key public intellectuals, such as Walter Lippmann, George F. Kennan, Francis Fukuyama and Friedrich Hayek, and part analysis of the problem of political leadership in democracies, explored through the decisions taken by leaders, particularly US presidents, and the constraints under which they operate."- The Times Literary Supplement
Does the Confidence Trap sound appealing? Start reading the Introduction here.
We are all familiar with the flood of year end lists ranking top books, innovators, movies, and so on. But seeing as we a few months out from that January rush, it seems like a great time for a mid-year round up list. On April 23, 2014, Prospect Magazine posted a ranking of the world's leading thinkers of 2014, according to its readers. Although the entire list contains 50 top thinkers, a few of our authors were highlighted amongst the top ten.
Coming in at number one on this list is Amartya Sen, author of An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions. Sen is praised for his economic prowess and incredible achievements, including a 1998 Nobel Prize and over 100 honorary degrees. He is also currently a professor at Harvard University.
At number two, we have Raghuram Rajan who is currently the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He is known for successfully predicting the 2008 financial crisis and has also authored Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy.
And at number six on the list, we have Kaushik Basu, the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at the World Bank. Basu has authored many books, his most significant being Beyond the Invisible Hand: Groundwork for a New Economics in which he promotes the consideration of culture and custom in the practice of economics.
With a list full of scholars and world changers, check out Prospect Magazine's "World Thinkers 2014" list here.


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The mission of the physics department is to prepare students to understand the physical aspect of creation in the context of acknowledging God as creator and sustainer of all, recognizing his self-revelation not only in scripture but also in his creation. We seek to prepare students to take up the task of unfolding the creation both in graduate study and in the workplace.
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- Enthusiastic, well-prepared, successful graduates
- Strong faculty commitment to high-quality teaching from a Reformed perspective
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Describe and apply the basic theories, language, problem-solving methods, and laboratory methods of the field of physics.
- Identify, select, and employ the appropriate tools and methods to perform calculations, measurements, and analyses.
- Effectively read and write professional-style papers and effectively deliver oral presentations for a variety of audiences.
- Articulate a Reformed, Christian understanding of the discipline of physics (including its historical development, approach to unfolding the creation, and its limitations) and compare this to other perspectives.
- Demonstrate a deep appreciation for the complexity of physical creation.


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Cinepaint is an Open Source image editor developed for the movie industry specifically to support high dynamic range image editing. Although originally based on the gimp image editor (for a long time cinepaint was called Film Gimp), this application has since diverged significantly.
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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com January 15, 2010 Updated on 1/16/10 On January 4th, 2010, DefenseReview published a quick piece on the new "leaked" Remington ACR (Adaptive Combat Rifle) video. Well, something rather interesting has since occurred involving the ACR. According to RFC Express, a website covering "US Federal District Court, Recently Filed Cases", a company designated ... Read More »
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Doping in Sports Isn't Cheating, It's a Natural Progression
It's an old cliché that sports is a metaphor for the human condition. But there's a lot of truth to it. As technology helped humanity obliterate these milestones and move beyond what until 100 years ago had been a long, bleak history, similar advances in nutrition, training, and using technology to improve technique have enabled sports records to fall with astonishing regularity. Let there be sports leagues that thrive on "pure sport," whatever that is, and let there be sports leagues where athletes are left to balance their own health and career longevity with technology, pharmacology, and the quest for a competitive advantage.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A head-scratching decision will be what UC Riverside considers on its bus ride back from Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.
For the UC Santa Barbara baseball team, they're happy to take it.
The Gauchos loaded the bases in a tie game in the eighth inning and rather than remove left-hander Ben Doucette and bring in right-hander Mitch Patito, UCR head coach Doug Smith elected to leave the southpaw in to face Joey Wallace.
Doucette, who had walked the previous two batters to load the bases, hit Wallace with a pitch to bring in the go-ahead run and ultimately give the Gauchos a 3-1 victory on Sunday. The win gave UCSB its first series victory over UCR since 2008 as the Gauchos and Highlanders had split the first two games of the Big West series.
UCSB improves to 14-12 overall and 2-1 in conference play. UCR falls to 8-13, 1-2.
It was almost too bad that either team had to lose Sunday's game in which Gaucho starter Zak Edgington and Highlanders' starter Trevor Frank matched each other nearly pitch for pitch. Edgington allowed one run through 7.1 innings of work while Frank was charged with two runs (one earned) in his 7.1 innings.
A wise pitching substitution from the Gauchos' dugout kept the game tied at 1-1 heading into the bottom of the eighth. After Edgington got the first out of the inning on a ground ball, Andrew Checketts brought in righty Jared Wilson, who sandwiched a walk between two base hits. Checketts called upon Jeremy Peterson (1-3) with the bases loaded and one out.
Peterson, in his first action of the week, got Jake Gallaway to roll a ball to shortstop Brandon Trinkwon, who touched second and completed the double play with a throw to first.
Brett Vertigan led off the bottom of the eighth with a double against Frank and Bryce Tafelski's sacrifice bunt pushed Vertigan to third. In came Doucette who walked Trinkwon and Greg Mahle, loading the bases. After a visit to the mound, Doucette remained in the game to face Wallace and plunked him with the second pitch of the at-bat.
Patito then came in and Luke Swenson gave the Gauchos some breathing room with a sac fly, although the insurance run was unnecessary.
Mahle pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his second save of the series to make the Gauchos victorious for the fourth time in five games.
UCSB got on the board first with a pair of bloopers in the second inning. Mahle reached on a single, which should have been an out, but shortstop Eddie Young lost the ball in the sun. Then with two outs, Peter Maris hit a pop-up that Young lost in the sun again and third baseman Cody Hough tried to recover in time, but it banged off his glove for a run-scoring error.
Edgington danced in and out of trouble, but was otherwise very solid in his outing. Riverside had runners on in every inning Edgington worked, but the lefty only allowed one run on a close play at the plate. Gallway scored on a double down the left field line by Nick Vilter in the fourth, just beating the throw from Trinkwon on the cutouff.
But it was Trinkwon who helped save a run an inning before as Wallace's throw on Vince Gonzalez's double went over the cutoff man. Trinkwon, however, backed the play up and fielded the ball on the grass in between first base and the pitcher's mound and fired a shot home where Tafelski adeptly blocked the plate and took the brunt of a hit from Young.
The Gauchos continue their nine-game homestand with a Throwback Tuesday game vs. CSU Bakersfield and then host Cal State Northridge from Thursday through Saturday. Tickets are availableby clicking here. All four games can be heard live online by clicking here with the pregame show starting a half-hour before first pitch.


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Saturday, August 22nd, 2015
9:30am to 5:30pm $195.00
Lewis Watts, photographer, curator and visual archivist will lead an all day workshop about developing photographic projects and bodies of work. Watts will use demonstration, discussion, critique and reflection to respond to and facilitate the individual vision of each participant.
Held at the Launch for Hire in Inverness, CA
Limited to 12 participants- sign up today!
Read more about the Launch Venue
About the workshop:
I am interested in interacting with people of various levels of experience, who are passionate about photography and its function as a tool of exploration and expression. I have been thinking about and teaching photography for a long time. Dialoging about work and trying to discover intention, is always very useful in helping me to continue to consider my own ideas and ways of working, while this may seem selfish, it is a powerful tool for gaining perspective. The workshop will be a chance to share our photographs with each other and respond and articulate ideas togetheras a way of clarifying a collective and personal vision. Prints work best, but we can also share digital files either by pad, laptop or projection.
We will spend most of the time looking at and talking about each other's work but there may be some time to photograph in the surroundings if people wish but this will primarily be a portfolio review. Either way, the beautiful surroundings of Tomales Bay and Inverness will provide a ready source of inspiration.
About Lewis:
Lewis Watts has been a photographer, archivist and educator for over 40 years. He is an Emeritis Professor of Art at the University of California at Santa Cruz having retired last year. He is the co-author with Elizabeth Pepin of the book "Harlem of the West, The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era", Chronical Books 2006, which consists of found photographs and oral histories of an African American Community that sprang up as a result of the migration west duringWW II and that was urban renewed out of existence in the late 1960s. He is also the co-author with Professor Eric Porter of New Orleans Suite: Music and Culture in Transition, UC Press 2013, which is a dialog of images and observations on New Oreans both before and after Hurricane Katrina.
His photography has been exhibited and in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Art, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art New Orleans, The Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase NY, Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C., The Oakland Museum of California, The Studio Museum in Harlem,the American Embassies in Moscow and Progue and the Cité de La Musique, Paris among other places.
His work is an examination of the "Cultural Landscape" of the African Diaspora inHarlem, West Oakland, New Orleans, Cuba, France and other parts of the world. His interests are in the traces of history, cultural expression, spiritual belief and contemporary experience found in these environment as well as those who leave the traces.


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The University of Wisconsin-Madison is returning to Coursera for seconds next year when it undertakes delivery of six new massive open online courses on the MOOC platform during 2015-2016. Whereas the institution's original experiment involved four disparate classes, this time the theme will be relationships: among people, among communities and between humans and the natural world. The original four-course pilot drew 135,600 registrants from every state and 141 countries.
The university said it was inspired to undertake the new theme by the work of Aldo Leopold, the late renowned expert on wildlife management who was also an environmentalist and author. Starting in 1933, Leopold also held the first professorship of game management at UW-Madison, and the institution houses the Aldo Leopold archives.
Among the new MOOCs will be "Understanding Aldo Leopold's Legacy," a session exploring his land ethic and taught by three faculty members.
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If that latter course sounds like the odd sock in the drawer, school officials explained that it would incorporate "environmental readings" of four Shakespearean dramas.
"I am delighted to move into the second and an increasingly important phase of our MOOC program," said Provost Paul DeLuca. "This new program will be thematic in nature and clearly display the Madison campus intellectual breadth and scholarship... Sustainability and environmental stewardship are subjects of great importance and we are uniquely positioned to enlist science and the humanities to address complex challenges while connecting to our communities around the state. I look forward to this next phase and continuing to watch the development of MOOCs on our campus."
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We seek applicants who will maximize the positive impact they can have on the team, for the team, and on our guests. Doom Crew members must be reliable, respectful, responsible, self-aware, optimistic, trustworthy, and have an infectious positive attitude. The Doom Crew is a team system where all tips and work are shared.
We believe in a conscious business and enlightened hospitality model. The Doom Crew must have a passion for the service industry and a non-compromising outlook -- negativity, gossip, laziness, and complaining need not apply. The Doom Crew is an all-inclusive business. We do not tolerate any of the -isms. We expect a high level of professionalism from our staff. We have a zero tolerance policy for harassment and disrespect of any kind. In turn, we have your back as we are not afraid to fire customers - we all deserve dignity. You, them, everybody.
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1. A wristband and access to the music festival on the day that you are working.
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Hi lovelies! I hope that you all have had a nice week and are ready for the weekend! It's a three-day weekend for me (whoohoo!) and I think it is a four-day weekend for some of you lucky ducks out there! I hope that you all have some great stuff planned- I'm actually going into this weekend without too many set plans and am excited to just see where it takes me.
Besides my recent forays into cooking, I've been eating some great pre-made stuff lately too! It's been a very long time since I did foodie finds but it's a chance to feature some of my new favorite products- and hopefully ones that will soon be yours too!
Falafel Chips
I first discovered Falafel Chips when I was visiting my brother in Dallas at the best grocery store ever, Central Market. I thought they were absolutely delicious, flavorful gluten-free snack but when I came back to SF, I could not find falafel chips anywhere! Then, a few weeks ago when reading my Trader Joe's Fearless Flyer (please say I'm not the only one who reads these cover to cover) I spotted them as a new item. I promptly picked them up and have been hooked ever since. These are a little spicier than the ones I had before, but they are perfect in Trader Joe's tomato basil hummus.
La Croix Sparkling Water
I love carbonated drinks and in the past have had a bad Diet Coke habit. When I tried to cut Diet Coke out, I found that what I craved the most wasn't the taste but the carbonation. So I started drinking sparkling water and my absolute favorite is La Croix! It's free of calories, sweetener and sodium and is just pure sparkling water. It comes in a variety of flavors but my favorites are berry and lime. It comes in a can (which also makes it feel more like soda) and it tastes crisp and bubbly!
Trader Joe's Gourmet Chicken Meatballs
I've never really liked meatballs. They are usually made of pork (which I don't eat) or beef, which I rarely eat so I've always kind of stayed away. Well the other day when I spotted these at Trader Joe's they just sounded different from things that I usually eat. These are made from chicken and combined with some of my favorite things– tomato, basil and provolone. They come fully cooked and only need to be heated in the microwave for a few seconds. I dipped mine (don't worry- the above was for 3 people!) into tomato-basil sauce and they were so, so good! Full of flavor and packed with protein, I will definitely be buying these again!
Nature's Habit Granola
I consider myself somewhat of a granola connoisseur (hint: why I'm Ms. GGGranola) and I have a new granola love. Nature's Habit granola is made in Napa (my neighbor!) and is one of the best granolas that I've tried to date! It's not just the oats like most granolas, rather, it's incredibly crunchy and full of clusters. Plus, you get nuts in almost every bite which is always a selling point to me. I've tried both the Granola with Almonds and Pecans and the Granola with Cherries and Cocoa and both were incredible! Oh and best of all, I found this gem at Walgreens of all places! Who knew?!
And what else do I love? Luna bars! Enter to win a box here!
-What's your favorite granola/breakfast cereal?
-Do you read the Fearless Flyer from Trader Joes?
-Tell me one of your foodie finds!


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It was only yesterday we featured the Iron Woman cosplay of PaleFunnyGhost, but that was nothing compared to this.
She's also recently done some Mass Effect cosplay, and while everyone else is busy dressing up as Commander Shepard, she went for the less obvious (and difficult) route and dressed up as EDI.
The costume is made from lycra, fabric paint, and foam. Amazing stuff.
More pics at the link below.
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The Rev. Ben and Becky Whittenbarger will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 31.
The were married on Dec. 31, 1965, in Riverside Baptist Church, with Pat F. Howard officiating.
They have been involved in Christian ministry for most of their marriage.
The Rev. Whittenbarger pastored two Baptist churches. He last served as pastor of North Rockwood Baptist Church for 31 years. He is now involved with evangelism after retiring two years ago.
Josiah Miller celebrated his 12th birthday on June 9.
He celebrated with laser tag and a pizza party with his parents, best friends and brother.
He is the son of Ben Miller and Holly Culleton.
Grandparents are Len and Gina Jackson of Harriman, and Randy and Vicki Miller of Iowa.
Josiah has a brother and best buddy, Zackary.
Ninety-one-year-old Ruth Johnson, center right, and her family celebrated five generations with the birth of Johnson's great-great-granddaughter, Brianna Denton.
Brianna was 2 months old when she and her family traveled from Tunnel Hill, Ga., for a five-generation get-together.
The family includes, from left, daughter Rosie Johnson Denton, 62, holding Brianna; grandson David Denton, 42; Johnson; and great-granddaughter Elizabeth Denton, 20.
The Rev. Jerry and Sue Leffew will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 25.
Family and friends will help them celebrate with a party from 3 to 5 p.m. June 27 in Ten Mile Community Center.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Carter will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on June 4.
Mr. Carter and the former Jean Phillips were married on June 4, 1955, in the Frost Bottom community of Oliver Springs.
He is retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and she is retired from ORNL Federal Credit Union.
The couple has two children, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Robin and Craig Freels, and Michael Plemens, all of Harriman announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Grace Danielle Plemens, to Todd Shilling Taylor Jr.
He is the son of Todd and Denise Taylor of Harriman.
The ceremony will be in June at the Knoxville Zoo.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Dan and Debb Harper of Harriman, and Reed and the late Josephine Plemens of Harriman.
She is a Harriman High School graduate and a 2015 graduate of Tennessee Tech University with a degree in art education.
Babies born at Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, to Roane County parents:
March 30 — Amanda St. Onge, Rockwood. A boy, Carter Michael Robert, 8 pounds, 0 ounces. Grandparents: Debra St. Onge.
April 12 — Jessica Marie Stone and Daniel Kencade Frost, Harriman. A boy, Jackson Noah Kencade, 5 pounds, 9 ounces. Siblings: Daniel, Joanna and Ashton. Grandparents: Jeff and Jackie Shipwash; Renee Shipwash; Freddie Davidson; Daniel Davidson; Richard and Lisa Ervin.
Louise Warmley of Harriman celebrated her 95th birthday on May 12.
She was born in Harriman on May 12, 1920, to the Rev. Preston and Troy Anderson, both deceased.
The oldest of seven children, she attended school in Alcoa, graduating from Hall High School. She later married William Warmley Jr., now deceased.
They had two children, Marvin Anderson and Dorothy Graham, six grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Babies born at Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, to Roane County parents:
Jan. 3 — Amber Leasure and Mitchell Butler, Oliver Springs. A boy, Chayce Wayne, 6 pounds, 8 ounces. Grandparents: James and Beth Haney; Mike and Joy Jackson.
• Bethany Dykes and David Redwine, Rockwood. A girl, Aubrianna Elaine, 5 pounds, 14 ounces. Sibling: Caden. Grandparents: Jeff Redwine and Tracy Redwine.
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Plemens of Harriman and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tedder of Friendsville announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Carrie Elizabeth Tedder, to Michael Richard Koehler.
He is the son of Virgil and Diane Koehler of Louisville.
A June ceremony is planned.
The bride-elect holds a master's degree in music performance from the University of Tennessee. She is band director at The Episcopal School of Knoxville.
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Frozen Dessert Recipes
Rum Raisin Ice Cream with Almond Chocolate Croquant
After dropping Aria at preschool the other morning, I had plenty of time once I got home. The ice cream maker had been sitting on out kitchen counter for the entire summer and I decided to use it one last time before it goes back to hibernation, just like a bear.
I made a simple custard using whole milk and chilled it overnight. I churned the ice cream and finished it with rum soaked raisins. The result was silky and delicious but not too rich.
I used a chocolate almond croquant as the "delivery device" and garnished the fancy dessert with golden kiwis and red currants.
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Coconut Peach Popsicle Recipe
Here's a refreshing, healthy treat for you to enjoy this summer. We made coconut peach popsicles using peaches from our garden and fresh coconuts. The popsicles are made out of a blend of puréed peaches, diced peaches, coconut milk, fresh coconut water, fresh shredded coconut, freshly squeezed lime juice, honey and vanilla beans.
You can't go wrong with these frozen treats. Plus, they're vegan! Depending on what fruit you have available, be creative and combine the fruits and spices you like.
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Vol au Vent Filled with Cherry Ice Cream
I love the combination of dark Morello cherries and balsamic vinegar. Since I have balsamic cherry vinegar from Bellindora on hand, I thought I would use the pairing in a dish. I made cherry vol au vent drizzled with Bellindora balsamic cherry chocolate sauce. If you've had balsamic syrup with fruits in the past, you will certainly love this uncommon flavoring as the balsamic cherry vinegar brings out the flavor of the sweet cherries.
The vol au vent consists of a puff pastry cup that is formed using two different sizes of cookie cutters. I filled it with homemade dark Morel ice cream. As you can see from the photo, I should have been more patient and waited for the ice cream to harden a bit in the freezer and not transfer the churned cherry ice cream directly from the ice cream machine to the cooled puff pastry. Live and learn...
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Frozen Dessert Ideas
According to Wikipedia, Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month in 1984. He also appointed the third Sunday in July as National Ice Cream Day. Reagan recognized the popularity of ice cream in the United States (90% of the nation's population consumes ice cream).
Mother Nature is finally smiling on us in Northern California, let's hope she'll continue to supply us with a good excuse to consume our favorite frozen treat.
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Goat Milk Ice Cream with Molasses Syrup Swirl
You've probably noticed, I'm addicted to anything and everything goat. Whether it's goat ricotta cheese, goat cheese Gouda or simple chèvre, I cannot get enough of goat's milk unique flavor profile. I often use goat dairy products in savory dishes, but I thought it would be fun to experiment with goat milk in desserts. After some thought, it occurred to me that there is no better showcase for goat milk than making ice cream.
I made a simple custard using goat milk and chilled it overnight. I churned the ice cream and finished it with swirls of molasses and raisin syrup. The result was silky, delicious and not too rich. I've heard that goat milk is more easily digestible than regular cow's milk, which is good for the lactose-intolerant members of my family. The only downside: there wasn't enough to feed everyone!
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WASHINGTON – A hydroponic garden that employs veterans may open in D.C. next year.
"Our hope is to be able to have a facility open in Boston, San Antonio and San Bernadino this year, and then be able to come to Washington, along with about nine other cities, next year," says Dylan Ratigan, a former CNBC and MSNBC host.
Ratigan, who is a partner in Archi's Acres, a small-scale organic farm, stopped by the WTOP studios Thursday before heading to the White House where he and a group of veterans will help plant a vegetable garden with fifth-graders.
White House advisers will be briefed on how veterans are currently being trained to be certified hydroponic, organic farmers.
The vets who will run the Archi's Acres greenhouse gardens around the country are being trained through the Veterans Sustainable Agriculture Training Academy with private funding from the nonprofit Veterans for Valor Fund, which offers veterans help with tuition, business grants and startup loans.
Veterans in the program undergo six weeks of training that costs about $4,500. They will learn how to run a business while also learning the basics of greenhouse production and farm ownership management.
The food raised in the gardens will be sold through Whole Foods.
Ratigan says the larger goal is for veterans to help solve the nation's problems by matching them with business leaders.
The aim, he says, is community problem-solving.
"Think about what are the core needs in your community today, and what you can do to collaborate with local business leaders in your community today to coordinate with local veteran communities," he says.
He envisions veterans helping with other issues, everything from energy to health to the nation's infrastructure.
Related Links:
- Archi's Acres, a small scale organic farm
- Veterans for Valor Fund, a fund that helps veterans with tuition and business grants


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Heineken X Ed Banger Records Glow In The Dark Bottle by So Me.
Keep an eye out for this fun limited edition collaborative bottle design representing the dual anniversary of Heineken (140 years) and Parisian Record Label Ed Banger (10 years).
The bottle has been designed by Ed Banger Record's graphic designer and animator Bertrand Lagros de Langeron who goes by the name of So Me. Although it was posted on High Snobiety, they failed to mention the coolest aspect of the design.... it glows in the dark!
To celebrate 10 years, Ed Banger Records is organizing the party of the century, the 1st of March at the Halle de la Villette. 10 years of music, parties, fun and friendship naturally leads us to lend our support by installing a water-bar on site for the revelers.
For the occasion, Colette will exhibit the 12 most significant SO ME album covers in their water-bar, where you can also find Heineken x Ed Banger 140th anniversary collaborative bottles (available as of March 4) and box set (March 20).
The special boxed set has So Me's graphics, acoustic foam and includes the glow in the dark bottle as well as a Lowdi wireless speaker:
Also coming soon: a book (shown below) celebrating the "Work, Family, Party" spirit, with 400 photos selected by SO ME as well as a compilation.
You can pre-order the Heineken X Ed Banger bottle here at Colette.
images courtesy of Colette and Ed Banger Records
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"above: the special boxed set has So Me's graphics, acoustic foam and includes the glow in the dark bottle as well as what appears to be a speaker or Mp3 player of sorts."
The speaker in the bottom of the box is a Lowdi.
- Friday, March 08, 2013
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For those Ricochet readers familiar with FIRE's work, you might recall a case that began six years ago dealing with Hayden Barnes, a student from Valdosta State University (VSU) who was expelled for peacefully protesting the planned construction of a parking garage on campus using a collage he posted on Facebook. I found this case so awful that I made it the opening story in my recent book, Unlearning Liberty.
As I write this, Hayden's case is in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Valdosta Division. This week's trial follows a series of other federal court rulings denying, among other motions, a motion by former VSU President Ronald Zaccari for summary judgment based on a "qualified immunity" defense. For those unfamiliar with the legal concept of qualified immunity, I explain it in some detail here. Bottom-line is, President Zaccari's violation of Hayden's constitutional rights is so bad he can, and in my opinion should, be held personally liable.
A verdict in this case is expected soon.
Today, FIRE also released a video featuring famed First Amendment lawyer Robert Corn-Revere. Bob, a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine, agreed to take on Barnes' case after I told him about the case in 2007, and here talks about some of the particulars of the case, in addition to remarking on the important role free speech plays generally in our society.


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Grossman looks to prove worthy of everyday role
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Robbie Grossman packed his bags in a quiet clubhouse last May while a steady stream of teammates came by to wish him the best. Grossman's first taste of life in the Major Leagues -- his boyhood dream -- was over, and it was clear his emotions were getting the best of him.
"If I played better, it wouldn't matter, but it is what it is," a dejected Grossman told reporters that day as he left Minute Maid Park and headed for Triple-A Oklahoma City.View Full Game Coverage
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Robbie Grossman packed his bags in a quiet clubhouse last May while a steady stream of teammates came by to wish him the best. Grossman's first taste of life in the Major Leagues -- his boyhood dream -- was over, and it was clear his emotions were getting the best of him.
"If I played better, it wouldn't matter, but it is what it is," a dejected Grossman told reporters that day as he left Minute Maid Park and headed for Triple-A Oklahoma City.View Full Game Coverage
Grossman, playing for his hometown Astros, had started 28 games early in the year and hit just .198. He went to the Minor Leagues determined to get back, motivated to get better and with the mindset that nothing was going to stop him.
Two months later, when J.D. Martinez went on the disabled list with a wrist injury, Grossman got another shot. He hit safely in his first 10 games back with the Astros, batting .472 (17-for-36) with three homers, nine RBIs and a .525 on-base percentage in that span.
Grossman, 24, grew more comfortable by the day. It was evident in his demeanor, his performance at the plate and his growth as a defensive player. Grossman had blossomed into the player the Astros had envisioned when they traded for him.
"Last year was an interesting year for him, because he came up and I think in his first stint, [he] learned about the differences between playing and succeeding in the Major Leagues and doing it at the Minor Leagues," general manager Jeff Luhnow said. "He went back to Oklahoma City and made some adjustments and got back. He was a very good player, and he helped us a lot the last couple of months of the season. I expect he's going to start from that point."
There are more than a few in the Astros organization that have pegged Grossman as the player who could have a breakout season. That's all noise to Grossman, whose reputation as a hard worker and team-first player are more important to him than anything.
"If you're not getting your uniform dirty, you're not playing hard enough," Grossman said.
Grossman called his up-and-down rookie season a learning experience, but the outfielder says he's more comfortable now.
"I know what to expect," Grossman said. "It's my second year over here, and I know what we're doing every day and I know all these guys and what the coaches expect. I am more comfortable."
Part of Grossman's growth at the plate can be credited to a new contact lens prescription he got early last year, but his adjustments in the batter's box have paid the biggest dividends.
Last year, with the help of hitting coaches John Mallee and Dan Radison at the Major League level and Leon Roberts at Triple-A, Grossman lowered his hands and learned to hold his ground better, which created more separation so he could get more power through his swing.
The adjustments continued into the winter, where Grossman, who grew up in the Houston area, was a fixture at Minute Maid Park.
"I had to," Grossman said. "The coach staff over here gave me what I needed to work on this offseason to make my game to the next level, to be an everyday player, and I worked my butt off trying to do that."
Even though Grossman scuffled early in the plate last year, Luhnow took notice that he was still drawing his walks and working counts.
"Any time you make any adjustments in your game, you're probably going to suffer a little bit of a setback at first," Luhnow said. "For a couple of weeks when he was in Oklahoma City, he was not having success, but he was just trying something different and ultimately it worked out.
"His bat got as hot as anybody in Triple-A, and when we called him up, he just continued to have that level of success at the big league level. That's a good sign. Someone who's had success and faces some adversity and is able to make the adjustments and turn it into a positive is the indication of the type of player that is going to continue to succeed."
Grossman walked at a lower rate and saw slightly fewer pitches per at-bat in his second stint in Houston last year, becoming more aggressive at the plate.
"I've definitely learned to pick and choose my spots, pick and choose with the pitchers I'm facing," Grossman said. "I've learned a lot of these guys, and I know what their strengths and weaknesses are."
When the Astros were in trade talks with the Pirates about sending starting pitcher Wandy Rodriguez to Pittsburgh in July 2012, the deal would not have gotten done had Grossman not been included, Luhnow said. It was only a year earlier Luhnow was scouting the Florida State League while with the Cardinals, and he couldn't help but notice Grossman.
Grossman played in 134 games at Bradenton that year and was named Pittsburgh's Minor League Player of the Year after hitting .294 with a .418 on-base percentage. He led all of Minor League baseball in runs (127) and walks (104) and became the first Minor league player since Nick Swisher in 2004 to score least 100 runs and walk at least 100 times.
"What he did in the Florida State League was very impressive," Luhnow said. "Not just the fact that he's able to take walks, it's the tool set that complements that -- his ability to hit from both sides of the plate, to play all three [outfield] positions, to steal a base and hit doubles. He's going to have some over-the-fence power, too. We really liked the whole tools package with the track record."
The only question now is whether Grossman is indeed an everyday player.
"My feeling is he probably is," Luhnow said. "He's a guy that can play left field for us and potentially lock that position down. Otherwise, his skill set being a switch-hitter and being able to run and get on base, he's a perfect fourth outfielder. But I think he's got a chance to be an everyday guy, and this year will help us determine that."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter.


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A subdermal bioprobe was a medical device that could be inserted under the skin of a subject to record data, which could then be analyzed with a physiometric program. It could also incorporate a homing beacon, allowing a transporter lock to be established on the individual.
During their studies of the Borg in the 2350s, Magnus and Erin Hansen used subdermal probes to keep track of specific Borg drones. (VOY: "Dark Frontier")
In 2373, The Doctor injected Kathryn Janeway with a subdermal bioprobe so that he could monitor her biochemistry as she underwent a Nechisti Order purification ritual in an effort to save Kes, who had been injured by a Nechisti shrine. The Nechani bio-scanners detected the bioprobe, but they had no objections to Janeway using the device. (VOY: "Sacred Ground")
In 2375, Kathryn Janeway and Tuvok injected a subdermal probe into a Borg drone in the Unicomplex so that they could determine the modulation of a Borg force field when the drone passed through. This allowed Janeway to adapt her bio-dampener to pass through the force field as well, though it only worked once. (VOY: "Dark Frontier")


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Gaucho wrote:Didn't know he waa that unhappy.
Legends of Hockey wrote:'Quiet, thoughtful, methodical,' wrote the National Post, summarizing the outstanding career of Larry Murphy.
The story of Larry Murphy is one of perseverance and longevity. Quietly yet efficiently, Murphy has delivered one of the most productive careers of any blueliner in NHL history.
Murphy's slick playmaking and good slap shot helped Pittsburgh win their first Stanley Cup. Murphy played a huge role in that initial Cup victory, scoring 23 points in 23 games.
Murphy was more of a passer than a rusher, preferring to pinch into the offensive zone while expertly manning the point. He was one of the best I have ever seen at holding the blue line, almost always blocking bad clearing attempts by desperate defensive teams. He was a great skater in his younger days, and possessed an excellent collection of shots.
Though he had good size, he never really played a physical game. He would bump his check off the puck rather than make strong takeouts. He relied on an heady stick checking defensive game that he excelled at due to his great hockey sense, ability to read the oncoming attack, and his flawless positioning.
Former Coach XXXXXX XXXXXX wrote:Murphy was a smart, studious player. It was his understanding of what he could do that made him special. He formed a great partnership in Pittsburgh with XXX XXXXXXXXXX.
He was good because he read the plays so well. He never got flustered.
Jaromir Jagr wrote:He's the smartest player I've ever seen.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Aug. 2, 1995 wrote:Larry Murphy is traded for a defenseman who makes about one-third as much money and has been about one-third the player.
mikey287 wrote:I'll also say that I - and by extension, we - are tainting the results of an all-time list by drafting teams for competition. But this way, I've found, is more fun than sitting there and trying to compile top-10 lists of every position and merging them and what not. Here we can draft and make teams and get people involved without it seeming like a research paper. I say this because Marc-Andre Fleury - with respect to the pick, it had to be done, I know - is not the 9th best player in our history. Nor is Barrasso 10th. Nor is Barrasso 9th nor is Fleury 10th. But, when you're put in this type of atmosphere - this is what happens.
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Who Knew? Curly Hair!
This is such a funny story and such a shocking surprise! I hope you'll read on and enjoy the journey with me. It's all good - really!
We all know that some things will change as we age. We've seen it in those around us. We've watched it on TV and in movies. It's no surprise...but there is a BIG surprise here!
We also know that we keep learning our entire lives. There have been SO MANY things I've discovered in recent years that I wish I'd known all my life. Little things about how I run our house or how I manage daily necessities. Like figuring out that though I can't afford those amazing pull out drawers and shelves in my cabinets, I can achieve the exact same convenience, ease of access and ability to utilize every single square inch of my cabinets by using plastic trays, bins and even cut down cardboard boxes! Oh yeah! Life changing as the ability to crouch to get things out of lower cabinets becomes more difficult. And by writing the names of spices on the lids, then when I pull the tray out, I instantly know which one to grab without searching through them every time! (I know I've posted that project, but can't seem to locate it just now.)
However, I have run into a "change" that I have never heard of and would never have dreamed of and it's turned my world up-side-down! One morning a few weeks ago, I woke to find my hair was one solid MAT from my ears to my waist! I don't mean tangled, I mean a solid mat like behind your dog's ears! I've never had even a tiny one before. And so began my journey of discovery. It turns out that EVERYTHING I have ever done concerning my hair was monumentally WRONG! Who knew? Thank God for the internet and so many people sharing knowledge!!!!
As I said, it was a SOLID mat, like in FELTING! After all normal efforts failed to return it to HAIR, I thought, THE SHOWER! The running water will help me untangle it and I can slather all manner of conditioners and oils into it! That'll do it! I even grabbed my giant jar of coconut oil and brought it with me.
Water made it worse (as I later learned on-line). No hair product made any difference at all. I turned to the coconut oil as a last resort. I knew it would be solid as the house is cold, but I didn't realize it would take a chisel to chip any out of it at all! I tried to melt chunks in my hand, then worked it into my hair. I put so much in, but it made no difference at all. I worked on it until I ran out of hot water!!!!
For TWO DAYS I worked on it! Yes! TWO DAYS! I toyed with the idea of calling a beauty parlor and asking what they'd charge to "comb my hair", but their shrieks of laughter filled my imagination.
I gave up and did the unimaginable...I phoned my grown daughter in a neighboring town and asked her to "come comb my hair"!!!! The irony was not lost on me! All those years I cared for her gorgeous waist length hair and now I'm asking her to make a trip JUST to COMB MY hair! LOL! Was this the start of my second childhood???
Bless her heart, she came right away. I had managed to move the mat from my ears to my shoulders, but all the rest was still solid. I told her she could just cut it off, but she wouldn't. After she'd worked on it for a very long time, and worked tons of coconut oil into it, I thought to ask for a photo.
|(The cute "bend" is from having put it up in a towel.)
From the crisis, the story is unfolding...or "untangling" LOL! As she worked, she said there seemed to be little pieces of something black in it...
You need to know that we keep the house veeeeery cold in the winter to be able to pay our heating bills. My daily attire includes boots, many layers and usually a coat. Sometimes I also wear a hat, scarf and mittens (with the fingers open so I can work). All that to explain that at night, I often wear a hat and scarf...a black fluffy scarf. Yep!
A little more back story...
My hair started thinning horrifyingly a couple of years ago. All of a sudden when I looked in a mirror one day, I could see through my hair to behind me. The doctor and hair dresser both said it was my imagination. No. I was never able to see behind me in the mirror before. It's awful. I started scarfing Biotin. I don't know that it helps at all, but I still take it. We all know hair thins for most of us as we age. Still cruddy when it happens!
In recent months, my hair has been becoming more tangly. I've never really had a problem with tangles before, even when I had a long, very curly perm. Oh it was so beautiful, but too expensive to keep perming. Oddly, I never had tangling or needed extra products for it? Say, if you look at the bottom of the right column, there's a picture of me and my baby Muffy when I had that perm!
Back to "recently" - first I had to stop using a brush, then I started using a really wide toothed comb and my fingers to finger-comb.
More recently I'd been having so much trouble with tangling when I washed my hair, that it had become a real chore. I dreaded washing my hair now. It was a BIG, exhausting job! It was also not good for my thinning hair to put it through all that trauma every time. I want to KEEP every strand I have!!!
It got so bad that, though I felt silly, I went to Walmart and looked for a detangler in the ethnic isle. Silly because I'm about as white as you can be and felt out of place there. There were SO MANY and pricey too! I ended up actually seeking out a black female employee in the hair care department to ask for recommendations for a detangler. She sent me home with a baby detangler that I was trying, but it wasn't really helping.
I had been very loosely braiding my hair for sleep, to keep it controlled and make sleeping easier (pulling etc.). That didn't last long though. Soon I couldn't separate my hair into three sections TO braid it! I went back to just leaving it loose. Two nights before the hairmare I had thought, hmmmm, if I wear my neck scarf OVER the hair (instead of under) to sleep, maybe that will control it. The first night went fine. The second night...behold the felted head!!! She was finding bits of that scarf matted into my hair nightmare!!!
Once she had me combed, I was afraid to go to bed lest it happen again. I stayed up all night researching "how to sleep with curly hair" on-line to try to avoid a repeat!
I have always had loose waives and tight ringlets at the nape of my neck. I never would have thought of myself as "curly". Since the top layer of my hair was always loose waives, and the underneath only a little more wavy, the ringlets at my neck seemed out of place. As I read and watched videos, I learned everything I have ever done with my hair was wrong! Pieces started fitting together.
I remembered that the few perms I had through life always resulted with shocked hairdressers and me dubbed "poodle woman" by my girls. When mouse and "scrunching" hit the TV, I found it gave me much more pronounced waives, but still didn't think of myself as "curly".
But here is the shock on "changes as we age" ... this last year, less actually, I have been getting more and more CURLY! Under the blah top layer, I now have coils way too tight to insert a pencil into. A doctor said hormone changes cause some women's hair to get curlier with age. That can't be it for me as I had a full panel done just months earlier that showed there isn't a measurable speck of Estrogen in me and almost no Testosterone (yes girls, we are supposed to have a healthy chunk of that too, just not near as much as men). So it's not a hormone change making me more curly. I'd thought that maybe with less hair weighing it down (the thinning), more curl was showing. I still don't know. It's a MYSTERY!!!!
I have learned a lot on line about curly hair and here is some of it. I hope it helps you. There's a whole new vocabulary for curly haired girls, plopping, clumping, defining, co-wash, no-poo, pineapple, etc.!!! You need to give up everything you thought you knew about hair care and be open to new ways.
- All curly hair is different. You need to experiment to find what works for you.
- The tangling is due to the curling.
- Everyone sheds 80-100 hairs every day. Straight hair falls out freely, but shed curly hairs get stuck in our curls, contributing to matting. When detangling, we are working the loose hairs out of our curls.
- The frizzing is due to dryness, even if your hair doesn't appear dry.
- Sleep on satin pillow cases to reduce friction as curly hair is fragile.
- For many, sleeping in a "pineapple" helps. That's pulling it all on top and loosely banding so you aren't rolling around in it as you sleep. Mine didn't work well this way as it's so very long, fine and thin. I don't have the volume to make it work well.
- Brushing for most is a bad idea. Wide toothed combs and finger combing are good. Yeah! At least I had finger combing right!
- Never use a cotton towel - it frizzes the hair. ??? Use a T-shirt!
- Then there's "plopping" - a way of putting wet hair up in a T-shirt. I am doing that after every hair washing now. A bonus is that putting your clothes on is easier without your hair getting bound up in your bra etc. It's a breeze putting makeup on with your hair plopped too!
- Don't use HOT water on your hair! It strips essential oils from the hair that helps define the curls and reduce frizz. I didn't even know what "defining curls" meant. It just means that instead of the unruly wild mass I had, defining the curls makes them stick together into visible curls.
- Don't use shampoo with sulfates in them. It also strips the oils as above.
- Don't use products with silicone in them, they require sulfates to wash out.
- Don't use products with any kind of alcohol in them. They also strip the oils.
- You don't even need to use "shampoo" - the "no-poo" movement. Basically, because of the undesirable effects of shampoo on curly hair, many now "wash" with conditioner - "co-wash". There are some cleaning agents in conditioners too and enough to do the job for our kind of hair apparently. I'm currently using a sulfate free shampoo, but will experiment with co-washing once I get a handle on this and my hair settles down.
- Curlies should only wash about once a week. With dryer hair, they don't get as greasy looking and it's gentler on the hair to "wash" more seldom and the oils are good for the curls. I do get oily at the temples after three days.
- Finishing a wash with cold water closes the cuticle, reducing friz. Ummmm...not this girl yet! It's very cold in my house and I just can't make myself try that one yet! Maybe in the heat of our Southern summer!!! :)
- One person counseled to THINK about your hair and what you're doing with it/to it. Don't treat it like a wig. It's your hair and curlies need deliberate, special care.
- I plan to use only water soluble products. My goal is no sulfates, no silicone, no alcohol. This way I do not have to use shampoo if I don't want to and they are more gentle to hair. Many of these products can be "reactivated" simply by re-wetting and scrunching with a T-shirt the next day.
- Have the T-shirt arranged on the counter to plop when ready.
- Have sulfate free shampoo, or conditioner if you are washing with it and a wide toothed comb (just in case) in the shower.
- Get in and wet hair.
- Shampoo scalp gently. I'm using Shae Moisture Curl & Shine Shampoo. DO NOT PILE HAIR UP ON TOP OF HEAD TO LATHER LIKE ON TV, LIKE YOU ALWAYS HAVE! IT JUST MAKES TANGLES!!! (Oh how I wish I'd known this from the beginning - I've had long hair almost all my life!)
- Add some water from the shower and let the shampoo flow down your hair, rubbing between your palms as you go so as to clean, but not tangle. (Never ever would have thought of that!!!)
- You can carefully squish the hanging hair too if you like, to work the shampoo/conditioner through it. Like the scrunching motion.
- Rinse the same way.
- Then I use a very small amount Tresemmé Naturals Nourishing Moisture Conditioner and all the tangles practically slip out by them selves! Even better, it's under $6 for 25 oz!!!! Just such a small dab works like magic! I don't thoroughly rinse it out so I keep that amazing moisturizing.
- Squish into hair with your hands in sort of a scrunching motion. You should hear a "squish" sound.
- Consciously, deliberately, carefully work your fingers through the hair from tips to roots, detangling as you go. As a last case alternative, use the wide toothed comb.
- What do you do with the shed hairs that end up everywhere? I stick them to the shower wall in a glob to collect them and save my shower plumbing. I also put an inexpensive cover over the drain that's designed to catch hair. It was $10.49 at Target. When I get out of the shower, I get a square of TP to easily remove the hair I've collected, from the wall and the drain, and put them in the trash can (my plumber says never the toilet!).
- When it's detangled, I use a claw clip and without coiling, twisting or anything I would have previously done, I put the clip half way down the length of my hair and then clip it to the top of my head to keep out of the flow of water while I bathe. I have not created any new tangles, but this keeps it out of the water as I finish my shower.
- Now is when I wash my body, shave, everything non-hair that is needed. It may sound odd saying this, but I didn't find one video laying it out. This is working for me. And while I do this, the water dripping from my hair isn't a problem, falling in the shower.
- Rinse your body off.
- I normally apply my Curl Keeper in the shower, just before getting out, but sometimes after I get out. Apply generously from roots to tips. Squish into hair with your hands in sort of a scrunching motion. You should hear a "squish" sound.
- Once I get out of the shower, I do one of two things:
- I leave my hair over my head, dripping into the shower while I dry my body (from outside the shower), then I plop my hair in the T-shirt and dress. OR
- I plop my hair in the T-shirt then dry my body and dress.
- Before plopping, apply any other styling products you want. I am currently using Marc Anthony's Curl Envy. I use a shockingly small amount (given the length of my hair) and it forms a nice cast. Once dry, I scrunch it a couple of times to break the cast and it's soft and happy. Finger comb and scrunch into the hair, hearing the "squishing" sound to distribute it evenly.
- After I apply the styling product, I scrunch and hold five seconds letting all the excess drip into the shower or sink. I do this all over my head until it stops dripping.
- Plopping is as simple as picking a long sleeved T-shirt, laying it on the counter/commode with the neck closest to me. With my hair over my head, I let it coil onto the center of the T-shirt, then bring the bottom of the T-shirt to the back of my neck and pull the arms around my head and back to the front where I tie them in a knot.
- It's easy to dress with the hair safely out of the way.
- It only takes a minute to dress. I leave my plop at least 10 minutes, up to an hour.
- When I take it out of the plop, I squish/scrunch the hair thoroughly, using the T-shirt.
- As I do this, I'm continuing to handle my hair thoughtfully and deliberately to keep it detangled.
- Now I make my part and scrunch a LOT with the T-shirt, holding for 5 seconds to let the curl return to it's natural state. I scrunch with hair over my head and also upright leaning to each side with it hanging down.
- Everyone agrees that letting it air dry WITHOUT TOUCHING IT WITH YOUR FINGERS (apparently it makes it frizz) is the best thing to do. So hard not to touch it!!!
- Mine, though thin and fine, takes most of the day to dry on it's own, so this isn't being workable for me.
- They say you can use a diffuser till the hair is 80% dry and I find out that I've been using a diffuser (blow dryer) wrong for decades! They say to hold it vertically at the bottom of your hair and guide the hair to coil up on top of the diffuser. You do that till it's against your head THEN you turn it on! Low to medium heat and only 30-45 seconds! Then TURN IT OFF and pull it away from hair. WHO KNEW????? Really? Who knew? What a difference it makes!
- Even using the diffuser, it takes half a day for my hair to dry and that's with TONS of scrunching with the T-shirt. I'm hoping to improve with more practice cause this is a ridiculous amount of time, effort and money to put into HAIR! LOL!
- When it's dry, flip your head upside down and rub your scalp with your fingertips. I always did this part. It fluffs it and makes it look more natural.
- If the top is flat, I got Roller Ball Clips that you clip across your part and wherever you want on your head and leave for just 10-20 min. They even help when the hair is dry. I have learned that sometimes they make undesirable effects that I then have to dampen and scrunch again. I have so little hair that they don't work fantastically on my wet hair, but better on it dry.
- I have better results using a mini version of the Diva Clips. They are HUGE! My thin fine hair couldn't handle them at all. Even the Roller Clips want to lay flat on my head (due to lack of volume). So I got the old fashioned pin curl clips and use them the same way as the Diva Clips, to lift the top of my hair from the roots. I use them for the last little time of drying, not the entire time. It's tricky removing them as the hinge part wants to tangle in my curls and that kills them. Slowly and carefully!!!
- Any section of hair that isn't curling nicely, I just re-wet with my fingers, curl around two fingers, then I wrap my towel around my fingers and squeeze to absorb the moisture before releasing the curl. Voilá!
I had always been able to get 2-3 days per shampoo. With the products I first tried with this new curly girl thing, I had much nicer day 2 and 3 hair with minimal refreshing. Mostly I just got up, flipped it over my head, rubbed my fingers against my scalp to fluff, then moistened and scrunched a very few strands around my face.
I've literally spent several hundred dollars buying products suggested by video tutorials and that comply with the lengthy list of "do not use products with these ingredients on your curly hair!". I guess it's like they said, every curly hair is different. Experiment and see what works for you! I have ruled a lot of products out and settled for now on these.
Now as you look at these "after" pictures, be merciful remembering I'm wearing LOTS of layers of clothes as it's COLD in here!!! :) Hey, that's my "plopping" T-shirt drying in the background! LOL! Isn't God great??? Even though I have thin fine hair, by His giving me the curls, it looks like I have SO MUCH more than I really do! Thank you God!!!! Really!
After the hairmare, for a while I frequently had smaller mats try to form at my neck. I sprayed them with water, then detangler and worked a small amount of conditioner into it. They came out pretty easily that way. Now that I'm using the Tresemmé conditioner, that never hasn't happened again!
And I'm overjoyed to tell you that I can easily divide my hair into three sections to braid for sleep now! When some people braid their hair then take it out later, it's all weirdly bent. I find that loosely braiding my hair now does not change my curl pattern at all. I take the braid out, fling it over my head, rub my fingers on my scalp to fluff it and it's just like it was before braiding!
I even tried sleeping with it all on top my head on one of those fat bendy curlers. I use three huge bobby pins to secure it to my head as the weight of it was pulling my hair when I laid down. No problem with the pins. My hair was dry when I put it up and it looked no different in the morning at all. It also had no tangles and the curls looked just like the day before. I found it uncomfortable and made sleeping difficult.
So, if you are aging and getting the surprise of your life waking up with felted curly hair, know you aren't alone! And if you're just now learning how to take care of the hair God gave you 61 years ago, well you aren't alone on that one either and it's a hoot! I hope this information has helped and saved you the days of searching the net for answers that I put in.
Thanks for dropping by, and reading till the end!!! God bless you and yours this new year!
I found both the Curl Envy and the Tresemmé Naturals at CVS on sale!! :)
An important development was finding EWG's Skin Deep website and then their free app. They collect the ingredient data for countless products and rate them 1 to 10 for safety based on the ingredients. They give you ratings for three categories: cancer, developmental/reprotoxicity and allergy. That's awesome because many times they show a "low" risk for the first two and a "high" risk for allergy. Well, if I've used it a long time and had no reaction, I feel I can ignore that number. They show you which ingredients are of concern too, rating them. It's pretty awesome!
I had noticed some of the new hair products I was trying printed in the directions to "wash hands after use". I thought that odd, but innocently didn't put it together that there were scary things in it. Boy do I wash after doing my hair now!
All around it's been eye-opening and a bit jarring. I scanned all the health and beauty products I have. They didn't have all of them listed, but say now that someone scanned them, they will look into it. I found I'd been using a product rated 9 out of 10!!! No more! Things I'd never have thought of being a risk, like my Ultra Calming Makeup Removing Wipes, rated a 6. Very unsettling, I found that the L'Oreal Mineral Makeup powder I've used for YEARS, the first makeup I put right on my skin, is a 7!
Now I use the app to scan products at the store before purchasing them. It's very helpful. Thank you EWG!!!!!
For the hair products I'm currently using, they rated like this and the risk numbers were entirely "allergy":
Shae Moisture Curl & Shine Shampoo - 1
Tresemmé Naturals Nourishing Moisture Conditioner - 4
Curl Keeper - not rated
Marc Anthony's Curl Envy - 5


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Barack Obama has his largest lead yet over the hypothetical Republican candidates in a new Gallup poll released Monday. It's a poll that is chock full of good news for the president.
In the survey of registered voters, 49 percent would vote for Obama today. On the other side, 45 percent would vote for Mitt Romney. And Rick Santorum's buzz appears to be ever-fading: Obama has an 8-percentage point lead over him, and he gets above the 50-percent threshold in that theoretical matchup.
Let's look at the differences among this poll and the last few. It's basically a 180 from February's poll, which had Romney with a 4-percentage point lead. And it's Obama's first lead since December, when he held a 50 percent to 48 percent advantage over the likely GOP nominee.
Also, in February's poll, Obama was virtually tied with Santorum, leading 49 percent to 48 percent.
Three other points of good news for Obama: First, he holds an even higher statistical advantage over both Romney and Santorum among Independents. He leads Romney 48 percent to 40, and Santorum by an insurmountable 16 percentage points.
Secondly, Obama holds a commanding lead in Gallup's pronounced 12 swing states, leading Romney by 9 percentage points in those 12 states. This is somewhat misleading: It generalizes the results from the 12 states together, and it doesn't really account for the fact that, in Obama's case, states like Michigan, New Mexico and Wisconsin aren't really up for grabs. He holds huge leads in all of those states, polls have shown.
However, Obama did lead the three key swing states of Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released last week.
And one last piece of good news for Obama: He's killing it with women voters, especially those under 50. He beats Romney 2-to-1 in that race (60 percent to 30 percent) after holding a slim single-digit lead in that category in the last Gallup poll.
"The momentum in the 2012 U.S. presidential election appears to be going in Obama's favor; he now enjoys his best positioning against likely Republican nominee Romney nationally and in key swing states to this point in the campaign," Gallup pollster Jeffrey M. Jones writes.


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Feb 08, 2011
Skyline Releases Men's Basketball Report #11
- Dyshaun Flournoy named to Honor Roll -
Clifton Park, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the eleventh Men's Basketball report for the 2010-11 season this afternoon, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Junior guard Dyshaun Flournoy (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood) was named to the Skyline Conference Player of the Week Honor Roll for men's basketball. Flournoy averaged a team-best 17.3 points and recorded six steals in a 2-1 week for the Rams.
To view the full report, click HERE.


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There are multiple sounds available on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, but you can also buy ringtones and other tones from the iTunes Store. To buy ringtones and other tones, open the iTunes Store app, tap More, then tap Tones.
Store availability and features might vary by country or region. Learn what's available in your country or region.
Change your ringtone
- On your iOS device, go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics.
- In the Sounds And Vibrations Patterns section, tap the sound that you want to change. You can change your Ringtone, Text Tone, New Mail sound, Calendar Alerts, and more.
- Tap on the name of a ringtone or alert tone to hear it play and set it as the new sound.
You can also set a Ringtone or Text Tone for a specific contact: In the Contacts app, find and tap the specific contact, then tap Edit in the upper-right corner. Tap Ringtone or Text Tone, then choose a new sound.
Redownload previously purchased tones
With iOS 11 or later, you can redownload purchased tones that you bought using your Apple ID.
Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics, then tap on any sound. At the top of the page, tap Download All Purchased Tones to check for any previously purchased tones that are not currently downloaded to your device. You might not see this option if you've already downloaded your previously purchased tones or if you haven't purchased any tones.
You might not be able to redownload some previously purchased tones.
Move custom ringtones from iTunes to your iOS device
If you have a custom ringtone or tone in iTunes on your Mac or PC that you want to move to your iOS device, you can manually add it to your device using iTunes.
- Connect your device to your computer.
- Open iTunes. Make sure that you have the latest version.
- On your computer, find the ringtone or tone that you want to add to your device. If the ringtone or tone previously appeared in your iTunes library, you can find it in the Tones or Ringtones folders of your iTunes media folder. If you created a ringtone in GarageBand on Mac and then shared it to iTunes, it might be in an Import folder.
- Select the tone that you want to add to your device and copy it. (You can use a keyboard shortcut.)
- Return to iTunes and go to the Library tab of Music.
- Click your device in the left sidebar, then click Tones.
- Paste your tone. (You can use a keyboard shortcut.)
You can also drag and drop your tone file onto the name of your iOS device in the left sidebar of iTunes.
Use iTunes to delete custom tones that you manually added to your iOS device
If you manually added custom tones to your iOS device, you can delete them from your device using iTunes.
- Connect your device to your computer.
- Open iTunes. Make sure that you have the latest version.
- Click your device in the left sidebar, then click Tones.
- Control-click or right-click the tone that you want to delete, then click delete tone.
If you don't see an option to delete tone, you might have to turn off "Manually manage music and videos":
- In the upper-left corner of iTunes, click .
- Scroll down to the Options section, and uncheck the box next to "Manually manage music and videos." Then click done.
You might see a message that your device is synced with another library. This means that you've used a different computer to sync your device in the past, and iTunes can't sync without first erasing and replacing all iTunes content on your device.
Learn more
- Learn how to put your iPhone on vibrate, ring, or silent mode.
- If you're using an iPhone X, you might not hear a tone or ringtone for a notification if you're looking at your device.
- You can create custom ringtones using your iPhone: Open the GarageBand app and find the song that you want to use to make a ringtone. Touch and hold the song, then choose Share > Ringtone. Enter a name for the ringtone, then tap Export.
- You can also create custom ringtones from Logic Pro X or GarageBand for macOS projects.


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Wow. Nothing like a cold drizzle in the early morning to freeze the leg muscles. No hope for a run outside in Northeast Ohio at 5 a.m. today. A year ago I would have tried it even with the 50 degree temp, rain and wind. No more. So I chased the belt on the treadmill — and watched TV and listened to the talking heads via earphones.
I never listen to music, podcasts and so on while running outside.
First, I enjoy the quiet and alone time. I like thinking about things — and often outlining on my mental computer what I am going to write about later in the day. Second, I recognize how vulnerable I am — out on the road by myself, usually in the dark and with only a few feet of concrete separating me from cars and trucks that generally come out on top in collisions with humans. I would like to believe that all drivers are paying total attention all the time. Nah. A lot of time I can see it in their eyes — that startled look that says "oops, my bad" as they turn quickly out of the way. WTF.
This won't be a surprise. I'm not a fan of drivers using cell phones — or texting while they should be concentrating on driving. Full disclosure: I'm tethered to my BlackBerry and tempted to look at it every time I hear it buzz. But I won't do that while driving. A year or so ago I was driving to Kent and tried to reply to a text message. OMG. For a minute or more I wasn't even looking at the road. Scary? Yeah. And lucky that a car or truck didn't stop in front of me. Or I didn't take a detour through a guardrail or retaining wall.
Yet I'm somewhat amused that the federal government via the Department of Transportation is holding a Distracted Drivers Summit today and tomorrow to consider the dangers of texting while driving — and to see how to best proceed in terms of national legislation aimed at banning it.
I don't believe that people should talk on cell phones or send or receive text messages while driving. It's dangerous. (See NYT editorial, "Texting to Death.") People who do it are putting themselves and their families at risk — and also others.
I also recognize that truckers and others (police?) have some legitimate points about retaining the use of computers while driving. Still, public opinion appears to be firmly behind measures that would ban text messaging while driving. And this will happen eventually — some states and local communities have already passed regulations.
Still, do we need a federal government summit on this? Nah. Common sense should prevail. But I guess that is in short supply these days along with plenty of other things. (Wonder if there is a link between lack of civility and lack of common sense? I digress.)
So here come the feds. Here's from Bob Barr, former congressman and Libertarian Party nominee for president, "Feds hold 'silly summit' in Washington":
The cost of the conference aside, and with all due respect to our Secretary of Transportation, this is absolute nonsense. "Driving distractions" have nothing — or should have nothing — to do with the federal government; and even if they did, why is it necessary to have a two-day summit to talk about them?
It is, I think, common knowledge that people are distracted by all manner of things while driving. They apply make-up, they eat, they drink, they talk to passengers, they bounce to music, they talk on the phone, they text, they read newspapers, their eyes wander, they use "hand-held electronic devices." In other words, if something can be done, someone will find a way to do it while driving. We also know that driving-while-distracted can cause accidents; sometimes deadly ones. Do we really need a federal "summit" to learn these things; things that every person who has studied for and obtained a driver's license already knows?
Are the solutions to the problem of driving-while-distracted so mysterious and ill-defined that two full days of time of hundreds of government and government-related officials must be consumed pondering such things?
Oh, Bob. What else could hundreds of government and government-related officials have to do today and tomorrow? Let's see: two wars, health care reform, Great Recession. Sigh.
Anyway, if anyone reading this is attending the summit, could you text me and let me know how it is going?
I promise I won't reply if driving.


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Cottet, Charlier No. 1 accompaniment
Cottet, Charlier No. 1 accompaniment
Jean-Marie COTTET
Piano accompaniments for
Théo CHARLIER, 36 Études Transcendantes for Trumpet
[A companion volume to the Leduc publication - the trumpet parts are NOT included].
At the suggestion of Pierre THIBAUD, internationally known Trumpet soloist and Master teacher, Jean-Marie Cottet has composed piano accompaniments for all 36 of the CHARLIER Etudes, a revered staple of the trumpeter's repertoire for 90 years.
Fifteen years in the making, Cottet's remarkably varied and effective accompaniments bring these Charlier etudes onto the concert stage and can now become concert pieces for recitals and juries. Only such wonderfully inventive accompaniments as these can do justice to the Charlier collection. (BQ-141)
Available in three formats:
1) Complete piano book for the iPad (374 pages)
2) Complete piano book in hard copy (comb binding, 320 pages, 9x12 size)
3) Individual etudes (8 to 10 pages each, 9x12 size)
If the etudes represent endurance challenges, two trumpeters can be assigned and phrases can be traded off.
Biography: As a pianist, Jean-Marie COTTET plays solo and chamber music internationally and is permanent soloist of "Ensemble COURT-CIRCUIT" in Paris. As composer, he won the first Prize of the "JOSSE international competition" (Variations for saxophone and piano) at age 18, and completed full composition studies at the Paris National Superior Conservatoire.
"When I discovered the CHARLIER Etudes, I was amazed at how much variety, invention, fantasy…and generosity, this music offers. To compose the piano parts, I only had to use Charlier's genuine ideas, to keep full unity while giving importance to the piano part as well. Outside elements are rarely introduced, but sometimes bring a touch of humor. That is real chamber music, and both partners should look for utmost pleasure in performing it." Jean-Marie COTTET, pianist and composer.