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Monday, January 19, 2009
Rock On!
I tried to come up with a plausible excuse as to why I couldn't play. I couldn't say that I had laundry to do because my washing machine is broken. We just had dinner so I couldn't use the excuse that I had to cook. I could have told them that I had to work on my book. Hmm, honestly, I think I'd rather play Rock Band with the kids than to work on my book right now. I sighed, "OK, I'll play, but you have to promise NOT to make fun of me when I suck."
"We won't Mom! Come on! It's fun! Try the drums."
I sat down at the drum set. "How do I know which one to hit?" I asked as I looked at the four different colored drums.
"You just look at the TV." duh "Oh and if you see a yellow bar, you have to step on the pedal."
"I have to use my feet too? I don't think I'm that coordinated. If I have to use my feet, can I count this as exercise?"
My kids rolled their eyes at me and starting doubting their decision to let me join their band.
They pushed "play" or whatever it is you're supposed to push to make the song start. Colors went flashing across the TV screen at the speed of light.
"Which side am I on? Which one is me?!" I shrieked, afraid that I'd be kicked out of the band if I missed any beats.
"You're on the right, Mom! Follow the ones on the right! You're missing all of them! Hit the green one, blue, yellow, Mom, hit the blue and red now!"
I flung the drumsticks around wildly hitting anything and everything within 10 feet of me. I looked like a total spaz. I think Austin fell off my bed laughing at me. Thankfully, Jackson and Savannah were too busy playing guitar and singing to notice my total idiotness (yes, it's a word).
When we finished the song, my kids were only too happy to "let me go back to what I was doing".
"No way! I know what I'm doing now! Let me do another one! I understand how to do it. I'll do better! I promise!"
The kids relented and didn't kick me out of their rock band. And you know what? I did great! I'm the drumming queen, I tell ya!
Then the kids decided I should expand my horizons and play the guitar. That wasn't one of their better ideas. How is a person supposed to bend and contort their wrist to play that thing??? It isn't human, I tell ya! I never did well when I took guitar back in junior high for the same reason. Who can make their fingers move on the right buttons when their wrist is all twisted? It's not normal. And while you're bending your wrist in unnatural ways and trying to remember which finger presses which colored button, the colors are flashing by on the TV faster than your brain can send the signals to your mangled hand!
After that little exhibition, the kids put me back on drums where I rocked out.
"WOOOOOOOOOO! That was wicked awesome! Come on kids! Don't you want to drop out of school and take our show on the road? Come on! It'll be awesome!"
I think this is the point, they decided that Rock Band is not for parents.
Posted by Dawn at 9:23 PM
55 comments:
- Kitti said...
Sounds like a good time! It really does get easier the more you practice. I feel like a pro now, I'm just as good as my kids =)
- January 19, 2009 at 10:32 PM
- Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] said...
Would you laugh if I told you that I bought Guitar Hero World Tour (with the drum set) with my Xmas money?
Start laughing.
I need to make a vlog about it.
- January 19, 2009 at 10:37 PM
- Bethany said...
RockBand is HARD but I have a fun time playing around with it. Glad you enjoyed your adventure with the band!!
- January 19, 2009 at 10:37 PM
- Jennifer Foster said...
I found that I am a closet drummer. I love it! When we play, the kids end up going back to their Legos and the parents play all night...ourl ongest streak was 7 hours!!!
- January 19, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Rock on, Dawn!
My daughter has been trying to get me to play Guitar Hero with her since Christmas. I haven't played yet for the very same reasons you pointed out in your post! Thanks for agreeing with me!!
Donna in PA :)
- January 19, 2009 at 10:51 PM
- SuburbanCorrespondent said...
I've been wanting to try that game myself...
- January 19, 2009 at 11:02 PM
- Crazy Raven Productions said...
Not for parents?! Heck with that! My 56 year old mom rocks the Rock Band guitar with my brother and sister (and, occasionally, me singing way the hell off key.) She even bought Guitar Hero Decades for the Nintendo DS I bought her for Christmas. I think it's awesome that you played it with your kids, and I'm impressed that you took to the drums that fast...they're the hardest ones straight from the get-go.
- January 19, 2009 at 11:05 PM
- Shari said...
ROFLMAO! You are too funny Dawn!
- January 19, 2009 at 11:41 PM
HA! I was actually late picking my son up from a church event because I couldn't put down the guitar. Seriously. I felt like the worst parent ever. Until I got back home and beat my previous score.
- January 20, 2009 at 12:10 AM
haha i'v enever played Rock Band.. but i tell ya guitar IS painful! its getting better now but i got tendinitis for a while when i first started! i still wonder at the guy who designed that thing sometimes though.
- January 20, 2009 at 12:59 AM
- Jkhb said...
Dawn, try the guitar across your lap Jeff Healy style. That is what I have to do it is more like playing the piano that way. Go on the road? Next thing you know you will have a wild flower painted bus like the partridge family!!
- January 20, 2009 at 1:19 AM
- RefreshMom said...
Aww--too bad they kicked you out after all. If you could have talked them into the touring thing you could have switched TV shows and become the Partridge family instead of the Brady Bunch. Joe could be your Reuben Kincaid and Brooklyn could be a substitute for Simone (and no, I'm not implying she's a dog, but she would be a good mascot).
- January 20, 2009 at 1:31 AM
Hi Dawn, My son also got rock band 2 for Christmas. I am a singer and I can't sing to hardly any of the rock songs on there. I think they should invent Country Band next! I can just see a bunch of mom's being the Dixie Chicks. Kristine in Michigan.
- January 20, 2009 at 6:07 AM
- noexcuses said...
It's rather addicting, isn't it? I suck at playing instruments AND singing, so I just make movies of the concerts! You go Drummer Mom!
- January 20, 2009 at 6:40 AM
- Magda said...
Hahaha. I don't think I could even BEGIN to do it. That's how uncoordinated I am. Sounds like you had a great time though.
- January 20, 2009 at 7:00 AM
*grins* In my house Rock Band is totally for parents! We're expecting our first (a little boy!) and my husband loves to play. I'm not nearly as good as he is, but I still have fun when he isn't trying to teach me how to get better. XD
You needed to pose some pics of you sitting at the drum set. That would be awesome.
- January 20, 2009 at 7:03 AM
- Karrie said...
Guitar Hero is awesome! Give it some practice and you will do fine. My husband thinks he is ready to join a rock band since he knows how to press some colored buttons on a plastic guitar!
One day I will get the drums and give them a whirl!
- January 20, 2009 at 8:38 AM
- Cindy said...
Show us some video! :-D
Love from Holland
- January 20, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- Patois said...
I'm not positive, but I think Shirley Jones started out that way.
- January 20, 2009 at 8:57 AM
- ♥Southern Gal said...
Woo,hoo, Go Mom! :)
Check my blog out please I have chosen you for an award! God Bless
- January 20, 2009 at 9:08 AM
- Julie Sturgeon said...
It's vocals or nothing for me. My husband actually put up a video of me on drums on New Year's Eve at his Facebook page. I'm concentrating so hard on those flashing bars of color, I look like I'm angry enough to bite a snake.
- January 20, 2009 at 9:40 AM
It's awesome that you can play the drums well. My siblings and I, who by the way are all over 18 and two of them are married with multiple children, play every Saturday night. I have attempted the drums and it is too hard. So props for being able to rock out on the drums!!!
- January 20, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Yep, I am the singer for our family band too, that is all my family will let me do! You should try vocals Dawn, it's way fun! Deb
- January 20, 2009 at 9:56 AM
- Stefanie said...
Yay! I love Rock Band!
- January 20, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Stephanie said...
My husband and I LOVE Guitar Hero.
- January 20, 2009 at 10:55 AM
- Laura ~Peach~ said...
i swaer I think we should get video of this drumming sensation!!!!
- January 20, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- Mr. and Mrs. Nurse Boy said...
I, too, can rock out on the drums! Who knew?!
Mrs. Nurse Boy
- January 20, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- Keeley said...
Rock Band and Guitar Hero ROCKS.
My son says to tell you that he plays expert on drums and guitar. Show-off. He wants you to say "Oh he's so handsome and good at rock band!"
- January 20, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Can you video yourself playing?! I would love to see someone else acting silly. When I do it with my nieces I also look like a spaz, they look like total rockstars. :p
- January 20, 2009 at 12:38 PM
- Lyndsay said...
At least you didn't throw up... there have been stories in the news about kids getting dizzy and throwing up after watching the flashing colors for too long.
- January 20, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- Kristen said...
major props to you i have barely managed to master guitar hero... rock band is a whole nother animal! thanks for the laughs
- January 20, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- Photo Quilts said...
Haha, we own Rockband for PS2 and Guitar Hero World Tour for the Wii and our kids aren't even old enough to play yet. lol. Shhhhh! It really is for them I swear were teaching them early.
- January 20, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- Cookie said...
You are braver than I am. I wouldn't even try it!
- January 20, 2009 at 2:28 PM
I can't believe your kids didn't want to go on the road with Mom in a rock band. If I had ever told my crew they could quit school and take their band on the road, they'd have let me play whatever instrument I wanted whether I was any good or not. Some people just don't appreciate real talent. So wait till they graduate and go solo. %)
- January 20, 2009 at 3:15 PM
- Angie said...
Strange. I find the drums waaay harder than the guitar.
- January 20, 2009 at 4:06 PM
- Michelle said...
I love the fact that your kids want to do this kind of stuff with you. That's so cool that they want to play with you still. This is what I hope for!
And I want to know where the video is ;)
- January 20, 2009 at 7:21 PM
- imtcbbaby said...
OMG! My kids got Rock Band and Guitar Hero for Christmas, and my husband has probably spent more time on it than they have! One day over the winter break, it was 1pm and my daughter was still in her pajamas because Daddy was insisting she stay and play JUST ONE MORE SONG. Then another ONE MORE SONG. It's addicting!
- January 20, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Look, someone copied your kid's name! http://www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com/coolest-onesie-cake-15.html
- January 20, 2009 at 8:25 PM
- Mirth said...
I'm the drummer at my house and I totally rock out. My 62 year old dad plays the guitar or bass and he does awesome. It takes some getting used to (and no amount of torture will get me to sing) but it sure is fun. As an aside, if you're ever upset with Joe, start boxing. I knock my husband out every single time. :)
- January 20, 2009 at 9:01 PM
I'm sorry if this has been commented on before, but did you know when you click on your name in Amazon it brings up your book AND "White spot syndrome virus in frozen shrimp sold at Massachusetts supermarkets.: An article from: Journal of Shellfish Research"? You have a very broad range of areas of expertise Miss Dawn! :-)
- January 20, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Hey, my kids can beat me on the Wii Fitness portion of the sports addition....the more I do it the worse I am. My Mii is like 100 yrs old....
With all those " I tell ya's" you make me think of Junie B Jones. Might be because I am reading her right now, I tell ya!!!
Have a good evening, Rock Star!
- January 20, 2009 at 10:34 PM
LOL!!!! We got it for Christmas too and my 10 yo and I have had a blast playing together. She is even looking forward to another adult coming over this weekend for the purpose of playing Rock Band with her and myself. Rock on Dawn!!!!
- January 20, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Sounds like a good time! We just got Rock Band 2 from Amazon yesterday and the kids and I are going to try it out this weekend. Can't wait!! :)
- January 21, 2009 at 2:52 AM
- The Collins Chronicle said...
My husband and I played for the first time in the middle of Circuit City! How dumb did I feel when he had to reach over and show me how to play the guitar! Oh ya mean I have to hit the colored bars AND strum it??!! At the SAME time?!! I was laughing so hard I was crying! Now we are trying to find it so we can continue the good times in the privacy of our own home.....
- January 21, 2009 at 8:47 AM
OMG....there is no blog post today!!! I am going to go through withdrawls! Does this mean that there will be two posts tonight???
- January 21, 2009 at 10:20 AM
- Cheryl said...
Totally random-I was just thinking about how you call your brood a "6 pack" and about how you're trying to get in shape...so I guess you could technically say you have "6 pack abs!" Bwa-ha-ha I crack myself up. I think I'm going stir-CRAZY with all this cold weather, :)
- January 21, 2009 at 12:01 PM
- Tammy said...
I can't tell you how many times I've been coerced into playing rock band, even singing sometimes! Eeek! I cannot play the drums to save my life, but I'm decent on the guitar.
- January 21, 2009 at 12:09 PM
- Emma's Mommy said...
I purchased the latest issue of Good Housekeeping yesterday and was sitting there reading it when I realized on the following page was....YOU!!! Wow.....you are famous! LOL!!! Can I have your autograph? Hee Hee
- January 21, 2009 at 1:14 PM
ROFLMAO...thank you for ALWAYS brightening up my day Dawn! I can just see you rocking out too!
- January 21, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- Coach Jamie said...
What a fun thing to share with your kids It is so good for kids to see parents having fun!!
- January 21, 2009 at 3:38 PM
- noexcuses said...
I went out and purchased Good Housekeeping, but could not find you! Is it just a regional thing? Did I not have the right issue? Am I just stupid? Nobody needs to answer that...I know.
- January 21, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Did I read that right? Your washing machine is broken???? EEK... run away, run away... the laundry monster is going to gobble you up! How--in--the--world-- are-- you--surviving? I know... just make your kids wear their clothes inside out on every other day? oh yeah, right. They already do that. (joking....) When are you going to get a new one? Now, I'm really worried about you!
~Lisa, Dallas, Texas... mother of 5 messy kids
- January 21, 2009 at 5:13 PM
- Sam and Rachel Tramontana said...
Dawn, don't laugh. But we got the game for my step kids last year and decided to "try it" before giving it to them (they live out of state...the game was actually going to stay with us anyway, so we didn't really feel too bad about "checking it out"). Bad idea. LOL. I seriously got tendonitis from playing the Rock Band guitar. My left arm (elbow) hurt so bad, I had to see an orthopedic surgeon and get a cortizone shot. When I told the nurse the ONLY thing I had done differently with my left hand (was play the Rock Band guitar) he yelled out to the Doctor "Got another Rock Band in here!" I have since laid off the guitar for fear of getting another SHOT...ugh. But to hear you say that about your wrist...that brought back that memory...LOL. Seems as though the game should have a warning "may cause tendonitis....make sure you hold guitar properly." LOL
- January 21, 2009 at 8:10 PM
- lisa24n7 said...
There's nothing like play to relax our spirits! go girl! And by the way, turn the sound down before I call the cops! lol j/k Great blog!
- January 22, 2009 at 7:51 AM
- Victoria R said...
I love me some Rock Band and Guitar Hero!! Whoever invented these video games really knew what they were doing and that everyone has that deep down desire to be a rock star.
- January 22, 2009 at 10:04 PM


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A state probe of the blaze that destroyed part of the Spring Brook Mills complex last July, displacing several businesses, faulted the Charlton Fire Department for failing to follow up on safety concerns at the building.
The state Department of Fire Services report notes that investigators could find no documented follow-up to a Fire Department report in 2007 detailing problems with the building's sprinkler system, which did not work at the time of the fire, or to a 2009 report of fire code violations at an automobile dismantling business there.
The July 26, 2012, blaze began in one of the garage bays leased by an unnamed automotive dismantling business in the rear building of the complex on City Depot Road.
"The Fire Department should adopt a tracking system for complaints and inspections," concluded state investigator David J. Beaudin.
Fire Chief Charles E Cloutier Jr. acknowledged the problems highlighted by the state investigators and said he had hired a fire protection officer to oversee the inspections and make sure safety problems are tracked and resolved.
"After the structure fire at 6 City Depot Road the Fire Department discovered that documentation of follow-up inspections could be better. As a small department with only 13 full-time staff, it is extremely difficult to accomplish that task," Chief Cloutier said.
The chief got permission at town meeting late last fall to add a full-time fire prevention officer to the department. The new fire prevention officer started last month, he said.
The Telegram & Gazette reported in August that town officials knew of serious fire hazards at a car dismantling business in the complex, known as Charlton Mills, more than two years before the inferno that destroyed the rear warehouse.
In a December 2009 written report to Chief Cloutier, an assistant fire chief described walking into the workspace of a car dismantling business, at the time located in the main mill building, to find a host of serious fire code violations.
"Upon entering the occupancy, there was a car in a stage of being cut up. On the back seat of this vehicle was a gas tank that was not empty and was emitting gasoline vapors," Assistant Fire Chief Michael Mahan wrote at the time.
He also noted the presence of an acetylene torch, multiple car engines, more than a dozen car batteries and open buckets of what appeared to be motor oil.
The state report into the fire, which determined it was ignited accidentally by a halogen lamp, also noted that Assistant Chief Mahan's concerns from 2009.
"There is no follow-up documentation," the state investigator reported.
The investigator also found no documented follow-up to a Fire Department inspection that found serious problems with the mill building's automatic sprinkler system. That system didn't work on the night of the fire.
"The building's automatic sprinkler system appears to have been turned off due to maintenance issues," noted Trooper Daniel C. Jones of the state police Fire and Explosion Investigative Section.
In addition to the 2007 Fire Department report about sprinkler system problems, the state fire investigation file includes a 2011 letter from a Leicester sprinkler company that documented a host of problems with the building's sprinklers. The report from Colby Fire Protection Inc., addressed to Charlton Mills, found that the water supply to parts of the system had been cut and capped underground and that many sprinkler heads were broken or painted over, among other problems.


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Klinefelter syndrome (KS) occurs in some men who have more than one X chromosome (XXY).
Males usually inherit a single X chromosome from their mother and a single Y chromosome from their father. Males with KS get at least 1 extra X chromosome.
Risk Factors
Women over age 35 may have a slightly increased chance of having a child with KS. There are no other known risk factors for this disorder.
Most men with KS do not have symptoms. When KS does develop, it usually goes undetected until puberty or sometimes much later.
Babies may have lower birth weight, or slower muscle and motor development.
Children or adults may have:
- Social and learning disabilities
- Enlarged breasts
- Inability to produce sperm
- Small, firm testes
- Small penis
- Abnormal body proportions, such as long legs or short trunk
- Tallness with extra long arms and legs
- Personality impairment
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Speech and language problems—Children with KS often learn to speak later than other children do. They may have a difficult time reading and writing.
- Normal to borderline IQ
- Lack of facial and body hair
- Diminished sex drive or sexual dysfunction
Men with KS have an increased risk of:
- Type 2 diabetes
- Breast cancer
- Lung cancer
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- Lung disease
- Osteoporosis
- Hypothyroidism
- Dental problems
- Leg ulcers
A test called a karyotype is used to diagnose KS. In the case of KS, there are usually 47 chromosomes rather than the normal 46.
Many men with XXY do not know they have the condition. Diagnosis of KS may be found incidentally. For example:
- During prenatal amniocentesis
- In baby boys with undescended testes or very small penis
- In boys who have persistent learning problems
- In adolescent boys with delayed puberty or excessive breast development
- In adult men who have fertility concerns
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- Greater sex drive
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Speech and Language Therapy
This therapy should begin in early childhood to avoid social and school learning problems. Treatment may involve:
- Speech therapy
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The kids were awesome on the flight home last night. I never heard a peep out of them. Of course, they were all pretty exhausted.
I'm proud that I managed to get myself up and to church this morning too. I even came up with a decent Sunday school lesson to boot!
The kids are all sad we had to leave, but happy to be home at the same time. There's just something about sinking into your own bed. Ahhhhh. I'm excited to make all my pictures and video clips into a vacation movie for the kids to watch! But that'll have to wait. I leave bright and stinkin' early in the morning for California again. My agent is having a retreat/workshop for her clients in Sonoma. (I guess I do get a little vacation from my vacation after all.) I'm looking forward to meeting all these wonderful authors and learning from them. I feel like an out-of-place dork among these professionals, but as long as they don't suddenly stop in front of me while I'm walking, I'm sure I'll love spending time with them and getting to know them all! :)
I'm off to pack and spend a little time with the kids before I have to leave again. It'll be a little strange, after spending every minute with my family 24/7 for the past week, to be by myself for the next few days. And I think I need to come up with something for dinner that Brooklyn will eat. I swear she lived on ketchup, fries, Diet Coke and ice cream last week. I, on the other hand, gained 7 pounds in the last 2 weeks! Sheesh! It probably would've been more like 30 pounds if I hadn't walked 50,000 miles. I think I'll have some lettuce for dinner.
Oh yeah, and I've completely lost my voice.


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Porsche's 991 911 is the next step in the evolutionary line
It may be hard for the untrained eye to spot the differences between the older 997 and new 991 versions of the 911, but people have been saying that for years when it comes to Porsche's most famous model. The 911 may have not changed significantly when it comes to styling, but there's enough going on under the flesh to justify it being called an "all-new" model.
First of all, in a move that is sure to anger some purists, the 911 is growing in size yet again (the last big jump came with the 996 introduction). The rear-engined sports car is now 3.9" longer overall bringing total vehicle length to 179.5". However, Porsche counters with the fact that the body weight weight of the vehicle is down 100 pounds thanks to the use of lightweight steel, aluminum, and composites.
Also new to the mix is a "world first" 7-speed manual transmission for those that prefer to row your own gears. For those that would rather have a computer micromanage your shifting, the 7-speed Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) is available. Porsche has also installed an automatic start/stop system in the 911 which will help to improve fuel efficiency while driving around in the city.
Although Porsche has not revealed U.S. EPA numbers for the new 911, the company says that fuel consumption is down 16 percent compared to the outgoing model using the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC).
The engines are mostly carryover this time around, but power is up for both the Carrera (3.4) and the Carrera S (3.8). The 3.4-liter flat-6 is up 350hp (an increase of 5hp) while the larger 3.8-liter flat-6 jumps to 400hp (up 15hp).
As in previous models, 911s with the PDK transmission will be faster on the track than the manual-equipped cars. The Carrera with a PDK can hit 60mph in 4.4 seconds and reach a top speed of 179mph. The Carrera S with PDK and Sport Chrono Package can do the dance in 3.9 seconds and reach 188mph.
However, all of this fun is going to cost you a serious amount of coin -- the base MSRP for the Carrera is listed at $82,100. Stepping up to the Carrera S will set you back a whopping $96,400, and that's before the option overload that greets you when it's time to order your new 911.
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|Mayor Bill Jenks, III
The staff at The Centre, Rolla's health and recreation complex, has been especially engaged throughout the past year in fostering and building community partnerships that benefit a wide range of groups, organizations and sectors of our community. Just a few examples of this are the successful events that have been held at The Centre such as the well attended GrandFamily Conference (March 9); the Spring Breakout Camp (March 25-29); the 5th Annual Youth Chess Tournament (March 2) and recently Breakfast with the Bunny (March 30), which over 500 individuals attended.
Many more community events are also in the pipeline at The Centre (1200 N. Holloway Street) such as today's Table Tennis Tournament, Saturday, April 6 that is sponsored by the Rolla Parks & Recreation Department and Missouri S&T Turkish Student Association. If this event is anything like other events hosted by The Centre, I'm sure it will be a big success.
Next Friday, April 12 The Centre will partner with Rolla High School and Kent Jewelry to host the 7th Annual Fine Arts Day from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. There will be student directed, hands-on art demonstrations throughout the day in the lounge area with a variety of Rolla High School student art on display. New this year is the Community Masterpiece. Everyone is encouraged to stop by The Centre and add their touch to this 4 X 6-foot postcard. Paint brushes and guidance will be provided. Local area business, including Panera Bread, Subway and Pepsi, generously support this event by providing food and drinks for the students throughout the day.
During the day and evening there will be 12 pieces of student designed jewelry items up for auction in the activity room at The Centre with the winning bids being revealed at 6 p.m. The staff at Kent Jewelry works with the RHS students to design and manufacture the jewelry that will be auctioned. Proceeds from this auction will benefit the United Way of South Central Missouri.
During the day and evening there will be 12 pieces of student designed jewelry items up for auction in the activity room at The Centre with the winning bids being revealed at 6 p.m. The staff at Kent Jewelry works with the RHS students to design and manufacture the jewelry that will be auctioned. Proceeds from this auction will benefit the United Way of South Central Missouri.
This unique process allows students to see each phase of the production and learn how art can become a way to earn a living. Perhaps most importantly, the students learn the importance of using their talents to give back to the community! To help celebrate this event, the Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce will host a Business After Hours event at The Centre that evening from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
In closing I'd like to take this opportunity to express my thanks and appreciation to Rolla City Council members William Lindgren, Jr. (Ward I) and Carolyn Bolin (Ward V), who have served on the City Council for the past two years (April 2011-April 2013). We truly appreciate their service on the Council and to the Rolla community. The City Council will publicly recognize and thank them both for their service with a Certificate of Appreciation plaque at the next City Council meeting on Monday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m. In addition, I will be joining the City Council in recognizing Robert J. Stoltz for his dedicated service to the City as City Attorney from April 2004 through March 2013.
Also during the April 15 Council meeting, the re-elected and newly elected City Council members, including Rhonda Sue Myers (Ward I); Greg Sawyer (Ward II); Sue Eudaly (Ward III); Lou Magdits (Ward IV); Brian Woolley (Ward V) and Fran Mazanec (Ward VI). will be recognized and sworn in by Carol Daniels, the City Clerk.
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Sitting around the campfire is my favorite part. We all sing
I got over 40 mosquito bites on my legs. My legs have been reduced to bloody scratches. West Nile anyone? I thought I stepped on a rock or something a couple months ago because my heel has been hurting like it's bruised. It's not getting better though. I'm almost in tears when I get out of bed in the morning because it hurts so much, and I walk like an arthritic old lady. It was especially bad this weekend. Stupid camping - having to walk to the bathroom and the pool and everywhere.
The weather was beautiful, absolutely beautiful all weekend. Not too hot, not too cold, not humid. You couldn't have asked for better weather. Until last night. It started storming in the middle of the night and it scared the snot outta me. I was wide awake watching the non-stop lightning and listening to the thunder rolling across the sky. I kept debating whether I should wake everyone, make a run for the truck, and drive to the bathrooms for shelter, or leave everyone alone and try to get back to sleep myself. I opted to stay in the camper, but couldn't get to sleep for a couple hours. I do not like being out in storms like that.
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A Kenyan intelligence official says that the "high-value terrorist leader" whose residence was targeted in a Navy SEAL raid Saturday was the senior al-Shabab leader Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, who used the alias Ikrima.
Ikrima is a Kenyan of Somali descent who boasts connections to both al-Shabab in Somalia and to a Kenyan jihadist group called al-Hijra. Kenyan authorities announced Friday that two of the four terrorists killed in the Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi were al-Hijra militants.
A U.S. government official later confirmed that Ikrima was in fact the target, says NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman.
Matt Bryden, director of Nairobi-based think tank Sahan Research, says that the Nairobi mall attack two weeks ago demonstrated a "dangerous convergence of al-Shabab, al-Hijra and the old al-Qaida East Africa networks," which may lay a foundation for future cooperative attacks in East Africa.
Bryden, former coordinator of the United Nation's Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group, said Ikrima is "one of those rare figures" with links to all three jihadist networks, and as such, is a prime target for assassination or capture.
A leaked Kenyan intelligence report confirms that Ikrima was plotting "multiple attacks" inside Kenya, "sanctioned by al-Qaida" in Pakistan, and "involving financial and logistical support from South African operatives." The report continues:
"By December 2011, the planners had acquired safe houses in Nairobi & Mombasa, trained the executors, received explosives from Somalia and commenced assembly of and concealment of explosives."
According to the report, Ikrima's small "terror cell" included two British nationals: an explosives expert named Jermaine John Grant and the infamous White Widow, Samantha Lewthwaite. (Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has confirmed that a "British woman" may have been among the fighters at the Westgate Mall.)
Bryden said that although there is no evidence linking Ikrima to the mall attack, his "central position" between multiple jihadist networks makes it "quite possible he played a leadership role."
Pentagon officials said that the Navy SEAL raid was planned a week after the mall attack.
And stay with us while we go to NPR's Gregory Warner, as we said, for more on the target of that Somalia raid.
GREGORY WARNER, BYLINE: Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, alias Ikrima, is a Kenyan Somali known to wear a bushy moustache in the style of Saddam Hussein. But what makes Ikrima so dangerous is that he's a key link between East African jihadist groups inside and outside Somalia. Matt Bryden is former coordinator of the U.N. Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group, and he's director of a Nairobi-based think tank, Sahan Research.
MATT BRYDEN: Ikrima is one of the rare figures who seems to have been associated with all three of the jihadist networks operating in Somalia and East Africa.
WARNER: All three jihadist networks that apparently joined forces for the Westgate attack. Kenyan authorities this weekend identified four of the killed militants. One was from al-Shabab. One was a Sudanese sharpshooter trained by al-Qaida, and two were from a Kenyan-based jihadist group called al-Hijra.
BRYDEN: And so what we're seeing is a potentially very dangerous convergence of al-Shabab, al-Hijra and the old al-Qaida East Africa networks.
WARNER: A leaked Kenyan intelligence report confirms that some of Ikrima's planned attacks in Kenya were sanctioned by al-Qaida members in Pakistan and involved financial support from South African operatives. Ikrima's small terror cell even included two British nationals, including Samantha Lewthwaite, the so-called white widow, who some witnesses said was among the militants at Westgate Mall. Bryden says there's still no firm evidence linking Ikrima or his terror cell to the Westgate attack, but...
BRYDEN: His central position makes it quite possible that he would have been involved in and possibly playing a leadership role in the Westgate attack.
WARNER: The village market is more than a mile from Westgate Mall, but it's a mall that attracts similar clientele of Westerners and upscale Kenyans. This morning, workmen repair stone tiles, and light jazz plays in the food court near a bubbling fountain. It's here that I meet Oscar Githua, Kenya's only forensic psychologist.
OSCAR GITHUA: No. This is the first time I'm actually in the village market, partly because I've been so busy, anyway.
WARNER: What he's been busy with is setting up a psychological first aid response to treat survivors of Westgate. Kenya, of course, has weathered major acts of terror before, most notably the 1998 U.S. embassy bombing that killed hundreds of Kenyans. But Githua says psychologically, the two attacks were very different. In 1998, Kenyans felt like collateral damage in someone else's war.
GITHUA: Why are you bombing us? Why did you have to pick a target in the middle of town? We know it's American embassy you were bombing, but you actually ended up killing more of us than Americans. And what's going on? And people were very confused. And at the time, I do not think that Kenyans had that psychological feeling that they were part of a global war.
WARNER: Fifteen years later, Kenya has troops in southern Somalia fighting al-Shabab. Kenyan intelligence helped identify Ikrima's hideout in Baraawe. That was the target of the Navy SEAL raid. And Githua says a lot of Kenyans he speaks to now see Kenya as the frontline on a global war on terror. Poor border patrols and lax security makes Kenya an easier target.
GITHUA: In a place that's that porous, you can try to do a dry run of something, and then in most sophisticated economics, take time to build up and be able to attack.
WARNER: Even during the attack, before the militants of Westgate were firmly identified, Kenyan authorities were already saying that they were fighting global terrorism. Githua says Kenya sees itself as a strong counterterrorism partner to the United States, even if that means sometimes showing the rest of the world what global terror is going to look like in the future. Gregory Warner, NPR News, Nairobi.
And NPR's Tom Bowman is still with us in our studios here in Washington. And, Tom, so much to follow up on, here. First, a reminder of how active the United States is in Africa, often out of view. But second, we have situations here where specific people were targeted, but they weren't hit with drones from the sky. People came in on the ground. Does that mark a shift for the United States?
TOM BOWMAN, BYLINE: Well, it's too early to say yet, Steve. Clearly, President Obama has said he wants to reduce the number of drone attacks. There's been international outrage over drones, civilian casualties, as well. But you have to remember, of course, this was a high-value target. And oftentimes, with a high-value target, you want to send a team in to grab that person, bring that person to justice, and also collect intelligence. It could be laptops, phones, papers, for example. So you want to be very careful that you don't destroy all that evidence in a drone strike.
INSKEEP: And you want to know that you got the guy, if you got the guy.
BOWMAN: Exactly, as we saw with Osama bin Laden.
INSKEEP: Yes. And in this case, we know they got one guy. They're not sure who they got in the other case.
BOWMAN: Right. We expect more information today on whether they got this guy in the raid.
INSKEEP: OK. Tom, thanks very much.
BOWMAN: You're welcome, Steve.
INSKEEP: OK. That's NPR's Tom Bowman in our studios this morning. We also heard from NPR's Gregory Warner. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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During the holidays, family kitchens are ground zero for intense craziness: mixers whirling, timers buzzing, knives flying. So yes, it's understandable that many of us just stay out of way of the experienced cook. Especially when the knives come out and Mama is talking under her breath.
But by staying out, you're missing out.
As part of All Things Considered's Found Recipes series, we asked the Cambridge-based Brass Sisters, the so-called Queens of Comfort Food, about collecting family recipes.
And they say, don't shy away from that holiday kitchen!
Instead, they urge you to gently interrogate your elders about their favorite dishes, and write down those family recipes, before it's too late.
That's what they did to get the recipe for their Aunt Ida Tucker Katziff's Poppy Seed Cookies, and though Aunt Ida could be grumpy and intimidating, they're glad they did.
"We used to spend every Friday night with Aunt Ida," says Marilynn Brass. For nearly 15 years, they'd chit chat, watch the prime-time soap opera Dallas (the original, when J.R. got shot) and eat.
"We would have a bagel and we'd have turkey," Brass says, "but the best part was when she'd go to her postage-stamp-sized freezer and brought something out and heated it up in her trusty toaster oven."
Ida was a self-taught baker. "She had what we call goldeneh hendts. That's Yiddish for golden hands," Brass says. "Whatever she baked, whatever she cooked came out superb. And I have to tell you, her poppy seed cookies were like manna from heaven."
The cookies were crunchy, with toasty-tasting poppy seeds and a sandy texture, and the Brass Sisters say you couldn't eat just one.
After many years of Friday evenings, Marilynn's sister, Sheila, got up the courage to ask Aunt Ida for the recipe. Not only did she get it, but Ida gave her nieces two special instructions — keep the poppy seeds in the freezer to keep them fresh, and don't overwork the dough.
When Aunt Ida died, the Brass Sisters arranged a special tribute to her: They made copies of the recipe and baked the cookies and shared both with friends and relatives at Ida's funeral.
"It turned out the family and friends sat around talking about Ida during [her] memorial week, reading her recipe for poppy seed cookies and crunching those wonderful cookies!" says Marilynn Brass.
And now you can, too. Here's the recipe from Heirloom Baking With The Brass Sisters.
Aunt Ida's Poppy Seed Cookies
Our Aunt Ida baked this cookie for more than 60 years, to the delight of four generations of our family, transporting them to parties in covered tins. We baked these cookies and served them at Aunt Ida's memorial gathering after her funeral since this recipe is part of her legacy. She always stored her poppy seeds in the freezer to keep them fresh.
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup poppy seeds
1 cup peanut oil
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Set the oven rack in the middle position. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cover a 14 X 16-inch baking sheet with foil, shiny side up. Coat the foil with vegetable spray or use a silicone liner.
Sift together flour and baking powder; add poppy seeds.
Separately, whisk peanut oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Add sifted dry ingredients and mix to combine. Chill the dough in the refrigerator one hour, or until firm enough to handle.
With floured hands or wearing disposable gloves, break off teaspoon-size pieces of dough and roll into small balls. Place dough balls on baking sheet about 2 inches apart, or 12 cookies per sheet. Pat into circles with your fingers (rather than rolling or stamping). Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned around edges. Let cookies cool 1 minute on baking sheet on rack and then transfer cookies to a rack. Cookies will become crisp as they cool.
Store between sheets of wax paper in a covered tin or freeze in a tightly sealed plastic bag or container.
Yield: 60 cookies
In case you're wondering, the queens of comfort food live in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a lot of vintage cookbooks.
MARILYNN BRASS: I'm Marilynn.
SHEILA BRASS: And I'm Sheila. We're the Brass sisters.
BRASS: The one and only Brass sisters.
BRASS: And we love old recipes.
BLOCK: So much so that they've written two books of their own, "Heirloom Baking" and "Heirloom Cooking." With those credentials, we figured the Brass sisters would have a story for our series Found Recipes and indeed they do. It's about a cookie recipe they got thanks to a gentle interrogation. Marilynn starts their story.
BRASS: We used to spend every Friday night with Aunt Ida at her apartment on Henn(ph) Street in Brookline, Mass. We would have a bagel and we'd have turkey, and we'd chit-chat. And she'd criticize the length of our hems...
BRASS: The color of our lipsticks.
BRASS: Yes. And it was wonderful because she loved us.
BRASS: And we loved her, too.
BRASS: We miss her every day. Now, Ida was a special person. She did the most wonderful baking.
BRASS: Yep.
BRASS: She did not know how to cook or bake before she got married, so she was self-taught. And I have to tell you that her poppy seed cookies were like manna from heaven. And I don't mean to be disrespectful.
BRASS: They crunch, they much. You can't have just one of them. You can have one, you want another. You can have another, you want another.
BRASS: Now, one night, Sheila took an old birthday card out of her purse and I said, Auntie Ida, I never called her Ida. You know, she was such a...
BRASS: She was too intimidating.
BRASS: Yeah. Fear into me. I said, how about that recipe now? And Ida said, a little grumpy, oh, all right, hold on a minute. And she went to her pad box and she got it out.
BRASS: And we wrote the directions down.
BRASS: Time went on and we have to say that we no longer are able to spend our Friday nights with Aunt Ida. When Aunt Ida passed away, we decided we wanted to do a tribute. We typed out her recipe for poppy seed cookies and Sheila will tell you about the paper we used for printing.
BRASS: It had a beautiful aqua, sky-blue background and then wonderful clouds...
BRASS: White clouds.
BRASS: It was like heaven. And we brought them to the funeral so that all the people could have a copy.
BRASS: All her children and her grandchildren.
BRASS: And friends.
BRASS: Friends.
BRASS: The place was jammed with friends and we baked.
BRASS: Oh, boy, did we bake.
BRASS: How many dozen? 12 dozen?
BRASS: Oh, at least. It turned out that the family and friends sat around talking about Ida during memorial week, reading her recipe for poppy seed cookies and crunching those wonderful cookies. We just think that it would be wonderful at this holiday season if you did do that gentle interrogation of the elders.
And if you were able to make Aunt Ida's poppy seed cookies, it would be a tribute to her and to all the home cooks that you know who have wonderful recipes that should never be lost.
BLOCK: Marilynn and Sheila Brass, the Brass Sisters. And you can find Aunt Ida's recipe for poppy seed cookies and a picture of young Aunt Ida on our food blog, The Salt.
You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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One million is the number of diapers I've changed in the past (almost) thirteen years. Ok, so maybe I haven't changed quite a million, but I figure at a conservative 4 diapers a day, and an average of 3 years per child (except for Brooklyn who has only had 1 1/2 years of diaper changes), I've changed over 24,000 diapers. I was going to figure out how much I've spent on diapers, but I decided it would probably be too depressing. And don't bother to write and tell me that I should've used cloth diapers because there was NO WAY I was going there.
One million is the amount of money it cost for Lee Majors bionic arms. (The rest of his body was five million, of course.)
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One million is the number of cribs recalled by Simplicity/Graco. Have you heard about this? If I understand correctly, this is their third recall of cribs! The number of children's products recalled recently is ridiculous. Not only did children die/get seriously injured in these cribs, but the manufacturer apparently took more than two years before recalling the defective beds. If you have one of these cribs, stop using it immediately and please pass this information along to anyone you know who may have one of these cribs. This recall includes models that were manufactured as far back as nearly ten years ago! Anyone could have one of these, could have passed one on to a friend or relative, or could have one packed away.
I don't have this problem as my baby is a spoiled brat who has all of us wrapped around her little finger and she sleeps with me. Shhhh.
One million is the number of calories I've consumed today.
One million is the number of times my daughter has asked me to get her some shampoo today.
One million is the number of times I've told my son to settle down in the last hour.
One million is the answer to this problem D { ( f (x) ) ² } = 2f (x) D { f (x) } = 2f (x) f ' (x). Ok, so I don't really know the answer to this problem. In fact my eyes started to bleed when I looked at it. But I'm pretty sure it could be one million. I hope nobody actually likes math enough to figure this problem out just for fun, (math/fun, now there's an oxymoron!) but I somehow know that I'll get a comment tomorrow with the answer.
One million is the number of tears my son has cried over his "best friend" Bahama, the hermit crab.


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As the number of English learners continues to grow faster than that of any other group in the nation's public schools, concerns are mounting that the distinctive needs of those students and the educators who work with them are receiving diminishing attention from the U.S. Department of Education. Even as the federal government spends roughly $750 million a year to help educate a population that's grown to be one out of every 10 students, the department's office of English-language acquisition, or OELA, has seen its clout steadily shrink. To read more, click hereBack to NASET News Alert


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The U.S. Department of Justice has put a hold on the evidence in the George Zimmerman case, according to the Sanford Police Department.
The DOJ announced earlier this week that there was an open investigation into the death of Trayvon Martin. Officials are looking to determine whether Zimmerman violated Martin's civil rights.
"Multiple agencies are working with the civil rights division to evaluate evidence from the federal investigation and recent state trial, the office of public affairs said in a statement issued Monday," News 13 in Orlando reports.
Read the full statement below:
"As the Department first acknowledged last year, we have an open investigation into the death of Trayvon Martin. The Department of Justice's Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to evaluate the evidence generated during the federal investigation, as well as the evidence and testimony from the state trial. Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate in accordance with the Department's policy governing successive federal prosecution following a state trial."
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ANYWAY comic 637, scribblewhatever. Obviously, I had no idea what was going on. Neither did you. That's because the nintendo DS game "scribblenauts" only came out the day this comic did. So I don't know who was supposed to get this joke. So I was confused and was like, "well i guess I will have to go to the forums on this one, better take some anti-douchebag spray so i don't get an allergic reaction like last time."
But anyway, then I actually, against all odds, played the game Scribblenauts in between then and now, so now I know exactly what is happening in this comic.
And it sucks. Surprise!
The idea, if you haven't learned it by now, is that the game is based off of this magic notepad, and you can type in most any common noun and then that object will appear there, and you can use it to solve the various puzzles the game presents. Most of the joy of the game - which I had a lot of fun with - is in coming up with crazy nouns and seeing if they are in the game's programming. Cthulu is there, for example, and Godzilla, though lolcat was not. "lol wut" apparently makes your character's head really big. Anyway, that's the point of the game.
So what's happening in this comic is that the girl is playing, she's being amused by what's in the game (as one would be in real life) and then the other guy is like "whatever" and then apparently the game already has "asshole" in there and it looks like him! ha ha. Except, we don't know that the "pretentious asshole" looks like him because we don't actually see what pops up, we are just assured that it must be him. We also get the awkwardness of seeing the girl twice in one panel. There's really no good reason for that. I know that a comic doesn't have to have one panel correspond to one image, one moment in time in a story, but that's at least how xkcd does it basically all the time. So that's weird.
Also is it really that pretentious to say the game is OK for a kid's game? I mean, there's a hell of a lot more pretentious thing you can say about a game. Maybe he just didn't like it. There isn't much in the way of tone that we can figure out from this guy - some comics might feature facial expressions for such a thing, but not xkcd. So that's a little jarring, I guess, to suddenly be told that finding something nice to say about a game - which is a kid's game, ok, just cause it's fun doesn't make that not the case, I mean Toy Story was a kid's movie but we all like it anyway - is assholeish.
Anyway. Making a comic about a game like that, one that just came out and who knows how popular it will get, if at all, or when, if ever, is just like the Ender's Game comic the other day - way too much of a niche, even for a comic that's already in the "nerd" niche.
OK - now, back to the drama over the book!


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Celtics wilt against Heat again
Celtics wilt against Heat again
Rajon Rondo, Doc Rivers, and the Celtics had few answers after falling behind 2-0 in the East finals after another loss in Miami.
Mario Chalmers, LeBron James, and Dwyane Wade (left to right) emerged with a 115-111 win in overtime.
Rondo was the star of the game, playing all 53 minutes and scoring a game-high 44 points.
Wade sailed past Kevin Garnett, Mickael Pietrus, and Brandon Bass for a key field goal in overtime.
Paul Pierce fouled out late in the fourth quarter and finished with 21 points.
Wade, who had a slow start, finished with 23 points.
Rondo put up an acrobatic shot over Shane Battier in the first quarter.
Garnett defended against a shot by Wade. The Celtics held Wade to 2 points and no assists in the first half.
Wade and Pierce competed for a loose ball in the first quarter.
Garnett, seen here working against Ronny Turiaf, scored 18 points on 6-for-18 shooting.
James was matched up against Pierce for much of the game. He finished with 34 points.
Garnett fought for rebound position against James Jones, left, Joel Anthony.
Rivers must now bring his team home looking for its first win in the series.


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Bicycle frames are constructed from materials which place emphasis on being strong, lightweight and stiff to aid power transfer. Aluminum, titanium, steel and carbon are widely used in all levels of frame production.
Cycling forks are made from a wide range of materials such as aluminum, steel, carbon and titanium. Each material has its own unique set of qualities that can greatly impact ride performance.
Brake and gear cables are traditionally attached to bicycle frames with lugs on the outside of the tubing, this is known as external routing.
Recent advances in technology have allowed manufacturers to route the cables through the inside of the tubing, this is known as internal routing. Internal routing gives a very clean appearance, can increase the stiffness of the frame due to additional channels and in some cases may provide aerodynamic benefits too.
For certain applications, including full suspension bikes and cyclocross bikes, manufacturers use an outer cable along the full length of the cable to protect the inners from mud, water or accidental damage, this is known as full outer.
Major bike manufacturers produce a new range of bikes on an annual basis and this determines the model year of a particular bike. This annual turnover is fueled by advancing technology, industry trends and customer demand for a particular feature or style of bicycle.
Bicycle wheels come in a wide range of sizes from 12" wheels found on smaller Kids Bikes to larger 29" Mountain Bike and 700c Road Bike wheels. Larger wheels are normally faster and more stable at speed and their larger contact patch improves grip too. Smaller wheels are normally lighter, more maneuverable and have quicker acceleration.
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The not-so-subtle subtext of the ad equates mobile banking with a sexy, idyllic lifestyle. Is it all hype, or is it as hot as the banks would like us to believe?
2011 was a watershed year for mobile banking trends, and it's safe to say that the trendsetters among us are ready to make it serious. Banking transactions via smartphone led the way with such services as:
While early-technology adopters have been seriously flirting with transaction-based mobile banking, there are many mobile-inspired paradigmatic shifts underway:
Banking is getting social, too. Financial institutions are using social media to handle customer service issues, pump up their brand loyalty and build relationships. Twitter is the channel of choice for banks like Wachovia and Bank of America; the platform is suits the immediacy of customer care issues and feedback. Citibank members can use the micro-blogging site to make transactions (although, many people question the privacy of this method and are unsettled by the thought of their financial info being displayed for the world to see).
Before getting hot and heavy with mobile banking, you need to ask yourself, "What about security?" Sure, you find its handiness irresistible, but mobile banking safety trumps convenience every time when you consider the implications of opening your financial data to hackers.
By employing common sense and taking a few precautions, you can make banking-on-the-go a safer, viable choice. Here are several protective measures, not just for mobile banking but for smartphone security in general:
The security precautions for smartphone and tablet banking are the same as those for your PC. Smartphones are not inherently more risky, except for one important thing: It's a heck of a lot easier to lose a phone than a computer.
The likeliest way for a hacker to access your bank account information is if they have your phone in their hands. To guard against this, always maintain a password protected system, and if you have to, use security software to wipe the phone clean so valuable data can't be stolen.
If your phone happens to fall into the hands of a hacker who manages to drain your bank account, it's not necessarily an unmitigated disaster. Most banks have a zero-liability guarantee that protects you from unauthorized charges. Check with your bank to make sure they offer this service for smartphone banking.
Mobile banking will likely become the preferred choice for consumers. Trends will push to make it the easiest and most cost-effective way to take care of your finances. Just make sure to do your due diligence before getting involved with this new banking method.
By Tracy Mardigian-Kiles


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Rita Mae Bonta, 88 of Brookfield, dies Tuesday November 13, 2012 at Boone Hospital Center, Columbia.
Rita Mae Bonta, 88 of Brookfield, dies Tuesday November 13, 2012 at Boone Hospital Center, Columbia.
Funeral services was be held at 11 a.m. today at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Brookfield with Father Jerry Kaimann officiating. Burial followed in St. Michaels Cemetery in Brookfield.
Visitation was held at 1 p.m. on November 15 at Rhodes Funeral Home in Brookfield. A prayer service was held at 6 p.m. at the funeral home, and the family received friends from 6-8 p.m. that evening.
Rita was born on September 23, 1924 in Brookfield, the daughter of Seaton Alfred and Julia Mary (Reardon) Bonta. She was a longtime member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Brookfield, and was a member of the Altar Society.
She is survived by a nephew, Michael Carey of Kernersville NC, as well as several other relatives and friends.
She was proceeded in death by her parents, one brother: Seaton Bonta; two sisters: Gwendolyn Carey and Cassie Nadine Bonta; and a Brother-in-Law, Walter Carey.


text: Lucas is doing really well and it goes without saying that I'm glad that the surgeries are behind him. As you may (or may not) know, a dog has 42 teeth. People have 32 which includes the wisdom teeth. Lucas has had 38 removed. It's overwhelming, at least for me, to think about that number. But it had to be done, and I'm thankful that he has been able to have the treatment that he needed. You may recall that Lucas's surgeries were not inexpensive and the total cost has been around $5000. I was told this week that all of his dental work has been paid for from a special fund-raiser that the rescue held for him and other dogs have expensive medical needs.


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I really just don't know anymore about presidential politics (not that I really care very much) other than to say this: anyone who would actually campaign for the job is unfit. We'd be much better off just picking someone at random, in a lottery of some kind.
In what passes for breathless political theater at CNN, the latest Romney-Obama flap concerns "off the cuff remarks". Off the cuff remarks are great – and the press picks up on them, whereas usually they are ignored – when they confirm what the press thinks about the candidate already. It's an example of "confirmation bias", which is bad enough when regular people succumb to it, but takes on somewhat more importance when the people who are supposed to provide "information" to others.
In any case, you've got Romney revealing his true colors by saying that nearly half the electorate is lazy, dependent and entitled and are going to vote for Obama no matter what. Seizing the moment, the president's men couldn't have done a better job in response, tapping into the press echo chamber:
"It's shocking that a candidate for President of the United States would go behind closed doors and declare to a group of wealthy donors that half the American people view themselves as 'victims,' entitled to handouts, and are unwilling to take 'personal responsibility' for their lives. It's hard to serve as president for all Americans when you've disdainfully written off half the nation," said Obama campaign manager Jim Messina in a statement.
In response, the Romney campaign trots out its attack dog VP candidate Paul Ryan, who tries to counter the huge Romney gaffe by dredging up some Obama quote from four years ago, to the effect that some voters "…cling to their guns and their religion":
"This Catholic deer hunter is guilty as charged and proud to say so," Ryan said Monday at a campaign event in Iowa. "That's just weird. Who says things like that? That's just strange."
Can it get any stupider? To be fair to Ryan, I don't know what you can say when your candidate's smug condescension to half the country has been so effectively exposed out of his own mouth, other than show that the opponent has just as much contempt for the people he is wooing. But if you have to reach back more than four years for some verbal ammunition that the electorate has already discounted – since, after all, it did elect Obama – then it just looks like you really have no answer. In which case it would have been better, of course, to say nothing. Just absorb the damage and move on.
What this episode shows is that while Romney is a detestable, shallow, self-serving, self-righteous and over-privileged fop his running mate is, contrary to his wonkish reputation, a lightweight foot-soldier for whomever is in command.
Not that I have any sympathies for the Obama camp either, you understand, but what a decisive tactical victory for them, handed to them by their opponents themselves.
There may be one interesting (and potentially positive) thing about this election: neither candidate can seem to muster up more than the most obviously manufactured enthusiasm either for the campaign or the job itself. As I said, no one who really wants it should have it, and this election may be the first sign that even those who are running for the job are conceding in a small way that the whole contest is, if not farcical, then at least nowhere near as important as it pretends to be.
Update: Now Romney is getting pummeled in the Canadian press. This really is a PR disaster for him, confirming the worst suspicions the "voters" had. Again, not that it's particularly important. Not even that he's wrong exactly. But the timing and content here are just awful for him. Possibly terminal, in the electoral sense.
Update 2: Apparently it was Jimmy Carter's grandson who pushed the Romney video at issue, meaning that at least it seems he doesn't have the tin ear that his grandfather did. And he certainly know that it's all about the narrative:
He put the anonymous video source in touch with the Mother Jones reporter and then butted out, knowing he was onto something. "Any time that you can find a clip that strengthens the narrative already established, that's what becomes a big deal," Carter explained.


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Gamma Beta Chapter of ESA hosted a recent fund-raiser for the Roger Adelhardt family, whose three daughters have Behcet's Disease. About 650 bowls of chili were served. When the 500 cinnamon rolls ran out, organizers filled in with cookies.
"The Adelhardt family is so appreciative of all the community support they received," Karlene Roberts, Gamma Beta member, said.


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A petite piece de Roquefort - bleu de Laqueville for dinner.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
What I ate today in Paris
A petite piece de Roquefort - bleu de Laqueville for dinner.
44 comments:
Bon jour, Carol!ReplyDelete
I hope the sun rose in suchbeautiful pinks over your fair Paris as it did here in Vienna!
Never having been to Paris, your daily meanderings are like a mini-vacation for me. I thoroughly enjoy following up on your adventures, sweet and all.
Wishing you a wonderful Sunday in Paris,
Cooooool you're in town!! And I'm in town too!! But off to the Alps today. Are you still around on the 3rd of Jan? Would love to meet up if yes!ReplyDelete
x Milsters
That's a yes from me too! Wish I was there to join in the eating and gallery adventures xxxReplyDelete
.. oh yes, keep them coming ... Happy New YearReplyDelete
Karen in CT
Are you trying to make me quite green and wild with envy?ReplyDelete
Buster and I wish you a most wonderful 2013.Maybe we will even get to Paris. You never know!
Your journal du jour is so cute..ReplyDelete
What a great idea..
Well I just had Fiber First mixed with yogurt and ground flax seed.Green tea..and Oj..
Not as poetic at all.:)
Love the daily reports, it's like being there in person! Thank you!ReplyDelete
Flora Doora
Oui oui et oui! Please give daily reports. Where are you staying? For how long this time? What made you take the leap? Inquiring (jealous) minds want to know!!ReplyDelete
Bon dimanche!!Replies
I like Free ParisDelete
The offline version is $3 I think but with it
Daily? I want them by the hour, Hahahaha! No, this is great, truly, & of course, I love the little picto-record.ReplyDelete
Yes, yes, yes! I love your daily reports from Paris!! Thanks for sharing. RikiReplyDelete
LOVE your reports du jour, Carol!! Please keep them coming so we may be inspired to do the same!ReplyDelete
More daily reports? Oh, yes, please!!ReplyDelete
A friend told me about this app and I downloaded it onto my iPad. I've played around with it and really like it. Maybe it will be helpful?
What a day! Do you always keep track in your journal?ReplyDelete
Thank you for the Dog of the Day...I bumped into quite a few at the pet food store today (don't ask).
Yes please, daily reports! Wish I was there....ReplyDelete
Yes, you have a voluntary captive audience!ReplyDelete
Your Winter in Paris sounds great!
Wow! You're in Paris.... Welcome, bienvenue....willkommen:)ReplyDelete
No doubt 2013 will be a fun and 'yummy' year for you and bear!
Happy New Year Carol, I'm very happy for you xx
- Anonymous7:16 AM
Chere Carol, I really enjoy PB each day if you have the stamina for it. I am reading La Seduction and getting such a kick out of it, especially after one visit only to Paris one year ago. What the book is describing matches with my experience in such an entertaining way. I really enjoy the art you share and book recommendations and travelogues. Delightful! Thank you for all the effort you put into this blog!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year!
PS How do you say happy new year in French?
- Anonymous10:09 AM
Dear Carol,ReplyDelete
Love the daily reports! Love your blog so much! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for bringing Paris to us. We were in Paris and November and saw the Printemps Christmas tree with its pink roses. Now to see it here is magical and keeps Paris close. Greetings to dearest Bear, and a wonderful new year to you both!
Merci merci merci!
Patricia and Eric in Minneapolis
Love your daily reports -- they give us the old You Are There experience. But I also love the processing reports, when you convert your sensory intake to art -- art is long, they say, takes time...so I like both the fast and the slow information you give.ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful Eve -- to you and Bear, many adventures and mucho art!
So funny..they were showing pre-NYE reports on the news re Paris..and I thought:"My friend is there"~Ahh..blogging..:)ReplyDelete
- Elissa6:07 AM
Every morning I check your blog. I enjoy it so much your photos, sense of humor and your wonderful way of bringing Paris into my home. I hope to be in Paris this fall. It will be my third time. As I am an avid knitter, I like to stop at a place called la droguerie across from St. Eustache on rue du Jour and behind Les Halles. Very nice people own the place and dye their own yarns. I also stop at Bon Marche as they have a huge selection too. Last time I went I took the book, True Pleasures: a memoir of Women in Paris by Lucinda Holdforth.ReplyDelete
Are you familiar ?
Thank you so much for keeping Paris alive for me until my next trip.
Happy Holidays,
Yes, love your daily blog posts.ReplyDelete
And your paintings.
Thank you for bringing a bit of Paris to us all.
Oh! I spied a Westie in one of your photos, the dog of the day. Have you ever done a watercolor of a Westie? I have one and love him so much. Almost every day I ask him, "Tito, do you want to go toReplyDelete
Paris." He always says "oui!"


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Here's Mike DeCourcy, the national college basketball writer for The Sporting News who Your Humble Correspondent likes to call "The Professor," singing the praises of a Big 12 freshman:
After watching Marcus Smart play at Oklahoma State for a month, I wrote he'd been the best player in college basketball for that segment of the season.
Subsequent to that declaration, I was mocked by ESPN.com's Eamonn Brennan and got the full statistical treatment from John Gasaway of Basketball Prospectus.
I'm not sure what they might have been saying Saturday evening after Smart shredded Kansas - at Allen Fieldhouse - with 25 points, eight offensive rebounds, three assists and five steals, including one on the game's final play. While all of us who've followed college basketball were running through the question of whether Oklahoma State would foul on purpose or allow Kansas to attempt a tying 3-pointer, Smart disarmed the entire argument by reaching out and snatching the ball from Jayhawks senior Elijah Johnson.
Here's what I do know, though. Another basketball writer equally devoted to analytics, Matt Norlander of CBS Sports, was raving about Smart's KU performance on his podcast conversation with Seth Davis. Norlander said Smart "might be my favorite player in college hoops now." No mention at all of the 0-for-5 3-point shooting.
In a couple of hours -- and, in particular, the final 15 minutes of the game -- Smart surged back into the national consciousness and suggested he remains among the most qualified contenders for national player of the year.
Most of the arguments against Smart involve his sometimes on/mostly off accuracy as a perimeter shooter. He is hitting only 42.3 percent from the field and 28.2 percent on 3-pointers. Those numbers are up from when he was dissected by the stat folks, but they're still not good; he is at 48.8 percent from the field in Big 12 games but only 28.6 on 3-pointers.
Obviously, Smart would be a more effective player if he made more deep shots, but there are so many other things he does to dominate a game it almost doesn't matter. He impacts nearly every possession, many of them profoundly.
Think of Smart's search for a better jump shot as God's way of keeping the game fair for the other children.


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