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Alumni of the Plains contest nominations due by today
Progressive 15's Alumni of the Plains contest is seeking nominations for the annual awards program.
This award is given to individuals who graduated from high school in one of the Progressive 15 counties and have excelled in their profession and / or have given back to the area. The award is presented at the Progressive 15 Fall Conference in October.
Check out the website at www.progressive15.org to see previous inductees. Nomination forms are due by today, Sept. 15.
Meet and Eat calendar for Sept. 15 to 16
Here is the menu for the Fort Morgan and Brush Meet and Eat sites from Thursday, Sept. 15, to Friday, Sept. 16. For Fort Morgan, call 970-380-9744 or 970-867-4667 by 8 p.m. the night before for reservations. For the Fort Morgan Housing Authority meal site, call 970-542-0757 by 8 p.m. the night before for reservations. If you must cancel your meal, please do so by 8 a.m. the day of the meal. For the Brush site, call 970-8424740 by 8 a.m. the day of the meal.
Thursday: BBQ beef sandwich, Brussels sprouts, potato salad, fruit cup.
Friday: Chicken croissant, Tuscany soup, spinach strawberry salad, pineapple tidbits, nature cookie.
After School Lounge Tuesday, Thursdays at EMCL
Every Tuesday and Thursday, East Morgan County Library will open its Activity Room at 3 p.m. for the After School Lounge.
Teens and kids will be able to get on laptops, bring their own devices and use Wi-Fi, do homework, play games or just hang out. Snacks may also be brought and eaten in the activity room or outside.
CDOT construction/ maintenance through Sept. 16
The Colorado Department of Transportation has the following area road closures and projects ongoing through Sept. 16:
• Interstate 76 eastbound/westbound between Fort Morgan and Brush, milemarkers 85 to 108, through September. 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with various lane closures and reduced speeds for general maintenance work.
• Interstate 76 eastbound/westbound from Atwood to Hillrose, milemarkers 102 to 115, through September. 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, with various lane closures for shoulder work. Also: 12-foot vehicle width restrictions, speeds reduced, flagger operations. Info: 970-520-0720.
• Interstate 76 eastbound/westbound between Brush and Sterling, milemarkers 108 to 145, through September. 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with various single-lane closures and speed reduction for pothole patching.
• U.S. Highway 34 eastbound/westbound east of Greeley, milemarkers 114 to 116, though November. Work is from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Tuesday. East and westbound shoulder with turn lane or center median closure or permanent flood repair.
• U.S. Highway 6 eastbound/westbound from Sterling to Merino, milemarkers 389 to 403, though September. Work is from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with single-lane closures for pothole patching as needed.
• U.S. Highway 6J from Sterling to Galien, milemarkers 406 to 445.6, through September. Work is from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday for patching with alternating lane closures. Info: email@example.com.
• State Highway 71 northbound/southbound at 71F near Snyder, milemarkers 181.87 to 201.63, through September. Work is from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday with single-lane closures between state Highway 14 and County Road 102 for hand patching.
Fall Harvest Car Show is Friday through Sunday
Plans are being finalized for the 16th annual Fall Harvest Car Show to be held Sept. 16 through 18 in downtown Fort Morgan. Cars from four states have pre-registered, including a vintage fire truck. As in the years past, the committee tries to limit vendors to car-related items and food but there is still room for more vendors with a special low rate for non-profits.
While the committee is expecting the usual mix of classic cars, this year they are dedicating a section to classic tractors and farm implements. All and any vehicles, including motorcycles and boats, have always been welcome to participate in this popular event, but a group of classic tractor owners approached the committee and anticipate at least two dozen tractors entering. And while the tractors may not want to participate in the Poker Run planned by the members of the Sunrise Optimist Club, the run is open to all street legal vehicles on Sunday morning starting at 8:30 a.m. from the high school parking lot.
Free music concerts are planned in the Dahms-Talton Band Shell in City Park on Friday and Saturday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. The Atomic Drifters will be featured both nights. Grab a lawn chair and come enjoy the concerts while classic vehicles cruise Main.
Dave Cornwell, co-president of the committee, reminds everyone to pre-register if possible, but everyone is welcome until the last vehicle is parked around 10 a.m. Saturday. Classic tractor owners are encouraged to participate this year. Call 970-867-7469 for more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or check the website at www.fallharvestcarshow.org.
Armory Rec Center closed Saturday
Fort Morgan's Armory Recreation Center will be closed Saturday, Sept. 17, during the annual Fall Harvest Car Show, which takes place this weekend.
Normally, the Armory would be open from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, but it will not open this Saturday. The car show will be using State Street for staging and displays, limiting access and parking for the rec center, according to the city. Info: Call the Armory at 970-542-3921.
Trinity Trot set for Saturday
Trinity Lutheran School will host its seventh annual Trinity Trot benefit run/walk events from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 17, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1215 W. Seventh Ave., in Fort Morgan.
There will be a 5K run/walk, a 1-mile fun run, a 2K walk and a kiddie run. All Trinity Trot event registration fees benefit Trinity Lutheran School and Little Lambs Early Learning Center. Afterward, there will be a free-will meal offering.
Safe Sitter class Saturday in FM
Morgan County Safe Sitter is looking to hold a last-minute class on Saturday, Sept. 17.
The group has seven books from previous classes, according to organizers, so to use them an additional class will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Life Fellowship in Fort Morgan as long as at least five people sign up.
Anyone who would like their 11- to 15-year-old to learn safe baby-sitting habits, CPR, choking rescue, and how to handle emergencies should call Phoebe at 970-768-4567. This class will be first-come, first-serve until all seven available seats are filled. Kids need to bring a lunch, water bottle and $40 with them to Life Fellowship at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
Meal, dance Saturday night to celebrate Leon Witham's 99th birthday
The public is welcome to help Morgan County veteran Leon Witham celebrate his 99th birthday Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Fort Morgan American Legion Hall, 16913 Morgan County Road 17.7 (Nelson Road).
Starting at 5 p.m., there will be a Sloppy Joes meal and then a dance will follow with music provided by Dick Hoke. Info: Betty Herman at 970-370-1227.
Wylie & The Wild West concert Sunday in FM
The Morgan County Concert Association will kick off its new season Sunday, Sept. 18, with a 3 p.m. show by Wylie & The Wild West in the Glenn Miller Auditorium at Fort Morgan High School.
This four-person show will include cowboy/Western standards and originals, along with some yodeling by the performers from Montana. The concert promises to be "good clean family entertainment," according to MCCA.
The concert is included in MCCA membership, but individual tickets also will be available at the door. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $10 for students, and 5 and under is free.
Other future concerts include: A Band Called Honalee playing 1960s folk Nov. 13; Acoustic Eidolon with Gitjo, cello and vocals on Feb. 28, 2017; Piano Conversations with Julian Gargiulo on March 28, 2017; and New Odyssey, featuring three guys and 30 instruments on April 27, 2017.
Those with MCCA memberships also get into concerts in Holyoke, Loveland, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Kimball, Nebraska. The association continues to seek members. Info: Jodie Schoemaker at 970-867-9550 or Emma Jorgenson at 970-867-5996.
Flu shot clinic Tuesday in FM
Morgan Federal Bank will host a flu shot clinic from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the bank in Fort Morgan. Flu season typically starts in October, so toward the end of September is a good time to get a flu shot.
The clinic will be administered by East Morgan County Hospital, and the shots are available to anyone who wants one. They cost $25 each, with both cash and check accepted as payment.
Rockies game trip for seniors Sept. 21
The Fort Morgan Recreation Department is sponsoring a trip for senior citizens to Coors Field for a game between the Colorado Rockies and the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 21. Seniors can go on the trip for the bargain price of $10, which includes a ticket to the game and round-trip bus transportation.
The trip is for seniors and those who accompany them, and the deadline to register is Monday, Sept. 19. Seating is limited so reserve a spot quickly, warns the city.
The bus will leave the Fort Morgan Senior Center at 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 21, and it is expected to return to Fort Morgan about 6 p.m. The opening pitch of the Rockies game will be at 1:10 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.cityoffortmorgan.com/recreation, at the Recreation Center (528 State St.) or at the Senior Center (110 Sherman St). For more information, call 970-542-3921 or 970-542-3922.
Brush People's Market is Wednesday nights
The new and improved Brush People's Market (formerly Brush Chamber Farmers Market) is ongoing Wednesday nights in East Morgan County Library Park.
From 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays through Oct. 12, vendors will set up tables and booths in the park and offer their produce, homemade goods, home-based business products and other wares. There will be plenty of shade and grassy areas, and maybe even some live music.
To find out more about being a vendor at the People's Market, contact the Brush Chamber of Commerce at 970-842-2666, email email@example.com or visit www.brushchamber.org.
Alzheimer's seminar Sept. 22 in FM
The Alzheimer's Association will offer a free seminary about the disease at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at Fort Morgan Library & Museum, 414 Main St., in Fort Morgan. Called "Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body: Tips from the Latest Research," the seminar will go over what scientists have learned about the memory-affecting disease.
Over 5 million Americans and 65,000 Coloradoans are living with Alzheimer's disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association. As many as 16 million will have the disease in 2050. The Alzheimer's Association is one of the largest funders of Alzheimer's research and from this research, scientists and medical professionals are learning that there are lifestyle changes people can make now to possibly prevent dementia or Alzheimer's. While there is no cure or definite preventative measure for this disease, the Alzheimer's research is telling us powerful information about brain health, according to a news release.
The Sept. 22 seminar in Fort Morgan is free, but registration is required. Call 970-392-9202 to register.
For more information about this and other programs and services offered, contact the Alzheimer's Association Northeast Colorado Regional Director Kelly Osthoff at 970-392-9202.
Community Resource Showcase set for Sept. 22 at MCC
The Eastern Region/Morgan County Youth Council will host a Community Resource Showcase from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in Fort Morgan at Morgan Community College in the Founder's Room.
The event will be a chance for people to find out what free or low-cost services are available to Morgan County youth and their families. Stop by, visit a table and get information from dozens of local resources from agencies that assist with a variety of needs from mental health services to subsidized day care services, immigrant worker services, sexual assault, cultural integration, job seeking help, special education services and many more.
Among those agencies and organizations likely to be there are: Morgan County Early Childhood Council; BabyBearHugs; Morgan County Family Center; S.A.R.A., Inc. Domestic Violence Program; OneMorgan County; S.H.A.R.E., Inc.; Colorado Workforce Center; Morgan Community College; Colorado State University Extension; Centennial Mental Health Center; Center for Healing Trauma and Attachment; Blue Horizons, Inc.; Morgan County Interagency Oversight Group; and Northeast Colorado Health Department.
Yuma Art Show looking for submissions
The Yuma Arts Association is looking for artists to submit their photographs, paintings, sculptures, drawings and beautiful or interesting things made from wood, paper, metal, bone, fibers, clay or found items for possible inclusion in the Yuma Art Show and Sale to be held Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 at the First Presbyterian Church in Yuma.
Artists of all ages are welcome to submit their creations to the show, which will be judged by Monica King and Maureen Hearty. Rik Chance will be the featured artist at the show.
For more information and submission entry forms, call Gail Ardueser at 970-848-2393.
Eben Ezer Auxiliary's Fall Festival set for Sept. 24 in Brush
The Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center Auxiliary will host its annual Fall Festival from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Carroll Building in Brush.
There will be fall crafts and a wide variety of baked goods and food items available at the festival, including: cabbage pockets, breakfast burritos, green chili, beef burritos, homemade salsa and Scandinavian pastries. Coffee will be free.
Call 970-842-2861 ext. 246 to pre-order cabbage pockets or burritos, and then pick them up at the festival.
Oktoberfest, Car/Motorcycle Show is Sept. 23-24 in Brush
The 34th annual Oktoberfest and Car and Motorcycle Show will happen Sept. 23 and 24 in Brush, with events happening on the 100 block of Clayton Street.
On Friday, Sept. 23, Oktoberfest events start at 6:30 p.m. with a Cruise-In on the 100 block of Clayton Street, along with music and food free for registered participants, or $3 for everyone else.
On Saturday, Sept. 24, there will be: a Dog Show Contest at 10 a.m. with awards at 10:30 a.m.; live local entertainment from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; the Main Street Festival with food, crafts and games from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; the Car/Motorcycle Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; a beer garden from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and a live polka band playing from 7 to 11 p.m. under the beer tent.
Some of the day's other activities include: kids games, Oktoberfest entertainment dancers, craft booths, food booths, sidewalk chalk drawings, and much more for all ages. German apparel strongly encouraged to wear. Lederhosen, dirndl dresses, German hats, pins, T-shirts, etc.
Registration and info: www.brushchamber.org/events/oktoberfest.
Glow Run, Sneaker Stroll set for Sept. 24 in FM
This year's version of the annual Morgan County Sneaker Stroll will also be a Glow Run 5K, with all events benefiting Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund.
According to organizers, "the Glow Run 5k is not just for runners. Walk it, roll it, heck you can even cartwheel it …we don't care… Just do it!"
It all starts at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at The Course at Petteys Park in Brush. There will be games and activities first, and then the 5K Glow Race starts at 7:30 p.m. The Morgan County Sneaker Stroll in an annual event dedicated to raising awareness of Type 1 Diabetes in Northeastern Colorado and to raising much needed funds for the JDRF — the world's largest charitable funder of Type 1 Diabetes research.
Info: Kate Jilek at 970-467-1199, Cara Draegert at 970-380-2272, Teresa Dabbs at 970-590-6017 or Melissa Wagers at 970-380-7777.
Next Food Bank of the Rockies mobile pantry truck visit is Sept. 28
The Food Bank of the Rockies mobile pantry truck will make its next monthly visit to Morgan County on Wednesday, Sept. 28.
The pantry truck stops at the Morgan County Fairgrounds in Brush from 10 a.m. to noon, and food assistance is provided for those seeking it. Provide your own bags or boxes.
Info: Lisa Northrup at 970-768-4262.
"CCC Songs" program Sept. 28 in FM
The "CCC" or Civilian Conservation Corp created jobs for people during the Great Depression. Jobs were created for people building public works projects. On Sept. 28, Bill Jamerson will present a program called "CCC Songs" at Fort Morgan Library & Museum.
The CCC was part of the New Deal in America. One nearby CCC project is a lighthouse located in Nebraska at Lake Minatare. It is a lighthouse of the type one would expect to see in Maine. The structure is one of only seven inland lighthouses in the United States. And this is only one of the many projects built by the CCC.
Starting at 2 p.m. Sept. 28 in the Community Room, a dressed in uniform Jamerson will share stories about the CCC, reads excerpts from his book, show a video clip from his PBS film and sing original songs with his guitar.
"It's a nostalgic, fun-filled program with songs, laughter and many heartfelt stories," said Library/Museum Technology Coordinator Lanny Page.
FM Museum exhibit looks at one-room schoolhouse history
A new exhibit at Fort Morgan Museum offers a glimpse of the important history of one-room schoolhouses in Morgan County. "The One Room Schoolhouse – Morgan County, CO" runs through Dec. 31 in the museum's Lower Level Gallery.
This exhibit preserves the one-room school story before it vanishes forever. Once there were more than 100 schools spread across the prairies of Morgan County; now few remain, and most of them are in advanced stages of disrepair.
The show was created by Thelma Downing (research, history and fieldwork) and David Roberts (research, fieldwork and photography). The exhibit includes photographs of schoolhouse sites, accompanied by Google Earth images of each location.
These schoolhouses were often products of the homesteading era, when federal lands were opened. The farmers and ranchers who came to stake their claim all wanted their children to be educated. One-room schools, usually built by the community, were constructed every 2 to 4 miles. Generally, one teacher was hired to instruct grades one through eight. For over 75 years, these schools provided education to Morgan County's youth.
Using a mixture of past and present photographs, the exhibit is a comprehensive study of the one-room schoolhouse through the microcosm of Morgan County.
State offering Library Card Sign-Up photo contest
In partnership with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the Colorado State Library has launched a Library Card Sign-up photo contest that runs now through Sept. 19.
The contest requires participants to visit Colorado's 42 state parks and document the visit by posting a selfie or group photo on Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag: #CheckOutColorado. Once made public, the person who posted the photo is automatically entered to win a picnic basket and an adventure backpack full of educational items. The drawing will take place Sept. 20.
The social media photo contest is a part of the American Library Association's Library Card Sign-up Month during September. The state hopes the contest will highlight the importance of both state parks and libraries throughout Colorado.
"This photo contest is a fun way to highlight the many ways our parks are being used. Colorado residents should use their library cards, or get one during Library Card Sign-up Month, and contribute photos," said Eugene Hainer, State Library assistant commissioner.
The partnership launched the Check Out Colorado State Parks program to allow anyone with a library card to check out a state park pass and nature backpack from any participating public, military or college libraries, which includes Morgan Community College. The library card holder may use the pass for one week to visit any of Colorado's designated state parks.
To learn more about the Colorado State Library visit http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib. To learn more about the Colorado Parks and Wildlife visit http://cpw.state.co.us.
EMCL offering free card replacement, fine forgiveness in September
To celebrate National Library Month, East Morgan County Library District is offering library patrons free library card replacement and overdue books fine forgiveness in September.
So if you have lost your card, stop in sometime in September for your choice of a library card with a key fob card or just a regular library card with no cost for the replacement. More info: 970-842-4596.
FM advisory boards seeking members
The City of Fort Morgan is actively seeking applicants to fill vacancies on a number of different citizen advisory boards. Openings are currently available on the city's Planning Commission, Airport Advisory Board, Library Advisory Board, Golf Course Advisory Board and Historic Preservation Board.
In most cases applicants must be residents of the City of Fort Morgan, and most board terms are for three years. Call the City Clerk's Office at 970-542-3962 to find out about the requirements for specific boards.
Anyone interested in applying for any of the advisory board vacancies can pick up an application at Historic City Hall, 110 Main St., or find the application on the city's website at www.cityoffortmorgan.com/DocumentCenter/Home/View/112. For more information contact Jill Westhoff-Curtis at 970-542-3962 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
FM Library offering free driver's license practice tests
A new program at the Fort Morgan Public Library offers patrons the chance to study Colorado driver's license manuals online and take practice written tests in preparation for the real state exams.
The new service includes free practice tests, specifically based on Colorado DMV materials. It is offered through a new partnership with Driving-Tests.org, a nationwide site for driver's license practice tests.
The site is designed to help new drivers study state manuals and take practice tests based on real DMV written exams for obtaining a driver's license. The specialized practice exams are designed to turn new drivers into safer drivers. Many of the exams are also available in Spanish. The new program will be helpful for teens, people with disabilities, those who participate in the library's programs for seniors and need to take a renewal exam, and patrons at every other stage of life.
To find the driver's tests, simply visit the Library page on the city's website at www.cityoffortmorgan.com/library. On the right side of the library web page, under "Quick Links," you will find the link for "Free Drivers Ed Program." Info: Contact the library staff at 970-542-4000.
Al-Anon offers hope for families and friends of alcoholics
Many people of all ages suffer from the affects of alcoholism, especially the loved ones. Family and friends of alcoholics usually blame themselves for the turmoil in their lives, and they often are unaware of how someone else's drinking affects them. It can cause depression, anger, frustration and despair; it often seems as though there is no hope. This can go on from generation to generation unless the pattern in interrupted.
But if you or someone you know is affected by a loved one's drinking, there is help and hope. Al-Anon is a fellowship of family and friends of alcoholics. By sharing their experience, strength and hope, participants can help aid each other in the recovery from the affects of alcoholism.
Meetings are anonymous and cost nothing. In Fort Morgan, regular Al-Anon meetings are held at the United Way building at 106 E. Kiowa three times a week. On Tuesdays and Fridays, they are from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday meetings are from 9 to 10 a.m.
MOPs meets on Friday mornings
The Morgan County Mothers of Preschoolers group has kicked off a new season and will meet weekly through May, with sessions starting at 9:30 a.m. on Fridays at Life Fellowship in Fort Morgan.
All women with children under age 6 are welcome to come and join in at MOPs meetings. Child-care is provided for ages 6 months to 6 years.
— Compiled by Times staff


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Good morning, UCWbLers and other writing-loving friends! Now that the autumn quarter is in full swing, we asked one of our new UCWbL writing tutors and graduate assistants, Marcela D., to write a little about her experience so far with the UCWbL!
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It was an overwhelming and full of excitement beginning indeed. I have never been a tutor, until now, except for teaching my daughter, which I never considered as a tutoring task but one of my maternal duties, so you can imagine how I felt as I began to dive into the UCWbL's mission and believes.
Thankfully, now that I have been able to see below the surface and start to put into practice all the things we've been studying and reading, my fears are changing into joy, not only because I finally understood it, but also because it is an amazing experience to collaborate and work together with all kinds of writers in all kinds of writing projects.
One of the things I'm very happy about is the continued learning opportunity this represents, not only for writers, but also for tutors. Each meeting is a collaborative job between both of them, where an interchange of knowledge takes place.
The fact that the tutoring sessions are held in such a friendly environment helps the writers feel comfortable and open to suggestions, but at the same time invites them to come up with their own conclusions and, therefore, leads them to trust their writing process.
At the same time, the tutor learns that every writer is different, although most of their concerns might be the same, and this will improve its teaching skills as he would have to find the best way to reach out for each particular writer so they both find the path to improve not only the writing task in front of them, but the writer skills too.
Over these couple of weeks as a new UCWbLer I have found myself submerged in a lot of information and I can say that I'm very impressed about how well organized and practical everything is, but I'm even more impressed about all the good nature people I have found. It's not easy to find people willing to guide you in every step of the road and even wait for you while you tie your shoes or need to make a pause to take some air.


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Chapter One You Are the Most Important Man in Her Life Men, good men: We need you. Wemothers, daughters, and sistersneed your help to raise healthy young women. We need every ounce of masculine courage and wit you own, because fathers, more than anyone else, set the course for a daughter's life. Your daughter needs the best of who you are: your strength, your courage, your intelligence, and your fearlessness. She needs your empathy, assertiveness, and self-confidence. She needs you. Our daughters need the support that only fathers can provideand if you are willing to guide your daughter, to stand between her and a toxic culture, to take her to a healthier place, your rewards will be unmatched. You will experience the love and adoration that can come only from a daughter. You will feel a pride, satisfaction, and joy that you can know nowhere else. After more than twenty years of listening to daughtersand doling out antibiotics, antidepressants, and stimulants to girls who have gone without a father's loveI know just how important fathers are. I have listened hour after hour to young girls describe how they vomit in junior high bathrooms to keep their weight down. I have listened to fourteen-year-old girls tell me they have to provide fellatiowhich disgusts themin order to keep their boyfriends. I've watched girls drop off varsity tennis teams, flunk out of school, and carve initials or tattoo cult figures onto their bodiesall to see if their dads will notice. And I have watched daughters talk to fathers. When you come in the room, they change. Everything about them changes: their eyes, their mouths, their gestures, their body language. Daughters are never lukewarm in the presence of their fathers. They might take their mothers for granted, but not you. They light upor they cry. They watch you intensely. They hang on your words. They hope for your attention, and they wait for it in frustrationor in despair. They need a gesture of approval, a nod of encouragement, or even simple eye contact to let them know you care and are willing to help. When she's in your company, your daughter tries harder to excel. When you teach her, she learns more rapidly. When you guide her, she gains confidence. If you fully understood just how profoundly you can influence your daughter's life, you would be terrified, overwhelmed, or both. Boyfriends, brothers, even husbands can't shape her character the way you do. You will influence her entire life because she gives you an authority she gives no other man. Many fathers (particularly of teen girls) assume they have little influence over their daughterscertainly less influence than their daughters' peers or pop cultureand think their daughters need to figure out life on their own. But your daughter faces a world markedly different from the one you did growing up: it's less friendly, morally unmoored, and even outright dangerous. After age six, "little girl" clothes are hard to find. Many outfits are cut to make her look like a seductive thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girl trying to attract older boys. She will enter puberty earlier than girls did a generation or two ago (and boys will be watching as she grows breasts even as young as age nine). She will see sexual innuendo or scenes of overt sexual behavior in magazines or on television before she is ten years old, whether you approve or not. She will learn about HIV and AIDS in elementary school and will also probably learn why and how it is transmitted. When my son was in the fourth grade at a small parochial school, the teacher gave his class a science assignment. Each student was to write a report on any one of the infectious diseases from a list she gave them. My sMeeker, Meg is the author of 'Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know', published 2007 under ISBN 9780345499394 and ISBN 0345499395.[read more]
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[UPDATE] "I am Just Like You": Perpetrators and Bystanders in Holocaust Literature and Film (ALA Boston, May 23-26, 2013)
"I am Just Like You": Perpetrators and Bystanders in Holocaust Literature and Film
Papers are invited for a proposed panel at the 2013 ALA Conference in Boston (May 23-26, 2013).
In the years immediately following the Second World War, the international media were almost instantly fascinated by those responsible for the unprecedented crimes against humanity – think, for example, of the news reports on the Nuremberg trials and, especially, the media storm following in the wake of Hannah Arendt's controversial "Eichmann in Jerusalem" (1963), a book that shed a radically different light on the minds of the perpetrators. Historians such as Raul Hilberg ("The Destruction of the European Jews," 1961), Christopher Browning ("Ordinary Men," 1992), and Daniel Goldhagen ("Hitler's Willing Executioners," 1996) remained interested in the figures of the perpetrator and the bystander. Novelists and filmmakers, by contrast, were remarkably slow in embracing the theme of the Holocaust, and even when novels and movies became part of what is derogatorily called the "Shoah business" in the 1980s, they addressed mostly the plight of the Jewish victims, focalized through the victims' minds. Much of this ethical reticence – a refusal or inability to enter the perpetrator's mind – may have been inspired by Claude Lanzmann's famous strictures against "the obscenity of understanding" the Shoah. Since the early 1990s, however, novelists and filmmakers boldly dare to approach the Holocaust from the other side. Some of the most notable examples of representations of perpetrators, bystanders, and those who were forced into what Primo Levi called "the gray zone" – representations that invite an empathic response from the reader or viewer – are Martin Amis' "Time's Arrow: or The Nature of the Offence" (1991), Bernhardt Schlink's "Der Vorleser" (1995; "The Reader"), Rachel Seiffert's "The Dark Room" (2001), Tim Blake Nelson's "The Grey Zone" (2001), Jonathan Safran Foer's "Everything is Illuminated" (2002), and Jonathan Littell's "Les Bienviellantes" (2006; "The Kindly Ones," 2009). This panel seeks to investigate the ideological and ethical ramifications of the specific ways in which authors and filmmakers represent Holocaust perpetrators, bystanders, and victim-perpetrators.
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The report also gives an overview of international and domestic HIV investments and the need for greater value for money and sustainability.
Calling for global solidarity and shared responsibility, the UNAIDS report contains commentaries from global and community leaders as well as people living with and affected by HIV.
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Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (born 8 January 1942) is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and in 2009 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.
Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years, taking up the post in 1979 and retiring on 1 October 2009. He is also a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and a Distinguished Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario. He is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity, especially in the context of black holes. He has also achieved success with works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; these include the runaway best seller A Brief History of Time, which stayed on the British Sunday Times bestsellers list for a record-breaking 237 weeks.
Hawking's key scientific works to date have included providing, with Roger Penrose, theorems regarding gravitational singularities in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes should emit radiation, which is today known as Hawking radiation (or sometimes as Bekenstein–Hawking radiation).


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A série acompanha jovem obstetra e ginecologista Mindy Lahiri (Mindy Kaling) e como ela lida com seus problemas em sua vida pessoal e profissiona
Mindy Lahiri can quote every romantic comedy starring Meg Ryan that exists. She loves the good ones and the bad ones, because the girl always gets the guy. Mindy is determined to be more punctual, spend less money, lose weight and read more books – all in pursuit of becoming a well-rounded perfect woman…who can meet and date the perfect guy. Mindy is a skilled OB/GYN and shares a practice with a few other doctors, none of whom make life any easier for her. Jeremy Reed is the walking definition of total bad news. He not only shares a practice with Mindy, but sometimes her bed as well – despite her best efforts to resist. He is funny, self-absorbed and super sexy. In contrast, Danny Castellano is a hothead and guys' guy who has a habit of stealing Mindy's patients.


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Doors 2pm
Reading 2:30pm
Poet and performer Valerie Hsiung is the author of three full-length poetry collections: e f g: a trilogy (Action Books, November 2016), incantation inarticulate (O Balthazar Press, 2013), and under your face (O Balthazar Press, 2013). Her writing can be found or is forthcoming in places such as American Letters & Commentary, Cosmonauts Avenue, Denver Quarterly, New Delta Review, PEN Poetry Series, Prelude, RealPoetik, and VOLT, among elsewhere. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hsiung spent significant portions of her childhood in Las Vegas, received a BA from Brown University, and is now based out of Brooklyn, New York, where she works as a love detective and matchmaker. She currently serves as an editor for Poor Claudia.
Anne Lesley Selcer is a poet in the expanded field and an art writer. Her work appears on the page, on the wall, as video, installation, and critical essay. She has been commissioned by SFMoma's Open Space, 2nd Floor Projects, Artspeak gallery, Center A gallery, the Or gallery, as well as by artists Abbas Ackhavan and Aurel Schmidt. Her collection from A Book of Poems on Beauty won the Gazing Grain publication in 2014, and is one part of a hypertropic, unbound book on beauty after Mallarmé; Livre, a book about "everything." She also authored Banlieusard, a book length text which responds to an exhibit. Other writing has been included in seven anthologies including the forthcoming New Media Art 2017 (Cica Museum, Korea). Krowswork, the Visible Verse festival, Southern Exposure, and the T-10 video festival have exhibited or screened her work. Work is forthcoming in the Chicago Review and has appeared in Fence, Action, Yes!, GaussPdf, Elderly, and Armed Cell among others. Critical writing also appears in Art Practical, Fillip, Entropy, and Formes Poetiques Contemporaines and is forthcoming for Rabble (Insert Blanc). She has held residencies at Krowswork gallery and Mildred's Lane, is currently a writing fellow at Southern Exposure, and will be teaching at UC Santa Cruz.
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2013 Small Business Trends: Known Unknowns Ahead
By: John Rossheim, Monster Senior Writer
As we head into 2013, small business trends in recruitment and hiring are decidedly mixed.
Candidates are out there, in great quantity. But competing for top talent is difficult.
Both seasoned professionals and bright college hires have sensed that they're gaining power in the labor market.
Such trends are impacting small business innovation: New business opportunities that would require more workers seem almost within reach, yet they're riddled with risks stemming from macroeconomic uncertainties.
Hedging Hiring Planning
Yes, as small firms consider their workforce strategies for the new year, much remains contingent.
The small-business community as a whole is hedging its hiring plans. According to a October 2012 survey from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), 10 percent of small businesses are planning to grow their workforce; 11 percent plan to reduce headcount.
One example of an external factor that has owners hedging: The Affordable Care Act, which requires companies with more than 50 employees to provide health benefits or begin paying penalties in 2014.
"Some firms may be holding back on hiring not to cross that threshold," says a 2012 report from Moody's Analytics.
Candidates Are Feeling Their Oats
Especially for small firms that are all about technology, recruiting IT staffing the right talent will likely only get tougher in 2013.
"Now students and prospective employees are recognizing the value they bring to companies," says Faina Klyuzman, a recruiter at AWeber, an 80-employee email marketing technology firm in Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
"It's much more difficult today [in late 2012] than it was even 18 months ago," says Jerry Irvine, CIO of IT consulting firm Prescient Solutions in Chicago. "Good, strong employees are already employed, and they're reticent to jump to something new."
These anecdotes are borne out by recent data on hard-to-fill job openings, which have trended up over the past three years.
Going back to 2007, before the recession hit, about one in four small firms reported hard-to-fill openings; through 2009, in the depths of the downturn, the proportion of tough-to-make hires dropped to about one in ten; in 2012 the ratio is about one in six, according to the NFIB report.
In the new year, consultancies will continue to try to lure talent with promises of workplace flexibility, a variety in their portfolio of projects and pay-for-performance features ranging from spot bonuses to profit-sharing.
To keep incumbent talent happy, some firms are offering perks ranging from take-home prepared dinners to housecleaning services.
Small Business Recruiters
Responding to the increasing difficulty of filling critical positions, more small businesses in 2013 are likely to make the investment in external recruiters, often for openings in technical niches.
"Income from our recruiting practice is up 70 percent in 2012 compared to 2011," says Nancy Mobley, CEO of Insight Performance, a human resources consulting firm in Dedham, Mass.
Finding the right combination of hard and soft skills will continue to be a major challenge for small employers next year.
"College graduates come out of the gate understanding social media," says Amy Laws, co-owner of Smocked Auctions, a Dallas-based online retailer of children's apparel that plans to increase its headcount of 10 by three workers in 2013 as it aims to double sales to $2 million.
Harder to find are recent grads who know how to use spell-check and have good communication skills, she adds.
Small Tech Firms Are Hiring Full-Time — Or Outsourcing
Small technology ventures — which often employ hard-to-find experts — are less inclined to bring in workers under alternative arrangements. "We steer clear of contractor and temp-to-hire situations," says Klyuzman. "We want people to have a vested interested in the company from day one."
This perspective makes a lot of sense for consulting firms whose individual contributors are the only ones with regular face-to-face contact with clients.
"Our service offering is to become a company's IT department," says Irvine, whose firm has about 90 workers. "We want loyalty, so 100 percent of our workers are W-2 employees with benefits."
Still, many small companies will choose to outsource a variety of tasks in 2013, often paying a premium in exchange for fixed costs and reduced compliance and co-employment risks. "We're seeing companies outsource non-core functions," says Mobley. "It's become even more prevalent."


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This is a lightning-fast way to make scrumptious little cookie bites. You simply dab marmalade onto a tray full of vanilla wafers and then cloak each cookie in melted white chocolate. For a fittingly elegant garnish, you can top each one with a tiny piece of candied orange peel (available in specialty food stores and by mail).
- Yield
- Makes 48 cookies
- 48 vanilla wafer cookies, such as Nilla Wafers
- 1/2 cup orange marmalade
- 1 bag (12 ounces) white chocolate chips
- Candied orange peel, for garnish (optional)
- 1. Place the vanilla wafer cookies, rounded sides down, on wire racks set on top of baking sheets. Place 1/2 teaspoon of marmalade on the flat side of each cookie.
- 2. Place the white chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high, stirring once or twice, until just melted, 1 to 2 minutes depending on the strength of your microwave. Stir until smooth. (Alternatively, place water to a depth of 1 inch in the bottom of a double boiler or a large saucepan and bring to a bare simmer. Place the white chocolate chips in the top of the double boiler or in a stainless steel bowl big enough to rest on top of the saucepan without touching the water. Heat, whisking occasionally, until the chocolate is just melted. Remove from the heat and whisk until smooth.)
- 3. Use a small offset spatula to spread white chocolate over each cookie, covering the marmalade and coming to the edges. Place the baking sheets in the refrigerator for 5 minutes to allow the chocolate to set.
- White Chocolate and Marmalade Vanilla Wafers will keep, layered between parchment paper, at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Recipes excerpted from Cookie Swap! Copyright 2010 by Lauren Chattman Used by permission of Workman Publishing Co., Inc. New York All Rights Reserve


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Turkey and Gravy Baskets
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 20 min.
Makes4 servings
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen puff pastry shells
- 2 cups fresh broccoli florets
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped sweet red pepper
- 4 teaspoons canola oil
- 1 package (18 ounces) refrigerated turkey breast slices in gravy
- 1/2 cup turkey gravy
- Bake four pastry shells according to package directions; save remaining shells for another use.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute the broccoli, onion and red pepper in oil for 5 minutes or until crisp-tender.
- Cut turkey slices into bite-size pieces; add to skillet with gravy from package and additional gravy. Heat through. Serve in pastry shells.
Nutrition Facts1/2 cup: 560 calories, 30g fat (6g saturated fat), 49mg cholesterol, 775mg sodium, 45g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 5g fiber), 26g protein.
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Very good baseline recipe. The sky is the limit as to what you want to add to your pastry shells! Two other versions I've tried with great success is, one, to place a buttered slice of bread in a large muffin tin with buttered side facing the pan. The bread gets a lovely crunchy toasted exterior with the turkey and veggies on the inside! I also do a similar thing with the large muffin tin or popover pan. I take cold stuffing and press it up against the side of the pan openings and fill. Both of these modifications are baked at 350 degrees until filling is hot or bread is browner. One note about all 3 of these: when it says 4 servings, I would say it would be for a ladies lunch type serving at best. One serving will not fill up a man or a teenage boy.


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The aim is to raise awareness and understanding on issues specific to veterans such as invisible wounds like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury, and to encourage agency and institution staff to establish promising best practices that will empower this population in their reintegration and pursuit of personal, academic, and meaningful career goals. The project is funded by the King County Veterans and Human Services Levy and the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs PTSD & War Trauma Counseling Program.
The Veterans Training Support Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. VTSC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.


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Find Out What's On Olivia Palermo's Lavish $7,000 Shopping Wish List & Get Her Casual Chic Get-Up For Less!
Whether she's on a red carpet or walking around NYC, I've never seen this stylish star look anything but perfectly put together. Find out how you can re-create her great look and get all the details on what she can't wait to splurge on this season!
I love Olivia Palermo's sense of style and I could only imagine what you could find if you walked her closet. From her vintage jewelry to the way she mixes high-end runway looks with pieces from Topshop, I always get excited to see what she's going to pull out next! While she always looks great in a gown on the red carpet, she looked just as stellar when she showed off an edgy, chic look when she went shopping at 25 Park in NYC on Oct. 22.Clad in pants by Member's Only, a military jacket complete with sweater sleeves, and sexy lace-up Charlotte Olympia booties, she showed up at the high-end store and put together a wish list of her must-haves that came close to $7,000, (you can scoop up any of the items at 25 Park). So, what's the stylish star dying for?
- Devi Kroell clutch in champagne (2 of them), $774 each
- Mehrymu clutch in purple, $395
- Haute Hippie pom pom fur vest in camel, $1,450
- Haute Hippie elongated fur vest in navy, $690
- Haute Hippie lace back silk top in camel, $375
- HH NUDE tee shirt in olive green, $95
- HH NUDE tee shirt in gray, $95
- HH Leather mini (green w/ gold eyelets) XS $595
- HH Leather mini black with metal embellishment, $595
- BMB Lecian cape in camel, $435
- BMB Hova top in suede, $770
- Blank distressed skinny jeans in ivory, $78
(In case you were wondering, the star ordered her skinny jeans in a size 24 — although I definitely think she's actually even smaller than that!)If you want to get her great shopping get-up without having to splurge, check out my picks below!
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|Forever 21 Leatherette Biker Pants, $22.80
|Piperlime Sam Edelman Simone Bootie in leopard, $109
|Shoedazzle.com Napoli Bag in taupe, $45
|Urban Outfitters Reformed Dylan Jacket, $168


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Hearing Aids Through the VA
- Must be Doctoring at the VA, and have your VA primary care provider refer you to audiology, based on you are unable to actively participate in you health care due to your hearing or.
- Have a hearing related VA Service connection, or.
- Have at least a 10% VA service connection and a referral from you VA primary healthcare provider.
North Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs Hardship Assistance Grant for Hearing Aids
The purpose of this assistance is to provide monies to give aid and comfort to veterans [as defined in NDCC 37-14] and their spouses, or un-remarried widow/widowers of eligible veterans.
The individual must have an unmet need of hearing, must be approved by the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs.
The following requirements need to be met to apply (DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED):
- Qualify as veteran or eligible dependent as defined in NDCC 37-14-01.1.
- Income and asset level. Income will be based on established indexes such as pension rates and poverty guidelines which will be reviewed annually.
- Must be a North Dakota resident for one year prior to application date.
- Medical bills showing all work completed, and all payments and credits must be received by the department within 60-90 days of the date of approval.
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Posts Tagged 'Mississippi History'
The State of Jones
The good folks at Doubleday sent me a review copy of The State of Jones: The Small Southern County That Seceded from the Confederacy by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer. It is available for pre-order now from WigWags Books and will be published on June 23rd.
- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday (June 23, 2009)
- Language: English
- Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
This is the story of Newton Knight who was a Unionist living in Mississippi and strongly anti-slavery. The authors suggest that he was "the South's strangest soldier."
Some quick facts:
- In Jones County Mississippi, fifty-three men had not only fought as anti-Confederate guerrillas, but formally enlisted in the Union army in New Orleans
- Knight's group of guerrillas "remained unconquered though surrounded by Confederate Armies from start to finish."
- Jones was drafted into the Confederate army but refused to fight and eventually deserted.
- Knight had two families, one white and one black. His black family was with a slave named Rachel who was owned by his family and who helped him during the war. He acknowledged her children as his own.
I profess to getting behind in my reading for school because of this book. I promise to write a proper review after I'm finished reading it. I can say that it is VERY well written.
Newton Knight's story is being made into a film currently in production. Filmmaker Gary Ross is writer, director, and one of several producers.
Sally Jenkins is an award-winning journalist currently with the Washington Post. She has authored eight books, three of New York Times bestsellers.
John Stauffer is Professor of English and African American Studies and Chair of the Committee on Higher Degrees in the History of American Civilization at Harvard.
His prior book, GIANTS: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, I mentioned in a previous post which you can read here.


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The following are highlights from a recent Miami Herald interview with WWE Superstar John Cena:
On returning from his injury and surgery: ""This one has just been about me getting back healthy, because I haven't had a match in eight weeks, I really just want to be as strong and as ready to go as possible. When you're in the element everyday and you can really be around your competition, that's when you can come up with breaking it down a little more with your opponent. This will essentially be like the first game of the season for me. It just so happens to be with all the importance of the last game of a season. I'm really excited to be back, and I really think this Sunday is going to be special, and hopefully, I can shake that Miami jinx."
On working with Alberto Del Rio in his return match: "Anyone who can be a champion at our level deserves respect. I tend not to be the guy who runs everybody down because I've had my share of wins and my share of loses…You can't ignore the fact he's the World heavyweight champion."
On his personal real-life relationship airing on Total Divas: "That was difficult, but I'm glad I made the decision to do that, and a lot of that had to do with Nicole's influence, obviously. I really wanted the show to be a success. I truly love Nicole, and I believe in her. It was a conscience decision for me to do it. I think our viewers will enjoy the second half of the first season that's coming back in mid-November on the E! network. As the show grows, it gets better and more interesting to watch, and I think fans will enjoy it this time around."
On doing movies: "Movies are a different animal. I love the live entertainment business. I love the live sports entertainment television business. I love live television period, just because it's so honest, especially live television with an audience, because if that audience wants to say or do something, you can't hide it from the viewers. Movies are a little bit different. It takes a lot more patience to be in a movie, to make a movie, to be active in a movie scene. I have patience, but I don't know if I have enough."
Check out the complete interview online at MiamiHerald.com.
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Summary and Keywords
Two approaches currently enjoy widespread popularity among foreign policy analysts: Analytical Liberalism and Neoclassical Realism. On the surface, they seem remarkably similar. Both emphasize domestic factors, yet each claims to employ domestic variables in a distinct fashion. How do they differ? To answer that question, it would be helpful to reflect upon examples where scholars applying each approach have addressed the same case, allowing us to contrast their descriptions directly. Few such comparisons exist, however. Instead, as is apparent to even the casual observer, each approach fits neatly into its own niche. Neoclassical Realism appeals to scholars addressing security policy, whereas Analytical Liberalism dominates research in international political economy. Why would both approaches enjoy limited applicability? Here too, a direct comparison of their arguments might illuminate their comparative strengths and weaknesses. A review of how each approach works provides insight into their respective strengths and weaknesses. Under certain conditions, the key traits of the approaches can be revealed. These conditions identify a series of cases deserving closer empirical analysis, which would provide evidence concerning the relative utility of each approach.
Keywords: Analytical Liberalism, liberal international relations, Neoclassical Realism, comparative foreign policy, empirical international relations theory
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The curious case of the vanishing penis. "One of the most puzzling events in evolution is the reduction and loss of the phallus in birds." Puzzling indeed. Although birds' ancestors started out with a penis, it was lost by all but about three percent of the bird species currently alive on the planet. Although we're still arguing over why, we now know how the penis goes missing. And it comes, in part, by methodology that I never thought I'd see in a scientific paper: an examination of the genitalia of emus, which do have penises (as do ducks).
Chickens, however, do not. And the difference all comes down to one protein. All birds seem to form a bit of tissue that has the potential to generate a penis, but chickens activate a gene called BMP-4, which kills off the tissue; emus and ducks don't activate that gene. Somewhat intriguingly, BMP signaling is also responsible for killing off the tissue that would otherwise leave us with webbing between our digits.
There are scientists in foxholes. When people are under stress, they tend to rely on whatever it is they believe in. Until recently, that typically meant traditional religion. But with a general decline in belief, what have people turned to? Possibly science, if a new study is to be believed. Researchers created a series of questions that measured people's belief that science makes sense of the world and can improve the human condition. They then administered it to a bunch of rowers, some before an important competition (not exactly a military battle but those haven't happened near Oxford in a while) and others before a practice session. Those facing an important competition tended to place a much higher value on science than their peers who were just in for practice.
I know you're watching me, so I'll act quickly. It's easy to watch an animal going about its business and forget that it's making constant decisions: is that food? Does that motion pose a threat? We can't get inside an animal's brain to see what feeds into the those decisions, but we can test individual factors. And it turns out that one of those factors is a human gaze. In a variety of species, animals respond differently if a human is staring at them than if the person's attention is elsewhere (presumably, the same applies to other animals that could pose a threat). The new work shows that this effect may in part come down to accelerated decision making.
If a researcher stared at magpies while approaching them and they flew away, that whole senario happened much more quickly than if the person's gaze were averted. But the magpies also went back to eating more quickly if the human was staring at them. So the quick response to threats isn't just a matter of a panicked retreat in the face of a threat.
Please send calories with your sperm. In the human dating scene, dinner usually occurs before any attempts at sex. Squid end up providing a meal during sex. Scientists fed male squid with some radioactive carbon, and found that, after sex, females incorporated that carbon into a variety of tissues, using it both for their own benefit and to produce more eggs. Since these squid can store sperm for up to three weeks, there's a good chance that any extra eggs produced thanks to this meal will be fertilized with the sperm that was transferred with the meal.
Odds are, there is a doctor in the house aircraft. Or at least a nurse. Ever worry that the worst possible place to have a medical emergency is stuck on a flight somewhere over the Atlantic? Relax—it's relatively rare, and chances are you'll be well cared for. The rate of medical emergencies is only one in every 604 flights and, on 48 percent of these, there was a doctor on the plane to assist with the care; nurses or EMTs were present on another 28 percent. Only about seven percent of the incidents were severe enough to warrant diverting the flight, and only 0.3 percent of those receiving care ended up dying.


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Posts Tagged 'Random House'
Book Review: Lincoln and His Generals
T. HARRY WILLIAMS. Lincoln and His Generals. New York: Random House, 1952. Pp. viii, 363, $2.40.
Over half a century ago, T. Harry Williams wrote an exceptional work with as major theme that the performance of President Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief during the American Civil War positioning him as the true director of the war efforts of Northern armies and the progenitor of the country's first modern command system. He shows Lincoln to be an able student of military strategy who ramped up quickly, grasped the end game and generally how to reach it, but struggled to find the right executioner of those plans. That he was even more skilled as a politician meant that he functioned superbly as leader in both political and military spheres throughout the conflict.
This is a work about the challenges of leadership set against what Williams calls the first of the "modern total wars." (3) Williams chronicles the war from Lincoln's perspective presenting the strengths and, more notably, the many foibles of the men who served the North in senior military positions. Their relative caliber appears to have been directly correlated to the attention Lincoln had to give them. More attention from and scrutiny by Lincoln was thus not a mark of achievement. Williams' work reflects that relative attention. For example, he begins his discussion of McClellan in Chapter 2 and does not finish with him until Chapter 8 at which point Lincoln finally dismisses McClellan in disgust. (179) Williams takes his readers through the agonizing months Lincoln spent attempting to manage McClellan and his paranoia regarding enemy troop strength and inability to execute when it would put his men in harm's way or there was the potential to fail. Grant, by contrast to McClellan, received some but not extensive coverage by Williams reflecting Lincoln's own confidence that Grant could carry forward Lincoln's strategic aims effectively. Williams concludes that in the waning months of 1864, Lincoln had sufficient trust in Grant to intervene little in the war's management. That is not to say that Lincoln shrugged off any responsibility in setting strategic direction or in monitoring closely "and sometimes anxiously" the conduct of the war. (336) He was quick to reset direction when required.
Williams' organization of the book is driven largely by the order of his encounters with senior military leaders. He begins with the infamous but corpulent and declining General Winfield Scott. We are given images of Lincoln chatting by the fire in Scott's drawing room about daily reports and strategic options. Lincoln begins to reveal his own nascent military strategies and to measure those proposed by the militarist Scott against civilian and political realities. Lincoln also demonstrates an important resolve to make and stand by decisions even if they go against those of senior military advisors. Williams provides illustration of this by pointing to Lincoln's grasping of the strategic golden nugget within Scott's Anaconda Plan of control of the Mississippi but Lincoln's rejection of its execution because it risked a drawn out and uncertain resolution.
Regular army man Irvin McDowell is then tagged by Lincoln to take command of the swelling number of troops in and around Washington, a number that by the summer of 1861 exceeded 30,000 men. Lincoln pushes McDowell, of course, into an offensive movement at Manassas to disastrous results. While the mark against McDowell's mediocre reputation is severe, Williams allows us to see that Lincoln is willing to bear some of the blame.
The scene is thus set for the summoning of McClellan to Washington. This begins Lincoln's relationship with "the problem child of the Civil War." (25) Williams chronicles the early months of McClellan's experiences in the East, his messianic complex, disrespect for Lincoln and others with whom he had to deal, and the efforts that Lincoln had to make to manage a man who held such promise but failed to deliver. It is clear that Lincoln, to this credit, attempted many different techniques in his efforts to supervise McClellan.
John C. Fremont, McClellan's peer in the Western Department and a political appointment made by Lincoln himself, proves disastrous in his mismanagement of Missouri and a bitter disappointment. Williams captures well the odd quirks of both Fremont and the Blair family, his patrons, and the lengths to which Lincoln had to go to remove him.
Halleck is portrayed as only marginally effective and jealous enough of Grant's successes in the field to take credit for them. (61) His self-directed shift to subordinate role as coordinator and communicator between Lincoln and his staff is fascinating.
Other commanders are mentioned primarily for their lack-luster performances including Rosecrans, Buell, Thomas, Banks, and Butler to name a few. Williams' provides an excellent summary of each man including physical characteristics, approach to command, reputation, and personality traits. He often reveals the quirks or failings that made them less than acceptable as senior command candidates. For example, he describes Benjamin F. Butler as "ingenious, resourceful, and colorful, but …no field general." (188) Williams' description of Rosecrans reveals a well researched sum of the man from his "intensified Roman nose" to his "good strategic sense and aggressive instincts." (186-187) But he is thorough enough to point to Rosecrans weaknesses including a lack of "balance and poise that a great commander should have" which revealed a man unable to "control himself and the situation." (187)
Clearly apparent in this history is that Lincoln, while climbing a steep learning curve, became an astute war strategist. In fact, Williams contends that the notion of "total war" as a means of destroying the Confederate Army was identified earliest and most enthusiastically as a strategic plank by Lincoln who "saw the big picture" better than most of his commanders and staff. (7) He further asserts that no one in the military leadership of either side had the experience to wage war at the scale that would be America's Civil War. Both sides shared an equal innocence of the knowledge war making. (4) That said, Lincoln's performance when viewed against that of Davis is all the more impressive.
Williams points out that Lincoln exhibited many good qualities as a leader. By example, he was not quick to claim credit for the successes of Sherman, even though he would have been justified to do so given the strategic direction he provided. Rather, Lincoln showered praise on men whose efforts were successful. He seemed to simply want vigilance and self-reliance from his commanders, both qualities he saw in Grant. (315)
Williams' use of primary sources is impressive and adds credibility to his conclusions. Many citations were from actual correspondence or official records of exchanges between Lincoln and his team or Halleck and the field commanders. This depth of research adds much to the work.
At the time of publication, this book was the only one to fully examine Lincoln's performance as commander in chief and stood as such for many years. Interestingly, in 2009, historian James McPherson visited the same topic and drew much from Williams' foundation in his work, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief. While good, I find it no better and in many ways a rehashing of Williams' work, one that continues to stand on strong scholarship and goes far toward explaining Lincoln's brilliance as both politician and military strategist.
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
Pamela Cortland at Alfred A. Knopf Publishing (an imprint of the Knopf Publishing Group at Random House) has given me the opportunity to review on Wig Wags what looks like a fascinating book. I should have it in hand by early next week but wanted to go ahead and make a quick comment.
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $27.95
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust is a study of how the country came to terms with the 620,000 deaths that resulted from the Civil War. Given my recent posts on death and injury on the battlefield (see here and here), the topic is of considerable interest to me.
It is almost inconceivable to think of losing that many of our countrymen and women today in the cause of any war. The impact at the personal level – among both those who died and those who loved them – is one measure of the war's magnitude. Another is the enormity of the logistics of dealing with that much death.
The book's author, Drew Gilpin Faust, holds the Lincoln Professorship of History at Harvard University and was, oh by the way, installed as its president a few months ago as well. You can read more about President Faust here.
She authored five previous books, including Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War, which won the Francis Parkman Prize awarded by the Society of American Historians and the Avery Craven Prize. I'll be adding President Faust to my "the historians" Page.
More on the book later.


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Last week, Sam Bridgham stood in the front hallway of Durango Public Library unpacking a striking series of eight robots made of Legos, each as different from the other as the dwarves in Snow White.
A stern, giant man came purposefully striding through the librarys side entrance his air suggesting he was in no mood to pay fines. He stopped dead at Bridghams table of robots.
Whats that? he barked at Bridgham.
Blow into the sensor, Bridgham replied.
The man blew into the sensor, causing the arms of the adjacent windmill to swing. He let out a delighted gasp.
Americas artificial intelligence
Supported by a $2,500 grant from La Plata Electric Association, Bridgham is teaching after-school robotics courses that cost $100 to $150 through Durango Parks and Recreation. The program is part of 4-H Extensions nationwide effort to promote STEM education science, technology, engineering and math.
Barbara Shaw, 4-Hs Western Regional STEM specialist, says if 4-H wins a $24,000 Google Rise Grant in December, the program will culminate in Bridgham operating mobile technology labs that roam the Four Corners.
Instead of people having to come to a particular place to experience technology, well pack the technology up and bring it to them, so we can reach outlying communities at a low cost, said Bridgham with Alpine Mobile Institute and Technology. Working with 4-H Extension agencies will formalize a big part of what the LPEA grant is making possible.
If these ambitions sound specific, their impetus is grand. Educators, including Shaw, 4-H, NASA, President Barack Obama and every major education council, say the greatest threat to America is not al-Qaida, the national debt or nuclear war with Iran, but the nations failure to invest in STEM education.
The National Commission on Mathematics and Science for the Twenty-first Century estimates that 60 percent of 21st century jobs will require skills possessed by fewer than 20 percent of the current workforce, and the U.S. may lack as many as 3 million high-skilled workers by 2018.
Congress recently voted down a bill that would have provided 55,000 permanent-residency visas each year to immigrants with advanced degrees in STEM subjects to address the national shortage of skilled STEM workers.
Thats crazy, Shaw said. Why dont we just train our own workforce?
The World Economic Forum ranks the U.S. 48th in the quality of its math and science education.
According to the seminal report about STEM education, The Gathering Storm, Revisited, U.S. consumers spend significantly more on potato chips than the government devotes to energy research and development ($7.1 billion versus $5.1 billion in 2009) and 49 percent of American adults dont know how long it takes for the Earth to revolve around the sun. Yet federal funding of research in the physical sciences as a fraction of GDP fell by 54 percent in the 25 years after 1970, engineering by 51 percent.
As American investment in STEM education withers, in just 15 years, China has moved from 14th place to second place in published scientific research articles (just behind the U.S.). The Center for American Progress found that between 2000 and 2008, China graduated 1.14 million people in the STEM subjects, while the U.S. graduated 496,000.
Back at the library
A small child with dark hair and a red Hello Kitty doll, munching on a peanut butter sandwich, pointed at a robot whose eyes changed color, flashing green then red.
How does that work? she asked shyly.
Handing her a flashlight, Bridgham explained that the closer you held a light to its eyes which were sensors the faster the robot would move across the floor. Seizing the flashlight, the child immediately shone the light directly into the robots eyes, and the two went speeding through the foyer.
C-3PO, the prim robot of the Star Wars series, would have tut-tutted the ensuing ruckus, as five other children joined her chase. (Though the ever-game R2-D2 would have beeped with pleasure.)
Bridgham said the librarys shattered silence was worth it: The boisterous shouts were the price of interesting them in STEM education.
Robotics is where mechanical engineering, computer programming and pure Greek geometry come together. When the kids are building robots with Legos, they dont understand that what theyre doing is geometry or engineering theyre just doing it, he said.
While STEM education is a national emergency, affairs are slightly better in Durango.
Shaw said that, nationally, STEM suffers because most elementary school teachers dont have science backgrounds.
In Durango, Julie Popp, Durango School Districts spokeswoman, said all elementary school teachers are required to undergo science education, and every middle and high school science teacher has a science degree.
Popp also said that while all Durango High School students are required to have three years of science and four years of math, Durango students have many opportunities to engage in STEM programs, from the high schools award-winning Aerospace Design Team to Lego League in the elementary schools.
Shaw said 4-H was working with district schools to expand Bridghams robotics program into the mobile technology labs and STEM education generally.
Funding wise, its an uphill battle. But I think were gearing up to really meet the need, she said.
Bridgham takes a bright view: Theres a glaring gap between STEM education in America and other countries. But primarily, STEM should be taught because its thrillingly interesting, current and fun.


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Monday, October 13, 2008
Where I Irritate Everyone Not In The Desert
Well, this weekend, my dears? The high on Saturday was ONLY 74 degrees. WHAT? Yes. We ran around the block twice screaming the f-word because nothing else would suffice to express the level of our elation. After the cops left, we took the dogs for a walk (they even barked the f-word!) - and they had so much territory to re-mark since the Spring, I think they strained a kidney.
The next day, the high was 77 degrees. I KNOW, right!!? So we went for a 2-hour hike/run and felt all superior about ourselves for living where we do with all this GLORIOUS weather. Every time we'd pass someone on the trail, Tony would say to me something like "Can you believe we saw that moose back there?" or "Should we report that tiger to the Park Ranger?" or "I didn't know there were pythons in Arizona!!" - because he is hysterical that way and because the weather, clearly, made us behave as if we were on drugs while convincing us both that we are indeed funny to the outside world. We don't learn from experience, you see.
Anyway, people always ask what it's like to live in the desert in the summer. I always say, take a hair dryer, put it on its hottest setting, then turn it on high - point it at yourself - for 3 months. That's kind of what it's like. Only worse, when you consider that one thingy called the Sun. So, now that we're heading into 9 months of staggeringly beautiful weather, please forgive me this indulgent and annoying post where I go all fruity about the weather. It's like we've been without water for 3 months and just took a big slug. Ahhhhhhh.
31 comments:
- Yankee1969 said...
Wasn't the weather great? My poor Minnesota-raised girlfriend has become such an AZ native that she was cold when it was in the mid-70s. I myself shamed my Maine heritage when I felt a tad chilly as well. Still, aside from the wind on Sat, it was a glorious weekend. I would just stop randomly in my tracks and enjoy it. :)
- October 13, 2008 at 9:30 AM
- NV said...
Been glorious in St. Louis, too. Sunny and 80-ish -- in freakin' October! You gotta love it, especially since it will all come to an abrupt in very soon.
Glad you're finally getting a break.
- October 13, 2008 at 10:00 AM
I can't say I feel sorry for you and those three months of heat, because while our summers in Chicago are usually quite beautiful, we get another 9 months of freezing cold temperatures and lots of snow. The stream of expletives that comes out of my mouth on a winter day would make a sailor blush. :)
- October 13, 2008 at 10:43 AM
OMG! hairdryer in your face for 3 months..mental! i was born on a tropical island on the fuckin' equator so it's always great to be in England - with the wet, cold, grey anyday. right now, i think you're a complete saint (on drugs) for surviving in a desert rock on ann! xxx
- October 13, 2008 at 11:08 AM
- Clumbsy Cookie said...
A hairdryer in your face for 3 months! That's a lot of electricity and moisturiser!
Enjoy your nice weather!!!
- October 13, 2008 at 1:34 PM
- flutter said...
yeah and it's supposed to be freakin 96 degrees this weekend. I just want to not sweat to death FOR ONE DAY THANK YOU
- October 13, 2008 at 1:53 PM
- Adam said...
Well 3 months of suckiness isn't too bad if the other 9 are sweet, right? Then again, I don't use a hair dryer, so I wouldn't know :)
Oh, and totally agree with you on the gym talking thing. While I enjoy cute girls as much as the next guy, I need 100% focus when I lift weights. If I stare somewhere I shouldn't, well a bar is going to crash down on me :)
- October 13, 2008 at 6:23 PM
I would have loved to witness the two of you running around the block shouting f*ck over and over. In fact, I think I want to be your neighbor, period.
- October 13, 2008 at 7:33 PM
We are soon to face winter here and will soon be facing about 7 months of non-glorious weather. So, while you are coming out of suck-it season, we are entering suck-it. I am not a fan of winter and would take your hot summer any day of the week. Even though, apparently, you must fight tigers on your hiking trails...
- October 13, 2008 at 7:52 PM
- Brittany said...
Amazing. I don't know how you do it.
I'm a Seattle Native- I can't be certain, but I'm pretty sure I melt once the temp goes over 90. Dry heat or not.
- October 13, 2008 at 9:27 PM
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- October 13, 2008 at 9:27 PM
- Real Live Lesbian said...
It's been gorgeous here in TN for the past week...80's. But tomorrow, we're going to hit the 70s! And honestly, I'm so excited. It's like getting that banana seat psychedelic bike for Christmas back in the 70s! Wheeee!
Triple digits? I have no idea how you stand that. I would combust.
- October 14, 2008 at 6:26 AM
you said "moist".
Oh, and I'm happy that while I'm currently suffering from tempatures in the low 40's, and preparing for another brutal winter, you're laughing it up on the trail while it's 70 outside.
- October 14, 2008 at 8:37 AM
- grace said...
i always thought i'd love to live in arizona, mostly for the food. talk about second thoughts...
meanwhile, tony's comments sound hilarious--i'd be right there with you, cracking up as we go. :)
- October 14, 2008 at 8:41 AM
- John D. said...
Hahahaha, that's alright Ann, let your freak flag fly! Even here, where temperatures are much less severe, that first cool Fall day is indescribably refreshing. It puts EVERYBODY in a better mood. Enjoy!!!
And I thought I saw you on COPS! ; )
- October 14, 2008 at 10:41 AM
- MamaGeek @ Works For Us said...
I wanna move THERE. Seriously, here in the midwest, snow has fallen. That is just ALL sorts of wrong.
Wanna swap? Oh come ON!
- October 14, 2008 at 11:56 AM
- Lisa said...
Wow - sounds wonderful! It was raining sideways here yesterday - now sunny. you definitely pay your dues in the summer, so enjoy!
- October 14, 2008 at 1:29 PM
- MonkeyGirl said...
There are pythons in AZ? Dang, now I need to rethink the Dr's orders to move to AZ. Seriously, every time I go into his office, he asks me when I'm going to move from this godforsaken allergy mecca!
- October 14, 2008 at 6:04 PM
You just make my day, dear! You're the funniest person I know. Really, you could be a regular in the New Yorker, just like David Sedaris. Enjoy the weather!!!
- October 15, 2008 at 5:29 AM
I like hearing other people's happy news - especially weather-related happiness. Even though I live in MN, and we are entering our 6 months of wintery HELL.
- October 15, 2008 at 3:14 PM
- hungryandfrozen said...
Lol, I'm feeling the same way because we're finally coming into some heat here in New Zealand. Such a funny world. Totally laughed at the idea of your dogs cursing and peeing everywhere :)
- October 16, 2008 at 1:20 AM
- Gigi said...
i know how you feel ann. i never thought summer would leave southern cali. but it has ...whoopee! i have even added extra miles to my running. i felt euphoric this week. enjoy the next 9 glorious months of perfect weather!
- October 16, 2008 at 9:51 AM
- Jennifer S said...
You crack me up. And yes, it was sooo nice. I wore a sweater all day Saturday when we went up around Sedona. It was so fanfreakingtastic.
I'm giddy, too.
(you're hilarious)
- October 16, 2008 at 11:25 AM
- Sugar Jones said...
And THAT is why I heart Arizona! Get the guest house ready... I'm coming for a visit!
- October 16, 2008 at 3:07 PM
- Ingrid_3Bs said...
I'm in Florida our heat is a nice moist, sticky, did I mention moist, humid heat.
Well, if you wouldn't mind hopping on over to my blog I've left you a little something chocolaty to pick up! Thx!
- October 16, 2008 at 8:05 PM
- Nic said...
I used to say that when we opened the door to go out, it was like opening the oven door and getting in.
Enjoy that glorious few months - I don't remember it being 9, more like 7, but then we were wimps.
- October 17, 2008 at 7:48 AM
- RazorFamilyFarms.com said...
Having been to your part of the world during the heat of summer and then during the joy of whatever-you-want-to-call-the-season-where-you-are-not-contemplating-suicide. The only good use for the summer was tubing on the river. That's it. That's the one I found. And even that wasn't cool 'cause I lost my flip flops and ended up with burned toes from the rocks which were like 400 degrees.
I don't know how you survive the summer. One cannot be tubing ALL the time.
- October 17, 2008 at 3:32 PM
- Manager Mom said...
Oof. I'll think of you during my next Noreaster. Which is like pouring a glass of icewater on your head while you're standing naked in a meat locker.
- October 19, 2008 at 11:19 AM
I live in an area that's hot AND humid, which makes summer feel like you're living in someone's mouth. But, yeah. 115 degrees is 115 degrees. At that point it's just hot.
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(Same cupcakes, but different post-production on Photoshop. I couldn't decide which looked better, so I posted them both.)
I love a good vegan recipe, and even though I'm not vegan, I'm always interested in any dairy-free desserts. These were easy to make (mix wet and dry together), and tasted great. I'm a big fan of Silk Nog, and that's what I used.
Eggnog Cupcakes (from Baking Bites)
1/4 cup dark rum or bourbon
1 cup soy eggnog
1/4 cup canola oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
scant 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup sugar
1 1/3 cup AP flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Fill a 12-cup muffin tin with liners.
In a small bowl, mix together the rum, eggnog, oil, vinegar, and vanilla.
In a large bowl, mix together nutmeg, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Pour in rum mixture and whisk until just combined. Divide evenly into muffin tins (a 1/4 cup measure is good for this).
Bake for 18 – 20 minutes, until a tester comes out clean and the cakes spring back when lightly pressed. Cool in the pan for 3 – 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
1/4 cup soy margarine, softened
3 tablespoons soy eggnog
2 tablespoon rum
generous pinch of nutmeg
2+ cups confectioners' sugar
Cream together margarine, eggnog, rum, nutmeg, and 2 cups of confectioners' sugar. Add more sugar if needed to make frosting stiff but spreadable. Spread on cupcakes and garnish as desired.