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|Thu, 01-31-2013 - 12:47pm
I was just reading a piece from Today's website that I thought raised an interesting question, on whether it's okay to let your children miss school for events, fun stuff or just a day off. Here is the link if you'd like to read it:
When I was growing up, we had to have at least a fever or vomiting before our parents would let us stay home sick, just feeling crappy wasn't a good enough excuse. There were a couple of exceptions when I was in high school when my parents let me miss for a fun reason (and probably only happened because I was the youngest!). We did a day trip when my oldest sister was visiting from out of town and another time we went for the day with my dad to NYC when he had a meeting. I don't think two days in my entire high school career did any harm ;) I would do the same under very special circumstances, I have let my boys stay home for one day if the grandparents are visiting so that they can have some one on one time with them. I've also taken my youngest and one of the twins out of school for a week to go visit my parents, my mom's health is too fragile to travel. I wouldn't take my high schooler out just because with his issues makes it's impossible for him to get caught back up, and I honestly don't think he would want to miss a day either. I also wouldn't take any of them out for trivial matters like a haircut, and try to schedule all their doctor/dentists appointments for after school if possible. While my dh was allowed to take "mental health days" in high school, that's not a practice I plan on adopting.
The one part of the article that really has me shaking my head (for lack of a better word) is the mom who will let her daughter be absent for just about any reason, and that her daughter gets A+ for all subjects except ones that have a participation grade. JMHO, but I think you are setting your child up for very bad habits as an adult. When she gets a full time job, will she be calling out sick once a week, because she just doesn't want to put in the effort to get up and go to work? When she gets to college, will she just sleep through her morning class because she doesn't want to go? If so, she's going to have a huge wake up call. I consider school to be my children's "job", they have to show up, do their work and get paid with an education. Fun opportunities need to occur after school hours, just like in the real world.
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|Sun, 02-10-2013 - 6:16pm
Yes, we pull our kids out a great deal in the past with no regrets. Both kids did a lot of professional theatre from 4th to 8th grade. This often meant pulling them out early for rehearsals and matinees for months on end. It was fun but they were also working, getting paychecks and being held to adult level responsibilities. We pulled the kids out for 2 vacations (once so DD could accept a national writing competition award across the country and once because we had the opportunity to have some special D.C. tours and dinner at the White House... not with the president, just some family in high places lol.) I've even pulled them out occasionally for a family Disney day if I feel things are too pressured or stressful. We've always been upfront with the schools and they've always been incredibly supportive.
There is no question in my mind that my children have gained from these opportunities and it hasn't weakened their sense of responsibility at all. It was always their responsibility to communicate with teachers, to gather and complete the work in advance or have ready to turn in first day they come back. They've continued to be excellent students and always firm about when they can and can't miss.
Do I think all families could make this work? No. My kids put a tremendous amount of pressure on themselves to do well. They pick-up academic material quickly and easily. They often need someone to make them stop and smell the roses once in awhile. If they weren't like this naturally, I might not have been so open to them missing school.
In the end, if there is an understanding between the school and the family, I don't think it's up to anyone else to object.
|Tue, 02-05-2013 - 10:33am
Thanks for asking! This is her competitive team and they did wonderful!! They placed first in their Senior Level 5 restricted division as well as grand champions for level 5, which meant they had highest points scored for all the level 5 teams, regardless of division. Because of that, they won a paid bid to a huge national competition in New Orleans in April (though I am having trouble tracking it down on the cheerleading website for info on it), which is apparently a really big deal partly becuase of the exposure since this is only the second year this gym has had a competitive team and this particular group of kids has only been together for 6 months, and partly because these kinds of national competitions are very expensive, something like a $150-200 per kid. They are supposed to have a team meeting soon about it to decide if they are going to actually go since it wasn't on the schedule and wasn't exactly planned for for travel, hotel and meal costs.
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|Sat, 02-02-2013 - 11:34am
The tone of that article was kind of a set up, suggesting that the alternatives are missing school only for a dire emergency or missing school for any ol' whim. I'd say it's highly dependent on the kid, the school, the age, and even the classes to be missed. I do not agree that school experiences translate into future work ethic. The kid who is earning A+s without attending class is likely in a learning situation that just doesn't match up with him. He may well be miserable sitting through classes and needing the break from them and he may have no options. I think we all hope that that isn't what the working world holds in store for our kids!
And then when I read Melissa's response that her mom is ill and can't fly, my immediate reaction was that of course the kid would miss school to see his grandparent! Or if I had a child struggling with anxiety or depression, I'd be pretty liberal with the time out of school, particularly if this was endorsed by a therapist. Or if there is a kid who is in school while also performing or competing on a professional level (believe it or not, we know two in dd's school), the kids miss a great deal of school. On the other hand, the parents who cavalierly put their own needs over the needs of the school and their own children and pull their kids every week to head up to the ski house early are hard to justify. To my way of thinking it has to be decided on a case by case basis.
And yes, I would take my dd out once in a blue moon to see a show or get her hair cut, lol.
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Melissa, I think your situation is a little different with a relative in frail health. I was thinking more along hte lines of just plain visits from family in general. My parents can't come during holidays because my mom works retail, so they come visit during "off" times for her, but they always do their best to plan it around when the kids are off for an extended weekend or on spring break because it doesn't make sense for them to come to visit the kids if they are going to sit at my house all day long while the kids are in school and I am working, that's all I meant by that. We had a family we were close friends with back in Michigan, the mom would let the daughter stay home on any old half day because she said it didn't make sense to get the kids up and out to school for a half day when likely there was no learning going on. I thought that was a completely crazy reason IMO, but I guess to each their own!
|Thu, 01-31-2013 - 11:37pm
I don't let them stay home just cause. They have to be sick and we live a high allergy area so that happens more then I'd like. I try to keep them on allergy meds but we forget and they end up miserable. Also, I have pulled from for funerals and once to run to Texas to see my grandfather who they were close to and we knew he'd die soon, he did 2 months later. Also, once and only once I let my son go in late after a concert we went to up in Nashville. It's a two hour drive and so he slept in a bit and I took him. That was just once. I try not to ever do that if at all possible. There have been nights where my son won't be able to get to sleep. He has troubles with that when he is highly stressed. He also has some metal health issues that will cause him to have I guess what you'd call a panic attack if I didn't let him stay him to sleep in and go in tardy. Lack of sleep and stressing about something will cause him to panic and he curls up in a ball and wants life to just pass him by. He is better now that he is older but I don't want to go back to that so we are careful. He is learning to let things go and not stress so much. He had that break through this year actually.
|Thu, 01-31-2013 - 9:52pm
No, they need a good reason to stay home. We have pulled them out fir vacations, but they were always short weeks, two and half days. We did that 3 times in thirteen years.


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There is tons of different airplanes in HAWX that unlock as you advance, that all maneuver in unique fashions; from the A-10, F-18, F-16, F1-17(stealth fighter), and the new JSF-35 is at your disposal to engage in awesome aerial combat.
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Also, flying in assist mode is BORING; you can't even drift. You HAVE TO VIEW YOUR PLANE IN 3RD PERSON IN ORDER TO DRIFT/FLY UNASSISTED. Big huge failure on the devs part. You should be able to fly unassisted from the cockpit view. Why? Because using your cannon is on the verge of impossible in 3rd person view.
Just because of that one last complain this game fails miserably, but in conjunction with the sheer repetitiveness of nearly every mission this game basically flops in my book.
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this game is horrible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted by guyuknoe (CONCORD, MA) Jul 9, 2011
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game play 9/10
honestly one of the best simulators i have ever played for a console, the OFF mode is insane and then being able to switch to assistance ON quickly is a really help for guided missiles
graphics 8/10
nothing to outstanding other than how smooth everything is
re-playability 1/10
best reason to rent there is no reason to replay it as the community for it is very small for the duration i had it, only about 30-40 online at one time max. plus no missions really made me want to play them again as in other simulators, and for that reason i had to force myself to fight through the monogamous mission again. this is where this the game suffers.
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yet to my surprise it is a really solid and fun game, although i do wish the voice acting was better i was pleased by how enjoyable it really is.
the ERS function is great and the assist mode adds a real movie feel to the game.
the missions are fun and engageing and vey challenging at time but not over the top hard.
the radio chatter and game soun effects dont leave a dull moment and keeps things feeling alive.
altough i do wish the close up of the ground was better in reality you should not be that close considering the games title.
all in all i loved this game and am eager to try part 2
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Jeremiah 3:6-7, I thought she would return but she did not.
"Then the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, "Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there. 7"And I thought, 'After she has done all these things, she will return to Me'; but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it." (Jer. 3:6-7).
What we see here is an anthropomorphic expression (God using human terms, forms, and means) from God about Israel. God speaks to Israel as a husband speaks to his wife. John Frame sums it up beautifully:
"In Jeremiah 3, God interacts with Israel as a husband with his unfaithful wife . . . this passage deals with God's relation to Israel in history, not his eternal decrees and eternal foreknowledge. The thrust of the passage is that recent history should have motivated the repentance of Israel and Judah, but in fact they continued their spiritual adultery. As their husband, God had hoped (this hope being an expression of his preceptive will) for something better."1
For clarification, the term Mr. Frame used, "preceptive will," is a theological term denoting the will of God that is contrasted with His decretive will. In God's decretive will, He ordains certain things to occur, and they will occur. In God's preceptive will, He allows certain things to occur (like the fall, sin, rebellion, sickness, etc.,) that are not in His decretive will. Another way to look at it is to say that it is God's "permissive" will; that is, He permits sinful things to occur even though sin is contrary to His perfect will.
Nevertheless, this passage demonstrates the manner in which God relates to His people in human terms. Therefore, we should expect human type statements.
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Pletcher and Baffert: U.S. best bets in Breeders' Cup
Another weekend of major races has passed and just over 90 days remain until the two-day Breeders' Cup returns to Churchill Downs, but both heart and mind are barking the same message to me.
Their message has changed little in recent weeks, but a variation was inserted last weekend. European horses are going to dominate the two days of competition in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
The addendum: if U.S. horses win any races they will likely be trained by Todd Pletcher or Bob Baffert.
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Performances by U.S. horses on dirt, grass or synthetic continue to be mostly uninspiring affairs, but the European sports pages are filled with the exploits of the unbeaten Frankel, who is unlikely to make the trip across the pond this year for the Breeders' Cup, and the redoubtable superstar Goldikova, who won last year's Mile at Churchill Downs and showed her readiness for a bid for a unprecedented – and, quite frankly, unbelievable – fourth consecutive win in that race.
Goldikova, the Grand Dame of international racing, won last weekend's Prix Rothschild at France's Deauville for (do we see a trend developing here) a fourth consecutive year. The win under Olivier Peslier was her 14th in a Grade I or Group I event – racing's highest level of competition – in Europe or abroad.
The best news U.S. horses could have is that trainer Sir Henry Cecil apparently has no set of plans that include the Breeders' Cup as a year-end stop for Frankel. After a spectacular win over five-time Group 1 winner Canford Cliffs in last week's Sussex at Britain's Goodwood, Sir Henry – one of the most accomplished trainers in the history of European racing – showered uncommon praise on the 3-year-old son of Galileo.
"He's definitely the best horse I've ever seen in my lifetime," Cecil said.
Let's put it this way: if Frankel came to Churchill Downs to face Goldikova to face the great mare in the mile, it's doubtful the great lady would be favored.
Another rising European star that could end up at Churchill this fall is Nathaniel, a 3-year-old who outran 2010 Epsom Derby and Arc de Triomphe winner Workforce in the recent King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He is Arc-bound and a big run there could earn trainer John Gosden's colt a trip to Louisville for the Breeders' Cup Turf.
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Gosden's most notable Breeders' Cup success came when he saddled Raven's Pass to win the 2008 Classic over Santa Anita's now-replaced synthetic surface.
Cecil has another monster in Midday, who scored her third straight win in the Nassau at Goodwood last weekend. She won the Filly & Mare Turf two years ago at Santa Anita, but was upset by longshot Shared Account in the 2010 renewal of that Breeders' Cup event at Churchill Downs.
Another horse casting a large shadow over U.S. horses in the approaching Breeders' Cup is So You Think, an Australian import who now does his work for Irish champion trainer Aidan O'Brien.
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Dubbed perhaps the best horse he'd trained by Bart Cummings, an Aussie legend who has dominated racing Down Under for more than 60 years, O'Brien has also been effusive in his praise for a horse that could show up at Churchill Downs in the $5 million Classic. It would be his debut on traditional dirt, but that should be little problem for such an accomplished horse over a main track that is so kind to grass and synthetic runners. And So You Think is only one card in a strong hand of horses O'Brien could bring to Louisville.
Pletcher is hot
So with those Euro stars and many others looming, good things continued to happen for Pletcher and Baffert. Pletcher is winning races in bunches at Saratoga and collected victories in the Jim Dandy for 3-year-olds with Stay Thirsty, a non-factor in the Kentucky Derby, and stable newcomer Sidney's Candy, who scored a front-running win in the Fourstardave on grass. The latter is also capable on dirt and synthetics and could be aimed the Classic or Dirt Mile, either of which would be preferable to facing the imposing Euro brigade pointing toward the Mile on grass.
Baffert saddled the weekend's most impressive winner in Mike Pegram's Coil, who shipped from California and overcame a poor start to nail Preakness winner Shackleford on the wire in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice was a non-threatening third.
A late bloomer
Coil, a son of Baffert's 2001 3-year-old champion and Horse of the Year Point Given, is a lightly-raced late bloomer that has now placed himself in championship consideration in a U.S. 3-year-old division. But he's a long way other impressive U.S. winner in recent days was the 3-year-old filly Winter Memories, who sparkled in an easy win for trainer James Toner in the Lake George on grass at Saratoga. She suffered her only career loss last fall in a runner-up finish in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf over Churchill Downs' Matt Winn Turf Course. But her most likely Breeders' Cup targets would seem to be the Mile or Filly & Mare Turf, both of which figure to be loaded with Euro stars.
Resurgent star?
It's a familiar tune from this corner, but I keep looking for U.S. horses that could be major players at Churchill Downs in November, but just don't see them. I'm holding out hope that Uncle Mo, who could return in Saratoga's King's Bishop, will be a resurgent star by Breeders' Cup time after a difficult spring.
But looking ahead to the record eighth Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs, it's difficult to imagine anything other than one of the most successful raids ever by European horses – including major wins on turf and dirt.
Unless U.S. stars step up drastically over the next few weeks, this renewal of the Championships at Churchill Downs seems likely to be one with an accent – be it one from Britain, France, Ireland, the Persian Gulf or any combination thereof.
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In an effort to move on from the other thread, Lol...... What is helicopter parenting IYO? Do you see it only at school or in other settings as well? What does it look like? Provide examples if you can, Thank you.
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It's one thing to offer parental support. It is something else to monitor your collegian like I watch my kindergartener. I've known of parents w/GPS tracking devices on their kid's cell phone. Guess what? When she went to the bar, she left her cell phone in the dorm so her parents would think she was home studying instead of out drinking. The GPS didn't keep her from doing what she did, it just kept her from being honest w/her parents about what she was doing...
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That's interesting, Or the Cincinnati student whose parents stalked her every move and excused it on paying her way through school. At the campus I attend I have seen young kids in the office accompanied by - who seem to be - their parents. Who knows if they're there only to write a check or offer a little parental advice and support.
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My son loves reading on his Kindle app on his iPod and on my old school Kindle. I love the portability and accessability of books on it, not to mention the ability to store hundreds of books in a teeny, tiny space. Plus, anything that makes reading attractive to kids is a plus in my book. DD loves the Reading Rainbow app on my iPad. While I closely monitor their screen time, I am able to appreciate how MineCraft stimulates DS's spatial reasoning skills and education apps teach my daughter while she thinks she's playing a game.
While I feel for teens growing up in an era of cell phone cameras and social networking, I think there are many pluses to technology. It is common to look back on the "good old days" with nostalgia and rose colored glasses (Happy Days did just that in the late 70s) but reality is that the good old days had their issues too.
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My kindergartener helps w/laundry. I must be the worst mom EVER making a five year old do chores. Except, my personal experience tells me otherwise. My mother grew up doing chores for half a day every Saturday and hating them (and her mother for making her do them). So in a well meaning but horribly misguided attempt at us not growing up and hating chores (or her), she seldom made us do them. And when she did, I quickly learned that doing a piss poor job of them (turning dad's tighty whities pink in the laundry, for example, or running the riding lawn mower into the fence) relieved me of my responsibilities. So when I graduated from college in May, bought a house in June, and married in July, I realized the first week of August that I'd better learn some cooking and cleaning skills rather fast. And I did. And I'm fine. But my poor mom--she was busting her butt all those years--she did it out of love, but she didn't have to.
And if DS's clothes don't make it to the hamper & laundry room, he doesn't have clean clothes to wear. I may be a SAHM but I am NOT a maid. If clothes don't make it to the hamper, they don't get clean. Yup--they've both got chores. Because we're a family and everyone has jobs to make the family work.
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Thanks hazeleyes, And I agree there's a fne balance b/w family time and not needing the latest toys to fullfill that I truly think electronics have done more harm than good, A favorite tv show we like to watch as a family is the cosby show, Lol The kids get the greatest laugh from that and as DH and I watch it we're reminded how simpler times were not too long ago (1980s), They watched tv, read books and answered one phone, That's all been replaced with individual cell phones, laptops, kindles etc. etc. Our kids are growing up at a time where technology is everything, Most annoying is the commercial tha tsells itself on connecting 3X faster than another line, What's the hurry? Lol.
Uhm, You're a great mom.
|Sat, 02-23-2013 - 10:33am
Bord--I know of a student whose parents called the University President to complain about the switch from name brand Lucky Charms to generic. Their daughter could tell the difference and "for what they were paying in tuition and room and board their kid ought to have name brand Lucky Charms." You might be a helicopter parent if...
IME, you don't have to look far to find them. I have a friend who has 4 kids ranging in age from hs to preschool. At the neighborhood pool w/her one day, she did not sit down. For four hours. She bounced from one kid to the next to the next "You okay? You okay? What do you need?" It was exhausting to watch her. And my oldest can't stand her kid who is his age b/c he has no interpersonal skills. Why? B/c instead of letting her kids sort things out for themselves, she intervenes. Constantly.
My definition is two-fold. It is the parents who intervene and do for the kids what the kids ought to do for themselves. But also, it is the parents who hover. Yesterday a group of us went sledding. Since I have a kindergartener, I was out there on the hill sledding with the kids. But most of the other moms (whose kids are friends w/DS) waited in their cars while the kids were sledding. And when little bit got cold and tired of the whole thing well before big brother, off to the car we went to warm up. At 11, he is certainly old enough to sled w/friends w/o me standing right there. But a helicopter mom would have stayed by his side the whole time.
This isn't some sort of made up term, as more parents have turned parenting into an Olympic sport and internalized the process, helicopter parenting has arisen as a consequence of that. By doing everything for their kids and constantly intervening, parents minimize "failures" and maximize "successes" for their kids. You know, until the kid goes out into the real world and can't function b/c they don't know how b/c their parents have done everything for them their entire life...
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But what Secretary McNamara didn't know is that from the very beginning, the Strategic Air Command (SAC) in Omaha had decided that these locks might interfere with any wartime launch orders; so in order to circumvent this safeguard, they pre-set the launch code on all Minuteman silos to the same eight digits: 00000000.
For seventeen years, during the height of the nuclear crises of the Cold War, the code remained all zeros, and was even printed in each silo's launch checklist for all to see. The codes remained this way up until 1977, when the service was pressed into activating the McNamara locks with real launch codes in place. Before that time, the the lack of safeguards would have made it relatively easy for a small group of rogue silo officers or visitors to implement an unauthorized nuclear missile launch.
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Technically, crew members can launch a nuclear attack with or without approval from higher authority. Unless PAL or its equivalent forecloses this option, as many as 50 missiles could be illicitly fired.
Military personnel, e.g. maintenance airmen, and civilian contractors who possessed minimal security credentials were granted LCC access, and annually thousands of visitors holding no clearance whatsoever were permitted access to operational LCCs. In the interest of public relations, the Air Force permitted ready access to the Minuteman launch network by practically anyone desiring it.
One must also recite the obvious point that silos and launch control centers are loated [sic] in desolate reaches of the heartland. Reaction times to mount a counterterror offensive pinpointed at one or a few of these facilities would be measured in hours, not minutes or seconds.
The men and women running SAC in 1960 essentially put the entire planet's population at risk by deliberately disabling the PAL safety mechanisms. Perhaps we should keep that in mind before we put too much trust in the people charged with our nation's defense.
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WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013 —Tonight Discovery Channel is airing "KKK: Beneath the Hood." The special includes in-depth interviews from KKK leaders, including associates of the largest surviving organizations who reveal their true identities and open up about their lives and beliefs as clan members.
According to The Southern Poverty Law Center, the KKK's membership has fallen off to around just 5000 members. That's a far cry from the clan's heyday when it boasted as many as 5 million members. But that doesn't mean they have changed their agenda, or dropped the hate filled rhetoric that is their calling card for disenfranchised bigots and racists everywhere.
In light of recent developments, "KKK: Beneath the Hood" could not be timelier. Last month the Memphis, Tenn. City Council voted to change the names of three city parks. In response to the renaming of Nathan Bedford Forrest Park, Jefferson Davis Park and Confederate Park, the KKK has scheduled a protest on March 30th. A spokesman for the clan identified only as Edward has promised that thousands of members will show up for the protest.
In a city that is 62% African-American, it's amazing the names of the parks weren't changed long ago. Equally amazing is the fact that the KKK would choose to show up and protest in a predominantly African-American community like Memphis. The only thing intriguing about the story is how many clan members will actually attend, and how the people of Memphis will react.
I suspect the only fear will be felt by the few clan members who actually do show up. The ultimate irony may be the clan depending on law enforcement to protect them.
Picture a couple dozen idiots in robes marching down a street lined on each side with law enforcement to protect them, and you have a good idea of what will go down in Memphis.
But, it only takes one nutcase in a truck filled with explosives to change the current laughable persona of the KKK. Watching "KKK: Beneath the Hood" tonight may shed some light on what the current clan has up its sleeve. It's always best to know the mind of your enemy, no matter how small it may be, so I'll be watching.
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ABC: The Middle: (Repeat) Axl feels embarrassed when he and Sue are asked to work on a school project together; Brick's school therapist (Dave Foley) tries to help him make friends.
CBS: Survivor: Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites: (New) A shake-up with the tribes takes place and it creates chaos and new alliances. It also throws the game off balance due to a strength disparity between the Gota and Bikal tribes.
FOX: American Idol: (New) Season twelve's finalists perform.
NBC: Whitney: (New) Whitney and Alex engage in a contest to see who can take the most inappropriate photo.
CW: Arrow: (New) With his nightclub set to open and a new romance brewing with McKenna (guest star Janina Gavankar); Oliver is as happy as he's been since returning to Starling City. But when Oliver's ex, The Huntress (guest star Jessica De Gouw), suddenly returns to town, she threatens to destroy everything and everyone he cares about.
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ABC: The Neighbors: (New) Debbie is ecstatic when a businesswoman (Bethenny Frankel) offers to help revitalize her purse business; Jackie jumps in to help, but soon she and Debbie realize they are in way over their heads.
NBC: Whitney: (Repeat) Alex pines for time by himself, so he lies to Whitney about leaving to attend a tech seminar. When Whitney discovers the truth, she puts both of them in couple's counseling. Elsewhere, R.J.'s 8-year-old niece grows fond of Roxanne, to Lily's surprise.
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ABC: Modern Family: (Repeat) When Gloria's mother and sister visit, they bring traditions, baby names and family baggage; Phil helps the kids with their problems; Mitchell and Cameron try to correct Lily's bad habits.
CBS: Criminal Minds: (New) The BAU investigates victims who were documenting their personal lives and inner desires on blog posts and social media. Also, Kevin gets jealous when he learns Garcia may have a new love interest.
NBC: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: (New) The detectives investigate accusations against their old friend, Brian Cassidy. Meanwhile, Benson's secret man is revealed. Dean Winters guest stars.
CW: Supernatural: (New) Castiel reappears in Sam and Dean's life and tells them Crowley (guest star Mark Sheppard) has unleashed several demons into a small town. The demons are looking for Lucifer's Crypt, which holds a valuable asset, but Castiel lies to Sam and Dean about what it is.
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ABC: Suburgatory: (New) When Dallas fears she will never compare to Alex, George's ex, she seeks solace in Jill Werner — and carbs; Tessa thinks she has lost her youthful vigor; Noah uncovers a secret about his psychiatrist.
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ABC: Nashville: (Repeat) Juliette plans a surprise birthday party for Deacon; as Teddy and Rayna's divorce moves forward, speculation about Rayna's fidelity ramps up; Scarlett is charmed by Gunnar's brother.
CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: (New) The CSIs join David Phillips at his high school reunion when he discovers the prom queen's been murdered.
NBC: Chicago Fire: (New) Severide's father continues to unearth the past while Peter Mills investigates the truth behind his father's death.
Basic cable:
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KKK: Beneath the Hood at 8 p.m. on DSC
The Rachel Zoe Project at 8 p.m. on BRAVO
Property Brothers at 9 p.m. on HGTV
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman at 9 p.m. on SCI
Haunted Collector at 9 p.m. on Syfy
Hoarding: Buried Alive at 9 p.m. on TLC
Boston's Finest at 9 p.m. on TNT
Duck Dynasty at 10 and 10:30 p.m. on A&E
Weed Country at 10 p.m. on DSC
Restaurant Stakeout at 10 p.m. on Food Channel
The Americans at 10 p.m. on FX
House Hunters International at 10:30 p.m. on HGTV
Rise of the Continents at 10 p.m. on SCI
My Strange Addiction at 10 p.m. on TLC
Southland at 10 p.m. on TNT
Food Paradise at 10 p.m. on Travel Channel
Psych at 10 p.m. on USA
For movie lovers:
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The Shining on BBC
Billy Madison on ENC
The Ninth Gate on FLIX
America's Sweethearts on FLIX
Taken on FX
American Winter on HBO
Bachelor Party on IFC
For All Mankind on TCM
9 p.m.
John Carter on STARZ
My Week with Marilyn on SHO
Arthur on HBO
A Walk to Remember on ABCFAM
Later tonight:
Friday Night Lights at 9:30 p.m. on ENC
2010 at 9:30 p.m. on TCM
Your Highness at 9:50 p.m. on MOMAX
The Others at 10:15 p.m. on FLIX
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Having been through a forced annexation several years ago I have a lot of empathy for what those citizens in the bull's-eye of the City of Lancaster are going through. It's not a pleasant or satisfying experience to have your future in the hands of a city council that has already made up its mind and will sit in the mandatory meetings, pick their noses, twiddle their thumbs and ignore the pleas of those who don't want to be annexed. I've seen it first hand.
I think forced or unilateral annexation is wrong on many levels in spite of what the Texas Municipal League - (TML) one of the most noxious anti-taxpayer organizations around Texas in my opinion – has to say about it.
Naturally they defend this obscene process and will fight any legislation tooth-and-nail to protect citizens' rights when it comes to fending off avaricious, revenue-hungry municipalities. What's worse is our gutless legislature lets TML get away with it.
One of the biggest reasons the TML gives is city taxpayers pay for many services that benefit those "freeloaders" who don't live in the city proper. I disagree with that statement. Yes, there are some services folks living outside the city limits can't help but use, however, if one takes the time to analyze the city budget or annual financial statement they will discover the city tax rate is based on a number of things which do not benefit those living in the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). When I analyzed Midlothian's city tax rate I found less than one-third of it could apply with any reasonable degree to those of us living in the ETJ.
One of TML's most outlandish statements says the Texas economy "would crumble without city investments in the basic infrastructure upon which business and industry rely." Hogwash! While ETJ residents do use city streets to get to local businesses, they also trade at local businesses who employee folks, help them make a profit, and pay city sales taxes with each purchase. Most of the city's infrastructure inures to the sole benefit of city residents. Residents outside the city usually are assessed fees for their use, but guess who sets those fees so if they are inadequate, whose fault is it?
Another whine TML has is by denying annexation authority to cities Texas would become the only state in the nation that denies both state financial assistance and annexation authority to its cities.
It appears cities would like to be on the dole just like people who are on some form of public assistance rather than getting a job.
To back up their claims, TML points to the Perryman report verifying the financial disaster that would befall cities should they allow citizens to be given the opportunity to say "yea or nay" to annexation. I have read several Perryman reports on various topics including annexation and in my opinion they validate the points desired by those who hire them. Perryman opines about annexation that limiting it would stymie future growth, cost 1.2 million jobs and a loss of 2.3 million in population. I'm at a loss to figure how they arrived at those numbers and what assumptions they used as a base point.
One of the most disturbing aspects of unilateral annexation is that if you asked any member of a city council if they believed in the "democratic process" they would almost unanimously answer "yes". Yet denying citizens the right to determine the fate of their families and their properties is as bad as the misapplication of imminent domain.
Think about this: When cities annex property in an ETJ that decision is made by people the citizens in the ETJ had no part in electing. Also, that decision saddled the subject property with perhaps millions of dollars in bonds and other debt on which those citizens had no opportunity to accept or turn down, and I think that's just wrong.
My biggest disappointment with our annexation was that there was enough population in the areas to have a real impact on city elections. Officials were told not to worry because the people would get mad but wouldn't get out and vote. And they were right. Sadly, people just bitched but wouldn't get off their backsides and go to the polls and make a change. We still have most of the nimrods we had then. How sad.


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How Would $100 Million Expenditure for Property Tax Relief Affect Other Budget Priorities?
Governor Walker proposed a $100 million property tax cut at a hastily-called press conference today. The tax relief would be delivered through the school aid formula – by adding $40 million this year and $60 million next year. Because the school spending caps aren't being raised, schools will have to reduce property taxes to offset the increased state aid. The Governor is calling a special session for next week to expedite legislative action on the plan.
According to a story on Channel 3000.com, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said the bill will be introduced tomorrow, and he would like the legislature to pass it by the end of next week. The Governor is pushing for fast action on the proposal so the tax cut would be in effect when property tax bills are being calculated later this year.
Walker said that the funding for the property tax cut would come from the state budget surplus. Read more
Overdue Change in Criminal Justice Policymaking Gets a Committee Vote This Tuesday
Resolution (SJR 5) Would Finally Make Legislative Rule on Fiscal Estimates Consistent with Statute
For far too long, legislators have been making decisions about new criminal penalties without paying much attention to cost. A Senate Joint Resolution (SJR 5),which would address that longstanding problem, is scheduled for a committee vote this Tuesday, March 26.
Under the legislature's current rules, any bill "increasing or decreasing existing appropriations or state or general local government fiscal liability or revenues shall carry a fiscal estimate," but that rule (Joint Rule 41) contains an exception for bills changing criminal penalties. SJR 5, introduced by Senator Taylor, would eliminate that exemption. (The resolution is in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Public Works and Telecommunications, and you can Senator's press release describing it here.)
One of the very surprising and disappointing things about that fiscal estimate exemption in the legislature's rules is that it conflicts with the statute! Read more
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States that follow the economic policy agenda promoted by ALEC risk weakening state economies and harming middle class families. That's the message of a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which outlines American Legislative Exchange Council's policy recommendations and their negative effects.
ALEC is a network of conservative state legislators and lobbyists that works to influence state legislation in a variety of policy areas, including budget and tax policy. According to CBPP, ALEC's proposals would:
cut taxes deeply for wealthy individuals, investors, and corporations; shift tax burdens substantially from well-to-do to middle- and low-income households; and impose strict constitutional or legal limits on revenues or spending that would severely limit states' ability to provide adequate funds for education, health care, and other priorities, and impair state economic growth.
Many of the recent changes made to Wisconsin's tax and budget system follow ALEC's recommendations. For example, the Wisconsin state legislature has passed several new tax cuts that primarily benefit corporations and well-off individuals. Read more
DOA Says Projected 2013-15 Revenue Nearly Equals Agency Budget Requests
Modest Tax Growth Almost Matches Modest Requests – before Other Variables Are Taken into Account
A document released by the Department of Administration (DOA) Tuesday contains a revised estimate of tax revenue in the current fiscal year, and the preliminary estimates for the 2013-15 biennium. The projected tax growth – just 1.8% this fiscal year, followed by 3.8% in 2013-14 and 3.4% the following year – is okay, but uninspiring, and less than the typical increases in the past. Thanks in part to the fact that the 1.8% expected revenue increase this year builds on a higher-than-expected 2011-12 base, DOA estimates there will be a $348 million balance at the end of the 2011-13 biennium.
The lengthy DOA document summarizes the agency requests for the coming biennium, and it compares the total amount of General Purpose Revenue (GPR) requested with the estimated revenue in 2013-15. Notwithstanding the lackluster revenue growth, DOA calculates that requests only exceed the estimated 2013-15 revenue by $171 million GPR – which is a pretty manageable difference compared to past structural deficits, and is less than half of the expected balance to be carried into the next biennium. Read more
Half of State Spending Supports Local Services
More than half the money the state spent last year supports services at the local level, but the percentage has dropped significantly over the last decade.
In fiscal year 2012, 54 cents out of every dollar of General Purpose Revenue (GPR) spent by the Wisconsin state government went to school districts, county governments, and municipal governments to educate schoolchildren, carry out human service programs, and implement other programs at the local level. That amount is down from 60 cents out of every dollar of GPR expenditures in 2002, according to figures from the state Department of Administration. The chart below shows that the remaining GPR spending is divided between aids to individuals (such as Medical Assistance), and state operations, including the UW System.
Another way to look at state spending is by program. State spending for K-12 education (both public schools and private schools in Milwaukee and Racine through the school choice programs) continues to be the single biggest program in state GPR dollars, as shown in the chart below. Read more
In Government Spending, Wisconsin Ranks Near the Middle
Wisconsin is about in the middle of the pack in government spending, according to a new analysis by the Wisconsin Budget Project. Combined state and local spending per person in Wisconsin was 1.4 percent below the per capita national average in 2010 – the latest year for which data is available – placing it 23rd among the states.
When spending is measured relative to income, Wisconsin was 2.9 percent above average in 2010, but still ranked 23rd. For this analysis we included all state and local government spending except spending in certain categories that not all states have, such as spending for state-run liquor stores. These numbers pre-date the deep cuts in government spending included in the 2011-13 state budget. The chart below shows that Wisconsin ranks just above average in state and local government spending.
Wisconsin's relatively lean public sector workforce is one of the reasons the state remains below average in per capita spending. Read more
Senate Committee Endorses Constitutional Constraints on State and Local Revenue and Spending
- Establish formulas for capping the rate of revenue growth for the state, each school district and technical college district, and most other local governmental units.
- Require state revenue collected in excess of the cap to either be deposited into a budget stabilization fund or returned to taxpayers in the next fiscal year.
- Require local revenue in excess of the cap to be returned to taxpayers in the next fiscal year.
- Limit spending from the state budget stabilization fund – so it can only be used: a) to provide tax relief, b) for certain emergency events, or c) in a fiscal year in which the amount of allowable revenue is greater than the amount of collected revenue.
Most State Spending Supports Local Services
Most state spending goes to support local services, according to new spending figures released this week by the state Department of Administration. As shown in the chart below, 57 percent of GPR (General Purpose Revenue) expenditures support local services, amounting to $7.7 billion in fiscal year 2011. (If you get this post delivered to your inbox, you may need to tinker with your email program's setting in order to be able to view the image.)
What kind of local services does state spending support? Support for Public K-12 education makes up the biggest chunk of state spending for local services; in 2011 the state spent $5.3 billion in support of public schools. The state also spent $874 million in 2011 in unrestricted aid to municipal and county governments, and distributed another $172 million to counties to provide human services.
After local services, the next largest category of state spending supports aid to individuals. Read more
Bridging the Partisan Divide (and the St. Croix)
Bachmann's Bridge Brings Bipartisan Backing and Bipartisan Barbs
After all the debate in recent weeks and months about federal spending and the deficit, you might think that you can predict how politicians and interest groups are going to line up on spending proposals. Perhaps that's generally the case, but there are times when you would probably get it wrong – unless you take into account that the general rules don't necessarily apply to spending for highways and bridges, especially if the proposed spending is an earmark for a legislator's own district.
Yesterday when I stumbled across "Room for Debate" on the New York Times website, I was reminded that politics makes strange bedfellows, as well as strange inconsistencies in how politicians (and advocates) view different spending items. The debate the Times featured in a series of columns is about a proposed $700 million bridge between Wisconsin and Minnesota, which would cross the St. Read more
Most Favor Balanced Approach to Closing Budget Deficit, New Poll Shows
More than two-thirds of Wisconsin voters favor a mix of revenue increases and spending cuts to address the state's budget deficit, according to a new poll by WisconsinReporter.com.
Perhaps the results of this poll will give the legislators food for thought as they deliberate on Governor Walker's biennial budget proposal, due out tomorrow. According to the survey of 500 likely voters, 30% of respondents indicate the state should rely solely on spending cuts to close the state budget deficit. Another 67% favor a balanced approach that incorporates both spending cuts and tax increases. The remaining 3% prefer relying solely on tax increases or were not sure.
We believe that an all-cuts budget will degrade the public structures and services Wisconsin needs in order to be poised to take advantage of new economic opportunities that will arise as the recession ends.
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Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Poppy Seed & Lemon Cake To Use Up Lots Of Egg Yolks
I didn't just stumble across this recipe, first of all I found this site after a very quick google search and it lists recipes using varying quantities of egg yolks from 1 all the way up to 12 yolks. A very useful site to have in your bookmarks folder for the next time you bake meringues, macarons or anything else that leaves you with spare yolks.
On to the cake, it was beautifully simple to make and baked perfectly, this time I was very glad to have baked in silicone. The cake did stick a tiny bit despite some light greasing but after turning it out I was able to scrape the thin layer of cake that had stuck to the pan and nibble on it as a baker's treat whilst the cake cooled. I am a firm believer in baker's treats and chef's nibbles, after all quality control is an important stage.
To make the cake I whisked the 8 egg yolks plus an extra whole egg with 2/3 cup of caster sugar until very light and fluffy followed by the zest of 2 lemons. Next I folded in 1/2 cup of plain flour and 1/2 a cup of cornflour along with a pinch of salt. This is the first time I've ever used cornflour in a cake and the result was a very light sponge but unlike the angel food cake, this had a much nicer texture, light but still with substance. Finally I beat in 1/2 lb of melted butter and 1/2 cup of poppy seeds, these give the cake the densely speckled appearance that is so pretty. The cake was then baked in a large silicone ring mould covered with a piece of greaseproof paper to prevent burning and it took around 45 minutes at 160C.
I was very impressed with this cake, the lemon flavour wasn't too strong which meant that my boyfriend enjoyed it too, he's not the biggest fan of lemon cakes. I also liked the fact that this cake didn't need any extra embellishment to be enjoyed, it was perfect just by itself. Due to the shape it's also very easy to cut off sneaky slivers as the cake slices well without crumbling. I found that it kept well too so it would be a good cake to make in advance.
Whilst I would never have wasted the yolks if I hadn't found this recipe I'm still going to link this up with the No Waste Food Challenge this month hosted by Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary.
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Ooo, this looks good. And I will definitely remember that about quality control the next time I have chef's perks. Quality control when trying out chocolate ingredients is even more important!ReplyDeleteReplies
I agree, after all you wouldn't want to serve friends and family inferior cakes etc so every stage must be tested :)Delete
Looks scrummy (and it sounds like a great No Waste Food Challenge entry!) ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
I will link up now! If I hadn't found this recipe I would never have made the angel food cake, the liquid egg whites were too expensive but this way I got 2 cakes :)Delete
it looks so good and a great way to use up unwanted ingredients... I love poppyseeds in cake, they add a certain sophistication don't you think xReplyDelete
I totally agree with you about baker's treats! This looks like a great way to use up the yolks, and the site is a great tip. I went out of my way to find Two Chicks egg whites for my angel cake, so this is a handy alternative to know, thanks for sharing :-)ReplyDelete
cake looks so tender and golden with all those egg yolks going in,we love lemon poppy seed cakes and we are sure going to try this yummy recipe soon,thanks for sharing :-)ReplyDelete
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I'm probably not the world's worst photographer–maybe the 17th or 18th worst. I suppose it doesn't help that out of four digital cameras in my house, zero of them work properly–or at all.
A few years ago for Christmas, my in laws gave us a great little Nikon point + shoot that I loved for a long time. Then suddenly, just recently it went on the fritz. The USB cord wouldn't read at first, and then it just wouldn't even turn on at all. So I had to go back to using an older Canon that weighed about 6 tons and had a screen about the size of pinkie nail. Worked okay for a while, and then decided that the CF card was perpetually full even after repetitively emptying it. The little Casio Exilim that I won off a radio station a few years ago never worked for much longer than 3 months–not even sure what happened to that one. So at this point, I'm down to using my ancient Canon Elph with a whopping 3 megapixels! I loaned it to my mom for awhile and she lost the charger so I know in a matter of hours I won't eve have use of that one.
So that, my friends, is how you go from 4 cameras to 0 cameras. I hemmed and hawed over investing in a DLSR camera for a long time. Part of me feels that my lame photography skills don't warrant such an advanced piece of equipment. Thanks to our families contributing to our camera fund at Christmas this year, I've finally crossed over and left point & shoot behind. It is, after all, a business tool and will hopefully help me improve my product shots overall.
After plenty of research and price comparison we went with this Pentax model. It has a lot of features that I don't even pretend to understand. I'm hoping that with some good user-friendly books and perhaps the help of a few willing photo-savvy friends I'll get the hang of it quickly. It's due to arrive tomorrow–New Year's Eve, so I plan to get snapping right away. I'll post my experiments and hopefully my progress as I go along.
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- 1-3 tablespoons honey
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# Posted By Jean | 8/30/10 3:05 PM
This recipe is CRAZY good! Instead of frozen I sliced fresh strawberries and the dressing is so delicious.
# Posted By Sandra | 4/9/11 5:35 PM