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- Subjects:Families and Relationships
For Moms Who Are Teachers
- Grades: 3–5
"Every child should have at least one parent who's a teacher," my son, Dante, said recently. He meant that every child should have a parent who enjoys reading and books and who spends time teaching his or her child to ride a bike, play soccer, and memorize multiplication facts.
I'm writing this post on Mother's Day for those of us who are both moms and teachers. Being both a mom and a teacher gives our children an advantage in school. To find out how, keep reading. . . .
With my daughter, Julia, on Parents' Weekend.
As moms who are teachers, our knowledge about teaching and learning can support our own children in school. We have the motivation and know-how to help our children experience success in school.
It's true, our knowledge of child development comes in handy when our children reach school age. We also have the advantage of knowing children's literature, state standards, and curriculum. Depending on the grade we teach, we teacher-moms are able to support our children as they learn to read, study algebra, and create science projects. We likely know what teachers are looking for in homework, poster design, or book critiques.
Here are qualities of teacher-moms that also characterize conscientious parents:
Many times I've come home after a long day at school just in time to help my own children with their homework. If you're a teacher-mom, you know the feeling. You're exhausted, but you help your son finish his math assignment or you revise your daughter's science lab report. As teachers we know how important it is to build consistent homework habits.
Support Schools
We know the importance of attending Parents' Night and share the nervous feelings our children's teachers experience in a roomful of parents. We're on time for parent conferences and take notes, so we can assist our children. We support our children's schools, just as we support the school where we teach.
Enriching Experiences
Whether it's a trip to a science or children's museum or a neighborhood park or nature center, teacher-moms understand how enriching experiences enhance a child's education.
Summer at Home
As teachers, our school year matches that of our children. Most of us are able to be at home with our children over summer vacation, a time for reading books together and going to a beach or pool. Both teachers and their children are fortunate to have summers together.
As teacher-moms, let's feel good about the many ways we support our children as students.
Finding Balance as a Teacher-Mom
When my children were younger and all three were at home, there wasn't time for much other than being a mom and a teacher. Unfolded laundry and dirty dishes had to wait. Now that my children are grown, my professional life could easily take over my personal time. I have to remind myself to close my laptop and chat with my husband about his day. Finding balance has been tricky for me and maybe for you, too.
On a Personal Note
Next weekend my daughter and youngest child, Julia, will graduate from college. In September she'll enter a master's program in elementary education. I stayed out of her decision-making process because I didn't want to influence her. Secretly, I'm thrilled. I can't wait to see the books she'll read in her courses, and hear her talk about what she's learning from her professors. I'm looking forward to Julia entering a profession I care about so passionately. Maybe one day Julia will be a teacher-mom, too.
Please write in with your comments about how you combine being a mom and a teacher. How's homework time at your house? Do you have a balance between your personal and professional life?
Erin, Thanks for writing. For me, I found that summer gave me time to really reconnect with my children. This was especially true as they grew older and had their own interests. We all need down-time when we can just be a family together, don't we?
I agree, so many of us need to find that home / school balance! Easier said than done... keeping in mind there is always something to do at school or something that need to be done at home... if it doesn't get done today - then maybe tomorrow??? It's about prioritising what needs doing - Our children are only children once and experiencing it with them will live on forever:)
Yes I got warm fuzzies reading your post - we are lucky we get to spend summers with our children, fun times to be had by all
Thanks. Sometimes we don't realize all we do, both for our own children and for our students.
This post makes my heart smile:)It gives me warm and fuzzies


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Yes that was the day of all days! In the morning we were going for the world production record. Sailing a 105 litre Mistrl Energy within a few feet of the concrete in 60 knots of wind remains one of the stupidest things I've done on a windsurfer. We both did over 40 in the afternoon but it was too windy - we just couldn't sheet in, not helped by the sails of the day that had limited twist and over-powered very quickly.
We did sail the marine on port a couple of times but it was never as fast as the SW wind has to come over the hills. NW seems to be the best direction.
It sounds as if you're doing pretty well but the best general tips I can give are just let the gig pull you along - a lot of beefy speedsters dig in and try to muslcle it, drag it in and sail too much off the back foot. The broader it is the more you have to let yourself sail between your feet and even favour the front foot.
Sorry I can't help with Karpathos - I retired from the speed tour just before the event started there.
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Oswego, NY -- The deadline is April 5 for returning and new food vendors for Harborfest to submit their applications.
Food vendors should log onto this website and select the "Applications" selection on the navigation menu located in the left margin on the home page. Vendor locations are filling up fast at all venues for 2012 so be sure to get your application in by the April 5 deadline.
For facebook followers of Harborfest, a new "chat session" will open from noon to 1 p.m. each Friday beginning March 23. Followers can chat about details of Harborfest as they unfold by logging onto this website link.
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A twice-convicted Jersey City burglar has been charged in seven burglaries in the city after he was caught red-handed in a Heights neighborhood apartment building, Jersey City police said.
Antonio M. Samuels, 48, of Bostwick Avenue, was charged with burglary, having burglar's tools and criminal attempt on Dec. 10 after he was caught in a multifamily building on Webster Avenue, police said in a heavily redacted report.
According to state Department of Corrections documents, Samuels was convicted twice previously for burglary and once for drug distribution.
"Not only did they catch a suspect in the act, but they also diffused a potentially violent situation and ultimately took a serial thief off the street," Jersey City Police Chief Robert Cowan said of his officers. "That's the kind of police work we expect and that the residents of Jersey City deserve."
Police tipped off to a burglary in progress on Webster Avenue, near Prospect Street, at 12:40 p.m. that day, met a witness who told them the burglar entered the building through a second-story window that police found was broken, the report said.
Outside a second-floor apartment, police could hear someone shuffling around inside and called out for the person to surrender, police said. After trying to flee through a fire escape window and finding an officer below, Samuels opened the door for police, the report said.
Police ordered Samuels to the floor, but instead he tossed a bag onto a sofa and reached into his pocket, the report said. When Samuels refused to show his hand, one of the officers used force to get him to the ground and Samuels was arrested, police said.
Police said they found a camera in Samuels' pocket and two Apple laptop computers and two chargers inside the bag he tossed on the sofa. Police also found that the windows of two apartments on the third floor were broken, reports said.
Samuels has been charged with four other burglaries, including one on Ogden Avenue earlier in the day, police said. The 48-year-old is also charged with burglarizing three apartments in the same building on Laidlaw Avenue on Dec. 2.
In all, Samuels was charged with 17 counts, including drug possession.


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GRAND RAPIDS -- Barack Obama will be in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, his campaign announced Monday morning.
The Illinois senator will make campaing stops in Grand Rapids and Macomb County in his first visit to Michigan since the state moved up its presidential primary to up to February over objections by the national Democratic Party.
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What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with laughs from BATS Improv, the Bay Area's number one improvisational theatre company. It's a night of laughter that is perfect for a group of friends, first date, or long-term lovers.


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The Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) Air Rescue Crew assists in Superstition Mountains
Same DPS pilot on three similar rescues including White Tank Mountains last week
Friday, March 9, 2012 -
On March 2, 2012 at 4:06 p.m, DPS Phoenix Ranger was requested by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office to assist in the search and rescue and technical rescue of an injured person 3.5 miles north of the First Water Trailhead in the
This mission began shortly after 4p.m. and ended at about 1:40a.m.
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Here's what your favorite teen-age hipster is probably wearing this winter, according to popular retailer Delia's:
Stevie Nicks' castoffs: Velvet, lace, satin and brocade are big, as are little prints. Tops and coats are worn close to the body but skirts flow freely for maximum twirlability.
Distressed-o-rama: Weathered, faded velour or French terry sportswear mixed with denim and corduroy. Add a long knit scarf and a pair of patchwork boots and the look is complete.
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But who comes to New Jersey to see fall foliage? And why not?
For a few years, the state tried a regional approach to tourism and highlighted northwest New Jersey's great outdoors and rural belt. The Skylands Tourism Council was created and paid for by grants and matching funds.
Now it's dead as a December cornstalk. Just another example of how this state fails to package, and profit, from non-Shore tourism.
New Jersey's tourism budget is $9 million. Pennyslvania's is $32 million, plus $16.5 million for Philadelphia alone. New York City spends $16 million.
New York's autumn campaign promotes foliage trails and scenic drives.
Pennsylvania's autumn campaign is "Fall is Bigger Here." Bigger than guess who's?The Skylands is essentially the Highlands, a region consisting of Morris, Somerset, Hunterdon, Warren, Sussex counties and northwest Passaic.
It is home to history, from the Revolution to the Industrial Revolution. It is home to the state's mountainous natural beauty. The Delaware Water Gap is there, and the Appalachian Trail runs through it. It has museums and mines and the Morris Canal. It has farms and wineries. It has Duke Gardens and the New Jersey Botanical Gardens.
What it doesn't have any more is tourism funding, leaving places like Jockey Hollow and Washington's Headquarters at Morristown hugely undervisited when compared to Valley Forge.
In these tough times, the state eliminated the $1.9 million dedicated to regional tourism, meaning groups like the Skylands Tourism Council were out of business.
"We disbanded in June, and counties were left on their own," said Giulia Iannitelli, the last director of the council.
Iannitelli continues to promote the area and has received a $5,000 grant for a fundraising pumpkin fling next year to rekindle tourism efforts. "With limited funds, it's hard for counties to get the word out," she said.
It's more than hard. It's preposterous to think Warren County can pitch its orchards and farms to New Yorkers. Or that Morris County can launch a national "Do Something Revolutionary, Visit New Jersey" campaign. Or that Sussex can regionally promote its hundreds of miles of foliage-rich trails and roads through its mountainous region. (Our great outdoors may not be as big as Pennsylvania's, but we're not small either.)"These other states package concepts," said Tom Drake, who runs the New Jersey Skylands Visitor magazine and website. "We don't. Things like our mining history, or our canal history, could draw people here. I have 40,000 web entries from people who are surprised by what they find up here. But all the money goes to the shore and Atlantic City because it's easier. What the state has never done is conceptualize other types tourism."
Like much else that happens in New Jersey politics and policy, there are ironies here that border on bizarre. Just months after killing regional funding, the state is paying for a Manhattan storefront on the Upper West Side to promote state's outdoor attractions.
Even more ironic is that the state has spent millions studying and protecting the historic, cultural and natural sites in the Highlands, but spends next to nothing to bring people there to enjoy all of it.
As broke as this state it is, it continues to reject the idea that historic, cultural and natural tourism can pay.
This is a chronic complaint of people — most of whom are volunteers or work for nonprofit organizations — who are trying to keep arts and history alive in this state. Despite piles of evidence to the contrary — in and out of New Jersey — the state continues to view off-shore tourism as a money drain, not a revenue well.
Maybe we need a new tourism slogan for the people under Trenton's gold dome.
New Jersey: It's news to you.
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• Bad weather, bad economy bring down shore rentals
• N.J. tourism revenue down 1.6 percent in 2008
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The following is what MSU Athletics said about the loss of Moore.
Michigan State junior snapper Steve Moore will be sidelined for the entire 2012 season after fracturing his C4 vertebra on Saturday. Moore suffered the injury after diving off the back of a boat and landing on a sandbar. He has full use of all extremities, with no loss of sensation. Moore is consulting with doctors regarding probable surgical intervention.
Moore appeared in three games last season as a long snapper earning his first letter. He was the Spartans starting long snapper during the teams 2012 Outback Bowl win over Georgia.
The loss of Moore and transfer of Matt Giampapa (Tennessee) at the beginning of June, means preferred walk-on Taybor Pepper will enter camp with a lot of pressure on his shoulders.


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I've seen a lot of talk concerning the 3 inch Rohn thrust bearing .. does this mean many of you are actually using larger than 2 inch masts out there? Do most beam's boom-to-mast brackets and commonly used rotators handle up to 3 inch diameter masts? What rotators are you using for these larger masts/beams that fit inside 25G? I'm about ready to stack a TH6DXX 8-10 feet above a 3 ele 40m beam, and the larger diameter mast would eliminate the expen$ive 115Kpsi alloy needed for a 2-inch dia mast in 100MPH winds (according to calculations from an article that K7LXC handed me). ELNEC indicated that the tribander's pattern will be adversely affected by the 40M beam nearby, so I twisted the beams 90 deg. relative .. muuuch better, almost as if the 40M beam disappeared. I haven't seen any installations done this way. Am I missing something; other than having to contend with the 90 deg. offset when pointing the beams? Please comment.. de KD7LS
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Real estate property managers from across the United States and Canada tackled landscaping projects and applied fresh coats of pastel paint to the walls of the Joy Center at St. Michael Special School between professional meetings at the Marriott last month. Some students assisted the volunteers, weeding the garden, preparing herb and flowerbeds and planting seeds, while others enrolled in St. Michael's Emeril Culinary Center program prepared them a snack of homemade hummus and lemonade.
Property managers like to fix things, said Debbie Prejeant, president of the Louisiana chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management. "That's what we do."
St. Michael's Jobs of Youth Center had not been painted since before Hurricane Katrina, said Phyllis Coneset, IREM conference coordinator. The building serves as the campus multipurpose room and location where about 60 St. Michael graduates recycle Mardi Gras beads, assemble boxes and make balloon decorations for parties and conventions.
More than 40 property managers attending the IREM fall leadership conference signed up to take part in the community service project.
Jolene Terry-Phinney, a property manager from Salt Lake City, planted sweet peas and dug two big flowerbeds alongside St. Michael students. The children asked the volunteers' names and where they came from. The students were amazed that people from so many different places would come to help beautify their school, Phinney said.
"It was an eye-opener seeing children and adults with such enthusiasm and grateful to have people there to help with their school," said Barnardine Cde Bada, a property manager from Richmond, Va., who described her experience as "heartwarming."
"People really want to donate their time and do something meaningful," said Phyllis Coneset, the conference coordinator. "There's compassion people have for those who went through Katrina."
Although the St. Michael project was the first volunteer effort held at one of the association's national conferences, it will not be the last. "People really want to donate their time and do something meaningful," Coneset said.
Prejeant had suggested St. Michael to the national association as a potential field project last spring. Her father, the late Edward Kurtz Sr., was New Orleans' director of safety and permits under Mayor Landrieu as well as a member of St. Michael's board of directors. She remembers that her father was devoted to Sister Lillian McCormack, who founded the school in 1965. McCormack convinced Blevins Popcorn Company to let St. Michael purchase the warehouse, which later became the Joy Center.
While in New Orleans, members of the property management association prepared an assessment of the convent building. School administrators want to convert the former residences of the Sisters of Notre Dame into a music room and model apartment to teach students basic living skills. The building dates from the late 19th century. The property managers are helping the school prioritize what needs to be done. The chapel is currently used to rehearse the singing choir and English Bell Choir.
"As we raise money, we could put some into the chapel," said principal Susan Munster.
St. Michael Special School is an Archdiocese Catholic School with about 200 students, ages 6 through 15, as well as vocational training for ages 16 though 21.
Doing the volunteer project and meeting the special needs kids helps me realize what is important in life, Cde Bada said.


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Morris County resident Tito Santana, once a star pro wrestler of the 1980s, is still toiling away at the local circuit, much like the character that Mickey Rourke plays in the Oscar-nominated film, "The Wrestler," according to a report in The New York Times.
But Santana is also nothing like Rourke's character -- Randy "The Ram" Robinson -- whose personal life is in tatters. Santana, at 55, has been married to the same woman for 27 years, lives in a well-appointed home in Roxbury, and enjoys a close relationship with his two sons, the Times reported.


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cotton in China is often cited as an example of a successful GM crop. In fact,
its widespread use has merely replaced the cotton borer with a serious pest
that not only attacks cotton but also many other crops. Prof. Peter Saunders
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modified (GM) crops not only present serious dangers to health and the environment
(see [1] GM Food Angel or Devil, ISIS report for a
succinct recent summary and references), they have not
delivered on their promises. For all the investment and effort that has gone into
developing and pushing them, it is really only the biotech industry that has profited,
especially now that GM crops are leading to serious problems with herbicide resistant
weeds and secondary insect pests in the USA,
the world's leading GM producer [2] (GM Crops Facing
Meltdown in the USA, SiS 46).
A detailed study on cotton growers in the US state of Georgia published in 2008 found that no transgenic technology system provided greater returns
than a non-transgenic system in any year or location [3, 4] (Transgenic
Cotton Offers No Advantage, SiS 38). The editor of Nature
Biotechnology summed it up [5]: "This journal champions biotech research,
so we are not downbeat on its prospects to, one day, generate products that
will heal, fuel and feed the world. That is, nevertheless, an outrageous act of
faith bordering on the religious."
To support their claim that GM is the way forward, its
supporters often cite the example of what they claim is the success of Bt
cotton in India and China. Bt cotton is genetically modified to produce a toxin
originating from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis that kills
the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera. We are told that yields have greatly increased since Bt cotton
was introduced and that farmers' profits have correspondingly gone up. Because
farmers no longer have to use pesticides against the bollworm, both their
health and the environment have improved [6].
If Bt cotton really is an example of what GM crops have to
offer, then it is a warning rather than a promise, because what actually
happened is rather different. Bt cotton has been disastrous in India. It has accelerated farm
suicides by increasing the farmers' burden of debt. Crop failures and bad
harvests, exorbitant cost of GM seeds, secondary and new pests, Bt-resistant
pests, new diseases, and worst of all, soils so depleted of nutrients that they
considerably reduce the productivity of subsequent crops planted after Bt
cotton is harvested [7,8] (Farmer Suicides
and Bt Cotton Nightmare Unfolding in India, Mealy Bug Plagues Bt
Cotton in India and Pakistan , SiS 45).
Bt cotton was introduced into China in 1999 and its use has spread
rapidly; at present it has achieved 95 per cent adoption in northern China [9]. At first it seemed to do what it says on the packet. By the third year of
planting Bt
cotton, farmers had reduced pesticide use by more
than 70 per cent and were earning 35 per cent more than farmers growing non-GM
cotton [6].
However, the
bollworm is not the only serious pest that attacks cotton. There are
others, such as the mirid (Apolygus lucorum) that are susceptible
to the same insecticides used to control the bollworm but not to the toxin in
Bt cotton. When the farmers stopped spraying their cotton fields, the number of
mirids increased exponentially, posing a serious threat not only to cotton, but
also to other crops such as apples, grapes, peaches, pears and Chinese dates that
mirids had never been a significant pest until now. Data from 38
sites for cotton and 77 sites for other crops in northern China during the
period 1997-2008 are plotted in Figure 1; the level of infestation was
assigned a score between 1 (no infestation) and 5 (extreme infestation) [9]. Bt
cotton fields have become refuges in which the mirid populations
could build up to ravage other crops nearby.
Figure 1 Association between mirid
infestation on cotton and other crops and the proportion of Bt cotton grown in
the region
farmers had to start spraying again, and by 2004, they were using just as much
pesticide as conventional farmers. Because they were paying three times as much
for their seeds, they now had net incomes on average 8 per cent less
than those of conventional farmers. [10, 11] You could hardly ask for a better
example of how the beneficiaries of GM are neither the farmers nor the
consumers, but the biotech industry.
story also gives us an insight into the use of spin in science by the pro-GM
lobby, and in the most prestigious mainstream scientific journals on both sides
of the Atlantic. In 2008, the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) held a news briefing in Beijing to
publicise a paper that had recently been published in their journal Science.
According to the press release, the briefing was the first event of its kind
ever to be held in China [12]. Somebody obviously wanted this work to make a
big splash.
paper [13], written by four Chinese scientists, was entitled "Suppression of cotton
bollworm in multiple in China in areas with Bt toxin–containing cotton". The
authors claimed that their data "suggest that Bt cotton not only controls H.
armigera on transgenic cotton designed to resist this pest but also may
reduce its presence on other host crops and may decrease the need for
insecticide sprays in general."
But by this time the mirid problem was
widespread and serious. Moreover, the authors were certainly aware of it, for
at the very end of their paper they wrote:
"Nevertheless, as a
result of decreased spraying of broad-spectrum pesticides for controlling cotton
bollworm in Bt cotton fields, mirids have recently become key pests of cotton
in China. Therefore, despite its value, Bt cotton should be considered only one
component in the overall management of insect pests in the diversified cropping
systems common throughout China."
Strictly speaking, this
does not contradict what the title claims. Bt cotton does indeed appear to suppress
the cotton borer, as you would expect it to. What it does not do, however, is
help farmers make a better living. It hardly seems worthwhile holding a press
conference, the first of its kind in the whole of China, to announce such a
modest result. So in order not to spoil a good story, the organisers lost the
bit about the mirids.
In the press release
they wrote instead: "Wu and the team of researchers, however, acknowledge that a
major challenge to the success of Bt cotton is the potential for insects to
evolve resistance to the insecticide. They insist that despite its considerable
value, Bt cotton should still be considered only one component in the overall management
of pests."
The scientists
themselves were clearly concerned about the mirid problem and carried on their
research. They reported their results in a second paper in Science,
entitled "Mirid bug outbreaks in multiple crops correlated with wide-scale
adoption of Bt cotton in China" [9]. This paper describes precisely what its
title promises. No one appears to have organised a press conference to
publicise this result.
The scientists in China
should take heed of the latest finding by ecologists that the solution to pest
control is not a return to more spraying while continuing to grow Bt crops, but
to adopt organic non-GM agriculture (see [14] Organic
Agriculture for Biodiversity and Pest Control, SiS 47).
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GOTD: My food is so good i don't know how to make a special meal.
I have decided that people eat poorly so that they can have special occasions.
I mean when what you eat for breakfast is better than what most people eat all year AND makes ANY resturaunt you could travel to in 4 hours taste like moldy bread... what can you do
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Gripe of the day:
Greeting cards. At least the ones in the U.S.
I wanted to find a humorous birthday card for my Dad, but every "funny" one I could find involved personal body functions, pictures of very fat or very old people (and making fun of them), crude comments about sex, or all of the above.
What has happened to the people who used to write clever greeting cards? After 3 stores, I finally found one that had a moderately funny joke about golf.
I went out to dinner last night as part of a reunion group. Several of us have dietary restrictions, but I was the only one who was gluten free.
Everybody else filled up on bread and beer (the only gluten-free option on the beer menu was out of stock last night). I ate a pat of butter. It took about an hour for the appetizers to come. They decided to bring my salad with my dinner, because my brother-in-law had requested his with an appetizer plate he had ordered instead of an entree. When the food finally came, the portion I got was tiny, about 1/3 of a normal sized duck breast on a small patty of polenta, which I wouldn't have eaten except that I was so hungry. I ordered creme brulee for dessert, but I was still hungry. I ate a large can of fish and some sweet potatoes back at my room. For that much money there should have been more than 4 small slices of duck. All the other entrees were huge.
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Really? We've just started eating out, and here's some entrees we've eaten in restaurants that we don't get at home:I mean when what you eat for breakfast is better than what most people eat all year AND makes ANY resturaunt you could travel to in 4 hours taste like moldy bread... what can you do
1. anti-pasto platter - usually an entree for multiple people, this is easily big enough to be a main. includes smoked salmon, salami, various cheeses, sundried tomatoes, capers, olives, plus other specialities like chutney, pickled ginger
2. Ricotta and Wasabi cheese, topped with smoked salmon
3. All the awesome mains you COULD cook at home , but don't have to cook or do the dishes for: Angus steak, Salmon, Lamb Shanks, Lobster, Fillet
Disclaimer: I eat 'meat and vegetables' ala Primal, although I don't agree with the carb curve. I like Perfect Health Diet and WAPF Lactofermentation a lot.
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By Todd Lihou - editor
FIFA needs a kick in its big, fat butt over its lame-brained rules concerning alternate players at the Olympics.
Soccer's world governing body, with its head offices in Switzerland, has a rule that bars alternate players from receiving medals at the Olympic games, which wouldn't normally upset anyone from the Seaway City.
The problem is, one of our own is getting the royal screw job as a result of this archaic way of doing things.
Christina Julien, a world-class soccer player who helped get our national women's team to the London games by participating in every qualifier her team competed in, was left off the medal podium when our girls trumped France in the bronze medal game.
This is the same Julien who just happened to score the game-winning goal in Team Canada's game against Haiti at the women's Olympic qualifying tournament in Vancouver.
The same Julien who is standing alongside her buddies in a photo of the national team on Soccer Canada's website – all of them sporting shiny bronze medals.
All except Julien.
She's still smiling and showing her commitment and respect for the game.
In a Tweet she sent out earlier this week Julien suggested she accepted the decision and is prepared to move on.
But her step-father Jim Moak is angry. He's penned a letter to Soccer Canada and doesn't mince words in demanding Julien be provided with a medal, along with the other alternates on the team.
"Soccer Canada needs to get off your duffs and make sure all of the alternates receive the medal they deserve," writes Moak. "I can assure you this family and her friends will not rest until this is resolved with Christina getting her just rewards."
As Canadians I guess we're used to seeing the little guy get at least some respect in a situation like this. The Stanley Cup is the only trophy in major league sports which includes the names of players, coaches, managers, etc.
Players appearing in 41 regular-season games or one Stanley Cup final game for the championship team have their names engraved on the cup. The NHL makes exceptions for players who do not meet the standard because of injury or other extenuating circumstances.
FIFA needs to start employing a similar set of rules – which is respectful of anyone who helps their team to a championship. If it did, Julien would surely be bringing a bronze medal back to Cornwall.
Instead what we are left with is a tired set of rules which is excruciatingly painful in its simplicity – if you play in the Olympics you get a medal. If you don't, then you don't.
It sounds good on paper, but isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
Julien and her other alternates – all deemed to be members of the Team Canada - deserve so much better.
I'm sure if one was to navigate the bureaucracy that is international sports, in this case FIFA, there would be more than enough fingerpointing to go around.
FIFA will tell you it's Olympic tradition. The Olympic people will tell you FIFA sets the bar for medal recipients and Soccer Canada will toil away in the background trying in vain to secure a medal for Julien.
For the time being Julien is left empty-handed – and I suspect it's going to stay that way. Something tells me it's going to take a lot more than some angry people from Cornwall and a two-bit column to get FIFA to change its ways.
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In 2006 our federal government mandated, with legislation, that the Postal Service must have on account 75 years of health care anticipatory costs by 2016. This is the only government agency or even private business required to do this. Now, our elected federal officials are calling for reforms in pay and retirement benefits, amount of hours worked (no Saturdays, at least), and cutbacks on services.
Sounds almost like the federal government "borrowing" $3 trillion from the Social Security trust fund, then, because they don't want to be saddled with repaying with interest, they tell everyone Social Security is going broke and we should think about handing it to the wolves of Wall Street through privatization.
It is time to get rid of all lifetime politicians and find honest-to-goodness Americans to fill our elected offices.
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A Chinese man whose name was not released, started off at the airport security check wearing a normal amount of clothing, but after hearing that he would have to pay overweight fees, he began taking clothes out of his bag and putting them on his body – stopping when he got to nine pairs of jeans and more than 60 shirts. The plan ended up wearing thin, however, when he had to disrobe all over again for a body search – since the batteries and USB drives in his pockets set off metal detectors.
A brawl erupted after Scott Hall left his garage to check on a car that had pulled into his driveway, and says that Roger Oates leapt from the vehicle and immediately tried to pin him to the ground before sinking his teeth into Hall's forehead and biting off a perfectly good eyebrow. Private eyes who were watching the exchange called cops, who came to break it up.
A North Carolina man, identified only as "Frank," apparently has a habit of getting drunk and fashioning a cape out of his shirt – a stunt he pulled at the bar where he was drinking. He then found his way homeward, but ended up going into a neighboring townhouse, where he spun around in circles until he passed out and peed on himself. Later The neighbor slipped a note under his door, which read, "Your wallet is at our house with your money, credit cards, etc. It would be courteous of you to please steam clean the carpet and couch you peed on. Don't worry, dude, we think it's pretty funny."


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Since Bill Fey's resignation as Gloucester County Republican Executive Committee chairman became effective last week, more GOP members have come forward with interest in leading the party.
Days after Fey stepped down from the post, a year earlier than expected, the names of several possible replacements have been floated.
Already county-level Republicans gave a nod to Gloucester County Freeholder Larry Wallace as their pick to fill Fey's shoes for another year.
Wallace has not commented to the county GOP endorsement since it was announced by Republican Executive Committee Vice Chair Barbara Capelli on Thursday.
Plus, former Fourth District Republican Assemblyman Domenick DiCicco has been rumored to want the post. DiCicco did not return the Times' calls for comment Monday.
This weekend, long-time Republican Mary Virginia Weber — a former GOP freeholder, Washington Township councilwoman, and Fourth District Assembly member — threw her hat in the ring.
Weber, of Washington Township, nominated herself for consideration for the county and township GOP chairmanships.
"I've done it before," Weber said of the Washington Township chair position. "I love my town, and I want the best for it."
Washington Township Republicans voted in a new chairman Monday night. Results were not reached by the Times' deadline.
Gloucester County Republicans will meet in Woolwich Township on Wednesday to vote for the county chair.
Weber said she's a prime candidate for either post because she "knows the rules" and Title 19, New Jersey's laws that govern the election and campaign processes.
"You have to be able to plan," she said. "If I have planned one campaign for re-election, I've planned a million."
For the second consecutive year, party control of the freeholder board is up for grabs again. Freeholder Director Robert Damminger and Deputy Director Joe Chila, both Democrats, are up for re-election. With two Republicans — Wallace and Vince Nestore — already seated, a loss for the incumbent Democrats could be devasting. Next year, Wallace and Nestore are up for re-election, a vital election for Republicans.
"If people don't elect me, that's OK. But I think they are going to be sorry," Weber said. " "I want to see if I can put this ship of Republicans on a smoother lake."
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A 22-year-old man "peacefully surrendered" to the New Orleans Police Department's SWAT unit Thursday after several rounds of tear gas were fired into a home in the Uptown area, Officer Frank Robertson III said. Police spent more than five hours trying to coax him outside, Robertson said.
Officers tried to communicate with the mentally ill man who refused to leave the house in the 3200 block of Upperline Street, officer Garry Flot said.
Flot said a woman called police to report her son was inside the home and was acting irate. He was holed up in the house with a wooden device, probably a stick, Robertson said. Earlier reports indicated he had a sword.
Police surrounded the house, inching closer to it through the afternoon. No one was injured in the incident.
Police were called to the scene shortly after 1 p.m. Tear gas was fired into the house about 5:50 p.m. The man, who was not identified, was taken into custody about 6:20 p.m.
He came outside shirtless, handcuffed and smiling.
Police are not planning to file any charges against him, said Robertson, noting his mother assisted police.
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What do you think of Michael Bay's plan to make the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" aliens rather than, you know, mutant turtles in his new movie?
Jack in Easton
Dear Jack,
It's a stupid idea and Michael Bay deserves all of the criticism he's getting over his plan to make the turtles "an alien race."
Bay responded to the criticism in a statement, telling TMNT fans to "chill" and noting that his team is working with the turtles' creators to give the reptilian ninjas "a more complex back story." He claims, "We are just building a richer world."
That could be cool, but it won't be because Bay's idea of a "richer world" is one with lots of humping-dog jokes, inexplicable explosions and cleavage.
Dear Pinky,
Do you think The Situation really has a drug and alcohol problem? Or is he just trying to get some sympathy?
Colleen in Coopersburg
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino used to be the "Jersey Shore" cast member who was annoying but amusing. Now he's just annoying and petty. So, yeah, it's possible he's looking for a way to rehab his image.
But it's more likely he has a drug and alcohol problem, as TMZ.com and some other celebrity news outlets have reported. I've never been to rehab, but from what I understand, they don't let you in if you don't have some sort of addiction.
I think they do mental and physical evaluations, or something, before admitting new patients. Also, The Situation's dad says this is his son's second stint in rehab. You don't go to rehab twice just because nobody likes you.


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Sound: As always the sound is awesome. The violin player, Bridgit, was pregnent and now she's not so I suspect she had a boy. Probably naming him Oliver because one song is titled "Oliver boy(all of our boys)" The sound is fist pumping jumping like usual But the songs are getting a little bit slower and shorter and not as much screaming:) // 10
Lyrics: Lyrics are awesome as always. All of the lyrics flow with the music. In the song "Revolution" at the beginning David King pauses after each line he sings. And after the fifth time hearing it know whats comming after he sings! David King's skills are still pretty awesome in this one as all the other ones. // 9
Overall Impression: I love all the songs on this but my favorite is "Don't shut 'em down" and "Oliver boy(all of our boys)" But what I hate about it is all of the sad slow songs. Probably half of them are sad and slow. And there's only twelve songs on there. If it were lost and it wasn't on itunes I would definatly buy it again for my dad's sake! // 9
Sound: While some people have panned this album for the large amount of slower songs on it, I personally think the way this album is structured perfectly. Inspired by Dave and Bridget's new hometown of Detroit, it perfectly captures the angst, sadness and hopefulness the town now goes through on a daily basis. Opening - and title track - "Speed Of Darkness" sets the tone for the effort. While it rocks harder than most of the songs on here, it doesn't feel out of place. "Revolution", the second single, is a perfect song to segue into. While the lyrics may be a little off-putting, they seem to work with the music. "The Heart Of The Sea" follows, and while decent, it seems to fall a little flat, as if they put it on here for the people who'll complain about a more "mature" album from a band best known for singing about being "seven drunken pirates". It doesn't flow with the album so well. "Don't Shut 'Em Down" is the first single, and it was, in my opinion, the wrong choice for a single. It's just an odd style of song, despite the lyrics fitting in quite well. The fifth song on the album - "The Power's Out" - is the standout track, talking about how people deal with living in squalor and demanding accountability from CEOs and others in power ("The CEO must go!") "So Sail On" is the first "true" slow song, and while it slows the feel of the album down, it more than makes up for it in raw emotion. The song is a joy to hear live; just try not to tear up a bit if you're fortunate enough to witness it. "Saints & Sinners" is the song that should have been the leadoff single, in my opinion. Powerful and poignant, it should have been the only choice, and was amazing to see live, as well. "This Present State Of Grace" talks some more about the state of affairs in this country and how we deal with our economy being in shambles. "The Cradle Of Humankind" continues a run of slow songs (3 in a row), but this is by no means a bad thing. "Oliver Boy (All Of Our Boys)" compares the attempted genocide of the Irish people by Oliver Cromwell (get the title now?) to our current situation in Iraq. Well-written, well thought out, and, well... Good. This album also features Bridget's vocal debut on "A Prayer For Me In Silence", where she trades singing duties with husband and lead singer Dave. The other standout track from the album and the only love song. My only complaint is that it's too short. Finally, the album ends with "Rise Up". This song is all about standing together as one and ending needless fighting with one another. // 9
Lyrics: Dave King has finally decided to attempt to create Flogging Molly's magnum opus, and I for one believe he's done it. The lyrics on this album perfectly reflect the times we live in, particularly for those living in Detroit. I don't believe he could have done any better on this album. // 10
Overall Impression: Overall, this is one of the albums of the year. Not just from (Celtic) punk bands, but in general. I wasn't expecting to love this album as much as I do, but after the first two listens, I can't get enough of it. It has yet to leave my CD player, and I bought it over two weeks ago (you remember buying CDs instead of illegally downloading it, right?) The best songs on the album are "The Power's Out", "So Sail On", "Saints & Sinners", and "A Prayer For Me In Silence". Every song is good, but those are the best. I can't say enough good things about this album; go buy it now. Right now. Do it right now. If someone stole this album, I would buy five more copies and lock away four of them. 2011 belongs to the Irish. // 10
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Tri-Valley League newcomer Lancaster Country Day sported the early edge, but Mallory Fortenbaugh paced a Greenwood comeback Friday night.
Fortenbaugh popped in a team-high 18 points as Greenwood overcome a slight halftime deficit to record a 34-30 Tri-Valley League decision. Fortenbaugh tossed in eight field goals, helping to offset a huge 19-point outburst by LCD standout Jayme Verman.
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BATTLE CREEK, MI – Hesperia cleared one major hurdle in its attempt to win a second state title Saturday, but couldn't get past the second.
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The Panthers posted a thrilling 29-26 win over No. 3 New Lothrop in the state semifinals just to make it to the final match, but four-time defending champ Hudson was there waiting for them.
Make it five in a row for the top-ranked Tigers, as they staved off Hesperia's strong bid to win its first title since 2008 with a 32-24 win in the state finals at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek to complete the five-peat.
"My heart never stopped pumping fast the whole time because they've got a great group of wrestlers," Hudson coach Scott Marry said. "Our kids know their roles, and we teach them to try to give us six, seven or eight minutes and as much as they have each time out, and we needed it."
The final day of the season was a tough road for No. 2 Hesperia, which finished at 35-3.
The win over New Lothrop wasn't clinched until 130-pounder David Jacobs got a two-point reversal with 10 seconds left in the final bout of the match.
The extremely long (2 ½ hours), emotional match took its toll on the Panthers, who had little time to recuperate before being asked to answer the bell again.
The opening weight wound up being Jacobs' 130 pounds and he drew a tough assignment in JD Waters. Waters got the pin, and nationally ranked Cole Weavers survived a big effort from Chase Siersema 5-4 to take the Tigers to a 9-0 lead.
"Hudson's a very good program. They're well coached and did a very good job," Hesperia coach Doug Baird said. "That takes nothing away from what my kids accomplished this year. They wrestled with a lot of heart, and I'm so proud of them making it to the final match, especially after getting knocked out early last year."
Both Marry and Baird were impressed with Siersema's effort against Weaver. Marry said Weaver's never been taken down this year but Siersema got it done in his upset bid.
Baird and the Panthers, who were assisted by Craig Zeerip, Justin Zeerip, Bob Flanery and Rich Hren, already started thinking about next year after the match.
Hesperia wrestled just two seniors at Kellogg Arena, Cash Bolles and Lee Siersema, so it returns the bulk of its point producers next season.
"We're glad we made it here but we didn't get what we wanted," said Jacobs, a junior. "We just have to work harder to come back stronger. It was tough coming back from (the New Lothrop match). It was very emotional."
The Panthers came back strong though, roaring back to win five of the next six bouts.
Elijah Olsen started the comeback with a gutty 9-5 win and was followed up by Mark Workman's 14-5 major decision.
Bolles worked his way to a technical fall win, Lee Siersema won a decision and Scott Rosencrans got a pin at 189 to push the lead to 21-12, Hesperia's largest.
The Tigers though got two big, late wins at 171 and 215 which ultimately helped them win the title.
Kyle Johnson scored four very late points to rally past Jeff Rumsey 8-6 at 171 pounds, and Jake Morgan overcame Eldon Graham late 11-9 at 215 pounds.
"Our kids wrestled to the final whistle and it paid off a couple of times there," Marry said.
Hudson won five straight bouts after the Panthers took their biggest lead, including a pin from Zach Rieger, major decisions by Roddy Hamdan and Tyler Roberts, and decisions by Morgan and Isaac Dusseau.
Hesperia's Zach Yates finished the match off with a 5-0 win over Mason Lopinski.
Baird called the win over New Lothrop one of the best matches he's ever been a part of.
There were six lead changes in the match. Hesperia got wins by Yates and Jacobs in the last two bouts to get past the Hornets and into the finals.


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EGG HARBOR TWP. — Spirit Airlines will add flights between Chicago and Atlantic City International Airport starting in the spring of next year. Outbound flights will offer continuing service to Las Vegas.
"The start of Chicago service will mark the return of west coast service from ACY for regional outbound travelers with the continuing service to Las Vegas," said Bart R. Mueller, executive director of the South Jersey Transportation Authority, the owner and operator of the airport.
To provide the Chicago and Las Vegas service, Spirit will be taking delivery of five more A320 aircraft in 2011.
"We are excited to continue growing our Atlantic City base in 2011 and bringing more tourists to the South Jersey area," said Barry Biffle, Spirit's chief marketing officer.
Atlantic City International Airport , according to its managers, served more passengers in March than in any month in its history, and ridership in the first three months of 2010 was 20 percent above the totals for the first quarter of 2009.


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At 3 p.m., on July 31, Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County will launch the Great Futures Campaign to mobilize the community in support of kids and empower youth to achieve success.
The Boys and Girls Clubs are redefining the opportunity equation for young people by elevating the critical role out-of-school time plays in a child's chance for a great future. When the community prepares to go back-to-school this fall, Boys and Girls Clubs want to ensure that out-of-school is part of the conversation.
The nation's state of poor academic performance, obesity, drug use, and youth-related violence are cause for alarm and national action. Every day, 15 million kids leave school with no place to go, putting them at risk of being unsupervised, unguided and unsafe. What happens during the hours between school and home can have a dramatic impact on a child's future. By providing access to positive and productive programs as well as caring adult mentors during the out-of-school time, we can help reverse the most negative trends facing our youth.
As a leading advocate for youth in Union County, the Boys and Girls Clubs want to ensure every child has access to a safe place after school and during the summer where they can build the knowledge, skills and behaviors to put them on the right path. Through the campaign, we want to reach more kids in need and grow participation in the life-changing, outcome-driven, out-of-school time programs to transform the future for the kids, community and country.
At 8:30 a.m. EST, "Good Morning America" will do a feature segment on the campaign and the important work of our clubs. Pandora will interrupt all stations (rolling across time zones) at 3 p.m., with an audio and visual message. Currently, Pandora has 125M active listeners, and 3 p.m., is its prime listening hour.
Facebook will promote the campaign to one million fans on its nonprofit page. Maker Studio will share Great Futures Campaign messaging through Instagram and Twitter. Fox Sports will have an on-air shout-out, stage a homepage take-over with our digital disrupter, and engage their talent and personalities. Bank of America, Coca-Cola, Disney and Sony Electronics will turn their billboards blue and showcase Campaign messaging in Times Square.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County will take part in the campaign by hosting an open house in the clubs in Union, Elizabeth and Plainfield on Thursday, July 31, from 3-4:30 p.m. Visitors will meet staff and members, see the programming and take a tour of the clubs. The staff is happy to answer any questions and discuss the programs which include education enrichment, digital arts, leadership, community service, health and wellness, and aquatics (Union).
Call the Union club at 908-687-2697; Elizabeth 908-351-3344; Plainfield 908-822-8672.


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MERCER -- The homeless population in Mercer County has dropped 30 percent over the last five years, according to a recent survey, though results may not be fully reliable due to weather and other factors.
NJ Counts 2014 was conducted Jan. 28- 29, and temperatures on both days dipped as low as 12 degrees in Newark, cold enough to warrant "code blue" alerts, which would have triggered the opening of shelters and a higher-than-normal amount of homeless heading indoors for warmth.
That would have made it harder for spotters to find homeless people on the streets. In addition, officials said, the survey tends to under count the homeless.
According to NJ Counts 2014, from 2010 to 2014, the overall homeless population in Mercer decreased by 269 people — a 29.9 percent drop.
While the count revealed there were 36 fewer homeless people from the 2013 count, homeless households — families or groups of unrelated people who would live together if they had housing — increased by 12 percent.
According to the count, a total of 500 households in the county, including 632 people, were experiencing homelessness.
Of the 500 homeless households counted in Mercer in 2014, 71 of them, or 14 percent, were families with at least one child younger than age 18. These families included 201 people, 120 of whom were younger than 18.
Of the children, 97 were in emergency shelters, 19 were in transitional housing and four were unsheltered on the night of the count.
Among the 500 households counted, 64 people met U.S. government criteria for being chronically homeless, the report found.
The count found the chronically homeless increased by six people or 10 percent in Mercer from last year.
To be considered chronically homeless at least one member of a household must have a form of disability.
Of those in the latest count, a majority of those suffered from either a mental health or substance control issue.
Those chronically homeless were predominantly male by a more than 3-1 ratio, and the largest racial subgroup was African-Americans at nearly 60 percent.
Of those households polled during the count, 131, or 26.2 percent, attributed their homelessness to being asked to leave a shared residence. Other common causes included loss of job or reduction in benefits, eviction and release from prison. A large number — nearly 40 percent — said they had most recently stayed with friends or family.
Nearly 30 percent reported that they recently spent between eight days and a month homeless. While most, 70 percent, were homeless for less than three months, 32 people, or 6.4 percent, reported they had been homeless for more than a year.
The number of unsheltered homeless — those who sleep overnight in places such as cars, public parks and abandoned buildings — dropped from 34 households made up of 38 people in last year's count to 29 people in 18 households.
The number of homeless veterans remained essentially flat with 38 represented in the 2014 count, one more than during the 2013 count. A majority of the veterans, 71 percent, reported having some form of disability, mostly commonly substance abuse or mental health issues.
The count, performed by teams mostly made up of employees of social service agencies, was mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, though the state annually keeps tabs on the homeless population to provide for their basic needs.
Statewide, 13,900 homeless men, women and children were counted, representing an overall increase of 1,898 people, or nearly 16 percent, compared to last year's count.
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Workshop in Portage
A workshop to teach parents about college-funding opportunities is being held at the Portage District Library, 300 Library Lane, Portage. Designed for parents of high school juniors and seniors, it covers the College Funding System from Free Applications for Federal Student Aid to Student Aid Reports with descriptions of the major student grants and loans. Reservations are encouraged. Call (888) 350-1951. For more information, call 372-1430, ext. 147. 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Story-dance program in Kalamazoo
A story-dance based on "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," by Eric Carle, is being presented at the Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 S. Rose St. The free performance is by the Kalamazoo Junior Dance Company. After the story-dance, children from the audience are being selected to play dance games with the company members. 553-7804. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Presentation in Coloma
Toni Benson is presenting "The Many Faces of Family and Local History" at the North Berrien Historical Museum, 300 Coloma Ave., Coloma. Benson, the local history librarian at the Van Buren District Library in Decatur, is a professional genealogist and the vice president of the Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society. She is discussing a wide variety of resources and levels of research available in Southwest Michigan. The event is free, and refreshments are being served. 468-3330. 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Volunteer training in Augusta
The Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, 12685 East C Avenue, Augusta, is holding a volunteer-training session. Volunteers are needed to be nature-tour interpreters, resource-center greeters and gift-shop cashiers. For more information, call 671-2510 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. 9:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, interpreter training; 10 a.m. to noon. Wednesday, greeter and cashier training.


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No reports of injuries, Provincial Airlines says
A Provincial Airlines flight had trouble with drifting snow after it landed at Stephenville International Airport Wednesday morning.
After Provincial Airlines Flight 913 from St. John's landed about 7:30 a.m., landing gear on the Saab 340 plane got caught up in drifting snow. The plane came to a stop on the runway, but as Provincial Airlines vice-president of corporate development Stephen Dinn explained, the full width of the runway was not cleared at the time of the incident.
"There was some slight drifting on the runway, which got in the left side gear, and that just caused the aircraft to keep drifting further in that direction, so it became lodged in the snow," said Dinn.
The plane was slowing down when it encountered the drifting snow, Dinn said.
Windy weather conditions were reported at the time of the plane's arrival in Stephenville.
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An airport vehicle transported the six passengers and the plane's crew to the terminal. Dinn said there were no reports of injuries.
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Three out of four women, all found in the trunks of cars, were escorts with profiles on BackPage.com. On Tuesday, 7 sent Julie Bankovic to interview an anonymous escort with a profile on the same site who was concerned about her safety and the safety of her fellow escorts.
Moral issues aside, I criticized the report because in any transaction arranged online, both the buyer and seller are at risk. Today, WXYZ has another follow-up on the murders with investigator Bill Proctor speaking to Warrendale blogger Frank Nemecek about the murderer being a "serial killer."
At this point, the Detroit Police Department doesn't have a suspect, and there could be multiple people involved for all we know. Nemecek, armed with his Merriam-Webster dictionary (seriously, listen to the report), has apparently done the legwork for Chief Ralph Godbee and company.
WXYZ: "Serial killers don't always respect lines on a map," Nemecek says. "Anytime you've got a serial killer on the loose, that's something of a concern. "
"As long as we have more than -- two or more bodies and two or more incidents which the evidence seems to suggest, it is by definition a serial killer," says Nemecek. "Now, is this another Jack the Ripper or anything like that? That's going a little bit too far to say. But it's pretty obvious from the information that's out there that we do have a serial killer of some variety or another that's out there. If you look through the history of serial killers, they may start with one particular kind of person but then if the escorts stop showing up, they may migrate to something else."
Nemecek is a capable and noted blogger and we're fans of his, linking to his blogs a few times in the past. Per his LinkedIn and Google+ profiles, he's a filmmaker and author. But those credentials don't make him qualified to speak out on police investigations and ramp up already increased fears among WXYZ's viewers. Jessica Fletcher he's not.
But what's more baffling than Nemecek agreeing to go on air with his claims is WXYZ's pursuit of someone to slap a "serial killer" label on this situation in the first place. Just because Godbee -- who is still investigating -- hasn't called it the work of a serial killer doesn't mean a TV station can find someone who can.
And since we're offering dictionary definitions of what this person or persons are doing with these escorts, I'd like to offer a Wikipedia definition of a spree killer:
Wikipedia: A spree killer is someone who embarks on a murderous assault on two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a spree killing as "killings at two or more locations with almost no time break between murders."
Since only four women have been found so far in a short period of time (and hopefully no more than that), doesn't this definition apply as well? I'm just saying.
Let's unpack this a little more with Nemecek's words of advice to escorts who arrange meetings online.
WXYZ: "This will be a wake-up call, if you will," he says. "Everyone should take things more carefully than they would. If I were one of the women on that website I certainly wouldn't want to be answering any calls of somebody I didn't already know.
Well, sorry to break it to you, Frank, but it's not like BackPage.com is Facebook where everybody is all buddy-buddy. I'd imagine that knowing your clients beforehand, unless they were repeat customers, defeats the purpose of online escorting.
And what does WXYZ have planned for tomorrow? Maybe a groundbreaking Google hangout interview with Diamond from "The Player's Club," Nancy Grace and Miss Marple.


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Tropidelic: reggae, funk, hip-hop
Hometown: Cleveland
Years performing: 5
Day gigs: accounting controller, environmental technician, service industry worker, construction worker, web designer
With all due respect to Sublime, local band Tropidelic -- David Pags (bass), Matt Roads (vocals), Anthony Fritz (guitar), Grayson Latimore Jr. (drums) -- is banking on its full-length debut and Little Fish Records release, "All Heads Unite," as being the comparison difference maker for the rock 'n' reggae act. "People have said we're trying to be like Sublime, and you'll really be hard-pressed to say that again once this record is out," said Roads, a native of Pittsburgh.
"It's just all over the place stylistically. Our first single is 'Nawc,' which stands for new age workman's concept. It's an upbeat, in-your-face and guitar-driven hip-hop song really about being blue collar, living in the city and being hopeful for the future. Another song is the title track that features Carlos Jones, and it's really like almost a world-type-sounding song, not reggae, not hip-hop. It focuses on bringing everybody together."
OK, so thematically the band may be holding onto its patchouli roots, but stylistically, the newly formed lineup is treading new ground. As for the album title, the heads aren't Deadheads. "No, it's kind of like everyone," Roads said. "What brought this album together is it's not just me writing songs in my band. There are five or six different writers, and it really took our team -- all the heads involved in this project, from management to songwriters to strong family of supporters -- to unite to bring this project together. This is by far the best batch of songs I've had an opportunity to be involved with." Tropidelic is scheduled to play at 8 tonight at Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Cover is $10. Call 216-383-1124.
Modern grunge: With hints of '90s acts such as the Toadies and modern bands like the Foo Fighters and Muse, Eclectic Mayhem -- Pat Conley (vocals, drums), Dan Cooley (guitar), Nate Dreher (bass) and Jonathan Khouri (keys, guitar) -- just released its self-titled debut effort. "It's alternative rock with darker songwriting and heavier stuff rhythmically here and there," said Cleveland resident Khouri, a 2006 St. Ignatius High School graduate. "We've been received pretty well so far, fitting in with more of the blues-rock acts because there aren't too many that kind of have the same sound as us.
There are a lot of metal and indie sounding stuff, so we're in the middle and slowly finding bands that we like playing with." The band actually shot a video for its piano-heavy lead single, "Let You Down," which has garnered comparisons to Coldplay, Fun and Cage the Elephant. You can decide for yourself when the group plays at 9:30 tonight at the Phantasy Nite Club, 11802 Detroit Ave., Lakewood. Also on the bill are the Teddy Boys. Tickets are $6 ($9 under 12). Call 216-228-6300.
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You know a defendant awaiting trial for bribery is really in a sweat if he hires Gray Sexton as an expert witness.
Sexton is an expert all right, with unrivaled experience in the field of ethics. It's just that none appears to have rubbed off on him. In the decades he spent as director of the state Ethics Board he was always available for hire as a lawyer on the side. He generally kept his client list confidential, but on one occasion appeared in public on behalf of companies in a blatant conflict of interest.
Still, Sexton's expertise is probably a bargain at $265 an hour, which is what Mark St. Pierre is paying him to testify that he did not violate the ethics code by paying off his benefactor in City Hall, Greg Meffert.
At least it would be a bargain if St. Pierre were charged with an ethics violation, but such penny-ante considerations do not land you in dutch with the feds. If St. Pierre's antics did not violate the code, then the code is "a ass, a idiot," but it should make no never mind. Sexton can devote all the hours he wants to ethical exegesis, but the indictment still says bribery.
The allegation is a simple one, much simpler than the state ethics code. The jury must decide whether St. Pierre paid $860,000 in return for $4 million in contracts awarded by Meffert as then-Mayor Ray Nagin's technology chief.
Meffert says he did. He has pleaded guilty and will testify to that effect. Logic says that Meffert can't be guilty unless St. Pierre is too. But juries can be unpredictable, and no doubt St. Pierre's attorney, Eddie Castaing, will do all he can to muddy the waters. That, presumably, is where Sexton comes in.
St. Pierre obviously feared he was crossing the ethical line in 2004, when one of his companies started making payments to Meffert and his wife while another raked in the loot from city contracts. St. Pierre asked lawyer Kent Lambert for an opinion, which turned out to be so ambivalent that both Castaing and Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Coman sought to bolster their cases by reading extracts from it at a pre-trial hearing last week.
Coman quoted Lambert's conclusion that the arrangement would be "improper and problematic," whereas Castaing preferred the bit that said "good arguments can be made to the contrary" and it's a "close case." The obvious place to go for an ethics opinion was the Ethics Board, where Sexton was still in charge, but nobody wanted the payments to be publicly disclosed.
Thus, although we know what Sexton thinks of the payments now that he has been retained by St. Pierre's attorney, what he would have thought then must remain a matter of conjecture. The reluctance of St. Pierre and his attorneys to involve the Ethics Board, however, strongly suggests they knew the deal stank. How could they not? It doesn't require much of a brain, or a particularly keen moral sense, to see that contractors should not shower money on the officials who hire them.
St. Pierre may nevertheless have been in the clear under the ethics code, Sexton concludes, because he owned only 25 percent of the company that held the city contract. The Meffert moolah was paid out of a separate corporation St. Pierre established in 2004, but evidently St. Pierre is immune to ethics code sanctions because he did not have a controlling interest in the contracting firm.
If that shell game would have been enough to beat the ethics code, it is much less likely to prove an effective defense under federal criminal law. Which corporate account the checks were drawn on is of much less importance than whether they were a quid pro quo. It is not easy to imagine any other motive, and Meffert is expected to be pretty clear on that issue when he takes the stand at St. Pierre's trial. We're way beyond ethics here.
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Starbucks Sued For Gay "Harassment"
Two former employees are suing coffee giant Starbucks after allegedly being harassed my an anti-gay executive.
Joseph Hooks and Dorothy Baker both claim that Craig Sawyer, the company's director of equal opportunity and compliance, discriminated against them because they were gay. Hooks insists, among other things, that Sawyer refused to invite him to a "boys only" lunch, lobbed around anti-gay comments and eventually told higher ups that Hooks had resigned, when in fact he had not.
Baker, meanwhile, says that Sawyer treated her differently after finding out she likes ladies. Sawyer allegedly began skipping meetings with Baker and began griping to other employees that she wasn't up to par. The most interesting piece of this lawsuit, which was filed earlier this month, is that Sawyer reportedly has a bit of a homophobic past…
Before he was hired, Sawyer was interviewed by May Snowden, vice president of global diversity; during the interview, the suit says, he told her "in words or substance" that he had grown up in an environment, including military service, "where there was prejudice against homosexuals." According to the lawsuit, Sawyer told her he was on a "personal journey to overcome this bias in himself."
Now, why on earth would Starbucks hire a diversity specialist who admitted to harboring homophobic sentiments? Maybe they thought it would help him, who knows?
Starbucks didn't comment on the particulars of the lawsuit, but said they "regret" Hooks and Baker feel they were treated unfairly. The company also reiterated its commitment to workplace equality, "We are proud of our long history as a leading, progressive employer with a commitment to diversity in the workplace." Starbucks has offered same-sex benefits since the late 1970s, which explains why HRC and others given it the gay stamp of approval.
A "gay" environment that loves gay money doesn't mean that queer employees are treated with proper respect and protection under law, Woof.
I think that Starbucks as a company is probably one of the best employers for gays, that said, it would actually be the best P.R.
they could ever get if they showed the public that they were sincerely concerned about these allegations and were doing everything they could to get to the bottom of them. Just because the company as a whole is good to gays does not mean that there are not some individual employees in positions of authority that are not. My partner works for a wonderful Canadian company. They are fabulous. The CEO is one of the best men you could ever meet and he and his wife have even sat at the dinner table with us at important company functions, quite an honor considering my partner is in middle management. But there is an asshole that works there who is a V.P. a big time evangelical nut case that is always making homophobic comments to others. Because everyone knows that this guy is just a piece of shit and the fact that my partner is treated like gold and really has never been directly affected by this piece of shits problems he does not make any stink about it.
The company only puts up with this idiot cause he discovered the product that the whole company is built upon. But if my partner wanted to he could make an issue out of it. So even in the best of companies there can be garbage because the world ain't perfect. I don't understand why a company as rich as they are goes directly to denial, it makes them look far worst in the eyes of the public in the long run.
I casually know Sawyer. This sounds like bullshit.
The coffee is Gawd-awful and all the pastries have roaches but the dumb-ass tourists and Sex in The City clones won't ever know. Ya had to be a Barista….to know that! Who cares if they react Gay Positive when the food is Poison or just really, really old tasting!
I worked at Starbucks for a few years, and although I harbor much ill will toward its customers, I will say it was the most gay-friendly environment I ever worked in. Like, extremely gay-friendly. However, that doesn't mean there weren't a few bad apples in the bunch. It would just surprise me a lot. Starbucks isn't the right company to work for if you fear the homos.
Being a non-homophobic, straight married female, why is everyone making a big stink over gays? GAys and Lesbians are people just like you and me, only with different preferences. They work like everyone else,pay taxes like everyone else, live and die like everyone else. They charged Starbucks with harassment for being gay. Does that make it any different from sexual harassment? No, harassment is harassment. If it were sexual harassment by a woman to a man or woman, or vise versa,they wouldn't make a big deal of it news-wise. But because it's a suit filed by a gay man and woman, it seems to bring out all the bible-thumping, fire and brimstone "religious, god fearing" demoralizing, judgmental morons, not to mention the ignorant peckerwoods that are so isolated that they believe everything people tell them only because they probably can't read,to make and/or leave comments that would have a person think who's ass they have their heads up. Anyway, I hope Joseph and Dorothy win there case. And it's sad that Starbucks would allow such a scumbag of a man to breath within the walls of the company. I'll step off my soapbox now, and thank you.
Obn behalf of the gay community, we thank you for your supportive views and comments. If only more people like you would come forth instead of all the bible-thumpers you described. As a gay man of 71 and with a lot of experience in dealing with the public under my belt, I must say that the majority of straight folks I have had the pleasure of interacting during my lifetime, have been very much like you. It's a pity that we always hear about the homophobes, which by the way, some in both straight and gay flavors. lol Thanks again for your most positive support. You sound like a very good person with a great live and let live attitude. Much happiness to you.
Thank you Mr. Mueller. I support the gay communities everywhere. I was THRILLED when California made it legal for Gays and Lesbians to marry. Why not? People are people and who you love and want to spend the rest of your life with should make no difference whether your straight or gay. I know that, in my experiene, that my straight friends divorce more often than gays or lesbians. I hear the average marriage (straight) is 5-10 or so years. I've read about gay couples that were (are)married for 50 years!! I'm envious of that kind of love and strong devotion. The discrimination G & L's must endure is much worse than racial discrimination, in my opinion. However I'm not dicounting any form of dicrimination against anyone.I too wish that people would come around and just see who people are, not wha they think they are.
A few days ago I got outed, as a customer, by a fundamentalist "partner" (young enough to be my grand daughter– if I were straight) at the downtown San Clemente California Starbucks. She claimed "someone told her" they saw me looking at "gay porn" on my computer at Starbucks (months ago) now I was never allowed to return. Last Saturday, they took my money, gave me a coffee, but called the cops, accusing me of "trespassing" in their store, even though it was open for business. As I was walking away, I nearly got shot in the back by the homophobe cops. Yes,
From the Sheriff's online blotter
[12/12/2009 21:22:15 : pos8 : FELLOWSDT] [Cleared with unit 476] [12/12/2009 21:00:11 : pos8 : FELLOWSDT] Unit : 476 ACROSS THE STREET ON THE SIDEWALK [12/12/2009 20:53:24 : pos6 : ASMITH] Cross streets: AVD PRESIDIO//AVD VICTORIA NBH: 992J4 92672 33.426255,-117.611385 STARBUCKS COFFEE— 931 EMP REF A MALE WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN TOLD NOT TO RETURN FOR LOOKING AT GAY PORN ON HIS LAPTOP AT THE 10-20, SUBJ IS NOW 97 AND REFUSING TO LEAVE THE PRIMESES
San Clemente is a small town. By now, everyone knows it was me. Since the town is so homophobic, I tried to keep my sexual orientation on the DL. No more.
THEMOOKSMAN – come join us at Tully's Coffee. You won't get that type of discrimination or treatment at our coffeehouse. =)


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William Acierno Sr.
Services were Dec. 15 at Ripepi Funeral Home in Parma for William J. Acierno Sr., 68, of Brook Park, who died Dec. 13.
He was a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran and member of the American Legion Post 610, who worked in maintenance for the city of Brook Park.
Mr. Acierno was husband of the late Sharon (nee Uthe); father of Billy, Tony (Mandi), and Angie Hicks; grandfather of Cody, Anthony, Matthew, Clay, Quentin, and Bella; son of Helen and the late Anthony; brother of Marie Solfkiancs (James, deceased), Dave (Karen), Sharon Ann (Bev), Mike (Greta), and Doug (Linda); uncle and great-uncle of many.
Interment was at Woodvale Cemetery.
Ingibjorg Steinvor Bozin
Ingibjorg Steinvor (Thorarinsdottir) Bozin, 96, of Berea, died Dec. 9.
Born and raised in Iceland, she was married and had three children with her first husband. After his death, she moved to Reykjavik to work, there she met U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel J. Bozin. They married and moved to Detroit, where they had five children, then made Berea their home in 1995.
She enjoyed discussing politics, knitting, sewing, baking, gardening and taking care of children.
Survivors include four of her eight children, as well as grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at a later date, as her cremains were interred at Mt. Avon in Rochester, Mich.
Donations may be made in her remembrance to Grace Hospice Inc., 16600 Sprague Road, Suite 90, Middleburg Heights, OH.
Arrangements were by Baker, Osinski, Kensinger Funeral Home, Berea.
Phyllis Cingle
Phyllis J. Cingle (nee Grieco), 70, of Brook Park, died Dec. 9 at her residence. She had worked as a page for the Cuyahoga County Public Library.
Mrs. Cingle was wife of Theodore J.; mother of Gregory and Kimberly Cingle, M.D. (Carmen Trifiro Jr.); grandmother of Caprice and Siena Trifiro.
Mass was celebrated Dec. 13 at St. Bridget of Kildare Church, Parma, with interment at St. Agnes Cemetery in her hometown of Lock Haven, Pa.
A. Ripepi & Sons Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Mary Ann Fruth
A memorial gathering to celebrate the life of Dr. Mary Ann "Doc" Fruth, who died Nov. 22, will be held from 3-5 p.m. Dec. 22 at the Indianbrook Golf Club (formerly Fostoria Country Club) in Fostoria, Ohio.
Janet Oster
Former Berea resident Janet R. Oster (nee Maegli), 85, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., died Nov. 16.
She was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin who married her college sweetheart, Dick, and the couple moved to Berea in 1961. Among her interests were activities at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, reading, bridge, lifelong learning and traveling. In later years, she lived at Berea Lake Towers.
Mrs. Oster was wife of the late Richard for 51 years; mother of Steven Osterhout (Stephen Ellis), Susan Priestley (David), Mark Oster (Ellen); grandmother of Danny and Morgan Priestley, and Ryan and Eric Oster.
Friends are invited to a time of remembrance from 2-5 p.m. Dec. 21 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 276 East Bagley Road, Berea.
The family suggests donations in her honor to the University of Wisconsin. Checks can be written to the "University of Wisconsin Foundation, Janet Oster Memorial" with "College of Letters and Science" in the memo section, and may be mailed to University of Wisconsin Foundation, c/o U.S. Bank Lock Box 78807, Milwaukee, WI 53278. As an alternative, contributions may be made to the Cure Alzheimer's Fund (curealzfund.org).
Desmond Funeral Home, Royal Oak, Mich., handled the arrangements.
John Petro
John Girard Petro, of Brook Park, died Dec. 13 at age 54.
Mr. Petro was the son of Arthur and Pearl (Cedrone) Petro; brother of Arthur Petro Jr. and Anthony Petro; uncle of Artie, Katie, Sarah, Jeffrey, Stephanie and Rabecca.
Mass was celebrated Dec. 17 at Mary Queen of the Apostles Parish, with interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Arrangements were by A. Ripepi & Sons Funeral Home, Middleburg Heights.
Margaret Sabol
A celebration of life was held Dec. 17 at Humenik Funeral Chapel for Margaret Rita Sabol (nee Steinart), 79, of Brook Park, who died Dec. 12.
Mrs. Sabol was wife of the late John for 62 years; mother of John (Carolyn), Dennis Walter, Gary, James, Karen and Mark (Kate); grandmother of Kimberly Slobodian (Victor), Matthew and Robert; great-grandmother of Alexander; sister of 10; aunt of Andy (Jackie), Kathy (Jeff), Rosemary (Steve), Tom (Chris), Tim (Renee) and Rich (Tracy).
Interment was at Elmhurst Park Cemetery.
Donald Tate
Donald S. Tate, 69, of Brook Park, died suddenly Dec. 8.
The U.S. Army veteran was husband of the late Phyllis and Martha (Story); father of Dennis, Michael, Timothy and the late Glenda, Brian and Clifford; grandfather of seven; great-grandfather of eight; brother of Martha Gallagher, David Tate and Rebecca Zurcher.
Interment was private. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Humenik Funeral Chapel handled the arrangements.
Francis Zbiegien
Berea resident Francis M. Zbiegien, 82, died Dec. 9 at Parkside Villa Care Center.
He had worked as a tool and die maker with General Motors.
Mr. Zbiegien was father of Mary Jean Cooley, Frank, Elizabeth Lippert (late Duane), Kathryn Shimko (Jeff) and Gene; grandfather of Emma, Alexander, Leslie, Mathew, Olivia and Nicholas; brother of Bernadine Jablonski, Michael, Steven and Richard Zbiegien.
Mass was celebrated Dec. 14 at St. Adalbert Church, with interment at Woodvale Cemetery.
The A. Ripepi & Sons Funeral Home, Middleburg Heights, handled arrangements.
Robert Zelenka
Robert Michael Zelenka, 67, of Berea, died Dec. 8 at his home.
A sales representative for Novartis Pharmaceuticals, he was a past Grand Knight of Trinity Council 4217.
Mr. Zelenka was husband of Linda Louise; father of Mary Dudenhoeffer (Eric), Joseph (Rebekah), and Michael (Emily); grandfather of Sarah, Emily, Grace, Benjamin, Abigail, Elizabeth and Catherine; brother of Beverly Pacanovsky, Joseph, Ann Marie Zelenka, Patricia Dybzinski, David and the late Joan Juhas.
Mass was celebrated Dec. 13 at St. Adalbert Church, with interment at St. Adalbert Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Incarnation Catholic School, 5111 Webb Road, Tampa, FL 33615.
Arrangements were by Baker, Osinski, Kensinger Funeral Home in Berea.