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When she was 2 years old, Claudia Hurtado and her sister were taken across the border with people she didn't know.
Separately, her parents crossed from Mexico to Texas, and there, met the people with their children, before coming to Denver to …
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When she was 2 years old, Claudia Hurtado and her sister were taken across the border with people she didn't know.Separately, her parents crossed from Mexico to Texas, and there, met the people with their children, before coming to Denver to give them "a better future," said Hurtado, who's now able to work and and live without fear of deportation because of the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals program. DACA started under President Barack Obama in 2012 when the federal government decided to change how it enforces immigration law.When she was 13, Hurtado heard that her father was deported after taking a bus to visit his father's grave in Mexico. After he crossed the border to El Paso, Texas, immigration officers there detained him."I remember my mom hiding it from us because we were young," said Hurtado, now 16 and a Denver Public Schools student. She heard the news first from her sister.For thousands of students in Colorado, eyeing the thin line between legal status and undocumented life is a daily occurrence — children brought to the United States by undocumented parents live with the possibility their family may be torn apart at any time.But after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end of DACA on Sept. 5, more than 15,000 people with active DACA status in Colorado may see that line erased entirely. The federal government stopped accepting new applications Sept. 5, and those whose status expires before March 5 have until Oct. 5 to reapply. For those whose status is set to expire after March 5, the clock is ticking until their protections run out.Acting fast"I was very angry, very frustrated," said Saira Galindo, a student at Metropolitan State University of Denver. "We all (had) a lot of questions (and) a lot of confusion because can we reapply, do we send it now, do we not renew?"Galindo, vice president of RISE, a group of undocumented and DACA-status students and allies at MSU, helped organize a walkout that led high school and college students through Denver to the Auraria Campus the morning of Sept. 5 to protest the potential rescinding of DACA. Students from several DPS high schools participated, said Galindo, a DACA recipient."Seeing all these young kids, all these schools, speak out was very empowering," Galindo, 24, said, but "very devastating because people were crying. People were scared ... everyone was feeling literally everything at the moment."But amid the panic, lawyers, law students, campus officials and student activists have banded together at colleges across metro areas to renew DACA protections for eligible recipients. On Sept. 16, pro-bono lawyers and staff from MSU and the University of Colorado Denver ran a workshop on the Auraria Campus that got DACA-renewal applications done for students from those two schools. The schools have paid the $495 renewal fee for the students or helped them apply for aid toward the payment, school officials said.Community College of Denver students, high school students and community members got help with renewals from the local Mexican consulate in Glendale at the workshop, said Galindo, whose RISE group and CU Dreamers, a similar group at UCD, helped organize it. For non-Mexican nationals, the workshop helped them apply for funds through the Mission Asset Fund, a San Francisco-based nonprofit.In all, 33 people got renewal requests submitted or assitance applying that day. MSU started a fund to help with renewal fees — it covered the fee for seven students there, Saira said — and UCD would pull from the privately funded Student Relief Fund created by University of Colorado regents in April. Five students have applied for the fee to be covered by that fund, which gives preference to DACA students, said Emily Williams, a spokesperson for UCD.Similar renewal workshops took place Sept. 22 and 23 at Colorado State University Fort Collins, Sept. 23 at the University of Denver and Sept. 27 at the University of Colorado Boulder, and will take place Sept. 29 at the University of Northern Colorado Greeley.Under pressureAt Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, some undocumented students dropped classes after DACA's rescinding, officials said."I've been working in higher (education) for 20 years, and this feeling that `whoa, this might affect my ability to finish my education' ... I've never (previously) felt that," said Jeff Duggan, coordinator for communications at the college.ACC doesn't track its number of DACA students, said Lisa Matye Edwards, vice president of student affairs, but through anecdotal conversations, school officials have noticed. She guessed ACC has about 30 students affected by DACA policy, and the school identified a pool of donated money it can use to help students pay their renewal fee.The school put out a message to staff and students Sept. 5 and is connecting students to immigration attorneys, Matye Edwards said. Mental health counselors, and ACC staff who were once non-citizens, can speak to students about their anxiety, she said.On Sept. 13, the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education, which oversees 13 colleges in the state including ACC, adopted a resolution to support congressional action to preserve DACA protections.Looking aheadWith less than six months until recipients who do not have the chance to reapply for DACA begin to see their status expire, Congress will be under pressure to decide the fate of young immigrants.U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Golden, supports the DREAM Act of 2017, which would give undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. before age 18 a path to citizenship through work, military service or attending college. He also supports the American Hope Act, which is similar but would not be based on those criteria. He supported DACA when it was enacted in 2012."I was pleased to see Gov. Hickenlooper add Colorado's name to a lawsuit challenging (President Trump's) decision to end the DACA program," Perlmutter said.Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner tweeted a statement Sept. 5 saying he's proud to cosponsor the DREAM Act."Children who came to this country ... through no fault of their own must have the opportunity to remain here lawfully," Gardner's statement said.A spokesperson for Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Bennet supports the DREAM Act and has supported DACA.Bennet "believes Dreamers should feel empowered to continue contributing to our society — not scared of being deported from the only country they know as home," the spokesperson said.U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, said that in January he introduced the BRIDGE Act, which would be a "backup" plan to give undocumented immigrants legal presence and ability to work — under similar criteria to DACA — for three years."What I hope is a more permanent solution (can pass)," said Coffman, who supports a proposal to combine elements of the DREAM Act with added border security, but not a wall, along with Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder. They put it together in mid-September along with a small bipartisan group in Congress and planned to introduce it into debate soon, Coffman said.Trump has told Congressional Democrats he would accept some kind of DACA fix in exchange for added border security measures and that the wall would not be a part of the discussions, Politico reported Sept. 14. Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan supports that kind of pairing of policies."Trump's announcement probably gives momentum to the effort to pass (comprehensive immigration reform)," Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, said.In the meantime, students like Claudia Hurtado will be waiting. Her family fought her father's deportation case, and he was allowed to stay, partly because of his five children. She wants to attend CU Boulder and become a lawyer.She plans to help people with immigration cases.
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Vertonghen not surprised by Benteke form
Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen had no doubt that Christian Benteke would prove his doubters wrong as he prepares to face his international colleague at Villa Park this evening.
Benteke struggled to adapt to life in the Barclays Premier League when he arrived from Genk for £7million this August, but the Belgian has been on a hot streak of form recently to take his season tally to eight goals.
Vertonghen knows Benteke well from their time together with a Belgium side littered with individual brilliance, and he said: "It doesn't surprise me that he has done well. He is very good in the air and he can score. He will be a very tough player to play against."
He added: "He now feels the confidence of the team, the crowd and the manager.
"You could see that in the last two games for the national team (when Benteke scored in wins over Serbia and Scotland). He was very good then and I think that Aston Villa made the right choice to sign him."
Vertonghen may not be pitted in to direct combat against his compatriot, however, as he could once again be deployed at left-back, where he has played since Benoit Assou-Ekotto suffered a knee injury in September.
With Assou-Ekotto nearing full fitness, Vertonghen hopes to move back to his favoured position of centre-half.
When asked whether he found it frustrating playing at full-back, the 25-year-old said: "Yes, and the manager knows. I prefer centre-back but I want to help the team.
"It would be good to have Benoit back but not only for that reason as he is one of the best left-backs in the league."
Villas-Boas, whose team dropped to sixth in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday with a 0-0 draw against Stoke, will also be without Clint Dempsey for this evening's game as he has a groin strain.


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YORK, PA – The York College men's basketball team fell to a talented New Jersey City Gothic Knight squad, 60-45, in the championship game of the 14th Annual Coaches vs. Cancer Classic on Sunday afternoon in York.
The Gothic Knights improve to 2-0 overall while the Spartans are now 1-1.
The Spartans went into the game with a specific plan. Make the Gothic Knights beat them from the outside. The plan worked out well but the Green and White made life very difficult on themselves as they committed 26 turnovers on the game, many of which were self inflicted miscues.
The scoring pace was glacial in the opening half as the two teams combined for 10 points in the opening 7:16 of the game. The Gothic Knights picked up the pace with a 10-0 spurt that turned a two-point deficit into a 14-6 lead.
York battled back with a 9-0 run of their own to take a 15-14 lead with 6:18 left in the half. Jersey City then outscored their hosts 12-5 over the final 5:15 of the first half to take a 26-20 break to the half.
The Spartans were very fortunate that their deficit wasn't greater as the Green and White committed 16 first half turnovers. York's defensive effort was very good in the opening half as they harassed the Gothic Knights into 30% (9-for-30) shooting in the half including 4-for-17 from three.
The Spartans cut the Gothic Knight lead to two twice in the early stages of the second half. The second time came on a pair of Matt McNeely (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) free throws with 17:31 left in the game. The Gothic Knights then hit the Spartans with a game-changing 20-5 run that featured a trio of triples, two from all-tournament team member Khalid Muhammad.
The Spartans wouldn't get closer than 13 the rest of the way.
Muhammad led the Gothic Knights with 18 points, four assists, two steals and a rebound in his 28 minutes of play. He was 7-for-12 from the floor including 3-for-6 from three. David Cole added 11 points including a trio of first half threes that helped fuel the big Jersey City first half run. Tournament MVP Walik Albright added nine points, four rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal in just 24 minutes after being saddled with early foul trouble.
The Spartans were led by all-tournament team member McNeely as the senior played well with 18 points, six rebounds, and a steal. McNeely was 6-for-10 from the floor and 6-for-10 from the charity stripe. Fellow senior Mike Mathews (Newark, Del./Salesianum) added 10 points, three rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal. Senior B.J. Enck (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) added eight points and a game-high nine rebounds.
The Spartans finished the game shooting 41.2% from the floor as they went just 1-for-4 from three. The Green and White attempted 20 less shots than NJCU. The Gothic Knights shot 42.6% from the floor while they went 8-for-28 (28.6%) from three.
The Spartans outrebounded Jersey City 32-25 in the loss.
Stevens captured the win in the consolation game as they defeated Gallaudet 77-66.
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If you came from Amy's blog and are looking for my Blogger's Quilt Festival entry check here
My bird quilt is finished yay!
A little info, this quilt measures approx 57" x 72" {143 x180 cm}
Made with Laurie Wisbrun's Tufted Tweets and some Katie Jump Rope by Denyse Schmidt for the binding. Solids are from my local market.
Hand quilted with vintage white embroidery floss, black silk and Sulky in grey.
It's been horrible weather so I had to take pictures inside unfortunately. This was the best I could do! This is my first {and certainly not my last} pieced backing. I drew more cages on the back used up some left over bits of tweets and added the white and black because I'd ran out of grey. I love how it's turned out even though the design was quite random.
This quilt has a lot of 'me' in it. Often I find inspiration in song lyrics, this happened to be the case with this quilt as well. The two lines that kept running through my head were "it's just an empty cage girl, if you kill the bird" from Crucify by Tori Amos. And "all your life you were only waiting for this moment to arrive" from Paul McCartney's Blackbird. Once I saw Tufted Tweets I just knew they'd be perfect for my black 'ravens' and empty cages quilt.
Quilting is therapy for me, as I know it is for a lot of you out there as well. It offers me the opportunity to have a creative outlet for my emotions and things I go through in life. This last year has been a tough one for me and my battle's not over yet. Five years ago I ended an abusive relationship and it's been a long lasting battle to reclaim my own life and freedom. These birds and their empty cages symbolize these last five years for me.
It took me a while to figure out just how to quilt this but I decided to repeat one of the patterns in the fabric for the quilting {the connected oval shapes} and I added some vertical and horizontal stripes in various widths.
This orange binding is completely out of my comfort zone! But I've been trying to overcome my fear of orange {I blame football for that!} and I'm really pleased with how it looks!
I love this bit on the back where the quilted cage overlaps the one I drew!
Somehow I feel this quilt's very appropriate for Halloween. Maybe not in a traditional witches and pumpkin kind of way but the colours and the ravens feel very much in theme with the season to me.
Happy Halloween!
x Leila
p.s. The inspiration lyrics for my next two quilts are...."I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ah!" {yup that's the Spice Girls and I'm feeling the shame! ;-)} and it's a tie between "From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen" & "you're my pride and joy etc."


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In 1994, at the age of 26, "Hairspray" sweetheart Ricki Lake had one of the hottest daytime talk shows in the history of television.
With a daily audience of 5.8 million viewers after only one year on-air, "Ricki Lake" was second only to "Oprah" among all syndicated talk shows, and she was beating "Oprah" among younger viewers.
But today, the 43-year-old performer, who returns to talk TV this month with "The Ricki Lake Show," looks back and says: If only she had been able to understand what she had and what she might have done with all her clout at the time.
"I didn't know. I didn't really appreciate it," Lake said in an interview in Baltimore last week, the city where her career began as an 18-year-old unknown actress starring as Tracy Turnblad in John Waters' film classic.
"My whole career," she says, "has been about me sort of jumping into something and not really thinking it through or thinking where will this lead me."
"For example, making my first movie here in Baltimore in the summer of 1987, I didn't know who Divine was," Lake says. "I never heard of John Waters. It was like, 'Hi, nice to meet you. You're going to change my life, and I have no idea what's going to happen, but I'm going for it.'"
That spirit is one of the things that endeared her to Waters and led not only to more roles in "Serial Mom" and "Cry Baby," but to a deep friendship with Waters now in its 25th year.
"Our relationship is way beyond a professional friendship," he says. "Ricki is one of the few who knows everything about me, and I know everything about her. I know her parents. I know her kids. I know her ex-husband. I know people she slept with one night."
Says Lake: "Just like 'Hairspray," that's sort-of how I tripped into every opportunity — the talk show, too. I never imagined it would go for 11 days, let alone 11 years."
Trash TV
The first two years of "Ricki Lake" were heady stuff, with Lake's producers reinventing the genre with the first talk show targeting teens and young adults -- and the ratings going up, up, up.
But Lake and her producers also drank at the well of trash TV as the years went on with such shows as "I Slept With Your Man, and I'm Gonna Do It Again, and Again and Again."
At the end, Lake wanted out. The production company had renewed her show for another year, but in 2004, when her contract was up, she left. She also left her husband and New York to embark on an eight-year odyssey that now includes a new husband, a new Los Angeles home — and the new talk show that debuts Sept. 10.
Lake says the moment of truth came in 2001 on 9/11. Her show filmed in New York, and she lived near the World Trade Center. Like many people in New York that day, she says she thought she was going to die.
"I saw the plane go into the building from my apartment downtown," she says. "I just had my son there. I had given birth two months before, so I was really traumatized. And I felt like I needed to make some changes — and one of them was leaving my show. … I didn't go off the air until 2004, because I had a contract I had to fulfill, but that day in 2001 is when it started."
Lake says that process of reinvention included "looking back" at her TV talk career, and thinking, "OK, my 'Hoochie Mama Makeovers' and 'Baby Mama Dramas' — is this what I want to be known for? Is this what I want my legacy to be?"
Strong ties
The world of daytime TV talk is filled with narratives of reinvention — guests talk of losing 100 pounds and finding fulfillment. When a talk show host refers to life and career changes as "embarking on a personal journey," as Lake does in the interview, it seems fair to wonder what's authentic and what's performance.
Moran, Baltimore's Emmy Award-winning casting director and one of the straightest shooters in show business, vouches for Lake's authenticity.
"With Ricki, what you see is what you get," she says. "Ricki was very young and on her way to work for The Gap when I met her. And we keep in touch. ... She is as sweet as she's ever been, and it's like she never missed a beat. I mean it: There is nothing false about that girl."
If it is performance, it's a good one. Lake seems uncensored, open and totally into what's happening in the moment of conversation.
During the interview, she talked about having dinner the night before with Waters and Moran at Rocket to Venus in Hampden.
"This is like family to me" she says. "I mean, I've known them since I was, like, 18 years old, when I was chasing after the crew guys when I was full of hormones and dying to lose my virginity. So, they've known me all that time."
Lake calls the time spent filming "Hairspray" in Baltimore "the summer of my life."
And, she says, "I continued to have amazing summers here making 'Cry Baby' and 'Serial Mom,'" as she ticked off every apartment and hotel in which she stayed while working on a Waters film.
She speaks about Waters with deep affection and gratitude, describing her selection as Tracy Turnblad after an open audition in New York City as "one of those fluky, kind of meant-to-be experiences."
"I guess he saw something in me, and thank God he did," she says.
"He had me sign an audio copy of my book," she said of their dinner this week. "And I just said, 'To John, thank you for my career,' because I really would not be here if not for him."
Waters wrote the foreword to Lake's "Never Say Never: Finding a Life That Fits," which was published in April. Waters' words alone are worth the price of the book — steeped not only in the filmmaker's affection for Lake, but his keen satiric edge.
"Let's get this right out of the way," Waters writes. "I love Ricki Lake fat, thin, chubby, rich, poor, single, dating, married, divorced, engaged again; I love Ricki even when I have to watch her give birth in a bathtub in 'The Business of Being Born.' I guess that is unconditional love."
In an interview last week, Waters said, "If I hadn't discovered her, she would have ended up being famous anyway. Everybody likes Ricki. They're willing to go with her anywhere she takes them. I jokingly call her my daughter. But Divine was her mother, because Divine taught her how to walk in heels."
As to this latest act of reinvention as a more mature, socially conscious talk show host, "God knows I've reinvented myself 50 times," Waters says. "It's a tough thing to do, because she's got a lot of competition this time. But none of them are going to be as real as Ricki."
Lake says the catchphrase for her new show is, "You're not the same person you were in the '90s, and neither is she."
She sums up the difference between her old show and the new one by explaining how they would treat the topic of "surviving infidelity."
"The old show would be, 'Yo, ho, back off from my man,'" she says with a ton of attitude and volume. "And now it's like, 'How do I stay in this marriage?'" she says in a softer, more thoughtful voice. "It's the tone that changes."
The tone and attitude.
"This time around, being 43 years old, it's not about trying to be a star," she says. "I feel like there's so much we can do with this show to help people, educate people, entertain people in away we didn't last time around."
It is a tough field with Katie Couric on her own "personal journey" journal" from CBS anchorwoman to talk show host arriving Sept. 10 as well.
"I don't aspire to replace Oprah," Lake says. "No one can. ... I just want to do the show for a little bit of time, and hopefully we can do some great, great hours of television where we inspire people and I feel like I'm being authentic and my own true self — growing and connecting. That's what I hope.
"And then when it's done for however long it goes, if the audience doesn't want to see me again on daytime TV, I will just as happily pack up my bags and move to Spain."
Spain? For real, Ricky?
"Yes, Ibiza," she says, smiling like someone who enjoys the thought. "I'm not looking to do that tomorrow. Clearly, I'm very passionate about the show. But I also have a backup plan. It's good to have a backup plan."
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"The Ricki Lake Show" premieres at 4 p.m. Sept. 10 on WNUV (Channel 54) in Baltimore.
Ricki Lake
Hometown: Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
Lives: Los Angeles
Married: to Christian Evans (2012, second marriage)
Children: Milo (15) and Owen (11)
Selected film credits: "Hairspray" (1988), "Cry-Baby" (1991), Serial Mom" (1994), "Mrs. Winterbourne" (1996).
TV: "China Beach" (1990), "Rick Lake" (1993-2004), "King of Queens" (2000-2001).


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UEFA Europa League holders Club Atlético de Madrid have added to their defensive options ahead of Friday's UEFA Super Cup match against Chelsea FC with the arrival of Domingo Cisma on a free transfer from Real Racing Club.
The left-back – who can also play in central defence – agreed to return to the Vicente Calderón on a season-long deal seven years after featuring for the club's B team. "I am back to stay," said the 30-year-old former UD Almería and CD Numancia player after landing back in the Spanish capital. "A special group of players is being assembled here and I hope my arrival will increase the competition for places."
Meanwhile, right-sided prospect Abdelkader Oueslati, or 'Kader', who made his senior debut in Atlético's 1-1 Liga draw at Levante UD on 19 August, faces at least a month on the sidelines. The 20-year-old has had surgery to treat the broken collarbone he suffered in a collision with Cristian Rodríguez in training on Sunday.
Several hours before tackling Chelsea at the Stade Louis II in Friday's UEFA Super Cup, Diego Simeone's side will take their place in the UEFA Europa League group stage draw at 13.00CET.
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1920s home that probably has a stone foundation. The interior is parged with cement. A few months ago I removed all of the loose paint, used bleach to clean mineral deposits, rinsed with clean water, did a hydraulic cement patch, and applied drylok after a week of drying+curing. Now I have 2 issues:
1. The mineral deposits are back and have leeched through the drylok. No idea what I did wrong. I thought it would have held back the moisture and maybe peeled off a little. I think someone recommended bleach here or another forum so i don't know if that was the issue.
2. The hydraulic cement is peeling away from the hole. I understand you usually want to inset a patch like this but I have no way of doing this unless I remove a substantial chunk of the wall. The hole I am trying to patch is about 10 inches in diameter. Think of the shape of a crater on the moon.
Overall I know moisture comes from outside but it's all concrete so I don't really want to dig everything up to waterproof outside.


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Reviewed by Reuven K. (age 11)
I like this book because it was very intresting and it was a mystery what happened next. I liked Barneys neighbors because one minute they were nice and the next they were mean. This book reminded me that some people just aren't who they say they are.
I recommend this book because it is interesting and it is sort of an adventure book. This book would be for people that like weird fiction books. People that like mysteries would also like this book.


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A heavily traveled highway in the east could be getting a status upgrade as early as Friday which could help spur economic development.
Greenville Mayor Allen Thomas says a section of Highway 264 between Greenville and Wilson could become an interstate in the near future.
Thomas met with Mayor Steve Tripp of Ayden and Mayor B.J. Murphy of Kinston on Thursday to discuss ways to improve regional transportation. He says having an interstate in the area could be a major boost to the economy.
"The designation of an interstate for 264 is extremely important, and something we're working towards. That is an order winner or an order loser for major industry. That's a check-off point for whether or not they come to your community," said Mayor Thomas.


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Rare Rums Worthy of Drinking Neat
If you think of rums as fit only for fruity drinks, Matthew Kronsberg has some aged bottles meant for sipping straight that will come as a refreshing surprise. He joins Lunch Break with rums that have the character and complexity of the best whiskeys. Photo: F. Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal.
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Ashland State Park reopening next year
Ashland State Park will be officially reopened next year for the first time since budget cuts in 2009 left the recreational area unstaffed and unmaintained, according to state and local officials.
The officials said the park should be spruced up and ready for use by Memorial Day.
The 470-acre park, off Route 135 near the Ashland Community Center, includes the only public beach in town, a boat ramp, fishing spots, picnic areas, and hiking and biking trails.
"It is absolutely beautiful, a real gem,'' said state Representative Tom Sannicandro, who along with state Senator Karen Spilka, a
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The Ashland park was among several properties reclassified as "unstaffed'' by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation to trim the agency's budget, according to DCR spokeswoman S.J. Port. Ashland was selected for cuts because of its proximity to Cochituate State Park in Framingham and Hopkinton State Park, Port wrote in an e-mailed response to questions.
Since Ashland's closing, Hopkinton State Park has seen its usage more than triple, with attendance figures jumping from 118,689 in 2008 to 398,705 this year, she wrote.
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The cost to get the park ready and to hire lifeguards and staff is estimated to be $97,600, according to Port.
A portion of the money will come from parking receipts, which under a change approved by the Legislature will be kept by the DCR for use on its parks, rather than be put into the general fund, according to Spilka.
She estimates parking fees will generate $20,000 to $25,000 annually, and help offset the estimated $75,000 to $85,000 cost of staffing and maintaining the park.
"We already have a jewel of a resource that we should take advantage of and maintain,'' Spilka said, adding that she will also continue to work to increase funding for
Ashland State Park is one of two unstaffed facilities that are in line for services to be restored next year, according to Port.
Berry Pond at Harold Parker State Forest in North Andover, Lake Lorraine in Springfield, Dighton Rock State Park in Berkley,
Fearing Pond at Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth, and Windsor State Forest in the Berkshires remain unstaffed, according to Port.
Dean Pond at Brimfield State Forest was to be staffed and opened last summer, Port said, but aquatic work delayed the opening, which now is expected next summer.
While Ashland State Park was unstaffed, it was still open to the public, and people continued to use the beach without lifeguards and water tests to make sure bacteria levels were safe, according to Mitchell.
However, a summer camp offered by the town's Recreation Department had to stop using the beach once it lost the lifeguards.
"The kids used to be able to walk along a path from camp right to the beach,'' he said.
The state park has been used in recent years primarily by people walking their dogs off-leash, according to Mitchell.
Spilka, who used to live on Warren Road by the park, said she walked, biked, and swam there frequently when her children were young.
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Hamas Declares Victory, But Terms Fall Short
Hamas is declaring victory, after an agreement with Israel for an open-ended cease-fire. And throughout Gaza, there's been the sound of celebratory gunfire.
But the terms of the deal fall far short of the demand by Hamas that Israel and Egypt open Gaza's borders.
Under the deal brokered by Egypt, Israel is supposed to ease imports into Gaza, including aid and material for reconstruction. In a month, the cease-fire calls for talks to begin in Cairo on more complex issues, including Israel's demand that Hamas disarm.
Previous cease-fire deals have collapsed since the war began last month, and it's not clear if this one will hold. It took effect at 7 p.m., local time, but violence persisted until the last minute.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is a long-time rival of Hamas, would likely play a key role in any new border deal for Gaza. He lost control of the territory after Hamas seized it in 2007.
It's possible that forces loyal to Abbas could be posted at Gaza border crossings to ease fears by Israel and Egypt about renewed attempts by Hamas to smuggle weapons into the territory.
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29 April 2012
Sentimental Sunday - Why Would You Want to be a Genealogist?
As those of you who regularly read this blog know, I am sans family. Well, not completely without family, but I don't have children. It wasn't a choice but a medical condition that prevents me from having kids; my husband is not comfortable with adoption. When I first found out I shouldn't have children, I was devastated, but never shared that with anyone. It wasn't 'me' to share my feelings (hard to believe, right?!). Years past, and like any loss, the pain eased a bit. But I find that not having the opportunity to have children, as I so deeply want, has had other unexpected and sometimes unwanted consequences.
My husband comes from a large family. He has four siblings and as of today, we have seven living nephews and nieces (one is deceased) ranging in age from 34 to 4 and seven grand- nephews and nieces. When I first met my husband, everyone was very close and we spent the vast majority of our free time with them. We were present at the births of three of our nieces and nephews, a privilege I never thought I'd have. We cared for our 'middle' nieces and nephew like they were our own, because in many ways, they were the closest thing we'd ever get to knowing what it feels like to have our own family.
But, as with so many families, there was a disagreement. There was a member of the family who, quite frankly, didn't want to BE a part of the family. That person considered their family to just be a spouse and children. Didn't want the 'intrusion' of the rest of the family. So, this person systematically took down an entire family. It's incredible to look back on the series of events and realize that's what was happening. When it was all said and done, last summer, my husband's family fell apart to the point siblings pointed fingers at each other and said they were no longer siblings. How very, very sad.
Over the last seven years or so, we stopped going to his family functions because they were just too awkward; frankly we'd stopped receiving invitations to things. My husband was always a bit philosophical about these kinds of things. I have to claim my feminine qualities for taking it much more personally; for admitting that my heart broke a little more each day we were pushed farther and farther out of the family.
At the same time last summer my husband's family was splitting apart, my parents fulfilled their dream of moving to Arizona. While they've settled in and seem happy, my Mom has had a number of medical challenges, including two stays in the hospital. I don't have the financial resources to go back and forth to Arizona, so I haven't seen them in almost a year. Just last week Mom had to go back to the emergency room; my first thought was I just wanted to be there to hold her hand. I struggle with feeling guilty that I'm not there to take care of them at a time in their lives when they really need me. Except they chose to be in Arizona and are happier there than they were when they lived here.
I made a profound realization this week. The timing of my decision to restart my genealogical journey came squarely at a time when I felt abandoned by my family. I threw myself into my genealogical research and I decided to start this blog. I recognized, as an Archivist, that there simply is not enough education out there for family historians and Genealogists about how to properly care for and manage their own collections and I want to fill that void with the knowledge I've acquired. I brought people into my circle and I tried to get on a solid path to creating an archival and genealogical services business. Having worked in the financial industry, I recognized that keeping your business and personal lives separate is a key to success. But in the Genealogical world, those lines aren't so clear cut.
The other aspect of my realization is that, feeling abandoned by my family, I tried to create a family rather than a business. I so desperately want to be a part of a family that I subconsciously created one where one didn't exist. I put expectations on people that were incredibly unfair, and in so doing, harmed potentially beneficial relationships. Only time will tell if this tactical stumble will hurt me in the future with my business; I hope that my passion for the stories our ancestors have to tell and the desire to preserve the physical remnants of those stories will be what people remember. I am a skilled technician and an exemplary researcher; I have a significant drive to share that with others.
I felt the need to share this story here because someday I hope that someone researching their family will have a greater understanding of why I'm so passionate about being a Genealogist. (As I say to myself) It's a family, dummy.
Why did YOU become a family historian or Genealogist? I'd love to collect your stories too...
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Thank you Laura for your heartfelt honesty and opening the door to so many people out there who want to voice their family heartbreaks and disappointments, and use genealogy as a means to healing that wound. I strongly believe that researching my family history has given a sense of closure on many unresolved childhood pains. I was blessed with one daughter out of four pregnancies so you can imagine how much my living daughter means to me. Writing blogs and memoirs about our family history is my way of paving the way for her future, as a loved and accepted piece of the family jigsaw. xxReplyDeleteReplies
Deb, thank you so very much for sharing. I've always said it's a sad day when I don't learn something new, but there are some lessons I'd rather not have to learn. I can't begin to imagine what you've gone through, but I have no doubt your daughter is one lucky little girl.Delete
IrishEyesJennifer on Google+ linked to an article in the Irish Times that mentioned the German word Zusammengehörigkeitsgefühl, the feeling of belonging together. I wrote her that I felt that way with my local and global genealogy friends. She said we're Zusammengehörigkeitsgefühl-Geneabloggers. ZGBs? Doesn't roll off the tongue easily - but the feeling is so validating.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for the chuckle, Pam. German is the last language I learned...I took an 8 credit course in order to graduate. We jokingly referred to it as Kamikazee German. I like ZGBs, and I'm happy you've found yours!Delete
Laura, I don't even know how to respond -- you touched me on so many levels with this post. It is true that blogging for many of us has given us an extended family. I'm glad you are part of mine. Can't wait to meet you in Cincinnati.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Kathy, and I'm truly looking forward to meeting you. I'm starting to get that fluttery nervous feeling, so I know it won't be long...Delete
Laura, thank you for sharing. I'm sorry the 'real' family didn't work out very well. Yes, it is hurtful. Like you, I love my genealogy family! There are folks that I'm closer to in the community. We tease when we tell others that we 'found our tribe!' Welcome to the Tribe, Laura. You fit in nicely!ReplyDeleteReplies
Leslie, I genuinely appreciate that you include me in your Tribe. I may not be easy, but my intentions are always good. Thank you for taking the time to read my post, and more so for taking the time to comment.Delete
You've hit on many emotions all at once with this post! Your story touched me in many ways. I started researching my family in 2000 when my Mom's twin brother died. She couldn't name all her siblings to call for his funeral, and I knew someone had to step up and write it all down. She's the baby of 16. I was only 22 at the time, and expected to pass this down to my kids someday. Now I'm 34 and five miscarriages later my husband and I have been advised to stop trying to have children by my doctors. I struggle with why to continue my research as my current families do not care about my findings. I hope someday in the future, someone will appreciate all of my hard work and dedication to this wonderful hobby. Thanks for sharing your story.ReplyDeleteReplies
J. - bless you for sharing your story. I will tell you, truly, that everything happens for a reason, even the dark things. You have many years ahead of you, and the right path will reveal itself to you. I took a long break away from my research...I say it started 16 years ago, but in truth I started some of it back when I was in my early 20s. I completely understand. Coming from such a large family, you never know what you'll uncover, or the wonderful people that you find. If you ever find yourself doubting, I'm just a click away. :-)Delete
- Anonymous29 April, 2012 11:51
Laura, thanks for writing so candidly. I started my family history many years ago at a time when I was divorced, felt lonely and alienated from more than half of my family members - it never occurred to me that there might be a connection... Since then, I am back in touch with those family members who are still living, my research business is growing, I have made lots of genealogy/blogging friends and I have a loving partner. I'll still always be a "last leaf" too, though. As Leslie says, it's like being part of a Tribe :-) Jo {hug}ReplyDeleteReplies
Jo, I'm so happy that you're finding your bliss. I think there are more 'last leaf'ers out there than we know...I'm guessing we stay out of sight because we don't always feel we fit in. The beauty of genealogy is it doesn't matter who you are, as long as you're human. (A tip of my hat to those who do animal genealogies for breeders.) Thanks for commenting, by the way, I really appreciate it!Delete
Very touching post - family members can be our greatest treasure and our biggest heartache. When one family member destroys something that you hold dear (that sense of family) words cannot describe the pain. One wonders (and may never be able to answer) if they do it out of spite or fear. More importantly it makes us face the fact that the family member married to them did not stand up for his/her blood family. It happens too often and is always sad. You have my sympathy.ReplyDelete
However, as they say, when one door closes another one opens. You have found a home, a tribe, a family in your genealogy community. Do all those things necessary to share it, nurture it and enjoy it. To all those wondering if anyone else will care in the future my answer is I would love to find those stories, those trees, those blog posts, those photos, and those memories of extended family members at any time and any place. You never know who your stories will touch, or how - so simply share them and know that some time and some place, someone will come along and be thrilled and thank you.Replies
I'm applauding you Tessa!! You're so very right, in all of it. I recognize that at our darkest moments it's virtually impossible to see anything, whether it's someone holding out a hand to help or a brick wall to run into. But, in our electronic age, I fear our descendants, or those who will come after us, won't have the concrete proof of our existence that we did of our ancestors. Perhaps something I post here, or a comment someone makes, will help someone 50 years from now break down a brick wall and tell a story. That, would be cool.Delete
A post that comes from your heart, Laura, will always resonant with others. I got into Genealogy to try to understand why my mother was "like that" (rageholic, nasty to me, very abusive), and to try to see a much larger picture of "my family". My brother and sister were quite alienated from me for many years because they sort of believed that I must have been an awful person for mom to treat me so badly... Luckily, slowly, and carefully, over the past 10 years or so, I've managed to be consistently open, warm, friendly, and let them go at their own pace in having a better relationship with me. Whew. Genealogy allows me to understand family better (and so did the counselling masters degree as well), see the many influences, make positive connections with barely-known cousins, and indulge in my favourite hobby - research!! My friends have become a true family as well, and my 4 kids are both independent and yet loving - I have managed fairly well to help them make their own traditions. Keep posting on what is important to you - you touch us all.ReplyDeleteReplies
Celia, thank you so much. It seems a consistent theme that many people started their research out of frustration with their own family...who knew! Your family is fortunate that you chose to use your experience in a constructive and generous manner and I understand how it is that you'd be a great mom. Thank you for reading and commenting; I'll do my best to keep writing posts that are interesting.Delete
Laura, you're a hero for revealing so much. I'm 67, never had husb or kids, no sis any more, she d 1990 after long battle with MS. Her kids, my 3 nieces/nephews in their 50s, have 7 adult kids among them. Oldest niece in awful shape. One grandnephew is in prison after years of addiction and lying. His sweet father is exhausted from the struggle. I haven't seen 9 out of ten of them since the 1990s, no money to travel. But I'm the family connection for my own cousins & 2d cousins. My parents were b ca 1900, grandparents b ca 1860-1870 and maybe a baby someday who will be my parents' great-great-grandchild. Being this bridge, documenting the family, is the joy of my life, some cousins interested now, "kids" will be interested later. Thank you so much for inviting us to tell our stories.ReplyDelete
Ah, Jill, no hero here. And it's nice to know there's someone else out there with crazy long generations...what's up with THAT?! I think we need to start a Last Leafs (not Leaves) group. Put our collective heads together. Share our stories. Preserve them so when we're gone, they don't go with us. I'm happy you have connections for your research and genuinely appreciate that you shared your story.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous29 April, 2012 16:57
Laura, Family is a hard subject for me. I have many that I do not speak with and some I have just reconnected with in the past few years. Sometimes, I feel they are all truly crazy (and not in a good funny way). Researching my family has definitely given me some insight as to why my family is the way it is. All I can do is try to break the cycle of crazy and continue to grow from what I learn.ReplyDelete
Blogging and social media has definitely created a new family for me. There are many that I talk with daily, they have become my lifelines. I think that everyone learns from all they do and sometimes we need to step back and remember we need to cultivate all those branches / relationships.Replies
Thanks for reading and sharing Terri. I know you're very busy; it means a lot to me.Delete
Laura, Genea-friends are the absolute best. Thanks for sharing such a heartfelt post. Losing yourself in genealogy can provide so many rewards-as I am sure you have discovered.ReplyDeleteReplies
Indeed, I have. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment, I truly appreciate it.Delete
- Anonymous29 April, 2012 20:41
Laura ~ Consider yourself hugged! P.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'll take it...and right back atcha!! :-)Delete
Thanks for sharing your story, Laura, with all its ups and downs. I was moved and touched by your honesty. My family has had its share of problems, too. I'm so glad to know you and count you as part of my "genealogy family." Our friends make our lives so much richer. Hugs to you!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank YOU, Shelley, for taking the time to read and comment. The feeling is mutual, and I can't wait to see you again at NGS! Six more sleeps!. (Hugs)Delete
- Anonymous02 May, 2012 13:02
Laura, first time visitor and follower and great to meet you! I don;t think i'd like to be a geneologist, although its great to have one in the family who is talented in this area.ReplyDeleteReplies
Stephen, thanks for reading and following. I appreciate that genealogy isn't something for everyone and, yes, it's a very good thing having one in your family!Delete
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Monday, February 2, 2009
Topps Blue Razz Wazoo
There are so many ways this review for Topp's new Blue Razz Wazoo could start.
I could talk about the fact that this candy bar is unlike any other that I've ever tried.
I could talk about how it is the antithesis of most new candy bar launches: it has no extra fortification of vitamins or caffeine or omega3 fatty acids. There are no marketing tie ins, it's barely even branded with the name of the company that puts it out. It's not low in calories, it's not made from 100% recycled plastic it's not biodegradable.
I could talk about what I think a wazoo is (and dictionaries agree).
I could talk about the cultural references it brought to mind. Like Woody Allen's Sleeper, in which his character finds out when he wakes up 200 years in the future that all the organic rice, wheat germ and tiger's milk are inferior to steak, hot fudge and cream pies.
Mostly it made me think about the late George Carlin had a bit in his stand-up back in the 70s about blue food:
Instead of all that, I'll try to stay clinical.
The Blue Razz Wazoo is similar in format to a bar like 3 Musketeers, though a bit smaller. It clocks in at only 1.6 ounces and is about 4.5 inches long.
The structure is pretty easy to understand. Two layers of flavored chewy filling covered in a blue version of a white confectionery coating and then sprinkled with festive colored crunchies.
Those in cupcake circles may be more comfortable with the shocking appearance of this bar than I am. Unlike George Carlin, I usually suspect blue food is poison. (Because it's made with poison!)
The bar smells like raspberry. It smells a lot. If you are looking for a way to freshen up your house and don't want to splurge for an air freshener, pop down to 7-11 and pick up one of these. Put slices of the bar on saucers in every room in the house. The scent is actually rather nice, it has booth the floral perfume and the woodsy seed notes down pretty well.
The assortment of crunchies are fun, and they're actually flavored too, a little tangy berry flavor to them. (The package says they're made in Thailand, the rest of the bar is made in the USA.)
Biting into the bar, it's a soft nougat texture with a tangy raspberry flavor to it. One layer is sweet and the other has the tart bite to it. It's a little grainy towards the end of the chew, kind of like a fluffy AirHead. The blue confectionery coating is also flavored (or if it wasn't when it was put on there, but the time it gets to the consumer, it's been infiltrated by the plethora of raspberry).
Frankly, it's not a bad bar. It's funky looking and I can see that being a huge appeal to kids. The package design does portray the bar accurately. It's certainly different, so I didn't feel like it was a retread of other bars that have been around for ages.
So kudos for Topps for coming up with something original. I think the name is unfortunate. (Do they not have an internet connection at the Topps research and development facility? Or participate in English-speaking culture?) But then again, I never would have thought the Baby Bottle Pops would be such a huge sensation. I can't see myself buying this again ... though I'll be curious to see if other flavor variations come out.
Topps finally included the Wazoo on the website. They've also launched an advertising campaign. Here's a commercial:
If you enjoyed that, or were freaked out by it, you might really like these outtakes from the commercial shoot.
For those having difficulty getting a hold of the candy, they may be a little hard to come by. According to one of my industry insiders, there have been some manufacturing difficulties that may interrupt shipping.
Sera of The Candy Enthusiast has a photo of the Wild Berriez version.
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Friday, July 20, 2007
Bazooka Bubble Gum Filled Pops
Bazooka's Bubble Gum Filled Pops have a lot going for them. They're a nice compact size, kind of like Blow Pops, but perfectly spherical. They have a plastic stick, which is great if you're a moist person. The flavor varieties are pretty normal and bound to please: Grape, Orange, Green Apple and Cherry.
But I hate to say it, they just don't live up to this promising conceptual start.
First, the hard candy isn't that flavorful. While it's nicely dense and doesn't have too many sharp holes, it just doesn't taste like much. The orange, which was by far my favorite, was rather like weak orange-ade. Cherry in this case was also weak and a lot more pleasant. I kind of liked the Grape in it's mild form here, even though it in no way rivaled the Blow Pops.
Second, the stick was very close to the top of the candy sphere. With these hollow plastic stick it means that once you dissolve a top layer, the hollow stick makes it hard to "suck" on the sucker without taking in air through the stick.
The gum itself is okay once it warms up and softens. It seems like a smaller portion than a Blow Pop. It's very sugary, which I rather like, but once the sugar is gone it's too stiff and such a small piece that blowing bubbles isn't easy.
If you're going to come late to the "gum filled lollipop" genre, you'd better get in with a top notch product that offers something either better or significantly different. This just doesn't do it for me. They're attractively packaged and come in a smaller "mini" version that I had similar issues with. I think I'll stick to what I think Bazooka does best ... bubble gum.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:55 pm
Monday, April 30, 2007
Vertigo Pops
I'm not quite sure what's going on here. I first saw these at the 99 Cent Only Store (but only in Strawberry). They're billed as "candy and chocolate flavored pops" which I thought sounded kind of fun. Like a chocolate toffee lollipop.
The commercials aren't really helpful, they call it half-crazy. And they have freaky & disturbing animation. Who are they aiming these at?
So maybe the wrapper will be helpful. There's a little drawing of the candy on the package. But I don't know what I'm looking at. Smacking the candy on the corner of the table reveals that one side is hard and the other isn't. How about a look what they use to make them.
Ingredients: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa, Dry Whey, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Cocoa Processed with Alkalai, Skim Milk Powder, Buffered Lactic Acid, Soy Lecithin, Salt and Artificial Colors
Well, after opening up the little packet it's much more obvious what this is. One third of the pop is a swirl of hard candy with a boat of mockolate stuck to it.
Cookies and Cream - this has nothing to do with cookies and cream. Things can't be cookie flavored. What makes cookies cookies is the texture, not the flavor. The mockolate boat here is mild and cool on the tongue. Sweet and not very chocolatey, it tastes more tropical, a little like coconut and a little like fudge. The sliver of candy is rather nice. Super smooth and a little tangy like yogurt. It's sweet and bland but perhaps a little creamy.
Chocolate Caramel - well, this is not caramel flavored. The mockolate is the same on all of them. The candy part is tangy and sweet but missing all the caramel notes I would expect. I'm getting tangy, I'm getting maple or pecan, but definitely not caramel.
Chocolate Strawberry - finally the tangy bite works with the flavor. The strong and fake strawberry flavor completely overshadows the mockolate.
The long narrow shape is pleasant for a pop, it certainly fits in the mouth better. The candy part is actually really good. It's superdense so it's great for a pleasant and smooth feeling on the tongue and if you're a cruncher it's also really easy to chew.
The quality is apparent here with just about every element. They're nicely packaged, the metallic plastic wrapper protects and is easy to open. The sassy plastic stick means that the stick doesn't dissolve while you're still eating the pop. Even the name is pretty good, the swirly colors support the name Vertigo (which is a fancy way of saying dizzy).
But the candy quality goes astray with the mockolate. It's just ghastly. I ate it, but I'm certainly not happy about it.
I would certainly buy this if it was just a hard toffee pop, like the See's Pops (except these are actually smoother). But as a mostly mockolate product, I just can't get behind it.
Note: Topps is an American company, but these candies were made in China.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 5:46 am
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Peeps Mash Ups
Folks are obsessed with Peeps around this time of the year. As I've stated before, I love the idea of Peeps, I just don't really enjoy eating them. So I thought I'd try to improve my experience by creating some Peeps Mash-Ups. These aren't full-blown recipes but more of a "dry fondue" with some items I had lying around:
Peeps Rocks - here I've mashed my Peep into some Strawberry Pop Rocks.
First, when mashing a Peep, it helps to pull it apart. This way you have two sticky halves for picking up other candy goodness as well as alleviating the issue of "double dipping" if you're mashing with a buddy.
When I mashed the Pop Rocks into this fresh Peep, the rocks started snapping immediately. (You can't see the noise in the photo, but it's cracklin' away, trust me.)
The cotton-candy-like flavor of the strawberry goes really well with the flavorless Peep. Light and refreshing. The pops give it a little sizzle.
Peeps Nerds - when you look at it, a Peep is really just a giant spongy Nerd with a pointy nose. Oh, and eyes. Nerds may have eyes in their little cartoon versions on the packaging, but not on the real candies like Peeps do.
I wasn't really fond of this flavor combination, or the colors. The red and green (cherry & watermelon) looked too Christmasy. The taste combo was pretty good though. The crunch of the Nerds gave the spongy marshmallow a good texture and the zap of tartness also balanced out the sweetness of the Peep.
Peeps & Mini M&Ms - this is a natural combo and the colors couldn't look better together if I tried. The little M&Ms adhere really well to the Peep's exposed marshmallow. The sweet chocolate has a good crunch though it might be a little too sweet.
You could probably try mini dark chocolate baking chips for a less sweet experience (though you'd lose the crunch). The little tube they come in is especially easy for mashing on the go, just press the stickiness to the opening and tip the M&Ms Minis into it.
Peep Tarts - I have to admit that I was especially proud of the name for this one. Originally I wanted to use Pixy Stix for the powder, but I couldn't find any (I try not to keep them in the house, for sanity's sake). So I took the powder from an extra Topps Baby Bottle Pop. The Citrus Craze powder is already less sweet because it's also intended to be "mashed up" with the lollipop top, so it adds flavor and tartness without more throat-burning sugar.
I'm not really sold on the combo, but after eating everything pictured here within about 15 minutes I had a stomach ache. Gah, I'm getting another one just typing this up!
So, what are your ideas for Peeps Mash-ups - either theoretical ones, or ones that you actually do?
(See previous Marshmallow Mashing: Marshmallow Mash-ups & More Marshmallow Mash-Ups.)
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Topps Baby Bottle
So I'm reading Technology Marketing magazine last month (okay, not really, I just found the article because it was about candy and it came up on a Google News Alert) and there was an article about Topps and their new products. But what shocked me, seriously shocked me, was the first part of the opening paragraph:
Say what? The Baby Bottle Pop is that popular (I have no idea what holds the number 1 spot in the adults non-chocolate segment ... I'm guessing something from Jelly Belly)?
So why haven't I had them? It appears that they were introduced in the late 90s, a bit after my candy experimentation stage. But I have a duty to Candy Blog to keep up with the kids, you know. First, I had to find them. This involved stooping down and looking at the bottom racks in the candy aisle at the drug stores and finally at 7-11 where I was able to find the "classic" version in a flavor combo that seemed good to me. I picked up Citrus Craze and Strawberry.
You may be wondering what a Baby Bottle is. It's a little bottle, about the size of a small baby food jar, filled with a powdered candy topped with a hard candy nipple top. The top unscrews and has a "stem" that allows you to hold onto the top as you lick it to get it sticky and then dip it into the bottle to coat it with the sour, flavorful powder. The nipple pop has a plastic dome to keep it clean when you're not eating.
I was expecting a grainy powder like Pixy Stix. Instead it's much finer and more flavorful.
The Citrus Craze powder is quite tart and actually has a lot more flavor than I expected. Instead of just sour, it had some orangey flavors. It still tasted pretty much like Tang. It looks like Tang, too. The pop itself is rather bland and sweet, with a swirl of yellow and orange. The combo of the two is really good! The tangy powder seems more zesty because of the bland background of the sweet pop. Having the dipping pop made of hard candy makes far more sense than the Lik-a-Maid which had a compressed dextrose stick that got soggy pretty quickly.
As you eat the pop and there's less powder, it gets harder and harder to coat the pop with it. I eventually just dumped the powder onto my tongue. Here's a tip ... don't inhale at the same time. Seriously, this is weapons-grade powder and the sour crust in your lungs is not a happy thing. Is there a disease called Pixe Stix Lung?
The Strawberry wasn't quite as interesting to me, except that I have to say that the clear red nipple pop on top was pretty alluring. (Read into that whatever you like.)
In this version the pop is actually the flavorful sour part and the powder is just sweet and fruity. Not bad, but I preferred the tangy zap of the Citrus Craze. As a grown up I find eating this a little cumbersome but I'm pretty sure this would have been my favorite candy as a tween. As a treat for kids, yeah, it's a mixed message, but it's also rather labor intensive to eat and only 120 calories.
For the record, as a kid I didn't buy Pixy Stix or Lik-a-Maid. I would buy cans of lemonade mix or boxes of Jell-O and just eat that by licking my finger and dipping it in there. I don't know why it never occurred to me to use a lollipop.
Note: this product was made in Thailand.
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Tallgrass Express String Band has played in the Marion County area since it started in 2004, and like many bands, its line-up has changed over the years.
Last October the band added the sonic talents of Marion mandolin player Jim Versch to their group and he is now contributing musical ideas to a new album they are recording.
"There will be 26 songs but we only have 10 completed," Versch said. "It is going to be a double album of all-original music."
Tallgrass Express plays within many different genres including blue grass, cowboy, folk, and country, Versch said. However, he said they are not really a blue grass band and are best described as acoustic prairie music.
During live performances, the group also wears clothing turn of the century clothing Versch explained as "Little House on the Prairie" clothing or Civil War reenactment clothing.
Versch said the group gigs about three or four weekends in a month. However, since August the band has been recording on the off weekends at Exceptions Studio in Topeka with sound engineer Randy Wills.
"Randy is a master engineer," Versch said. "This is the second album Tallgrass has recorded at his studio."
Versch said that singer, guitarist and group founding member, Annie Wilson of Chase County has written most of the songs that will appear on the album. Bass player and singer Carl Reed of Manhattan also will contribute several songs, while multi-instrumentalist Charlie Laughridge will add his musical and vocals talents to the album.
Everyone but Versch sings in the band but he said he is responsible for generating his own parts. He provides solos, counter melodies, or harmonies with his mandolin depending on the song.
"I am really digging the CD a lot," Versch said. "I am enjoying the heck out of it. When I first started with the band I learned 'Loren's parts' — Loren Ratsloff, — to the old songs, now I'm playing 'Jim's parts' and it is really validating."
The recording process is both rewarding and humbling experience for Versch because during recording he can hear all the mistakes, but after they all nail their parts and a song is finished the music sounds so much better in the final mix.
Versch has played the mandolin since he was junior in high school back in 1974. He said he first started by playing popular acoustic based music of the time with friends. Since then Versch has played in a Celtic band from Nebraska and with the Prairie Goose Stompers.
He recently retired from 31 years of teaching art and coaching volleyball at Marion High school and as a result, he has had more time to play music with the band.
"This is one of the best groups of musicians I have ever played with," Versch said. "They challenge me. I practice a lot."
For more information about the band and their new album visit www.tallgrassexpress.com or their facebook page.


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Feeling of Emptiness and Religion in America
John Corrigan
As part of a broader turn in humanities scholarship toward emotion since the late 20th century, scholars of religion increasingly have explored how emotion has been a key component in the lives of religious Americans. The relation of emotion to religious ideas has been particularly important in this nascent scholarship. In exploring how emotions and religious ideas are intertwined, scholars have focused on emotions such as love, melancholy, fear, and anger, among others. However, for reasons having to do with the historiography of American religion, as well as with categories that have governed much academic study of religion in America, the feeling of emptiness, which is so crucial to understanding Buddhism, and other Asian religions, has been underestimated for its role in American religions. In America, the feeling of emptiness plays a central role in religious practice, community formation, and identity construction, among Christians (the religious majority) but also in other religious communities. This essay describes some of the ways in which the feeling of emptiness has been expressed in American religions, and in American culture more generally, comments on how it has been joined to certain ideas at various times, and suggests how it has played a central role in shaping relations between religious groups in a society where religion is disestablished. The approach here is eclectic, blending historical narrative with cultural analysis, and the essay proceeds thematically rather than chronologically. Focusing on the feeling of emptiness allows a fresh perspective on religious practice in America, prompts new questions about belief and community, and enables new lines of interpretation for the development of religious ideas in America. Christians, Buddhists, Jews, and other religious communities in America have distinct ways in which they interpret the feeling of emptiness as a spiritual phenomenon. Religious persons often conceptualize it as an emotional experience of great value. Among Christians, it is important as a sign of an emptying of the self of immorality, distractions, and worldly clutter in preparation for being filled with the grace of God. Accordingly, Christians and others in America have developed spiritual disciplines aimed at cultivating the feeling of emptiness and advancing it to a point where deep longing becomes deep fulfillment. Religious practices involving the body include fasting, which is emptying the body of food, and tears, which empty the body of fluids. Bloodletting is also a notable practice, and, for those who do not cut or otherwise make bloody sacrifice (including war and lynching), bloodletting nevertheless is revered as a model discipline of emptying. There are aspects of sexual practices and the performance of work that also are exercises in self-emptying. All such disciplines are expected to prompt and enrich the feeling of emptiness. The severe fast, the deep feeling of emptiness, the desperate longing, the distancing from God becomes, paradoxically, a drawing closer to God. From the earliest settlement of North America, white Europeans and their descendants constructed the emptiness of the land to match the emptiness of their souls. Americans claimed to feel space. They expressed the spiritual feeling of emptiness in ideas about North America as a barren desert, crying to be filled by colonists and their descendants. The Great American Desert, a fiction created in the early 19th century, was one way in which Americans continued to imagine space as empty and themselves, as God's exceptional nation, as the agents of fullness. American fascination with millennialism was a valorization of the fullness of eternity over the emptiness of history. Millennial movements and communities in America felt time as they did space, and when American Christians felt historical time they felt its emptiness. Americans have constructed elaborate and richly detailed depictions of the end as they look forward to a time when empty time will become eternity, fullness. Christian groups in America, populated by persons who cultivate emptiness, have defined themselves largely by saying what they are not. Both persons and communities, invested in the feeling of emptiness, mark personal and collective boundaries not by projecting into the social world a pristine essence of doctrine so much as by pushing off from other groups. Committed to emptiness, there is little to project, so the construction of identity takes place as an identification of Others. Such a process sometimes leads to the demonization of others and the production of identity through the inventorying of enemies.
Christian Spirituality and Social Transformation
Philip Sheldrake
The word "spirituality" has become increasingly common. What does it mean? It is not limited to spiritual practices, such as meditation, but suggests the pursuit of a life shaped by a sense of meaning, values, and perhaps transcendence. Although the word is used in different religions, and by people with no religious beliefs, its origins were Christian and referred to living life under the influence of God's spirit.
Nowadays, in a consciously plural world, Christian spirituality has a specific content whose origins are the Jewish and Christian scriptures. In particular, Christian spirituality is associated with following the teachings of Jesus Christ or imitating his values. The main New Testament word for this is "discipleship," which has two main elements. First, there is a call to personal transformation (conversion). Second, Christians are to continue the mission of Jesus to transform the world and to build the kingdom of a God of love. In that fundamental sense, Christian spirituality is inherently concerned with social transformation. In the Gospel of Matthew, this includes sharing in Jesus' work of forgiveness and healing. In the Gospel of Mark it involves selfless service of others. The history of Christian spirituality is a varied story of ways of approaching discipleship. Needless to say, part of what makes Christian spirituality distinctive is its underlying beliefs—in other words, how it understands the reality of God, the value of the material world, human nature, and identity and how these interconnect.
The great variety of spiritual traditions and writings within Christianity originated at different times and places. However, they are continually being adapted in the light of new historical and cultural contexts. Scholars have sometimes found it helpful to identify different types of Christian spirituality. Their choices vary, and the types are interpretative tools rather than straightforward descriptions. "Types" help us to identify distinctive styles of spiritual wisdom. The ascetical type, sometimes associated with monasticism, highlights discipline and detachment from material pleasures as the pathway to spiritual growth. The mystical type focuses on the desire for an immediacy of presence to, and intuitive knowledge of, God, frequently via contemplative practice. The active type promotes everyday life and service to other people as the context for spiritual growth. The aesthetic type covers a range of ways in which the spiritual journey is expressed in and shaped by the arts, music, and literature. Finally the prophetic type of spirituality embraces an explicit commitment to social justice and the transformation of society.
Christian spirituality has become a major area of study. It is an interdisciplinary field shaped by scripture, theology, and Christian history, but which may also draw upon psychology, the social sciences, literature, and the sciences. The study of Christian spirituality is also "self-implicating," in the sense that it is not treated in a purely theoretical way but includes a quest for practical wisdom.
Finally, the traditions of Christian spirituality increasingly engage with important issues of social and cultural transformation, for example interreligious dialogue, peace and reconciliation, ecological questions, the future of cities, the world of business, and the meaning of healthcare.
Rudolf Otto and the Concept of the Numinous
Stuart Sarbacker
The contemporary academic study of religion has its roots in conceptual and theoretical structures developed in the early to mid-20th century. A particularly important example of such a structure is the concept of the "numinous" developed by the theologian and comparativist Rudolf Otto (1869–1397) in his work, The Idea of the Holy: An Inquiry into the Non-Rational Factor in the Idea of the Divine and its Relation to the Rational (1923). Building on the work of Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), Friedrich Schleiermacher (1772–1834), and Jakob Fries (1773–1843), Otto developed the concept of the numinous—a "category of value" and a "state of mind"—as a way to express what he viewed as the "non-rational" aspects of the holy or sacred that are foundational to religious experience in particular and the lived religious life in general. For Otto, the numinous can be understood to be the experience of a mysterious terror and awe (Mysterium tremendum et fascinans) and majesty (Majestas) in the presence of that which is "entirely other" (das ganz Andere) and thus incapable of being expressed directly through human language and other media. Otto conceives of the concept of the numinous as a derivative of the Latin numen, meaning "spirit," etymologically derived from the concept of divine will and represented by a "nodding" of the head. Otto argues that understanding the numinous in a satisfactory way requires a scholar to draw upon their own experience of religious sentiments, given its non-discursive and direct nature; this becomes a point of contention among later secular scholars of religion. In later works, such as Mysticism East and West: A Comparative Analysis of the Nature of Mysticism (1932), Otto gives numerous examples of the ways in which the concept of the numinous can be applied cross-culturally to traditions beyond Christianity, such as Hinduism and Buddhism.
Otto's theories regarding the numinous have been extremely influential in the development of the academic study of religion in the 20th and 21st centuries, as evidenced by the impact they had upon scholars such as Carl Jung, Mircea Eliade, and Ninian Smart, whose works were instrumental in the formation of religious studies as a discipline. Jung cites the concept of the numinous extensively with regard to his theories on the breakthrough of unconscious material into conscious awareness. Eliade's work The Sacred and Profane: The Nature of Religion (1959) takes Otto's concept of the numinous as a starting point in the development of its own theory; Eliade's use of the category of the "sacred" might be considered derivative of Otto's larger conception of the "holy" (das Heilige). Eliade's work, like Otto's, has been extensively criticized for postulating a sui generis nature of both the numinous and the sacred, which are viewed by Eliade as irreducible to other phenomena (historical, political, psychological, and so forth). Smart's influential "dimensional analysis" theory and his scholarship on the topic of world religions is highly informed by his utilization of Otto's theory of the numinous within the contexts of his cross-cultural reflections on religion and the development of his "two-pole" theory of religious experience. The concept of the numinous continues to be theorized about and applied in contemporary academic research in religious studies and utilized as part of a framework for understanding religion in university courses on world religions and other topics in the academic study of religion. In part through the work of Eliade, Smart, and other scholars—Otto included—who have found a popular readership, the term has been disseminated to such a degree as to find common usage in the English language and popular discourse.


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Tina Brown announced this morning Newsweek's print edition will cease publication at the end of the year. The Daily Beast editor bought the troubled print magazine back in 2010 to merge with her online venture.
Taking a look at the Pew Research Center's state of the media reports on news magazines, we've gathered the three factors that predicted Newsweek's imminent leave from the magazine world: declining circulation, subscriptions, and ad pages.
Compared to all other news magazines, Newsweek was hit the hardest in the past five years. Though the glossy sold more issues at newsstands in 2011 (single copy sales rose two percent after a 32.7 percent decline in 2010), the magazine's circulation was at its lowest.
As seen below, circulation dipped significantly after 2007:
Subscription numbers have been in decline since 2007 with Newsweek losing 3.5 percent of its subscribers in the 2010-2011 year.
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Your car is supported if you have either of these interfaces:
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Note: Requires the BMW apps feature (option number 6NR).
Play from your Spotify app to any model of BMW as part of ConnectedDrive, included with the Navigation System Professional or Navigation System Business.
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Play from your Spotify app via Bluetooth on all vehicles with BMW ConnectedDrive.
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Note: Make sure you have the BMW Connected app installed on your iPhone or Android device.
- Log into the Spotify app on your phone.
- On iPhone, connect your phone to your car using Bluetooth, or to your car's USB port using a lightning cable (like the one that came with your phone) or with a custom snap-in adapter, which is available as an accessory for iPhone 4/4s and iPhone 5/5s.
- On Android, connect your phone to your car using Bluetooth.
- On the Media menu or ConnectedDrive menu of your ConnectedDrive navigation system, select Spotify.
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