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There was a moment three or four years ago when the media could not stop talking about how miserable parents were — especially mothers. We prefer doing pretty much anything to taking care of our offspring (even housework!), we get less sleep, and we're more depressed than adults without kids. But, as most parents will tell you, the experience of parenting also provides moments of transcendent, uncomplicated glee: the giggle you share with your toddler, watching your 7-year-old master a math problem, a gossipy lunch with your young adult.
As the parent of a toddler, New York magazine contributing editor Jennifer Senior felt the innate contradiction between the highs and lows of parenting keenly and sought to explain it in her 2010 New York cover story, "All Joy and No Fun." The piece was a hit, and now it's a book, also called "All Joy and No Fun," out Tuesday.
The book isn't prescriptive. Senior isn't admonishing parents to be more mindful or trying to convince them that if they just get more sleep, they'll be happier and more successful. But it does explain the roots, development and state of modern parenting culture in a more comprehensive and well-researched way than I've seen.
Up until the 20th century, parents' roles were clearly defined, and so were their children's. You had children because you needed someone to work the farm, so you taught your kid to be a farmer, and that child provided labor to the family. But once having a child became a choice rather than a necessity and children were no longer providing economic support to their families, the roles got scrambled and remain fraught. When becoming a parent became a choice, we also expected more from the role. As Senior puts it, we're regarding children "as sources of existential fulfillment rather than as ordinary parts of our lives."
I talked to Senior at a coffee shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn, N.Y. We discussed why parenting has become even crazier in the past 30 years.
Slate: In the book, you outline how parenting fundamentally changed in the past century or so. But it seems like the craziness has accelerated over the past 30 years. I look at my mom's experience of parenting, and there didn't seem to be the same expectations of parental happiness, and there weren't the same pressures on parents to spend so much time cultivating their children. Do you think things have changed even more dramatically in the past few decades, and if so, why?
Jennifer Senior: I can give two answers. The first thing is parents don't realize they're living in the middle of a historic transition, which is to say only since the 1950s did the old roles go away. Kids used to work. They worked on their family's behalf. Just to give it a precise point in time, in 1940, only half of all American teen-agers graduated from high school. That was the tipping point. Right on the eve of the war. Until then, 51 percent or more of teen-agers were still working and kicking in money to their families. Which to me is astounding.
Ever since self-esteem became a goal, that was the moment kids became fully precious.
What that means is, the first main thing that changed in the wake of the Second World War is we had this sheltered childhood. Kids weren't wage earners. And absent kids being wage earners, you have to figure out what the kid does and what you have to do. And after the war years, there was this unprecedented prosperity. You could raise your kid on one wage. This is just a guess, but maybe some of the old attitudes were still there at that point; kids weren't fully sentimentalized.
Now we're in this place where we just know two things: We have to nurture our kids for a future we can't see, and we have to shore up their self-esteem because we've decided that they're special and they're vulnerable. Ever since self-esteem became a goal, and it started to become a goal in the 1970s with "Free to Be You and Me" and all that, was the moment kids became fully precious. In the 20th century, one of the triumphs, but also one of its sorry outcomes, was we all decided human happiness became achievable.
Let's say it first started in the '50s, and then there was an acceleration in the '70s when women first went to work, and there was this misplaced idea that happiness above all else was what we wanted for ourselves, but also for our children.
But I think that the biggest acceleration is globalization. So let's say the '90s. Because then you're trying to prepare your kids for a future you can't see, which was the Margaret Mead reasoning. When I was in high school in the late '80s, the idea was we all had to learn Japanese. That didn't turn out to be the case. So now it's like, every kid needs to learn Mandarin, and it seems to be true sitting from here, but I don't know.
Slate: Another thing that struck me about your book is how much more time parents spend parenting than they used to. I remember a stat from your book about how only a very small percentage of children said they wished they saw their mothers and fathers more often. Is all this time spent on child care doing anything other than making parents unhappy?
Senior: This is a body of literature that I didn't drill very deeply into, because as you point out, it's about the children, and my book is about the parents. But there's a huge body of literature that seems to be emerging saying that being overweening and being overhelicoptering is backfiring. In terms of precisely the things I was just talking about: self-esteem. There was that Middlebury sociologist [Margaret K. Nelson, the author of "Parenting Out of Control"] who wrote that too many hours was working out the wrong way. I don't read all those books because I'm over it, but there's plenty of evidence that having a depressed parent is bad for you.
Slate: Do you think that part of modern parents not enjoying parenthood is a question of control? As you point out, men and women are single for much longer than they were in previous decades. So we feel like we can really shape our lives, and then we're shocked and confused when we can't control our lives after we have kids, and we can't control their lives either.
Senior: It's a great point. Like I said in the book, this is the one binding obligation we have. You can change your job, your husband, you can change where you live — we've got unprecedented mobility. But you can't walk away from your child.
But you're saying something, which is much more nuanced, which is that you also can't change the outcome. You can't control who they become — you can, but only a little bit.
Slate: Your book doesn't try to give advice, but I did come away with a great tidbit. There's a father of 3 in the book, Clint, whose wife, Angie, worries about whether she's a good enough mother. Clint does not worry about whether he's a good enough parent, and he doesn't worry about what other parents do. He says: "I am the standard." I've said that to myself any number of times since I read the book: "I'm not going to care about what the moms in my moms group do. I am the standard!"
Senior: Men really are more inclined to say that to themselves. They just don't have all that static electricity coming in through those channels. I mean, they don't have a dads group, probably. They're not on parenting message boards as mothers might be. If the kid's having a problem, they're not the ones running off to the bookshelf for the parenting book, looking in the index to see if they've been doing it right or wrong all along, or if there's a quote "better way." They don't know their way around BabyCenter.
And you know, they still get points just for being actively involved. We are still at the point where they are getting points! I look at how easy my husband is on himself around my son sometimes, and I just think, "I have to take my cues from this guy." I'm sure it's what made me look at Clint with the same eye.
Slate: What was the biggest surprise for you in your research?
Senior: That adolescent girls expressed all those violent wishes toward their mothers. They didn't enact their violent impulses, but they actually express the wish to hurt their parents more than boys do. I never thought girls were so precious, but I was really surprised by that.
There's only so much you can learn through structured studies that take place in university labs, but there seems to be a very consistent thread running through them: That about every three minutes a mom had to say something because she needed to redirect the course of her toddler. That's a lot. I bet if I had timed myself, it would have worked out that way when my kid was 2.


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BYRON - Byron pulled away from Oregon in the fourth quarter Thursday, turning a one-point lead to a double-digit win, 55-44.
Ellie Lehne scored a team-high 18 for Byron, while Mayson Whipple added 12.
Byron led 35-34 before going on a 20-10 run in the fourth.
Oregon's Sam Lambrigtsen scored a game-high 24 in the loss. Emylyn Wright added 11 for the Hawks.
North Boone 49, Richmond-Burton 45: Paityn Morris scored a game-high 23 and Renee Martin added 13 in a close, comeback win for the Vikings.
North Boone trailed after the end of every quarter until the fourth, when the Vikes overcame six-point deficit.
Richmond-Burton was held to six points in the fourth and was outscored 16-6.
Eastland 74, West Carroll 40: Lexis Macomber was one of three Eastland players to score in double figures in a dominant win at home.
Macomber finished with a game-high 20 points, while Hannah Hake added 13 and Courtney Walker had 11.
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Stacey Cole: Reader's sighting a rare one, indeedApril 05. 2013 7:49PM
Occasionally, a rare bird sighting is reported to me, and I was sure pleased to receive this one. Members of the Osborne family of Pittsfield have been readers of this column for many years, and I was delighted to receive a telephone call from Mrs. Osborne on March 9 stating that she had seen a northern lapwing. This incomparable bird, visiting on their farm, was accompanied by "a plover with yellow legs," she said. Mrs. Osborne described the bird as being primarily black, similar to a crow, with a pointed crown on its head.
How fortunate to see such an infrequent visitor to New Hampshire!
Wandering northern lapwings frequently move from place to place, thus birders should be on the lookout for it. It appears to me that this bird, after leaving Pittsfield, moved southward.
The N.H. Audubon's "Rare Bird Alert," column, published March 16, on the front page of the Union Leader's "Saturday Features," reported; "A northern lapwing was seen and photographed on Upper City Road, about two miles from Route 28, in Loudon on March 10. Birders are encouraged to scan farm fields in the area from the road to attempt to relocate this rare European visitor. It may be seen in the same bare-ground habitat utilized by early returning killdeer."
Pictures and text of the northern lapwing can be found in several, oft referred to "field guides." For example, according to "The National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America," under the heading northern lapwing, I found the following: "Eurasian species, casual primarily in late fall in northeast states and provinces, accidental elsewhere in east, recorded south to Florida. Most sightings in winter plumage dark and green glossed above, white below, with black breast, wispy but prominent crest. Wings broad and rounded, with white tips, white wing linings." Good Luck searching!
In our column of March 9, pussy willows was a subject told of by a New Ipswich reader. On March 11, a longtime reader and friend, the Hon. Marilyn Campbell of Salem wrote in part: "I was interested in the 'pussy willow story.' Many, many years ago someone gave my mother a cutting from a pussy willow tree. Well, it sure grew!! In a few years it was about 30 feet tall. It had one trunk but hundreds of limbs and when it bloomed, it had large pussy willows! Then one summer we had a terrible wind storm and the tree blew over. My husband tried to stand the tree back up, but it eventually died and we cut it down. We left its roots in the ground and after a year or two it started sending up sprigs as if it was a bush. It grew and grew and, as you can see by the enclosed picture, it has become a large bush, almost 30 feet high with several trunks that are about 8-10 inches in diameter. I am enclosing a sample of the pussy willows. The plant is loaded and the leaves are coming out. Everyone comes to cut them for bouquets and you can't even tell where they were cut. Right now this 'bush' is at its peak."
My late wife, Mildred, had a ritual of picking pussy willows each spring. I still have the last vase she filled with them as I have never felt the need of throwing them out. Mildred picked them back in the mid-nineties, and although many of the "pussies" have dropped over these many years, enough have been retained so that, to this day, they still make the filled vase attractive.
N.H. Audubon has released a report on Project Nighthawk that read in part: "It was another very busy summer for Common Nighthawk activity. We had three confirmed nests, two in Concord and one in Keene, yielding at least three fledged chicks. Coordinated watches were held in Concord, Keene and Ossipee. Nighthawks were seen in familiar locations and a couple of new spots. We also received reports of some very unusual nighthawk behavior including a successful nest on a patio at a private home in Massachusetts and a late season migrant trapped in a warehouse in Franklin, N.H. Each year brings exciting challenges and opportunities for gathering information on nighthawk activity. We plan to continue our monitoring efforts in Concord, Ossipee and Keene in partnership with the Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory. We will also monitor the two East Concord nest site locales for nesting activity. We would like to expand our monitoring efforts to include new areas where nighthawk activity has been reported. These include the towns of Franklin, Grantham, Lempster and Antrim. If you have an opportunity to be in these areas and would like to spend a little time looking for nighthawks please contact Becky Suomala for location details at 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord, N.H. 03301. (603) 224-9909 Ext. 309."
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Emily, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer, but soon falls in love with Sean, a young man who leads a dance crew in elaborate, cutting-edge flash mobs. The crew, called the MOB, strives to win a contest for a major sponsorship opportunity, but soon Emily's father...
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Emily, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer, but soon falls in love with Sean, a young man who leads a dance crew in elaborate, cutting-edge flash mobs. The crew, called the MOB, strives to win a contest for a major sponsorship opportunity, but soon Emily's father threatens to develop the MOB's historic neighborhood and displace thousands of people. Emily must band together with Sean and the MOB to turn their performance mobs into protest mobs, and risk losing their dreams to fight for a greater cause.
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The latest movie in the Step Up franchise aims for a politicized message behind all the flashy moves, but it could do with a lot less plot and a lot more dancing. In Step Up Revolution, the Miami dance group ''The Mob'' takes to the streets (and other random locations) to perform intricately choreographed routines with their own DJ, a camera guy who uploads their videos to YouTube, and a graffiti artist who leaves their signature behind. It takes at least that much effort just to get hipster New Yorkers to ride the subways without any pants on once a year; it's hard to believe that The Mob could pull off their elaborate schemes without getting caught, but that's the magic of movies.
The Mob represents the more diverse working class side of Miami, a young, multiracial group of friends who create incredible works of art that disappear before they get shut down. One of the Mob's leaders Sean (Ryan Guzman) earnestly explains to newcomer Emily (Kathryn McCormick) that the group's reason is to give a voice to the voiceless, or to be happy, or to dance or something. It's not really clear, but they have a lot of fun and look amazing doing it.
Once Sean and his friends find out that a greedy developer plans to raze their neighborhood to make way for another South Beach-style hotel monstrosity, they have a reason to rally, but until then, they're just trying to win a cash prize by getting clicks on YouTube. The typical Step Up twist is that Emily is the developer's daughter. Mr. Anderson (Peter Gallagher) doesn't approve of Emily's love of dancing or other frippery, and he certainly wouldn't approve of her hanging out with the people causing such mayhem in the streets of Miami.
Step Up Revolution biggest misstep is trying to give the movie more of a hook than the franchise's typical Romeo and Juliet-style love story and tap into ''the Zeitgeist'' (I swear, that's from the studio-provided press notes) of flash mobs. The film could have cut out most of the plot and characters and still have a completely intact film, insofar as the point of the film is its multimedia dance routines. The sort of productions The Mob pulls off are more akin to carefully planned art installations or music videos in terms of scope; it would have been better to at least make that somehow feasible in terms of the storyline. Yes, we are here for a spectacle, and we surely get a spectacle, but it needs to have some roots in reality.
The dance scenes are fun, sexy and occasionally a little sappy, but overall quite enjoyable for people who enjoy ''So You Think You Can Dance'' type of shows. Kathryn McCormick and Stephen ''tWitch'' Boss both appeared on ''SYTYCD'' and their costar Misha Gabriel is a classically trained ballet dancer turned pro back-up dancer for folks like Beyoncé and Michael Jackson. Guzman doesn't have a dance background, but he is an MMA fighter who obviously took his training very seriously. The entire outfit is pretty damn entertaining, to be honest.
As far as the 3D goes, it makes most of Miami look overcast and grey. The extra zings added in to make sure we get our money's worth, like sand flicking out at us or a breakdancer whose foot seems to be aiming for our face, only serves to distract from the real show at hand. There is also an awful lot of ramping and generally spazzy editing tricks that look cheap. The screenplay by Amanda Brody is definitely not its strong suit.
Step Up Revolution is the cinematic equivalent of a trashy beach novel. It's embarrassing to be caught actually enjoying it, and you'll forget about it almost immediately, but it's a decent way to spend a summer afternoon.
Hollywood.com rated this film 2 1/2 stars.
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Holly Adam, Nebraska's Assistant Athletic Director for Tickets, said Wednesday that order forms for Husker postseason football games this season are due Friday, Nov. 16, at 5 p.m. "We've tried to make the process as easy and as streamlined as possible," Adam said, pointing out that in years past, postseason ticket forms were mailed only to Huskers Athletic Fund donors at all levels, whether they had season football tickets or not.
This year, in an effort to reach more fans, "We offered the order form to all football season ticket holders and donors," Adam said. The form was sent via email last Friday, and accounts without an email address were sent a paper form that included Friday's deadline on the form. Adam encourages fans to take advantage of priority status because any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public shortly after Nebraska qualifies for postseason play.
Seating for such events, which include the Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis, plus a variety of postseason bowl opportunities, will be based on donor priority points. "Requests from non-donor season ticketholders will be selected based on the timing of the receipt of the order," Adam said, adding that the Athletic Department will use its best judgment to determine allocations after all donor and season ticketholder accounts have been filled.
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Condition Zulu; My morning watch starts dark, gray and windy. We're anchored and holding well with 4 shots in the water. With the barometer at 983mb, temp 65f and heavy rain the winds are gusty but they're not anywhere near hurricane strength right now. The TV news is calling for the worst of the storm to hit this area between now and 0800. I hope to be able to get some video of the eye's approach, and that's only if I don't have more pressing concerns by then.
Why the Hell do newscasters think they need to stand out on a windswept street corner during a heavy weather event? It strikes me as being about as idiotic as you can get. Is the producer trying to get rid of their "meteorologists"? They're standing in 40-50kn winds telling you not to try and stand in 40-50kn winds. I don't wish them harm, but maybe if a billboard or two flew by their "perch", maybe they'd get the message.
So far only one unit (that I know of) dragged last night in our little piece of the river. The tug and light barge got caught in a heavy gusting easterly and ended up against the bank under the Palisades. No blood, no foul…they were able to get free and head up to a spot up off Hastings, NY. As far as I know they're anchored and holding. We're at a respectable 23′ draft and don't suffer the wind's sheering effect as much. It's good to be deep.
We've just about finished swinging to the incoming tide and the wind is howling a bit more often . I'm setting up my camera now so I don't have to mess with it later, I'm hoping for some decent visibility. I'm also hoping my truck doesn't end up floating away into the Kill Van Kull.


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ROCKFORD — Chopping up and hauling away three fallen trees from a backyard and clearing out a single-car garage filled from the floor to the rafters with scrap wood, metal, tires and debris is a project for several weekends. Maybe the entire summer.
But arm 20 to 30 youths and young adults with work gloves, a chain saw, wheelbarrows and rakes, the task is completed in a matter of hours.
Matricia Walker, 39, who is renting a house in the 1100 block of Blaisdell Street, witnessed and helped the small army of church and community volunteers transform her backyard to a place she was fearful of entering to a place where she now envisions planting a vegetable garden.
"They should call themselves The Church of We Get It Done," Walker said. "I'm grateful."
This is the fourth year of Project 10:13, the massive neighborhood cleanup spearheaded by Rock Church, 6732 Harrison Ave.
Volunteers explained the name's reference to the verse from the Gospel of Matthew: "If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it. If it is not, let your peace return to you."
Wednesday began the four-day effort. About 180 volunteers from Rockford, Freeport, Durand, Dakota, Chicago and Duluth will take on 100 projects on 80 properties on Blaisdell Street between Avon Street and Central Avenue and Furman and Fairview streets, Associate Pastor Jared Katke said.
The work can be as simple as cutting grass and trimming bushes to painting fences and staining decks to tearing down dilapidated sheds — on occupied and on abandoned, boarded-up sites.
"This is awesome," said Hannah Fehr, 17, of Dakota. She and Nathaniel Smith, 18, of Dakota are participating in the project as part of the Highland Community College Servant Leadership program.
Katke said Project 10:13 began with an invitation from the West Gateway Coalition, a residential neighborhood association. He said many of the initial cleanup efforts were too overwhelming for many of the homeowners and renters to tackle alone.
"The first year, we did a two-block area on Blaisdell. The second year was about the same. The third year, other congregations got involved and we did a six-block area between Avon and Central."
The city, which lauded Project 10:13 at Monday's City Council meeting, is pitching in by providing Dumpsters and hauling away yard waste.
Katke said this year's cleanup began in April when members canvassed the area with city officials, identified projects, then sent waiver forms asking landlords and homeowners for their consent to spruce up the property. About 40 percent responded, Katke said.
Identifying Blaisdell and surrounding streets as one of the city's poorest neighborhoods was easy. Gaining the trust of its residents was the hard part.
"We told them we would be back, and we would keep our promises," Katke said. "We would finish whatever we started. So there's a trust now."
Katke said he knows the group's efforts are paying off.
"The properties are being maintained better now. It was just a matter of getting them over the hump, and now they're like 'OK. This is doable'."
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Just last week I had a GMO-related spat on twitter with a so-called professor, @calestous. He was of the opinion that biotechnology, mostly genetically engineering of food, could save the world (especially Africa) from global hunger, but he works for the same government that was the first to legalize GMOs, so I was not surprised to read his article about this BS.
Unlike him, I use facts in my arguments, have no time for he-say she-say, opinions are best used in a gamble you can afford to lose, not the GMO question.
So, let's get to facts;
First of all we have to know what is this Monsanto we hear about everyday; In a nutshell, it is an agribusiness company that wants to monopolize the seed market hence controlling food, humanity, life. Monsanto controls over 80% of the food market in the USA.
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Monsanto are liars and do not inform the public on material issues regarding their products, processed and waste.
This is evident in the case of 'The People of Aniston Vs Monsanto where the latter paid the former USD 700 million dollars for continuous pollution of the area with PCBs that came from their manufacturing plant.
Before being banned, PCBs were widely used by Monsanto as coolants and insulating fluids (transformer oil) for transformers and capacitors, such as those used in old fluorescent light ballasts, as plasticizers in paints and cements, stabilizing additives in flexible PVC coatings of electrical wiring and electronic components, pesticide extenders, cutting oils, reactive flame retardants, lubricating oils, hydraulic fluids, and sealants (for caulking in schools and commercial buildings), adhesives, wood floor finishes (such as Fabulon and other products of Halowax in the U.S.), paints, de-dusting agents, water-proofing compounds, casting agents, vacuum pump fluids, fixatives in microscopy, surgical implants, and in carbonless copy ("NCR") paper, Wikipedia
From the above information, we now know that PCBs were widely used in industry before being banned due to toxicity proven by the several deaths and hospitalization of the Aniston Victims. Research has shown that the PCBs from back in the day are more than active today and almost everyone in this planet earth has some degree of PCBs in their system because it's in the water, air, food basically the whole environment.
Fact #2
Agent Orange – Dioxin alert – Monsanto poisoned a whole country!
America lives and breathes war, weapons and war-like supplies is HUGE business and that's why America staged 9-11 so as to gain public support and occupy Iraq, Afghan, anywhere there is good oil, opium (For making Heroine, Afghan's dope is the best) but that is a blog post for another day.
In the Vietnam war, apart from bombing innocent people, America also decide to defoliate arable land and forest cover so as to starve the innocent people to death along with the guerillas. They did this with a chemical called Agent Orange, a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent). Up to today, effect of this chemical, produced by Monsanto, are still being suffered from as the most active ingredient, dioxin, is toxic and still present in Vietnam and American troops who served that war. Today, dioxin is banned.
Fact #3
GMOs do not solve any hunger issues.
In Kenya, over 80% of our land lies idle and under-utilised, even if you travel to the most productive parts of the country, there is a lot of idle land because of poor land ownership policies, how the F$#% is GMO going to solve that?
Monsanto have been selling us the idea that higher yields are the 'key' to solving this hunger issue which someone with half a brain would tell you otherwise.
Fact #4
GMOs cause cancer. Dr Árpád Pusztai (My Fav Scientist) is a Hungarian-born biochemist and nutritionist who spent 36 years at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland. He is a world expert on plant lectins, authoring 270 papers and three books on the subject. In 1998 Pusztai publicly announced that the results of his research showed feeding genetically modified potatoes to rats had negative effects on their stomach lining, immune system and were causing some cancers. I linked our mediocre professor to Arpad's research but he said that he is not a rat….very stupid, ignorant and idiotic coming from a professor, I replied by suggesting he adds some rat poison in his dinner and see if 'he is not a rat' pun intended.
Of course coming up with research like that, Dr Pusztai was fired because such publications would stall the inception of GMOs into Europe hence interfering with the Monsanto's For-Profit agenda.
Fact #5
Monsanto wants to control the seed market using round up. Round up is a toxic chemical herbicide that kills ALL vegetation when and where applied. Monsanto then goes and engineers seed that is resistant to the round up and sells it to you. There is also an agreement that you are not supposed to save your own seed as it is patented and you can be sued by Monsanto for using your own property like the several Indian farmers who have been sued for producing GMO cotton that was wind-pollinated from other GMO farms yet they planted non GMO cotton. (Read; Ten Facts You Should Know About Monsanto)
It is all about profit, population control and profit with Monsanto and they are spreading fast, even Kenya legalised the importing of GMOs the other day so we are deep inside the battle zone. There is alot you can do, first by sharing this blog post with your friends and family, do a little more research on GMOs and who Monsanto is and finally organic farming does not use anything GMO, I know organic produce is expensive but if more people were on board, prices would gradually slow down due to the economies of scale. DON'T PANIC, EAT ORGANIC.
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The exterior of his 2011 Avenger is absolutely flawless ~ not a scratch or blemish to be found anywhere. The paint job is shiny and polished, reflecting the sunlight like a mirror. It is this kind of attention to detail and insistence on perfection that brings Bob Parisi, a longtime customer and self-confessed car fanatic, back to Brock's Collision Center & Auto Repair shop, time after time. Over 11 years ago, Bob's prized collector's 1997 T-Bird was hit, sustaining significant body damage. He brought this classic car into Brock's where he met owner Anthony Broccoli, and within days, his fully restored car was back in his possession - better than new. Bob was sold, and has been a loyal customer, and friend, ever since. But it isn't just the body work that brings him here. In his words: "I am obsessed with my car and would never bring it anywhere else. Anthony takes care of all my body work AND all my mechanical needs. You will never find anyone who gives you a price than Anthony - he will never rip you off. My dealership gave me free oil changes, but I even turned those down to come here."
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A half hour of books, songs, and story activities for children between the ages of 4 and Kindergarten. Registration is required and can be done in person or over the phone; please contact Youth Services.Library: Lake Villa District Library
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ROCKFORD - If there's one thing that Jessie Heisler instilled in her friends and family it's that if you want something, you have to go after it yourself.
That mentality drove her to becoming a leading force in achieving equality for women among the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department ranks.
She was its first female deputy - trading in her deputy-clerk duties in the "paper service," or the Process Division, for a spot in the Patrol Division. When she was wrongly assigned a lower-paying job classification for more than a decade, Heisler sued the county for $43,000 in back pay.
And she won.
"It would have been worth it if she had lost it, just see everybody put in their place," Becky Hilton said about her mother. "They had to change their attitude about women. There is a lot male dominance."
Hilton said her mother didn't perceive herself as a crusader during her 26-year career in law enforcement.
"She was happy she got it done, and it did change. ... She wasn't one who would need the recognition."
Heisler's strong personality and ear-to-ear smile when she laughed will be cherished by friends and family. The 77-year-old died Jan. 9, surrounded by loved ones.
Her funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Advantage Funeral Home, 7000 W. State St., in Rockford; visitation will begin at 1 p.m.
Winnebago County Sheriff Dick Meyers said Heisler's contributions to the force helped lay the foundation for female employees to come. She proved that it didn't matter if you were male or female - as long as you could get the job done.
"We have a lot of female officers. They blend into the system well. She helped set the stage for that, and we're a better agency today for having Jessie be a part of it," he said.
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ROCKFORD — AAR Corp. will pay Chicago Rockford International Airport $400,000 a year to lease a giant jet repair and maintenance facility that the airport will build on its campus by early 2016.
The Greater Rockford Airport Authority Board of Commissioners approved a 10-year lease Thursday with the Wood Dale-based company.
The contract, which AAR has already signed, follows an announcement made Monday to bring the long-sought MRO to the airport.
The $40 million facility will be built on 13 acres along Cessna Drive. It will feature twin 9½-story jet hangars, each spanning 90,000 square feet, and an additional 20,000 square feet of office and warehouse space.
The lease requires the airport to reimburse AAR for up to $3 million for the purchase of new aircraft tooling equipment. The airport would own the equipment and would convey it to AAR at no cost after at least five years.
The agreement also requires AAR to "use reasonable efforts" to employ 500 people full time within two years of the MRO being operational. AAR Corp. CEO David Storch said Monday that if his company is successful, the number of jobs eventually created could be "north of 1,000." Storch wants the airport to expedite its construction schedule, too, airport Director Mike Dunn told commissioners.
"The original plan was to deliver the building in the first quarter of 2016, but they want it sooner," Dunn said. "Our construction folks will be meeting to talk about that very quickly."
Illinois is providing $15 million to offset construction costs. The U.S. Economic Development Administration is expected to provide $5 million to $10 million, Dunn said this week. The airport, city of Rockford and Winnebago County will foot the rest of the bill.
The lease requires the airport to deliver final construction plans, building specifications and construction costs to AAR within six months.
The MRO will share a parking lot with a 40,000-square-foot Rock Valley College aviation maintenance training center that's under construction and slated to open next summer. The larger training center allows Rock Valley to expand its program and produce more FAA-certified aviation mechanics for the MRO and the region's aerospace cluster.
Ensuring the availability of a skilled workforce was key to luring AAR Corp. — a global aerospace and defense contractor that employs 6,000 people in 17 countries — to Rockford. The airport pledges in the lease to help AAR locate, recruit, hire and train aircraft mechanics and other employees at wage rates competitive with similar MROs across the country.
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Inspectors search for cause of natural gas explosion
Springfield, Mass. — Preliminary inspections show that more than 40 buildings were damaged in one of New England's biggest cities Friday when a natural gas leak led to an explosion that injured 18, building inspectors said Saturday.
A strip club was flattened and a day care center was heavily damaged in the massive blast. No one was killed.
Investigators Saturday were trying to determine what caused the blast that was heard for miles, left a large hole in the ground where the multistory brick building housing Scores Gentleman's Club once stood, and scattered debris over several blocks.
After responding to an odor of gas reported about an hour before the explosion, officials evacuated part of the entertainment district. Gas workers venting the leak saw indications that the building was about to explode and, along with firefighters and police officers, ducked for cover behind a utility truck just before the blast, said Mark McDonald, president of the New England Gas Workers Association.
Most of the injured were in that group, and the truck that saved their lives essentially was demolished, he said.
"It really is a miracle and it's an example of our public safety officials, each and every day, putting themselves in harm's way, taking what could have been considered a very routine call of an odor of gas, but they took the proper precautions," State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said. "And thanks to God that they did."
Officials also marveled at how the 5:30 p.m. blast occurred when the day care center next door was closed. The center's building was heavily damaged.
Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno were attending a tree-lighting ceremony when the explosion occurred. Sarno said some spectators mistakenly thought the boom was part of the holiday event.
The blast shattered windows over a three-block radius, left at least three buildings irreparably damaged and prompted emergency workers to evacuate a six-story apartment building that was buckling, police said. Pieces of broken glass littered streets and sidewalks. It was unclear Saturday how many residents had been evacuated. A shelter was set up at a school, but city officials said no one stayed there overnight.
Omar Fermin, manager of the Punta Cana Restaurant two blocks from the explosion site, found the floor-to-ceiling windows blown out when he came to check on the property Saturday morning.
"It looks like an earthquake hit," the Dominican Republic native said. "I've never seen anything like it."
As Fermin waited for someone to come and assess the damage, he worried the restaurant would remain closed for weeks while the owner sought to replace the massive, custom-made windows.
Authorities cordoned off the explosion area Saturday as building inspectors worked to identify unsafe structures. Anxious residents gathered at the perimeter, waiting for permission to visit their buildings.
Preliminary reports show the blast damaged 42 buildings comprising 115 residential units, and police officers were deployed throughout the area to prevent looting, said Thomas Walsh, spokesman for the mayor.
Three buildings were condemned immediately, and 24 others would require additional inspections by structural engineers to determine whether they are safe, Walsh said.
Dogs trapped in abandoned buildings barked loudly Saturday as inspectors fanned out across the area. One inspector said he wished he could get a ladder and permission to retrieve a dog that was barking on the upper floor of one building that was sealed off from residents.
Authorities are opening an animal shelter for pets affected by the explosion, Walsh said.
Coan, the fire marshal, said his office is investigating the cause of the blast and its origin. The state's Department of Public Utilities also was investigating.
Sheila Doiron, a spokeswoman for Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, said the company will continue to monitor for leaks within several blocks of the blast site. So far, she said, the company hadn't yet found any measurable readings.
The utility will keep at least 30 workers at the scene, along with a so-called sniffing car mounted with sophisticated gadgets capable of detecting low level natural gas leaks, Walsh said.
The victims — nine firefighters, two police officers, four Columbia Gas workers, two civilians and another city employee — were taken to two hospitals in the city.
Springfield, which is 90 miles west of Boston and has about 150,000 residents, is the largest city in western Massachusetts. It's known for being home to the Basketball Hall of Fame, which is not near the blast site.
Associated Press writers Rodrique Ngowi, Bridget Murphy and Bob Salsberg in Boston and Jessica Hill in Springfield contributed to this report.
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The dog days of summer may be over, but the Buddies are back. Coming September 20, the new Spooky Buddies will be coming to DVD from Walt Disney Pictures!
It's Halloween, and Disney's irresistible talking puppies are back in an all-new movie that takes them far across town to a mysterious mansion where something very spooky is going on. With the help of some unexpected new friends - including a friendly ghost, this trick-or-treat adventure is howling-good Buddy fun.
In a race against the Howlloween Hound, the Buddies and their new friends, Pip, Zelda, Rodney and Skip must stop Warlock the Magician — and save the world from his dastardly deeds.
Overflowing with action, humor and a bag full of bonus features, Spooky Buddies is a spooktacular adventure that treats you to a celebration of friendship and teamwork your whole family will enjoy. To help celebrate the upcoming season and the release of Spooky Buddies to DVD, I will be giving one of my amazing readers a copy of Spooky Buddies!! Also check out the Spooky Buddies Widget I have below this post, there are fun tips and activities!


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Huskers Close Regular Season in California
No. 11 Nebraska at California
Saturday, March 16 | 9 p.m. CDT (7 p.m. PDT) | Berkeley, Calif.
The No. 11 Nebraska women's gymnastics team will close the regular season on the road this weekend, traveling west for a meet with the California Golden Bears. NU and Cal will square off on Saturday, March 16 at 7 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. CDT) in Berkeley, Calif. The meet will serve as a double dual meet and will run alongside a men's gymnastics contest between Cal and Illinois. Nebraska (8-3, 5-2 Big Ten) will look to gain momentum against the Bears (7-8, 1-7 Pac-12) before heading to the Big Ten Championship meet next weekend.
With only two performances left to count toward regional seeding, the Huskers need a pair of solid performances to boost their Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) and snag favorable placement for NCAA Regional competition. NU upped their RQS to 196.565 this week with scores of 197.675 at home and 196.150 on the road last week.
Gymnast to Watch
Janelle Giblin | Sr. | San Ramon, Calif. (Airborne)
- Returns to her home state of California for her final regular season meet as a Husker
- Tied for 12th nationally on bars with an RQS of 9.895
- One of just two gymnasts in the nation to post a 10.0 on bars this season
Scouting the California Golden Bears
A Glance at the Golden Bears
Head Coach: Justin Howell (First Year)
2013 Record: 7-8 (1-7 Pac-12)
2013 High Score: 195.925 (vs. Brown and San Jose State, 2/18/13)
2012 Record: 4-11
2012 NCAA Finish: N/A
The California Golden Bears will close their regular season in a dual meet with Nebraska this weekend. The Bears are 7-8 this season, including a 1-7 mark in a deep Pac-12 conference. Cal enters this weekend's dual after a third-place performance in a quad meet with No. 3 Michigan, No. 8 UCLA and Iowa State on March 10. The Bears earned a 194.925 to topple Iowa State while finishing behind Michigan and UCLA. The squad's high score of the year (195.925) came in a first-place effort against Brown and San Jose State on Feb. 18.
Cal has been led in 2013 by all-arounder Alicia Asturias, who has captured a pair of all-around titles for the Bears in her junior campaign. Asturias is ranked 24th nationally in all-around competition, holding an RQS of 39.235. Her top effort this season was a 39.375 showing in Cal's tri-meet win over Brown and San Jose State.
Head Coach Justin Howell is in his first season at the helm of the Cal program after taking over for current Georgia head coach and previous Nebraska assistant Danna Durante. Howell is joined in the gym by Assistant Coach Elisabeth Crandall.
Nebraska's Rotation Order at California
Uneven Bars, Vault, Floor Exercise, Balance Beam
Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, Floor Exercise
Huskers Finish Third at Minnesota
NU finished third in a quad meet with No. 14 Minnesota, No. 24 Arkansas and Centenary on March 9, earning a team score of 196.150. Minnesota took first overall at 196.600, with Arkansas picking up second (196.350) and Centenary finishing fourth (190.425). The Huskers battled uncharacteristic errors on several events but still counted multiple strong performances.
"This is obviously not what we came in here to do," Head Coach Dan Kendig said. "It's not what I expected, especially since we came in with a high confidence level. We had mistakes everywhere. The big message here is that it's not what happened, it's how we react to it and what we do with it. If this doesn't motivate us to do better things, I don't know what will."
Jessie DeZiel led all Huskers on the evening, tying for first in the all-around with a 39.475 effort in front of her home state crowd. DeZiel's effort included finishes of first on vault (9.95) and bars (9.925), as well as third on beam (9.85). Emily Wong joined DeZiel with top-two finishes, tying for second on vault (9.90) and finishing second on floor (9.90). Janelle Giblin added a top-three finish with a 9.875 on bars.
The Huskers started the evening on bars, posting their highest road score of the season at 49.200. NU was led by DeZiel, who soared to a career-best-tying score of 9.925. Giblin followed up with a 9.875 for the Big Red bars squad, while freshman Hollie Blanske picked up a 9.825 on the event.
Nebraska battled uncharacteristic struggles in their second rotation on beam, fighting to their lowest total of the season at 48.550. NU was led by identical 9.85s from a duo of sophomores in DeZiel and Jennifer Lauer. Wong tacked on a 9.825 for the Huskers.
The Huskers took to floor for their third rotation of the night, picking up a 49.075 team mark. Wong led all Huskers with a 9.90, followed by Jennifer Lauer's mark of 9.825. Brittany Skinner and Blanske also snagged identical scores of 9.80 for NU.
The Huskers displayed great mental toughness in their final rotation, posting one of their best vault scores this season with a 49.375. DeZiel led the way for NU, earning a stellar 9.95. Wong followed close behind with a powerful 9.90, while Desiré Stephens and Blanske each tacked on career-high marks of 9.85
Huskers Up One Spot to No. 11
Nebraska jumped one spot to No. 11 in the latest GymInfo rankings, released March 11. The Huskers upped their RQS to 196.565 to edge closer to the nation's top-10 this week. NU also pulled down top-15 rankings on three of four events as a team, including a five-spot jump up to 10th nationally on vault (49.260). The Huskers added in rankings of 11th on beam (49.080), 12th on bars (49.195) and a tie for 16th on floor (49.155).
Oklahoma retook top honors in this week's rankings, delivering an RQS of 197.570. Florida followed close behind in the No. 2 spot (197.440), while Michigan filled out the top three (197.175). Alabama continued its steady rise up the rankings as it secured the No. 4 spot (197.125), and LSU came in at No. 5 nationally (197.055).
NU saw some new faces and big jumps in the individual rankings this week, but Emily Wong held steady with her four appearances. Wong is eighth nationally in the all-around (39.465), including a tie for eighth on floor (9.910), 15th on beam (9.875) and 20th on bars (9.875). Jessie DeZiel joined Wong as Huskers in the top-10 this week, appearing at 10th in the all-around (39.380) and 19th on bars (9.880). Janelle Giblin earned her first appearance in the top-25 on bars this week, tying for 12th overall (9.895). Jennifer Lauer reentered the rankings as well, tying for 22nd on beam (9.870).
Up Next for Nebraska
The Huskers will open postseason competition next weekend as they head east to compete in the Big Ten Championships. This year's meet is hosted by Michigan State and will be held in East Lansing, Mich., at the Breslin Center. The event will run in two session, with session I beginning at Noon CDT and session II starting at 5 p.m. CDT. Both sessions will be broadcast live on BTN.
Nebraska will enter the Big Ten Championship meet looking to defend their 2012 conference title. The Huskers posted a conference-best 197.100 at last season's championship meet, while senior Emily Wong took home the Big Ten all-around title with a 39.600 performance.
DeZiel, Giblin Capture Big Ten Awards
The Big Ten offices announced Monday that Jessie DeZiel and Janelle Giblin captured Big Ten honors for their performances throughout the previous week. DeZiel earned her second conference Co-Gymnast of the Week award this season, while Giblin captured her third Event Specialist of the Week accolade.
DeZiel earned her Co-Gymnast of the Week honor after capturing two all-around titles in two meets last weekend, including a career-best mark of 39.675 against Iowa. She also tied for the all-around title last Saturday, posting a 39.475 in her home state of Minnesota to finish even with Arkansas' Katherine Grable. DeZiel earned or tied for five event titles over the course of the two meets while matching her career-highs on vault (9.95) and uneven bars (9.925) in both contests. She also logged two third-place finishes on bars and beam in that span of time. The honor was DeZiel's fourth career accolade and her 14th weekly award overall; she shared last week's title with Michigan's Joanna Sampson.
Giblin picked up her third Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week honor this season after posting a career-high 10.0 on bars against Iowa on Feb. 22. Her 10.0 on bars was only the second in the nation this season and the second in Nebraska program history. It also marked NU's first 10.0 on any event since 2011. Giblin's performance boosted Nebraska to a 49.625 on bars, the second-highest team bars score in program history. She earned three additional top-three finishes through both meets, including tying her career-best on beam to win the title against Iowa (9.875). The award marked her third career weekly honor.
All-Around Outstanding
Throughout the 2013 season, Emily Wong and Jessie DeZiel have set themselves apart as two of the top all-around competitors in the nation. Both Huskers are ranked in the top ten nationally in all-around competition, with Wong coming in at eighth (39.465) and DeZiel earning the No. 10 spot (39.380). Nebraska joins Oklahoma as one of only two schools in the nation to have two all-around competitors ranked in the top-10.
Wong and DeZiel have captured a total of nine all-around titles in ten meets and have scored a 39.600 or higher in all-around competition a combined four times this season. Only nine total gymnasts nationally have broken the 39.600 threshold this season. Wong was one of the first three gymnasts in the nation to do so, posting a 39.650 against Michigan State on Jan. 39 to join Florida's Kytra Hunter and UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa.
Both Wong and DeZiel turned in career-best performances in Nebraska's win over Iowa. The duo went head-to-head in all-around competition, emerging with identical scores of 39.675. DeZiel and Wong started out tied with meet-best 9.95s on vault and traded event titles for the rest of the day: Wong earned top honors on vault and floor (9.925), while DeZiel took first on vault, beam (9.875) and floor (9.925).
Victorious on Vault
Assistant Coach Dan Miller's vaulting corps have come to serve as one of Nebraska's strengths this season after improving the quality of individual landings each week. With an RQS on the event of 49.260 and a team high score of 49.400, the Huskers are ranked 10th nationally on the event after hitting their rhythm on the apparatus in the last two weeks.
In NU's two previous meets, the Big Red logged a season-high score of 49.400 against Iowa before matching their second-best score of the season with a 49.375 at Minnesota. DeZiel led the Huskers in both efforts, tying her career-high of 9.95 in both meets. Wong added stellar performances of 9.95 and 9.90 in NU's last two outings as well. Nebraska has relied on other top marks from multiple Huskers, including identical career-best 9.85s from Desiré Stephens and Hollie Blanske on the road at Minnesota.
One of the Best, Bar None
Nebraska's consistent work on bars has transformed the event into one of NU's most dependable scoring threats on a week-by-week basis, particularly during the last three meets of the season. Since Feb. 22, the Huskers have posted bars scores of 49.325, 49.625 and 49.200 to bump their RQS up to 49.195. The team's efforts have translated in the gym as well: NU is 6-1 this season when winning the bars in team competition.
The highlight of NU's bars performances this season came at home against Iowa, when Kendig's squad used outstanding performances from all six competitors on uneven bars to seal a team score of 49.625. Of Nebraska's six gymnasts on the even, five posted or tied career-bests on bars to aid the Big Red--including a perfect 10.0 from Janelle Giblin.
Giblin was narrowly trailed by Emily Wong's 9.95 outing on the event. The performance marked the second time this season Wong has picked up a 9.95 on bars.
Jessie DeZiel added a new career-best on the evening, posting a 9.925. DeZiel had posted her previous best of 9.90 four times before shattering that mark against the Hawkeyes.
Kassandra Nathe and Brittany Skinner earned identical scores of 9.875 on the evening. Nathe anchored Nebraska's efforts on bar with her performance, topping her previous career-high of 9.85 that she had most recently posted at the 2010 NCAA Championships. Skinner's effort tied her career-best, marking the second time this season she has done so.
Nebraska's efforts added up to a team mark of 49.625, the second-highest bars score posted in the nation this season. The score is also the second-highest in school history, trailing only Nebraska's effort of 49.725 posted at the 2001 Big 12 Championships.
Six All-Americans Poised to Lead Huskers in 2013
NU's efforts this season have been anchored by its six returning All-Americans, including three honorees that captured eight awards last season. Jessie DeZiel, Janelle Giblin and Emily Wong headline a group that has won 16 awards since 2010 and also includes seniors Kassandra Nathe and Brittany Skinner and junior Jamie Schleppenbach.
Nebraska will look for sustained success from its vaulting corps as it fields four previous All-Americans. The group is led by 2012 first-team All-American Giblin and second-team honoree DeZiel alongside previous first-teamers Schleppenbach and Skinner.
The Huskers will also welcome back three previous All-Americans in both all-around competition and on uneven bars. Notably returning to the competition floor on bars this season is 2010 second-team All-American Nathe, who has missed the past two seasons due to injury. Nathe is expected to provide a spark as well as depth to NU's bar lineup in 2013. Nebraska returns two All-Americans on floor and beam as well.
Kendig Architect of One of Nation's Top Programs
Now in his 20th year at the helm of the Nebraska gymnastics program, Head Coach Dan Kendig is the all-time winningest coach in Nebraska history. Kendig holds a 448-173-4 record overall and a 299-71-2 regular-season mark. An eight-time conference coach of the year selection, Kendig most recently earned Big Ten Coach of the Year honors last season after guiding the 2012 Huskers to the program's 22nd conference title.
Kendig has also led the Huskers to 15 NCAA Championship appearances in the past 18 season, including NCAA Super Six Finals appearances in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2011. Kendig was honored as the NCAA Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2003, a year in which the Huskers finished fourth nationally. He guided the 2012 Huskers to a 24-7 record overall, including an eighth-place finish at the 2012 NCAA Championships in Duluth, Ga. The performance marked Nebraska's 28th consecutive NCAA post season appearance, while three of Kendig's gymnasts--Jessie DeZiel (FX, AA, V), Janelle Giblin (V, UB) and Emily Wong (BB, FX, AA)--earned All-America honors.
NU Assistants Boost Husker Efforts in 2013
Joining Kendig in his leadership of the Huskers this season are second-year assistant coaches Heather Brink and Dan Miller. Brink continues her role in the gym as the team's beam coach while assisting with floor choreography. Brink has boosted Nebraska's scores on beam this season while guiding Jennifer Lauer and Emily Wong to a combined six titles on the event. In her first season as an assistant with the Huskers, Brink helped coach Emily Wong to first-team All-America honors on beam. Brink's assistance with NU's floor routines also guided Jessie DeZiel to first-team All-America honors and Wong to second-team honors on the event.
Miller continues to lead NU's efforts on vault and floor in 2013. Miller's gymnasts have snagged 10 titles on vault and eight on floor this season. During his first season at Nebraska in 2012, Miller guided DeZiel to first-team All-America honors on floor and second-team honors on vault. He also assisted in the development of Janelle Giblin, who earned first-team honors on vault, and Wong, who picked up second-team honors on floor. The gymnasts under Miller's tutelage in 2012 garnered a total of 15 floor titles and 14 vault titles throughout the season.
Volunteer assistant coach Owen Field, now in his third season in that position, aids NU's full-time staff in 2013. Field will assist head coach Dan Kendig on the uneven bars while also working with the Huskers' strength and conditioning program.
Huskers Sign two for 2014
The Huskers announced the addition of a pair of multi-talented recruits for 2014 in November. Dan Kendig and the Big Red will welcome Ashley Lambert and Jennie Laeng next year, rounding out the Husker roster and giving the Huskers increased depth and new skills in their lineup.
"We are very excited about the signing of both Ashley and Jennie," Kendig said. "They will both bring a vast amount of experience and skill to our team next year. They complement each other extremely well: Ashley is powerful and her best events are floor and vault, while Jennie will be a force on bars and beam."
A native of Virginia, Lambert is a level ten gymnast that has trained at World Class Gymnastics under coaches Tami Harrison and Troy Miller. Lambert is a four-time Junior Olympic National Qualifier. In 2012, she notched a fifth-place finish in all-around competition and a second-place finish on floor at Regionals. Lambert also picked up a third-place finish in all-around at the Regional level in 2011 that included first-place finishes on vault and floor.A level ten gymnast from Ohio, Laeng trains at Olympic Dreams Gymnastics and has qualified for both Junior Olympic Nationals and the Junior Olympic National Invitational Tournament. In 2011, Laeng finished first in all-around and beam competition at the Junior Olympic National Invitational. She added a fifth-place finish on bars and seventh on beam at the 2012 Junior Olympic National Championship.


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The Democrats won the presidential races in 2008 and 2012. Since that happened without a voter identificaton law in place, you have to ask why they are so against voter ID.
The only reason I can come up with is that they cheated with the voting process.
If the Democrats were able to bus people to the voting centers, why can't they they bus them to the places that are available for the public to get a voter's I.D.?


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The Boulder County Coroner's Office today ruled that two men found in Boulder and Fourmile canyons this summer each died after accidental falls.
Neill Jonathan Filley, 20, of Boulder, was spotted by passers-by at the bottom of a deep ravine in near 2450 Fourmile Canyon Drive on Aug. 18. Rescuers rappelled down 100 feet into the ravine to reach Filley, who had a campsite in the area.
Filley was airlifted to Denver Health Medical Center, but died two days later. It was unclear how long he was in the ravine before rescuers reached him.
Treff Owen Carpenter, of Greeley, was climbing with a group of people on the popular "Boulderado" rock formation near mile marker 32 in Boulder Canyon on Sept. 2 when officials say he lost his footing and fell 150 feet onto the roadway below.
Witnesses attempted CPR, but Carpenter was pronounced dead on the scene.
Boulder County Coroner Emma Hall ruled the cause of death in both cases as blunt trauma to the head, and ruled both deaths accidents.


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Mother's Day is here and it's the one time each year where everything is about dear Mom. Sure, you try to make her birthday special, and the holidays are always nice, but Mom is so used to taking care of everyone else, that it's hard to make her kick up her heels and accept the adoration herself.
Mother's Day is the perfect excuse to treat Mom like a queen and let her know you appreciate everything she has done and continues to do for you. Here are some ideas to show you think MOMS "R" GREAT :
M is for Memories Conspire with your family to dig up old photos of Mom – from her childhood, her swinging single days, wedding pics, pregnancy pics, and pictures from all of the meaningful occasions since then. Go to your local copy shop and make color copies of each (you can save money by fitting as many photos as you can on one sheet). Then cut out the pictures and paste them onto a large piece of poster board. You and your family can then sign the poster board with all the well wishes you can fit. After you present this to her (and her tears dry) you can get it framed so Mom can hang it in her home.
O is for Online Bring your mother into the 21st Century by giving her the gift of the Internet. Purchase a subscription for her to an online provider and then teach her how to access the Web. Also, sign her up for a free email account while reminding her that email is a great way to keep in touch, send little sentiments and swap photos. If you have kids, Mom won't be able to resist the allure of receiving frequent photos of the grandchildren's latest antics. If your Mom is already zooming around Cyberspace, do a little bit of research and locate some websites that specialize in Mom's hobbies – fitness, sewing, antiques, movies, etc. – and present her with a list of URLs that may be of interest to her in her precious spare time. She will appreciate the effort, as well as the shortcut of simply typing in the URL rather than having to research it herself. Introduce her to convenient online services that can save her time and money e.g. e-banking, digial music (itunes.com, rhapsody.com, napster.com, and online movie services (e.g. movelink.com, netflix.com, cinemanow.com).
M is for Make Something It was true when you were little, and it's still true now. Mom always appreciates something made from the heart. So if you knit, make her a light spring sweater; if you paint, create a masterpiece just for her; if you write, create a poem in celebration of all she is. If you don't do any of these things, you can always head down to your nearest "make your own pottery" boutique and create a madcap dish or vase or candlestick holder that with give you both a memorable giggle to share.
S is for Shopping Not sure what to get Mom? What do you get a woman with everything? Get thee to a mall! Bring Mom shopping and watch for the first thing that makes her face light up. There's your gift! Plus, you get to spend time with Mom walking around, people watching and window-shopping – the kind of quality time that is increasingly rare in this crazy world.
R is for Restaurant Splurge for Mom and take the family out to a restaurant at which she has always dreamed about dining. Ask her friends or other family members to find out where she would like to go and celebrate her special day over dinner or a nice Sunday brunch. Don't forget to make a toast!
G is for Get-Together Be sure your family spends Mother's Day together. Decide among the family who will host the event and make it a potluck in order to ease the strain – after all, the day is about Mom, not about spending the day in the kitchen. Have another "G" at hand – GAMES – and some people can play board games while others catch up on family news. At some point during the get-together, watch an old family movie. Not only will you be reliving old memories, but also you will be making new ones.
R is for Reading Give Mom the latest book on her favorite subject, or get her a subscription to a magazine she would love. You can even buy her a subscription to the online version of her favorite Journal. Studies indicate that people who keep their minds busy with activities such as reading, have a reduced chance of developing Alzheimer's disease.
E is for Entertainment Get Mom tickets to a great entertainment event – all Mothers deserve fun! Whether it's the escape of movie passes, tickets to a concert or front row seats to the theatrical tour coming through her neighborhood, Mom will love it. Be sure to get her two – she can bring you….or a guest of her choice. (Don't get jealous, though; it's her day!) Is Mom not a big fan of going out? Then pick up some CDs or videos for her collection.
A is for Art Does Mom's house need an extra touch of beauty? Why not pick her up a lovely watercolor by a local artist, or a reproduction of a famous sculpture or even a framed lithograph by Van Gogh. Whatever it is, make sure it suits Mom's tastes and that the colors of the item complements her home décor.
T is for Toast You can do this at a restaurant or at your get-together, but you can also just do this at home. Pull out pen and paper and get cracking – your mission is to write an eloquent toast that encompasses how much you love your mother, how grateful you are for all she has given you and to let her know how she touches the lives of everyone she meets. Then, get a bottle of champagne or sparkling cider, and in front of your whole family (or even just Mom), raise your glass and read her your toast.
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Game 1 of softball doubleheader with Reed-Custer
Julie Hogan drove an offering over the right field fence in the bottom of the sixth inning to help give Pontiac an 8-5 softball victory over Reed-Custer in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday at Williamson Field.
The second game was in progress at the time of writing.
Hogan's homer, which cleared the fence about 25 feet fair after being blown toward the foul pole, gave PTHS a 6-5 lead. Emily Wertz lined a single to center later in the inning to plate two more runs.
Hogan shut down the Comets in the seventh to complete the victory.
Pontiac trailed 5-4 heading into the sixth. Maddie Jacobs led off with fly out to left. The ball may have been the hardest hit in the frame but was held up by a 25-mph wind. Jacobs also grounded into the final out with a fielder's choice.
More on the Pontiac twin bill with Reed-Custer will appear online later and in Tuesday's Daily Leader.


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The temperature has already climbed above 80, schools will be out soon, and everyone is looking for fun. That can only mean one thing: the State Fair Meadowlands is not far away.
If you are looking for racing and squealing pigs, a waterslide to get addicted to, or fast food of every imaginable kind, you have come to the right place.
The State Fair Meadowlands runs June 21 through July 7 at the Meadowlands Fairgrounds, next to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. It is the largest fair in the New York metropolitan area, with more than 150 rides and attractions on over 35 acres of fairgrounds.
But even with all the traditional fixtures New Jersey and New York residents have come to expect, the state fair has found ways to grow. One way is this summer's musical extravaganza and tribute to a foregone era.
Palisades Park Reunion
One of the most talked about events at this year's fair will be "Cousin Brucie's First Annual Palisades Park Reunion" on opening weekend. The State Fair will welcome legendary radio personality and current SiriusXM host Bruce Morrow on Saturday, June 22 at 7 p.m., when he bring the sounds of artists who entertained audiences at Palisades Amusement Park in the 1960s.
The evening will include performances broadcast live on SiriusXM's '60s on 6 channel, including Neil Sedaka, Lesley Gore, The Crests, Bobby Lewis, Vito Picone & The Elegants, Randy & The Rainbows, Ronnie Spector, and others. The event is part of the SiriusXM "Sounds of Summer" series.
Palisades Park, which operated from 1898 to 1971, was located on the edge of Bergen County overlooking Manhattan. During his time at WABC Radio in New York, "Cousin Brucie" was known for hosting the famous Palisades Park rock concerts.
"We'll have something for everybody this year." – Michele Tartaglione, State Fair managing director
In August 1965, Cousin Brucie had the distinction of introducing the Beatles during their historic Shea Stadium concert.
"I have been waiting for this event to happen for several decades," said Cousin Brucie. "Palisades Park was more than a Cousin Brucie showcase for the great artists of the day; it was literally an emotional experience for the tens of thousands of my listeners who attended these unforgettable shows. Great talent appeared with me at Palisades, many of whom made their debut."
The Cousin Brucie event is free with entry ticket to the fair, which is $9 for those 13 and older, and $7 for children 12 and under and senior citizens. Children fewer than 34 inches tall are admitted free.
The entertainment at the 2013 fair is as diverse at it will ever be, with many other new shows and expositions.
Other entertainment
"We'll have something for everybody this year, from returning favorites such as the Racing Pigs, Big Cat Show and Petting Zoo, to the all-new NBA Nation Tour, Circus Maximus and music acts," said Tartaglione. "Most of our attractions are free with entry ticket, providing families with an affordable day of fun and entertainment. Fans of old-fashioned fair attractions will also love our array of sideshows, including the 'Girl-to-Gorilla' show, which is appearing for the first time since 1996 to delight curious fairgoers."
This year's featured entertainment includes the following (all attractions are free with entry ticket unless otherwise specified):
• Circus Maximus – Featuring an all-new acrobat who artfully contorts on one hand; a stunning pair of aerialists who will perform their "Moon Act" high above the crowds; clowns, trapeze artists and more.
• The Racing Pigs – Kids and adults will love this hilarious pig racetrack; listen for Pamela Jean, the Pig Racing Queen, who calls the race like the Kentucky Derby!
• The Big Cat Show – Lions, tigers and ligers that are cute enough (almost) to cuddle; the fair's man, Clayton, will educate audiences all about these majestic protected creatures.
• Girl-to-Gorilla Show – An old-time illusion for the brave and curious (entry fee required); does the girl really grow hair and turn into a gorilla?
• NBA Nation Tour – Meet and greet NBA players; try out an agility course and skills challenge. Friday, June 28, 6 to 11 p.m.; Saturday, June 29, 2 to 11 p.m.; and Sunday, June 30, 2 to 10 p.m.
• NBC 4 and New York Giants Health & Fitness Expo – at MetLife Stadium on June 22 and 23, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Get a free hand stamp to enter State Fair at the expo from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier - Saturday, June 29, at 2:30 p.m. This is the last qualifier before the big event at Coney Island on July 4. (See sidebar.)
• Hypnotist Steve Bayner – Bark like a dog! Sing like Michael Jackson! Hypnosis pro Steve Bayner will get you every time.
• Educational Petting Zoo – Little ones will adore these interesting, exotic and well-loved animals who return this year to entertain and educate.
• Rides in the Original Batcopter – Batman fans can get a ride in the original helicopter from the 1966 TV series, with panoramic views of the fair and NYC (extra fee required).
• Fabulous Fireworks – Spectacular fireworks shows on July 3 and 4.
The fair will also feature free concerts, with bands ranging from pop music to country to contemporary rock.
Culinary offerings
Acres of food will be offered, including gyros, sausage and peppers, hamburgers, corn dogs, nachos, quesadillas, funnel cakes, turkey legs, blooming onions, candied apples, curly fries, deep-fried Oreos, corn on the cob, and ice cream.
Days and hours
• Opening Dollar Preview Night, June 21, 4 p.m. to 1 a.m.;
• First week: Monday through Thursday, 6 p.m. to midnight;
• Fridays, 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.;
• Saturdays, 2 p.m. to 1 a.m.;
• Sundays, 2 p.m. to midnight;
• Thursday, July 4, 2 p.m. to 1 a.m.; and
• Friday, July 5, from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Parking and shuttles
Parking is free Monday through Wednesday, and $4 Thursdays through Sundays, and July 3. On opening night parking is just $1.
The fair will be offering free shuttle buses from/to the Secaucus Junction Train Station on Fridays from 6 p.m. to midnight; Saturdays, 4 p.m. to midnight; Sundays, from 4 p.m. to midnight; July 3 from 6 p.m. to midnight; and July 4, from 4 p.m. to midnight.
Visit www.njfair.com for more information.
Joseph Passantino may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Local man to chow down for greater glory
On Saturday, June 29, the fair will host a Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier at 2:30 p.m., and it will have a local aspect to it. Hoboken resident Jordan Rothman will compete to try to earn a spot in big event on July 4 in Coney Island.
Rothman began eating competitively on a whim in 2005, when his dining hall at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., offered a bicycle as the grand prize of a hot dog eating contest, which he won. The following year, the university named him Athlete of the Week for his success in the hot dog eating contest.
As the contest approaches, he plans to train during most of his free time and run at least 25 miles a week in preparation.
The state fair competition is the last qualifier before Coney Island.
Photos courtesy of the State Fair Meadowlands and SiriusXM.


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GS: Where are you from?
ND: Reno, NV
GS: What degree will you receive and when?
ND: PhD in Health Education and Health Promotion, August 2009
GS: How long have you been at UAB?
ND: 3 years (since Fall of 2006)
GS: What is your research?
ND: Broadly speaking, my research focuses on reproductive health issues; my dissertation explores fertility desires among mothers living with HIV
GS: What made you choose UAB for your graduate studies?
ND: Because of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the region (unfortunately), the southern US was the ideal place given my interests in HIV/AIDS related research and programs. UAB has a long-standing history of excellence in the area of HIV. The fellowship also didn't hurt!
GS: Have you received any awards or honors?
ND: I came to UAB as a Graduate Trainee Fellow in 2006 and also received a scholarship from Tylenol in 2008.
GS: What has been your most rewarding experience at UAB?
ND: Meeting and working with others toward a number of common goals—during my time at UAB, I have met wonderful friends and colleagues with whom I will likely continue to collaborate for many, many years.
GS: Who was your greatest influence here at UAB and why?
ND: I have had too many influences at UAB--ranging from fellow students, faculty members, and support staff--to name a single most influential person. Collectively they have all challenged me to grow professionally and personally. I am grateful to my academic mentors, Dr. Diane Grimley and Dr. Susan Davies, for their support.
GS: What is your motivation in your academics/research?
ND: For me, public health has always been an avenue for empowering individuals and communities to reach their highest potential—I can't think of a better motivation than that.
GS: What are your plans after graduating and for the future?
ND: I plan to continue to teach, conduct research, and develop, implement and evaluate programs designed to improve the health of vulnerable populations, likely in an academic or non-profit setting; however, the exact location is yet to be determined.
What's Natalie's advice to other graduate students?
Try to enjoy the ride; it will be over soon enough….


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- Silyl chalcogenolates: synthesis, reactivity and transition metal complexes (2006)
- Chalcogen-based species are common ligands in transition-metal chemistry and display a variety of coordination modes. Like alkyl- and arylchalcogenolates, silylchalcogenolates are able to stabilize transition-metal complexes. Metal chalcogenolates LnM-ESiR3 with small organic residues R can serve as precursors for larger metal–chalcogenide clusters, which can be accessed by cleaving the E-Si bond. Furthermore, large silyl residues at the chalcogen atom serve to kinetically stabilize reactive systems. To explore the diverse chemistry of this class of compounds, a number of different silyl chalcogenolates were synthesized, including the sodium siloxide Ph2MeSiONa and the chalcogen derivatives of the extremely sterically hindered silyl residues tBu2PhSi- und tBu3Si-. The anionic silyl species tBu2PhSiNa and tBu3SiNa nucleophilically degrade elemental chalcogens (S, Se, and Te), thus producing the silyl chalcogenolates tBu2PhSiENa and tBu3SiENa (E = S, Se, Te). The chemical and structural properties of these compounds were studied. Protonolysis produces the corresponding chalcogenols tBu2RSiEH, while oxidation leads to the dichalcogenides tBu2RSiE-ESiRtBu2 (R = tBu, Ph; E = S, Se, Te). Oxidative addition of the dichalcogenides to metal centers in low oxidation states offers one route to chalcogenolate complexes. To investigate the realm of this approach, three oligochalcogen compounds R3SiE-E′n-ESiR3 were synthesized. The tetrasulfane tBu3SiS-S2-SSitBu3 and the chalcogen(II)dithiolates (tBu3SiS)2Se and (tBu3SiS)2Te were produced, and their stability was investigated. The direct comparison of isoelectronic species allows for a deeper understanding of their similarities and differences. The silanides R3Si– can be considered as anionic phosphane analogues in which a phosphorus atom has been formally replaced with a Si– unit. Phosphanylborhydrides R2BH3P– also belong to this isoelectronic series. The same analogy holds true for the chalcogen derivatives related to the phosphane chalcogenides R3P=E. With this in mind, complexes of the CpFe(CO)2 fragment with the different isoelectronic ligands were synthesized and compared. The silyl-based ligands were found to be the strongest donors of the two isoelectronic series. The differences in donor strength were roughly twice as large for the nonchalcogen species as for the chalcogen-based ligands. To further investigate the chemistry of transition-metal silyl chalcogenolate complexes, the coordination behavior of the chalcogenolates tBu2RSiE– (R = tBu, Ph; E = S, Se, Te) was studied. Salt metathesis of silyl thiolates with appropriate metal halides leads to the multinuclear complexes [Cu(SSitBu2Ph)]4 and [ZnCl(SSitBu3)(THF)]2. Metathesis products were identified in the reactions of BrMn(CO)5 with one or two equivalents of tBu3SiSNa(THF)2. Diproporationation of these compounds leads to dimeric Mn(I)Mn(II) complexes. The crystal structure of the dinuclear disproportionation product [(CO)3Mn(mu-SSitBu3)3Mn(SSitBu3)]– displays a terminal tBu3SiS– ligand, which coordinates with a Mn-S-Si angle of 180°. This geometry indicates that the thiolate can be considered as a six-electron donor (2 sigma e–, 4 pie–), analogous to the cyclopentadienyl ligand. Photoinduced oxidative addition of the dichalcogenides to Fe(CO)5 leads to the dimeric complexes [(CO)3Fe(ESitBu3)]2 (E = S, Se, Te). The tellurolate complex forms quantitatively within 8 h. The thiolate complex, on the other hand, is formed slowly over a period of six months. IR-spectroscopic investigation of the CO vibrations of the three homologous complexes indicates that the tellurolate is the strongest donor of the series.


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I wrote up a long post a few days ago about how much everything is going wrong lately. I ended up deleting it because I felt weird having it all out on the internet, but I am so fed up right now.
So, long story short my mother sold this house and my boyfriend and I have until closing date (29th of Nov) to find a new place to live. We might get 30 extra days, but its not confirmed. We have been searching for a new place since before the beginning of October and so far all we have gotten is false hope. As we expected, the majority of people we call about rentals say "no pets". The thing that gets me is the amount of people who say they will consider pets, we set up a day and time to view the house, and then on that day they either drop off the face of the earth and don't answer our phone calls or they tell us they have already rented it out to someone else.
We always recite the same info about how all of our pets are spayed and neutered, completely potty trained, Towser stays in his crate while we are gone, is being trained to be a therapy dog, doesn't bark, etc.
I hate it that people who are not responsible for their pets have ruined it for those of us who are. I told one lady that Towser is 100% potty trained (which he is) and she gave me a look like "yeah, right". One man was fine with a dog, but an "absolutely not" when asked if cats were okay. Apparantly the last tenant had an issue with their cat marking its territory. A lot of people are downright rude when telling you absolutely no pets. I understand, I am sure they have had a lot of problems with people not taking care of their property... I just wish they could see how well we keep our house. The vast majority of visitors think we only have 2 cats and a dog. We constantly get compliments that our house smells great, and that they never would have guessed that we have any animals in the first place.
What really gets me is we have a family friend who owns rentals with her husband. We have known her for years and years... at one point she was like a sister to me. She spent countless summers at our house and knows we take great care of our pets. They stated that they would waive their no pet policy for us when we began our search. That was when they had no rentals available. Now that they have two available, they make excuses like "we would rather rent to people who have kids". Seriously? SERIOUSLY? During the past month we have viewed dozens of places for rent, and the majority of ones that were rented by previous tenants that had kids have stained up carpets and crayon on the walls. I'm not saying all kids are like that, my mum would have never tolerated that nonsense.
We did go look at one yesterday where the couple seemed okay with pets. We chatted for a bit and I told the lady about how we use softclaws on our cats, which she really seemed to like the idea of (she is very against declawing, which is great). We are sending her our application on Monday and then fingers crossed from there... I sure don't have my hopes up, though. :(
Its insane. We have the money, we are good people, we don't party and we take great care of everything we own. Both of us are extremely clean people. Really, all we do is work our butts off and come home, clean, exercise the mutt, then hit the sack. We aren't asking for much, just a small place that can give us some peace of mind.
(Looks like this turned into a "life is not fair" pity party. Sorry about that.)