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I had the honor of being a guest on the 24/7 Moms webcast with the founder Trisha Novotny. I talked about the five essential manners you child needs to succeed.
Teaching manners to kids can be challenging. You need to reinforce and remind your child what proper manners are. Telling children once not to chew with their mouth open will not change their behavior, you must consistently remind them and praise them when they use good manners. Good manners also must be role-modeled by parents because kids watch our every move. You can't expect your child to have good manners if you don't practice them.
There are many important manners kids need to learn, but this post will focus on five essential manners.
1. Good table manners.
I could focus the whole blog on just table manners, but here are a few important ones to teach your children.
- Chew with your mouth closed and chew quietly.
- Wait to eat until everyone has been served.
- Put your napkin on your lap and to use it to wipe their mouth but never to blow their nose.
- Don't eat food with your fingers. Once your children are old enough to use utensils teach them how to hold their utensils properly. The photo at right shows how to hold your utensils when cutting meat.
2. Introduce yourself and others.
A child who introduces himself makes a good impression on others, whereas one who does not is overlooked. Teach your child that when at a party or meeting new neighbors to say something like "Hi, my name is Mary, I live at the end of the block."
Explain to your child that when introducing two people they say the name first of the older person or person with a title and say the name of the younger person or person without a title second. Example: "Coach Ball this is my friend Mary Smith."
3. Conversation skills.
It's important children learn how to carry on a conversation and not just a monologue. Here are a few things to teach them.
- Listen, don't interrupt
- Don't just wait for your turn to talk, really listen to what the other person is saying.
- Teach them to ask questions that show a sincere interest in the other person.
- Spend time at dinner having conversations. Don't allow your child to use technology at the table. If you catch them texting try this rule a Twitter follower shared, "if you text you have to share it." My follower said "it stops texts dead."
As a parent, reinforce listening skills by giving your child your full attention when he or she is talking. Put that smart phone down. Be a good role model.
4. Write thank you notes.
Handwritten thank you notes are just as important today as ever and will help your child stand out and be appreciated.
One of my corporate clients, a large CPA firm, said that they won't offer a job to any candidate who does not send a thank you note after the interview.
The hard part about thank you notes is kids need to be reminded and prompted to write them. And, they need help, especially when they are little, to learn what to say.
A few note pointers to help:
- Have a supply of note cards on hand. Your child will be more likely to write one if it's handy.
- Send the card within 48 hours so that feelings are still fresh about the gift, party or favor
- Follow this format for thank you notes:
- Say thank you for the gift or whatever it is you received.
- Let the giver know what you plan to do with it or have done with it.
- Tell the person how much you like the gift or why you are so happy with it
- If your child didn't like the gift or received a duplicate have him or her say something about how thoughtful it was of the giver to give them a gift.
5. Be nice and courteous to others.
This is the most important manner and even if your child's manners are not perfect if he or she is a nice, courteous child he or she will do well in life.
- Teach them to respect differences, that every family does things differently. Explain that there is no right or wrong way of doing things.
- Talk about the importance of being kind to others and not intentionally hurting people.
- Teach them to say "please" and "thank you". It's amazing what a difference it makes in your perception of a child who says "please" and "thank you".
- Look for ways to help others whether it's holding the door open for someone, helping someone with heavy bags, visiting a sick friend in the hospital or sticking up for a child who's being picked on.
- Teach them to look for the positive. For example, explain that even if they didn't like the meal they were served at a friend's house to find something to comment on positively such as the dessert or the effort put into the meal.
Those are five essential manners your child should have. Remember, manners start at home so it's important to expect good manners at home as well as out and about. If you reinforce and role-model good manners and correct bad manners your child will learn to be a well mannered child and he or she will have more success socially and professionally.
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Brendan Rodgers sets sights on Marco Reus, Ryan Bertrand and Dejan Lovren - reports
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is ready to push ahead with moves for Marco Reus and Dejan Lovren while also rekindling his long-term interest in Chelsea full-back Ryan Bertrand.
Having secured Champions League football, as well as losing Luis Suarez to Real Madrid for a rumoured £75m, the Reds are in urgent need of strengthening if they are to replicate the successes of last season.
Rodgers' side finished as runners-up in the Premier League and, according to the Daily Mirror, the former Reading and Swansea City head-coach has isolated Borussia Dortmund star Marco Rues as the ideal choice to compliment a strike force which hit the back of the net on 101 occasions last term.
Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga champions, are also keen on Rues and are confident on securing his services but Liverpool's reemergence as a force in European football makes them an attractive option also.
The move for Lovren, on the other hand, should be a decidedly less complex affair once a fee is agreed with Southampton. Ronald Koeman, the Saints manager, is holding out for over £20m after already losing Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana to Mersyside.
Rodgers has been an admirer of Bertrand, who spent last season on loan at Aston Villa, since their time together in the Chelsea academy but has since failed to lure the left-back to Anfield.
The Kop squad is currently in Boston, where Loic Remy is also set to complete a medical later this week, and Rodgers used his mid-week press conference to deny paying over the odds for British talent.
"For British players across the board there is always that premium and the value is always pushed up," he said.
"We paid what we thought he was worth and would not go higher.
"Listen, I spoke to enough people about him and have seen enough of him, and know enough people who had seen him and played with him to know he would be a great signing for us. I have no qualms about it. He is a great boy."
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In the current banking environment, it's really a "be careful what you wish for" situation for CIOs and other technology executives. On one hand, today they have more stature and responsibility than ever before, and IT definitely is viewed as integral to any bank's performance and success. But now that those long-hoped-for conditions have been realized, bank CIOs have to deal with the implications of that expanded responsibility, credibility and visibility.
The days of a technology chief hiding behind the proverbial curtain of a remote data center and mainframe-oriented jargon are long gone. But even today's generation of highly business-savvy IT executives probably is wondering when and how international law, human resources, marketing, financial management and regulatory compliance all became part of their job descriptions.
The demands of the CIO job today are such that no doubt a number of talented individuals simply say, "No thanks!" Luckily for our industry, however, there also are many who embrace the challenges with enthusiasm, creativity, dedication and a commitment to success.
What drives some people to take on these kinds of challenges? This special issue of Bank Systems & Technology aims to provide some answers, in an in-depth special report developed by Senior Editor Maria Bruno-Britz that focuses on "The Technology Elite: Innovative CIOs" (page 23). Drawing on recommendations from readers, vendors, analysts and consultants - as well as our own research and coverage - BS&T profiles six outstanding technology executives who are driving transformation and performance excellence in their organizations.
In the post-Katrina/Rita era, it is clear that leadership should not be taken for granted. The actions of the boss - CIO, CEO, line-of-business head, Director of FEMA - inevitably are going to be scrutinized and second-guessed. True leaders, such as the innovative executives we feature in this issue, understand that their success ultimately is measured by the effective use of resources and the happiness of customers and colleagues, and they anticipate and welcome such scrutiny.
They also recognize that the one constant in banking is the inevitability of change - including (maybe especially) changes involving their own jobs.
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Thousands of people began gathering early Friday morning to watch an unusual sight and a piece of history whizzing by their eyes.
They all hoped to catch a glimpse of a retired space shuttle - the Endeavour - flying piggy-back style on top of a 747 airplane - in a circuitous route from Southern California back to Los Angeles. Along the way, there was an exciting flyby in Sacramento at about 9:45 a.m., and then in Bay Area about a half hour later. The double-aircraft landed safely at the Los Angeles International Airport by the United terminal just shy of 1 p.m. with a crowd of fans shouting "USA, USA."
For most of the morning though, Bay Area crowds gathered at places including Moffett Field in Mountain View, the beach at Crissy Field in San Francisco and in the East Bay, the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland and the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. They cheered and whooped as the aircraft flew over their heads.
Most were out to see a piece of history. Endeavour is the fifth and last flight-worthy NASA space shuttle built, first taking flight more than 20 years ago. Its last official flight was last year: NASA astronaut Col. Mike Fincke was on that last mission and was at LAX when the shuttle landed.
"It's beautiful," he said.
In the Bay Area, self-described Endeavour-geeks were out in force, too. One middle-aged man came to Moffett Field because he remembers when NASA Ames employees came to his school in San Jose and talked to the class about heat tiles. Those tiles, otherwise known as the Thermal Protection System, made up the barrier that protected the shuttle from searing heats of 3,000 degrees Farenheit upon reentering the atmosphere.
Former NASA astronaut Steve Robinson was at Moffett Field, too. He also remembered the era of the heat tiles and told NBC Bay Area that flying a shuttle is an anxiety-ridden rush.
"It's hard to describe what an incredible ride it is," Robinson said. "It's kind of a combination of the most exciting physical ride and rush you've ever been on, combined with the hardest and most difficult, most pressured work you've ever done all at the same time."
Jeff Parr said he was on the Mountain View tarmac because his parents worked at Lockheed Martin and space travel "was always the conversation at the dinner table." He said he had always wanted to see an actual space shuttle launch, but seeing a retiring shuttle head to a museum was a close second. Parr was poised to capture the event himself - he was set up with heavy duty camera gear and strong binoculars.
The shuttle has been jet setting across the country this week as it made its way from Florida to its final home in California - a Los Angeles museum. On Friday, the shuttle took off from Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California about 8:15 a.m.
On Thursday, the shuttle did several low-level flyovers along the way to California, including at the Tucson, Ariz., home of the last person to command an Endeavour mission: retired astronaut Mark Kelly, and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
The shuttle will stay at LAX until Oct. 12, when it's slated to begin its two-day overland journey to its new home at the California Science Center, southwest of downtown LA. Endeavour will go on display Oct. 30 in the Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion.
At least for Robinson, the former astronaut who came out to Moffett Field, retiring a shuttle isn't the worst thing in the world.
"Many people at Ames spent their entire careers working on this shuttle," he said. "And so we would like to keep it flying forever. But I'll tell you what. It'll be great that it'll be in a museum fully intact having done its job. Everybody, from now on, especially kids, can see it."
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The Georgia High School Association executive committee, meeting in Forsyth, Ga., today, has rejected a constitutional change that would have allowed Evans High School to drop one classification.
The vote was 33-13 against Evans' request to gain relief under the constitution's isolation clause.
Evans had sought to be placed in lower classification region closer to the school, reducing excessive travel and expenses to compete in athletics.
Following state reclassification before the 2000-01 school year, Evans was placed in Class AAAA, where all of the schools, except Evans, were from suburban south Atlanta.
With the executive committee's turning down Evans' appeal, the school is expected to be transferred from Region 4-AAAAA to Region 7-AAAAA under proposed GHSA realignment for the 2002-03 and 0003-04 seasons. Other schools expected to be in Region 7-AAAAA are located in DeKalb and Fulton counties.
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USA now two wins away from hoops goldPosted by Inside Hoops
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Now that Kobe Bryant, strangely missing, has finally joined the fun, the U.S. appears complete.
Oh, there are some major defensive flaws, but that hardly matters to this suped-up, American-manufactured scoring machine that goes from zero to 100 points in seconds.
Overpowering and dominant in a way not seen since the 1992 Dream Team, the Americans are now two wins from a second straight Olympic gold medal.
Argentina awaits.
"We're ready," Carmelo Anthony said.
Pushed by teammate Kevin Durant to "turn it on," Bryant scored 20 points - all in the second half - and the U.S. team stomped its way into the semifinals with a 119-86 win on Wednesday night over Australia, which scrapped as hard as it could until the world's best team put the game away.
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The deadline has been extended to Wednesday to apply for a new federal program offering up to $50,000 in loans to many homeowners in danger of foreclosure because of unemployment, underemployment or medical issues.
Ed Nelson, a spokesman for the nonprofit Minnesota Homeownership Center in St. Paul, said he thinks officials want to give struggling homeowners a little more time to file applications. "There was just a lot that had to happen in a very short time," he said.
Now, the deadline to apply is 4:30 p.m. Wednesday or midnight Wednesday for faxed or e-mailed applications, he said. Last Friday was the original deadline.
The program was announced earlier this month and was developed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which has set aside more than $50 million to use in Minnesota over the next two years. Of those who apply, 1,405 Minnesota homeowners will be chosen to receive the loans to make overdue mortgage payments and to assist with future payments. Those who qualify will be entered in a random drawing next month.
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(Literary Essentials: African American Literature)
Julia C. Collins published The Curse of Caste: Or, The Slave Bride as a serialized novel in 1865, but Collins died in that year, leaving the book unfinished. In the novel, race-based prejudice and the institution of slavery threaten the happiness of a biracial mother and her daughter. Lina, a beautiful woman who does not know that she is a slave and one-eighth black, is purchased by Colonel Frank Tracy. His son Richard has already fallen in love with Lina. Richard arranges for his supposed friend George Manville to purchase Lina so Richard can marry her. After six months of living happily in Connecticut, Richard returns to his family home in New Orleans, Louisiana, to try to mend relations with his father, but Colonel Tracy disinherits Richard and shoots him in a violent rage. While recovering, Richard dictates a letter to Lina to explain his absence, but Manville burns the letter.
Lina dies, faithful to the end yet unaware that her husband truly loves her but is unable to return to her. When Manville learns that Lina has died giving birth to Claire, he gives charge of the infant to the African American nurse Juno Hays. Juno never tells Claire the secret of her birth. Manville lies to Richard, claiming that both his wife and daughter are dead. Manville provides funds for Claire to be educated and to develop her vocal talent. At the beginning of the novel, which is not narrated chronologically, Claire is completing her studies at a women's school and preparing to become a governess. She takes a position at the home of Colonel Tracy, who she does not know is her grandfather. The servants murmur, however, and likenesses between the two are perceived.
Isabelle Tracy resents Claire and competes with her for the attention of a visiting French nobleman, Count Clayburn Sayvord. Richard returns from France to the United States and learns that his daughter is still alive. Count Sayvord learns the truth about Claire's parentage and racial background, but he remains determined to marry her. While Claire's father, grandfather, and the man she wants to marry know of her racial heritage, Claire herself does not yet know. The truth would probably have been revealed in the last chapter of the serialized novel, had the author lived long enough to write it.


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Forget the graduating class, Bono was the star of Class Day 2001 at Harvard yesterday.
What started as a joke to many ended up being an opportunity to hear of one of the biggest rock stars of our time discuss music, third world debt, AIDS and rebellion. Bono, dressed like a revolutionary in an olive drab suit and a camouflage military-style hat and purple wraparound sunglasses, addressed Harvard's Class of 2001 with wit, grace and a passion intended to ignite a generation.
"Unavoidably detained," Bono arrived late to tremendous fanfare. With the crowd of 15,000 -- including former Vice President Al Gore -- on its feet, U2's frontman walked to the podium, giving hugs to the two students who introduced him. The crowd took a minute to settle down before Bono started in on his twenty-minute speech. Laced with anecdotes and stories, it chronicled his crusade to end Third World debt. His partner in that pursuit, Harvard Professor Jeffrey Sachs, who was responsible for his appearance, laughed as Bono claimed to have slept with him -- actually next to him -- on an economy flight during their world tour, Jubilee 2000, to win support for debt relief. The singer compared his debt relief tour to a "surreal crossover act, a rock star, a Kennedy and a noted economist crisscrossing the globe like the Partridge Family on psychotropic drugs."
Nobody was safe as Bono told of meeting the Pope and how the pontiff wore his sunglasses in a photo shoot. He assured the audience that the Pope has a good sense of humor, unlike the Vatican, which never released the photos. He also took shots at incoming Harvard President Lawrence Summers (and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury) calling him a "nutcase and a freak."
Bono then explained his motivation for his work and activism. "Rock music to me is rebel music," he said. "But rebelling against what? In the Fifties it was sexual mores and double standards, in the Sixties it was the Vietnam War and racial and social inequality. What are we rebelling against now? I'm rebelling against my own indifference. I'm rebelling against an idea that the world is the way the world is, and there's not a damn thing I can do about it. So I'm trying to do a damn thing. But fighting my indifference is my own problem, what's your problem?"
He also appealed to the graduating class to help end Third World debt and fight the African AIDS crisis. "I'm not here to brag, not to take credit, or even share it actually," he said. "And not just to say thanks. I think I've come here to ask your help, because this is a big problem and we need some smart people working on it. I think this will be the defining moment or our age. When the history books, that some of you will write, make record of this moment in time, we will be remembered for two things: the Internet, probably. And the everyday holocaust that is Africa . . . 25 million HIV positive that will leave behind 40 million AIDS orphans by 2010 in sub-Saharan Africa alone. This is the biggest health threat since the Bubonic plague."
U2 have fought for social causes since the start of their career, he put in perspective by saying, "It's hard to make this a popular cause. It's hard to make it pop, you know? And I guess that's what my job is. Cause pop is often, sadly often, the oxygen of politics."
U2 are in Boston for two more nights before their Elevation Tour moves to Philadelphia.


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By Tiger Rowan
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Sometimes, games just simply come down to one play. That one play can be magnified when it is the last play of the game (e.g. a Hail Mary touchdown; a Scott Norwood missed field goal). At other times, that one play can happen earlier, yet still change the outcome of a game (e.g. a hundred-yard pick six by James Harrison in the SuperBowl). I get that and understand that; the ball is oddly-shaped, and does not always bounce the correct way. BUT, against a very poor team, such as the Titans, the balance of the game should NOT lie in that one play. In other words, the Steelers should have already been far enough ahead, that that one play would not have ruined their night.
Speaking of Scott Norwood, let us venture back in time, and take a look at the 1990 New York Giants. That team was barely eking out games. They played in a multitude of close games (games decided by less than three points), but regardless of whether the games were pretty or not, the Giants still won. That team always seemed to have that "one play" that went in their favor, which launched them into victory… with the poster-child play being the aforementioned Scott Norwood missed field goal.
Back to the Steelers.
Not only does this current Steelers team not establish much of an early lead and/or make game-changing plays throughout the course of the game, it seems that, more importantly, at crucial moments (specifically, at the end of games), they can not make that "one play" needed in order to seal a victory.
In Denver, despite the ups & downs of the rest of the game, at the end, Ben Roethlisberger looked prepared to tie the game… only to throw a pick six. In Oakland, towards the end of the game, Pittsburgh's offense sputtered, while its defense simultaneously allowed the Raiders to score on their final five possessions… with nary a game-changing play during that final stretch. And, in Tennessee, well, it was a heart-breaking, last-second, game-winning field goal by the Titans.
Simply, all three of these losses could have been avoided, with one play.
I know, I know: I have heard time & time again that the course of a game has many twists & turns, and that one play can not decide a game… but, think about all of the following plays, which could have made a difference, in the Tennessee game.
-Big Ben misses Emmanuel Sanders. With all of the momentum, and the Steelers facing a third & eight at the Tennessee 34-yard line, Big Ben misses an open Manny Sanders, and the Steelers have to settle for a field goal. If the Steelers convert that third down, there is a realistic possibility that they seal the game, by driving down for a touchdown, and thus, going up by eleven points. Or, the worst case, when the Steelers finally do kick that field goal, another three minutes would have been taken off of the clock, reducing the amount of time that the Titans have for a comeback (to about five minutes).
-Keenan Lewis has an interception bounce off of his chest. On the second play of the ensuing Tennessee drive, Keenan Lewis has an interception bounce off of his chest, at about the Tennessee 40-yard line. Even if he does not run it back for a pick six, the Steelers would have already have been close to field goal range. And, obviously, that turnover would have delayed (if not nullified) the Tennessee touchdown that "actually" came at the end of that drive. Speaking of which…
-Ike Taylor plays hot & cold/Kenny Britt bobbles, but catches a touchdown Ike essentially allowed the Titans to make this comeback. There was the pass interference call, which was followed by a great pass break up by Ike, which was followed by Ike "causing" Britt to bobble the ball (which Britt eventually wrangled in). Simply, Britt made the "one play", while Ike did not.
-Big Ben scrambles & almost hits Heath Miller With about a minute left, on a critical third & seven, the Titans send seemingly everyone after Big Ben. Somehow, as he always does, Big Ben eludes the pass-rush, and across his body, gets a ball within three yards of a wide open Heath Miller. Simply, the fact that Ben even got a pass off, let alone threw it anywhere near Heath Miller is amazing. Alas, it just was not close enough. By the way, since the Titans had sent so many players into the backfield, if Heath catches that ball, not only is it a first down, but it very well might have been a touchdown.
-Suisham gets 53 yards of a 54 yard kick Shaun Suisham kicks what appears (to me) to be the game-leading field goal… only to have it fall one yard short.
Let us go back about thirty minutes, for one more…
-Big Ben throws an interception before the half; Tennessee scores a field goal I know that there was an entire half left to play, in order to overcome this mistake, but it was significant. Not only did the turnover eliminate any chance at a chip-shot field goal, the Steelers left time on the clock (which they could have run out, if not for the turnover)… and the Titans turned around and scored a field goal of their own. This is a six-point swing. [Note: It was a good throw, but a better play by the cornerback. Nine times out if ten, Antonio Brown comes down with a reception. Alas, this was the tenth time.]
Summation: Again, if any one of those plays is made, then the outcome is considerably different. Instead, the Steelers had to tie their hopes to a long field goal. Sure, the Steelers had other options (punt, go for it on fourth down), but the game NEVER should have come down to that decision; the game should have been won earlier.
And, truthfully, if the history of this current season is any indicator, either of those other two options (punt, go for it) would have failed, as well. The punter would have been too close to pin Tennessee deep (i.e. it probably would have been a touchback). Thus, going for it makes just as much sense… but, we all "know" that going for it would have resulted in a Big Ben sack. Why? With three of Pittsburgh's offensive linemen out, the Titans were going to go for broke (send everyone). More importantly, considering that Ben had missed Sanders on the previous drive (as mentioned earlier), as well as the interception that Ben had thrown at the end of the half… well… it seems like Ben (as well as everyone else on the Steelers) is just a little bit "off" this year.
So again, it should never have come down to that one play… because, sometimes, that one play can make you a champion (the 1990 Giants), and that same play can ruin your season (Scott Norwood). Alas, the Steelers are currently smack dab in the middle of dealing with a whole lot of the latter.


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(CNN) – Mixed reaction across the Linden School District after a fifth grade teacher allowed students to drink non-alcoholic beer inside the classroom, as part of a history lesson.
According to the Linden School's Superintendent, it was part of a class project about colonial times. Ed Koledo says a social studies teacher asked her students to bring in food or drink that represented that era; one parent decided to bring in cornbread and O'Doul's.
Not that big of a deal to some; at the time Koledo says the teacher didn't see the harm either. He said, "The teacher decided to look at the label and saw non alcoholic beverage and it thought it was ok."
But many say it's not ok, because it sends the wrong message to kids that age.
After one parent called the school asking why her fifth grader brought a bottle of O'Doul's home and then looking into the matter, the district didn't think it was a good idea either so they sent out this letter to parents alerting them of the situation, and ensuring them it won't happen again.
While the district agrees the teacher made a serious mistake by allowing inside the classroom, the superintendent maintains it was an honest mistake. But some wonder if that teacher broke the law.
And here's why; I myself tried to purchase O'Doul's from a local store. The cashier checked my I.D. You can't buy non-alcoholic beverages, or near beers, unless you're 21.
We also reached out to the state liquor commission, and we're told furnishing near beers or non-alcoholic beverages to minors is a misdemeanor, and knowing that the superintendent feels strongly that no laws were broken doesn't erase the decision to actually use it as a substitute, but as far as the letter of the law, it's not in violation of the law.
The teacher has not been charged.


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Staff and volunteers of the George Rogers Clark National Historic Park conducted their first evening Junior Ranger event, "Astronomy Night" on Sat. Sept. 22. This local program coincided with International Observe the Moon Night, a night that saw people worldwide viewing the majesty of the moon. The park's program served as the capstone of a successful 2012 series of monthly Junior Ranger events. The event involved 35 children and a similar number of adults who experienced the wonders of the night sky through hands-on activities. The program's goal was to show youth what can be learned from the night sky and how the night sky affects them.
The park's Astronomy Night program celebrated the beauty and importance of the dark sky by turning off all lights throughout the park. This provided an unimpaired view of the first quarter moon. Additionally, this may have represented the first opportunity for youth, from the urban area of Vincennes, to view, without immediate light pollution, the stars and the moon. The sky that night did not disappoint. Many of these youth never had used a telescope, and park volunteers provided three telescopes for the kids to experience up close the wonders of the moon. Additionally, another park volunteer provided an amateur radio to show that in an age of endless technological possibilities, people still can talk to one another all over the world by using a simple ham radio. Other activities included the construction of practical tools to view the sky, so the kids can use, at home, what they learned at the park. Furthermore, participants learned how historical events have been shaped by celestial activities, such as the solar eclipse viewed by Col. George Rogers Clark before he began his successful campaign into the Old Northwest Territory during the summer of 1778. Also, park officials swore in 35 Night Sky Junior Rangers who completed the "Night Explorer" Junior Ranger booklet.
The event concluded with a practical lesson for viewing evening objects. Participants took the lessons learned and viewed a Chinese satellite passing over the Clark Memorial on the park grounds. This program will continue in the future to help visitors see the unpolluted sky as a valuable resource that needs their protection.


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Wine of the WeekPosted by Fredric Koeppel under Austria , Riesling , Wine of the Week
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We drink quite a few rieslings because the wines can be versatile, matching well with a variety of dishes. Primarily, we try rieslings with fish preparations but also with certain pasta dishes and risottos and with light meats like pork and (when LL is traveling and I'm cooking on my own) veal. The combination of crisp acidity, floral and stone-fruit scents and flavors, sometimes intense spiciness and an underlying earthiness that rieslings often embody — as well as a touch of initial sweetness — also bode well for drinking with moderately hot Indian and Southeast Asian fare.
Lately, we've had the Domäne Wachau Federspiel Terassen Riesling 2011, Wachau, Austria, at home with salmon and swordfish and a vegetarian pasta. (I was sent two bottles.) Made all in stainless steel — winemaker is Heinz Frischengruber — this sprightly riesling offers the palest of pale gold colors and a delicate bouquet woven of apples, peaches and pears, touches of jasmine and honeysuckle, hints of lychee and petrol (or rubber eraser) and a background of damp limestone. Sounds pretty irresistible, huh? By sprightly I don't mean that the wine is effervescent but that it's brisk, lively and vibrant and that these buoyant qualities animate the tasty and moderately rich flavors of pears and yellow plums — there's a wisp of baked apple — but before you think that this all feels sort of exuberant, I'll say that the wine is a tissue of nuances and that from mid-palate back it's modulated by crystalline acidity and limestone minerality. A nicely balanced 12 percent alcohol. Very Good+. About $13, a Terrific Bargain.
The intensely picturesque Wachau, a UNESCO Heritage Site, lies along the Danube between the towns of Melk and Krems. The "Terrassen" designation on the label of this wine refers to the steep terraced slopes that line the river. Wachau is the smallest of Austria's vineyard and wine-producing regions and the most inland; the country's wine areas are all in the easternmost part of Austria, primarily adjacent to the borders with the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia.
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According to complaints sent to the US safety regulator, the Nissan Versa is being plagued by an unwanted speed gain caused by a possible fault in a carpet cover trim panel.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has shown in a document posted online over the week-end it's moved to open a preliminary investigation of 360,000 Nissan Versa, Versa Sedan and Versa Note, model years 2012-2014.
"I attempted to remove my foot from the gas pedal, but could not, because my foot was stuck," said one complaint on the website. "The plastic piece that covers the center console extends around to just next to the gas pedal… The corner of that plastic panel wedged between the sole and leather upper of my work boots, preventing me from taking my foot off the gas pedal."
"We've just been made of aware of it and we will be cooperating fully with that investigation," said a Nissan spokesman.
According to the preliminary investigation's filling, the NHTSA has announced that so far it received four complaints on the matter, in which the tunnel carpet cover trim panel interferes with the driver's ability to lift its foot of the gas pedal and apply the brakes. The preliminary probe is only the first step in the process that could eventually lead to a recall.
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Anything to Alaska?
Any CruiseMates cruises to Alaska in 2001?
RE: Anything to Alaska?
I think a cruise to Alaska in the Summer of 2001 would be a S U P E R idea. How about a seven day on the Inside Passage on the Radiance of the Seas?
Never been to Alaska and have heard only awesome things about it. A good time to go is in later August/01 when rates go down.
I'll definetely be the first on it. Port side in a balcony is the best.
Ginny :)
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I'm ready to go. A friend and I are already talking about doing an Alaska cruise next summer. I think a CM cruise to Alaska would be great!
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RE: Anything to Alaska?
My TA has a group going to Alaska 6/20/01. It's on the new Carnival Spirit (80% balcony cabins). Her rates are really good. It's our second trip to Alaska, once is not enough! We chose The Spirit because we have $800 in credits for Carnival from our Carnival Visa, plus a 2-category upgrade. Also, we thought the Carnival ship might have a younger average age. My husband and I are in our 40's, but we have a teen.
We loved Alaska! Can't wait to go back.
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If I can't get a roommate for Golden Princess, I would like Alaska too.
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Jérôme Clementz is fast on big bikes and small bikes! JC returns home to Alsace in France to meet up with his "homies" or "amis" and ride a big DH train through a great looking descent. He then hooks up with the lesser known Clementz, his brother Pierre, for some terrific looking singletrack riding with a short stop for what looks like a giant Cornish Pasty (a Welsh Oggy round these parts).
I'm left with a feeling that Alsace is a bloody good region to live in.
This is part of JC's 12 Months 12 Stories a monthly video feature produced for Loizo Rider Productions by Jérémie Reuiller.
Episode 3 here is called Friends & Brotherhood and features friends Richard Delaunay, Emile Pressager, Eliott Lapotre, Guillaume Heinrich & Martin Reuiller as well as JC's brother Pierre Clementz.


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What We Know is Bad; What's Behind It is Worse!
The AP Seizures and the Frightening Web They've Uncovered
"Paranoia," said Woody Allen, "is knowing all the facts." By that measure, we're becoming more and more "paranoid" every day.
This week, we learned that the Obama Justice Department seized two months of records of at least 20 phone lines used by Associated Press reporters. These include phone lines in the AP's New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn offices as well as the main AP number in the House of Representatives press gallery, the private phones and cell phones belonging to AP reporters and a fax line in one AP office.
The government effected this massive seizure "sometime this year" according to a letter from the Justice Department to AP's chief counsel this past Friday (May 10). The letter cites relevant "permission" clauses in its "investigative guidelines" and makes clear that it considers the action legal and necessary.
In many ways, this is the most blatant act of media information seizure in memory. It affects over 100 AP journalists and the countless people those journalists communicated with by phone during those two months. It violates accepted constitutional guarantees, the concept of freedom of the press and the privacy rights of literally thousands of people. Predictably and justifiably, press, politicians and activists have expressed outrage.
But as outrageous as the admitted facts are, the story's larger implications are even more disturbing. It's bad enough that the Obama Administration has grossly violated fundamental constitutional rights, acknowledged the violation and defended their legality. Even worse is that likelihood that the intrusion will probably be ruled legal, that it has been ongoing against other targets for some time and that this is only the tip of the intelligence-abuse iceberg.
The facts are still tumbling out daily but here's what we know. While the Justice Department's letter of notice to AP didn't provide the reason for the seizure, the date of the seizure or the dates of the data seized, the timing hints strongly that this is tied to a major investigation of "whistle-blowing". Last year, the AP used unnamed sources in a story about a Central Intelligence Agency effort to disrupt a Yemen-based terrorist plot to bomb an airliner. The AP, at the government's request, held that story for several days but published it on May 7, 2012 after it was confident the plot had been foiled. Because the AP's story ran a day before Federal officials were scheduled to announce their "victory", it's logical to assume Associated Press honchos knew the government would be unhappy.
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WordPlay: Move Past Your Programming to Choose the Right Words
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Did you know that almost no one uses their full vocabulary when writing? Most people have a "comfort-zone" vocabulary of about 20,000 words, with a larger, "passive" database of about 40,000 words. Shakespeare, the recognized master of wordplay, used about 70,000 different … [Read More...]
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Are you fully owning your writing?If you're not sure what I mean, let me rephrase: Are you fully confident in your authentic voice?One way to find out is to pay attention to how you feel when you're writing. I'm not just talking about your journaling practice (although, for … [Read More...]


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Do you have what it takes to be a pregnancy model and showcase maternity clothes? Besides the obvious requirement (a bun in the oven), find out what modeling agencies are looking for, at what point in your pregnancy you should start looking and how to start booking maternity jobs and making money.
Pregnancy Fashion spoke with Liza Elliott-Ramirez, the President/Founder of Expecting Models for pointers on becoming a pregnancy model.
Pregnancy Fashion: What is the best way to let Expecting Models know you are interested in pregnancy modeling?
Liza Elliott-Ramirez: Expecting Models is the one and only maternity modeling agency that caters to this niche market. Our website, www.expectingmodels.com has a submission tab where potential pregnant models can upload their photos. We do go through every single submission. Expecting Models only represents real professional models and actresses so prior modeling experience is a prerequisite.
We often work with other fashion agencies where they will supply us with their talent for a temporary amount of time. It's a win, win for everyone.
PF: What tips do you have for moms wanting to get into pregnancy modeling?
Liza Elliott-Ramirez: Maternity models are expected to maintain a healthy physique throughout their pregnancy. We encourage our models to maintain their normal exercise regimen, eat nutritional meals and continue their style in fashion prior to getting pregnant. I discourage major changes like cutting off all your hair. Make sure you go the extra mile and put on a little bit of mascara, blush and lip gloss. Don't overdo your makeup. You already have the glow so we want to enhance not distort your look.
Maternity modeling is a temporary career and our clients expect a groomed, well seasoned professional on set. So keep being the "you" before getting pregnant. You just happen to have a bump!
PF: At what stage of pregnancy should women start looking for pregnancy modeling jobs?
Liza Elliott-Ramirez: Expecting Models wants to know that you are pregnant immediately. We often have clients looking to do stories and features on every stage of pregnancy. We've booked models in their first trimester.
In many cases, women start to show earlier if they've already had a baby. Every woman carries differently so we like to be the judge. In addition, this gives us a jump start on promoting!
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We also get tons of bookings in the mommy/baby and real family divisions, so let us know if you are down for double the rate!!!
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Updated 2:10 pm, Monday, October 1, 2012
Zane Lamprey is many things. Creating and starring in "Drinking Made Easy" (now in its third season) on the AXS TV network affords him titles such as "television-show host," "professional drinker" or "that funny guy with the stuffed monkey hanging around all the time." Traveling with a cast of characters - his inebriated and grizzled college friend, Steve McKenna, a stuffed monkey named Pleepleus - Lamprey explores the drinking scene in cities throughout the United States.
Lamprey recently filmed an episode in Houston (pal McKenna dons an astronaut costume throughout) and recounts his reasons for coming here, explains what pigs had to do with his visit and sheds a little light on some trials and triumphs of his cool job. As for the Houston locations that will be featured on the show? Tune in Wednesday at 7 p.m. to see Lamprey and crew hanging out at Leon's Lounge, Pub Fiction, Shot Bar, Petrol Station, Under the Volcano and Saint Arnold Brewing Co.
Q: If you had three words to describe your Houston experience, what would they be?
A: Beer, shots and pigs. You have to know the context of the pigs because, for our challenge there, we did a pig scramble. They let some pigs go inside a pen - it was probably about a quarter acre inside - and we had to wrestle these 60-pound, 70-pound pigs. You think of a pig and they've been portrayed as these fat things that sit around and don't do anything, but these guys were all muscle, and it took us probably a half an hour to catch one, and we were spent. So, afterwards, we went and had some amazing barbecue to redeem ourselves.
Q: Seems like a lot of television shows tend to skip over Houston. What made you decide to film here?
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A: It's hangovers. I will take that as a downside every day. It is a truly wonderful job. I'm blessed to be able to do it. I certainly embrace it, but sometimes embracing it too much means you have to pay the price the next morning. I like doing a domestic version of the show better than the international version ("Three Sheets," Lamprey's former show) because internationally, the downside was the jet lag even before the hangover or in conjunction with the hangover. East Coast, West Coast, that doesn't count as jet lag. Jet lag is like me flying to Russia, having a 12-hour lag and then me trying to figure out where I am when I wake up in the middle of the night. As far as "Drinking Made Easy" goes, it's pretty much all upside.
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Calamari Fritti (Fried Calamari)
I can't even tell you. I can't even tell you how excited this picture makes me. I LOVE fried calamari. There is no natural explanation for this level of excitement and yet here it is. Yum. There is just something about the tender rings, crisp and chewy, with a hint of the sea. And don't get me started on the creepy crunchy tentacles. Tentacles! Warm and salty, with a generous dollop of chunky marinara and a squeeze of lemon-a plateful of fried calamari is one of those special moments. It's one of those perfect, lazy weekend snack-meals. Like a bottle of wine and a platter of amazing cheese. Feel free to whip up a garlicky mayonnaise or serve these with a sweet Thai chili sauce but I love them alongside a big bowl of marinara-like a perfectly al dente pasta or a crusty bread.
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- 2 cups flour
- 2 tbsp dried parsley
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- salt and pepper
- oil for frying
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- Cut calamari tubes into 1/2 inch rings if necessary.
- In a large pot, heat several inches of oil over medium high heat. If using a thermometer, heat oil to 350ºF.
- Mix flour, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper together.
- Toss calamari in flour mixture until well coated.
- Fry calamari in batches until golden brown and crisp. About 1 minute per batch if your oil is hot enough.
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The addressed building type has been identified in Himachal Pradesh, a northern state in India. It is a
relatively recent construction typology, which can be seen prevalent in the areas where people have
been forced to leave their traditional construction practices due to scarcity of wood. Thus, this
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The arrival of a couple of UK Law Lords at two US firms, when set against the cataclysmic events of the past couple of months, may seem small beer.
But in the context of the transatlantic legal market, the hire by Debevoise & Plimpton and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher of Lords Goldsmith and Falconer respectively is paradigm-changing stuff.
Until former Attorney General Goldsmith arrived at Debevoise in September last year, the movement of a figure from the heart of the UK Government to a US law firm had never happened at such an exalted level. The response from many in the legal market, however, was largely cynical.
"Both firms clearly wanted to do something that would make a public impact," says a litigation partner at another US firm. "But how profitable will they be? Is that even the aim? At the end of the day, it looks more like a PR manoeuvre."
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All of those comments are ;justified ;and reasonable. And all were put to both lords by The Lawyer last month.
"My challenge is to prove there's more to it than marketing," admits Falconer, who became the second of the pair to move to a US firm when he joined Gibson Dunn over the summer. "My aim is to be a hands-on lawyer and work on cases in the common law world."
For Falconer and his new firm that is likely to mean working in Hong Kong, Singapore and the Middle East, as well as London. Falconer is the first to admit that his position as a former Lord Chancellor means he is unable to appear in court. So an immediate difference between the two is that Debevoise's lord is going to be doing a lot more advocacy than Gibson Dunn's.
"There are differences between the two of us," confirms Goldsmith. "I had the choice of going back to the bar. Charlie [as a former Lord Chancellor and judicial appointee] didn't. He isn't able to be an advocate in the courts."
In ;contrast ;with ;Falconer, Goldsmith continued to work as an advocate while in government, acting for the Government on cases in a role played by the Solicitor General in the US. A year on from his arrival in the US, Goldsmith says he is at least as determined as his counterpart at Gibson Dunn to be a full-time, hands-on lawyer. In a particularly bullish ;comment, ;Debevoise's European disputes chair also says he is hoping to help build "a new model" of litigation.
Goldsmith was approached by a number of UK firms when his tenure as Attorney General was up, but he ultimately ;plumped for ;Debevoise because ;he believed that the US firm would be well placed thanks to its strong foothold in the US litigation market. Now Goldsmith is looking to marry the two cultures.
"The aim is to combine the best of British with the best of American," he reveals. "The American style is to offer one-stop, tenacious lawyering, which means being by the client's side from start to finish. The British style produces people with a very high level of experience and skills, but clients will occasionally say in relation to UK ;firms, 'Why ;can't we have the same lawyer all the way through from start to finish and arguing the case in court?"
With his 'new model', the plan will be to do just that. So far, with his first-year anniversary at Debevoise now behind him, Goldsmith's hands-on approach has translated into numerous roles, including heading a team for Aditya Birla Group in arbitrations over a telecom joint-venture dispute with Tata Group; acting for the late Georgian oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili and his principal heirs in disputes with the Georgian government and subsequent multijurisdictional litigation; and advising financial institutions on issues arising from the credit crisis, such as recovering assets frozen in prime brokerages.
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Falconer says he, too, is seeing an increasing number ;of ;credit crunch-related issues. ;"It's ;becoming ;a ;very dominant theme," he adds.
Falconer, who joined Gibson Dunn's London litigation group as senior counsel in July, agrees with his former Government colleague that the lure of a US firm's weighty disputes practice was irresistible.
"Gibson Dunn's a very substantial US firm with a big standing and prestige in the US, as well as substantial offices elsewhere," says Falconer, adding that his new firm has ambitions to significantly strengthen its disputes capability in London.
Until the early years of this decade, Gibson Dunn had no local law capability in London at all. Now the firm has around 60 lawyers in its City office, including four partners in dispute resolution.
"We're keen to have a proper practice in London, with substantial litigation and arbitration," Falconer says. "That means a local law capability for US clients and local clients. You've got to be able to handle both."
And as for the PR aspect? Both of the lords accept the inescapability that there will be at least some marketing sitting alongside the fee-earning work.
"There's a degree of marketing for any partner in any law firm," Goldsmith admits. "But I wanted a full-time, hands-on role, so I try to wave the flag while also doing legal work."
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text: Clinical psychologists Thurber and Malinowski use their own experiences as campers and camp staff to guide parents in the search for the perfect camp experience for their children. Chapters include the rationale for overnight camping, choosing the right camp, preparing for it, forestalling homesickness, getting the most out of the experience, and a short section written for children. The authors describe traditional overnight, specialty, religious, and special-needs camps and give pros and cons for each type. Without pushing their own point of view, other than that overnight camping is wonderful for most children, the authors compare camp philosophies and structures. They stress that parents should match camp styles and values to their own child's needs. There are many sound suggestions to help children adjust to camp and to prepare children for leaving home, become more independent and enjoy the camping experience. Practical advice includes a sample of a good letter to send to your child, as well as the "do not send" kind. Lists of questions to ask, checklists of things to consider, or suggestions for helping children cope, preparing for opening day, and sidebars are breezy and helpful. Included are bibliographies of books and Web sites of camping organizations and companies that outfit campers. A good choice for the parent collection. (Parent Collection)


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I hear that the Sock Summit crew has begun preparations for next year's convention. It's got me thinking about socks. I don't have one on the needles right now and it makes me feel like something's missing. I feel this quite keenly when I'm feeling down. It might be a little bit of a compulsion to bust out with the sock knitting when faced with bad news. Not having a sock on the needles feels a little like not wearing enough armor.
So the other night, I busted out one of my boxes of sock yarn and chose my next pair of socks. There was Lorna's, there was Colinette, some Blue Moon Fiber Arts, and towards the back was some Trekking XXL, which I think I'm going to do some socks from the toe up, some simple stockinette stitch. Those are my favorite.
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