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The time your kids spend texting, Facebooking and sending IMs can come at a price. Plug in to your kids' social networking skills before they totally disconnect.
It's a typical evening at Chez Tynan-Wood. I come home to find my wife curled up in an overstuffed chair with a glass of pinot grigio and her tablet PC, shopping, managing our online calendars or playing solitaire. I hear the burble of YouTube from my 14-year-old son's laptop. My tween is on her desktop PC, listening to iTunes while simultaneously texting three friends. I sit on the couch and break out my netbook to check e-mail and Twitter for the 97th time that day. In fact, the only members of the household not looking at a screen are the dogs, who frisk me with enthusiasm in the hope I've brought home Chinese food.
Are we digitally distracted? You bet. Less connected as a family than we could be? No doubt. And though as technology journalists my wife and I are probably more engulfed in gadgetry than your average suburban family, we share many of the same distractions as other plugged-in households.
Studies confirm our love for all things media. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Americans between 8 and 18 consume media nearly eight hours a day, usually while multitasking (say, watching YouTube and tweeting). And the time families spend together has dropped from 26 hours a week to under 18, according to University of Southern California's Center for the Digital Future. Meanwhile, you can hardly open a newspaper or visit a news site without seeing reports of how technology is driving us apart and sapping our ability to contemplate anything longer than a status update. Worse, say some experts, digital natives like my kids—who brandish the Internet and cell phones the way a ninja warrior wields a samurai sword—have the most to lose. Apparently Generation Text spends so much time typing and tapping they may have difficulty understanding body language, resolving conflicts or feeling compassion for their real-life, flesh-and-blood companions.
Is it really as bad as all that? Yes and no. Let me explain.
Superficial Friendships
Like many Americans, we are a modern Facebook family. For me, social networking sites are part of my job; they're also a fun way to keep up with friends, relatives and former colleagues, and to connect with the occasional random stranger. For my kids, though, like most teens and tweens Facebook is practically a vital organ. Their lives can't function without it.
Nearly three out of four teenagers rely on some kind of social network, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. They participate for the same reasons adults do—to share stories and pictures, exchange messages, play games and so on. But they also use it for what Microsoft Research senior researcher Danah Boyd calls "identity performance": trying on virtual personalities in front of their peers, hoping to carve a niche in a permanently connected world.
Online it's easier and socially less risky for introverted teens to be outgoing, or for awkward kids to exude an aura of cool.
I see identity performance happening with my shy, cerebral son. He'd happily spend all day hiding behind the veil of his far more streetwise online self if we let him. That's one reason we periodically remove all electronics from his life: so he's forced to interact with people in the three-dimensional world. On the other hand, my socially adept daughter is the polar opposite. For her, technology simply enhances her real-world relationships sometimes a little too much. When she's not actually with her friends she's invariably chatting with them or texting. (This has become our secret weapon; when we need her to do homework, clean her room or just stop giving us so much lip, we threaten to take away her precious cell phone. Works like magic every time.)
The danger comes when kids mistake identity performance for reality, social networks for a social life or 5,000 Facebook friends for being popular. Vanessa Van Petten, founder of the teen-driven advice site Radical Parenting, says one of the dangers of social networks is they encourage a reliance on "cotton candy friends," who melt away when you need them most.
Parents can prevent this by talking to their kids and making sure they maintain a balance between actual friends and the superficial relationships that exist mostly online, says Nicole Ellison, an associate professor at Michigan State University who studies social media. Generally, most people do; in Ellison's surveys, students recognize that only one in four social network friendships are "actual friends."
That said, there are advantages to kids' social worlds being on display. Thanks largely to Facebook, I'm much more aware of what's happening in my kids' lives than I might otherwise be. If a strange adult were to suddenly reach out to my daughter by posting on her wall or commenting on a status update, for example, I would know about it right away. And my son's friends chat with me more often than he does.
But tread carefully, warns Van Petten, or you might overstep social networking boundaries and cause your kids to lock you out. "Parents know they should have the sex talk or the drug talk with kids," she says. "But they should also initiate the Facebook discussion. They need to ask if they're allowed to comment on their kids' pictures or chat with their friends. While many adults don't think of navigating community networks as serious, to teenagers it's a very real instance of social life and death."
When Talking Becomes Secondary
Another potential threat to communication is the fact that many modern teens would much rather text than talk, says MIT professor Sherry Turkle, author of Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other (Read How You Want). It's a trend she finds troubling. "People are losing important verbal communication skills," says Turkle. "If your child chooses to text you as a primary means of contact, that's a problem. It's unacceptable for your son to write back, 'I'm fine,' when you call his cell phone to check up. You need to hear your kids' voices or see them to know they're okay."
Texting and tweeting instead of talking not only leads to conversations filled with dramatic hyperbole, creative spelling and LOLs, it can also create a generation of conversational illiterates who struggle to read body language, resolve conflicts or deal with difficult emotions, warns Van Petten.
She remembers telephoning a close friend to share the sad news that her grandfather had just died. "There was a long silence," Van Petten says. "And then my friend said, 'That sucks.' Later she texted me: 'I'm so sorry, what can I do to help?' I realized she had no idea how to say this over the phone; she lacked the ability to verbally express the words I needed to hear."
In fact, technology might be damaging our capacity to feel real grief whether for an individual's passing or for other upsetting circumstances. A University of Michigan study found today's college students are 40% less empathetic than students 30 years ago, which researchers attribute at least partially to the rise of social media.
"You can't learn empathy by staring at a screen," notes educational psychologist Michele Borba, author of The Big Book of Parenting Solutions (Jossey-Bass). "Technology can rob us of face-to-face interactions. The best way parents can teach empathy is by modeling it in front of their kids."
Borba also suggests following the 3T Rule: no texting, tapping or talking (on a cell phone) during family time. That means adults too. Other advice: Always insist on eye contact when having discussions. Explain your feelings in detail so kids learn to interpret emotions. Finally, set firm limits on how much time everyone spends immersed in social media.
Still, being able to effectively share ideas online or via text is a useful skill—and one that will continue to be in demand as we move forward in an always-connected world, says Ellison. "You have to remember there's still a person on the other end of a text," she says. "It's just a different way of relating." So while teens do have to hone their real-life social abilities, parents must acknowledge that their kids will be entering a professional world where social media literacy is the key to success. And kids are more fluent in the language of emoticons and texting than we'll ever be.
Time to Unplug?
For my parents' generation, the enemies that were rotting our brains and transforming us into gibbering simpletons were telephones and television.
Today, it's iPhones and Facebook. But we all know that for every study that claims technology is shredding the social fabric, there's another that says tech tools enhance our ability to make and maintain connections.
This is definitely the case for our family. Thanks to high-speed Internet access, my wife and I were able to move 3,000 miles from our big-city jobs to a small town where we could spend more quality time with our kids and far fewer hours at the office. Technology is what allows my wife to work from home as a freelance writer (including as a tech columnist for Family Circle) while making sure our sixth grader puts down the cell phone long enough to finish her homework. And if on some days we text or Skype each other more than we talk, at least we are exchanging ideas—and generally staying on the same wavelength.
The fact is, tech both isolates and connects modern families. It can give the false illusion of friendship, but it also provides access to social circles far beyond the confines of our schools, churches, offices and neighborhoods.
As parents, we know there need to be limits. And it's up to us to enforce them. Which is why in a few weeks our family will hike to the top of a 6,600 foot peak in the Great Smoky Mountains. We'll be staying at a lodge where there is no cell phone reception, no Internet, not even electricity. For three days we'll have just trees, air, kerosene lamps and food brought up the mountain on the backs of llamas. It will be the longest we all have been unplugged since, well, possibly ever.
Will we survive? It's unclear. But if we do, we'll be sure to put it all on Facebook.
Four Ways to Keep Tech from Taking Over Family Life
- Play bad cop. It can be hard to set limits on tech use, especially with tweens and teens who are so savvy about it. But it's necessary: Kids who live in households where parents have established firm limits spend three fewer hours a day glued to a screen, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
- Designate technology-free zones. Create rooms where everyone has to check their cell phones and computers at the door (parents included), says Vanessa Van Petten of website Radical Parenting. Or institute times when no tech use is allowed, such as Sunday mornings, after 9 p.m. on school nights or during meals.
- Make your kids see eye-to-eye—literally. When kids are talking to someone, enforce the "eye-color rule," says author Michele Borba. They should be able to identify the eye color of the person with whom they are speaking. This will train them to stop looking at their phones and start focusing on the person in front of them.
- Do tech together. Take TVs out of kids' bedrooms and instead watch in the living room as a family (assuming you can all agree on a show). If your kids have a Facebook account, you should get one too—and ask them to accept you as a friend. Are they texting every waking hour of the day? Let them know you can text too, even if your thumbs aren't quite as nimble.
Originally published in the August 2011 issue of Family Circle magazine.


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Hi Everyone! Happy Easter! The Lord Has Risen! And our former choir co-director (Now Father Greg Labus) would say the correct response was "He has risen indeed"! And now retired Bishop Carmody would add, "and He has shown Himself to Peter"! Well, it's not quite Easter yet, but almost! I hope all of you out there have special plans for the weekend whatever makes you happy! Whether it be attending Easter Services, Mass or spending quality time with your family, friends or just catching up with whatever you want to do!
I've been wanting to blog again, but as usual, I've always got my hands full with something going on! I'll get to that later, but first I want to blog about what I wanted to start with! Got a call @ work the other day on my cell phone - and wouldn't you know, it was the ONE time I didn't have my charger with me, (as I had left it in the suitcase from the last Denver trip) so when I found out it was Kelly, Dr. Yakes P.A., I quickly told her my phone was about to die! She said she had Dr. Yakes there with her and he wanted to talk to me! Dr. Yakes wanted to apologize for having to use so much alcohol durig the embolization, but he was trying to prepare me for the surgery that was to follow in the next couple of months, where Dr. Hepworth would be doing the "debulking" under my chin! Dr. Yakes was trying to close off as many arteries as possible so there would be minimal bleeding when Dr. Hepworth went in there later! I always ask Dr. Yakes not to "hit me so hard with the alcohol" because then the alcohol sometimes traces out and then "burns" my skin, causing scabing and longer recovery time! I like to say something like, no more than 20 or so (is it millimeters?) of alcohol. Come to find, Dr. Yakes used like 38! YIKES! WHY? Later, Kelly, P.A., explained that about 1/2 of that was contrast dye, so that Dr. Yakes could see exactly where that alcohol was going to make sure he was getting what he needed ready for Dr. Hepworth later! Whew! That was a relief to hear that! As you know from my former blog entry - that swelling after this past embolization went inward (that's why I didn't look so bad in that one photo of me while I was in Recovery from one of my last blog entries). Dr. Yakes just wanted to tell me how bad he felt about what I went through with all that swelling! I told Dr. Yakes that the human spirit's desire to live and survive is incredible! I just felt bad for my sister Celia having to watch me suffer so much and having to stay in the hospital like five days, instead of the usual overnight stay! Of course during our conversation, my phone dies! Oh no! I immediately called Mark on a land line to his cell phone. Gave him Dr. Yakes office number and had Mark call and tell Dr. Yakes what happened! Mark got a hold of Dr. Yakes, but he told Mark he was pretty much done with what he wanted to tell me @ that point anyway, so no problem! I just thought it was pretty neat that Dr. Yakes took the time to call me and tell me how bad he felt about what he put me through! I told him I knew he was doing what he had to for what was best for me! I trust Dr. Yakes and now Dr. Hepworth with my life! They both have an awesome bedside manner! They truly care about their patients well being and work with them in every way possible! You know how some doctors can be - they don't have time for their patients, or care to listen to what their patients have to say or have time to answer questions! I wanted to include a photo of myself with Dr. Yakes from before one of my procedures! Unfortunately when our last computer crashed - there went a ton of photos from my Denver trips, so this photo I'm posting is not that old! Oh well! I just thought it was very classy and cool of Dr. Yakes to call me and let me know how he felt!
Then I got a call from Donna, the lady that schedules surgeries in Dr. Hepworths office, letting me know I needed a referral from my PCP before my surgery mid April! I wasn't exactly sure of the date, so Donna confirmed it was set for April 16th! Put the brakes on! That is way too soon! I have too much going on in my life right now! I e-mailed a note to Dr. Hepworth and his P.A. Kris asking them if it was possible to move everything back @ least a month! Between the fact that once I ran out of steroids, I was feeling the pain again, bad! I mean on a scale from 1 - 10, I was almost @ 10! I was having to take my main pain killer - the Oxy, then an hour or so later, taking a Neurontin - a supplement to the Oxy .... then having to also take a Lortab several hours after that because I was still in pain! Yikes! Not to mention that the "debulking" surgery scared me to death, even though I trust Dr. Hepworth to know he knows exactly what he is doing - he is so awesome! So is Kris - they just make the patient feel that they are super special and thier BFF! First time we met Dr. Hepworth, he gave us a cell # where we could always reach him! So I told them I need to be ready for that surgery physically and psycologically! April 16th was too soon for me after how difficult the past embolization was! If all that wasn't enough, we've had our Hanzie in the hospital the last several days! It's all my fault too! We know better than to feed Hanz people food - but he's so darned cute and begs while I'm eating - he even touches my arm with his paw as if to say, "hello, I'm here and wanting what you are eating"! So, last week Monday, I was feeding him small pieces of that seasoned fajita meat from a local grocery store that we frequent and it was so delicious! Mark had cooked that out on the grill and we were having that with the works! Later that evening, we saw how much Hanz had to eat because he threw it up! Poor baby! Had Mark take him to the City Vet and was told to give him Pepto-Bismol. Course Hanz still threw up - took him to another Vet. they took blood so they could rule out pancreatitis! Got a shot of antibiotic, some antibiotic to take in liquid form and another liquid to "coat his stomach" and Hanz is still thowing up. Back to the City Vet and he recommended we take Hanz to Windsor Park Animal Hospital and we did! Had to admit him for several days so he could get nutrition and fluids on an IV as he didn't really have any nutrition going in! See photo of Hanz and I @ hospital! Brought Hanz home Thursay - hadn't been home but a few minutes when he threw up again! NO! Not his food, just bile. Mark picked Hanz up and drove him right back to the Vet.! They already had turned their phones over to the service! Mark pounded on the door until someone answered - the lady Vet was in, we had not met her yet, but she gave Hanz a shot that she said would burn, and Mark said Hanz did feel it with a little yelp! The shot was to soothe and settle his stomach, which apparently it did because Hanz has been fine, Thank God! Hanz had an inflamed pancreas so he is on a special diet of very easily digestible soft dog food for a month or two, until we can go back to his regular dog food and NO MORE people food! It's great having Hanz home again! We missed having him underfoot and his darling, cute self!
So, I get an e-mail from Kris @ Dr. Hepworth saying there should not be any problem putting the surgery off a month or so! Whew! I need that time to regroup and process everything that has happened lately! Ok! I am going back to bed now! Hanz is here next to me and we both want to enjoy resting some more!
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We thank all of you for your prayer and well wishes! We will keep you posted on when my next trip to CO will be! I appreciate all of you! Take care and have a Blessed Easter Weekend!
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I recently provoked a lively discussion on LinkedIn that generated a lot of interest. The topic: "Coke buys stake in Green Mountain to develop soft drink brands for single-cup use."
It will be interesting to see whether Coke can pull it off this time. Its previous home/office venture, Breakmate, was a great idea, but a shift in the global economy and what many saw as flawed marketing kept it from sweeping the nation. But that was then and this is now. Full-line vending operators always have known that postmix soft drinks offer better value and better margin. Much will depend on the product and the pricing.
I don't think that the vending industry in Europe has the same perception of postmix carbonated beverages as ours does, and it might be interesting to learn why. The soda fountain culture that started here a century ago never took shape overseas. That may account for some of the skepticism among the LinkedIn group participants.
While it is true that many young people can be seduced by really cool packaging, I believe that most consumers who must spend their own money may prefer a more economical solution, especially in the workplace and at home. The operator can also sell the concept as a great contribution to reducing the solid waste stream (all those cans and bottles) and, reducing the "carbon footprint" (driving all that water around in trucks rather than just delivering the flavors).
Those who remember the valiant effort of the Cup Coalition to revitalize postmix cold drink vending will recall the argument that packaged soft drinks deliver more consistent quality than those made by a fountain or a vending machine. It's true that the operator of a postmix system must pay more attention to cleaning and maintenance, but it's also true that packaged drinks are susceptible to variations in local water supply and to variables like storage temperature and shelf-life. A well-maintained postmix vender will deliver a quality drink; the Coca-Cola fountain sales department had an effective quality assurance program for operators five decades ago. A good portion-pack system that gets the syrup out of the packet cleanly and that controls temperature, carbonation and dosing should be able to do an even better job of delivering consistency.
It is an interesting subject, with a lot of facets. Here's a summary of what some LinkedIn discussion participants had to say:
» These large companies don't understand consumer behavior. They are competing with bottles that are an efficient distribution concept, while providing a high-quality drink with strict, centralized recipe control. This is impossible with hot, fresh coffee, which is the only reason why coffee machines exist. And it allows for the immense recipe fragmentation in the global coffee culture.
» Coke has been in the business of consumer sales for decades and they understand consumers. Even if it is not the next insightful marketing concept, they are giving the consumer more choice, and choice drives consumption.
» It's clear that a pod can't challenge a two-liter bottle. The coffee pods' success is not based on saving money, but on user experience, the environments, less logistics consumption and less storage volume.
» Operators across the globe are reluctant to offer these machines due to high depreciation cost. If cold beverage machines can be offered at reasonable pricing, then it might be a great revolution in many developing markets.
» You can't bring emotion, an experience or convenience in a cold-drink pod. With coffee you have different brewing technologies, different blends and different cup sizes. The emotional experience of any cold drink is nowhere near that of coffee. That's the reason why coffee shops are booming, whereas soda shops don't exist.
» It's a huge success at home in the U.S. because they have the top leading brands in the K-Cups and choice is a major contributor to consumption. I wonder what the plan is in the UK and if they will they license local UK brands?
» If it is a standalone Keurig machine that just dispenses Coke, then it is limiting. But if they are able to pull off a system that is small enough, low cost, that can do coffee and branded carbonated drinks, then range drives consumption and it could work.
» There is a huge emotional differential between hot and cold beverages. Consumers have an attachment to coffee variation that is rarely there with cold beverages. No one pays $6 for a cup of multi-flavored Coke crafted by a soda bistro.
These are all points worth discussing, and there were more that space did not permit my including. One that was not made, but that may be important, is that previous portion-pack ("pod") soft drink systems did not have access to the tremendous branding power of Coca-Cola (or Pepsi Cola). In any case, the market will decide.
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Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings!! I have been anxious to write about the positive momentum I have been seeing and feeling over the past few weeks in Irondequoit. I woke up this morning and saw the article in the D&C about I-town being on the brink of some changes. The article kind of suggested the town is teetering and we are at a crossroads.
I agree, we are at a crossroads. I am very confident we are moving in the right direction. We are playing catch up to some of our neighboring towns, but the wheels are in motion. I believe that the people spoke loudly in the last election and the Town Board is listening.
A new updated library is long overdue. Just visit the other suburban branches and I am sure you will agree. I think the location makes sense. The town already owns the land. The money saved by not having to acquire a location will be significant. I like the idea of our Library and Town Hall being on the same parcel. Next, the Senior Center? The town's proposal is a huge step towards making Irondequoit even more family friendly!
I had the pleasure of sitting in on the Town Board meeting regarding I-Square last week. The conversation between both sides was very positive and progress was truly made. The attorneys are working on this and the feeling from both the Board and the Nolan's is that they are getting closer, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
We are seeing some good things happening on Ridge Rd. The L.A. Fitness building is gorgeous and the place is cranking. McDonalds is tearing down their existing building and rebuilding a more contemporary restaurant at their location across from L.A. Fitness. It's great to see some national corporations spending money on and developing Ridge Rd. The Ridge is going to look great when the construction is complete.
The Titus Tavern is shaping up. John Giehl and Bucky Montrois have been working hard to get the place up and running. The new look of the building is attractive.
The D&C article talked about some of the businesses that have closed recently. I hate to see merchants close up shop, but that's how the free market works. We now have some prime locations open for new shops and businesses. And if the momentum stays positive, people will be looking to open up their businesses in Irondequoit.
I am really feeling good about the future of Irondequoit. I am hearing a lot of good things from people in town. The young families are becoming more active in the community. The energy is great. Stay positive and keep this town moving forward.
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Hooray for digital cameras!! I'm always amazed at how many photos of these cranes I have and how many I take, but how few of them turn out really great or even just good. Just like people, cranes blink and move, the wind blows vegetation into the frame of the photo, or my hands shake, and the end result is lots of images that just aren't that great. Thank goodness we don't have to pay for printing and processing like you used to! In looking for these pictures today I also realized I need to go through and organize my photos a little more often, there are lots of blurry ones that need to be deleted and some good ones that should be posted and shared!
The majority of the birds have remained stable and in the same locations all spring and summer which has made it easier to regularly check on and monitor them. However most of our monitoring wouldn't be possible if not for the cooperation of the landowners on whose property many of the released birds live. We have met landowners and farmers in a number of different parishes and they have been helpful and cooperative and gracious to us and the birds! In fact each photo posted above was taken from private property that the landowners and farmers had given us permission to access in order to monitor the birds, so a huge THANK YOU to them!!
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CAMBRIDGE, Maryland (Reuters) - Abolitionist Harriet Tubman's struggle to help roughly 70 slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad was remembered on Saturday at the groundbreaking of a Maryland state park in her honor.
An escaped slave herself, Tubman toiled in bondage on the land that will soon be the 17-acre Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park on the eastern shore of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.
Construction of the park on open marshland and forests in Dorchester County marks the 100-year anniversary of the abolitionist leader's death.
It also coincides with the opening of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, a 125-mile drive with more than 30 historical stops related to Tubman's early life and the Underground Railroad. Highlights include the Mason-Dixon Line, a one-room school, a historic village store with artifacts from the 1800s and, eventually, the new Harriet Tubman park itself.
"I think the byway is awesome, because we're connecting the dots again. We're telling the complete story," said Patricia Ross-Hawkins, 51, a distant relative of Tubman who spoke to the crowd of more than 200 people at Saturday's celebration. The morning's events included singing by a local Baptist church choir, a theatrical speech by a Harriet Tubman re-enactor and remarks from Govenor Martin O'Malley.
"It's been a long time coming but it's here," she said.
Slated to open in 2015, the park is located on the same land where Tubman worked as a slave before escaping to Pennsylvania at the age of 27. While in bondage, she had been rented out for work throughout the region, including chopping wood on the land that will now be named after her.
Located next to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, the park will include walking trails, a garden and a visitor center with educational exhibits.
"Her descendants had been trying to do something to remember her," said Clara Small, a Salisbury University history professor, who is currently researching African-American history on Maryland's Eastern Shore. "They're trying to make everyone aware of her contributions."
Long considered an American icon, Tubman led roughly 70 slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad and later went on to become a humanitarian and women's suffragist. A modest Harriet Tubman Museum exists in downtown Cambridge, but local groups have "fought for over 20 years to memorialize her better," Small said.
"This is an opportunity for revitalization to the entire region," said Cambridge Mayor Victoria Jackson-Stanley, who is herself a director descendant of slaves. "Harriet Tubman is too big a persona to be limited to just one little community like Cambridge."
A number of local parks are already dedicated to Tubman in cities including Wilmington, Delaware, Knoxville, Tennessee and Boston, but many lawmakers insist that is not enough.
Last month, U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin of Maryland introduced legislation to establish historical national parks named for Harriet Tubman - one at Tubman's home in Auburn, New York, and another in eastern Maryland. The U.S. House also is reviewing a version of the bill.
Congress has considered similar legislation on three occasions in the past, but each time it failed to rally support.
"We're very optimistic this time around. Especially given the 100-year anniversary of her death," said Cardin's spokesperson Susan Sullam.
The state park was expected to bring in more than $200,000 tourist dollars annually, according to Camila Clark, spokesperson for the state tourism office. Its wider economic impact, including job creation, was anticipated to be $20 million annually.
The $21 million cost of the state park project will be covered mainly by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the State Highway Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation, said Josh Davidsburg, spokesman for the Department of Natural Resources.
Another boost to the local economy will be the byway, with its dozens of stops in surrounding Dorchester and Caroline counties, said Clark.
Plans are underway to expand the byway northward, tracing Tubman's Underground Railroad route all the way to St. Catharines in Ontario, Canada, Clark said.
(This story has been refiled to add dropped word historical in 13th paragraph)
Editing by Barbara Goldberg. Editing by Andre Grenon


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DETROIT >> There are Little League home runs, and then there is what happened at Comerica Park on Sunday.
On a play meant to be set to "Yakety Sax" (the Benny Hill theme song), the Angels more than made up for the Detroit Tigers' lack of hitting by committing a calamitous three errors on the same sequence — when the ball wasn't even put in play.
It helped the Tigers scratch together enough offense for a 2-1 win to take the series.
"There wasn't exactly a ton of hitting in the game. ... All the runs scored were scraped out," manager Brad Ausmus said. "It all went back to Rick Porcello's performance."
And the play that everyone will remember, all the way back in the first inning, when the Angels looked the the big-league version of the Bad News Bears. [CLICK HERE for the video]
"I've never seen that. It was a mess. Simple as that. Sometimes, baseball can be ugly," Torii Hunter said. "Maybe once or twice a year, until the manager gets in your face.
"We'll take the run, though."
Ian Kinsler took off like he was stealing second base on a walk to Miguel Cabrera, and parlayed that into a run, with the aid of three errors by the Angels on the play.
When Angels starter Hector Santiago delivered his full-count pitch to Cabrera outside, Kinsler had already broken toward second.
Rather than just hold the ball — since Kinsler was entitled to the bag — Angels catcher Hank Conger threw it wide of second base, and into center field.
Kinsler popped up and took third.
"First to third on a scoring error, but not necessarily on a walk. That's ... a little unusual. Maybe a strike-three call, he throws it into centerfield, and you're able to move up, but ball four, Miggy's still taking off his shin pads, and I'm running to third. It was an unusual play. Got kind of lucky right there at the end," Kinsler said.
"I've never seen it before from somebody else, and I've never been a part of anything like that."
That would have been enough, except that Angels center fielder Mike Trout airmailed the throw over the cutoff man, and Kinsler tried for home, sliding in before the ball, which trickled away from Conger.
Santiago — who told reporters after the game he didn't know who he was supposed to back up, and just saw the ball sitting there — was charged with the third error on the errant throw home, allowing Cabrera to take second in the mess.
"I'm not sure I would've wanted (Kinsler) to go home, given the circumstances, and who was coming up (Victor Martinez), but it worked out for us today," Ausmus said.
I've said this when baserunning mistakes have cost us: I'd rather they err on the side of being aggressive than passive."
According to STATS, it's the first time a team has committed three errors on a play since 2007.
While that run merely tied it, the Tigers took the lead on another free base in the sixth. Austin Jackson walked with two outs, and moved into scoring position when Conger threw the ball away, trying to pick him off on a pitchout. Nick Castellanos drove him in with a single.
"We're just using our abilities. It's a different team this year, than it was last year," Kinsler said.
"Different year, different team, and we're going to play the game differently. So far, we've been pressing the issue, and making some really good plays on the bases, stealing some really big bases, getting ourselves in scoring position, and it's going to help us in the long run."


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Matthew Morrison of "Glee" to headline Saturday Night Alive
Fans of the Fox-TV show "Glee" know him as the "perpetually optimistic" high school teacher Will Schuester. And on March 1, Matthew Morrison, who says "At the end of the day I'm a song-and-dance man," will be here to show a sold-out audience what he means.
The actor who has been nominated for Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe awards is headlining Saturday Night Alive, a fundraiser for arts in education programs offered by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
Susan and Leo Kiely are the chairmen, and are so determined to have Saturday Night Alive become the proverbial "million-dollar baby" that they have issued The Kiely Challenge.
Leo Kiely, who retired as CEO of MillerCoors in 2011, explains.
"Susan and I would like to raise the bar and offer to match every dollar above the net income goal of $700,000 — up to $100,000. We hope to raise over $1 million in gross revenue for the event and get closer to our goal of having all Colorado children experience the magic of theater, (both) in the classroom and at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts."
Saturday Night Alive is presented by the Denver Center Alliance. Sponsors include MolsonCoors, the Anschutz Foundation, Colorado State Bank and Trust, Kathie and Keith Finger, Epicurean Catering, United Airlines, Colorado Energy Producers and the Tuchman Family Foundation.
It begins at 6 p.m. in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex. Festivities include a silent auction and Surprise Box sale; dinner in the Seawell Grand Ballroom; the show and a post-show dessert buffet and dance.
All tickets have been sold, but wait-list information can be obtained by calling 303-446-4812.
In a related development, the Salah Foundation will match selected items in the silent auction being chaired by Susan Stiff, area director of public relations for Starwood Hotels and Resorts in Colorado.
The auction, with computerized bidding, is filled with merchandise valued at $350,000.
Some of the items are The World Traveler, a package that includes two business-class airfares to Tokyo, Rome, Paris, London — anywhere that United Airlines flies; a rose quartz pendant and earring set, valued at $6,000, from Williams Jewelers, and 30 vacation trips courtesy of Starwood Hotels and Resorts. There also is original art from Abend Gallery and Brushstrokes Studio-Gallery, and a vintage fur boutique.
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MLB trade rumors 2014: Cubs, D-backs reportedly talking about Jeff Samardzija
Jeff Samardzija was once considered a big part of the Cubs' rebuilding. Now, the right-hander may be on his way out of Chicago.
ESPN's Buster Olney reports that the Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks have been discussing a trade involving Samardzija and that negotiations likely will continue in the offseason.
There is an expectation that the Jeff Samardzija/Arizona trade talks will continue. Cubs reaching point where they need a decision on him.— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) November 4, 2013
It is not known what the Cubs want in return.
MORE: SN ranks the top 25 free agents | Cubs close on new skipper hire
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TNF Hertfordshire UK Film Show
Posted 23 February 2009 - 10:51
Posted 23 February 2009 - 13:41
Posted 23 February 2009 - 14:01
Originally posted by Tim Murray
David McK's answer is the only one I could come up with, after much racking of brain - what was David F's answer, please?
The 'official' answer was Lewis, as in Lewis Hamilton, Stuart Lewis Evans and Jack Lewis. But David McKinney's answer was altogether more appropriate for that gathering. I did say it was a question for the seven year olds !
David's plaque was awarded to him by Neil Oatley, who also scored pretty well in the quiz. Nice to know there is soul amongst the modern F1 guys.
Belgium 1961 was the answer Barry. Remember when Michael Schumacher thought he had taken part in the first ever Ferrari 1-2 !!!
Posted 23 February 2009 - 14:11
Posted 23 February 2009 - 16:04
Well, I guess condor can be forgiven for not knowing these things, being female and all that, but the 'whatever' we carry with us into the toilets is no good for googling...
Originally posted by condor
David - it's got to be asked ( re previous post)
Did you go into the toilet with your 'whatever' and google the answers?
Originally posted by condor
That tatty thing? well at least you washed it before coming out
Posted 23 February 2009 - 16:10
Originally posted by fines
Well, I guess condor can be forgiven for not knowing these things, being female and all that, but
the 'whatever' we carry with us into the toilets is no good for googling...
No, and mine's not 'tatty', either! Well used but scrupulously clean...
Posted 23 February 2009 - 17:28
Well, one of them must be Germany 1952, I think, but I haven't managed to work the other one out yet.
Originally posted by Barry Boor
So what were Roger's other two? (Question 4)
Posted 23 February 2009 - 19:46
My mistake, I thought they had another 1-2-3-4 in 1952.
Originally posted by Tim Murray
Well, one of them must be Germany 1952, I think, but I haven't managed to work the other one out yet.
Posted 23 February 2009 - 21:22
The Hill and Mclaren films were superb and it was a privilege to watch such rarities. John Campbell-Jones commented that watching Graham was like seeing an old family film.
Well done David for winning the quiz, although I would like to point out I had Mr Moss and his 8 point win at Riverside as my answer for Q21 - but that only gave me 13 anyway!
Also what links Peter Revson with Woolworths for Q23 I'm a bit confused?
Posted 24 February 2009 - 23:36
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Posted 25 February 2009 - 15:39
Sounds like it was fun. I shall be there next time.
Posted 25 February 2009 - 16:02
Posted 09 May 2009 - 06:12
Saturday 8th August 2009
Same venue , all day, Hall is booked for us, similar format as in February
Morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea.
That is 3 months from now, I know that is quite a way off, we are going in to the peak wedding reception period and all their Saturdays are booked until then.
So, plenty of notice ,please put the date in your diary we would very much like to see all of you who came to the first one again, plus , those unable to make the first one and more friends. I know it is a holiday time but nowadays people are away all around the year.
If you have not made contact before please e-mail me to go on the newsletter for details as we go on.
We are looking to show the types of film that proved popular at the first show, plus this time we would like a speaker, so if you have any ideas on that please let us know.
The weather should be warm and fine and in the breaks we can have the doors open and take tea on the terrace overlooking open countryside.
......And yes there will be another quiz !
Very much look forward to seeing you all.
Posted 10 May 2009 - 05:59
Cinema area with 44 people present
Dining area at Lunch break
We were especially pleased to welcome a number of well known motor racing personalities
British Saloon car champion and sports car driver Jack Sears.
Ex F1 driver John Campbell-Jones.
Current Mclaren designer now credited with 20 world championships Neil Oatley
A man with a lifetime's experience with Grand Prix teams and with F1 drivers Sheridan Thynne
For those who were not able to get to the first film show, this was the gathering in February , we are currently planning an even better day for .
Saturday 8th August 2009
Edited by RTH, 10 May 2009 - 06:00.
Posted 10 May 2009 - 07:46
For those who were not able to get to the first film show, this was the gathering in February , we are currently planning an even better day for .
Ah no, I will miss it =( I will be in the UK for the preceding month, but that date clashes for me with Formula Student in Germany =(
Oh well!
Posted 10 May 2009 - 16:53
It occurs to me we have a good big car park at our disposal for the day, we must have a number of filmgoers who also own Vintage, PVT, Classic or interesting rare or unusual road cars , even race or rally cars ?
So,....you have three months.... get them out, make them roadworthy, MOT'd and bring them to the next film show in August, it should be warm and dry by then and long days with light evenings, so that during the breaks we can wander outside and have a look ...... go on you know it makes sense ! More fun than just coming in the daily driver ! What for instance is the oldest car someone could arrive in ??
Posted 10 May 2009 - 17:10
It is a real shame that Pat just misses the dates, would have been great to meet up
Edited by sterling49, 10 May 2009 - 17:12.
Posted 11 May 2009 - 06:37
We have dropped on some great new film from the 1960s, saloons, sportscars, hillclimbs and autocross none of which I had ever seen before packed with incident that I hope you will like in a packed programme with lots of variety.
Nothing is yet fixed so do tell us the sort of films you most enjoy watching and from which time periods and between us we will do our best to put it on.
Also of course as ever if any of you have your own films especially shot by members of your own family or friends handed down or any old trade motor sport related films etc from the distant past do tell us all what you have ,previously unshown material is always very interesting.
Posted 01 June 2009 - 20:21
Thought we might have a table for interesting artifacts, parts, old tools, documents for things really rare, special, old or might need identification people might like to bring along as points of interest, for all to look at , what do you all think ? Any ideas ?
Posted 01 June 2009 - 21:25
Only me.
Posted 02 June 2009 - 12:00
Anyone else got anything old rare or interesting to drive to the meeting ? Do please make the effort , a display area of unusual cars would be a fascinating addition.
I've just bought a '76 Firenza with a Cosworth V6 in it - maybe not in the same league as an XK140 but if it makes it to our get together on the 15th June then I might see if it'll make August.
Posted 02 June 2009 - 13:06
Well that is a shame Pat, maybe the one after next maybe late Autumn ?
Quote Sterling
It is a real shame that Pat just misses the dates, would have been great to meet up
Well, I certainly won't be there in your Autumn, however there is no reason we can't catch up for a beer and a bite a week or so earlier?
Posted 02 June 2009 - 17:08
I've just bought a '76 Firenza with a Cosworth V6 in it - maybe not in the same league as an XK140 but if it makes it to our get together on the 15th June then I might see if it'll make August.
Interesting Gregor, any photos ? What sort of Cosworth V6 ? History , what is the story ?
Posted 02 June 2009 - 18:12
Quote RTH
Well that is a shame Pat, maybe the one after next maybe late Autumn ?
Quote Sterling
It is a real shame that Pat just misses the dates, would have been great to meet up
Well, I certainly won't be there in your Autumn, however there is no reason we can't catch up for a beer and a bite a week or so earlier?
We could do that Pat, dependending though on everyones programmes, where will you be and what dates?
Posted 03 June 2009 - 12:39
We could do that Pat, dependending though on everyones programmes, where will you be and what dates?
Hi Sterling,
I am coming over for Formula Student at Silverstone in early July, after that my good wife Sally and I will see the sights until early August when we go to Germany for Formula Student where I am Chief design Judge.
In the meantime we will probably be centered around Wheathampstead where Sally's brother lives.
Then flying home from Frankfurt to Sydney.
Posted 03 June 2009 - 18:43
Interesting Gregor, any photos ? What sort of Cosworth V6 ? History , what is the story ?
No history; I've not made up any yet like most people have with "Dad's" Vauxhalls!!
Here's a couple of rough photos - hard to comprehend I know but it was a lot worse than this!!
The inside is a bit hardcore and I have to do a bit of a Riverdance impression but for the money and the fun it was worth it and it might even make a circuit appearance but the cage is made out of '80s cage material, but hey, it was safe back then!! It's a bit of fun on the road and the engine makes a superb throaty/balanced V6 noise if that makes sense.
Edited by Gregor Marshall, 03 June 2009 - 18:45.
Posted 04 June 2009 - 05:37
No doubt rust took its toll of the floors, sills wings etc. How many left in existence I wonder ?
Posted 11 June 2009 - 06:35
Don't forget to make an entry in your diary for Film Show 2 ...... Saturday August 8th 2009
Hope to see you all then
p.s. I am told the next quiz is already well underway !
Edited by RTH, 11 June 2009 - 06:39.
Posted 13 July 2009 - 09:51
If you can make it , for a full day of films ........and being mid summer we are planning a lunchtime outside Barbecue as well as morning coffee and afternoon tea breaks we also hope to have a guest speaker and a quiz.
So try not to miss it , some good stuff lined up and great value by and for TNF members & guests.
If you have not done so already please e-mail me to let me know you can come , just so that we can get a guide on numbers
You pay only for the food and a contribution to the cost of hiring the venue everything else is completely free of charge.
SATURDAY 8th August 2009 in North East Hertfordshire 10 am to 5pm
Look forward to seeing you all again.
Edited by RTH, 13 August 2009 - 11:50.
Posted 13 July 2009 - 14:45
Posted 15 July 2009 - 13:24
So do put it in your diaries and tell your motor sport friends. Anything you have of interest you would like to bring along please let me know. Some interesting cars in the car park would be most welcome ...what can you bring !!
Hopefully if the weather is good we can have the double doors open in the breaks and enjoy the terrace and views over open countryside and outdoor BBQ.
SAT AUGUST 8th
Posted 20 July 2009 - 17:14
The Doyen of circuit commentary Mr Norman Greenway ( The voice of Snetterton for so many years , as well as other UK circuits and the BBC) will be in attendance and has kindly agreed to conduct an interview with our guest speaker ( I will let you know who that is as soon as confirmed)
So this time we will break the film action for about half an hour for a discussion and Q&A session.
As you will see from the attached leaflet we have also extended the hours by 60mins at each end of the day as we were rather pushed for time in February to fit everything in.
We did not quite cover our costs at the first show and as everyone took up the food options we are simplifying down to a single twenty pound note each for the whole day inclusive of the 4 hr plus film show ,the live interview, morning coffee and biscuits a two course lunch, the motor sport quiz, afternoon tea and cakes with as many cups and seconds as you want all day of all we have.
With some great films lined up, we hope you will bring along your old and interesting classic/sports/competition/W.H.Y. cars for a car park display and hopefully with hot mid summer weather we will open the double doors and have a lunchtime barbecue cooked outside for a nice friendly atmosphere and a chance to compare notes.
We will do our very best to make it a memorable and enjoyable day.
Do please come .
Kind Regards
Edited by RTH, 20 July 2009 - 17:17.
Posted 24 July 2009 - 17:23
I am very pleased to announce that as a result of Andrew Kitson's efforts on our behalf and connections in Motor Sport we expect to welcome Ex- Grand Prix, Le Mans, British Saloon Car Championship works driver Chris Craft in conversation with circuit commentator Norman Greenway at the TNF Herts film Show in 2 weeks time Saturday 8th August 09.
Chris had a long career as a professional racing driver in just about every formula, category and form of motor racing you can imagine from the early 1960s and he still has involvement in the sport today. The 'Rocket' and other road going sports car commercial enterprises have kept him busy in recent times.
I am sure you will welcome him, be fascinated to hear his story and you will get a chance to put questions to him in a session before we break for lunch.
Christopher Craft (born in Porthleven, Cornwall, 17 November 1939) is a British racing driver who has competed in many different forms of motor sport. In 1971, he participated in 2 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix driving a Brabham prepared by Alain de Cadenet's team Ecurie Evergreen, but failed to score a championship point. His first attempt ended with an engine failure during the qualifying session despite having achieved a time fast enough to qualify. His second grand prix ended with a suspension failure and tyre problems during the race.
Craft also competed in many other forms of motor racing, including saloon cars, notably with a Ford Capri; sports cars, including a period with the Dome team in the early 1980s; Formula 3 and Formula 5000. One of the highlights of his career was a third place finish in the 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans.
After his race career Chris Craft started the Light Car Company with F1 designer Gordon Murray to build the Light Car Company Rocket.
Name: Chris Craft
Nationality: Great Britain
Date of birth: November 17, 1939 - Porthleven, nr Helston, Cornwall
The son of a bank manager from Essex who went on to become a missionary in Africa, Craft was a buyer of ladies underwear in his youth before becoming involved in motor racing through his brother Andrew, who owned a body shop in Woodford Green. He started racing in 1962 in a Ford Anglia and went on to race a variety of other touring cars until he tried his hand at single seaters in a Merlyn Formula 3 car. He was later hired by the Italian chassis company BWA but that was not a great success and he later switched to a Tecno. He also teamed up with Alain de Cadenet to race his Porsche 908 and Can-Am McLaren. In 1971 de Cadenet bought an ex-works Brabham BT33 which Chris drove in the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. He continued to race into the 1980s, while also acting as the assistant competition manager for Ford and running a used car business, before he raced on in saloon and sports cars right through to the early 1980s. In recent years he has run an engineering business called the Light Car Company.
Posted 24 July 2009 - 19:32
Well done Andy, Gary and team for organising.
Posted 24 July 2009 - 19:52
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Posted 30 July 2009 - 09:40
David McKinney will be trying to defend his reigning title as motor racing quiz champion just after lunch. I hope we will also have a few interesting cars out in the car park.........what more could the motor racing enthusiast ask for !!
Posted 30 July 2009 - 09:49
Edited by sterling49, 30 July 2009 - 09:49.
Posted 30 July 2009 - 10:16
And get David McKinney to check the answers. That get's him out of the way and gives the rest of us a chance.
We need to get a sneek peek at the questions, no Lotus questions this time, Gary and I were a tad embarrassed at our lack of answers!!!!
Posted 30 July 2009 - 10:26
And get David McKinney to check the answers. That get's him out of the way and gives the rest of us a chance.
Good plan Duncan
Posted 30 July 2009 - 11:53
Posted 31 July 2009 - 10:46
I'm happy with that
Last time we asked for solo efforts.
Do we think that is ok or would it be more sociable and/ or fun to split into groups and discuss during lunch ? The danger is more will get more correct answers, as it were.
I guess Richard will only produce one award anyway but the combined glory far outweighs that !
Questions are done but may be subject to last minute revision after Q2.
There weren't that many Lotus questions last time but shame on nobody getting Jimmy's first F1 win...
But to satisfy you there will not be a Lotus question, just a Lotus answer.
Posted 31 July 2009 - 11:13
Posted 31 July 2009 - 11:47
What do you all think about David's suggestion ?
Sounds good to me, I am bound to know the answer to just one question.
Edited by glyn parham, 31 July 2009 - 11:47.
Posted 31 July 2009 - 12:28
I like it. Simply do it by tables.
What do you all think about David's suggestion ?
And ask for team names and award two points to the best one.
Posted 31 July 2009 - 12:52
What do you all think about David's suggestion ?
Fine by me. Last time a lot of answers were done collectively as I recall.
Do we have an idea as to the number of likely attendees yet, Richard?
Posted 31 July 2009 - 13:37
(I've had all the personal glory I can handle )
Posted 31 July 2009 - 16:08
Do we have an idea as to the number of likely attendees yet, Richard?
We are at about 40 but people tend to tell me they are coming in the last week so I hope it will be about the same as February which was mid 50s
Posted 31 July 2009 - 17:08
Whichever way it comes, it really proves how much water has passed under the bridge.


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text: Tomorrow is Elias' birthday, and I thought I'd share this hilarious video of him from about six months ago. He loved waving Hi to himself on video so much that I decided to show him a video he took of himself saying Hi. When he started saying Hi to that video, I recorded it. Life would absolutely not be complete without my sweet Easy E. I'm so glad we were able to have you, buddy.


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Sunday, 23 January 2011
i-phone message sent from Target
I was suddenly transported to this happy, safe place: Target with my mom. I don't even like Target, or shopping for that matter (I do like my mom). That is why it is so strange. It has taken me over two years to realize how much I miss the US. Not only this, but I have allowed myself to admit it.
I think when you move by choice to a new country, you inevitably go through a honeymoon phase where things in general are just better and more exciting than in your native land. But lately I have been overcome with nostalgia and an almost childlike excitement when I read about races in the US, places I would like to travel or … shopping trips to Target.
Maybe, as I said to SR earlier today, adults are not evolutionarily made to live in a country where life doesn't intuitively make sense. No, there is nothing rotten in Denmark. There are just so many things that I can't understand about life here that Danes take for granted. I, for example, will never dress correctly. And I will never be able to say the right things at the right times. In fact, I am the same way in the US. But, in the US, somehow this is ever-so-slightly cool and part of my individuality. But there is nothing cool about it here. There are just certain things one has to do to show that one "gets it" here and if you don't do them, you are simply a little less respected. Or people just think you're odd.
Then there is this issue of food. I am partially defined by the fact that I am a vegetarian and in Denmark, it is a lifestyle that doesn't make sense. Meat is viewed by most Danes as the healthiest thing one can eat. And they really care for their livestock, raise them properly and prepare them properly. This is something Danes are really proud of. And it makes me feel like turd for being a vegetarian. But, when all is said and done, I will go to the expensive, organic store to buy bagels and hummus rather than putting liver paté on rye bread like everyone else. Am I just too old to change? Maybe I've simply realized I don't have to keep suppressing it.
Why is it I'm not suppressing it anymore? Well, because we're going to be spending most of my year of maternity leave in the US. And I'm looking forward to it so much more than I expected.
Since we've moved here, I've wanted to appear as Danish as possible, just to avoid people's xenophobic stares, but I find myself becoming fanatic about things that make me more American: my cheap, ugly running clothing, my ultra running obsession, my desire to gain as little weight as possible while pregnant, veggie burgers, barefoot running, yoga, vegetarianism. I have even signed up for piano lessons to make me feel more like I'm back "home". I know that not all of these things are obviously American, but they feel American to me and that is what matters. I NEVER would have guessed I would write that last sentence a year ago. Last year, I would have felt like a failure writing it.
On my run today, I posed some questions: Denmark, what is it you want from me? What am I actually doing here? (we are, after all, going to be moving back here for at least two years after my maternity leave). More than three hours and no answer. I guess I didn't want an answer anyway.
Running Song of the Day: Empire by Jukebox the Ghost
Piano performace of the Day: Schubert's Impromptu in G flat major D899 No.3 peformed by Horowitz in Vienna (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6_SbflSwAg)
15 comments:
- mmmonyka said...
Interesting, people are so different about this.
I have never had such feeling, at least yet. I wonder whether they will ever come. I have spend 3 years in the US, then 2 in France and now 1 in the US.
My sister on the other hand, she has been in the US for almost 4 years now but she always brings food from home and goes over pictures from home and stuff like that. She even has some Slovak/Czech friends. I never do that.
I thought that maybe first 3 years in the US were easy because my back then Slovak boyfriend was there with me. And my parents were saying that I liked it so much because I was not alone. But no. I was alone in France and am alone in the US now and I love it. I do not miss home, not at all. I might be different (crazy European girl biking to work in Michigan winter. Yeah I will be in 1 week exactly) and I do not care.
- 23 January 2011 at 20:25
- SteveQ said...
The stuff that makes you think "American" makes me think "Californian." One doesn't have to travel far for the feeling of otherness to appear; I remember Julie Berg in South Dakota amazed that there a salad meant iceberg lettuce and a slice of tomato, which is about what it meant in Minneapolis 30 years ago.
Part of the Danish food traditions makes sense in your worldview, however. They eat the foods that are easy to grow right there, so they're fresh, local and generally high quality - though there's a local cooking show that airs here and the Danish guy has had cod, potatoes and cabbage to the point one would scream (this I know from experience; it sounds like dinners from my childhood).
I'm currently liking the name Anna for a girl. Old-fashioned, but not unattractive, works in most languages, hasn't become popular lately and is due a resurgence.
It's funny what can make one homesick. I once walked between two laboratories and was overwhelmed with nostalgia. One lab was growing yeast and another blue-green algae. Growing up between a lake and a bakery, it just smelled like home!
- 23 January 2011 at 20:45
- sea legs girl said...
It is interesting, mmmonyka. I lived in France for two years and never reached the point of getting "home sick". Maybe it is different when one has kids. I don't know. It is very, very hard to explain or understand.
- 23 January 2011 at 20:46
- sea legs girl said...
I agree with the way Danes view food. I just can't get into eating what they like. I used to like meat. But I have been a vegetarian for 13 years now and just can't get myself to look at meat as a thing I can eat.
I love the story of the algae and the yeast. Smells are just so classic for nostalgia. I remember moving into an apartment when I was 22 in Milwaukee and suddenly smelling the same plant that had been in my grandmother's yard growing up and suddenly become so overwhelmed with emotion that I nearly cried on my run.
- 23 January 2011 at 20:51
- cherelli said...
Hmm, I get this. Often it'll be weeks which pass when suddenly I am encountered by either a reminder of Australia or forced to remember I am Australian by somebody...I love Canada's beautiful terrain, and the people are friendly, but there are lots of things that could be done better - and at this time of year I crave the Aussie beaches (despite enjoying skiing..) It's great you'll be able to spend time in the US on maternity leave...I often wonder how things will change for me with kids....and both of our parents back in Oz...
- 23 January 2011 at 22:00
I am a long time reader, first time commenter. As someone who lived in England for 6 years I can really related what you wrote. There are so many 'phases' of living abroad. Excitement, loneliness, resentment... I don't know if it ever changes, and even though I overall liked living there, I never felt fully accepted and confident in myself. I never really felt I had the 'right' to feel what I felt and to do what I wanted (if it was different from the Brits). I wouldn't say I lived in fear of messing up or not doing something the 'right way' but I was definitely always on edge.
Now that we have been back in the US for 2 years, I wonder if I somehow wasted my time/potential while living there because of my fear/discomfort of not fitting in completely. I also wonder whether if it was 100% my problem or if it really was the reactions of other people. I am still not sure.
The other strange thing is that once you move back, some Americans assume that everything/body abroad do things better than we do in America. Then you are left to explain (or keep quiet) about how things/people can be just as annoying abroad as at home!
Not sure what the answer is, but as part of a transatlantic marriage, I am sure I am going to have the opportunity to work on it again!
Whatever the case, enjoy your pregnancy!
- 23 January 2011 at 22:13
- Kirsten said...
Oh do I understand you.....Usually living in a country that I don't like very much (but Hubby is from there...), moving around the world because of his work, missing Denmark and also feeling not only Danish anymore. Suddenly getting these longings for something - not always remembering from which country. Of course there are things that you don't manage with in Denmark, the Danes don't manage with them!! It's really hard to live in a different country - I just try to take the best from each place....
- 24 January 2011 at 12:59
- Olga said...
Welcome to my world. And I've been "abroad", or in my new home, for almost 18 years. It does get harder, yet easier, if it makes sense. Since last visit home I've been talking about it, thinking about it, and even wrote a little bit about it a couple of posts ago.
I like Anna for a girl too. That was my choice all along if I ever happen to have one.
- 24 January 2011 at 13:50
- Stefanie Schocke said...
Ummm...you don't like Target?! Not sure I can read your blog anymore ;)
:) :) :)
- 24 January 2011 at 17:46
- sea legs girl said...
Alas, Stefanie. Why must my feelings about Target be so complicated? Perhaps I love it, but just hate admitting it!
- 24 January 2011 at 19:52
- sea legs girl said...
I thought about you actually quite a bit as I wrote this and what it must be like for you to have now lived in the US for so long. I guess the feeling of missing our native country doesn't go away. But of course everyone situation is different.
And re: Anna, to Olga and Steve. The name we have now 100% decided on is pretty close (one I've mentioned before - Annika).
But do you guys have any favorite boy names?? :)
- 24 January 2011 at 20:03
- sea legs girl said...
Thanks so much for commenting, GG. It is cool to hear your perspective on it looking back.
You are so right about Americans putting other cultures on pedestals and having difficulty understanding that Europeans, for example, don't have it all figured out.
- 24 January 2011 at 20:05
- sea legs girl said...
Yeah - I bet your feeling about being in Canada will change a lot with both sets of grand parents being in Australia - for both practical and sentimental reasons. It will be interesting to see what you guys do!
You are exactly right that it is so hard when, as you said, you don't feel totally Danish anymore and I don't feel totally American anymore. But I can't get this feeling of "I just want everything to feel right" to go away. I know I would be nearly just as discombobulated in the US at this point!
- 24 January 2011 at 20:22
- Alicia Hudelson said...
I'm American but lived in England for 5 years and the Target part of your story made me laugh. For part of the first year I was abroad, I had an American roommate, and we were both a little homesick. One day she was looking out the window and suddenly yelled "TARGET!! THEY HAVE TARGET AFTER ALL!!" It turned out she had seen a van from a parcel courier company called Target which had a similar logo to U.S. Target:) Maybe there's just something about Target which says "home" if you're American!
I felt that nagging not-fitting-in feeling for about 2 years, but then I took up climbing and that really helped--I think it was that it was something I hadn't done in the US so I was a blank slate in the sport and could feel completely at home with my new climbing friends there. Maybe there's something like that you can start, just any activity you didn't do in the U.S.?
-Alicia (I'm a friend of Helen's from Minneapolis)
- 24 January 2011 at 21:25
- Karen said...
I think that everyone goes through that phase no matter where they move to, it doesn't have to be a different country.
It's funny, because I seem to have gone through those stages in a different order :
1. It is so exciting!
2. What the hell have I done?
3. I guess this isn't so bad.
4. I don't think I could ever leave here.
I think I'm firmly in stage 2 right now. Stupid Alaska, why did you have to be so awesome.
- 25 January 2011 at 06:20


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Use this handy insert to transform your All-Clad 3-qt. or 4-qt. saucepan into a large double boiler. It's perfect for everything from melting chocolate and making custards to cooking delicate sauces or preparing extra-creamy scrambled eggs for a crowd.
- Use this handy insert to transform your All-Clad D3 and D5 saucepans into a large double boiler.
- Fits inside All-Clad D3 and D5 8" diam. saucepans and soup pots.
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