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I hate to follow one horrifyingly depressing rape story with another, but this needs to be shared. File this one away in "Proof Religion Doesn't Automatically Make You a Good Person." If you can find room, that is (emphasis mine): Wall is among 130 women and girls of the Mennonite colony in Manitoba Colony, who …
Monthly Archive: August 2011
Aug 17 2011
The Mennonite mass rapes
Aug 17 2011
Girl expelled for being raped, then raped again
Disgusting (emphasis mine): According to the Springfield News-Leader, the 7th grade special ed student at Republic Middle School in Springfield, MO reported her rape in the spring of 2009. The lawsuit alleges that school officials told her they didn't believe her, and after "multiple intimidating interrogations," she recanted. The lawsuit also notes that a school …
Aug 17 2011
Suspect arrested in Mabus case
Says a tweet from the Montreal Police. Who knew an internet petition could actually do something. I'm going to assume it's Mabus, since he's been particularly quiet lately. Unless there's a surprise twist, and Mabus's mom was the one sending all of the threats. Or if the internet was directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Mabus …
Aug 17 2011
Atheists no longer the most unpopular group in America!
We're now ahead of… the Tea Party. Oh gee. A bunch of selfish illiterate racist godbothering wackadoodles who aren't smart enough to google "teabagging" before they start national campaigns. Good to know we barely have more support from the general public than those guys. I'm not sure whether I should be hopeful or full of …
Aug 17 2011
Fighting religion in public schools
Jessica Ahlquist's talk from the Secular Student Alliance annual conference is online. I can confidently say it was my favorite talk of the whole conference – and that's competing with excellent talks by Greta Christina, PZ Myers, Jamila Bey, and David Silverman. In other words, I order you to watch the whole thing right now. …
Aug 16 2011
Indiana hits new low of homophobic bigotry
UPDATE: From the original source: "Alfarena Ballew from the Marion County Coroner's office called to offer this statement, "Her friend and her aunt are working together with the life partner to take care of the remains. We have nothing in writing from the partner asking to claim the body. Our records show that the next …
Aug 15 2011
I think he takes landLORD a little too literally
It's no secret that I hate my apartment. tl;dr I have no privacy, I'm getting ripped off on my electric bills (which he once refused to pay), I don't have control over the heat or internet, and the place is infested with spiders. Seriously, I've killed about one a day since I moved in. Last …
Aug 14 2011
The reason why you're single
No, it's not because you have reasonable standards of attraction and Seattle is just filled with ugly bitches who are deluded into thinking they're prettier than they are. It's because you're a self absorbed douchebag. This seems like a brand of Nice Guy Syndrome, but slightly different. "Nice Guys" focus on how women don't appreciate …
Aug 12 2011
It's like the atheist equivalent of duct tape
Hemant and I have neighboring rooms in the hotel that are joined by a shared door. We were having trouble keeping the doors open until Hemant had a great idea:Finally, those hotel Bibles are useful!
Aug 12 2011
Off to Omaha!
I'm about to hop on a plane to the Midwest Humanist and Freethought conference! I'll be yet again ranting about how religion treats women (Hint: not well). I'm not going to lie. I know nothing about Omaha. I drove past it once on my way to an Ecology conference in Lincoln. I'm sure the locals …


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Whether our children are attending a religious or a secular school, college is a time of spiritual challenge. How can we strengthen our children's faith during the high school years so that it will stay steady later on? Today's guest on Home School Heartbeat shares some guidance.
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During high school, teach God's word. Help your teens analyze current events in light of Scripture by building a biblical worldview course into their studies. Don't be offended if your teens question or express doubts regarding their spiritual beliefs. Instead, see these comments as God-given opportunities for honest communication. When scheduling college visits, explore local churches, check out college ministries so that your teens can quickly establish friendships with other godly young people.
Last, I've got a personal tip. During the college years, I mailed my children a weekly hand-written note. They loved finding something in the mail box besides junk mail! I'd include a Bible verse to encourage or a quote to inspire them. As I dropped those notes in the mail, I prayed they'd walk in a manner worthy of the Lord. I was reminded my responsibility was to pray and to encourage. But, more importantly, I was reminded to place my focus on the Lord's power to keep them and to protect them.
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A Fitting Senate Tribute to the Kennedy Brothers
Dodd, Kerry would rename the Russell caucus room in honor of the three brothers.
By Peter Roff, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
In a fitting and most appropriate tribute, Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and John F. Kerry, D-Mass., introduced a resolution Thursday to rename the elaborate and hallowed caucus room inside the Russell Senate Office Building in honor of three brothers, each of whom served in the United States Senate.
According to National Journal, the room will be rechristened the "Kennedy Caucus Room" in memory not only of Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy, who died last month from brain cancer, but of his brothers Jack, who later became president, and Bobby, who represented New York in the Senate in the years between his departure from the Johnson administration and his murder at the hands of an assassin the night he won the 1968 California Democratic primary.
"It is there that Sen. Kennedy's brothers each announced their run for the presidency of the United States," the magazine quoted Dodd as saying. "And it is there that I propose we affix the Kennedy name, not just as a monument to the things that the three senators Kennedy have done, but to the spirit of compassion and compromise, fierce advocacy and tender friendship, that Teddy embodied perhaps more than any other senator of our time."
The room, formerly known as the "Russell Caucus Room," is one of the largest on Capitol Hill. Located inside the Senate office building named for the late Sen. Richard B. Russell, D-Ga., a segregationist and Lyndon Johnson's mentor during that future president's years in the Senate, the room has been the site of a number of important political events including the Senate Watergate hearings and the confirmation hearings following the nomination of Clarence Thomas to a seat on seat on the United States Supreme Court.


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Every year, hundreds of thousands of children lug duffel bags and backpacks into cabins, ready to spend their days hiking, swimming, playing games--and making new friends with other youth they've never met before. For about 600 campers this summer, though, the friends they'll be spending time with have familiar faces. In seven camps across the United States--and one new location in Australia--siblings who are separated by their placements in out-of-home care get to reunite and enjoy a week of activities together.
There are seven Camp to Belong locations across the United States, including Camp Tatonic in Massachusetts, where this group gets ready for their week
Lynn Price founded Camp to Belong in 1995. Her inspiration was the personal experience of growing up in foster care separated from her sister; once they reconnected as young adults, they were disappointed to realize they had no shared memories. Years later, when Price was volunteering in the child welfare system, she discovered she and her sister were far from the only sibling group who had grown up apart. Since its beginnings in Las Vegas, Camp to Belong has expanded to the Pacific Northwest, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Washington state, and Orange County, California. The first camp in Australia is planned for late 2010. In each place, Camp to Belong partners with one or several local agencies.
"We work year-round with different child welfare agencies. It's usually the caseworkers that will fill out applications for the youth to come to camp," Price explains. "The beauty of it is the relationships we build with the child welfare agencies." Each camp lets the agencies know how many spaces are available, and the agencies fill in the spaces based on which regions the camp covers. "They choose based on who they think will benefit most," Price says. Campers can be in foster care, in adoptive families, or back with birth families, and can be in pairs or larger groups. "We've had sibling groups of two, even twins, and we've had groups of up to seven," recalls Price.
In addition to regular summer camp activities, Camp to Belong provides siblings with some activities to reinforce their bonds and celebrate the week they're able to spend together. One popular event is the all-camp birthday party, where there is usually a cake for each sibling group to celebrate their birthdays in the company of brothers and sisters. Craft time includes the chance to make pillows or quilts for siblings. The campers pick out fabric, stuff the pillows, and decorate them with messages for each other. "Now that brother or sister gets to bring something to their respective home to hug at night. And what's remarkable is from the young to the older, the girls to the boys, they all want an opportunity to express themselves, and that's one of the ways they do," Price explained during an interview with CWLA's radio show, On the Line,. She added that Camp to Belong helps the campers think about their futures by encouraging youth to plan for college, military service, careers, and community service, including advocacy for their siblings and other children in similar situations.
Separated siblings make quilts or pillows so they have something to hug at night when they aren't living with their brothers and sisters.
Price says each year sees some groups returning to camp, sometimes as campers again but often as "counselors in training." She admits that after the youth leave camp, sometimes confidentiality issues make it difficult to follow their progress through the system, or determine if their placements have changed and they have been brought together. But some of the campers do stay in touch, and relate stories of increased visitation or more reunions with siblings. "We do know that those things happen," Price says, and she continues that Camp to Belong is trying to measure its impact with more than this anecdotal evidence: "We're actually just starting into an evaluation program."
After the summer camp is over, several campers join Camp to Belong in advocacy efforts year-round, to help people realize how often siblings are separated in out-of-home care. "People don't think about it," Price says. Price says the youth become "ambassadors, if you will, that make themselves available to speak at our events.... By virtue of being at camp, we give them the courage to speak up."
Meghan Williams is a contributing editor to Children's Voice.
Adding Dads in Indiana
Dads Inc., a five-year-old group of fathers dedicated to increasing fathers' involvement in children's lives based in central Indiana, recently merged with CWLA member agency The Villages. Chris Maples, Dads Inc.'s founder, says the suggestion to merge came from two funders, who wanted his organization to examine its sustainability and growth. The two organizations share the goal of strengthening families and will complement each other's resources. "This new relationship with The Villages will allow us to better show-case fathers, help fathers, and support fathers in a new, innovative, and creative way," Maples said. For more, visit www.villages.org or www.dadsinc.org.
Recreating Recreation
The recreation room at Vanderheyden Hall in Wynantskill, New York, recently underwent a renovation. The Junior League of Troy, a group that supp-orts organizations that help women and children, has had a longstanding relationship with Vanderheyden and donated $5,000 for the renovation and volunteered time as well--actually taking part in the renovation earlier this year. Under the direction of a recreation supervisor, the rec room provides residents of Vanderheyden a place to watch movies, read books, play games, and visit with friends. The renovation included new curtains, paint, and flooring, as well as bookcases, tables, and chairs.
Cooperating for Youth
A San Diego County grand jury issued a report in early May calling for more information-sharing between county agencies, and an effort to encourage at-risk children to enroll at San Pasqual Academy. The academy, which provides education and housing for foster children ages 12-18, has an average of 50 vacant beds each month, more than one-quarter of the 184-bed capacity. The grand jury was studying services available to youth transitioning out of foster care. The group recommended the San Diego human services, education, and probation departments cooperate to identify youth who could benefit from the academy and similar programs.


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These are the best and worst restaurant health inspection scores for December 1-7.
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Las Carolinas II
Grade 87
2905 Eastway Dr.
Infractions include: Two cooked meat dishes between 68-120 degrees. Hot foods must be held at or above 135 degrees. (Dec. 7)
Full Report
Grade 90
435 S. Tryon St.
Infractions include: High temperature dish machine not reaching proper temperature. (Dec. 3)
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Texas Ranch Steakhouse & Saloon
1310 W. Sugar Creek Rd.
Grade 90
Infractions include: Salsa stored uncovered in walk-in. (Dec. 1)
Full Report
Chinese Fast Food
Grade 96
2200 Beatties Ford Rd. (Dec. 2)
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Peet's Coffee & Tea
Grade 101.5
9201 University City Blvd. (Dec. 1)
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Taco Bell
Grade 101
3117 Freedom Dr. (Dec. 2)
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Terrace Cafe
Grade 101
4625 Piedmont Dr. (Dec. 6)
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Spirit of Norman Rockwell pervades Stockbridge in Massachusetts' Berkshires
An uncertain future for a Stratford engine plantStory | Dec 14, 2011 | 2:00 PMThe feds have done it again. They've turned down the only bid they got in their latest effort to find somebody to take possession and clean up pollution at the vast, echoing complex of buildings known as the Stratford Army Engine Plant. Seems like...
One Missing After Swimming AccidentStory | Jun 17, 2009 | 4:43 AMFrom rescue to recovery. An hours-long search ended with no sign of a teen who disappeared in the Housatonic River Tuesday. Friends say local teen Kaelan Payton was swimming with two friends near the Falls Village Dam in Falls Village when he went under....
Search Called Off In SalisburyStory | Jun 18, 2009 | 6:18 AMThe search for a Salisbury area teen feared drowned that was expected to resume Thursday has been called off. Kaelen Paton disappeared in a raging Housatonic River Tuesday while police say the 16 year old and a copule of buddies were swimming....
Report Of Body Found In RiverStory | Jun 23, 2009 | 4:59 AMConnecticut State Police and the State Police Dive team received a report of a possible sighting of a body in the Housatonic River south of Great Falls. It could be the body of 16 year old Kaelon Paton who was swimming with friends in the Housatonic...
Tunnel A Highlight Along TrailStory | Aug 10, 2008During my travels across the state, I've come across just one nature trail that passes through an abandoned train tunnel blasted under a hill. And that's the Shepaug Tunnel within Washington's 750-acre Steep Rock Reservation. The tracks that once ran...
Daycation: There's An Unsung But Splendid State Beach In Milford — And It's Free
Paddle The Housatonic With Clarke OutdoorsStory | Feb 12, 2009 | 8:59 AMWhether you're into canoeing, kayaking, or even white-water rafting, you really can't go wrong with Clarke Outdoors. The ten mile stretch of the Housatonic River that Clarke customers play in is a mixture of smooth, moving flat water, and spots of...
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DOING GOODJanuary 8th, 2013, 6:10 pm
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About Amy Umble: Amy Umble writes about religion and social issues affecting the Fredericksburg community.
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In her event posting on Bloomingdale-Riverview Patch, Cheryl L. Linske-Krajewski tells readers that the chorus will deliver a choice of songs, personalized card and flower to a business or restaurant for $30. But be sure to order by Feb. 12.
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My sister has been taking her daughter to visit sleepaway camps for the summer. It's her first time and she's never been away from home. My niece is nervous; my sister is anxious. And rightly so. I was, too, when my boys first expressed interest in going off to a faraway camp for the summer. It's a milestone in their young lives and in their parents' lives as well. Your little one's not sleeping at home. No longer under your roof and watchful eyes. You don't know what they're doing every waking moment. It's a giant step forward on the road to their independence. Exciting and nerve-wracking. Sad and sweet. A giant grab bag of mixed emotions.
Having gone through it with all three of my boys I can only say that sleep-away camp is one of greatest gifts a parent can offer their child. Yes, there may be a bit of homesickness for a couple of days. And yes, you may feel riddled with guilt if you get a couple of unhappy postcards or emails in the beginning. But just wait. Give it a little bit of time. Because that homesick feeling goes away very fast and is quickly replaced by fun and friends, adventures and sports, late night stories and inside jokes. Childhood memories and close friendships that will last your kids a lifetime.
Even more important than all of that, however, is the sense of independence that your child experiences. Making choices throughout the day (what to wear, what elective to choose, what to make at arts & crafts, what to eat, what to put in the laundry). Small decisions maybe, but significant nonetheless because they are making them, not you. Forging friendships on their own as opposed to parents organizing their playdates. Working out solutions to any issues or problems they may encounter instead of running to you as they would at home. It's all that good stuff that leads them to independence.
And these days with all the helicoptering and micro-managing that our generation of parents do, camp gives our kids a chance to try out their wings, to break through the protective parental shell and begin to realize the person they were meant to be.
I never tried to raise any Albert Einsteins or Michael Jordans (I couldn't if I tried). I've always shot for just two things in bringing up my kids -- let them be happy and independent. Sleepaway camp goes a long way on both fronts.
Ofer Aronskind is a parent of three teenage boys and is the author of several books of young adult fiction. His first two books -- "Summer Sleep-Away" and "That Same Summer" -- are about camp.


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Photography has been a part of my life ever since I got my hands on a Canon AE-1 back in high school. I cut my teeth shooting film and printing in the dark room. I hope my photographs, like the homes I try to create, evoke emotion and provide context that engages their audience.
"Nature" is a thread that has woven itself through my work. Prior to launching this business, I created fiftyRX3, a year long web-based project examining the crossroads of style and sustainability. Following that, I worked as a design editor and writer, often focusing on green design. That said, I am far from eco-perfection and would rather inspire with good art and design than preach to anyone. The only thing I might push on you is a vintage brass table.
The path to this point has not been a straight one, but it has been rich with experience that I believe provides depth to my work. In addition to art and design, I have practiced as a therapist - many interior designers will tell you that, at times, there is not much difference - and I am always open to pushing my creativity in new directions. I have studied at Parsons School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology and hold degrees from the University of Kansas and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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Brand new - never used Vintage MX gear collection from the 80's - early 90's!!
We have just purchased a small collection of vintage jerseys and boots from a local dealer who has been around since the 70's! Collection consists of 10 Jerseys from Fox, Malcom Smith Racing, and Answer Racing. Sizes are medium to XXL. Boots are Malcom Smith Racing and High Point! Would prefer to sell the whole collection - but will sell piece by piece on eBay if there's no interest as a whole - thanks for looking - more NOS gear and parts coming soon!!


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It's not just tech companies and factories that employ robots. You'll also find them on the job at "Conan," at least in a new sketch cooked up for the late night show.
Conan O'Brien, self-appointed "Clueless Gamer," covered the recent E3 in Los Angeles. Watch him joke his way through the huge gaming and tech conference.
Watch Dogs is set to hit consoles on May 27, and self-proclaimed "Clueless Gamer" Conan O'Brien has your worldwide exclusive first-look at the game. Catch it here.
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Mandriva Releases One Isos
Public mirrors available for 32 and 64 bit builds
Mandriva released its 2010 Spring Beta2 isos earlier this week for testing both on native hardware and virtual machines. Isos for KDE and GNOME environments are also available.
Improvements in the beta include enhanced data encryption, allowing for the home directory to be encrypted quickly and easily. Network services can now be added to network profiles and parental controls now dictate both network and application access.
Also featured in the beta are enhancements to the Mandriva Directory Server. OpenSSH, massive user import and a userquota module are among a set functionalities designed to assist in managing an LDAP directory. Along with that come a new audit framework and new password policy module.
Mandriva's turn around from beta to alpha is quick because of its active community. You can do your part by downloading the Isos and as always, report any bugs in the Mandriva Bugzilla.
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Heartbleed Bleeds On
According to a report, many potential victims of the Heartbleed attack have patched their systems, but few have cleaned up the crime scene to protect themselves from the effects of a previous intrusion.
Drone Brain Goes Open Source
DARPA and NICTA release the code for the ultra-secure microkernel system used in aerial drones.
Password Management Services Vulnerable to Attack
Should you trust an online service to store your online passwords?
New Raspberry Pi Adds Two USB Ports
New B+ board lets you build cool things without the complication of a powered USB hub.
Microsoft Grabs No-IP.com Domains
Redmond rushes in to root out alleged malware haven.
Firefox Steps into 3D
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New Trojan Targets Online Banking
Dyreza malware launches a man-in-the-middle attack that compromises SSL.
HP Rolls Out Massive Cloud Network
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News and notes on the restaurant scene from dining critic Carol Deptolla
Delicately Delicious opens store in Cedarburg
The orders-only bakery Delicately Delicious in Cedarburg now is feeding the spur-of-the-moment sweet tooth: It opened a storefront at W62-N608 Washington Ave. on April 8, moving from its nearby Center St. kitchen.
Jennifer Goldbeck, who's owned the business since March 2007, said the bakery has expanded from cakes and cupcakes to include desserts like single-serving banana puddings, frosted single-layer cakes sold by the slice (about $3; today's slice is coconut) and some nostalgic favorites such as chocolate icebox cake.
Offerings change by the day, but the bakery always stocks chocolate lava cake with a caramel center in cupcake size ($2.50) and the Kitchen Sink cookie ($2) with oats, Rice Krispies, Heath Bar, marshmallow and semi-sweet and milk chocolates.
Changing cupcake flavors include tiramisu; their prices are $2 to $2.50.
Goldbeck gave the storefront an extensive makeover to look a little retro and a little modern, with walls painted a robin's-egg blue and stenciled in white fleur-de-lis.
The bakery sells water, juice and milk, but for a coffee to drink with a sweet, the staff will direct customers across the street, to the Fiddleheads and Cedarburg Coffee Roastery cafes.
Delicately Delicious still takes custom cake orders; plan to order seven to 10 days in advance. In summer, with its graduations, showers and weddings, 10 days is the better bet, Goldbeck said. Cupcakes ordered by the dozen or more in advance are discounted.
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Is short always smarter and better than long?
Don't you mean is long always smarter and better than short? That is what I might have said before. Carlin Romano describes in "Will the Book Survive" the challenges involved in getting college students to read books. I pulled the above question from the paragraph below.
Destructive cultural trends lurk behind the decline of readerly ambition and student stamina. One is the expanding cultural bias in all writerly media toward clipped, hit-friendly brevity—no longer the soul of wit, but metric-driven pith in lieu of wit. Everywhere they turn, but particularly in mainstream, sophisticated venues—where middle-aged fogies desperately seek to stay ahead of the tech curve—young people hear, through the apotheosis of tweets, blog posts, Facebook updates, and sound bites as the core of communication, that short is always smarter and better than long, even though most everyone knows it's usually dumber and worse.
I am not sure about his next point–that people don't want to read because they can't interact with the author. Of course today, one trick of publishers to help authors succeed is to set up a blog in order to promote their books. Hmmm, maybe he has a point.
Another cultural trend propelling the possible death of the whole book as assigned reading is the pressurized hawking of interactivity, brought to us by the same media panderers to limited attention spans. It's no longer acceptable for A to listen to B for more than a few minutes before A gets his or her right to respond.
Next, Romano sounds like Nicholas Carr from The Shallows when he refers to Robert Darnton's The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future (PublicAffairs, 2009):
Darnton notices what many other professors also see in young people: "A generation 'born digital' is 'always on,' conversing everywhere on cellphones, tapping out instant messages, and networking in actual or virtual realities. The younger people you pass on the street or sit next to on a bus are simultaneously there and not there. They shake their shoulders and tap their feet to music audible only to them inside the cocoon of their digital systems. They seem to be wired differently from their elders, whose orientation to machines comes from another zone of the unconscious."
Maybe he is hard on the youth of today but perhaps you, like myself, have seen the following scene:
Many college-age sorts study their phones, put them away to try to focus on something else—the passing scenery outside the Amtrak train, a magazine, the old-fashioned book they've brought along—then yank the phones back out three or four minutes later and start tapping away again. Reading a book, however, requires concentration, endurance, the ability to disconnect from other connections. You have to be there rather than not there. Hyperwired young people may be making it to age 17 without acquiring that ability, let alone losing it.
Another worthwhile read on the subject is a post on The Art of Slow Reading by Patrick Kingsley.
Men missing on campus
Where have all the young men gone? With 60% of student populations now being women, we may have a problem. Check out this article by Albert Mohler.
Mohler concludes,
Biblical manhood requires that young men grow up, assume adult responsibilities, and prepare for leadership and service in the home, in the church, and in the larger society.
This much is clear — if this trend is not reversed, the college campus will not be the only place these young men are found missing.
"Fat, dumb and happy"
Just too much traveling of late to be consistent in blogging–Bangkok last week, Calapan on Sunday to Monday. In Manila now for five days and then off to America on Dec 13.
"Fat dumb and happy" may be a description of what will result if we continue the staus quo in our university education in America according to this piece on the problem of University Education via Felix Salmon.
The following article on Universities and Economic Growth by Philip Greenspun stimulated my thinking because it reveals yet again the pointlessness of an over-reliance on lecture as a form of education. As opposed to adult dialogue education! Greenspun writes,
Pedagogy researchers have found that people stop paying attention after about 20 minutes. That's as long as a lecture should be at a university. After 20 minutes, the students can break up into small groups to solve problems, with the teacher wandering around the room assisting groups as necessary
Pity the poor prof for whom Greenspun described what actually happened in the first 20 min of class. He provides a scathing review for how ineffective are so many things about our university level education and warns that this will have a future negative consequences for our society and economy. He offers two Simple Changes: "Stop grading your own students" and "Stop lecturing", two Modest Changes: "Build open offices for students and "Provide detailed review of all work; grade students on their ability to assist other students" and one Big Change for Engineering: Teach Engineering.
It is a long article but worth reading if you are an educator, one being educated or one paying for either of the above!
English as Second Language Books
A friend of ours has written six workbooks designed for learners of English who need to improve their reading comprehension in order to do well in Christian institutions and organizations that require extensive reading in English. The books are designed to supplement classroom instruction with biblically contextualized passages and exercises. All of the workbooks are available as a FREE download, to print and photocopy for personal or class use, but may not be reproduced for profit.
Vocabulary Building for Biblical Studies is an intermediate level workbook of 15 chapters centering on biblical and Christian themes. Each unit includes a passage of 1000 words and exercises that aid the students in understanding and expanding their vocabulary.
Men and Women in the History of the Church is a pre-intermediate primer. Each unit begins with pre-reading questions and a biography of approximately 650 words. This is followed by exercises on reading comprehension and vocabulary building, and ends with discussion questions.
Developing Reading Skills: Jonah is a two-part pre-intermediate curriculum based on the books of Jonah and Ruth. Each curriculum includes a Student Workbook and a Teacher's Book and introduces a variety of reading strategies, particularly observation-interpretation-application.
Developing Reading Skills: Ruth is a two-part pre-intermediate curriculum based on the books of Jonah and Ruth. Each curriculum includes a Student Workbook and a Teacher's Book and introduces a variety of reading strategies, particularly observation-interpretation-application.
Israel's Judges focuses on the beginner level, covers all 4 skills, and includes communicative grammar activities for class use. There is a listening component that can be downloaded as well.
Reviewing Grammar is a booklet intended to serve as a reference guide and a review of basic grammar rules for students writing in English. It is not an exhaustive study of English grammar; rather, it is a compilation of grammar definitions, explanations, and examples from several grammar books. Basic grammar points and some troublesome spots are addressed.
Some web based learning tools
A compilation of many of the new web tools out there. Some are pretty basic but others may be new to you. I have a couple that I am going to try out.
What academic credentials can't guarantee
Just read a fascinating article, The Case for Working with your hands by Matthew B. Crawford that was passed onto me by my wife. I have always had a high respect for people in the trades, who could create something with their hands. Sadly, being a tradesman here where I live is not an esteemed profession to which one would aspire. The goal for too many is to go to college, graduate and work in an air conditioned office behind a computer! Something is wrong with this picture! Reading Crawford may remind you of values we have forgotten in our post-modern culture. He notes, "A good job requires a field of action where you can put your best capacities to work and see an effect in the world. Academic credentials do not guarantee this."
As somone who has spent most of my life in academics, I think I need to learn a new hobby in my old age!
Why shouldn't I get a B?
Closing debate on scientific truth?
We are celebrating the 200th anniversaries of the birth of Darwin and Lincoln this week so much is being written in support of Darwin and evolution. Here, an attempt is made to link Lincoln and Darwin. I hope this is not the common agenda of most scientists. Dr. Michael Wolfe writes
Democracy needs to evolve to the point where our representatives cannot vote on matters of scientific truth, just as a majority should not be able to vote to deny the rights of a minority.
Sounds like he wants to elevate arguments against evolution to the category of hate crimes? Why do evolutionists fear healthy debate?
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and through this executive order, set the stage for the total abolition of slavery in this country. In the same way, national standards for science education should be established so that state and municipal boards of education cannot work to deny the truth of evolution and cause distraction and confusion by having scientifically inaccurate and indefensible alternatives taught in the science classroom and espoused in science textbooks.
Lincoln saved our union from dissolution and opened our minds to the equality of man. Darwin unified biology and opened our minds to the origin of man. Today we should proudly celebrate both men and their legacies. And let's recommit ourselves, as President Obama said in his inaugural address, to "restoring science to its rightful place".
Wolfe's point earlier in the article, "nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution." He further states,
"As a biomedical researcher, I can attest that we routinely use the genetic relationship between humans and other organisms (including yeast, worms, flies and mice) to discover important processes involved in human health and disease. Not only is evolution true, it is practical; we need the insight it offers to understand and treat illness.
Why not admit that these genetic relationships may reflect a common creator rather than a common evolutionay link?
Smoking moms, flying pigs and racists
Three posts that caught my attention on science blogs
Interesting post here on a study in which a connection is shown between smoking moms, birth weight and anti-social behavior. Nothing new there and was the connection related to genetics or the environment or a combination of both. I was intriguedwhen I discovered that the study was done on a group of "test tube babies."
Another link to a more technical study in which researchers found the part of the brain in which idioms like "when pigs fly" and "when hell freezes over" are processed. I didn't quite understand why this is important!
Finally, a hopeful study which shows that people can be trained to become less racist as they learn to identify and distinguish unique characteristics between individuals within another race. In other words, one is inclined to be more racist if you "see" all _____ people as looking alike.
People of the screen and people of the book
Lengthy article on the future of reading in The New Atlantis by Cristine Rosen
She speculates
- will the book be around much longer?
- what will become of the book and its related print culture?
- Will "collaborative 'information foraging' replace solitary deep reading"?
- Will "the connected screen will replace the disconnected book"?
- Does regular reading truly benefit our society?
- Are print literacy and screen literacy complementary capacities or just competitors?
- Will a new reading class develop?
- Should we be the master or the student when we read?
- "What exactly is reading?"
- Are screen readers more "users" or "consumers" and not "readers"
- What can e-books do better than printed books?
Near the end of her article, Rosen writes,
If reading has a history, it might also have an end. It is far too soon to tell when that end might come, and how the shift from print literacy to digital literacy will transform the "reading brain" and the culture that has so long supported it. Echoes will linger, as they do today from the distant past: audio books are merely a more individualistic and technologically sophisticated version of the old practice of reading aloud. But we are coming to see the book as a hindrance, a retrograde technology that doesn't suit the times. Its inanimacy now renders it less compelling than the eye-catching screen. It doesn't actively do anything for us. In our eagerness to upgrade or replace the book, we try to make reading easier, more convenient, more entertaining—forgetting that reading is also supposed to encourage us to challenge ourselves and to search for deeper meaning.
I guess as long as there are printers, I will still be able to print my e-books so I can read them!
The difference maker in education
Fascinating review of an article by Ed Yong at Not Exactly Rocket Science comparing the acquisition of scientific knowledge, scientific reasoning ability and the method of teaching. He relays a study in which students in the Chinese educational system scored significantly higher on physics' tests than did students studying in the American system. However, both the American and Chinese students scored almost identically in scientific reasoning skills. How could this be–the informal learning that takes place inside and outside the classroom? Yong concludes
So if it what we teach doesn't lead to better reasoning skills, perhaps it is how we teach it. That's an idea Bao subscribes to. He advocates more "inquiry-based learning", where teachers encourage students to discover things for themselves, acting more as a facilitator that guides the class rather than a vessel that pours knowledge into it. Obviously, this shouldn't be introduced to the exclusion of knuckling down and cramming some basic facts in, but the two approaches should complement each other.
A good reason for a continued committment to dialogue education!
Most irritating phrases
Here are the top ten most irritating phrases.
1 – At the end of the day
2 – Fairly unique
3 – I personally
4 – At this moment in time
5 – With all due respect
6 – Absolutely
7 – It's a nightmare
8 – Shouldn't of
9 – 24/7
10 – It's not rocket science
Thanks to Tom McMahon, who suggests trying to use all ten in one sentence!
Is self-esteem more important than self-control?
My wife pointed me to this article in the Houston Chronicle in which Ashley Herzog writes a damaging critique of the self-esteem movement. Here is a summary from "The flaws of the self-esteem fad" by Ashley Herzog
Herzog says the self-esteem movement proclaims to
- make the kids feel important
- emphasize their good qualities
- refrain from criticizing children too much
- encourage kids to feel good about themselves for no particular reason
- "We want to anchor self-esteem firmly to the child so no matter what the performance might be, the self-esteem remains high,"
As Herzog points out, the goal of making children smarter and more productive using a focus on building self-esteem "has never been proved to work." She provides an interesting example.
"Starting in the mid-1990s, a team led by psychologist Carol Dweck did a series of experiments on fifth-graders, who were divided into two groups. In the first group, students were praised for their intelligence — an innate trait unrelated to performance. In the second group, students were praised for their effort and good behavior. The children in the second group performed better and were more likely to attempt difficult tasks — probably because their teachers had encouraged them to work hard, rather than constantly telling them how brilliant they were."
What has the self-esteem movement accomplished? According to Herzog
- Americans "are unprepared to compete in the global economy."
- "our teens don't let their ignorance bother them."
- "get good grades no matter what"
- "Grade inflation in order to avoid bruised egos."
- "While the self-esteem movement hasn't made children any smarter, it has made them more self-centered, demanding and hostile to criticism."
- they think they "deserve recognition and attention from others"
- they think it is "acceptable and desirable to be preoccupied with oneself and praise oneself."
She warns, "Self-esteem isn't linked to academic achievement or good behavior. Nor does it protect against teen pregnancy, juvenile delinquency, alcoholism, drug abuse or chronic welfare dependency." Instead, she suggests that educators should focus on "teaching the time-tested values of self-respect and self-control."
Herzog, a resident of The Woodlands, is a journalism major at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
Sexual boundaries on college campuses today
Dawn Eden over at Dawn Patrol had the following daily quote today and I thought it is worth re-posting here. This was reminiscent of a post that Heather McDonald made a few months ago on City Journal–for which I provided links. How do we bring about a change on this situation. According to McDonald, the blame seems to lie at the college administration level giving mixed signals to the students.
"No doubt lurid anecdote and popular myth cause us to exaggerate the actual frequency of campus hook-ups: Most college students do not share in these delights. But most students also believe that 'everyone does it,' even if the individual student, for some reason, cannot locate a partner. Thus an active minority sets the tone and makes hooking up a 'culture.' When there are no sexual boundaries, either official or informal, the standard becomes the extreme, and all students feel the pressure to appear more promiscuous than they are. The traditional double standard of sexual conduct – more restrictive for women than for men – has been replaced by the single standard of the predatory male."
— Harvey C. Mansfield, reviewing Donna Freitas's Sex and the Soul in today's Wall Street Journal
Pressure is on the Korean kids
An article in the New York Times talks about the pressure on Korean kids who want to attend University in the U.S. They study 15 hours a day in prep schools to get in the top American Universities. At what price?


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The Tonawanda News
Tonawanda News — After a year spent highlighting some of the area's best up-and-coming artists, North Tonawanda's Project 308 gallery is taking its mission to the streets.
Oliver Street, to be precise.
The first Project 308 Art Festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday on Oliver Street, which will be closed between Schenk and Robinson streets. Gallery owner Natalie Brown said about 50 vendors are expected to take part, including artists and crafters with wares that feature jewelry, paintings, blown glass and more
"I want to bring the art closer to the community," she said. "Sometimes this area isn't exposed to the art world as much as other areas. I wanted to give them some exposure to local talent and crafts and music and food."
There will also be food, including Lumber Jake's Burgers and Shakes and a vendor of homemade pastelillos, and wine tastings from The Traveling Vineyard. Musical performances will be presented by Erin Welsh and DJ Kéh Rahj. Performances will also take place inside the gallery, with dancers from the Marjorie Blakely Dance Studio of Erie Avenue at 11 a.m. and those from Danceamour at 1 p.m. Hula-Hoopers will perform and have hoops for sale, and a children's station will include activities for younger festival-goers.
Many of the artists involved have been those with past exhibits at Project 308, Brown said.
"I think it's going to be interesting that it will have both artists who aren't familiar with the gallery, this is their first time being involved with a Project 308 event, but then we're going to have a lot of artists that have had shows here," she said. "That's what I like about the gallery. One event can lead to so many other things."
North Tonawanda resident Sherri Marranca's artwork was featured in the gallery's first show last year, an exhibit that was, in turn, Marranca's first time exhibiting her work in a gallery. Saturday, she'll be one of the artists taking part in the festival with her paintings.
"I can't believe how much her gallery has grown, has many showings she has now," Marranca said of Brown. "It's wonderful, what she's bringing to the community. It's brightening up Oliver Street a little more, making it a place to be.
"She's really making art accessible to everyone. She wants everyone to enjoy art."
It seems to run in the family. Natalie Brown's father, Paul Brown, was the originator of an art festival that took place on the street back in the mid to late 2000s. Now, he's helping his daughter with the logistics of such an event, she said.
"He's always been a big supporter of the arts," she said. "I'm kind of using his ideas, and adding my own flair to it."
Artist Tracy McGehee of North Tonawanda, who took part in those earlier shows, said she was pleased when she learned an art festival was returning to Oliver.
"I thought, 'I wish something like that would happen in North Tonawanda again.' It's so good for the community and the artists," she said. "I love art and I love the idea of the whole festival atmosphere. It's nice, music and food and people talking to you about your art."
McGehee's watercolor and acrylic paintings will be on display and for sale Saturday, but she said festivals are good for artists in more than just that obvious way.
"It's a wonderful way to spend the entire day," she said. "I love to look at other people's art. I love to look at other people's styles."IF YOU GO • WHAT: North Tonawanda Art Festival • WHEN: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday • WHERE: Oliver Street, between Schenk Street and Robinson Road • FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call Project 308 at Jill Keppeler is a writer for the Tonawanda News. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at @JillKeppeler.


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Pymatuning Lake is - so far - far free from invasive species like the dreaded Asian carp and the hope is to keep the lake free from "aquatic hitchhikers,' said Joel Brown, president of Pymatuning Lake Association.
Key to doing that is boaters and anglers using "common sense" when loading and unloading their boats and fishing equipment, according to a news release from the organization. Cleaning and disposing of bait properly is most important.
Brown and Sara N. Grisz, coastal outreach specialist of the Pennsylvania Sea Grant, will be spreading the message Saturday to participants and the general public at the associationÕs annual crappie tournament at the Pymatuning Lake Association Pavilion at the Espyville Boat Launch.


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Mariah Carey & Ne-Yo's 'Angels Cry (Remix)' Video Stills
Nick Cannon has shared some stills from the other video his wife shot for the remix to "Angels Cry" featuring her labelmate Ne-Yo. The remix, along with ones from Nicki Minaj, R. Kelly, Trey Songz, and T-Pain, can be found on the Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel remix album, available February 23.
"This video is going to be simplistically genius!" Nick wrote about the concept. "No bells and whistles, just documenting history and brilliance. Two of the worlds greatest song writers in the studio crafting a masterpiece. I hope the world is ready to hear 'Angels Cry.'"
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The arts scene in Huntington this year was similar in a lot of ways to others years, except that in 2010, we welcomed back a member of one prominent family and said goodbye to another. Here are some of the highlights.
The big story was music. It was everywhere, at both the and its park, at the , and at the Book Revue and even around town. Yes, we had appearances by actor Danny DeVito (in town with his own premium Limoncello at Bottle and Cases in February) and "90210" and reality TV star Tori Spelling ( to sign copies of her "Unchartered TerriTORI" book in June) but this year music was the star and the story.
Soundtraks welcomed legendary, award winning singer- songwriter Jimmy Webb who signed copies of his new CD, "Just Across the River" in June. Paying a visit to the this year were rockers Pat Benatar and Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler, folk singers Judy Collins and Peter Yarrow, heavy metal artist Dave Mustaine and pop singer Rick Springfield.
The Summer Arts Festival brought music to the Chapin Rainbow Stage in Heckscher Park courtesy of rock and blues guitarist G. E. Smith, dancer and performer Dobet Gnahoré (who sang in French and seven African languages), urban folk singer Jen Chapin, the Long Island Philharmonic and jazz musicians the Heath Brothers Quartet. Children's performers Brady Rymer and The Little Band That Could were the highlight of the family night performers.
The big year in music culminated with the third induction ceremony of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame on Nov.16 at the Inductees included composer, broadcaster, educator and author Oscar Brand, Carole and Paula, hosts of TV"s "The Magic Garden", jazz musicians Teddy Charles, progressive heavy metal band Dream Theater, New York Philharmonic principal clarinet Stanley Drucker, rappers Eric B and Rakim, composer and conductor Morton Gould, photographer Bob Gruen, drummer Roy Haynes, rock musician Al Kooper, agent Steve Martin, gospel singer Donnie McClurkin, disc jockey Dennis McNamara and the Roslyn club My Father's Place, band leader Eddie Palmieri, Velvet Underground rock legend Lou Reed, the Shangri-Las and musician John Zorn.
Music was featured at the Heckscher Museum in a few ways this year. The "First Friday" series gave us love songs in February, jazz guitarist Tony Romano and flutist Michel Gentile in March, guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima in April, guitarist Steve Adelson in August, Folk Music Society in September, the Sunny Mountain Boys in October, the Willie Steel Band in November and Laura Cheadle in December.
Some of the museum's exhibits for 2010 included the current ones, Night on the Town (till 1/2/11), A Timeless Legacy and Rock On! Masterworks of Rock Photography (till 1/9/11). The latter brought photographer Bob Gruen and disc jockey Pete Fornatale to the Museum and offered another collaboration with the CAC and film archivist Bill Shelley. Earlier in the year the Museum brought us other exhibits like Couples: The Art of Attraction, Arcadia/Surburbia Architecture on Long Island 1930-2010, the Long Island Biennial and Long Island's Best Young Artist, which was awarded in May to then Huntington High School senior Zach Teplin.
The museum welcomed Dr. Michael W. Schantz as executive director toward the end of the year, while in July a celebration of its 90th anniversary took place with some members of the Heckscher family in attendance. One of them, Timothy Heckscher, was elected to the museum's Board of Trustees this year.
Another group said goodbye to one of theirs. Vic Skolnick, co-founder of the Cinema Arts Centre, died June 9 at the age of 81. Since he and his wife, co-founder Charlotte Sky, brought their vision to life in 1977 when they opened the cinema, the two had provided not only Huntington but all of Long Island a strong, solid venue from everything from independent films to Hollywood classics to seasonal favorites and everything and anything in between. While his vision is continuing with Sky and their son, co-director Dylan Skolnick, it is the support of the cinema's members that keeps the dream for an independent cinema house alive.
You never know what films will show up at the cinema in any given year, and 2010 was no exception. The films ran the gamut from Charlie Chaplin films and shorts, to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, to the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, to a Valentine's Day screening of "Casablanca," to the 80's classic "The Breakfast Club." The cinema was also one of the only Long Island movie houses to show Jeff Bridges Oscar-winning movie, "Crazy Heart", weeks before he took home the top prize for that role. The cinema also encourages new film makers with their ongoing documentary production workshops.
Special guests are another hallmark of the cinema, and this year's list included the Long Island Roller Rebels, Carole and Paula of "The Magic Garden," Tony nominated playwright Charles Busch, actors Keir Dullea and Millie Perkins, leg endary talk show host Dick Cavett, and screen legend Leslie Caron. Live music was provided by guitarists Jonathan Bodian, Rene Izquierdo and Elina Chekan, elec tro-acoustic ensemble the Light Riders featuring Premik Russell Tubbs, pianist Evelyn Ulex and doo wop group Lenny Cocco and the Chimes.
The cinema teamed up with Freeport music archivist Bill Shelley and the Heckscher Museum to play off its rock photography exhibit, Rock On! Shelley's films took us back in time to the music of 1967, also known as "the summer of love" and gave us rare performance movies featuring the Beatles and the rest of the British Invasion, the Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton and Crosby, Stills and Nash.


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Even a car seat may not be enough protection
by Jim Adler
The tragic news of an infant death in a stalled car on the Galveston Causeway Sunday lends a sobering reminder that simply doing the right thing by buying and using protective car seats may not always be enough. Car seat safety is no guarantee of survival.
Child safety seats are far more common today, now that each state has passed child occupant protection laws. Yet as many as 1,800 children under age 14 die annually in vehicle accidents.
Even more disturbing is the fact that some of these children, like the child killed Sunday, were killed while sitting in a car seat.
One problem is that in many cases parents unknowingly purchase a defective car seat – a car seat which can kill, rather than protect. Many car seat recalls have been staged by manufacturers, but others remain on the market, and even some worthy car seats are improperly used.
Also, even the best car seat may not protect your child in the event of a catastrophic accident. Car seats, like vehicles themselves even when designed for protection, can do only so much. Attentive, cautious, safe driving also is imperative.
Beyond that, parents need to use their heads and not simply leave it to a car seat to protect their child fully in all situations and at all times.
In the case of the child killed Sunday evening, the 16-day-old boy was an occupant in his grandmother's car, which stalled while on the southbound lanes of the Galveston Causeway. Due to ongoing road construction, the causeway has no shoulder, so the car was stopped while in a lane of moving traffic.
Hindsight always is better, of course, and hindsight tells us that the child sitting in the back seat, while safely anchored in a car seat, was not safe enough – not in these circumstances, while sitting in a car stalled on a lane with moving traffic approaching from behind.
If there was any place off the road in which to stand, hold the baby and wait for police to arrive, the best thing to have done would have been to remove the child immediately from the vehicle. As Safe Kids teaches, protecting a child always comes first.
As it is, the boy's grandmother and a 4-year-old boy also in the car remained in the vehicle after Galveston police were called. Then, just before police arrived, another vehicle slammed into their car from behind, trapping and killing the infant in the back seat, and slightly injuring the woman and the 4-year-old.
The boy's grandmother was not at fault. She cannot be blamed because her car stalled, or that the causeway was under construction or that another vehicle's driver wasn't paying enough attention or was in too big of a hurry and hit her from behind. These are tragic circumstances which led to an infant's death, despite the fact that he was wearing a protective car seat.
But again, simply using such a car seat may not always be enough. All drivers should be alert at all times to all possibilities, and should actively consider doing anything which might enhance survival chances for those riding in their vehicles – particularly defenseless children who, even while secured in a car seat, remain relatively defenseless.
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A little snow did little to frighten away the Seth Boyden School faithful on Friday night as parents, students and friends of the school turned out for the 2nd Annual Seth Boyden Spotlight Parent-Staff Talent Show.
The auditorium was about 75 percent full as fans came to cheer Principal Mark Quiles and parent luminaries like Marco Ranieri, Charlie Pollock, Bud Mishkin, Bruno Lee and Kendra Thyne as they exhibited their respective professional music, theater, media, jazz and ballet credentials.
The event, organized by Kelly Heinze, raised more than $800 for the Seth Boyden PTA. PTA President Susie Adamson, Patti Killian, Jesse Reyes, A.J. DeLuca, Maureen Koppenaal, Ms. Bathmann, Mr. Edgerton, Tim Welch, Raquel Horn and Joanne Mayberry also worked to support the fundraiser.
Other performers included Josh Stout, Wendy Bellerman, Patrick Alphonse, Eric Shorter, Peri Smilow, Susan Leone, Steve Carberry and Ray Leone of StarFish.
Seth Boyden's next big night is Sunday, March 17, when the Seth Boyden Series will feature Tim Gunn, from Project Runway. The event will be held in the auditorium at Columbia High School. More details here. Buy tickets here: brownpapertickets.com/.


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Unsung Heroes 2012
The annual Communities In Schools Unsung Heroes Award is presented to site coordinators who demonstrate an unwavering commitment to students most in need of integrated services. With acts of love and transformation, these Unsung Heroes are the best in the country at what they do.
Meet our 2012 Unsung Heroes Award recipients.
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Stephanie Armendariz
Communities In Schools of South Central Texas
The commitment to meeting students' needs is Priority No. 1 for Stephanie Armendariz, Communities In Schools of South Central Texas site coordinator. She will give students a ride home after school so they can stay for tutoring, provide breakfast to children when they come to school hungry so they can stay focused in class, and take sick children home from school when their parents don't have transportation. Stephanie does anything and everything to help children so they can focus on learning while they're at school. She also provides parents the support they need to help their children be successful.
"Stephanie comes to Schertz Elementary each day with the sole intent of placing joy in the hearts of others – children and adults alike," said Tina Trcka, principal, Schertz Elementary School. "She is sincere, passionate and generous, and has a true servant's heart."
Paul Fagen
Communities In Schools of Chicago
Site Coordinator Paul Fagen is fueled by the desire to see each of the students at Chicago Talent Development Charter High School reach his or her full potential.
"Mr. Fagen is an amazing man and without his help and guidance, I would not be where I am today," said Chicago Talent High School student Alexandria Parchman. "I know that when I go off to college, I will take the lessons that he has taught with me."
Whether it's assisting with college prep, providing individual student counseling or monitoring school-wide initiatives, Paul works to maintain a Communities In Schools presence. He spearheaded a one-on-one reading support program for students who were reading below grade level with the partnership ReadThenWrite, and created 'Keep the Peace,' a school-wide conflict resolution initiative.
Paul's best asset of connecting with students has led to lasting impact in their lives.
Linda Shelley
Communities In Schools of Peninsula, Washington
In a school where roughly 72 percent of the students live in poverty, Linda Shelley, site coordinator for Communities In Schools of Peninsula, Wash., always gives 100 percent to improving children's lives.
Linda makes sure every child struggling in class receives a one-on-one tutoring experience. She also organizes volunteers to participate in after-school activities dedicated to fostering a lifelong love of learning in students. Thanks to Linda carefully monitoring every student's progress, each made significant gains in reading and math during the 2011-2012 school year.
Communities In Schools of Peninsula Executive Director Colleen Speer summed up Linda and her amazing work best: "Linda is not motivated by receiving personal recognition. Linda is motivated by seeing her students succeed."
Bobby Valcin
Communities In Schools of Palm Beach County, Florida
Bobby Valcin literally works around the clock – as a security guard on the graveyard shift, as a student earning his bachelor's degree in social work at night school and as a site coordinator for Communities In Schools of Palm Beach County, Fla. It's his passion for supporting students that makes his daily grind worth it, and his faith plays a fundamental role in his approach to work. After an earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, more than 625 students and their families sought refuge in Palm Beach County. Bobby, fluent in Creole, was enlisted to serve these students. Many had lost everything and were in desperate need of school uniforms, shoes, personal hygiene items, a translator and someone who could help them navigate their new school and life.
"Bobby has an excellent rapport with students and teachers," said Danette Stevenson, guidance counselor at John F. Kennedy Middle School. "His ability to connect with students demonstrates his ability to serve the community."
Steven Weeks
Communities In Schools of Greenville, South Carolina
It seems Steven Weeks was born with the helping-youth gene deeply embedded in his DNA. At Greer Middle School, Steven works tirelessly with more than 40 at-risk students. His passion to see youth overcome obstacles, be empowered and achieve in life means building strong relationships, learning what each student's unique needs are and providing the services that remove barriers standing between the student and high school graduation.
"Steven embodies the core values of Communities In Schools," said Scott Rhymer, principal of Greer Middle School. "He integrates those values into his everyday life, effectively serving and supporting the most at-risk students in the community."


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Students enjoying a conversation in the lawn.
Group photo from beginners course.
Meal time at the Yoga farm.
Smiling faces.
Family group on vacation.
Long-time Yoga farm supporters.
View of pond from Krishna temple.
Singing Kirtan at the Satsang.
Meditation walk in the morning.
Stretching up in Yoga class.
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To create a beautiful environment and an oasis of peace in a chaotic world where people from all walks of life can come together to practice yoga, meditation, and get in touch with their True, Divine Self.
To help all realize their highest potential and find inner peace. Inner peace will bring outer peace.
- We relate to people as their inner nature and do not judge or value ourselves based on race, gender, occupation, performance, material conditions or personality.
- Be in the world and not of the world.
- Simple living, high thinking.
- Adapt, adjust, accommodate-highest yoga.
- Group positive intentions and prayers make miracles.
- We serve everyone equally with respect.
- We respect traditions and understand there are values in timeless teachings.
- Worship sages, saints and our gurus. The blind can't lead the blind.
In 1971, Swami Vishnu-devananda returned to California and founded the third ashram in the young Sivananda International organization: the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm on 40 acres of land located in the Gold Country of the beautiful Sierra Nevada Foothills in Northern California. The "Yoga Farm," as Swami Vishnu-devananda nicknamed the ashram, remained his favorite place for personal retreat and is where he wrote "Meditation and Mantras." For almost 20 years the ashram remained in its original state: a farmhouse and pond surrounded by rolling hills and majestic oaks, saturated with the songs of wildlife.
In 1974, the Yoga Farm hosted the first Sivananda Teachers' Training Course on the West Coast. Yoga practitioners are increasingly aware of deeper and subtler aspects of classical yogic teachings, and seek a retreat where they can deepen their practice, renew their inspiration and further educate themselves. The Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm responds by maintaining a pure atmosphere where people rediscover their Divine Self. It is a spiritual, non-sectarian, non-profit organization run entirely by dedicated Yoga teachers who selflessly teach this ancient system. It is a spiritual, non-sectarian, non-profit organization run entirely by dedicated Yoga teachers who selflessly teach this. "Sivananda Yoga is qualified in Time Magazine article on Yoga as "moderately difficult" and is "One of the world's largest schools of Yoga, Sivananda calls for the rigorous application of Yoga postures, breathing exercises, relaxation, vegetarian diet and study of scriptures. May require lifestyle changes" (p.63, Time april 23 2001)
The ashram has been renovated over the past 15 years to better accommodate demand for Yoga, meditation and immersion in Nature. The accommodations – cabins on the hills, and new deluxe shanti cabins – are beautiful and comfortable, keeping to the spirit of "simple living and high thinking." The programs are more and more diversified keeping to the powerful teachings of classical yoga at the same time bringing in modern ideas and current well-known teachers. The ashram has become a flourishing spiritual institution whose presence is known locally, nationaly, and internationally.
"Health is wealth, peace of mind is happiness, yoga shows the way." Swami Vishnudevananda
"Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize." Swami Sivananda
- Five new permanent cabins with bathrooms up the hill
- New Maintenance Barn and staff facility on adjacent land
- Organic food production project: land clearing and grading, vegetation replacement
- Irrigation for lavender and other fields
- Krishna temple permanent roof
- Remodel tent-cabins and adding bathrooms
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This recipe for Ukrainian Christmas bread or kolach is a slightly sweet yeast bread that is braided and shaped into an oblong loaf or three round braids stacked one on top of the other. In the latter case, a candle is placed in the middle and is an essential part of the Christmas Eve supper (Sviata Vechera). The bread isn't eaten until Christmas Day because it contains eggs and Orthodox Christians fast for Advent, including Christmas Eve. Kolach is a symbol of good luck, eternity, prosperity, and is also featured at memorial services for the dead.
Here is a larger photo of Ukrainian Christmas Bread or Kolach.
Here is a larger photo of Ukrainian Christmas Bread or Kolach.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Rising: 3 hours
Total Time: 4 hours, 20 minutes
Yield: 1 loaf Ukrainian Kolach
- NOTE: This recipe will make 1 braided oblong or round loaf. To make three round braided loaves to be stacked on top of each other, triple the recipe. The three loaves should be baked in 3 tube pans of decreasing size, 12-inch, 8-inch and 10-inch would be perfect.
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/3 cup warm water
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg yolk beaten with 1 teaspoon water for glaze
- In a small bowl, mix yeast, 1 teaspoon sugar and 1/3 cup warm water. Let stand 15 minutes or until bubbly.
- In a large bowl or a stand mixer, beat eggs until thick. Beat in the yeast mixture, 2 tablespoons sugar, oil and salt. Then add the 1/2 cup warm water and mix until fully incorporated. Add 2 cups flour and mix well. Add remaining flour and knead until dough is smooth and blistered.
- Place dough in a greased bowl. Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise 1 hour or until doubled. Punch down dough and let rise again until doubled. Knead by hand a few times and then turn out onto a lightly floured board. Divide the dough into three equal pieces and braid. Shape into an oblong loaf and place on a parchment-lined pan. Or shape into a circle, joining the ends, and place in a greased 10-inch tube pan. Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until almost doubled.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Bake 50-60 minutes or until instant-read thermometer registers 180 degrees. Brush bread with egg yolk-water mixture the last 5 minutes of baking or until thermometer registers 190 degrees. Remove from oven and turn out of pans to cool completely on a wire rack.


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This bronze chandelier lends a restrained elegance to your dining room or foyer. One large three-light bowl is surrounded by five smaller satellite bowls, each donning an attractive ecru glass diffuser. Gently scrolled arms and a smart bottom finial complete the timeless appeal of this piece. Eight lights total ensure that there's light enough to go around.
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ENID, Okla. — Editor's note: This column was first published July 11, 2003.
They happen somewhere in the country just about every weekend of the year.
Some of those who participate do so eagerly, some approach the events with trepidation.
They are held in country club ballrooms, high school gymnasiums, local civic centers and VFW halls.
Some feature dancing, most involve some sort of meal and generally there is alcohol of varying quantities on hand.
They are high school reunions, an interesting exercise in gauging how far the people with whom you grew up have progressed since adolescence — or not, as the case may be.
Inevitably, as the years add up, reunion attendees increasingly show the ravages of time.
Hairlines rise, bust lines fall and waistlines expand.
Hair also changes style and color, sometimes thanks to the passage of the years, sometimes thanks to Clairol.
Some classmates look almost the same as the day they received their diplomas, with only a smattering of laugh lines and tiny crow's feet to give away their age.
In these cases, the old "Hello my name is ..." tags are unnecessary.
Others look like they have been ridden hard and put away wet, almost on a daily basis. In these cases, name tags are indispensable and often hard to believe.
Some look much older than they are, some attempt, with varying degrees of success, to look much younger.
Some of the high school sweethearts, the kings and queens of the homecoming dance, are still married. Some classmates have sore feet from so many walks down the aisle.
As the years mount past 10 to 20, 30 and beyond, the sense of competition among classmates seems to fade. There will be less designer fashions worn, luxury cars rented and men's hair color products applied as the years mount.
The first rule of reunions is everybody in the room looks older than you, and you have aged better than anybody in your class. Recite that to yourself as a silent mantra and you'll get through the evening just fine.
Inevitably, someone will break out a yearbook. There you are in the drama club, the debate society or the girls' glee club. There you are in all your pimpled, bouffant-haired, horn-rimmed glory.
Often, the old hurts and animosities have faded, their sting tempered by time.
Many times they have not, however, and the pain resonates through the decades.
At the early gatherings, the talk is about college, fledgling careers and budding marriages. As the decades pass, the conversation turns to children and the struggle to balance a career, car pools and kids' soccer games.
Eventually, the photos pulled out of wallets and passed around are of grandchildren and the talk centers on plans for retirement.
At every reunion there are less and less classmates to contact, more and more names in the "In remembrance" portion of the program.
Often, their photos are displayed as memorials. The pictures are haunting, the eyes full of youthful mirth, the smiles so full of promise. We remember them as they were, and try to imagine them as they would be, had their lives not been truncated.
The music played is generally that of the era in which the class graduated. For some, the tunes invoke heady thoughts of sweaty kisses and mumbled promises. For many, they bring back memories of unrequited crushes and Saturday nights spent alone at home, dreaming of what the "popular" kids were doing.
In the corner are the spouses, keeping each other company.
They band together out of necessity, since none of the stories being told, none of the memories being shared, none of the jokes being laughed at, are theirs.
It is an odd feeling — an uncomfortable sensation — unless, of course, you are a journalist, and you make your living always being on the outside looking in. By evening's end, plans already are being made for the next get-together, several years hence.
There undoubtedly is a call to try to get more classmates involved, to increase attendance. For some, high school was the best time of their lives.
For others, it was merely an endurance contest. Those are generally the people who would prefer undergoing a root canal to attending their high school reunions.
At least with a root canal, they give you pain killers.
Mullin is senior writer of the News & Eagle. Email him at email@example.com.


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By Chris Day
Stillwater NewsPress
STILLWATER, Okla. —
A cool breeze carried a touch of pine aroma and the sounds of classical music to approximately 150 people Sunday at Stillwater's Ingham Park in the Westwood neighborhood.
The Stillwater High School string orchestra braved fall cold snap to perform an outdoor concert at the park. Temperatures hovered in the low 50s during the hourlong performance.
Orchestra Director Scott Jackson told audience members they could walk around and talk quietly to their neighbors, especially if they noticed something unusual like the orchestra member who quickly retuned in the middle of the first selection.
The free concert was the brainchild of the Westwood Neighborhood Association. Donations were collected to help finance the orchestra's March 21-26 trip to a competition at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall. Forty-four orchestra members hope to make the trip, Jackson said.
The orchestra director praised the Westwood Neighborhood Association for developing and promoting the concert in the park.
"Their support for us is a sign of how wonderful our community is. The donations for the Chicago trip is just icing on the cake," he said.
The Stillwater High orchestra will compete against others at the Chicago competition before everyone united for a massive concert, he said.
"It's a wonderful opportunity for the kids to make music and get a sense of how we're doing," he said.
Violinist Nikhil Kamath started playing in the school orchestra in the sixth grade. "I've been playing the violin for 10 years now.
The Chicago trip means a lot to the orchestra and Kamath. "It will be my first trip out of the state. I'm really looking forward to it."
Sunday, the orchestra repeated some selections from its Sept. 20 concert at the Stillwater High Performing Arts Center and mixed in some new ones.
The orchestra usually spends weeks preparing pieces for concerts. The quick turnaround made Sunday's performance special, orchestra member Morgan Carter said.
"It was interesting to learn them in such a short time. We usually have longer," Carter said.
Getting the tempo correct, he said, was the biggest challenge as the orchestra prepared for the performance.
The October chill proved to be the biggest hurdle on Sunday.
"Getting used to the cold was an interesting experience," member Mukund Komanduri said.
Member Joe Lee said, "It made me feel like a man being out in the cold."
Westwood Neighborhood Association member Nancy Beckstrom helped organize Sunday's event.
Association members guided parking around the park and worked with the city's park and recreation department to ensure the performance went off smoothly.
Neighborhood parks provide a perfect venue for the performance arts, she said. Concerts and one-act plays unite residents.
"I hope we've started something," she said. "We need to use our parks. I'd like to see jazz in the parks."


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Athlete of the Week
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tara Powell
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Women's Volleyball
Senior volleyball player Tara Powell has been named the Penn College Athlete of the Week for the period ending Oct. 28.
Powell helped lead Wildcat volleyball in a 2-0 week defeating PSU Mont Alto and PSU Brandywine in the PSUAC quarter and semifinals. Powell totaled 26 kills, 25 digs and six aces between the two matches. In addition, she earned a spot on the PSUAC women's volleyball all-conference, first team.
Powell and the Wildcats get back into action on Friday, Nov. 2nd taking on Daemen College at 1 p.m. at the USCAA National Championships in Canton, N.Y.


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Okay my previous post stated that I wanted to be a lot farther in multiplication than we are. I am feeling stress to fill the gaps with the new standards system and to be at a certain level and I think I have been stressing out some of the students. As long as we get there by the end of the year we will be fine. But I have some students who can barely do their 2s and then I have some students who don't need multiplication practice and have moved on to division. I am going to focus on 4s this whole week. I will move on to 5s & 6s the week we come back from Fall Break. We have a 15-20 minutes of pure Math Facts practice each day at school. I pair the kids up with other students working on the same facts as they are. My goal is that all the students will know their facts through the 12s by Christmas. It may still be on the district common assessments but that is just a tool to let me and you know where they are. They should also be able to use arrays & repeated addition to figure out the products they haven't memorized. Hopefully this will give them more time to focus on each number.
I will still have a 15-20 minutes of pure Math Facts practice each day and I want them still practicing at home but know you can you focus on one number a week. We will finish the week working on multiplication & division. When we come back we will practice telling time, drawing the minute & hour hands in and elapsed time. Then a week about bar graphs while still doing a few minutes of straight multiplication each day.
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