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Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Collection: UNT Theses and Dissertationshttp://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/UNTETD/browse/?fq=untl_institution:UNT&fq=str_degree_discipline:Early+Childhood+Education2016-06-28T16:28:55-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Collection: UNT Theses and DissertationsDo Re Mi? Yes! Using Music and Visual Arts to Promote Thai Children's English Vocabulary Development2016-06-28T16:28:55-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849681/

This research examines the efficacy, if any, of the Music and Visual Arts (MVA) program in improving the English vocabulary development of first grade Thai students. The researcher developed the Vocabulary Recognition Assessment (VRA) as a measure of English vocabulary development. It employs the accuracy and rapidity method of word recognition as a measurement of English language development in Thai children. Forty first grade Thai students in a Bangkok elementary school participated in the study. Participants were divided equally between an experimental group and a control group. During a nine-week period, students in the experimental group were instructed with the MVA strategy, while students in the control group were taught with the Visual Arts (VA) strategy. Paired sample t-test, ANOVA, and ANCOVA were used to analyze data from the VRA, to compare the pre-test and the post-test in terms of accuracy scores and rapidity scores of the control group and the experimental group. Data revealed that students instructed with the MVA strategy improved their English vocabulary development in terms of accuracy of word recognition significantly more than students taught English using the VA strategy. No significant difference was found between the MVA strategy and the VA strategy in terms of rapidity of word recognition. The MVA strategy could be a useful strategy for Thai early childhood teachers to use in helping Thai children learn English vocabulary.
Effects of Child Development Associate Credential System 20 on Candidate Success Rates2016-03-20T10:34:12-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc822791/

The purpose of this research was to identify the impact of process changes that have been made to the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential, which is a beginning early childhood teacher credential that focuses on competency based standards widely seen as necessary for early childhood teachers to possess. The process in which early childhood teachers receive their credential changed in 2013 with the implementation of CDA credential 2.0. Changes included taking a computerized exam and the implementation of a professional development specialist conducting an on-site classroom observation. In order to determine the impact that CDA 2.0 had on teacher credentialing success rates, a mixed-method sequential design was employed. First, existing data sets of success rates from a national scholarship program were reviewed. Following, interviews with CDA credential seekers were conducted. Findings revealed that while candidate success rates increased for those receiving CDA credentials under the 2.0 system, the actual number of candidates receiving scholarships to pursue the CDA credential through the national scholarship program decreased. Qualitative analysis of the semi-structured interviews indicated that three areas that impacted CDA 2.0 candidate success rates were the professional education programs and instructors, the CDA Exam, and Professional Development Specialists. This is the first research study to examine the CDA credential process. The findings demonstrate that the 2.0 system provides candidates with necessary supports to be successful. A significant question arising out of the data is how a determination is made to issue a credential. Before QRIS and public policy initiatives employ more efforts to professionalize the field of early childhood – primarily through the CDA credential – the process by which one obtains a credential should be more thoroughly examined.
The (Mis)representation of the Middle East and Its People in K-8 Social Studies Textbooks: A Postcolonial Analysis2016-02-02T13:35:12-06:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799522/

Critical examinations of cultural groups and the ways in which they are presented in schools are missing from current elementary and middle school curricula. Issues of this nature often fall under the umbrella of "multicultural education" or "cultural pedagogy," but this rhetoric is dismissive in nature. Constructing the non-Western child as "culturally deprived," "culturally disadvantaged," or "at-risk" perpetuates an "us/colonizer" versus "them/colonized" mentality. The purpose of this study was to examine critically how the Middle East and its people are represented in U.S. social studies textbooks. Through the use of qualitative content analysis, 10 elementary and middle school social studies books from Florida, Texas, and Virginia were analyzed. Drawing largely from the postcolonial Orientalist work of Edward Said (1978/2003), this study unveiled the ways in which American public schools other children, specifically children of Middle Eastern or Arab descent. Othering occurs anytime an institution in power constructs a certain reality for a marginalized group of people.
Uncovering Gendered Teaching Practices in the Early Childhood Classroom2015-08-21T05:42:39-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700109/

For many early childhood teachers, interacting with children about issues concerning gender and sexuality is fraught with feelings of uneasiness and anxiety. For others, familiarity with research on these topics has resulted in rethinking their approaches to sex, gender, and sexuality in their early childhood classrooms. This inquiry examined the tensions associated with the researcher's attempts to rethink gendered narratives and childhood sexuality in her own classroom. The study took place over the course of 4 months and involved a traditional public kindergarten classroom. Queer theory and feminist poststructuralism, along with a multi-voiced poststructural autoethnography were used to demonstrate the researcher's shifting identities and the cultural context that shaped the researcher's behaviors and perspective. Multivocal autoethnographic narratives were written to illustrate the researcher's journey between trying on, being in, and becoming a feminist poststructural educator who uncovers and troubles gendered teaching practices in her own early childhood classroom. The following insights resulted from this study: young children actively and knowingly talk about gender and sexuality and do have a considerable amount of sexual knowledge; heterosexuality plays an integral part in children's everyday experiences; and a lack of equity and inclusion associated with family diversity or queer identities exists in the early childhood classroom. Young children's access to knowledge about gender, relationships, and sexuality has critical implications for their health and well-being, not only in their early years but also throughout their lives. This knowledge can build children's competencies and resilience, contributing to new cultural norms of non-violence in gendered and sexual relationships. With a growing diversity in the make-up of families, it is now more critical than ever that teacher training programs move away from a single way of knowing and make room for multiple perspectives, which in turn influence innovative kinds of teaching decisions and practices. This research illustrates that it is possible for early childhood teachers to use feminist poststructuralism and queer theory to deepen their understandings and responses to children's talk, actions, and play regarding sex, gender, and sexuality and to use these understandings to inform their professional practice.
A Comparison of the Expectations of Parents, Staffs, and Directors Concerning Children's Activities and Parent and Staff Roles in Three Day Care Centers2015-06-24T09:39:17-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663698/

Expectations in six areas of concern were explored by means of a questionnaire distributed to parents, staffs, and directors of three day care centers. These included physical setting, educational activities, social development, staff relationships with children, staff relationships with parents, and parent relationships with the center. Responses averaged over 50 per cent in each category of respondent. Analysis showed that although there were areas of almost total agreement, there were a number of statements that demonstrated a wide divergence in the expectations of the respondents. This study and the related literature indicate that there is cause for concern that children's needs for consistency in child-rearing practices are not always being met.
The Effects of a Parent Program Focused Upon Enhancing Social-Emotional Development of Young Children Through Parent Instruction in Affective-Interpersonal Facilitation2015-06-24T09:39:17-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663408/

Twenty-seven parents with young children were randomly assigned to an experimental group which underwent an affective skill-building program, or one of two control groups. Pre and postassessments measured levels of communication, discrimination, and child vocalization for each parent. Multilinear regression analysis indicated that final communication skills among the three groups were significantly different. Final communication skills of the experimental group were significantly greater than those of the Hawthorne control group. Final discrimination skills for the three groups showed a trend toward being significantly different. Levels of child vocalization did not show significant changes. The experimental program was successful in improving accurate parent-child communication in the affective realm.
A Comparison Between the Interactions of Multi-Age Constant Caregiver Groups and Same-Age Multiple Caregiver Groups in Day Care Centers2015-05-10T06:16:59-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504569/

Interactions of children and adults in two child care groups were observed and examined. Each group was observed as a same-age multiple caregiver group and eight months later as a multi-age constant caregiver group. Twenty indicators were used to evaluate positive interactions. Analysis showed positive interactions occur in multi-age constant caregiver groups. Multi-age constant caregiver groups enhance the interest of caregivers in children and promote development and interaction of language between caregivers and peers. This study indicates a multi-age constant caregiver group is an alternative to meet the needs of young children by increasing and enhancing positive interactions with caregivers and peers.
An Evaluation of the Effect of a Specific Perceptual Training Program on Classroom Skills in Kindergarten2015-05-10T06:16:59-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504399/

The purpose of the evaluation was to test effectiveness of a visual, visual-motor, and auditory perceptual skills training program devised by Dr. Jerome Rosner, and to confirm or deny application of this training to improved classroom skills. Subjects were 38 kindergarten children, 20 in the Contrast Group, and 18 in the Experimental Group. Both groups received the same training in the basic curriculum of readiness skills. The Experimental Group also received training in the Visual Analysis and Auditory Analysis Skills programs. Pretests and posttests were administered, tabulated, and analyzed. Differences in raw score means were sufficient to indicate more than a chance factor and all tests demonstrated a plus factor for children in the Experimental Group.
Fantasy-Reality Distinctions of Four- and Five-Year-Old Middle-Income White Children in Relation to their Television Viewing Preferences and Habits2015-05-10T06:16:59-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504241/

Methods of study include two questionnaires and eight photographs of television characters used while interviewing sixty children, ages four and five. The data showed that the children actively selected the television programs they watched rather than watching at random. They watched television regularly and named the programs they watched. The children perceived a great amount of parental supervision in their viewing of television. Most children were able to understand the concepts of fantasy and reality, to distinguish between those concepts, and to apply them to specific television program characters and their actions. However, the five-year-olds showed a greater tendency to identify television program characters as make-believe.
Preschool Teachers' Constructions of Early Reading2015-03-08T17:44:37-05:00http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500020/

Much of the current discourse surrounding the practice of early reading has emerged from policies that dictate the definition and means by which reading is taught and by which reading success is measured. Although this discourse directly influences the work of preschool teachers, little is known about what preschool teachers think about early reading and how they develop these understandings or constructions. Research concerning preschool teachers' constructions is useful because of the potential influence on teachers' decisions and classroom behaviors. The purpose of this study is to better understand preschool teachers' constructions concerning early reading and the process of learning to read. Six preschool teachers, with a variety of personal, educational, and professional experiences, from four diverse early childhood programs in the North Texas area were interviewed over a nine-month period during which each participant was interviewed for approximately three hours. Through systematic, inductive analysis, three themes were identified under an overarching theme of the interdependent and relational nature of early reading influences: out-of-school interactions, in-school interactions, and interactions with text. Without exception, these teachers referred to their life experiences as influencing their approach to teaching in general and to teaching reading in particular. The goals these preschool teachers had for their students and their instructional decisions were indications of their unique and evolving constructions of early reading and are absolutely grounded in their practice – in their life experiences and in their daily interactions with children. This study suggests that stakeholders should remember that these practical experiences are a primary influence on how preschool teachers think about early reading and the process of learning to read.


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"Our message is clear – abortion is neither health care nor a benefit. It's genocide," said Dr. King. "Give us procreative reproductive rights. Repair our communities with life affirming programs. My fellow civil rights workers and I will be on Capitol Hill to say that if President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, or anyone else truly wants to reduce the number of abortions, they will not coerce Americans to pay for them and they will not subsidize Planned Parenthood, the billion-dollar business that has killed more black children than the KKK."
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Metallica marked its 30th anniversary with an online EP of previously unreleased songs and an all-star concert series.
The metal band performed four shows at the Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco last week exclusively for members of their fan club.
In August, Metallica Club members around the world were able to enter a lottery for a chance to purchase tickets to all the Fillmore shows at a cost of $19.81 for a four-pack of tickets to all of the shows. Single show tickets were $6. All four of the shows immediately sold out.
Last week, Metallica welcomed these fans from around the globe to join them in the celebration where there were no repeats in the set lists the four night stand, aside from the established show closer of "Seek & Destroy," playing close to 80 different songs.
Each night at the Fillmore was hosted by comedian Jim Breuer and opened by the Soul Rebels Brass Band performing Metallica songs. Metallica also invited many special guests relevant to their 30 years the stage to perform with them. The list of guests included Glenn Danzig, Marianne Faithfull, Rob Halford, Kid Rock, Ozzy Osbourne, and Lou Reed. Each night the finale featured all the evening's guests joining the band on stage to perform "Seek and Destroy."
This week, Metallica will release the Beyond Magnetic EP featuring four previously unreleased songs, which will be available exclusively on iTunes in North America for one week. After that week, the songs will be available from all digital retailers. Around the world, it will be available on iTunes and other digital retailers. These four songs were originally released as a gift to Metallica's Metallica Club members.
"During the Death Magnetic album sessions in 2007 and 2008, we originally recorded 14 songs. When it came time to pick the songs for the final album, we decided on 10 songs that you've all come to know over the last three years ... What ever happened to those other four songs? We kept them in the vault and decided to pull them just for this special celebration, so here are the four leftover tracks from the Death Magnetic sessions. They are rough mixes, unfinished to their original degree of mixing from March '08," the band said in a statement.
The tracks are "Hate Train," "Just A Bullet Away," "Hell And Back" and "Rebel of Babylon."
Metallica's 30th anniversary celebration ended late Saturday night with drummer Lars Ulrich telling fans to listen for news to come in mid-January about something very special coming in June.


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Sabian Fusion Hats Now In HHX
Fusion Hats Get Modern And Dark
By Andrew Lentz Published June 15, 2010
Fusion Hats, one of Sabian's most popular cymbal innovations, are now available in the company's Modern Dark series, HHX. Featuring a medium top and a heavy, un-lathed, hand-hammered bottom — hence the name fusion.
These hats deliver high-definition sticking, crisp, clear pedal 'chick', and cutting volume in both closed and open positions. Though the name might suggest they're designed for playing fusion-style music, these hats are ideal for any number of genres from rock, pop, punk, gospel or funk.
Said Sabian product specialist Mark Love, "With an HHX top, these Fusion Hats combine the hot darkness of HHX with the dark but defined cut of the heavy HH bottom, for a crisp blend of tonal darkness. The innovative 'Tone Projection' design of HHX also means these hats project their dark tonality, so drummers wanting darkness in high-volume situation can be heard without excessively hard playing."
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WELCOME to Sammy Joseph Ministries: Inspirational. Relevant. Spiritual. Refreshing. Anointed broadcasts and teachings through the media and the printed page. 'HarvestWays with Sammy Joseph' broadcasts the message of reconciliation and restoration by the power of the Holy Spirit. Saved by the grace of God - and saving others by the same grace, sharing the unlimited truths to the whole world. Our objective is to continue to propagate the limitless riches of the knowledge of God through all available means. Currently, we partner with Radio AFRICA to beam via satellite, the GoodNews to over 200 million potential listeners in West Africa! We sure could save more souls, with the faithful monthly contribution of ministry friends and partners! Help us today, if the Holy Spirit motions you to do so! To know more about the ministry of Dr. Sammy Joseph, invite him to minister for you - or support our ministries, please visit us at: www.harvestways.org FB: www.facebook.com/SammyOJoseph Twitter: www.twiter.com/SammyOJoseph YouTube: www.youtube.com/users/Harvestways Dr. Sammy Joseph's publications can also be accessed at PULSE Publishing House Store on our www.harvestways.org website. Sammy Joseph Ministries is a Christian, faith-run ministry. Thank you for stopping by!
~ Dr. Sammy Joseph ~ 'Equipping the Saints for Ministry', Part 8.
~ Dr. Sammy Joseph ~ 'Equipping the Saints for Ministry', Part 8.
What does 'faithfulness in the little' mean to you in life and ministry? Dr. Sammy Joseph on this segment of his continuing series "Equipping the Saints for the Gospel Ministry" links faithfulness in little things to faithfulness in the unjust mammon!


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Where on earth should you wed? Your imagination's your only limit
Where on earth should you wed? Your imagination's your only limit. From mountaintop vows to "I dos" with an ocean view, you'll find the nuptial site of your dreams here.
Simple to plan and less intimidating for your non-jet-set guests, an American wedding can be as dreamy and different as anything across the ocean. Sonoma is our Tuscany, Vegas our Monte Carlo—and so on. No wonder 72 percent of destination weddings take place in the lower 48.
The 50th state is doubly blessed with tropical trappings and the comforts of an American outpost (no need to worry about currency or cellphone plans). The six main islands abound with seaside chapels, clifftop vistas, and savvy consultants. Ask yours to plan a wedding luau, complete with tiki torches, flower leis, hula dancers, and a meal of pit-roasted pork.
The Caribbean
With its kaleidoscope of cultures (including West Indian, African, Dutch, French, and British), and the universal glory of sunset on the beach, the Caribbean offers a party for every taste and pocketbook—especially now that Spirit, JetBlue, and other low-cost carriers fly there. Most places have easy marriage laws and a bounty of experienced planners just waiting to order that seashell-decked cake.
Whether you seal your union by sipping from goblets in a hacienda's chapel or by looping yourselves with a satin lasso on the beach, you'll find yourself treated como una princesa. Legal requirements vary widely, so use a resort with an English-speaking planner or call a Mexican-savvy company, like Weddings on the Move (800-444-6967, idoweddings.com)
A medieval castle, an Aegean isle, a Tuscan villa: There's no shortage of glamour here. Some places make marriage simple—like Scotland, Greece, and the newly hot isle of Malta—but you'll need a coordinator to wade through Italy's bureaucracy. Many hotels have planners, but some brides prefer a Stateside coordinator like Grand Luxe International (201-327-2333, grandluxeweddings.com).
For those with wanderlust, a wedding means a dream trip to the South Pacific, Africa, or Central America. Make it legal in Kenya and you'll don beaded Masai wedding bracelets; in Costa Rica, you'll party with minimonkeys and blue butterflies.
Editors' note: Wedding rates include ceremony, cake, Champagne, bouquet, boutonniere, legal fees, and officiant; more basic packages may cost less. Residency requirements are listed in business days.
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Click here to follow the action live as it unfolds. And be sure to check back when the game is over, as we'll be grabbing some postgame video.
Both teams are taking the field for the sixth time this season, which means that it's no longer about getting in mid-season shape. Now it's all about making hay while there's still daylight, and both the Pacers and Tigers believe they've got what it takes to make a postseason push.
This game can go a long way in making (or breaking) those plans.
While you're waiting for kickoff, check out this video of one local expert breaking down the matchup in his own unique way.
Update: See below for highlights and postgame reaction following Chicopee's huge 42-6 statement win over South Hadley.
|Highlights: Chicopee 42, South Hadley 6
|Postgame reaction to Chicopee's statement win over South Hadley


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - City Councilman Richard Showers will host a Sept. 3 town hall meeting to give residents of his northwest Huntsville district a chance to weigh in on a possible 40-unit public housing apartment complex on Winchester Road.
The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Showers Center, 4600 Blue Spring Road.
Work Force Housing, led by former GW Jones & Sons executive David Johnston, wants to build the apartments for the Huntsville Housing Authority on 6.7 acres directly across from Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
About 150 people attended a meeting last week at the church to learn more about the idea from the developers and submit questions in writing. The Sept. 3 meeting is designed to provide answers to those questions, Showers said Wednesday.
"My role in all of this is to inform, to listen and give the public an opportunity to express their concerns," he said.
While Showers said he supports affordable housing, he wants to hear what District 1 residents think about the Winchester Road apartments. Work Force Housing is also proposing to build 40-unit public housing apartment complexes on Newson Road in southwest Huntsville and on Research Park Boulevard in extreme west Huntsville.
"My job is to represent the concerns and needs of my constituents," said Showers. "If it's decided that the group doesn't want it, then I'm certainly going to support the wishes of the people who come out to the (Sept. 3) meeting."


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A new iPad application created by a University of Arizona journalism class showcases students' coverage of science news on campus and across the state.
Jason Davis, a graduate student specializing in science journalism, spearheaded the School of Journalism's first multimedia project to create an iPad application for a science magazine. The recently completed Scientific Tucsonan magazine app is available to download for free.
Early in the spring semester, Davis stood up in his science journalism class, "Multimedia Storytelling: Science and Technology," and said: "We should create something to feature our work."
The idea appealed to the other students in the class and to his instructor Carol Schwalbe, an associate professor and director of graduate studies in the UA's School of Journalism.
"I'm all about using technology," said Davis, who holds a bachelor's degree in information technology. "I suggested a website first and then my professor suggested maybe a magazine application. It just evolved from there."
Davis agreed to take the lead on creating an iPad application for a science journalism magazine that would feature students' work over the semester.
"I thought it would be a really cool project just for the sake of doing it," Davis said, "but I also really wanted our work to find a larger audience."
Davis thinks the application will appeal to Tucsonans and Arizonans interested in science.
"It's fun and it's Arizona-centric," he said. "The science stories are interesting and it definitely showcases science at the University."
Using the app is "just like reading a magazine on an iPad, flipping through pages, but it also has integrated video and pop-up photos," Davis said.
"This class was about composition of photographs and video in addition to science stories," Davis said.
One student compiled a photo narrative of hawks in flight at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum for an assignment to tell a story using only five images. The collage is featured in the magazine.
Another student created a video for the magazine documenting the town of Oatman, Ariz., a former mining town in the Black Mountains, in which wild burros still roam. The film is accompanied by a feature story describing the history of the small donkey population in Arizona.
"The class is actually open to all majors and all grade levels," Davis said. "We had not just journalism students; we also had science students that were interested in learning some journalism and multimedia skills. It gave a good mix of people in the class."
"Everybody in the class had some contribution to the content," he added.
The process of creating the magazine was a learning experience in itself.
"I was the first to stand up and say 'yes, let's do this,'" Davis said. Then he realized that he didn't know the first thing about creating an iPad application.
Davis used Adobe's InDesign software to create the application, but adding the content was more complicated.
"When it comes to the interactive elements, such as if you want to tap a photo and bring it up full screen on the iPad, then you have to do a lot of additional steps that resemble programming," Davis said. "I was just learning as I went along. It nearly drove me crazy."
Davis credits classmates Drew McCullough and Christa Reynolds for their assistance with design ideas for the application, and also Schwalbe, his faculty adviser for the project. "She's a tough editor," Davis said, "and that's a good thing."
Schwalbe teaches the multimedia science journalism course every spring, in addition to a complementary science journalism course in the fall, focused on writing.
Now, faculty in the School of Journalism have become interested in learning to create similar applications for their own classes. Davis has been asked to present his iPad app project at a School of Journalism faculty retreat before the start of the fall semester. He is also hoping to discuss the app at the UA's Mobile Matters Symposium in September.
The project is a tangible step toward the goal of those in science journalism: ncreasing science literacy and education.
It also gave the students a chance to expand their skills beyond writing and delve into the technical aspects of creating tools for digital media. The experience and skills the students gained likely will make them better prepared for careers in modern journalism, which rapidly is evolving to incorporate multimedia technologies requiring skillsets beyond writing, Davis said.
"Most of the major magazines have iPad editions that offer content that goes beyond what's in the print version," he said. "We drew on examples from Time magazine and also National Geographic."
"Everything is going digital, so as you're reading a story, why not be able to interact with it? You could bring up maps and infographics as you're reading along to help you understand the story."
The Scientific Tusconan is not quite that advanced, Davis said, but expanding the range of capabilities of such apps is an idea he's keeping in mind for the future. "And I'm still very proud of it," he added.
"It's the future of journalism."


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There are 366 shopping days till Christmas - so don't get flustered yet
Published 23/12/2013 | 02:30
WHAT I love about the eve of Christmas Eve is that there's only one more shopping day to Christmas. If I go into a shop I walk straight up to the item I'm buying. Then I bring it to the counter and pay for it.
There are women who have to look at 17 different things they have no notion of buying. And they have to touch all the garments and turn them around and upside down and imagine what they'd look like on even though they know they will never wear the clothes.
I'm speaking in vast generalities here. You can't expect me to go through the register of electors and write Mary Murphy isn't mad for the shopping and Mary A Murphy is. There isn't room to individualise. Is that a word? Individualise. It sounds like something from a press release made by a multinational about moving jobs to a place where labour is cheaper than here. The point is if you're not one of the women who take ages at shopping, well then take no notice.
And I know many, many men who are bad enough too. Men who know stuff like the mauve will clash with the purple architraves and know what off the shoulder means and want and know how to return clothes they don't like and know their shirt size and how to sew in buttons. I'd be careful of men who can sew in buttons.
The shopping is relentless. There's this shop here in Listowel and they have the Christmas decorations at half price. Presumably most people have already bought their decorations and so the shop are trying to clear off the remaining stock. This means there are now 366 days' shopping to Christmas, if you think about it. But it is lovely to see the local shops busy. We've had a tough year. To survive now is a massive achievement so if you can manage it at all, shop local.
I'm a small bit cranky again today, as you may have guessed. Agitated is more the word. Over small things. What drives me mad is mince pies. All they are is boring, doughy buns without any mince inside. A man came into the bar and asked me for his Christmas drink. He comes in about every two years and here he is, demanding a Christmas drink, so I give him the HSE treatment, and tell him he's on a waiting list.
The worst thing though was the Loch Ness monster that wasn't.
I'm not a proper reporter who finds out about politicians doing dodgy deals with shady profiteers but I was sure I had the scoop of the year. There I was looking out the window on the road to the Tarbert Car Ferry when I should be watching the road.
This is it, I thought. My pension. Out with me into rain so bad it soaked me in seconds. The Tarbert Monster had his hump showing. It was a Nessie pose. His head was stuck in the estuary mud and his arse was buried on the other side. I snapped away with the iPhone. Business people are given so many bills at this time of the year we are driven demented. This was the big one but the monster turned out to be a tractor tyre.
There's more.
THE neighbour's dog is well trained. He only does his business in our driveway. Their cat brought a dead rat to our front door once and then the neighbour told me this was really a compliment from the cat, as cats only dump dead rats on people they really like.
And more and more.
The mother keeps asking me to help her with the Christmas cards. She gets a lot. The mother always answers the cards but sometimes they are signed by Seamus and family as if there's only one Seamus in the whole world and the mother should know who he is. I check the postmark but how many Seamuses are there in Cork?
She has to send cards. It's a sacred duty and I tell her I have a solution. It's an ad in the paper. This one. So Happy Christmas to Seamus and family from Mary and family. And to the rest of you as well. I'm just thinking that I better get out of the bad form right or I'll ruin Christmas for everyone.
So here's a good news story. Max Browne, Eric's border collie, the one with the lovely natural silver curls on his neck, was found. He ran away from home or else he was kidnapped or couldn't help himself over a bitch. Max ended up about 40 miles from home on the Dingle Peninsula and he was spotted by a girl who read a plea for Max's safe return on Facebook. Eric is delighted and it's infectious.
Tomorrow, the emigrants and those living in the cities will be home. Christmas Eve is easily the best day of the year.
How's this, the song goes?
"I see friends shaking hands/ saying how do you/ they're really saying I love you."
We'll have to be in fine form to welcome them all home.
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GOODYEAR, Ariz. –- Manager Terry Francona will miss Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, who will retire after this season.
Francona managed the Red Sox for eight years from 2004-11. In the midst of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, one of the best in baseball, the pair became the best of enemies. Jeter, before he stepped into the batter's box in his first at-bat of any game against the Red Sox, would look at Francona in the dugout.
"He'd always glance over before we'd get going," said Francona. "I guess it got to be a habit. Maybe it was because he was getting hits and it got to be superstitious."
The Indians and Yankees play seven times this season.
"I hope he goes 0-for-28 and we give him a nice plaque or something," said Francona. "I don't see that happening."
Jeter, 39, is a .338 (178-for-526) lifetime hitter against the Indians.
"He is the walking example of what's good in baseball," said Francona. "You respect him so much, and yet, you want him to have as little to do with the outcome of the game if you're his opponent. That's probably the biggest compliment you can give him.
"He's going to find a way to beat you whether it's running the bases, on defense or at the plate."
Money talk: The Indians will go to arbitration Friday for the second time this month. They'll be arguing money with right-hander Josh Tomlin in St. Petersburg, Fla. Tomlin is seeking $975,000 and the Indians have offered $800,000.
Mike Chernoff, assistant general manager, and Joe Znidarsic, Indians general counsel, will help present the team's case. Tomlin will be at the hearing along with agent Bryan Cahill and representatives from the players association.
On Feb. 7, arbitrators ruled in favor of the Indians against reliever Vinnie Pestano. It was the team's first arbitration case in 22 years.
"Our clear preference is to always negotiate a settlement," said GM Chris Antonetti. "We have a very long track record of demonstrating that and trying to do it. But it has to be an equitable settlement and one we think makes sense.
"With both Vinnie and Josh's case, we felt we made very earnest efforts to reach a settlement."
On Feb. 20, the Indians have another hearing scheduled with right-hander Justin Masterson. There is a $3.75 million difference between the $11.8 million Masterson is seeking and the $8.05 million the Indians offered.
"We're going to continue to negotiate with Justin," said Antonetti. "Again, our clear preference is to negotiate a settlement."
There has been no progress on the Masterson front in terms of reaching a one-year deal. Masterson can be a free agent after 2014.
Out of the four players who filed for arbitration in January, three could go to a hearing. Could it be that since the Indians hadn't gone to arbitration since 1991 there was an impression that they could be forced into player friendly settlements?
"It's a fair question," said Antonetti. "Our focus has always been on doing deals that are fair and equitable. We have a track record of doing that. For some reason we weren't able to do that in a couple of case this year.
"I'm not sure what dynamics were in play, whether it was an individual approach or there was something more to it."
First step: Pitchers and catchers went through their first workout Thursday. They did so under blue skies with the temperature climbing toward 80 degrees.
"It was a good day," said Antonetti.
Unfortunately for right-hander Bryan Price, in his first big-league camp, he injured a hamstring backing up first base and had to cut his day short.
Easy does it: Hard-throwing Danny Salazar and Austin Adams will receive an extra day's rest between bullpen sessions.
"With most young pitchers, we kind of slow them down in spring training," said Francona. "Most young guys throw too hard, too fast in spring training."
Finally: Shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, looking fit, reported to camp Thursday. So did outfielder David Murphy. The only prominent position players not in camp are Jason Giambi, Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn. Position players don't have to be in camp until Saturday. "I know who's here, but it's not a test," said Francona. "Guys know what to do. ... The guys who aren't here, it doesn't mean they're not working. Jason Giambi doesn't have to be here." ... Catcher Roberto Perez, who played for Puerto Rico in the Caribbean World Series, arrived for Thursday's workout.


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In Parlor C of the Westside/Lietz-Eagan Funeral Home in Marrero, an embalmer called "Big Memphis" has made his bed on a cot, sleeping between days spent clearing piles of branches and garbage from the parking lot or washing the company hearse.
Out back, hidden from the West Bank Expressway, a refrigerated, 48-foot-long semi-trailer holds the remains of those for whom Katrina never existed, people whose worst nightmare of a hurricane slamming southeast Louisiana might only have been informed by Betsy or Camille.
Before the storm, these deceased, 17 in all, had lain in a South Claiborne Avenue warehouse, where 13 area funeral homes prepare the dead for burial. But days set aside for graveside services became a tangle of evacuation, then of hurricane force winds and flood.
Employees manning the warehouse escaped when Lake Pontchartrain starting pouring into the city, said George Rohrer, an executive with Alderwoods Group, which owns the local funeral homes. Power to the refrigerators went out.
After Katrina's landfall, Colby Hitchcock, nicknamed "Big Memphis" for his size and hometown, was dispatched from a funeral parlor in Tennessee to the hurricane zone. He learned from news reports the magnitude of mortality: corpses floating in floodwater; deaths at hurricane shelters; a request for 25,000 body bags.
But at a time when the frenetic search for Katrina's survivors largely is starting to turn to the grim task of cataloguing the untold number of storm fatalities, the local Westside parlor staff, along with Hitchcock and about 20 embalmers from Minnesota, Ohio, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas and Tennessee have focused on caring for the souls whose ordinary course of deaths were interrupted by Katrina.
"There's not many people out here who are worrying about the dead. We are, " said Aaron Koeth, an embalmer from Cleveland also camping out at the Westside parlor said.
More than a week after the evacuation, employees went back to the warehouse, launching airboats at St. Charles and Napoleon avenues, Rohrer said. They found the building awash in four feet of filthy floodwaters. The waters had not touched the deceased, he said, but humidity had created a putrid muck everywhere.
Employees ferried the dead, wrapped in sheets, back Uptown, then into the chiller truck and to the West Bank parlor, he said. The task now has turned to resurrecting plans for eulogies and internment.
Of the area funeral parlors Alderwoods runs, seven were left in various states of ruin. Their cemeteries in Jefferson Parish could operate, but Rohrer said he didn't know of any functioning cemetery in Orleans Parish.
Rohrer said he wanted to begin hosting services soon for those who died before Katrina or whose natural deaths occurred in days following the storm. The first such service was scheduled for Tuesday morning at a Metairie parlor, he said.


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I like that its a simple pattern. Thanks for sharing!
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Love this pattern, but really don't like the wig head display despite some people don't mind!
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I love the look of this pattern, regardless of the head! However, each time I try to "Click Here for Crochet Pattern" all I get is a little orange flash sign! Has this anything to do with the fact that I'm in the UK? I've managed to get other patterns! Help please, before the icy weather arrives.
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Hi Merribell, I live in Ireland and have no problem opening up the pattern....but here is the link for you......http://gardeners-ramblings.blogspot.ie/2008/12/snowy-day-moebius-neckwarmerhood.html
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good grief, people. who cares about the head? Do you like the scarf - have you tried to make it?
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I would like to have seen the way the scarf/warmer lays on a real person, otherwise the pattern is lovely ;)
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I like the scarf, but the head (with hair!) is pretty freaky! LOL Got the pattern though! LOL
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It took me aback too when it first appeared! Scary.
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Am I the only one creeped out by that pic?
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No, you aren't, my heart jet when I saw it
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The Importance of Folic Acid in Pregnancy
We just celebrated Folic Acid Awareness week, but the importance of Folic Acid goes beyond one week of awareness.
Folic Acid is needed during pregnancy to make the extra blood your body needs. It is critical in preventing neural tube defects and in helping with the development of your baby's brain. Doctors recommend that women of child bearing age take 400 micrograms of Folic Acid daily. You can get this in a multivitamin. or in the following foods are also rich in Folic Acid:
- Leafy green vegetables, such as a large spinach salad
- Citrus fruits, such as orange juice
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Hey West Michigan, what's going on? I'm here to tell you spring is on its way. How do I know? The "Foremost's Butterflies Are Blooming" exhibit opens Saturday at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. That's reason enough to think spring.
What else is going on? We have plenty of ideas in today's Weekend section.
5. Chuck Wicks. The up-and-coming Nashville singer/songwriter is best known for his hit single "Stealing Cinderella," but you'll find other tasty tracks on his debut CD "Starting Now." Wicks performs at 8 p.m. Saturday in The Intersection, 133 Grandville Ave. SW. Opening the show are Jypsi and Frankie Ballard.
Tickets are $14.93 in advance at Ticketmaster outlets, 456-3333 or ticketmaster.com, and $17 day of show.
4. "My Little Pony Live.": The young ones will have so much fun singing, dancing and more as "My Little Pony Live!" makes a stop for four performances this weekend in the DeltaPlex Arena, 2500 Turner Ave. NW, in Walker. The audience-participation show lasts 90 minutes with a 15-minute intermission.
Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10-$23 through Ticketmaster outlets and by calling 456-3333.
3. "Forever Plaid.": Do you love music from the '50s, especially from groups such as The Four Freshmen and The Four Lads? You'll love Forever Plaid, a fictional group that pays homage to those classic quartets. The show opens at 7 p.m. Friday in The B.O.B., 20 Monroe Ave. NW, and continues every Friday and Saturday through March 29. Tickets are $35 at The B.O.B., 356-2000, ext. 16.
2. GR Symphony's annual "Symphony with Soul." This year's event features the Grammy Award-winning a capella group Take 6, 8 p.m. Saturday in DeVos Performance Hall, 303 Monroe Ave. NW. Tickets are $12-$42; call 454-9451 or go to grsymphony.org.
1. "Foremost's Butterflies Are Blooming." The popular springtime show is back, which means warmer weather is not that far away. The official opening is Saturday, but you can see the butterflies now.
Hours for the exhibit are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today through Sunday at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, 1000 East Beltline Ave. NE.
Admission is $12 for ages 14-64, $9 for students and ages 65 and older, $6 ages 5-13, $4 ages 3-4, and free to children 2 and younger. Call 957-1580 or meijergardens.org.
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Auburn Riverside, Auburn Mountainview gymnasts soar to district meets
The Auburn Riverside and Auburn Mountainview gymnastics teams compete in Saturday's West Central District III meet at Mount Rainier High School.
The Ravens qualified with a fifth-place, 162.700-point finish in last weekend's South Puget Sound League 4A sub-district meet at Mount Rainier High School.
Mount Rainier was first with 173.575 points, with Thomas Jefferson snaring second with 172.375 points. Emerald Ridge and Todd Beamer were third and fourth with 171.700 and 169.350 points, respectively.
Senior Latia Coburn led Auburn Riverside with her 13th-place, all-around finish with 34.450 points. Coburn was fourth in the bars with an 8.550 performance and ninth on the floor with a 9.425 score.
Teammate Madison Miller was 20th all-around with 33.575 points.
Kylie Urban and Danielle Robinson finished 37th and 38th, with scores of 31.400 and 31.325, respectively. The Ravens' Sarah Murgittroyd was 40th with a 31.200 score, and Libby Sakai and Casey Kaku also contributed on individual events.
Mount Rainier's Baylee Hamilton was the all-around champion with 37.375 points.
Auburn Mountainview punched its ticket to district with a second-place 160.525 finish in the 3A meet. Rival Enumclaw was first (172.725).
Lions senior Sara Fiksdal was fifth in the all-around with a 33.750 score. Fiksdal was second on the beam with an 8.875 and fourth on the vault with an 8.575. She was fifth on the bars with a 7.250.
Hannah Houck was seventh in the all-around with a 33.100, and teammate Cassie Hunt was 10th place with 32.575 points.
Katie Hayward and Kelly Watrous finished 17th and 18th for Auburn Mountainview, with 30.150 and 29.875 points, respectively.
Lauren Brudvik, Delaney Ralph and Emily Morgan also contributed in individual events.
Enumclaw's Olivia Bannerot won the all-around competition with 36.900 points.
Also qualifying for the 4A district meet were Auburn gymnasts Bailie Davis – ninth on floor with an 8.875 – and Michaela Zerr – sixth on beam with an 8.500.
The 3A district competition begins at 9:30 a.m. with the top-two teams moving on to state. Individually, the top-12 finishers in each event and the top-four all-around finishers will move on to the state.
The 4A competition starts at 4:10 p.m. One team, the top-seven individuals in each event and the top-two all-around gymnasts will move on to the state meet.
The state championships are Feb. 17-18 at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Center.
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For three months out of the year, Patti and Harry Keller don't worry about the electric bill.
They shrug it off as a temporary inconvenience essential to enjoying their favorite pastime.
"Oh, it shoots up the last three months of the year," Patti said of their bill. "We really don't want to figure it out. It's not the point."
The point is, joy radiates from the Keller's front yard during the holidays.
Joy in the form of thousands of lights and hundreds of inflatable, plastic and wooden characters.
Every major holiday, the Kellers transform their Oak Harbor home into a holiday house.
Christmas tops them all, taking weeks to set up.
"We do every holiday except Labor Day," Patti said. "We don't do Labor Day because we can't figure out what to do."
The Kellers have decked out their yard ever since moving into their home at the corner of Erie Street and Sixth Avenue five years ago, but it's been a tradition of Patti's for decades, even before she and Harry got married 15 years ago.
"I've decorated everywhere I've lived," she said.
The marriage of Patti and Harry was a match made in holiday decor heaven.
They met while working together at the Navy Exchange. Harry, who retired from the Navy, worked as a carpenter.
Now both are fully retired, allowing for more time to brainstorm, build and set out yard ornaments.
"I do it to keep her off my ass," Harry joked. "It keeps me out of trouble."
Many decorations are made of plywood and painted by Patti.
"I have no artistic talent when it comes to drawing anything," she said.
She'll find a character or design she likes on a greeting card or magazine and project the image on the wall.
Then Harry takes over.
"He cuts the wood out. I paint it. He figures out where it will work in the yard. It's a real joint effort," she said.
What started with lights and wood cutouts grew to adding life-sized glow-molded figures and ultimately air-blown inflatable characters and devices.
To celebrate Halloween, air-blown props included a coffin lid that would open, revealing a vampire's head popping out.
"We leave the air-blown up 24/7," Patti said. "It does suck up the power."
The displays draw attention and visitors. Patti said she gave away about 1,000 pieces of candy and 500 glow sticks on Halloween night.
Families drop by around Easter, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, Mother's Day, Father's Day and Christmas.
"It's really a great way to meet neighbors," Patti said. "They stop by and say 'thanks.'"
One woman, who's husband is active duty military, stopped by and warmed Patti's heart.
"She told me, she and her husband and child come by every holiday three or four times to look at it. It's a tradition," Patti said.
She said the husband requested that his wife email him photographs of Keller's house while he was away one Christmas so he could feel like he was home.
"That made me feel good," Patti said.
The Kellers started setting up their yard this week with Christmas decorations. It will take weeks until it's complete.
The Kellers have hundreds of air-blown characters, rotating different ones so it doesn't look the same every year.
"This is my first year doing this since being retired," Harry said. "I don't know how long it's going to take this go around.
"To be perfectly honest with you, I usually finish up Christmas Eve."
The lights, decorations and figures are stored all over the Kellers' home, tucked away in sheds, closets, even under beds.
But they still manage to park two cars in their garage.
Both in their late 60s, the Kellers aren't sure how long they'll continue this tradition but will keep going as long as they are able.
"It's a feel-good thing," Patti said. "We both enjoy it. We both love watching kids. We both love making them happy."
Who knows?
Maybe one day the Kellers will graduate to synchronized flashing lights and music made famous in the 2006 movie, "Deck the Halls," featuring Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick?
"We were already there," Patti said with a smile "Three or four years ago, we did that."
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The tent will soon disappear, replaced by a $4 million state-of-the-art firehouse.
Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith was joined today by several officials, including U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and U.S. Rep. Albio Sires, to break ground on what will be a four-bay, 15,000-square-foot fire station at the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor.
Scheduled to be completed by the end of winter, the new home for the firefighters of Rescue 1 and Squad 5 will replace a tent that had been their temporary quarters for the past four years.
The new station is being paid for with the help of a $3.56 million federal grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's Fire Station Construction Grant program. The balance of the $4 million price tag is being paid for by the city.
"The firefighters will be thrilled when they get the chance to move into their new building," said Fire Chief Gregory Rogers, adding the city was fortunate to receive the federal money.
Rogers said the new station will be better situated to service Bayonne's east side, which includes areas on the east side of Broadway, Avenues E and F, the Route 440 Corridor and the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor.
The 160-foot-wide station will be the largest station in the department and will replace two obsolete fire houses, Stations 1 and 5, officials said.
The new station will also house a piece of equipment the department is in the process of buying that will hold 4,000 gallons of specialized foam to suppress petrol chemical fires, officials said.
Once built, six to eight firefighters will staff the station 24/7 and an additional three firefighters will staff the training facility, which will be a part of the station, Rogers said.


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City, not town, best for casino venue
A recent letter to the editor described the downside of a casino in Springfield.
She told the disturbing story of a woman who lost her $800 Social Security check at Mohegan Sun trying to win enough for a new stove. She described traffic problems and cannibalized businesses as our discretionary money ends up in the pockets of casino billionaires. And she described the tax break baloney host communities are given before their town is ravaged. She concluded by saying, "Let Palmer have it!"
Well I'm from Palmer and I don't want gridlock traffic or crime or gambling addiction in my town either.
Palmer has one more issue that would make it a poor choice. It would create environmental devastation to a pretty area. It's location in valleys surrounded by hills would make it difficult for traffic planning and would create a huge pollution problem. We have so few pretty places left.
Springfield is a city. Large venues belong in cities. They have the infrastructure. The Justin Bieber's of the world traditionally have performed in cities. It's time we started taking care of our environment before it takes care of us, and not in a good way. We don't need casinos in this state, period. It's time we brought our manufacturing home and started finding healthy and sane ways to develop economically. I suggest the writer contact the Repeal the Casino Deal folks and help us get this on the 2014 state ballot.
– CHARLOTTE BURNS, Palmer
Story on Walmart covers issue well
Thank you for the article, Mike Plaisance ("Holyoke Walmart controversy in line with retailer's record of pleasing and angering the masses," Sunday Republican, Aug. 4).
It's got a lot of good information from both sides of the issue. I especially enjoyed the comments you garnered from elected officials in other area communities, as well as the details of Walmart's charitable work with the Springfield Rescue Mission, headed up by Ron Willoughby.
However, I am generally against this Walmart in my back yard as I live in Ward 5, and I'm concerned about my neighbors being squeezed between a busy and noisy highway (Interstate-91) and a big-box retail outlet. I am also concerned this will discourage Big Y from moving into the Atlas Copco parcel.
Last, I am not against Walmart as a concept, or in practice, since I shop at both the Chicopee and Westfield stores, just a short drive for me in either direction, east or west.
– MIKE FRANCO, Holyoke
Feeding the hungry a moral challenge
The Sisters of St. Joseph and the Sisters of Providence have direct contact with people in our area who are hungry. That soup kitchens and food pantries are necessary in the greater Springfield area is a moral challenge to each of us even in this time of economic uncertainty.
Andrew Morehouse, Executive Director of The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, in his letter of Aug. 9, offers us troubling statistics that turn into real people each time we offer direct service to our brothers and sisters here in Holyoke, Chicopee, and Springfield.
Every major religion charges its members with caring for one another. Surely this means providing food for our children and elders who make up a great proportion of people who are poor. We find it most disturbing that the U.S. House of Representatives is considering a nutrition-only bill that cuts $40 billion over 10 years from SNAP (formerly food stamps).
Along with Andrew Morehouse, we offer our support to the Massachusetts delegation, especially Rep. Richard Neal, in their efforts to mitigate the suffering that these cuts will inflict on our brothers and sisters who are least equipped to deal with them.
– KATHLEEN POPKO, President, Sisters of Providence,
MAXYNE SCHNEIDER, President, Sisters of St. Joseph
Stemming crime needs long view
There are short-term Band Aids and a long-term cure for drug- and gang-infested combat zones that plague cities like Springfield.
Since illegal guns foster much of the violence, deploying metal detecting scanners that sense the signatures of concealed weapons and immediately incarcerating those found to have illegal weapons would dramatically reduce the number of deaths.
In the long run, the elimination of fatherless and government-sponsored child rearing would produce a more self reliant, responsible citizenry and a dramatic reduction in the shameful (yet necessary) imprisoning of unloved, poorly raised, and violent children.
– MILTON REACH, Longmeadow


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Do you want to learn more about the knowledge and skills to be a successful engineer? On July 17, Northeastern University–Charlotte will host a Lunch and Learn on "Advancing Your Engineering Career by Enhancing Your Management and Energy Systems Know-how," led by Dr. Allen Soyster, professor and former dean of Northeastern's College of Engineering. Soyster served as dean of the College of Engineering at Northeastern from 1997 to 2006, before returning to the university in 2011. From 2006–2010, he worked as the National Science Foundation division director for engineering education and centers. As dean, Soyster helped the university attract two NSF-funded centers—the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing and the Bernard M. Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems. Most recently Dr. Soyster received the Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Award, the most esteemed honor bestowed by the Institute of Industrial Engineers.
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MOBILE, Alabama — Three men accused of selling steroids pleaded not guilty this afternoon to federal drug charges.
According to an FBI affidavit that lays out the allegations, Dr. Mark Peter Koch bought anabolic steroids from a satellite technician from north Alabama from August 2005 until June of this year and then sold them to 2 Monroe County men.
Those are Frisco City resident Bennie Joe Wiggins, who pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and attempted possession with intent to distribute steroids, and Monroeville resident Terry Duwayne Faulk, who was charged in a separate action with concealing information about steroids.
Faulk has waived arraignment, and prosecutors have agreed to recommend a pretrial diversion program that would offer the chance for the charge to be dismissed.
FBI agents on June 28 seized about 38 grams of steroids from Koch, who is accused of both using and selling the performance-enhancing drugs. The affidavit alleges that an informant saw or participated in at least 8 steroids purchases involving Koch. Investigators estimated the total amount of steroids purchased by Koch at more than 300 grams.
Koch transported the drugs in a portable safe that he stored in the Monroe town of Excel, according to the criminal complaint.
Dennis Knizley, an attorney for Wiggins, said this morning that he will not get to review the evidence against his client until after this afternoon's arraignment.
"So, I don't know the details of it," he said. "But I understand that the allegations are that the doctor was buying steroids outside the conventional pharmaceutical business."
Knizley said his client is a 16-year employee of Monroeville Hospital with no criminal record. He said he has seen no evidence so far that his client was selling steroids.
"We plead not guilty and certainly, we deny those allegations," he said. "I don't know where they're going to get the distribution from."
Knizley said that Wiggins was a patient of Koch.
The FBI affidavit states that investigators recorded Koch discussing a pending purchase from the satellite technician, later identified as Ashley Dewayne Rivers, who lives in the Morgan County town of Lacey's Spring. The doctor discussed the amount of money that Faulk and Wiggins owed him for the drugs, according to the affidavit.
The recording also shows the doctor injecting someone with steroids, according to the affidavit.
Faulk's attorney, Neil Hanley, said his client had prescriptions from Koch to treat low testosterone. He said there is no evidence Faulk sold any of the steroids.
"Not only that, he was tested on 3 occasions," Hanley said.
An attorney for Rivers could not be reached for comment.
Ken Nixon, an attorney for Koch, said it is soon soon to comment in detail.
"I think there's a lot more to this case than meets the eye," he said.
Court documents describe Koch as having no permanent address and frequently renting different motel rooms in Excel. But a woman in Andalusia agreed to let Koch stay with her and certified to the court that she would serve as a third-party custodian.
Nixon said his client is going through a divorce and was living temporarily in a motel. He said Koch expects to move back into his home after a hearing in divorce court later this year.
Knizley said that Koch's estranged wife figures to be a key prosecution witness in the case.
Court records suggest that the FBI began investigating after getting a tip from the informant, who claimed to have delivered steroids for Koch.
According to the affidavit, Faulk gave the courier — identified in court documents as a "confidential human source" — $1,060 on June 24 to purchase steroids. On that same date, Wiggins gave the courier $400, according to the criminal complaint.
On a recorded phone call 4 days later, according to the complaint, Koch discussed with the courier his preferred method of transporting and storing the drugs bought from Rivers.
The drugs included Primobolan Depot, an injectable from of steroids that Sports Illustrated reported baseball star Alex Rodriguez tested positive for in 2003. The other steroid was testosterone cypionate, another injectable drug. The complaint also lists Viagra.
The courier handed over $2,000 to Rivers, according to the affidavit.
The drugs sold by Rivers were labeled "Roper's Labs, Memphis, Tennessee," according to the affidavit, which describes the operation as an "underground lab."
The defendants face a maximum of 10 years in prison if convicted, although Knizley predicted that punishment under advisory sentencing guidelines would be "extremely low" for his client.
Katherine Sayre contributed to this report.


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Sander Van Doorn and Marco V will join them on the Saturday (28 August) line-up when they play a world exclusive back-to-back set.
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You do not get this dynamic with hired guns from outside the community. But for those whose single-minded ideology is to cut taxes to the bone no matter the adverse effect on services, I guess this would be the way to go. We will be the poorer for it when our overall quality of life and community spirit are taken into account.
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"Barbed Wire City" DVD Sale, GLOW Documentary, & ICP Theater Returns
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The excellent documentary GLOW – The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling is now available on Netflix streaming on demand. It's a great film. There are scenes with Mt. Fiji that just break your heart when you watch them. The director and producers got far more out of the subject then you would think and it's well worth going out of your way to watch.
ICP Theater returns for its second season on Fuse tonight. Here's a preview clip featuring Greg Valentine, ICP and Kevin Gill:
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Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump.
Jared Sullinger hinted he might be back in December, and other reports have Rondo being ready by opening night in his rehab from offseason knee surgery.
New Celtics head coach Brad Stevens has heard all the scenarios in the public conversation, but would not put a date or a timetable on when the lone member of the championship team will be back.
"I have never heard a timeline from him and the latest that I've heard from our medical staff is that he's progressing well," Stevens said at TPC Boston during the Deutsche Bank pro-am on Thursday. "Our staff has spent a little bit of time with him off site here as well as we followed up on his rehab when he's been away.
"He will be back in town soon. He's working. I know that for a fact. He's working hard to get back as soon as he can and I'm sure he will."
Brad Stevens is lying right to our faces. Of course, he knows the timetable for Rajon Rondo's return. But just like Wyc, Danny and the late Doc Rivers, he's refusing to acknowledge any sort of timetable for Rondo's return to the court. Call it gamesmanship.
I thought Jared Sullinger was going to be ready for training camp? What's this stuff about him returning in December?
Never mind. I misinterpreted the comment as when Sully would return. He was referring to Rondo.
For those tracking Rondo's every move (KWAPT, Jess Camerato to name a two), #9 is spending Labor Day weekend with his buddy Kendrick Perkins.
A fan posted this photo of Rajon last night.
Related links: CSNNE – Q&A with Brad Stevens
One other note, Fab Melo was released by the Grizzlies. I believe Donte Greene is still on the Celtics roster.
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SPRINGFIELD - Basketball's birthplace will be the home of an NBA minor league franchise next season.
The NBA has awarded Springfield a franchise in the NBA Development League, commonly known as the D-League. The new team will be introduced Tuesday at a press conference to be held at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
"We could have approached the NBA about any location, in or out of New England," said Michael K. Savit, of Newton, the principal member of an ownership group that has made a $2 million investment in the franchise.
"But here, we will be located in the sport's birthplace, where there is a rich tradition of high school and youth basketball. It also borders a basketball-crazy state (Connecticut).
"There is no team in Hartford, no team in Worcester. We're the only team in the region."
Home games will be played at the MassMutual Center.
"The building holds 6,600 people, so we hope to have 6,600 fans each night," Savit said. "But we are really looking at 3,500 to 4,000. We think that is realistic."
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Savit expects Springfield to be affiliated with two NBA teams, each of which will assign one or two players. He said he will not know which teams will be involved until the end of the NBA season.
"My best guess is that they will be two teams from the Eastern seaboard," Savit said.
The Boston Celtics are not expected to be one of them. The Celtics appear set for affiliation with a new franchise in Portland, Maine.
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Bay Area Software Engineers (BASE) group members have been invited to attend a Python Hackday and evening party at Rackspace's new San Francisco offices.
Word on the streets is bring great ideas or find a team. Food, beer, and skeeball will be provided! If you RSVP here it will count for entrance to both the Hackday and the party so don't worry.
9:00am - Doors Open for Hackday
12:00pm - 1:00 pm - Lunch
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Jean-Paul Calderone @jpcalderone
Jean Paul is a network software developer with extensive experience implementing and maintaining concurrent event-driven mail, news, web, voice over ip, and more esoteric systems. He currently works at Apple as a Senior Software Engineer and is also the Lead Developer for Twisted Matrix Labs.
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His Blog: http://as.ynchrono.us/
This is not an official BASE event but the event is being managed by the great folks at RackSpace. We trust they will be good to our group members and so we have accepted the invitation. If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact the group organizer Michael Latulippe.
Just so anyone interested in PyCon knows, they've hit their registration cap and will be closing general registration by TOMORROW, 9am! Get in there fast and sorry about spamming: http://pycon.blogspot.com/
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Whoot, great fun at hack day! Thanks
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I love a day where I can change my environment and sit and code around other people. And I love that it was a whole day to do so! Had a later event that evening so I didn't get to go to the party, but still, hack days are great! We even helped someone get started learning Python and helped others with finding code bugs!
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Thanks for such a great Hackday!
I hope everyone had fun and learned something cool.
This was our first hackday at Rackspace's office---we're planning more!
Extra +1's to everyone who demo'd something. I put links in a README here (pushes, pull requests and emails welcome):
If you have feedback or ideas for the future, shoot me an email.
Hack the Planet!
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More ideas:
- rest interface to a python library to make it accessible by other languages
- write a libuv reactor
- monkey patch sql calls in twisted to find blocking code
- fix the bug so that the glade reactor gui is back "twistd --reactor debug-gui -n web"
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Anyone already know what they'll be hacking on? For me, currently a toss up between IRC bot for finding next issue to work on, and a REST interface for a fav python library (libcloud).
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