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"There," my 8-year-old says, banging his fists on the kitchen table for emphasis. "Frog. Eaten." We high-five, and I scoop up his work and arrange it carefully in a folder. He doesn't have to return it until Thursday, but we have a ritual in our household: we eat our frog on Monday, the same day it's assigned.
He's not actually eating a frog, of course. I mean, this is the kid who once peered with great suspicion at an orange and asked me what flavor it was (Me: "It's ... it's ORANGE. It tastes like a goddamned -- um, a goshdarn orange"). The only way Picky Von Fussypants would consume a frog is if it were somehow blended and baked into a package of rainbow-dyed Goldfish crackers.
In my household, when we refer to frog-eating, we're talking about tackling school homework before it has a chance to become a Looming Burden of Entropy and Despair.
The eating-a-frog notion comes from the quote attributed to Mark Twain:
Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
It's human nature to put off unpleasant tasks, right? I explained it to my son like this: "If I told you you were going to have to eat a live frog sometime tomorrow, would you want to spend your entire day dreading how that frog was going to taste, or would you want to just get it over with right away?" He agreed that he'd prefer to put it behind him as soon as possible (although to be honest, I know my kid and here's what he'd really do: argue about the frog directive for 12 solid hours without stopping to take a breath).
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Every day that a homework assignment gets put off, the more weight and dread gets accumulated until what was once a fairly simple job now feels like summiting Everest. Blindfolded. Tied to a pack of ravenous wolves. I know this from personal experience, because I had a MAJOR challenge with homework when I was a kid. Looking back, it's hard to even understand what my problem was -- for god's sake, why didn't I just do it? Why did I continually procrastinate, hide assignments, lie to my mother about how much work I had to do, and subsequently get terrible grades because I was never turning anything in?
I created so much trouble for myself over this habit, and I can still remember the full-body panic of realizing -- over and over -- that I'd have to face the repercussions of my own carelessness. (And yet it never seemed to occur to me that I could save myself a lot of drama by simply completing the work I've been given.) To this day, I'm convinced that my steadfast refusal to do homework on time (or at all) was the catalyst that led to my unhappy teen years: I was a fuckup in school, and my relationship with my mother degraded horribly as a result.
Anyway, I guess it's safe to say I have some lingering issues about homework. I really, really, really don't want my boys to fall into the same bad habits that I did. Hence: eating the frog.
Of course, as a second grader my son doesn't have a ton of homework yet. Since school started, he seems to be getting about three or four assigned pages per week. The math and spelling worksheets come home Monday, and our routine is that as soon as he gets home, I fix him a snack, then we sit down at the kitchen table and worship at the altar of Larry the Cable Guy, Patron Saint of Frog-Eating.
I didn't personally develop strong productivity and time management skills until a few years ago, when I began working as a freelancer. The key there was losing the majority of my external motivators, so maybe requiring my son to do his homework at a certain day is actually failing to teach him responsibility. Wouldn't that be JUST LIKE PARENTHOOD, to try to do the right thing and screw your kid up in the process.
Still, I'm hopeful that the pleasurable feeling being all done with homework for the entire week by 4 p.m. on Monday will linger. I hope my kids will learn that being proactive goes a hell of a long way towards being successful. I hope they'll always believe, at least a little bit, in eating their frog.
What's your approach to your kids' homework? Do you manage their time or leave them to do it when they're ready?
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Mine is in Kindergarten and has assignments once a week that are optional to complete and hand in (hey, it's kindergarten) and today is the first week I've managed to get them into her home/school folder. I was also pretty shitty at doing homework in school from about 3rd grade on. I'd fail the homework part (because I just didn't do it) and then ace the test, used to piss my mother off to no end. Apparently my sucking at homework is carrying on into sucking at helping my daughter complete her homework :/
My daughter is in kindergarten and brings home two homework assignments each afternoon, Monday through Thursday, that have to be completed each day and turned in the next. She is also required to read 15 minutes a day after school and log which books were read. I think it's fantastic that the school puts an emphasis on education after hours. It takes us all of a half hour to forty-five minutes after school to finish everything. She enjoys it and I enjoy spending the time with her. Education is really lacking these days so I'm glad we have a good teacher & school system that asks more from their students and incorporates parental involvement with the students' learning.
Finally had to courage to read the post because the title kind of freaked me out....like, EWWWWW!
But now that I read the post/article ***whew***....my kids' elementary days are one big nasty blur for me...hated every minute of it...I THINK we got it done right then and there. Oh well, they are in their last year of college--so I guess they must of have got it done in a timely manner. Ha!
LovinJerseyMama and Jennifer King: what school do your kids attend? I LOVE that they challenge your kid(s) mind(s) even after the final bell rings. It sets them up for future success.
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Summary: After Paul Stutzman lost his wife to breast cancer, he sensed a tug on his heart--the call to a challenge, the call to pursue a dream. Paul left his stable career, traveled to Georgia, and took his first steps on the Appalachian Trail. What he learned during the next four and a half months changed his life--and will change readers' lives as well. In "Hiking Through," readers will join Paul on his remarkable 2,176-mile hike through fourteen states in search of peace and a renewed sense of purpose, meeting fascinating and funny people along the way. They'll discover that every choice we make along the path has consequences for the journey and will come away with a new understanding of God's grace and guidance. Nature-lovers, armchair adventurers, and those grieving a loss may not be able to hike the AT themselves, but they can go on this spiritual pilgrimage with a truly humble and sympathetic guide.
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Testing For Structural Stability In The Whole Sample
AbstractThe paper examines a Lagrange Multiplier type test for the constancy of the parameter in general models with dependent data without imposing any artificial choice of the possible location of the break. In order to prove the asymptotic behaviour of the test, we extend a strong approximation result for partial sums of a sequence of random variables. We also present a Monte-Carlo experiment to examine the finite sample performance of the test and how it compares with tests which assume some knowledge of the possible location of the break..
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Deep down we think we know what's best for us and that we're pretty smart. That's human nature and basically the message of the world. But that message of "self" and the message God gives us in Proverbs 3:7 are polar opposites. And then when you read on through verse 8, you also see that the benefits of surrendering to God and following His wisdom are HUGE.
So what are things that you do (or have done) to help you let go of self-pride? How have you experienced "healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones" as a result of surrendering to God?Tami W.
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WASHINGTON , Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following transcript of the European Union/ United States Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Press Availability was released today by the U.S. Department of Justice: 1:40 P.M...
This investigation was the first of its kind involving members of all major American agencies charged with the enforcement of child exploitation laws, along with our partners at Europol, Eurojust and the European Union. I want to thank all of the agents, investigators, attorneys and other staff whose hard work led to the detection of these predators in the United States , including the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Department's Criminal Division, and the U.S. Attorneys' Offices that were immediately involved in the arrests.
It should come as news to no one that crimes against children have been an area of special focus for the Department of Justice and an area of great success. Through initiatives such as Project Safe Childhood, we've increased prosecutions of those who abuse and exploit children by over 30 percent in the last two years. Through a series of national media campaigns, we've made great strides in making parents and young people aware of the dangers. And most important, through cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, such as our partners in the European Union, we've identified, and, in many cases saved hundreds of children depicted in images and videos of sexual abuse.
Obviously, it would be my fondest hope that we would never have to start such investigations or bring such prosecutions, that criminals such as these didn't exist. But so long as they do, it's imperative that our nations work together to rescue children from their abusers and to bring to justice those who commit these acts.
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY BAKER: Thank you, Attorney General Mukasey. Also thank you, Minister Alliot-Marie, Vice President Barrot and Deputy Justice Minister Bocek . We've had a very successful meeting today. We discussed a number of topics, including passenger name records, the Visa Waiver Program, and setting common principles on data privacy for law enforcement.
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U.S. retailers launch campaign to protect new law on debit card swipe fees
Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The National Retail Federation launched a campaign to protect a new federal law on debit card swipe fees. The campaign seeks to weaken the large-scale lobbying attacks on the law by banks.
The retail industry will ask merchants to seek meetings with key lawmakers on June. The campaign will also use print and radio ads in Washington and six to 12 key states, and video clips. The aim of the campaign is to solicit public comments in favor of lower interchange or the regulation on swipe fees, which will take effect this summer.
Last summer, Congress approved a measure that mandated the Federal Reserve to change the way banks charge merchants for accepting debit cards. The regulation would reduce the swipe fees by up to 70 percent to 7 to 12 cents per swipe from the current formula that charges an average 1.14 percent of the price tag.
Major banks and other financial institutions are against the reduction of swipe card fees and initiated an intense lobbying campaign against the new law. They also sought the postponement of the law's implementation.
The banks and card companies are battling the new law because of potential loss of income since interchange fees earned them almost $17 billion in 2009. They said the amount was used to offset cost of offering checking accounts and customer perks programs such as debt card reward points. In anticipation of the new regulation, which would reduce their income, banks hiked ATM and other fees.
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a Senate Banking Committee hearing that a proposal to exempt small lenders from the law would not work and may cause small banks to fail.
The NRF supports the law because the cut in debit card swipe fees would be passed on to shoppers through lower prices or better service.
The cap on debit card swipe fees charged to merchants is a requirement of the Dodd-Frank Act, which provided exemption to card issuers with assets of less than $10 billion.
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BARCELONA--Alcatel-Lucent and NEC are creating an joint venture focused solely on Long Term Evolution in a bid to bring the 4G technology to market as quickly as possible. The partnership, announced here at the Mobile World Congress, has been running on silent for the last six months, and has already defined an LTE base station design the two plan to begin production of this year.
"This should be considered an offensive play to attack, at a fairly early point in its development, the opportunity of LTE," Alcatel-Lucent CEO Pat Russo said. Very few operators have committed to LTE trials and none have selected their final vendors for their future commercial networks, Russo said. By combing R&D efforts and bringing a unified product to market ahead of the competition, the joint venture stands to benefit in market share.
While NEC is a big 3G vendor in its native Japan, the company hasn't penetrated far beyond it. Meanwhile Alcatel-Lucent's 3G business, along with its Western competitors, hasn't made much of a dent. By teaming with NEC, Alcatel-Lucent wins a piece of NTT DoCoMo's LTE launch, one of the first such networks to be deployed. Furthermore, North America rather than Europe is expected to be the fast follower of Japan in this latest generation of cellular network technologies. Sprint is building a Mobile WiMAX network, and Verizon has committed to building an LTE network, which will likely mean 4G competition will heat up in the States before it crosses the Atlantic. While Alcatel-Lucent is the world's 3rd largest UMTS equipment maker, it is the dominant CDMA vendor in the U.S., giving it an advantage in Verizon's LTE vendor competition. It was one of five vendors named to conduct Verizon and Vodafone's LTE trials. The fast time lines in Japan and the U.S. will mean that the AL-NEC venture will be conducting field trials in 2008, rather than the 2009 timeframe that most vendors have committed to.
Whether those time-to-maket advantages can translate into market dominance for the venture is an open question though. NEC was one of the vendors that launched NTT DoCoMo's wideband CDMA network a year before commercial UMTS networks went live in Europe. While Korean CDMA vendors were the first to launch CDMA2000 networks, Alcatel-Lucent and Nortel still dominated the global CDMA market. In addition, these tie-ups between Asian vendors and their Western counterparts haven't yielded very big results. Alcatel, Siemens, Nokia, Nortel and Motorola have at some point teamed up variously with LG Electronics, Huawei, ZTE and Fujitsu. Most of those relationships dissolved or produced a product targeted at a specific market such as China. The only western-eastern venture that is still reasonably active today is Nortel and LG's venture, which are handling the base station and handset aspects respectively of WiMAX and LTE development. But even that one partially disbanded when Nortel sold its UMTS business to Alcatel-Lucent.
Russo, however, said those previous joint ventures were broad unfocused initiatives that produced separate platforms for different markets. Alcatel-Lucent and NEC are not looking to build a separate product for NTT and a separate product for Verizon, she said. Rather the venture will develop a single platform for both operators, and then will market that same product to the rest of the world.
The move comes shortly after Alcatel-Lucent announced a 2.5-billion euro ($3.6-billion) impairment charge largely related to lost value in the CDMA assets that were a key part of Lucent's contribution to the merged company.
Though unstated at the companies' media event, Lucent will make another contribution to the NEC partnership. It developed the inital technology and algorithms behind Multiple Input/Multiple Output smart antenna technology, a critical element in future LTE networks. Lucent was slow to take advantage of MIMO initially--it never launched a WiMAX product line for instance--but the unified Alcatel-Lucent has said it plans to re-exert Lucent's technical dominance of the technology with both its current WiMAX and future LTE product lines.
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I love these articles but I was a little disappointed by this.... I was hoping to find a nice setup you all would recommend but it seems more like a list of how much our protection glyphs suck or are situational at best.... I'm curious what WoW.com's setup would be if you all had to choose!
Well, it depends on the encounter.
Stereotypical single-target physical-damage boss fight:
Seal of Truth, Shield of the Righteous, [whatever]
Focused Shield, [whatever], [whatever]
AOE tanking:
Hammer of the Righteous, possibly Word of Glory (minor AOE threat boost from self-heals), [whatever]
Consecration, [whatever], [whatever]
For magic damage fights, use Divine Protection. Holy Wrath will quite possibly be worth keeping equipped all the time in Cataclysm regardless. Almost all of the other glyphs are useful in one or two specific scenarios, and therefore it's good to have all of them available to you to switch around as needed. For an all-around general purpose kit, though, I'd do something like:
Hammer of the Righteous (assuming they fix it), Shield of the Righteous, Seal of Truth
Consecration, Holy Wrath, [whatever] (Divine Protection for magic damage fights)
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BEIJING, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- ChinaEdu Corporation (NASDAQ: CEDU) ("ChinaEdu" or "the Company"), a leading educational services provider in China, today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2012. The annual report can be accessed on ChinaEdu's investor relations website at www.Chinaedu.net.
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The Company believes it is the largest service provider to online degree programs in China in terms of the number of higher education institutions that are served and the number of student enrollments supported. The Company currently has 19 long-term contracts that generally vary from 10 to 50 years in length. ChinaEdu also performs recruiting services for 21 universities through nationwide learning centers network.
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Girl: I'm really bored with life, and my parents never gave me attention, so I'm going to make guys do something they don't want to do so they can sleep with me.
Cut to guy contestants walking in the bus
Guy #1: I am a nerdy Jewish boy who overcompensates by trying to me funny but I end up scaring every girl away because of it. Like my Jew-fro?
Guy #2: I'm the only non-white person on the show. The MTV people only put me on the show so they don't get sued. Sup Homey?!
Guy #3: I go to the gym all the time because I have nothing better to do, and probably have a very small penis. I would check but I'm too busy working out. I was the guy who beat you up in the third grade cause you were smaller then me. GRUNT.
Guy #4: I'm the fat guy who tries to hook up with girls but ends up being their friends in the end. I am clinically depressed but I don't show it. Not really sure how I got on this show
Guy #5: I play video games all day That's all.
The guys meet each other in bus.
Guy #1: well guys, I'm up first, I will most likely fail even though I act confident. (Leaves bus)
Guy #2: so what do you think his chances are?
Guy #3: I can probably bench press him. Don't I look good?
In front of bus
Guy #1: I'm frozen for a second.
Cut to girl and guy #1 meeting
Girl: I don't like guys that look sensitive so I'll next you
Guy #1: Aww
Back in bus (insert some ridiculous narrated rhyme about his shortcomings)
All guys on bus: OOOOOOOOOOH!
Guy #1: She's the hottest thing I've ever seen. I was honored to be in her presence. Guy #2, it's your turn. I'm going to be depressed for years.
Guy #2: Thank god, I hate everyone here.
In front of bus
Guy #2: These facts are true. all of them.
Cut to girl and guy #2 meeting
Girl: I'll give you the time of day because you're hot.
Guy #2: Good, now I'm going to be overly creepy.
Girl: Good. Now do this crazy ridiculous stunt cause I have weird expectations.
(Guy #2 attempts task, fails)
Girl: i don't like you anymore. Next!
Guy #2: I didn't want to be here anyways.
Back in bus (insert another ridiculous narrated rhyme)
All guys on bus: OOOOOOOOOOH!
Guy #4: what are you wearing? I think it would show my fat rolls and that is NOT cool
Guy #2: I don't know. But that bitch is crazy. Guy #3, you're up.
Guy #3: I was born for this.
In front of bus
Guy #3: I look bad ass in this freeze frame. The facts are real!
Girl and guy meet
Girl: My daddy didn't love me, so I'm gonna make you do something you'll later regret.
Guy #3: Wanna have sex?
Girl: Screw this, take me now
Back on bus
All guys: We're all going to cry later. Most likely together.
Guy #2: Any of you guys have sisters?


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Hello followers (and welcome to all my new ones!)
I've been getting a lot of questions regarding a how-to post for my Super Mario Bros fish tank, few in which I responded to with a promise of having one up on my upcoming site within a few days. It's now ready to launch, but we're nameless!
For about a year now, two of my friends, my boyfriend and myself have been working on a video gaming related website for news, media, reviews, videos, and blogs (kinda like an IGN or Kotaku, but way cooler). It is FINALLY ready to launch, but said friends suddenly decided they wanted to change our name (originally Sandboxx).
We chose Sandboxx because in gaming, a "sandbox game" is a game where you can build, explore and have some freedom to do things other than the main objective. Because our site isn't entirely focused on just video game news/the industry, we thought it represented our idea well while also staying gaming related. Unfortunately for us, finding an available URL was impossible, thus forcing us to add an extra "x" to "Sandbox" and also putting "the" in front of sandboxx.com. So now we're changing it, hopefully to something that doesn't sound like dirty porn this time.
With that being said, finding something we all agree on is also deeming to be impossible, so I'm turning to the internet for help! We would like you to come up with a name (or 100), post it in the notes below, and maybe even reblog it.
There will be one winner - to win, we must either pick the name you come up with to actually use for our site, or your name must be deemed out favorite out of all the other entries (meaning we won't use it, but we loved it!)
The winner will receive one of my hand made mouse pads, anything you'd like (one color; see my blog for pictures). You will also have your name (real name, tumblr name, whatever you want) recognized in the how-to post for my Mario tank, explaining that you either thought of our name for us, or at least helped tremendously.
There really aren't any rules or restrictions. You can come up with as many as you want!
Keep in mind our website will be showcasing content such as video game industry news, stuff about upcoming games, written reviews, video reviews, videos of us streaming while we all play together or separately, blog posts about specific game genres each of us enjoy, gaming related crafts blog (by me), frugal gamer blog (by me), blogs about tech, etc.
It may also help to tell you we have a little robot as part of our branding, so words like "robot" or "bot" can be used.
This is a list of names we've come up with so far but really don't care for. I've also listed some brainstorming words in there that might be good to use.
Personally, I like play on words the most. I'm looking for something unique and clever. Like "Read Pixel" - a play on the term "dead pixel," but using the word "read" because you read our website. Only problem we had with this is we don't really read it as past tense (we want it to sound like "dead"), so it posed a problem. Names like this is what will get my vote the most, however.
We also don't want to be too specific towards one specific genre of gaming or specific towards consoles (like Console Wall for example) because we focus a lot of PC games too.
Don't worry too much if the name you come up with isn't available as a URL. Most everything is taken these days, so we may have to stray away from the .com and go for something else, or have to play with it a little to make it work. I think because we've been focusing on this too much, it's hindering us from actually coming up with names and saying "yeah that's really good!"
Just stuff to keep in mind.
The faster we find a name, the faster my how-to for the Mario fish tank will go up, so please help and share!
Thank you! :)
Lol where was that said?
You'd have to ask my boyfriend what his plans are first! :P
As of right now, I have fully decided on an Electric Blue Jacks Dempsey, a Dinosaur eel, and either Rainbow fish or Danios. A Butterfly fish is also on the list, but I need to research him a little more to make sure he will be happy.
I have yet to build any other tanks like this, video game wise. My only other tanks have been betta fish tanks, which were pretty, but not elaborate. I currently have one on my desk at work that's nothing spectacular, but this tank has inspired me to mayeb start planning out a small Legend of Zelda tank for him :P
Within this week (hopefully), I will be posting a detailed how-to with pictures and such of my tank and the process. My friends and I are launching a new video game media/news site and we want to open with this :)
Just follow me to be updated when the post is launched! :D
I assume you mean JD cichlid? As I will be keeping a single Jack Dempsey, the electric blue variety. The minimum tank requires for a Jack is actually 30 gallons, although bigger is always better. I've talked to various Jack owners and did research prior to deciding and they assured me a 55 gallon is plenty. MOST cichlids do require 75 gallons or more (like the Tiger Oscar I wanted), but Jacks are relatively small for their species and will be very happy in my 55 gallon :)
Haha thank you! I do understand their concerns, as there are plenty of people who purchase fish without knowing how much work it actually is and that lots of fish need to meet certain tank size requirements to be happy.
I enjoy educating others and reassuring them I didn't just do this to get people on the internet to like me haha :)
My Etsy shop is currently on hiatus while I get used to a new full-time job and also try and enjoy the summer a bit :) I was taking on more than I could handle with my shop! I'm willing to take on side jobs so always feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com for inquireies :D
I will have a huge how-to post with all the details coming up hopefully this week :)


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48 hours after the tragic shooting at Deaconess Hospital, Spokane authorities are asking the community to turn its focus toward mental health.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub asked Spokane residents to support funding for mental health programs and more advanced training in crisis intervention for his officers, even though 95 percent of Spokane police officers are already trained in some form of crisis intervention.
Tuesday's shooting resurfaced this discussion because of Christopher Henderson's prior mental health incidents. In May, Spokane police took Henderson into custody after his wife, Sheena, reported that he may be suicidal. They later found him inside a vehicle with a firearm in his possession, but they were able to convince Henderson to vacate the vehicle and hand over his weapon. Henderson was brought to Sacred Heart for an evaluation, and released.
Then on July 7th, the day before the shooting, deputies were called to Henderson's work location after a report he might be suicidal. However, deputies assessed him at the scene and decided he was neither a threat to himself nor others.
The morning of July 8th, Henderson entered Deaconess Hospital just after 9:30am, shot his wife, who worked as an employee there, and then killed himself.
Chief Straub says the public needs to be aware of mental health issues, and support programs within police agencies and around the city.
Staci Cornwell is the Director of Crisis Services at Frontier Behavioral Health. She echoed Chief Straub's sentiment, saying people need to look for changes in familiy and friends' behavior in order to detect signs of mental health issues. Things like altered sleep patterns or productivity at work can be a sign. She also noted the importance of contacting the proper authorities.
"You have to call, you have to make that step, and either contact law enforcement or we have 24/7 crisis lines that people can access."


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At Dare to Care Food Banks and at the Newburg Community Center, individuals may receive commodities one time every month. Individuals may receive emergency food four times per year. Food items include canned and dry food staples, fresh vegetables, poultry, pork and other meat products. The food bank at the Newburg Community Center serves zip codes 40213, 40218 and 40219. Individuals in other zip codes should contact Dare to Care directly at 966-3821 to find the location that serves them.
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Emergency Food Assistance through the Neighborhood Place:Dare to Care Food Bank and Neighborhood Place have partnered to provide an immediate food source to clients who are receiving Neighborhood Place services who express a crisis situation for food. This assistance is designed to sustain the client long enough to get to a regular Dare to Care Food Bank resource. Food is not distributed to the same household on a regular basis, but individuals should utilize regular Dare to Care Food Bank resources. Information is available at 966-3821, Monday-Friday, 8am-3pm.
Individuals receiving emergency food from Neighborhood Place must:
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3. The amount of food clients receive is determined by their case manager and mitigated by the amount of food available at that Neighborhood Place site
4. Food is distributed directly to the client by their case manager
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6. Food may be distributed to a household only one time. After the initial food distribution, the client must visit other community resources, Dare to Care Food Bank locations, or the Newburg Community Center.
This project is funded by the Dare to Care Food Bank and also supported, in part, with funds from the Community Services Block Grant Act of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a contract with the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services.


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The fire call came into the Lubbock Fire Department at 6:54 p.m. Sunday Night. In the minutes that followed, the fire grew into a three alarm fire with more than 50 fire fighters battling the blaze.
"Very preliminary, it started on the outside of the structure somehow. We're looking into that and that's why we called the fire marshal's office out here. It went up the outside and got in the attic space which caused it to travel down the attic space of the apartment complex on the second floor. Then it came out through the roof," said Lubbock Fire Chief Rhea Cooper.
Cooper adds that of the 16-unit apartment building, three of the apartments were destroyed by the three alarm fire.
He said, "No injuries and no deaths, but we do have heavy fire damage in three of the units and we have smoke and water damage in some of the other units."
There was confusion on the scene among complex residents as to how the fire started and where. Some said the person who lived in the apartment where the fire originated was home - some said they weren't. The fire marshals office is working to determine the cause.
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The tall ship Lynx is a step back in time. This week, the 122-foot sailing vessel has been docked at the Harborage Marina in St. Petersburg.
The wooden hulled ship is based on the design of a privateer that sailed in defense of America during the War of 1812.
Jeffrey Woods, the Executive Director of the Lynx Educational Foundation says the primary mission of the ship is to teach about an era of history that many people know little about. Woods says, "It's a forgotten war, and so what you have here is a piece of history. This is a floating museum."
The Lynx is also a fully functional sailing vessel. With all of her sails unfurled, Woods says the ship is equipped with five thousand feet of canvas.
Captain Bob Nelson commands of crew of volunteers. He is proud of his crew and his ship. Nelson says, "The modern vessels around here, around the harbor, will sail better and point better than we do. But, for a traditionally rigged ship and a fully wooded ship, this ship really sails nicely."
The modern Lynx is slightly different from the original. The modern ship has bunks for the crew. The original was a cargo ship -- the truck of its day.
First Mate Sara Martin is more than happy to educate visitors about the history of the privateers and the Lynx roll in the war of 1812. Martin says, "Educating folks about the history of these vessels is a labor of love for us. So, it is a lot of work. A wooden boat is always a lot of upkeep and it's a lot of time away from home as well. But, it's an opportunity to travel and it's a really special opportunity to live in a community that's unique in our modern world."
The Lynx sets sail for Ft. Myers on Thursday. The crew hopes to return to St. Petersburg in March.
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Sensing, Acting, Learning: Strategies for Fragile Learners
Over 50 central Oregon Life Skills teachers, assistants and Regional staff were treated to a day of training on February 27th. "Sensing, Acting, Learning: Strategies for Fragile Learners" was presented by Millie Smith. Millie has been a teacher of the visually impaired and deaf-blind for over 30 years at the Texas School for the Blind and the Dallas Independent School District.
We were fortunate to have her come to Central Oregon and share her wealth of knowledge and expertise. The training focused on the unique educational needs of this population by using research-based strategies to design highly effective instructional activities.
The activity taking place in this photo: the person who closed their eyes was a student, the other person was the teacher. The teacher was presenting an object to the student by mostly using touch and the student was to identify that item.
Participants voiced their appreciation of Millie's presentation:
"Thank You! I really appreciate the direct connection to medical and research."
"Absolutely fabulous training! Thank you so much for this opportunity."
"So kind, so respectful of questions from the group; cross training for the entire IEP team; great blend of evidence based/common sense approach; such a great teacher!"
"I could sit through training with Millie any day. Great training. Can't wait to implement and get the staff on board."
"Enjoyed the videos demonstrating hand-under-hand and various games. Excellent training. Thank you!
"Inspiring – can't wait to get started. Best training I've been to in a long time."
"I really appreciate the opportunity to attend with my lead teacher. Allowing educational assistants to attend was great for me. I feel connected to what is in the future best interest for our kids!"
"I will rethink my approach to the strategies I have used for years."
"Exceeded my expectation! I have new ideas that I am eager to try with my students!"


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Osheaga Day 2 Diary, by Erik Leijon
As far as the annual and inevitable Osheaga scheduling curse goes, having Nick Cave and Danny Brown play at the same time at opposite ends of the site made for a particularly agonizing decision. The thought had briefly crossed my … Continue reading
Concert recap: Kanye West at the Bell Centre, Monday, Feb. 17
Here's my "real-time" recap of Kanye West's concert at the Bell Centre Monday, the long-awaited Montreal stop on the mercurial rap superstar's Yeezus tour, cribbed from my Twitter account: 8:08: At most rap concerts, the pre-show music aims to … Continue reading
Concert review: Jay-Z at the Bell Centre; Jan. 24, 2013
If you were worried that a diversified investment portfolio and young family might have sanded off Jay-Z's edges, worry no more. At 44, the New York rapper has cemented his status as rap music's greatest showman and ambassador. On Friday … Continue reading
Kanye West to play Bell Centre Feb. 17
Fans who were disappointed when Kanye West cancelled his Bell Centre concert scheduled for Nov. 14, 2013, will be heartened to learn that the hip hop superstar is once again scheduled to play the arena in Montreal on Feb. 17.… Continue reading
Basem Boshra's favourite music of 2013
1. 'Bound 2,' Yeezus, Kanye West. The spectacularly wrong-headed video featuring West and half-naked baby mama Kim Kardashian on a peyote-fuelled motorcycle ride through Day-Glo heaven (or something) deflected from this soulful throwback to vintage College Dropout-era West, who remains … Continue reading
T'Cha Dunlevy's favourite music of 2013
1. Arcade Fire: Reflektor listening session, Oct. 10. More than two weeks before the release of Arcade Fire's fourth album, a dozen music writers were invited to a listening session at a Montreal music studio. Being among the first to … Continue reading
New music review: Nothing Was the Same, Drake (Universal)
Album number three, and Drake shows no signs of fading. In fact, the Toronto rapper appears to be settling in for the long haul. Hip-hop has changed since his game-changing 2010 debut Thank Me Later, and Drake, to his credit … Continue reading
Rap titans Kanye West, Jay Z headed to Montreal
Friday morning was a rather noteworthy one for rap fans in Montreal. First Kanye West, the mercurial superstar, announced that his Yeezus world tour would touch down at the Bell Centre on Nov. 14, with opening act Kendrick Lamar, the … Continue reading
New music review: Love In the Future, John Legend (Columbia/Sony)
There was a time when John Legend represented the new school of American R&B. The Ohio-born singer and pianist rose to prominence as a protégé of Kanye West, releasing his remarkable 2004 debut Get Lifted on the rapper's GOOD Music … Continue reading
New music review: Cruel Summer, G.O.O.D. Music (Universal)
Familiarity doesn't breed anything like contempt for Cruel Summer, but it also does it no favours. Five of the 12 tracks on this compilation featuring Kanye West, MCs signed to his G.O.O.D. Music imprint and guests such as Jay-Z, R. … Continue reading


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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A rocket engine meant to power the first U.S. lunar mission out of Earth's orbit more than 40 years ago is again rumbling across the Southern landscape. The engine, dubbed No. F-6049 by NASA engineers, was supposed to help propel Apollo 11 into orbit in 1969, when NASA sent Neil Armstrong and two other astronauts to the moon for the first time. The flight went off without a hitch, but only after the engine was grounded because of a glitch during a test in Mississippi. Pulled from storage at the Smithsonian Institution, that same bell-shaped motor is now being used for testing by young engineers who weren't even born when Armstrong took his one small step more than four decades ago. By Jay Reeves.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama schools superintendent Tommy Bice says the state's schools have a comprehensive school safety plan which he feels good about. By Bob Johnson.
ASHFORD, Ala. — Big Girl and Petunia grew up on some land just off U.S. 84 near Ashford. Now, several months on their own, they wander through the yards of local residents searching for food.
Calvin Blair and his wife feed the two pot bellied pigs, who were left behind by his former neighbors. But Blair said the pigs, who are also blind, have been left to fend for themselves, destroying whatever is in their path as they search for food. He said the pigs have been an ongoing issue for several months.
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MOBILE, Ala. — Former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson is trying to follow in the footsteps of Antwaan Randle El, who converted to wide receiver before the Senior Bowl on his way to a long NFL career catching passes. Robinson certainly has the speed and quickness. By John Zenor.
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Navy button front dress and blue cardigan at New Girl press conference
This blue button front dress that Zooey wore in New Girl Season 3 promos is by Orla Kiely and no longer available however you can still get this cute little look-a-like for a much friendlier price!
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Flashback to Fever: Brendan McCarthy, race, and not seeing what's in front of your face
November 9th, 2013
One of the strange blessings of the internet is its ability to serve as an external memory system. Thoughts that would once have been lost to time if they were even lucky enough to have made it out of your head are now preserved for an indefinite eternity in places over which you have little to no control.
For example, if I want to know how I felt about Brendan McCarthy's Doctor Strange/Spider-Man comic Fever after the first issue came out in 2010, a quick google search will turn up this flouncing defense of the book, written in response to a review by Sean Collins:
Say it Vibrational Match style: Where you see "inert physicality", I see a Spider-Man who's all harsh angles and elbows being squashed, flattened out, and a Doc Strange who's at home with the harsh geometrics McCarthy conjures up.
Where you read flat pastiche, I read Spider-Man as a jerk who gets shut the hell up by the story (his words like jutting elbows –> drooping limbs), and Doc Strange as a badass who can turn exposition into information with the right gestures (verbal, physical).
Also: the mystic spider dialogue is genuinely fucking creepy, for reals, when combined with the images, yes?
In lesser hands this would be mere set-up, but this issue had a whole lot of "?something else?" working for it — that creepy wee arachnid bastard, crawling up the Vulture's back, fr'instance! Like something from Seven Soldiers, only (yes!) far more unsettling.
I saw the biggest, most bulbous-assed spider of the year last night, sitting on my windowsill. I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to these wee beasties, but last night, after having read Fever? I tell you, I wanted to kiss the wee fucker!
The "hey, I'm a black guy!" dialogue was a bit cringey though, pastiche or no.
Looking at the book this week, I find myself agreeing with every point but the last one.
It's not that I don't find the dialogue McCarthy gave to the African-American comedy character cringe-inducing anymore – I do! – but that Brendan McCarthy's recent Facebook comments on race make me feel ashamed the structure supporting that final sentence.
Sure, I agreed with Sean Collins' assessment of the embarrassing nature of McCarthy's throwback characterisation, but I did so in a tossed off, casual way, after five paragraphs of flame flecked enthusiasm. The implicit message being that everyone should just chill out about this racist after taste and enjoy the "septic salsa" of the comic itself.
In 2010, the story of McCarthy was that he was that of the hero freshly returned from the wasteland, ready to save the kingdom from itself. His new work confirmed his status as a trinity of psych-pop ghosts, the faces of Brit comics past, present and future combined. What interest could a couple of dodgy panels hold against all that? Solo #12 remains McCarthy's late period masterpiece, but even in lesser books like Fever there are moments of astonishing beauty. The scene in the second issue where Spider-Man steps through a portal and into a crunchy insect killing field still burns bright in the light of its own toxic logic:
Who could argue against that sort of artistic firepower? Not me back in 2010, apparently. Click here to see how I get on in 2013!
April 25th, 2012
and SILOOOOOOOOOOOOOKI….
In this 12th anxiety inducing episode of the World's* Favourite* Podcast* Gary Lactus continues to sit at the table (verily) and The Beast is saddened by the imminent Geoff Johns revamp of his life. There will be blood…
After Lactus reveals his theme for America's Got Powers, a strongly ethical SILENCE! news follows, before the pugnacious pairsome get all frisky with the latest comics fillies. Under the merciless eye of scrutiny this week…Peter Bagge's Reset, Matt Kindt's 3 Story, Garth Ennis' Shadow (he knows, by the way), the truly exceptional Prophet (with added Dalrymple), King City, and Wonder Woman. But! Then! Gary Lactus reveals that he is the bravest man(god) on earth as he tackles EVERY SINGLE AVX and BATMAN: OWLS crossover issue released last week. And he plans to continue with this foolhardy plan until his eyeballs pop like cherry tomatoes on a griddle… what a guy! There follows a bit of discussion of Wolverine and the X-Men, and crossovers in general, and Lactus rounds things off with a mention of Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse's Resident Alien.
That is not all, tough you lucky little piglets! The tenacious twofers then spend way too long discussing what kind of music superheroes listen to, before they head off into the sunset like Clint Eastwood and that orangutan in that film about Clint Eastwood and the Orangutan (and wasn't it weird in that movie the way that when Clint hooked up with a lady, and then they'd go home and bump uglies and then there'd be a fucking orangutan in the mix…how fucking gross would that be having a post coital glow interrupted by a six foot ape wearing denim?????)
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When he woke up he thought he'd dreamed about a movie he'd seen the other day. But everything was different. The characters were black, so the movie in the dream was like a negative of the real movie. And different things happened, too. The plot was the same, what happened was the same, but the ending was different or at some moment things took an unexpected turn and became something completely different. Most terrible of all, though, was that as he was dreaming he knew it didn't necessarily have to be that way, he noticed the resemblance to the movie, he thought he understood that both were based on the same premise, and that if the movie he'd see was the real movie, then the other one, the one he had dreamed, might be a reasoned response, a reasoned critique, and not necessarily a nightmare. All criticism is ultimately a nightmare, he thought as he washed his face in the apartment where his mother's body no longer was.
- Roberto Bolaño, 'The part about Fate', p.234, 2666
This was originally notionally a piece called 'Justify yr pull-list', but I can't seem to think of a more absurd enterprise than that, on reflection.
Hobbies include: pitying fools
Gary Lactus's Vault of Tymbus #1
January 19th, 2009
I had nothing much to do this afternoon so I thought I'd visit my vault where I keep Tymbus. He'd been in there all week with only Amazing Spider-Man #583, Final Crisis #6 and The Spirit movie for company. In the dark and damp he stewed all week over these limited stimuli. Here's what he had to say to me:
Spiderogue's review #1: the Spider-Slayer (or why the Marvel Universe is secretly demented part 1)
October 24th, 2008
Sadistic torture really isn't very nice. It's everything that society tries to force under the carpet (unless the situation calls for real men like Jack Bauer). It represents total freedom, action unrestricted by boundaries (read: bodies), total control, total transgression, captured alongside the omega of abjection and suffering. The idealised torture chamber is a space where these limits – which are so very dangerous and threatening and repulsive – can be fully explored, and there will always be people who see the allure in that. It's the blood red abyss beyond the brink of the acceptable, but like all good acrophobics we can't help but look down, perhaps we'll see something we like.
You've all seen Hostel, right?
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If his side wasnt hurting so badly, Chris Bosh would have destroyed the Heats locker room out of frustration the night his abdominal muscle decided to give out.
Emotionally, Bosh said he went into a rage after being injured in Game 1 against the Indiana Pacers in the 2012 Eastern Conference semifinals. Physically, he needed assistance to stand up from a chair.
On Wednesday, Bosh gets another chance to prove himself against center Roy Hibbert and the Pacers when the Heat begins its best-of-7 series with Indiana in the Eastern Conference finals. The Heats big man wouldnt want to be playing anyone else for a chance to reach The Finals.
Im going to have to have a big match up with Roy, Bosh said. I feel he is the X factor for them. Im the X factor for this team. This is going to be, I think, the matchup that really turns the series.
Off the court, Bosh has been talking about his matchup against Hibbert for days one of the best offensive centers in the game versus one of the best interior defenders.
I was talking with my family about it the other night, Bosh said. To be able to have a chance to compete against [Indiana]. I didnt get the chance last time. I felt last time I really could have made an imprint on the series, and its funny how things come back around. Im going to be get another shot.
Bosh unabashedly considers himself the X factor in the series, but there are other dynamics to the Heats frontcourt that make this series against Indiana completely different than the one the Heat struggled through last year to win in six games. In addition to Bosh, the Heat features Chris Birdman Andersen coming off the bench, Udonis Haslem is an entrenched starter, and Shane Battier, who started against the Pacers in 2012, is back in a reserve role where he can provide a strategic offensive mismatch against Indianas big men David West, in particular.
Birdman, Battier, and Bosh are the Heats Killer Bs against the Pacers blue-collar approach.
Our bigs have to be big in this series, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
Andersen provides the Heat a second physical presence inside beyond Haslem, who was suspended for a game in the 2012 series after a flagrant foul against Tyler Hansbrough. Hard fouls and intense defense will be a part of this series as well, but Andersen doesnt envision the Eastern Conference finals turning ugly.
I dont see it going that route, Andersen said. I see them being competitive just like we are just a matter of coming out and playing our style; dont let them have us play to their style.
And thats where Bosh comes in.
He had 13 points and five rebounds in less than 16 minutes of Game 1 of the 2012 Eastern Conference semifinals before he went down with his injury. Losing Bosh not only forced Spoelstra to completely retool the Heats rotations mid-series, but also diminished the Heats tactical advantage against the Pacers formidable interior defenders. With Bosh now healthy, the Heat can return to its preferred strategy of stretching the floor to create easier driving lanes for Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. The end game, of course, is pulling Hibbert, one of the best rim-protectors in the league, out of the paint.
We missed [Bosh] last year, and were happy hes healthy right now, Battier said. He stretches the floor, especially when Hibbert guards him. It makes Hibbert make some real decisions, and obviously a great scoring punch for us.
In other words, Bosh doesnt plan on posting up against Hibbert often. Using Bosh inside offensively against Indiana would mitigate his skills and play into the Pacers game plan.
When have you seen me get in there and bang? Bosh asked a reporter rhetorically when questioned about his approach to interior offense in the upcoming series. Im going to bang enough on the defensive end. Thats going to be my job as far as banging is concerned.
On offense, when naturally we space the floor, we will not be running any actions or any drops for me against Hibbert. You can pretty much write that down.
Defensively, Bosh played well against Bulls center Joakim Noah last week in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Bosh averaged 8.6 rebounds per game in the second-round series and delivered a monstrous performance (20 points and 19 rebounds) in Game 3. Hibbert offers another opportunity for Bosh to show off his improved defensive game. Hibbert is averaging 9.6 rebounds per game in the 2013 playoffs and averaged a double-double (13.3 points and 10.3 rebounds) against the Knicks in the second round.
We saw with New York that if you let him be a force on the boards, catch it wherever you want to, hes going to make you pay, Bosh said. So, its my job to make it as tough as possible on him, try to contain him down low and well see how we match up.