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Moneyball is one of my top ten baseball movies of all time (behind Field of Dreams, and The Natural, of course). My favorite quote in the movie comes when a baseball scout talks to Billy Beane about the moment a baseball player is told to hang up their uniform. Here's a clip from the movie, followed by theContinue reading "5 Indicators That It May Be Time For A Career Pivot"
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Ten Steps to a Personal Strategy Statement
Yesterday, I wrote about the steps I was compelled to take in my career to develop a better work/life balance for myself. The post contained big picture thoughts on how to make change in your life and career. Today's post provides 10 steps to help you develop your own personal strategy statement: Sit with aContinue reading "Ten Steps to a Personal Strategy Statement"
Career Strategy for Artists
In 2010, I had the dream. My wife and I owned a house and had recently welcomed our first child into the world. In addition, my work life was great. I had a tenure track position teaching bassoon at Bowling Green State University where I worked with a full studio of lovely students, I wasContinue reading "Career Strategy for Artists"
7 tips for artists considering work in a traditional, 9-5 job.
On my way into work this morning, I stumbled upon this article, which provides great insight into ways employers can retain a highly engaged team working on a common goal for their organization or business. This type of mindset is important for artists to think about for those who are considering more traditional, 9-5 work.Continue reading "7 tips for artists considering work in a traditional, 9-5 job."
What is an hour of your time actually worth from a Work Life Balance Perspective?
It's a funny thing, time. We never seem to have enough of it, especially when pursuing an art form that is defined by a fleeting moment in our lives. One minute we're on stage pouring our heart out for an audience, the next, we're on the way home, thinking about the next performance. Our workContinue reading "What is an hour of your time actually worth from a Work Life Balance Perspective?"


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Paella for Fidel
HAVANA TIMES, Sept. 15 – The following is part of the prologue to Margaret Randall's latest book: "To Change the World: My Years in Cuba." During the next two weeks HT will be bringing you several excerpts from the work.
Prologue: Some Reflections Before I Begin
Fidel Castro came to New York City in the summer of 1960, fresh from his guerrilla triumph. I was a young writer and soon to be single mother, enormously pregnant with Gregory-my son who forty six years later would suggest we write about Cuba together-but I longed to see the hero up close, applaud his stance, express my personal appreciation.
Carefully, lovingly, I prepared a platter of Spanish paella: not such a tropical staple perhaps, but my signature dish at the time.
I bought choice drumsticks and wings at Mrs. Schiffer's Second Avenue butcher shop, picked over giant langoustine shrimp in the market three blocks uptown and must have found the peas, black olives, bell peppers and imported saffron in that market as well.
I told the food merchants I was cooking for Fidel and all showed their enthusiasm in one way or another. One threw in an extra half pound of sausage, another handed me one gorgeous sweet red pepper. I sang as I cooked.
The pungent mix of scents invaded the grim stairwell and shabby hallways of my Lower East Side walkup. When the paella's colors shone robust and each ingredient had reached its moment of perfection, I covered my platter with aluminum foil and carried it onto an uptown subway train.
Fidel and his retinue had left the Waldorf Astoria unexpectedly. Some said the hotel administration accused them of keeping live chickens in their rooms. Others insisted it had been the Cubans' decision to leave.
Whatever the case, halfway through the visit, Fidel and his party moved up to Harlem's more friendly and welcoming Hotel Theresa.
Above ground, at 125th Street, I was immediately met by a cordon of New York City's finest; no amount of pleading convinced the police officers to let me through. Nor were they willing to take my aromatic gift and see that it get to its intended recipient.
My body still remembers its disappointment as I headed back downtown with the platter untouched, its metallic covering soiled and torn, its contents beginning to sour.
To be continued on Thursday with the excerpt: "Death of One Era, Birth of Another"
Randall, Margaret. To Change the World: My Years in Cuba. Copyright © 2009 by Margaret Randall. Reprinted by permission of Rutgers University Press.


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Charon Pierson, COPE Secretary and INANE member, recently participated in the INANE/MEDICC People-to-People Exchange trip to Cuba, January 15-22, 2017. She has written a report for the COPE digest which can be accessed here.
In addition, a report on the trip, plus plans for next steps, will be a session at INANE 2017 in Denver this summer. The full conference program is now available. If you haven't registered for INANE yet, now is the time! Click here to link to the registration page!


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Saying Goodbye to the Latina Stereotype and Reshaping My Future on My Terms
I'm a Latina who's about to turn 30, doesn't have kids, is single, lives with her dog, and actually loves her job. No, that's not something "rare." In fact, more and more Latinas in my generation — and the coming ones — are redefining their path, and making it about what suits them best. If I've learned a valuable lesson in my almost 30 years of life, it's that taking your time to do things is crucial to your own personal growth and development.
I know it's hard when your tías and abuelas are all on your case trying to get the inside scoop on your love life, mostly because they're afraid you're wasting your time when you could be someone's wife and chilling for the rest of your life (although if you end up having kids, it's going to be very difficult to relax for at least 18 years).
That was a different generation. Today's Latinas — and most women in general — are taking back our lives, our stories, and our independence, and we're doing things on our own terms and at our own time. Yes, sometimes this means that we'll have to smile and nod in our reuniones familiares when we don't agree with whatever idea of womanhood our parientes have, and instead of fighting with them, we'll have to find a way to explain why their arguments are outdated and do it nicely because no one can disrespect los mayores in a Latinx household.
It hasn't been easy, but every year that goes by, I actually feel less and less pressure to succumb to other people's ideas of how I should live my life. And with each moment, I am more certain of my decisions. They work for the lifestyle that I've built for myself, and make me happy. However, this doesn't mean that what I've chosen for myself might be the best option for others.
The beauty of this generation of empowered Latinas is that we're so comfortable doing the things that work best for us and knowing they don't have to look the same for everyone. I have all sorts of friends, from the ones who got married very young and are still married, to the divorced friends, the career-oriented ones, the ones who have turned motherhood into their career, the pet moms, the ones in long-term relationships who don't want to get married just yet, or at all. Artists, executives, businesswomen, entrepreneurs . . . some of them single, others in relationships, others with kids.
All these things have happened in the past 10 years, and to be honest, as long as my friends are happy, I'm happy for them. I celebrate the new relationships, the engagements, all the weddings — and even the divorces — all the babies and their milestones (after all, they're my sobrinos and sobrinas), the job promotions, the moves, the career changes, when they buy a house or rent an apartment. Whatever fills them with joy, fills me with joy too, because I see them making choices for them, and I see them shaping their lives how they want to.
So, cheers to Latinas continuing to change the narrative and erasing the stereotypes that have boxed us in for so long. Whatever decision you make is going to be the best one for you, and that's more than enough. If you want to be a mother, be one. If you want to be a wife, be one. If you want to be a career woman, be one. If you want to be all of those, do it. If you don't want to be any of that, don't. Nada es obligado, and however you choose to shape your future will be OK.


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By DAVID COKER
Special to the Evansville Courier & Press
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Last month, I did attend a state tax rally organized under the rotunda of our state capital building by some of the same people instrumental in organizing a state property tax repeal alliance last year. Our efforts did virtually nothing to influence state spending or revenue policy aside from shifting about 30 per cent of the property tax burden to the sales tax, which now in Indiana, thanks to the severe economic recession, is woefully incapable of providing sufficient funds to pay for all the obligations of state and local government. I predicted all of this at the end of the last session of the General Assembly in a WNIN-PBS television interview with Courier & Press Editor Mizell Stewart III.
The rally was panned by Indianapolis media pundits who paid little attention to the specifics since there wasn't a single, simplistic message they could convey to their readers and viewers. They should all be ashamed.
I have been fighting these same battles virtually my entire adult life. The result is infrequent emotional depression and an awareness that storm clouds continue to loom over the financial future of this nation -- particularly future generations.
It's not so much the taxes that are levied at all levels of government that get me down, its the mountains and mountains of public debt which continues to pile up with no end in sight.
Let me share with you a personal experience to put a fine point on my concerns. Back in the early 1980s as a lowly copy boy at a small weekly newspaper on Capitol Hill, I became engaged in an independent research project looking into the exposure of agencies of the federal government to domestic credit markets.
These programs include direct loan programs, loan guarantees and the secondary market involvement of such entities as the proverbial Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac we have all heard so much about in wake of the subprime lending crisis.
Some of this involves programs considered "off budget" — those which are included in a completely separate appendix to the federal budget — one of the most dishonest and reprehensible practices perpetuated by administrations and Congresses controlled by both political parties.
During the early years of the first Reagan administration, the total amount of accumulated debt obligations including Social Security and other entitlement programs was roughly $4 trillion and change — give or take a few hundred billion.
I worked hard in an attempt to get a grasp of all of this and wrote manuscript after manuscript for various publications in an attempt to get something published on the issue.
Of course, I was kidding myself -- it was "Morning in America" and virtually nobody wanted to hear about the "crowding out" affect of enormous federal borrowing, stifling growth in the domestic economy.
Fast forward to the Obamanation with Messrs. Geithner, Bernanke and the contemporary cast of political thespians thrust upon the 24-hour media cycle.
I heard a report the other day that the current federal contingent liability has grown to over $55 trillion, with no end in sight. Participants in the various tax "tea party" rallies have been characterized by the Department of Homeland Security as "right wing extremists" and people who deserve to be monitored by law enforcement officials at all levels.
And we wonder why there is no public trust in our government. Is there any wonder?
Each week as I try to help young children at the Dream Center do their homework and learn sound moral principles, I wonder who, if anyone, will ever explain to them how the nation in which they are growing up got so messed up. We should all be looking into a mirror.
We all should have attended the tea parties. Trouble is, it was only a one-day story until next April 15th. Again the media will trivialize the tax protestors -- that is, unless a revolution begins. Then it will become a completely different story -- just as it did in the mid-1770s — a story which none of us will be able to avoid.
David Coker is an Evansville free lance writer.


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Last time, Childhood Obesity News talked about a controversial public service announcement that Dr. Pretlow discussed in an interview. Many people interpreted the PSA as zeroing in on mothers as the root of the childhood obesity problem. For simplicity's sake, it's easier to address mothers as the main nurturers, but of course almost all advice for moms is also for dads, extended family members, day-care workers, and anyone else responsible for putting food into the face of a young human.
Even when mothers are not overtly blamed, they are made to feel like failures. Writing for Patch.com, Lisen Stromberg describes the thought process:
You tell me my kid is obese and two things happen, a) I get defensive because the subtext is I'm not a good mother, and b) I ignore your advice because I don't want to consider that, as the gate-keeper to my children's health, I may actually be harming them.
Women have all kinds of complicated feelings about weight and body image, both their own and their children's. For some women, the modern fitness-conscious mom is a paradigm of self-involvement and narcissism that they don't want to sign onto. Stromberg says:
For these women, being the mother who provides food and sacrifices herself for her family is more important than her own weight. She doesn't have time to exercise because what little time she does have, she wants to devote to her children.
Such super-focused mothers may even be aware that example is the best way to teach. But the example they are trying to set for their children is of a mother who stays home, generally in the kitchen, and it doesn't matter what kind of figure she has because it's covered up with an apron anyway. The underlying idea is that a true mother is willing to sacrifice herself by "letting herself go," without realizing that it's not an either-or proposition. Received wisdom and unquestioned attitudes are what make up a culture, and a culture often prides itself on resistance to change. Stromberg says:
It isn't as simple as rich vs. poor or white vs. 'other'. We are hitting women at the heart of their roles as mothers when we tell them their children are obese. We need to find a way to work within their own value system as mothers and women.
The culture in which a mother has been brought up might encourage her, at feeding time, to watch TV rather than concentrate on the baby, and even such small and seemingly unimportant actions make a difference. "Propping" a bottle and leaving an infant alone to drink its milk or formula is seen as harmless in some cultures, while many experts would rather see this practice abandoned. The bottom line is that families of all ethnic backgrounds and races could use a little help in one way or another.
A metastudy conducted by Dr. Tristin D. Brisbois and a team from the University of Alberta looked at 135 relevant studies, comparing 42 variables suspected to be associated with adult obesity. They narrowed it down to seven main early markers. Mothers who smoked and gained too much weight during pregnancy were noted as likely causes, and maternal BMI appears to be a definite cause. Again, rather than being neglectful or uncaring, these mothers might have been operating out of what they considered more important motives than keeping themselves healthy.
Class, or more bluntly, economic status, seems to play a part, and brings to mind an interesting footnote from a previous Childhood Obesity News topic. In this study, the economic difference was confusingly split. Speaking of the effect on unborn babies of electromagnetic fields from cellphones and appliances, Dr. De-Kun Li's team observed that:
…there was no consistent pattern of MF exposure with family income: women with either low or high family income had lower MF exposure level than women with medium family income.
There are so many ways in which parents can sabotage their children's heath — using food as a reward for good behavior; being overprotective, negligent, or authoritarian; reacting to stress in unhealthy ways; and many more — and Childhood Obesity News will look at them more deeply.
Your responses and feedback are welcome!
Source: "The Answer To Childhood Obesity? Mothers," Patch.com, 06/25/12
Source: "Early Childhood Factors ID'd for Predicting Adult Obesity," DoctorsLounge.com, 12/29/11
Source: "A Prospective Study of In-utero Exposure to Magnetic Fields and the Risk of Childhood Obesity," Nature.com, 07/27/12
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The following is part 2 of a seven part series recording a short excursion into the lives of dagongzai and dagongmei at the beginning of China's working year. See part 1 here.
On the morning of the eighth, the hiring signs went up all throughout the district as factory HR came back to work. I headed straight for the west side, where the smaller factories are collected into "industrial parks" housing dozens behind one set of gates and one crew of security guards. Sometimes, individual factories have another set of gates and security guards marking off their plot within these complexes, but many do not. I first dropped in on this smoggy Shenzhen day at the Blue Sky industrial park, where the security guards told me it was still too early, and that it might be later in the day or the next day that hiring would start. On the notice board, there was a single lonesome notice for a water pipe factory, but I couldn't find their hiring department. So I moved on to the next industrial park.
Just before 8, the streets had started to fill with workers. This was still far from Shenzhen's real get-to-work rush hour, since many people had quit their jobs before the Spring Festival in order to be able to stay home longer and would not come back until several weeks later to find new jobs. Even those who keep their jobs often use all the personal leave they can get to extend their one chance a year to go home. So the 8th, as only the first few factories got back to work, had nowhere near the normal flood of people. Still, the streets were a lot busier than a few days previously, and the first vendors had started to come back, hawking their noodles and greasy breakfast goods in the middle of the street. There were also clusters of people around hiring signs up and down the street, asking recruiters (proper recruiters now and not just the middlemen) about factory overtime and benefits. Everybody was looking for more overtime and more bonuses—skill bonuses, heat bonuses (working under high heat); one place even had married couple bonuses (100 yuan each for the married couple). Meanwhile, every factory advertises: "our wages are rising to 2,030 yuan [per month]," "all our wages and conditions are according to labor law." This is manifestly false if you know the labor law and ask a few questions about their social security and overtime. Shenzhen's labor law mandates no more than 3 hours of overtime per day. Several factories advertised 4 hours, while at the same time assuring me of their "according to labor law" conditions. Of course, even knowing the labor law, this would be of no concern to most job seekers. The more overtime the better. It means more wages to send home, more personal spending money, more savings. In any case, people seem to agree, there's not much to do in this area. Aside from work.
Shenzhen's minimum wage goes up to 2,030 yuan per month this year. What is not advertised is how factories intend to deal with this. It's true that many factories have slim margins in the dog eat dog environment of Shenzhen where everyone subcontracts for somebody else, and the numbers of bosses taking cuts are mind-boggling; but more importantly, no factory wants to see its profits cut. That means that in some cases, like in the factory I would end up working in, bosses find ways to get around minimum wage increases. Usually, this means cutting your overtime and increasing your work intensity. At my factory the general manager would assure us: Yes, of course we are raising the base wage to 2,030 yuan per month. But no! That does not mean your monthly salary goes up. Pay deductions according to production standards. Meet the production standards and get full wages, miss them, and get wages cut by whatever percentage you are short of the production target. And this very illegal, but also just fucked up, method of dealing with Shenzhen's mandated minimum wage increase was surely not just a quirk of my factory.
Returning to the job hunt, my application (or in one case, verbal inquiry) was accepted at four different factories. A plastics factory, an electronic cables factory, a metals factory, and a tiny cell phone workshop that had less than ten workers. The recruitment table of the latter was the only table I saw that offered candy and bottles of water. I took the first two jobs, despite the candy.
The metals factory was in an industrial park, with a tiny A4 paper notice taped outside, also alone on an otherwise empty message board. Their office was on the fourth floor of an obscure building, at the end of a long hall reeking of chemicals, through whose grimy windows you could see workers dipping metal cages into vats of chemicals, or using hand tools to affix things to large metal frames. The building resonated with the sound of clinking metal. In the office, which smelt of cigarettes, a middle-aged man looked at me dumbly as I walked in the door. You're hiring? I asked. He nodded. I'm applying, I felt it necessary to inform him. I explained the ID situation. He nodded, and handed me a pad of application forms. I filled one out, handed it to him, and he told me to report at 8am the next morning. As I walked back down the narrow hallway, skidding on the wet floor, a grey-haired man in his blue work suit looked at me . I'm here for a job, I replied, and stared at me in disbelief. The workers at this factory were all either men, or women over 40. This was not a place that young girls came to work.
The tiny cell phone factory was the kind of highly illegal workshop that often have the worst work injuries. This one did a little bit of cell phone assembly, and two dagongzai 1 sat on tiny stools behind the recruitment table. When I walked up to the table, they didn't pay much attention, remaining glued to their cell phones. I had to disturb them in the middle of their game. They were doing the kind of work I wanted to do most: cell phone assembly. They had me fill out a form, and I asked when I could start work. Just come back in the afternoon, one said nonchalantly. When I asked what time, I was told: whenever. Asking about the dorms, they explained that the female dorm was empty. They had only 6 workers total, all men.
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Facebook crosses billion users: How the social networking gaint plans to tackle challenges
SAN FRANCISCO: China. India. And now Facebook?
The company said on Thursday that it had a billion users worldwide who logged into Facebook at least once a month. The number is all the more remarkable considering that Facebook was created only seven years ago and has doubled its user base in the last two years alone. It took McDonald's about 40 years to attract a billion customers.
But what is the value of a billion? It is not the same for Facebook as it is for other companies.
At McDonald's, for example, those billion customers all paid for their burgers and fries. Apple has more than 400 million customers on iTunes alone, who buy movies and music with their credit cards.
Facebook, however, does not make money directly from its billion users. It makes the bulk of its revenue by serving them advertisements based on the data they share about who they are, whom they befriend and what they like. And the company is under intense pressure today to make more money off them, more quickly.
Behind the 1 billion figure were details about the importance of overseas markets for Facebook. The company listed, in alphabetical order, the top five countries from which its users logged on: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States. It did not say how many users came from each country, but it did say that four out of five users were outside the United States. Most of Facebook's revenue comes from the United States.
Of its billion users, 600 million log in from their mobile phones, illustrating how vital it is for the company to increase advertising on mobile devices. The company has only recently started offering mobile advertisements.
Facebook continues to be widely used to share photos: since fall 2005, nearly 220 billion photos have been uploaded to the site.
Under its terms of service, the company requires users to register with their real names. Yet it has been bedeviled by what it calls "duplicate" or "false" users, including accounts that are created under aliases or in the names of pets.
In documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this year, Facebook said it had discovered that 8.7 per cent of its users at the time, or 83 million, had been logging on with duplicate or false identities. The company has been trying aggressively to get rid of them.
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This weekend Lillian celebrated her 8th birthday, and like most birthday before this one, we spent the day at the National Zoo. Our family chooses to celebrate birthdays as a family and enjoying an experience over a party (more on that at a later time).
Today I am going to share my best tips for making your day at the National Zoo a great one!
- Transportation — I break all the rules on this one. The best and most often given advice is to use the Metro (D.C. form of mass transportation). We have done this once before and I really do highly recommend it. When using the Metro, there are 2 stops that are equal distance from the zoo entrance. Use the Cleveland Park stop it saves you from yet another hill you would have to climb by taking the Woodley Park stop. More about the uphill battles in a bit. We usually opt to drive for a few reasons. One, my husband knows his way around the area pretty well, and is confident in finding parking even if the lots provided by the zoo are full (they fill up FAST and there also is a cost of $22 to park), also I just have a bit less anxiety with driving.
- Cost — The zoo itself is completely FREE! Is it part of the Smithsonian Institute which means there is no admission charge. In my opinion food is a bit pricey (however very good), but you do have the option of bringing a picnic meal with you! Like previously mentioned parking is $22. There are also stroller rentals as well if you need them. Souvenirs are also available throughout the zoo. My kids are obsessed with stuffed animals so typically that is what we head home with.
- A Few Notes — (1) The zoo is literally on a hill. It is A LOT of walking. If we have the choice of parking, we tend to park on the bottom of the hill, walk to the top, and then spend our time at the zoo walking back downhill making our way to the car at the bottom. The large hill is unavoidable, so remember that when determining what all you want to bring into the zoo, or if you will need a stroller. (2) The zoo has so many amazing animals and features to it. We find that when we go in the morning we have better luck with seeing the most activity. The elephants are by far my daughters favorite. (3) The main attraction is the Panda, however don't get your heart set on sighting it. In the numerous times we have visited, we have only ever spotted it twice. (4) The Kids Farm is a great spot for the little ones who want to get up close and personal with animals. Cows, Goats, Donkeys, it really is a great spot for the younger crowd.
- Crowds — I am not a huge fan of crowds. Going in the morning really helps, and also picking an off peak date/time will ensure you have less crowds to deal with. The main issues with the crowds are the seating a meal locations, and inside locations become extremely hard to navigate in when crowded.
I hope this helps make your trip to the zoo a bit easier and adds to the fun. For more informations including hours and construction info you can visit the NATIONAL ZOO WEBSITE
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You've found the right supplier, they've passed all your due diligence during the onboarding checks, they have proven themselves consistently throughout your sourcing process and you have awarded a contract which has been fairly negotiated and provides value for all parties – so far, so good.
However, there are a number of issues remaining. First of all, a contract is of little value if people in the business aren't directed to use it. Too often we see organisations with well negotiated contracts locked away in Sharepoint, Dropbox, Excel or even physical filing cabinets, making them completely unsearchable for procurement and legal teams. Good contract management cannot be accomplished using Sharepoint or Dropbox, it takes more than that. Organisations who adopt these approaches only increase administrative burden, cause savings opportunities to go unrealised and open themselves up to compliance risks. On top of this, the lack of a clear process and alerts for monitoring key contract events exposes organisations to unwanted auto-renewals and missed termination dates, often facilitating huge financial losses.
The problem of a lack of visibility extends to the wider organisation where agreed contracts are not presented to users of purchase-to-pay at time of purchase, meaning potentially more maverick spend and lost savings opportunities.
In our experience, the first step for a buying organisation to deal with these contract issues sounds so simple and yet so few organisations deal with it. To us, the most efficient way of doing this is to make all your contract data and physical documents visible in a single web-based contracts repository. For many organisations, simply knowing how many contracts they have, who those are with, what they are worth and the framework and terms of the agreement is an enormous leap forward itself. From this starting point, a first class contract management tool will make this information accessible, present it in dashboards and ensure it is used to improve negotiating positions, reduce risks of poor supplier performance and ultimately, empower organisations to make smarter decisions.
Organisations using contract management will reap the benefits of robust search functionality, and proactive renewal management by making use of automated alerts to safeguard against the possibility of missed review or renewal deadlines, and protecting the organisation from the risk of contracts with unfavourable terms or with out of favour suppliers rolling over.
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Joseph Rampolla, M.A.
Rampolla, M.A. is coauthor of
Augmented Reality — An Emerging Technologies Guide
to AR.
Joe has been a law enforcement officer for 18 years. In 1994 he earned his Masters of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from John Jay College in New York City. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law & Society from Ramapo College of New Jersey.
He became a police officer in 1995 and currently holds the rank of Captain for the Park Ridge Police Department. He has supervised numerous criminal investigations within the department and oversees the Detective Bureau. In 2003 he was assigned to a regional computer crimes task force. He has successfully completed training offered by county, state, and federal agencies as well as leading technology companies with a focus in the areas of computer forensics, Internet child exploitation, cyber-bullying, cyber counter-terrorism, human trafficking, and Peer-to-Peer file sharing investigations.
Joe is a member of the HTCIA, HTCC, and IACIS. He enjoys teaching the topics of cybercrimes, augmented reality / virtual worlds, cyberbullying, and advanced undercover Internet Relay Chat (IRC) investigations. He has taught International law enforcement at Microsoft in Redmond WA, in the Ontario Canadian Providence, and taught cybercrime topics to all levels of law enforcement for the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
He serves as a consultant for various organizations across the United States and presents for the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) and Fox Valley Technical College. He has become an Augmented Reality "Junkie" and dreams about how AR can make our world a better place while protecting society. He is the creator of the Augmented Reality Dirt Podcast and Blog. The AR Dirt Podcast is one of the first podcasts dedicated to the field of AR and explores cutting edge and emerging technologies that influence society, cybercrime, and our legal system.
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Navy develops remote-controlled smart appliance to treat and test COVID-19 patients
Taking in to account a basic concept mooted by an inventor, Mr. Thushara Kelum Wadasinghe, the Navy's Research and Development Unit developed a remote-controlled smart appliance called 'Medi Mate' in a bid to treat and test COVID-19 patients, allowing healthcare workers to remain at a safe distance from the highly infectious virus. This smart appliance developed under Navy's patronage was handed over for the use of Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital today (08th April 2020).
Sri Lanka Navy, under the able guidance of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva, has been conducting a wide array of programmes in light of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation. Apart from that, with the blessing of the Navy Commander, prospective innovators in the Navy are introduced latest technology and provided with necessary facilities through R&D Unit to unveil their innovative concepts. It is in this backdrop the Research and Development Unit of Sri Lanka Navy exerted itself to develop a remote-controlled, wheeled gadgetry to treat COVID-19 patients remaining at a safe distance. This smart appliance will also help healthcare workers to diagnose ailments, communicate with patients and dispense medicine and meals to them, without getting closer to the infected people. As such, this innovative appliance will help protect doctors and healthcare workers from the highly contagious novel coronavirus, when they are dealing with COVID-19 patients. As a new feature, this remote-controlled gadgetry also has an automated nozzle which sprays a stream of sanitizing liquid to the hands of the patient, allowing him/her to sanitize the hands before touching any equipment or drugs placed on the device.
The low-key ceremony to hand over this automation to the Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital was presided over by Director Naval Electrical & Electronic Engineering ( Fleet & Weapon) and Director Naval Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Admin & Utility) Commodore (Electrical) Kamal Bombugalage. The Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital has been made ready to treat persons who are suspected of having contracted the novel coronavirus. The Research and Development Unit of Sri Lanka Navy has also developed a disinfection chamber recently and similar chambers, with added features, have been set up at Kalubowila Teaching Hospital, Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital and University Hospital KDU.


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Conclusion of a previous post, published June 1, 2017.
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A year later, Baby Heather had graduated from the fruit basket to the booster seat. One day we were all piling into the car, and just as I was about to lift all 22 pounds of her up to the booster seat, I noticed that the small soft dolly that never left her side wasn't there, so I left her standing on the floor of the backseat and went to fetch it. When I returned, she had climbed up and sat down where she belonged all by herself. I've often heard mothers say they thought changing diapers would never end, but that wasn't as hard for me as the lifting and carrying. On the day my last baby took her place on her own, I thought to myself, "I'm going to make it."
My days were filled with all the tasks required to sustain a family of six–child care, cooking, cleaning and lots of laundry. And since I didn't drive, unlike mothers of today who spend much of their time in the car taking their kids places, that was all I did.
I had not gotten my license when I was sixteen like most of my friends. A month after my birthday I'd been a passenger in a car driven by a new driver and we'd skidded off the road on a snowy night. No one was hurt but it scared my parents and they asked me to wait until I was older, and I had so many other things going on—earning good grades, singing in the chorus and giving piano lessons—that it wasn't a big deal.
In my senior year not being able to drive to school might have been a drag, but my cousin, Louie, came to live with us after he was discharged from the Navy. He drove a corvette and liked showing it off, and I liked being chauffeured by a handsome guy with a hot car. When we'd pull up in front of my high school with the top down, everyone would gawk first at the car, then at Louie and finally at me as I nonchalantly untied the scarf around my windblown hair. It was the only time in my life I felt as cool as Annette Funicello.


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A little league program is a great way to introduce a sports program for boys and girls in your city. Chartering with Little League for the first time is a quick and easy 3-step process that can often be completed in less than two weeks.
3 Steps to Chartering with Little League for the First Time
1. Complete and Submit a Charter Application
The Little League Charter Application is the form where you will indicate how many teams you league will be chartering in each division. Additionally, this is form where you can purchase accident and liability insurance though Little League. For additional information on how to complete a charter application, you can consult the littleleague.org website or contact Little League Philippines.
Once completed, the charter application can be sent to: Little League Philippines c/o Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium cor. Vito Cruz & Adriatico sts. Malate Manila. Attn: Mr. Chito Gonzalez, Assistant District Administrator
2. Submit a League Constitution and List of Board Members.
Each affiliated Little League program must submit a League Constitution. A constitution is the legal document that governs the operation of your Little League Sample Constitution; however, if you have an existing constitution you may submit that as well. Along with your League Constitution, Please also submit a list of current board members for our records.
3. Submit a Boundary Map
All Little League programs must file a boundary map of the area from which the will draw their players. The boundary map should include a closed boundary, as well as a written description of that boundary. For additional information contact your local District Administrator to complete the map. Once completed, your boundary map shall be submitted to the Little League International regional office.
And 4…. Start your tournaments!
The best way to start a little league program is in the tee ball/coach pitch ages (5-8) and in the minor/major ages (9-12). In these ages, boys and girls can safely play together and most of the children are learning the game together. It is also a good age for parents to get involved and coach or help the teams. The field requirements are smaller and participation is usually larger.


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March 2018
10Mar7:00 PM9:00 PMChanting and Meditation7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Community Meditation Center Teacher(s): Jai Uttal, Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
Event Details
Cost: Sliding Scale $30 - 100. Code JA1E18. As the days become longer, let's awaken from our winter hibernation and introspection into celebration and joy. The heart is an honored gateway
Event Details
Cost: Sliding Scale $30 – 100. Code JA1E18.
As the days become longer, let's awaken from our winter hibernation and introspection into celebration and joy. The heart is an honored gateway to our most profound and boundless nature. Using the ancient and sublime blend of kirtan (chanting) and meditation, we can open the heart of infinite love. Kirtan in the Bhakti tradition taps the nectar of spiritual longing and devotion and invites us to surrender everything into the Sacred. Used together, kirtan and meditation can reveal the expansive view of our sky-like nature.
For more than 30 years of commitment to the art and spiritual practice of kirtan, Jai Uttal has cultivated a voice and musical style that carries the listener into the heart of devotion, prayer and healing. Through call-and-response group chanting, he guides beginning and experienced chanters to an ecstatic remembrance of the divine.
Young Adults (18-26) and Seniors (65+ with limited income) are invited to attend this day for $20.
CARPOOLING is always requested, and due to the large number of people expected at this event, cars with less than 3 people will be asked to pay a $10 non-carpooling fee. Bring more if you can! Spirit Rock only charges this fee for events that will be very full as we have pledged to help keep traffic down on Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and we have limited onsite parking. You can find other people on our carpooling forum at our Online Bulletin Board For Ride Sharing. Folks who can OFFER a ride are usually needed.
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Online registration for our programs is available until 12 noon of the last business day prior to the day of the event (e.g. online registration for a Monday program ends at 12 noon on the prior Friday). There is an additional $5 fee for registering at the door. If you can't attend an event you registered for, please see our Cancellation Policy.
Visit our Online Bulletin Board for Ride Sharing to find or offer a ride.
Volunteer/Work Exchange opportunities, as well as full or partial Scholarships, may be available for this program. For more information, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at email@example.com.
Even if you have been to Spirit Rock before, please review our Non-Residential Programs FAQ for useful information about what to wear, what to bring, how to get here, and more.
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I finished my first week of work at the airport on Friday. It's been a good week, despite waking up at 6am every morning to get there on time, and standing on my feet for hours and hours every day.
Most of the people coming into Canada are really friendly and polite, but some can be really rude. Luckily, my coworkers are all really nice so going to work is never a sad thing. After work on Friday we all went to the Elephant and Castle, a little "pub" in the international arrivals waiting area, and had a good chat before heading home. Amanda had her camera so a stranger took a photo of all of us. We're "Travel Coordinators" technically, but we're only known as the Red Shirts:
From Left to Right: Laura, Amanda, Peggy, Diana, me, Mark.
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Sunday, April 24, 2016
Miner County SD Hunting Lease – 760 acres
WATERFOWL HUNTING! This property consists of mostly crop acres and some CRP ground. There are many man made ponds found on this property. Carthage Lake is only 1/2 mile from the property, so waterfowl hunting can be very good for field hunting set ups as well as on the small ponds. Several Deer will range in this area, but doesn't have any timber. Pheasants can be found in the small CRP patches throughout the property.
Very easy to get to location.
ATV's can be used for hunting purposes only.
Click HERE for Pricing, Photos, Maps, and more Info
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Notice Number: NOT-NS-13-028
Key Dates
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Issued by
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Each year, the NINDS and the American Neurological Association (ANA) sponsor a workshop designed specifically for clinician-scientists who obtain a Mentored Career Development Award (K08 or K23) from NINDS. This workshop is also available to clinician-scientists supported by other mentored K awards, including the K12 and K99 awards. This workshop is organized and run based on the expectation that participation will have a large, beneficial influence on the success of K awardees in their pursuit of a dual career as outstanding clinicians and independently funded research scientists. The workshop has been given annually for over 10 years, is evaluated and updated annually and has been considered to be very beneficial by those who have attended.
The faculty of this workshop includes senior NINDS staff, Chairs of Neurology Departments, established clinician-scientists in neurology and clinician-scientists who recently transitioned from mentored K awards to independent funding. The workshop covers a wide range of topics, including grant writing, career development and problem solving for multiple issues pertinent to this population. In addition, the workshop includes a poster session and significant opportunities for attendees to network among peers, leaders in neurology research and NINDS staff.
The NINDS/ANA workshop typically begins on the Friday evening and continues all day on the Saturday immediately preceding the start of the ANA annual meeting.
NINDS K awardees are invited to attend this workshop twice (in non-consecutive years) during the 5 year K award period. It is intended that K awardees will attend this workshop during the 1st and 4th year of the K award. However, it is understood that time conflicts can arise, so historically, some K awardees have attended during the 2nd, 3rd and/or 5th year of their awards.
The purpose of this Notice is to inform NINDS K awardees of a change in financial support provided with their K awards, which is intended to facilitate attendance at this workshop. Currently, mentored NINDS K awards include $50,000 per year for research and career development expenses. Effective June 1, 2013, for new awards made subsequent to May, 2013 NINDS council, an additional $1,000 per year will be added to the research cost budget, for a total of $51,000 per year. This additional funding is being provided with the expectation that K awardees will use some or all of it to attend the NINDS-ANA sponsored workshop twice during the first four years of the K award.
Starting with K awards made on or after June 1, 2013, K awardees are expected to attend the workshop twice, once during either the 1st or 2nd year of the K award and once during the 3rd or 4th year of the K award (and not in consecutive years). It is highly recommended that scholars attend during their 1st and 4th year, but it is understood that, due to scheduling conflicts, this timetable may not always be possible. Because much of the emphasis of the workshop is preparation for transition to independent funding, which should be in process during the 5th year, funds will not be provided for attendance at the workshop during the 5th year of the award.
This additional $5,000 over the duration of the award is being provided specifically to enable attendance at the annual workshop. Consequently, K awardees who have not attended the workshop twice during the first 4 years of their K award will receive a total of $46,000 in the year 5 research cost budget, which will maintain the research cost budget of the K award at an average of $50,000 per year to support research and career development activities.
Please direct all inquiries to:
Stephen Korn, Ph.D.
Office of Training, Career Development and Workforce Diversity
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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Bull Shoals LakeARKANSAS - MISSOURI
• River: White River
• Surface Area: 45,440 Acres
The wooded shoreline of Bull Shoals Lake is mostly undeveloped and protected by a buffer zone. The Army Corps of Engineers maintain several parks that offer, among other things, camping and picnic facilities, swimming areas, and boat ramps. Boat rentals, fuel, and other water-sport-related accommodations are available at multiple Bull Shoals Lake marinas.
Bull Shoals Lake is fed by the White River as it travels toward the Mississippi River. The lake is therefore the farthest downstream in a chain of four that order Beaver, Table Rock, Taneycomo, and Bull Shoals. The lakes are controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers and serve a dual purpose of flood control and recreational resources. Bull Shoals Lake fluctuates regularly, with a normal pool elevation of 654-feet above sea level.
Bull Shoals Dam was created to impound the White River by one of the largest concrete dams in the United States and the 5th largest dam in the world at its inception. Work on the dam began in 1947, was completed in 1951 and dedicated by President Harry S. Truman in 1952. At least seven small family cemeteries and 20 larger cemeteries were meticulously relocated to accommodate the new lake. Recent national events include Brostock 2010 and 2011, and the TBF Bass Federation and Bassmaster Elite Series Tournaments in 2012.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Rockman X DiVE To Be Released on March 24th
The news we've been waiting for has finally arrived. After being delayed several times and a lot of uncertainty and speculation, the Rockman X DiVE development team announced the release date of the game via both the Official Facebook Page and the Official Website: March 24th. That's one week from today.
At the time of this writing, the development team didn't provide an update about country availability. We can assume the game will continue to launch first in these previously announced countries: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia.
Stay tuned for more news and hopefully an update when the game will be available for the rest of the world!
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I'm back again, that means me been in my cupboard instead of behind the ironing board!!! Do you know I just could not be bothered with chores today, so had a glass of wine, popped a casserole in the oven and made a card instead!! Perfick!
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I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.


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Healdsburg, CA
Geyserville, CA
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Lancaster Estate's 53-acres of vineyards are born from the rich, volcanic soils and rolling hillsides of Alexander Valley. It is the great diversity of soil along with the cool evenings and sun drenched days that create ideal growing conditions for Bordeaux varietals. At Lancaster Estate, we are dedicated to growing Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Petite Verdot and Cabernet Franc with the explicit intention of producing the most authentic expression possible.
Whether you choose to come during our bustling harvest season or to enjoy the budbreak in spring, all four seasons are visually stunning at Lancaster Estate. Vineyard colors vary from lush greens in late May through summer to a palette of rich purples and greens in the fall. During your stay, experience one of Lancaster Estate's library tastings, winemaker's dinners or blending seminars offered throughout the year.
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Not every student is the same and she really recognized that.Michellehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-76913636821575753782012-03-27T00:58:57.176-06:002012-03-27T00:58:57.176-06:00My high school math teacher! Mr. Remaley he inspir...My high school math teacher! Mr. Remaley he inspired me in so many ways to be a better person and to get involved. I am about to finish my masters degree and it is always so wonderful to go back to school and see him inspiring a whole new class of email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-7981327022857365672012-03-26T15:50:03.938-06:002012-03-26T15:50:03.938-06:00Mrs. Burke, my kindergarten teacher. (I am in 2nd...Mrs. Burke, my kindergarten teacher. (I am in 2nd grade!) She loves Jesus! She had a kitchen in her room that I loved to play! She taught me to draw things! 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My fav was Mr. Ehlin, my 6th grade teacher. He use to sit on the edge of his desk and read aloud to us! And he had a white rocking chair with a yellow cushion. (Don't know why I feel the need to tell you that!) He made me feel important and smart, and I adored firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-26668988491685167422012-03-25T18:55:00.566-06:002012-03-25T18:55:00.566-06:00Great post! I had many favorite teachers but Mrs....Great post! I had many favorite teachers but Mrs. Britton-Simmons was the best. She was my 11th grade English teacher and would always tell us that we could call her Mrs. BS for short, as long as we said it with a firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-13837526315049500352012-03-24T12:26:12.316-06:002012-03-24T12:26:12.316-06:00My fave teacher? Mrs. Moll. She was my REACH teach...My fave teacher? Mrs. Moll. She was my REACH teacher in 4th/5th grade. She really made learning FAR more fun than when I was sitting in my regular classes. She helped me learn there were more ways to learn things than just staring at a book. And now that I have a gifted child of my own, I use the knowledge I gained form her, to help him continue to see that learning is fun.Meganhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-31156839435746998162012-03-22T07:19:38.502-06:002012-03-22T07:19:38.502-06:00The teacher who left the biggest impression on me ...The teacher who left the biggest impression on me was Sr. Elaine Tromba. She was my teacher in 5th grade when I was new to the school, and so was she. We was our teacher again in seventh grade. We knew she cared, and also helped us learn that the Sisters were people too.Stitching Princesshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-4610063377184961502012-03-21T17:13:06.436-06:002012-03-21T17:13:06.436-06:00In 6th grade, I was terrified to get Mr. DeRoche. ...In 6th grade, I was terrified to get Mr. DeRoche. He was a former military man who had lost use of his index finger and pointed with his middle finger. He also had no muscle control on one side of his face and talked with only half his mouth. The first lesson I learned from him was "don't judge a book by it's cover". There were thousands of other things that I learned from that wonderful teacher. He has since passed away, but I hope somewhere, somehow, he knows what he meant to a scared little girl, and how much she appreciates him and his efforts still today.Jennifer in firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-84645973651990908182012-03-21T16:10:17.821-06:002012-03-21T16:10:17.821-06:00It is so good to read your inspiring post. Skippy...It is so good to read your inspiring post. Skippy Jon Jones is my absolute favorite guilty pleasure. I even do the accent when I read the books to my fifth graders. My favorite teacher was my 8th grade math teacher. I hated math but she was kind and took the time to make sure we all understood the problems.Angelahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-88302676345939274952012-03-21T15:20:09.553-06:002012-03-21T15:20:09.553-06:00This is a great post for a retired teacher to read...This is a great post for a retired teacher to read. I hope I left memories like these with my students. My favorite teacher was Mme. Estes. She taught me French for 3 years in high school. When I was given a different teacher my senior year, I ended up dropping the class. She couldn't compare to Mme. Estes.Grammy Goodwillhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-53335143428522779612012-03-21T11:57:36.790-06:002012-03-21T11:57:36.790-06:00you're the kind of teacher every parent hopes ...you're the kind of teacher every parent hopes their kids will have.painted maypolehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-30612818640500853732012-03-21T10:02:42.401-06:002012-03-21T10:02:42.401-06:00ADORABLE <3<3<3 XoXo Plami http://www.f...ADORABLE <3<3<3

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http://www.fashionthrill.com/Plamihttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-56436696524365869852012-03-21T09:45:28.556-06:002012-03-21T09:45:28.556-06:00I wish my boys could have you as a teacher! I lov...I wish my boys could have you as a teacher! I love your wonderfully sarcastic style wrapped up in caring. I hope my boys (11,9 and 3) are blessed with a teacher like you one day!

I had many wonderful teachers. I guess Ms. Peart would have to be my favorite. She taught Marine Science in High School. What fun that class was! One of my class mates fell out of his chair (giant football player!) and she went running over to make sure he was ok . . . and then konked him on the head for being so dumb. Did I mention she was just about 5 feet tall and he was well over 6 feet. Still remmeber the look on his face. He did not lean back in his chair firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-86709938042329615562012-03-21T08:55:49.595-06:002012-03-21T08:55:49.595-06:00Love this! One of my favorite teachers was Mr. Ri...Love this! One of my favorite teachers was Mr. Rich in 7th grade. He taught Choir and I didn't love to sing in front of others. He pushed me out of my comfort zone and made me do things I didn't want to do. Sing in front of others by myself...never! But he worked with me and I won't say that I loved doing that but he gave me the courage to do it. He was an Awesome teacher and loved by all of his students. Kudos to great teachers like him and to you Mrs. Scott!Sharihttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-77803433442350378342012-03-21T03:32:07.512-06:002012-03-21T03:32:07.512-06:00My favorite teacher will always be Mrs. Robinson. ...My favorite teacher will always be Mrs. Robinson. I was a C/D student who HATED math (sorry Jill). In 7th grade, she pulled us into a pre-algebra section, gave me a calcuator and I got an A. Yes, I went from a C to an A. It clicked, I can't do all that basic stuff, but the number/letter word problem... that made sense.

She truely believed in me, made me believe that I was actually smart and could do things. There was no reason for me to skate through school. I had A/B potential NOT a C/D student. Thank you again Mrs. Robinson! (I did send her a thank you note when I graduated college. I have no idea if she received it, but I hope someway she knows how much she affected my life.)Suzanne firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-85046081174275493492012-03-20T23:36:02.505-06:002012-03-20T23:36:02.505-06:00My 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Pedraza had a library i...My 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Pedraza had a library in her class that we could visit as soon as our work was done. I loved that she made reading a reward, and not a requirement. I loved my senior English teacher, because he let us explore ourselves and our learning. We would read a book, and he would give us prompting questions throughout the book, but at the end we would come together and the students would discuss what we did or did not like. The only time he would interrupt is if/when we would start arguing. He let us take charge of our own learning, and I loved that. I also decided to become a teacher because of my 4th grade teacher, who was so mean. She called me stupid one day for not understanding long division. I promised myself that I would become a teacher to help students learn, not to make them feel stupid.Natalie Evershedhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-70535782112797890812012-03-20T22:45:44.524-06:002012-03-20T22:45:44.524-06:00Love this blog posting! Wish we lived in your scho...Love this blog posting! Wish we lived in your school boundaries. You are exactly the kind of teacher I love my kids to have! My favorite teacher. Wow, that's hard, I've had so many! I automatically go to my elementary school memories. I'll just pick one. I loved Mrs. Lewis in 3rd grade. She actually taught my Mom when she was in 3rd grade and I was her last class before she retired! I always thought that was pretty cool.Reneehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-61043852009032168122012-03-20T19:41:14.009-06:002012-03-20T19:41:14.009-06:00I remember RIF! Got to write in to get them a buc...I remember RIF! Got to write in to get them a buck. My favorite teacher when I was young was Mrs. Edelman, whom I had for second grade and also for science the next few years. She taught with so much passion and enthusiasm, and made everything an adventure she seemed to be on for the very first time. She introduced us to other cultures, and later as a science teacher, to other realms. And she was funny as can be. It sounds as if you are exactly that kind of once in a lifetime teacher to your kids.K A B L O O E Yhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802790462395863282.post-7629022219690418672012-03-20T16:52:24.182-06:002012-03-20T16:52:24.182-06:00I had to re read your post because I had a Ms. St....I had to re read your post because I had a Ms. St. Onge in 9th grade history! However, she lacked greatly in any inspiration :( I had a teacher Mr. Brown - english - who taught me to search for the greater meaning in everything I read. To this day I love to do that when I read.Karen of Little Red House Designshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Yep, you read that right. We failed the Tetons. Oh, and then we failed Yellowstone.
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Three years ago, we took a big trip out west. It was the one hundredth anniversary of the National Parks system. We drove through ten states, logged over four thousand miles, and visited national parks, national monuments, state parks, as well as boondocked our way there and back again. We experienced the Rockies! The inspiring Mount Rushmore! We drove through the Badlands! We also stayed at the Grand Tetons National Park and visited Yellowstone National Park. But alas, we failed them both.
By the time we arrived at the Tetons, we had been on the road for a while and for some reason, we were booking it throughout trip, rarely staying more than one night in each spot. Why, you ask? I have no idea. We were able to secure campsites (my parents, in their Airstream, were with us), and the park ranger said, "if you want to see Yellowstone, I suggest you stay a few nights here, unhook, and drive over to make day trips."
This was excellent advice!
So, we get to our campsites and settle in and look at a map. We note where we are: the Tetons, which are south of Yellowstone. We note where we want to go: Yellowstone. We note where we want to go from there: east, through Wyoming, to start heading home. After consulting all of this, I, in my infinite wisdom, say, "let's just stay hooked up, spend the night here, then drive on through Yellowstone, then continue out the top loop towards the east to start heading home."
Why did I suggest this?!?! What is wrong with me?!?!
Which is exactly what we did. We drove around before we settled into our campsite, awed and amazed by the scenery and the magnificence of the Tetons. We swam in Jackson Lake at the swim beach. But did we do the Tetons justice? Noooooo.
Then, we drove onto Yellowstone. Do you know what's crowded? YELLOWSTONE. Do you know what makes Yellowstone even more crowded? The one hundredth anniversary of the park system, that's what. Ugh.
So, we with our 30-foot Airstream, followed by my parents and their 25-foot Airstream, go on into Yellowstone. Now, when I say parking was a nightmare, I don't just mean that parking was a nightmare. I mean that people get really rude and inconsiderate when it comes to parking. We would pull into the "Bus and RV Parking Only" lot, just to find one spot available. As we started pulling into the spot, oh, just kidding! there would be a Prius parked in the middle of the spot. Not on one end or the other (which we actually could have handled). But in the middle. Y'all, I have nothing against Prius owners, but these are small cars. They can basically park anywhere. Why were they doing this?
So, we continued on throughout the park. The crowds were everywhere, which really we can handle, but there was construction as well as plenty of roads that were only accessible to vehicles that were not towing anything. *deep sigh* Parking lots were full. Trails were packed. We left Yellowstone disappointed and discouraged.
Is that the way to see Yellowstone? Absolutely not! Is that the memory I want my kids to have of Yellowstone? Again, absolutely not.
We did not get off the beaten path once. We did not take a hike. I don't even think we brought our binoculars along (although we did have our telescope, which is completely useless in that part of the country in the summer, by the way. The stars don't even come out until close to midnight!).
Now, let me say this. No matter how bad you screw up these two national parks, they are still beautiful. You may fail them, but they will not fail you. They are still jaw-dropping and stunning. Even with the crowds, even with the heat. Every national park in our country, not just "heavy weights" like the Tetons and Yellowstone, deserves to be visited properly, with ample time and planning. Their beauty and majesty inspired us to want to go back and to do things correctly this time.
Further, we were able to make some wonderful memories. We saw Old Faithful and many geysers and thermal springs at Yellowstone. Bison and elk were abundant. The Tetons never fail to leave a lasting impression, and the swim beach at Colter Bay is beyond compare. We were even treated to big horned sheep on our way out of Yellowstone!
So, this summer, we are seeking a second chance. We will find a place, honestly, we don't even care where, to camp. We will unhook, and take day trips to Yellowstone until we see all that we care to see. We will not hurry.
We will do the same for the Tetons. We will take our time and actually enjoy the parks.
So, dear reader. Don't be like us from three years ago. Learn from our mistakes, so you don't make your own. Take your time through these parks. They are truly stunning and you don't want to go through them so fast that you miss out, and then later regret it.
Have you visited the Tetons and Yellowstone? What were your favorite hikes? What were your favorite places?
Have you ever failed a national park? Have you ever left a park wishing there was something you should have done but did not? If you had a second chance at a park, which one would it be and why? I love to hear your thoughts in the comments section!