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Last Wednesday Nicholas de Genova, an anthropology professor at Columbia, while addressing an antiwar "teach-in" (are these guys lost in a time warp, or what?), told the crowd that "the only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military," while Americans who call themselves "patriots" are actually white supremacists. So far so good. But de Genova strayed beyond the pale when he added, "I personally would like to see a million Mogadishus." This was too much, even at Columbia, and de Genova has been keeping his head down since Wednesday, hoping to ride out the controversy.
I wondered what sort of person hopes for American servicemen to be killed and their bodies dragged through the streets by triumphant savages; thanks to the miracle of Google, such questions can pretty easily be answered. De Genova is, it seems, a depressingly familiar sort of leftist academic.
His dissertation, titled "Working the Boundaries, Making the Difference: Race and Space in Mexican Chicago," "posits a Mexican Chicago as a standpoint of critique from which to interrogate the U.S. nation-state, political economy, racialized citizenship, and immigration law."
De Genova's writing is amusingly incompetent. Check out this paragraph, which is not a parody:
"While we are foregrounding the salience of Latino and Asian racial formations, it is likewise crucial that the gendered, sexualized, and class-specific dimensions of these social processes also be emphasized. Indeed, one of the central concerns of the conference will be to examine some of the ways that Latinos and Asians together are implicated in an on-going transnationalized reconfiguration of the broader social formation of the U.S. nation-state itself."
As a professor of Latino studies, de Genova feeds at the ethnic-studies trough; he presents papers whose titles refer ironically to "'illegal' immigration," and gives speeches on "the new internment;" i.e., the government's anti-terrorism efforts. Touching all the bases, he has also spoken at programs supporting the University of Michigan's racially discriminatory practices.
So de Genova can be taken as a typical leftist professor. He is typical in another way as well. In today's world, where there is leftism, anti-Semitism usually lurks nearby. Sure enough; last April 17, de Genova spoke at an anti-Israel hate rally where he said: "The heritage of the victims of the Holocaust belongs to the Palestinian people. The state of Israel has no claim to the heritage of the Holocaust.
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With his 2007 debut, "I'll Stay Me," Luke Bryan unapologetically shared his own brand of traditional country music with an ever-growing legion of fans. On his sophomore release, "Doin' My Thing," Luke is destined to find an even broader audience. A broader audience indeed as the new project was recently certified gold for sales of over 500,000 copies.
It's been a heady couple of years since Luke released his critically acclaimed first album. Not only has he scored top ten hits with "All My Friends Say" and "Country Man," but the singer-songwriter celebrated his first two No. 1 songs, "Do I," the lead single from this album, and "Rain Is A Good Thing," the second release. Both have also been certified as gold selling singles.
Luke was recently honored with two trophies at the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards where he was named Top New Solo Vocalist and Top New Artist. He calls it "the biggest night in my music career, especially since it was fan-voted. You still have to deliver the songs and play great live shows, but boy, it sure gets the ball rolling."
Luke, who was nominated as Male Country Artist and Country Album for the Teen Choice Awards, recently brought home his first CMT Award—Breakthrough Video—for "Do I." The win led to an emotional display from Luke, who tossed his jacket into the crowd. "That was my chance to have some fun," Luke enthuses. "You see some artists get up there and they're too cool to act happy and excited. I don't want fans to have that vibe from me. I enjoyed every second of it."
His second album finds Luke returning to the studio with co-writer and producer Jeff Stevens. Faced with the success of his debut, the two men challenged themselves to top it. "My first album had great hits and it sold well, but everything about that album is beatable," Luke says. "We wanted to make a bigger sounding record, something that moved a little down the road from the first record. We wanted to show my growth vocally and lyrically."
A solid touring schedule helped Luke strengthen his already powerful vocals. "My voice is so much stronger than it was on the first album," he says. "Some of these vocals I did in 10-15 minutes."
In addition to headlining his own shows, Luke has toured with the likes of Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley and Trace Adkins and will work shows this year with Jason Alden, Martina McBride, Miranda Lambert and more. Luke has seen first hand how his hits have connected with fans. "Having 'Do I' and 'Rain Is A Good Thing' go No. 1 back-to-back has certainly opened it up quite a bit. It's been pretty crazy watching the crowds grow out here on the road," he says with a smile in his voice. "It's been fun."
An accomplished performer who honed his skills on the college circuit, Luke knows how to keep them coming back. "When the crowd sees you having fun and you're giving them great music, it's a deadly combination," Luke says, "Look at Willie Nelson. To this day he just goes up there and plays 'em a show. That's what you gotta do. Any other way than just enjoying it and having a good time is the wrong way to go about it in my opinion.
"I'm a different performer than I used to be," Luke says. "I used to run around and dance and do back flips. The music wasn't necessarily there so I had to do crazy antics. Now I tend to let the music do the talking."
A Spring Break concert at Daytona Beach helped Luke realize his music was connecting with fans. "There were three or four thousand people there," he says. "That lets you know that you've made a difference. I was standing on stage thinking, 'Wow, this is really worth it.' You've got to enjoy the positives and make sure you don't let them go by without acknowledging them."
The Spring Break concert not only helped solidify Luke with his fans, it also inspired the creation of two Spring Break EPs. The latest, "Spring Break 2…Hangover Edition," was released March 2, 2010, exclusively at iTunes.
In addition to professional success, Luke and wife Caroline welcomed son Bo into the world in 2008 and another son, Tate, was born in August 2010. "You have to focus and work harder because you have a family to take care of," Luke says. "It adds another dimension to life."
"My time with my family is important," Luke says thoughtfully. "Family and friends, that's the most important thing to hold on to."
Unfortunately for Luke and his family, his older sister, Kelly, died in 2007 at the age of 39. Eleven years earlier, Luke's older brother Chris died in a tragic car accident, an event that influenced Luke to postpone his musical aspirations.
"The last show she saw me perform was my Grand Ole Opry debut," Luke says of his sister. "The Opry will always be a special place for me because of that."
The son of a peanut farmer, Luke believes in giving back to the community. He has aligned himself with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, among other causes. "Anytime I get the chance to call a station and help a cause like St. Jude or Make-A-Wish, I do it," Luke says.
In honor of his sister and brother he also used his newfound celebrity to raise money for a local YMCA by performing in his hometown of Leesburg, Ga., with some Nashville songwriting pals.
A certified country boy, Luke hopes to one day own a place near his hometown. "Floatin' down the Flint River and doing some fishing' that makes me feel like me," he says.
But the river will have to wait - he doesn't plan on slowing down anytime soon. "It puts me on a new playing field," Luke says of his runaway success. "I've got a clear vision of my music and the fans that I want to reach. I've got a lot left I want to prove."

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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful:Magical Girls + Beat 'em up - Cheesy special attacks = Pretty CureAs an enthusiast of Magical Girls, I tend to watch many magical girl anime that looks interesting. Some of them, I watched till the end due to their awesomeness (ex: Cardcaptor Sakura, Magic Knight Rayearth, Shugo Chara, Nanoha). For many others, I completely dropped them due to their lackluster content (ex: Mermaid Melody, Powerpuff Girls Z). So being the curious person that I am, I stumbled upon ...Read more
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful:I'll miss them but excited ta move on!!!Last year i found pretty cure and loved it!!!Then i finished the first season for some reason not all were subbed not on here but some where else and I also skipped season 2 and went ta the 3 season with new girls lol but i wish crunchyroll would sub or dub the other season 2!!!
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful:The torch is passed!This anime is a twist on the magical girl genre. Nagisa and Honoka are two girls who transform into Cure Black and Cure White. Highly recommended and would recommend to others. It's a new favorite in my mind.
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful:pretty cure is awsemepretty cure is an awesome show for girls all ages.it is awesome because their are two ordinary girls who discover that they were the chosen warriors to protect a land that is in danger because of the dark king. it is a splendid show that includes magic and girls with a few bad guys to make it even more fun to watch it is the perfect combination.i love pretty ...Read more
5 out of 6 people found this review helpful:My Cure Series ExperienceI started addicted on the Cure series back in 1st yr high school and my 1st favorite Cures are Black and White; but as time goes by and it already reach 9 seasons. By the ways all the seasons (currently I watch Smile Pretty Cure! ) are really great and awesome. Now all the Pretty Cures (inclduding the leaders that I really love now) from all 9 seasons are my favorites- two of them are my ...Read more
5 out of 47 people found this review helpful:Pretty Cure is a Pretty FAILOverall, I think pretty cure was a fail. It didn't catch my attention
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0 out of 3 people found this review helpful:Pretty cure is awesomeIt is a nice anime, and it's very clean. It's a little bit funny, I wish it could be a little bit more funnier, but I still like it. I luv their transformations, and powers. I luv cure wind. Cute outfit.
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I can't choose a favorite in Yes! Pretty Cure 5, but if I did it would be either Cure Lemonade or Cure Aqua. I can relate to them both!
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful:Very good magical girl animeThis anime is a combination, of Sailor Moon and Dragonball Z.
This anime focus around 2 characters named, Nagisa and Honoka. Two girl's who are completely different from each other. The 2 girl's team up with 2 fairies, in order to protect their world from The Evil Dark King and is followers.
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Evolution of Green Plants Lab
EEB 3221 (1 cr)
EEB 5221 (1 cr)
Spring 2010
Lab meetings: T 2-5 PM in TLS 181
Labs begin the first week of class.
A lab syllabus will be distributed in the first lab session.
Contact Information
Rachel Rock-Blake Lab Instructor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
office: Biology/Pharmacy Building 4th floor 405
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Office hours: Wednesday 12-1, BIOPHARM 405 or feel free to email in advance
All assignments should be turned in during lab on the date due. Unless there is prior arrangement, assignments turned in late will lose 10% of their point value for each day late, to a maximum of 50%. Keep all of your returned assignments, and copies/computer files. If there are questions about your grade you will need these documents. No Reports or Assignments will be accepted via Email. Only paper copies will be accepted.
Lab points: 100 points total Assignment 1 Bopp and Capesius critique: 10pts
Assignment 2 Qs about green algae based on labs: 10pts
Assignment 3 Lab 4 paper discussion (summary and participation): 10pts
Assignment 4 Qs about bryophytes based on lab: 10pts
Assignment 5 Lab 7 paper discussion (summary and participation): 10pts
Assignment 6 Qs about vascular plants/fossils based on lab: 10pts
Assignment 7 Lab 11 paper discussion (summary and participation): 10pts
Assignment 8 Write up of construction and analysis of character matrix: 30pts
You are required to attend all labs. If you will be missing a lab for any reason contact me as soon as possible.
General Rules for Laboratory
No food or drink in the laboratory No open-toed shoes (Sandals and Flip-flops are not appropriate to wear to lab) No Ringing or Vibrating or Texting Cellular Phones
|19 Jan
|Overview, Greenhouse/collection facility tours
|26 Jan
|Tree thinking exercise. Character sources. This exercise is to be done in class.
|Assignment 1 (10 points): 1 page critique of Bopp and Capesius to be handed in next week:
|02 Feb
|Lab 3. Green algae morphological forms and life cycles. Review of microscope: handling, cleaning, total magnification, focusing. Prasinophytes, Ulvophytes, Trebouxiophytes, Chlorophytes.
|Assignment 1 due today.
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|Lab 4. Green algae morphological forms and life cycles. Land plant lineage
|16 Feb
| Discussion of Papers on green algae phylogeny
| Assignment on discussion papers DUE (10pts) Lab5.guidelines.pdf
-Participation in discussion-
|23 Feb
|Bryophyte morphology and life cycles (Mosses, Hornworts, and Liverworts): handout to be given in lab.
| Laboratory5.pdf
|02 Mar
|Bryophyte morphology and life cycles (Mosses, Hornworts, and Liverworts)
|09 Mar
|16 Mar
| Discussion of Papers on bryophyte anatomy and phylogeny .
An overview book chapter provided in class should be read by all students.
| Assignment on discussion papers DUE (10pts) (Participation in discussion)
A handout with guidelines and grading schemes will be provided soon.
Answers to questions about the morphology and life cycles of bryophytes DUE (10pts)
|23 Mar
|Seedless vascular plant morphology and life cycles
|30 Mar
|Vascular plant life cycles
|06 Apr
|Vascular plant anatomy
| LAB 11 Anatomy of seed plants.
Answers to questions about the morphology and life cycles of vascular plants DUE (10pts)
|13 Apr
|Vascular plant fossils
| Fossillab
|20 Apr
|Discussion of Papers on vascular plant phylogeny and evolution
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That jacket looks a lot like the Winter Soldier* vest piece. do we have any jodhpur wearing figures, yet? so, new head/helmet, jetpack, maybe new thighs and we have the Rocketeer!
*(I wish I knew for sure, TRU cancelled my WS order and jacked the price up! but Hulk/Deadpool on SAME ORDER were not affected yet?)
IDW currently has the comic book rights. They've reprinted the original Rocketeer in a gorgeous hardcover. They are also planning an anthology comic with various writer and artists.
sadly given that Disney wanted 3 million to give toy biz the okay. odds are even though they now own Marvel the rocketeer would still be a separate license and Dis would still demand the 3 million cover for hasbro to do a figure of him even if he got into the marvel universe. a pity Disney would not play with Toy biz for that figure would have been interesting espically the work to make the helmet
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The Vascular Diagnostic and Intervention Fellowship Program is a one-year, non-ACGME training program. Trainees will obtain broad exposure to the comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for all non-coronary vascular diseases. These include peripheral arterial, carotid, renal, aortic, mesenteric, and aneurysmal disorders; acute and chronic venous thromboembolic disease; hypercoagulability; uncommon causes of vascular diseases; and limb edema.
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- Completion of a previous interventional cardiology fellowship is required
The Interventional Vascular Medicine Fellowship is a one year program concentrating both on diagnosis and management of patients with peripheral vascular disease and the performance of percutaneous peripheral vascular procedures. The program is in addition to the ACGME-accredited Clinical Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Programs.
The central goal of this fellowship program is to provide integrated training in the diagnosis, care, and percutaneous treatment of patients with vascular disease and to allow fellows to assume positions of academic leadership in the field of cardiovascular medicine. Candidates will have had training in clinical cardiology and percutaneous coronary procedures. This fellowship program provides the opportunity to gain knowledge and procedural expertise in the evaluation and management of patients with a wide variety of vascular diseases including:
- Acute or chronic arterial occlusion of the lower extremities
- Atherosclerotic renal artery disease
- Atherosclerotic disease of the brachiocephalic vessels including the carotid artery
- Coronary artery disease
- Venous disease
- Inflammatory vasculitis
- Procoagulant states
The fellow will come to appreciate that atherosclerosis is a systemic disease that often involves several vascular beds resulting in the frequent association of coronary and peripheral vascular disease. He or she will acquire knowledge of the indications, contraindications, limitations and appropriate techniques for the percutaneous evaluation and treatment of patients with peripheral vascular disorders. He or she will gain insight into the anatomy of the different peripheral circulations, the pathophysiology and natural history of peripheral vascular disease and its impact on various organ systems. The program will focus on the diagnosis and treatment of the major clinical syndromes including:
- Acute or chronic leg ischemia
- Malignant hypertension due to renal artery stenosis
- Cerebrovascular event/stroke due to atherosclerosis of the carotid artery
The fellow will develop a broad-based knowledge of diagnostic and interventional techniques for peripheral vascular disease and will acquire the technical skills of invasive diagnostic imaging and intervention. These skills encompass the full range of techniques including vascular access, diagnostic angiography, angioplasty and stenting, administration of adjunctive pharmacotherapy and recognition and management of complications and will involve various vascular beds. In addition, the fellow will continue to perform a limited number of coronary interventions to maintain and reinforce his or her expertise in these procedures.
Clinical Experience
The fellow will be actively involved in both outpatient and inpatient management of vascular disease patients, including patients in the intensive care unit and emergency department.
Inpatient Clinical Consultation
The fellow will participate in the inpatient consultation service. Responding to vascular medicine consultations, the fellow will see and evaluate inpatients with a variety of vascular diseases. The fellow will obtain a history of the patient's presentation, perform a physical examination and actively participate in the interpretation of the non invasive test data including ankle brachial index and duplex ultrasound studies. The case will be discussed and pertinent physical examination, laboratory and non-invasive study data reviewed by the attending and fellow. The fellow will be trained to integrate the patient's entire medical/clinical presentation and non-invasive study data to make accurate diagnoses and appropriate clinical decisions with respect to further invasive evaluation of the patient and therapeutic interventions. The strengths of percutaneous versus surgical versus medical therapy will be discussed for each case by the attending and fellow. Written consultation will be provided addressing the pertinent issues relevant to the patient.
Outpatient Service
The fellow will see patients with the vascular medicine attending staff at least one day per week in the outpatient setting. As described in the inpatient consultation section above, the fellow will be involved in the evaluation and management of patients in the clinic setting as well. Outpatient follow-up will be performed for patients with peripheral vascular and cardiovascular disease treated with drugs, percutaneous interventions or surgery as dictated by their condition.
Percutaneous Vascular Procedures/Intervention
The development of excellent vascular angiographic and interventional skills will be paramount for the fellow. Under guidance of the attending responsible for the procedure, the fellow will acquire the skills of angiography and catheter based interventions in the peripheral vasculature. The fellow will at all times be expected to participate in the procedural care of patients that he or she has cared for clinically either in outpatient or inpatient setting. The fellow will be trained to use appropriate percutaneous invasive techniques to improve symptoms, reverse critical ischemia and avert or limit the extent of vascular bypass surgery necessary in patients with peripheral vascular disease.
Vascular Access
The fellow will be trained in different techniques of gaining safe and secure vascular access including the:
- Contralateral femoral artery approach
- Antegrade common femoral approach
- Retrograde common femoral artery approach
- Popliteal artery access
- Radial and brachial access
The fellow will learn which approach is appropriate for the percutaneous treatment of target lesions in various peripheral arteries including the external iliac, common femoral artery, superficial femoral artery, tibial vessels, renal artery, subclavian artery and carotid artery.
Diagnostic Imaging
The fellow will be exposed to appropriate vascular imaging techniques applied for visualization of various vascular beds. He or she will learn the radiographic views to evaluate the:
- Arch of the aorta and the great vessels including the brachiocephalic arteries
- Abdominal aorta and branches including the mesenteric and renal arteries
- Iliac arteries and arteries of the lower extremities
The fellow will learn the techniques to best visualize the carotid bifurcation, origin of the renal and mesenteric arteries, the common iliac bifurcation and common femoral bifurcation which are predilection sites for atherosclerotic disease. They will learn to use the appropriate diagnostic catheters and angiographic views to identify the sites of atherosclerotic obstruction, delineate the severity of the stenoses and determine if the patient is suitable for surgery and/or percutaneous intervention.
Percutaneous Interventions
The fellow will be trained in the selection and use of guiding catheters, guidewires, balloon catheters and stents designed for the peripheral vasculature. He will be trained to perform the critical manipulations applied in peripheral vascular interventions including:
- Aortoiliac intervention
- Femoral-popliteal intervention
- Infrapopliteal intervention
- Renal artery intervention
- Subclavian and innominate intervention
- Extracranial carotid artery intervention
The fellow will develop an understanding of the impact of patient characteristics, target vessel location and lesion morphology on the success rate of percutaneous interventions. The strengths and limitations of differing percutaneous interventional approaches including balloon angioplasty, balloon expandable stents, self expanding stents and other commonly used interventional devices will be discussed by the attending and fellow.
The fellow will be trained in the management of mechanical complications of peripheral vascular interventions including dissection, thrombosis, spasm, perforation and peripheral vessel occlusion.
How to Apply
To apply for a position starting July 1, 2020, please submit your CV, personal statement, copy of USMLE transcripts and three letters of reference by either mail, e-mail or fax.
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Oral health is the main thing of the human hygiene as well as healthcare. Most of the people usually ignore the oral care and this leads to cavities, tooth decay, and plaque build-up. Aside from just going for a dentist, there are there are other important dental facts and tips that will give a support against the hazardous teeth problems. In order to maintain your teeth healthy, and free from diseases for a long time, below are few simple tips that everyone should follow.
1. Brushing your teeth at least twice daily is the very basic and initial step to maintain dental health. While eating, food particles accumulate on the base of the teeth and between it. This causes the generation of bacteria. Thus, it is not so easy to brush your teeth after you eat everytime, brushing your teeth twice a day may prevent you against various dental diseases.
2. Most of the people brush their teeth for as little as thirty to fourty seconds, which is not enough for proper teeth cleaning. So, you need at least 2-3 minutes whenever you brush your teeth. Nonetheless it is recommended to brush after every meal , it is before and after sleeping that's the most important. So, take your time while brush your teeth.
3. Mouthwashe plays a vital role for maintained oral hygiene which makes your mouth fresh, clean and free from bacteries and consists of antiseptic properties that helps you to keep your mouth free from bacterial plaque.
4. Smoking is very hazardous for your overall health including dental health. For a proper oral care, smoking should be avoided in all the manner as it tends to tooth decay, bad breath and other dental diseases. There are various bad results of smoking include hairy tongue, delaying wound healing, etc.
5. Dental checkup is really essential part in order to maintain oral health. For this, you have to fix appointment with your preferred dentist at least once in every two or three months. Regularly checkup may prevent you from the dangerous dental disease. Many times. there are no dental symptoms shown with most oral health conditions till it has reached an last stage. Thus, if you feel toothache then visit the dentist as early as possible.
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Yum! Homemade granola bars! I actually made these for Dad--who loves anything that has peanut butter, raisins, oatmeal, and chocolate chips. So easy to put together and delicious! Adjust the ingredients and sweetness to your taste--endless combinations. :)
Granola Bars
Rose's recipes
1 to 1 1/2 cups peanut butter (I used white chocolate wonderful today)
1/4 c brown sugar
1/2 c honey (or to taste)
1/4 c oil
2 t vanilla
2 1/2 to 3 cups oats
1/2 c Cheerios
1/2 c coconut
1/2 sunflower seeds
1/4 c raisins
1/2 c chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix wet ingredients in large bowl.
Add rest of ingredients or add-ins of your choice.
Pour mixture into 9x13 pan sprayed with cooking spray, compacting down to even out.
Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Remove from oven; score with slices with knife; allow to cool fully; cut and serve.


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100 Moments: Tab Ramos Becomes First Signing for MLS
The following piece is part of a yearlong series of stories commemorating significant moments in U.S. Soccer history as the U.S. Soccer Federation celebrates its 100th anniversary:
One of FIFA's demands for granting the 1994 World Cup to the United States was the formation of a bona fide professional league, the first since the North American Soccer League folded 10 years earlier. It was 18 years ago today that Major League Soccer announced its first player acquisition, and it was a big one.
Tab Ramos, a three-time World Cup midfielder and one of the most creative players ever to pull on a U.S. jersey, agreed to bring his game back home, the first of the iconic stars from the 1990 and 1994 World Cup sides to pledge his future to the new league – and not without some risk.
Ramos, now 46 and head coach of the U.S. U-20 Men's National Team, was among the Americans toiling successfully overseas, and if it was an enticing prospect to play on home soil, it also required a leap of faith.
When Sunil Gulati, then MLS's deputy commissioner and now U.S. Soccer's president, met up with Ramos on New Year's Day 1995, the new league existed more on paper than in reality. A plan to kick off later that year had already been abandoned, and Ramos was looking forward to a move from Real Betis in Spain to UANL Tigres in Mexico.
"It was a great honor for me [to be the first player]," Ramos said. "At the same time, I didn't know what to expect, so it was a little bit of a risk for me. I was hoping that by me signing, it would encourage other American players who were overseas, like Eric Wynalda or John Harkes, to also turn around and sign here as well."
Wynalda and Harkes did sign on, and so did the other three players who had featured for both the 1990 and 1994 teams – Marcelo Balboa, Paul Caligiuri and Tony Meola - plus another nine of their '94 teammates.
"I don't know that [my signing was] the reason why," Ramos said, "but it sort of snowballed a little, and people decided to take a chance on it."
Ramos, who was born in Uruguay and moved with his family to New Jersey when he was 11, had flirted with America's previous league following a spectacular career at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark. He was drafted out of high school by the New York Cosmos, the NASL's signature franchise, and trained for three months with the club before heading to North Carolina State, where he was a three-time All-American.
He spent some time in the American Soccer League before heading to Spain following the 1990 World Cup. He spent two seasons in the second division with Figueres and another with Real Betis, and his move to Mexico was prodded by a lack of playing time in Betis' first season in La Liga after Leonardo's errant elbow left him with a fractured skull in the USA's second-round World Cup loss to Brazil at Stanford the previous summer.
"I really didn't know anything about the league [during the 1994 World Cup]," Ramos said. "I did hear some rumors a league might be starting, but it wasn't until I received a call from Sunil Gulati saying, 'This league is really going to happen; we'd love for you to be on board with it.' That's when it really hit me for the first time."
Ramos and Gulati met up in Dallas, then traveled together to Monterrey, Mexico.
"He was going to sign with Tigres, and what we decided at the very last moment was why not have a handshake to sign with MLS, and we would loan him to Tigres," Gulati said. "The league wasn't far enough along to have a contract or a standard player agreement or any of that, so it was just a handshake."
Ramos was promised a spot in either the New York or Washington, D.C. markets – "There weren't even any names of teams or anything," he notes – and the league had an influential player who could help attract more talent as it prepared for a spring 1996 debut.
"The fact that we decided to make him the first player, clearly that was consistent with the message we wanted to send about attacking players," Gulati said. "We wanted an American player, and you had a Hispanic, attacking National Team player, so it was a perfect message for what we were trying to do with the league."
Ramos spent a year and a half with Tigres, joining his hometown New York/New Jersey MetroStars at the end of the 1995-96 Mexican Primera Division season.
"I was excited to come home and start a new experience," he said. "It was coming home and there was the draw of playing at Giants Stadium, where I had watched the Cosmos play and where I practiced with the Cosmos 10 years before. All those things were really important to me. Obviously, having my family here as well.
"And it was fun. It was fun drawing the big crowds the first couple of years. It was fun driving to the stadium, just to be part of the whole thing. It really truly felt like we had a professional league at home and it was going to stick."
The Metros struggled to find success despite a collection of star players – including Roberto Donadoni, Branco and Lothar Matthaüs - and big-name coaches. They made the playoffs in 1996, then missed three times in the next six years, posting a 7-25 record in 1999, when Ramos was limited to five games because of injuries. They bounced back to win the East Division in 2000 and reached the league semifinals, the club's best finish until making it to MLS Cup in 2008.
"You always want to win," Ramos said. "But sometimes when you get impatient about trying to win immediately, you take the risk that you have to constantly start over, and I think that's what happened most of the seven years I was at the MetroStars."
Ramos had a superb first campaign, dishing out 10 assists in 25 games, but he was besieged by injuries during his last six seasons, an assortment of minor ailments and two ACL tears, and averaged just 13 starts per year.
"It was basically one injury after the next. It was a fight for me to try to get my fitness back," said Ramos, who captained the MetroStars from 1999 until his retirement following the 2002 season. "And then it seemed like whenever I got healthy, I got called by the National Team right away, and then I would come back to MLS and get hurt again. It was very difficult, because I also felt the responsibility that I would really love to be able to lead this team to a championship – that's really what I wanted to do before I retire more than anything else – and it just got harder and harder.
"By the end, my body just couldn't do it any more. It was an injury and then a rehab; a constant of not getting to a good playing level. I tried as hard as I could. I couldn't have done things any differently."
When he looks at MLS today, he's happily surprised.
"I'm amazed at the progress the league has made both on and off the field," he said. "Owners have put their money into new stadiums and cities and fans have made serious commitments to their teams. We've developed a huge fan base in many markets, it's just incredible."
Ramos, who made 81 appearances for the U.S. National Team and was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005, went into coaching after he retired. He started the New Jersey Soccer Academy in 2004, won the U14 national championship four years later, and started working with U.S. Soccer national teams under Jurgen Klinsmann, assisting him on occasion with the full national team, working with the U-17s and serving as U-20 assistant coach before taking charge on a full-time basis 15 months ago. He's preparing the U-20s for the CONCACAF championships next month in Mexico and hopes to have them playing in the FIFA U-20 World Cup this summer in Turkey.
"I've been coaching now for close to 10 years, and I can tell you I really enjoy it," said Ramos. "I love what I do and I couldn't see myself doing anything else."
The MNT midfielder has come full circle, to a certain degree, and he now mentors players looking to make a name in the sport and league he helped build from the ground floor starting in 1995.
"At the end of the day, I owe the players and what I want beyond anything else would be for them to make progress and to become longtime national team members. The U-20 national team is just one little step in their careers. I'm just hoping that they take advantage to become decade-long national team players."
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What is an Independence Day movie without a wisecracking Will Smith to lead it? We're about to find out. Against what seemed like all reason, an Independence Day sequel really is happening, with a 2015 release date and everything. Pretty much every discussion about the sequel in the past has emphasized that the lead character will be Will Smith's stepson-- remember, the cute kid in the hat?-- and given that Smith pretty much only makes movies that he can produce himself these days, it never seemed all that likely that he would return.
But just in case the newly announced release date had gotten your hopes up…. Emmerich is back to pour cold water all of them again. Speaking to The Daily News, he confirmed that, essentially, Smith is now too expensive and important to reprise his role:
"Will Smith can not come back because he's too expensive, but he'd also be too much of a marquee name. It would be too much."
But don't start getting concerned that he's totally averse to big names appearing. In addition to the promised return of Bill Pullman as (now) ex-President Thomas Whitmore, Emmerich says about half of the characters in the current script are familiar from the first film, while half of them are new. Of course, one of those familiar characters could easily be Smith's stepson-- hello, Jaden Smith!-- but now we've really got to start running down the laundry list of characters who could return in the sequel. Randy Quaid is obviously out. Same with Mary McDonnell. But Jeff Goldblum and Harvey Fierstein (you never see a body!) could be brought back in for service, along with various people who weren't all that famous at the time-- Chuck veteran Adam Baldwin had a role, as did Arrested Development's Mae Whitman as the President's wee little daughter (yes, really! That's her at the top of this post)
With Emmerich's new film White House Down proving to be better received and a much bigger crowdpleaser than much of anything he's made since his 90s heyday, the promise of an Independence Day sequel is suddenly a lot brighter than it was circa 10,000 B.C.. Even when he's making movies that are legitimately terrible, Emmerich has the ability to convince major actors to work with him over and over again, and it's been long enough since the original Independence Day that most of its cast ought to be able to recognize how iconic that film is-- and how much even a quick appearance in the sequel ought to give them a boost. Aside from popping up in Wes Anderson movies, Jeff Goldlbum isn't keeping that busy, is he?
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SAN JOSE — San Jose State announced on Thursday a two-game series with Tulsa that will begin in 2016.
The Spartans will travel to Tulsa, Okla., to face the Golden Hurricanes in the season opener on Sept. 3, 2016. Tulsa will face SJSU in Spartan Stadium on Sept. 7, 2019.
The series leaves SJSU with one more nonconference opening for both the 2015 and 2016 seasons. A previously scheduled 2016 game with Colorado will no longer be played.
The original contract with Colorado, signed before former Spartans coach Mike MacIntyre left to coach the Buffaloes, called for games at Colorado in 2016 and 2018 in exchange for one game in San Jose in 2017. That deal has been reworked into a two-game home-and-home series for 2017 and 2018.
The elimination of the Colorado game opens SJSU up to potentially schedule a sixth home game. The Spartans will play just a five-game home schedule in 2014. They currently only have five home games slated for the next two years, but with an opening each season they have the chance to add a sixth game.
The Tulsa game adds to a nonconference slate in 2016 that already features a home game with Utah and a road game at Iowa State. The 2015 nonconference slate so far has road games at Oregon State and Auburn and a home game with BYU.
For more on San Jose State athletics, visit the SpartanCentral blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sjsu. Follow Jimmy Durkin on Twitter at Twitter.com/Jimmy_Durkin.


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Actor Ryan Reynolds has listed for sale the Los Feliz hills house he bought with his then-wife, actress Scarlett Johansson, in 2010.
Priced at $3.65 million, the 1969 Buff & Hensman-designed Wong House has walls of glass that capture views of downtown Los Angeles and the ocean. The turn-key house has been restored, and Reynolds added solar upgrades and high-tech bells and whistles.
The master suite opens to a walled garden. There are two bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,835 square feet of living space. Two rooms originally used as bedrooms in the post-and-beam house were converted to a family room. It remains to be seen whether the star power of the house will make up for the missing bedrooms.
The nearly half-acre site features a lawn, a deck and saltwater swimming pool. Along the property line sit overflowing pot fountains intended to block or muffle voices.
Reynolds, 35, and Johansson, 27, were divorced last year after three years of marriage.
He stars with Denzel Washington in the recently released film"Safe House." Last year, Reynolds starred in"Green Lantern" and"The Change-Up."
Johansson starred in"We Bought a Zoo"(2011) and played Natasha Romanoff in the sci-fi adventure"Iron Man 2"(2010). She will star this year in "Under the Skin" and "The Avengers."
The then-married couple purchased the property for $2.9 million. The sales price of roughly $1,000 a square foot was considered high for the area at the time, according to local real estate agents.
Downtown penthouse has star appeal
Actor-director-producer Vincent Gallo has listed his penthouse in downtown L.A. for sale at $2.599 million.
Once leased to actor Nicolas Cage, the four-level loft has an open floor plan, exposed brick walls, floating-style staircases, inch-thick maple floors and an in-unit elevator. There are two bedrooms and 21/2 bathrooms in the 4,300-square-foot space. Three outdoor and rooftop living areas, including a movie theater, have city views and add 3,100 square feet of space.
The penthouse sits atop what was once the West Coast headquarters of the National Biscuit Co. The seven-story factory was built in 1925. Linear City renovated the former Nabisco Bakery in 2007 into 104 live-work lofts. The complex is a Los Angeles Historical-Cultural Monument, which allows for reduced property taxes under the Mills Act. Building amenities include a 24-hour doorman, a 75-foot-long saline swimming pool and a gym.
Gallo, 50, is also a singer and songwriter. He starred in such independent films as "Essential Killing" (2010) and"Tetro"(2009) and will star in the upcoming movie "The Legend of Kaspar Hauser."
Public records show Gallo bought the property in 2009 for $2.34 million.
Frank Bruno of Keller Williams Realty in the Hollywood Hills is the listing agent.
Former Dodger finds new home base
Retired professional baseball player Eric Davis and his wife, Sherrie, have listed their home in Calabasas at $2.195 million.
The Mediterranean-style house, built in 1994, sits on about half an acre with a swimming pool and spa, barbecue pavilion, half basketball court and stretches of lawn. The 7,239-square-foot home features a marble-floored entry, a wrought-iron staircase, a media room with a wet bar, an office, four bedrooms and six bathrooms.
Davis, 49, played for the Dodgers in the early '90s and ended his playing career with the San Francisco Giants in 2001. The former center fielder now works for the front office of the Cincinnati Reds, where he played from 1984 to 1991. He was inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame in 2005.
The couple will scale down to a smaller single-level home in the area, according to their listing agent, David Yobs of Prudential California Realty. With their children grown, they don't need as large a home anymore, Yobs said.
Public records show they bought the property in 2001 for $1.65 million.
Moving on to their next 'project'?
Mandana Dayani of "The Rachel Zoe Project" and her husband, TV executive and producer Peter Traugott, have sold their Hollywood Hills West-area home for $1.5 million.
The traditional-style house, built in 1952, was designed for indoor-outdoor entertaining. The living room opens to a terrace on the main level, and the lower level to a swimming pool with spa. The master bedroom features dual walk-in closets, a den and a bathroom for a total of three bedrooms and 21/2 bathrooms in the 2,240-square-foot house.
Dayani, vice president and general counsel for Rachel Zoe Inc., joined the cast of the reality show in the 2011 season. Traugott is the television division president of Brillstein Entertainment Partners. He will be an executive producer for the NBC pilot "No Harm Done." His production credits include last year's pilot for "Ringer," starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, and"Samantha Who?" (2007-09).
Traugott bought the property in 2003 for $1.29 million, public records show. The couple were married in 2010 and put the house on the market late last year at $1.549 million.
Sharona Alperin ofSotheby'sInternational Realty's Sunset office was the listing agent.
'30s home built for a Nobel Prize winner
A gated home in the Pacific Palisades/Brentwood area built for Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann is available for lease at $15,500 a month.
Constructed in 1939, the 5,266-square-foot house on an acre of property has been updated to enhance the indoor-outdoor traffic flow. Features include a family room/game room with a bar, walls of glass, a study with built-in shelves, five bedrooms and five bathrooms. A cabana stands beside the swimming pool. A commemorative plaque depicting Mann is on a wall of the house.
Mann, who died in 1955 at 80 in Zurich, Switzerland, wrote novels, short stories and essays. He won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1929. The anti-Nazi writer fled Germany in the early '30s for Switzerland before moving to the U.S. His short story "Disillusionment" is the basis for the Peggy Lee-recorded song "Is That All There Is?"
Although the house has a Pacific Palisades address in the Multiple Listing Service, The Times' Mapping L.A. database shows it sits within the Brentwood neighborhood.
Joyce Rey and Stephen Apelian with Coldwell Banker in Beverly Hills are the listing agents.


text: The panels of this magnificent screen depict subjects from the artist's garden and surrounding bush landscape. Cossington Smith was especially pleased with the third panel. As she said in an interview with Alan Roberts: 'There used to be a waterfall along there … called Lovers' Leap … a lovely proper one … and I did a painting … with the length of the waterfall on the panel … I think it came off rather well; rocks and waterfall and the bush.' This screen was commissioned by a collector in the United Kingdom who rejected it and acquired The gully instead. At the time the artist was disappointed and vowed never to do another commission. Many years later she was delighted when the work was acquired by the National Gallery of Australia.


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Blackhawks' streak ends at 24 with loss to Avalancheby Rick Sadowski
DENVER -- The Streak is over.
The Chicago Blackhawks' remarkable 24-game run without a regulation loss, the best start to a season in NHL history, came to a screeching halt Friday night at the Pepsi Center, as did their franchise-record 11-game winning streak.
The Colorado Avalanche, who had one win in their previous seven games, stunned the Blackhawks with five consecutive goals -- four in the second period -- on the way to a 6-2 victory before a raucous sellout crowd of 18,007 (many clad in red Blackhawks jerseys) -- that chanted "End the streak!" in the final minutes.
The Blackhawks went 21-0-3 during the streak. Only the 1977-78 Montreal Canadiens (28 games) and the 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers (35 games) played more consecutive games in one season without a regulation loss.
"I talked to them after the game that they should be very proud of what they accomplished," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "They found different ways to win, night in and night out, and everyone contributed to something that hadn't been done. It's a great feather in our cap, but let's move forward here and try to get better. Certainly it was a lot of fun up to today.
"(The streak) gained a lot of momentum over the last little while, and our opponents, they treated it like it was a very important game. You look at the standings and everyone has a meaningful game, but it seemed like there was added incentive as we've gone along. We welcomed the challenge."
Friday's win gave the Avalanche some measure of revenge after losing 3-2 in Chicago on Wednesday when the Blackhawks' Daniel Carcillo scored with 49.3 seconds left in regulation.
"Pretty impressive, something special," Avalanche center Paul Stastny said of the Blackhawks' streak. "It's great for the League. They got a lot of press and they deserved it. I think it's a streak that will go untouched for a long, long time. It was good to do this in front of hometown fans on a Friday night like this.
"It's funny, earlier in the year we were playing after seven or eight games and [Gabriel Landeskog] was wondering when we play these guys. I was like, 'Don't worry, we won't get them when they're undefeated.' Little did I know. A month and a half later we were playing them and they were still undefeated."
Counting the final six games end of last season, the Blackhawks had gained at least one point in 30 consecutive games.
"It's over. We lost tonight's game," said Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford, who was replaced to start the third period after allowing five goals on 19 shots. "Five goals … it's hard to win when you give up that much. I didn't give the guys a chance."
Of the streak, Crawford said: "It was great. We talked about it a lot. We played so well as a team. Everyone in the lineup was playing hard every night, but it's over. We just have to worry about the next one."
The Avalanche were led by center Matt Duchene, who matched his career high for points in a game with four (one goal, three assists), while Stastny and PA Parenteau each contributed a goal and two assists.
"It's a great confidence booster," Duchene said. "It shows that we can play with anybody in this League. It's one of the best teams in the whole National Hockey League. What a special run they had. It was pretty cool to end it, that's for sure. It's pretty special."
Duchene snapped a 1-1 tie at 4:16 of the period with a shot from the slot that went past Crawford's left arm. Defenseman Erik Johnson, who missed the previous 11 games with a concussion, set up the play with a pass from the right side.
"There was a little bit of rust, but I felt good," said Johnson, who logged 19:04 in ice time and was plus-4. "It was nice to be able to chip in a little bit offensively. I thought my defensive game's been great all year and I just wanted to continue that tonight. We wanted two points first and foremost, but ending that streak is a silver lining for sure. "
The Avalanche made it 3-1 just 33 seconds later when Ryan O'Reilly slipped a centering pass to John Mitchell for a shot that beat Crawford to the stick side. It marked just the third time this season that the Blackhawks trailed by as many as two goals, prompting Quenneville to call time.
The Avalanche went on a power play six minutes later when Crawford tripped Aaron Palushaj, and they made him pay when O'Reilly scored from the right point at 10:47 -- four seconds into the man advantage.
Jamie McGinn increased the lead to 5-1 at 13:58 off a setup from Duchene, who beat Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith to the puck along the end boards and passed in front.
"The game was far from over," Duchene said. "That's a team that can come back. We sat back a little playing the last 10 minutes, but it's probably human nature. We played a pretty solid hockey game tonight."
The Blackhawks, who were 3-0-1 when trailing after two periods, got a goal from Bryan Bickell at 8:53 of the third period, which Parenteau answered at 15:46.
"We need to win games and to accumulate points," Avalanche coach Joe Sacco said. "Hopefully this is something that will springboard our team moving forward. But let me say that Chicago deserves a lot of credit for what they just did. That's quite a run that they went on, extremely impressive. That's a great hockey team over there."
The Blackhawks scored first for the 12th time this season on a goal by Jonathan Toews at 5:44 of the opening period. It came on their initial shot of the game after an Avalanche turnover.
The Avalanche tied the game 1-1 at 16:36 on a power-play goal by Stastny. Duchene was in the right circle when he slid a hard pass into the slot for Stastny, who redirected the puck past Crawford.
The Avalanche came into the game ranked last in the NHL on the power play with just eight goals in 67 man advantages. Stastny's goal ended the team's 0-for-13 drought on power plays covering parts of six games.
"We gave them too many open shots from the slot and made it too difficult on our goaltenders to make those stops," Toews said. "We had chances to stay close but didn't play smart enough in our own zone."
As proud of the streak as the Blackhawks are, Toews suggested that its end might even bring a bit of relief.
"I'd say the last handful of games the talk about it kind of got out of control," he said. "The guys in our locker room we always focused on the same thing, being prepared to play our team game. We never really got distracted by that. Maybe it does take a little bit of pressure off us and we can sit back and look at the good things we've done.
"We were fortunate to play well enough to make it this far. It's something we can be proud of. It's a pretty cool thing."


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Coolest Street Art Gallery in the US: Lab Art
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Lovers of street art have just hit the motherlode! The largest street art gallery in the United States (6,500 square feet) called Lab Art in Los Angeles recently opened its doors. I don't even know where to begin in describing it because your mind will be blown when you enter Lab Art. The space is enormous, the art is fantastic and very reasonably priced, the vibe is creative and inviting and the staff are friendly and passionate about the artists represented inside their gallery.
Lab Art currently has works from some of the hottest street artists on the scene on display including AJL, Alec Monopoly, Army of One-JC2, Cali Killa, Carlos Ulloa, Chad Muska, Cibass, Common Cents, Cristian "SMEAR" Gheorghiu, Cyrcle, Daniel Siboni, DD'$, Desire Obtain Cherish, Destroy All Design, Dog Byte, Felix, Fragile Art, Gregory Siff, Haculla, Inept Art, Jonny D1G1TAL, K H Number 7, Kai Aspire, LOUIS XXX, MAR, Nomade, RABI, Sean D'Anconia, Stu Rad, Swift Art, Thank You X, VARP and XVALA. The art is changing constantly and more and more artists are being added to this illustrious lineup.
Over the coming weeks, I'll be posting photos of some of the works by these great artists, so please be patient. I was advised that the art will change on a monthly basis and the next exhibit will feature female street artists! Bookmark Lab Art's official website for the latest news on this amazing place. Lab Art is located on 217 South La Brea in Los Angeles on Monday & Tuesday by appointment; Wednesday to Friday, 11am to 7pm; Saturday, 11am to 8pm, and Sunday 11am to 6pm. Make sure you have plenty of time to peruse the gallery as there is so much great art to see. If you don't live in Los Angeles, I highly recommend booking a trip to check out the gallery. You won't be disappointed. Tell them G sent you!


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In an article on Huffington Post, Max Temark examines the the relationship of church doctrine to the actual beliefs held by the flock. This was part of a larger study that looks at the science and religion intersection. The passage that caught my attention was...
Part of the explanation may be a striking gap between Americans' personal beliefs and the official views of the faiths to which they belong. Whereas only 11 percent belong to religions openly rejecting evolution, Gallup reports that 46 percent believe that God created humans in their present form less than 10,000 years ago. Why is this "belief gap'' so large? Interestingly, this isn't the only belief gap surrounding a science-religion controversy: whereas 0 percent of Americans belong to religions arguing that the Sun revolves around Earth, Gallup reports that as many as 18 percent nonetheless believe in this theory that used to be popular during the Middle Ages. This suggests that the belief gaps may have less to do with intellectual disputes and more to do with an epic failure of science education.
As a retired science teacher of 30 years, the last line made me pause – he's right. I know the US academic achievement in science is depressing when placed against all other major countries and a few minor ones. The efforts to improve the system have been, not only ineffective, but all to often detrimental to students and teachers. A significant reason (among many) is the slavish adherence to top down management, from allocation of funds to the intrusion into curriculum – and above all else, protecting the cushy job being one of the "decision makers" affords them .
As to that 35% that have no doctrinal restrictions regarding an acceptance of evolution, they persist . The issue is the science of the idea and the religious response to it. If it's not the church making them stupid then WTF has infested their tiny minds?
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Now, now, Jim we don't want any of that "critical thinking" in our schools anymore.
What was I thinking? ... oh yeah...that's the problem - thinking.
Possibly a TV-addicted culture. I taught science. Three months after we'd completed a unit on a topic, for which most had passed the test, when the topic came up again it was as if none of them had ever heard of it. It was as if they weren't trying to learn, but merely living in the moment/seeking entertainment.
I'm so glad that I don't teach children! I couldn't stand the frustration!
I taught both high school students and adults - I preferred the high school students, the worst I found was teaching other teachers.
I'm sure TV plays a role as do video games. When my grandson has his head phones and microphone on and he's playing a video game with 3 other equally equipped teenagers - .communicating with him would be easier if he were on the Moon.
They are flooded with with the complexity of modern culture and shiny toys; they know so little history they see nothing unique in the present and have no vision of their future.
Yes, I worry about video game addiction among some of the young people today. It's like they have to play the game 24/7 and it is all they think about. There are more important things to life than games. I do play games myself - but only on a casual basis.
Oh you know Ruth - I've had students just like that. They show no interest in science. Just pop culture crap. Like Honey Boo-Boo and junk. Very frustrating.
Speaking from a teacher's point of view, I share the frustrations and experiences each of you describe. From a family point of view, I observed my three children, four grandchildren and now five great grandchildren, I am concerned that their formal education seems as you describe, learn for the tests and then the information flits away. This concerns me greatly.
What also is happening is my children are hands on parents, doing projects and sports, stuff like that with the kids. Camping gives them opportunities to put their school learning to work and they seem quite competent solving everyday problems. My great-grandchildren no longer live in a city and have all the farm routine to do, from feeding farm animals, repairing fences and machinery, and they each have full responsibility for some chore. When I visit them, even the youngest works cooperatively and in good humor. There is no fuss about doing chores without prompting. I attribute it to farm living.
Even the animas are healthier on the farm. None of the neurotic barking of city dogs, for example. They are threatened by raccoons, coyotes and a bear or two. It is a heartbreak when we find a pet's carcass but even that gives the youngsters a sense of life and death.
My goal in raising my kids was to prepare them to have dinner with a queen and take care of all chores that come up in family life. They are doing the same with their children and grandchildren. I can't say enough for rural living ... they are getting lots of practical experience. I worry about them not getting enough science to spark a light of possibilities there.
All members of my daughter's family who are over 18 are volunteer fire fighters. They have to take regular and frequent training. It teaches far more than squirting water on a fire; they learn about health of the forest, kinds of timber, how to fight a house or forest fire, proper chemicals and techniques and how to be an effective first responder for illness or injury.
As to the interface of religion and science, they have no religious exposure, which suits me just fine. They do have a sense of life and death, commitment to family and community, and a healthy feeling of belonging to a team. It takes each one of them to make life function well and each are treasured and they each know it.
Many of these people home school their children or send them to "Christian" schools. Often this is for the very reason of controlling the curriculum especially in the area of Science in order to include unscientific subjects such as creationism and Bible study.
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LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Kentucky heroin overdose deaths and emergency department visits increased from 2011 to 2012, while prescription painkiller overdoses dropped, officials say.
A report by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health analyzed overdose morbidity and mortality among the state's residents. Overall, in 2012, there were 6,496 overdose emergency department visits and 1,031 overdose deaths, compared with 6,492 and 1,022, respectively in 2011, the report said.
Heroin contributed to 129 Kentucky resident drug overdose deaths in 2012, a 207 percent increase from the 42 heroin-involved deaths recorded in 2011. There was a 174 percent increase in inpatient hospitalization and a 197 percent increase in hospital emergency room visits related to heroin.
Pharmaceutical opioids, or painkillers, remained the primary cause of overdose deaths in the state.
Benzodiazepines -- such as Librium or Valium -- remained the primary drugs involved in Kentucky resident drug overdose emergency room visits, and hospitalizations in 2012 decreased 9 percent from a high of 939 visits in 2011 to 856 visits in 2012.
Intent to self‐harm was the primary reason for hospitalizations due to overdose, similar to years 2000‐2011, the report said.
While the contribution of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines to drug overdoses decreased from 2011 to 2012, there was a precipitous increase in heroin involvement in overdose deaths, inpatient hospitalizations and emergency room visits during the same period.
The spike in drug abuse and overdoses involving heroin is not unique to Kentucky, the report said.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a 55 percent increase in heroin-related overdose deaths nationally from 2000 to 2010.
Some substance abuse experts suspect a connection between increased heroin use and decreasing non-medical prescription opiate abuse. Due to efforts such as prescription drug monitoring programs, it has become increasingly difficult to obtain prescription drugs, while heroin has become cheaper and more accessible, the report said.


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