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Five questions and answers on Duke prospects for 2013-14
Duke completed a basketball season last Sunday which, while lacking the usual accomplishments, is considered strong even by the program's lofty standards.
The Blue Devils finished 30-6, notching the 13th 30-win season of Mike Krzyzewski's tenure as their coach. They also reached the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight for the 13th time under Krzyzewski and the 19th time in program history.
While Duke didn't win an ACC championship (regular season or tournament) and fell one win short of the Final Four, Krzyzewski called it a great season anyway.
Now, the preparation begins for Krzyzewski's 34th season as Duke's head coach. The Blue Devils will have to replace senior starters Mason Plumlee, Seth Curry and Ryan Kelly, who all averaged double-figures in scoring. Plumlee and Curry combined to score 35 points a game and both were all-ACC picks.
In their place, Duke has an outstanding recruiting class that's ranked No. 6 in the country by ESPN.
Athletic 6-8 forward Jabari Parker of Chicago is considered one of the nation's best incoming freshmen and will have an immediate impact. Duke will have 6-8 forward Rodney Hood, who sat out last season after transferring from Mississippi State, eligible for games.
Guards Quinn Cook and Rasheed Sulaimon, regulars in the starting backcourt this season, will be counted on for major contributions.
Still, there are plenty of questions about next year's team. Here are some answers.
Q. The leadership provided by Kelly, Curry and Mason Plumlee was a major factor in this season's success. Will there will a leadership void with their departures?
A. The leadership won't be as plentiful because the situation will be different. But the potential for strong leadership remains.
Plumlee, Kelly and Curry were all established starters as juniors and their voices were respected as the team prepped for their senior season. Tyler Thornton, Josh Hairston and, perhaps, Andre Dawkins won't have that luxury.
Thornton and Hairston started games on a part-time basis last season while Dawkins took a redshirt season.
That said, Thornton and Hairston played important roles for Duke. When they didn't start, they were the first two players off the bench. Thornton, in particular, is a player whose voice is heard and respected within the Duke locker room.
The hard work the Blue Devils put in last off season following the NCAA Tournament loss to Lehigh was spurred by Plumlee, Kelly and Curry.
Thornton and Hairston have the respect of the younger players to make it happen again this offseason.
Q. With no established post players returning, what kind of team will Duke have next season?
A. Duke will be far different than this season, but still be able to compete for a national championship.
The expectation is Duke will utilize a high-pressure defensive system to take advantage of the athleticism and length the 2013-14 team will possess. Transition baskets should come in bunches for the Blue Devils.
Unlike last season, when the plan was to feed the 6-10 Mason Plumlee in the post, Duke's offense should be more open due to its personnel.
Cook's ability to dribble and dish in traffic makes him suited to run the offense in such an attack. Thornton will also see minutes and his decision-making will be important.
Duke will have Parker, a two-time Mr. Basketball in Illinois, and Hood manning the forward positions. Amile Jefferson will have the chance to see his role become more important.
Hairston and Marshall Plumlee will provide traditional post options as depth off the bench.
Q. Who will help replace the perimeter scoring provided by Curry and Kelly?
A. Sulaimon and Cook showed the ability to score via drives or 3-point shots this season and Jones will bolster that attack for next season.
Sulaimon entered Duke with the reputation as a solid outside shooter and backed it up with his 11.6 scoring averaged. Sulaimon made 42.4 percent of his shots, including 37.1 percent of his 3-pointers. The coaches want those numbers to improve for his sophomore season.
Cook, in his first season as Duke's starting point guard, scored 11.7 points per game while making 39.3 percent of his 3-pointers and 41.6 percent of his shots overall.
At 6-4, Jones has the size and shooting ability to at least provide what Sulaimon did during his freshman year.
Q. After seeing Louisville's Russ Smith and Peyton Siva get easy drives to the basket in the NCAA Tournament loss, will Duke be a better perimeter defensive team next season?
A. Sulaimon and Cook will play a major role here as well as Thornton.
Sulaimon showed he has the willingness and the talent to be a lock-down perimeter defender. His offseason work toward becoming one of the ACC's top defenders will be critical to Duke's ACC and national championship chances.
Cook led the Blue Devils with 1.4 steals per game this season while Thornton was next at 1.3. Sometimes Thornton subbed for Cook and other times they were on the court together.
At times, as in the NCAA Tournament win over Creighton, Duke's perimeter defense shut down the opposition. Other times, like in the two losses to Maryland or the Louisville loss, opposing teams found it far too easy to dribble into the lane for high-percentage scoring chances.
Parker and Hood are athletic enough to help on the perimeter as well this season.
Q. What role will Andre Dawkins play with the Blue Devils next season?
A. The answer to this question has yet to be determined. Dawkins sat out this season as a redshirt after an unimpressive junior season in which he lacked consistency. The plan was for him to take a mental break from basketball to properly deal with the lingering grief and stress from his sister's death in a 2009 car accident.
Dawkins attended most home games, sitting behind the Blue Devil bench. But he didn't practice with the team. Instead, he worked out with a personal trainer on his own off campus.
Dawkins is set to graduate from Duke next month and has one year of eligibility remaining. While he hasn't commented publicly on his future, his family members have said he is loyal to Duke and wants to finish his career with the Blue Devils.
If Dawkins comes back, he should provide Duke with another outstanding perimeter scoring threat. His ability to play defense would determine the extent of his playing time.
Duke 2013-14 Roster
Tyler Thornton, G, 6-1, Sr.
Josh Hairston, F, 6-7, Sr.
Andre Dawkins, G, 6-4, Sr.
Todd Zafirovski, F, 6-9, Sr.
Quinn Cook, G, 6-1, Jr.
Rasheed Sulaimon, G, 6-4, So.
Rodney Hood, F, 6-8, So.
Amile Jefferson, F, 6-8, So.
Alex Murphy, F, 6-8, So.
Marshall Plumlee, C, 6-11, So.
Jabari Parker, F, 6-8, Fr.
Semi Ojeleye, F, 6-6, Fr.
Matt Jones, G, 6-4, Fr.
Projected Starting Lineup
Quinn Cook, PG
Rasheed Sulaimon, G
Matt Jones, G
Rodney Hood, F
Jabari Parker, F


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Posted: July 14, 2010|
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A Westcountry headteacher is earning £188,569 – a third more than the Prime Minister – the Western Morning News, has learned as the row over public sector pay erupted last night.
Tony Alexander, Principal of Exmouth Community College, received the large sum in salary and pensions contributions in 2009-10. David Cameron, by contrast, earns £142,500 for running the country.
Unions said it was "outrageous" that a headteacher should earn more than the Prime Minister.
Details of Mr Alexander's pay emerged after it was revealed a primary school head in south east London received £276,000.
But the pay packet for the Devon headteacher will raise eyebrows in a region where average incomes are below the national average. Despite repeated calls to Exmouth Community College – the largest secondary school in the UK – no one could be contacted for a comment last night.
A spokesman for Devon County Council said: "The salaries of headteachers are a matter for governing bodies."
However, a source at County Hall noted how council chief executive Phil Norrey had taken a five per cent pay cut at the start of this year, reducing his pay package to £142,114. It came after the Conservatives took control of the authority last year, vowing to cut costs.
Last month it emerged Kevin Lavery, chief executive of Cornwall Council, cost the taxpayer £239,000 a year after employers' pension contributions were added. He was one of 30 council officials in Cornwall earning in excess of £100,000. However, no teachers were on the council list of top wage earners.
Mr Alexander is one of the most high profile headteachers in the Westcountry. Inspectors from Ofsted last November rated the school overall only as "good" not "outstanding", while the sixth form was just "satisfactory". Earlier this month Mr Alexander hosted former X Factor winner Steve Brookstein.
In February pupils at Exmouth Community College were told to wear coats in some lessons after the heating "failed catastrophically".
Until January this year another Devon headteacher was also earning more than the PM. Geoff Rees retired as head of Ivybridge Community College after earning £185,859 including pay and pension contributions in 2008-09.
Education Secretary Michael Gove is considering proposals to cap headteachers' pay amid growing concern that too many could be earning massive salaries.
Under the plans, no head would be able to earn more than the Prime Minister, who currently receives £142,500 following a pay cut.
Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union, said it had been "raising growing concerns" about regulation and pay "for years".
She said: "The coalition Government's recently announced proposal to impose a cap so that heads can't earn more than the Prime Minister is grossly wide of the mark of what is required.
"This is a systemic problem. There needs to be publication of headteachers' pay and rewards, proper scrutiny by local authorities and a detailed review of the system by the School Teachers' Review Body.
"We have already warned the coalition Government that the last thing schools need are more freedoms and deregulation to create the conditions for even more excessive payments and rewards to be made."
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said there were concerns that semi-independent academy schools are exempt from Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, which means their staff salaries are kept secret.
Academies are free to pay staff what they wish, and it has been claimed that academy heads are highly paid.
Dr Bousted said: "The fact we don't know is a problem. It's impossible for us to say because we can't get hold of the information.
"There needs to be a properly worked out framework for teachers' pay and the same for leadership."
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), said: "This is something that should be transparent, and known to school committees, to ourselves, to everybody."
Ted Purcell, GMB public services officer, said: "It is outrageous that a head teacher in a local community school should earn more money than the Prime Minister."
Around 100 headteachers across England are thought to be earning more than £150,000.


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I don't think the trivia line of "first swedish inspired car in the series" is accurate, the Ingot of GTA IV resembles a volvo to some degree.Kastrenzo (talk) 09:16, July 13, 2013 (UTC)
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SELINSGROVE—Susquehanna University will kick off its annual Homecoming Reunion Weekend—a five-day celebration this year—on Oct. 20, with a series of events, most of them free, that are open to the local community.
On Oct. 20, Edward O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and Harvard biologist, will discuss the planet's needs for survival at 8 p.m. in Susquehanna University's Weber Chapel Auditorium. In his free lecture, "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth," Wilson will discuss the future of the planet, suggesting that those of faith and science alike should be concerned about Earth's welfare. The celebrated professor of biology at Harvard University is one of the most highly respected scientists in the world today. Hailed as one of America's 25 Most Influential People by Time magazine, he has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for his books "Ants" and "On Human Nature."
Prudential Financial chairman and CEO John Strangfeld will deliver the Edward S. and A. Rita Schmidt Lecture in Ethics on Oct 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall, in the Cunningham Center for Music and Art. In addition to serving in his executive role at Prudential, Strangfeld is also chair of Susquehanna's Board of Trustees. The lecture is free.
Oct. 21 also marks the premier of the Department of Theatre's fall musical production of "The Full Monty." The musical follows a group of unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, N.Y., who, inspired by their wives' enjoyment of male strippers on "girls' night out," decide to make some quick cash of their own. As the men perfect their act, they face fears and crises of confidence, presenting a good-humored tale of friendship and following one's dreams. (Audiences should be aware that "The Full Monty" contains adult language and nudity and is not suitable for children.)
Performances will be in the Degenstein Center Theater. Show times are Oct. 21 through 23 and Oct. 29 and 30 at 8 p.m., with a 2:30 p.m. matinee performance Oct. 23 and 24. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for senior citizens and $10 for non-SU students. Tickets may be purchased by calling the university box office at 570-372-ARTS.
On Oct. 23 at 1 p.m., the homecoming parade brings floats, marching bands and gleaming vehicles to onlookers along University Avenue. This year, one group of participants will don costumes representing the periodic table of elements to mark the dedication of Susquehanna's new, "green" science building, which follows at 2:30 p.m. Among those speaking at the ceremony, on the science building lawn, will be Dawn Grigg Mueller, vice chair of Susquehanna's Board of Trustees; Jack R. Holt, professor of biology; U.S. Rep. Christopher P. Carney, 10th Congressional District; State Rep. Russell H. Fairchild, 85th Legislative District; State Rep. Merle H. Phillips, 108th Legislative District; Marie Burns, University of California, Davis, Center for Neuroscience; John R. Strangfeld, chair of Susquehanna's Board of Trustees; and L. Jay Lemons, university president. The dedication includes a ribbon-cutting ceremony, placement of a time capsule, and tours of the building with refreshments.
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The Omaha Convention: Packers and Politics
Bill Bishop
Editor's Note: The Organization for Competitive Markets is meeting this Tuesday and Wednesday in Omaha, Nebraska. Today and tomorrow, the Daily Yonder's Bill Bishop and Richard Oswald will be live-blogging from Omaha.
3:30 p.m.: One thing is missing from this meeting. Politics.
OCM is filled with farmers and ranchers -- all of whom are as wonky as any Washington, D.C., think tank cowboy. We've looked at charts, graphs and nearly unreadable Excel files of prices. Most of the facts and figures were part of the record already.
What we haven't done is talk about the politics of ag markets. We haven't discussed how rural Americans move from talking and research to changing laws, regulations and, most importantly, minds.
Maybe that will come later, but in a way OCM is old fashioned. It believes that facts matter and that being right about an issue is enough to eventually prevail. (Of course, it could well be that the politics of the movement are being discussed in hotel rooms. Most likely that's the case.)
2:00 p.m.: Monsanto loses its patent on Round-Up I seeds in 2014. That doesn't mean it will automatically lose its control over Round-Up ready seeds.
Monsanto currently owns all or part of 90 percent of the seeds sold to grow soy beans and corn. It doesn't sell all that seed. Other companies license the Round-Up ready genetic trait that Monsanto developed. Neil Harl, an Iowa State economist, said lessons from the pharmaceutical industry suggest that Monsanto will not give up its near monopoly of the transgenic seed market easily.
First, the company could begin to mix Round-Up I traits with others that have longer patent horizons. The law says that if a seed contains any patented traits, the entire seed is protected. Already, Monsanto is "stacking" genetic traits: adding traits that will be protected long beyond the 2014 Round-Up I patent expiration date.
Second, Harl said that pharmaceutical companies have extended the lives of patented products by paying other companies to NOT produce a generic version of a drug that loses its patent protection. Simply, a company can extend its patent by paying others not to produce a competing drug.
Harl said there needed to be legislation that would prevent Monsanto from extending the life of its Round-Up I seeds through these methods.
And he suggested that this was an opportunity for land grant universities then to produce a clean, lawsuit-proof version of the Round-Up ready seed. (Farmers worry that they might wind up in court where they will be required to prove that their seed doesn't violate any of Monsanto's patents.)
Years ago, universities produced the first hybrid seed varieties, often at no cost to farmers. Here's a chance for universities to do useful work again.
Noon: At lunch, we sat with R-CALF president Bob Bullard. Bullard had set his trademark hat aside and was talking with two young Nebraska farmers. He told them that this was a dramatic time in American agriculture -- and, for that matter, in all rural America.
Bullard said his group (and others) are trying to get 25,000 people to attend a USDA and DOJ hearing in Fort Collins, Colorado, in late August. To the government, this is one of a series of hearings the Obama administration is holding on antitrust issues.
To Bullard, however, this is it. Make or break. This is the time when either independent producers are protected or the last independent growers and producers will be consolidated out of existence.
So R-CALF hopes that an overwhelming showing from rural communities at the Fort Collins meeting will push DOJ and USDA to follow through. R-CALF has chartered about ten buses and there are vans coming to Colorado from as far away as Mississippi.
"We need there to be 25,000 people," Bullard said, as if his life depended on it. The two young farmers nodded.
10 a.m.: Bill Heffernan, an ag sociologist from Missouri, said there is fear across much of the world of a "land grab," as large firms have purchased farm land, water and fertilizer. Heffernan also sees an international "grab" of meat production.
Over the last three years, he said, the Brazilian meat producer JBS has made 39 acquisitions around the world. JBS bought Swift from Conagra and it purchased America's largest feedlot -- a massive operation that can handle 850,000 head at a time. JBS will soon be raising 47% of the cattle it needs as a producer. "That's called a captive supply," Heffernan said.
"They aren't just doing this in the United States," Heffernan continued. "They are doing this around the world."
The theme of the morning is that the ag business is growing more concentrated, even as the Obama administration continues its antitrust investigation. Small beef producers -- such as Laura's
Lean Beef in Kentucky -- have been bought by larger firms. Independent producers become subsidiaries of larger companies.
OCM argues that as more of the ag business relies on "captive supply," fair markets disappear.
These trends are pervasive, said Auburn University economist C. Robert Taylor. Taylor said that a year ago he began studying the structure of the world's fertilizer industry. "At first I thought it was a can of worms," Taylor said. "But it was really a barrel of snakes."
The world fertilizer market is a "geostrategic ticking time bomb," Taylor said. There are dwindling supplies of phosphorus -- the U.S. has a 25 year supply of this necessary agriculture input; Europe has no phosphorus of its own.
And much of the world's supply of phosphorus is controlled by governments. Morroco has 60% of
the world's supply, making it the Saudi Arabia of phosphorus.
"We are setting ourselves up to rely more and more for ag input from politically unstable countries," Taylor said.
9:00 a.m.: Usually, an invocation is a thoughtful, quiet prelude. Not at this meeting of the Organization for Competitive Markets, taking place today in Omaha, Nebraska.
Brother David Andrews, taking the story of Moses as his text, prayed that forces unseen would "free us from the captivity of corporate control...from the markets of meat manufacturers forcing prices below the cost of production."
Maybe it's the heat -- Nebraska is so hot they are cutting football practice short -- but the crowd is sparse. Just a year ago, the OCM meeting in St. Louis was crowded, especially with officials from the Obama administration. OCM officials thought they might host a similar group of people from the Department of Justice and Agriculture.
They didn't. Over the last six months, the Obama administration's push against market concentration in the agriculture business has met strong resistance, both by ag businesses and from within Congress.
So this year's OCM meeting is down to the hard core. Everyone is left wondering if the push to realign the agriculture business is old news and last year's political cause.
Bill Bishop
When the Organization for Competitive Markets met last year in St. Louis, the group of farmers and ranchers hoped that the U.S. Department of Justice would open an anti-trust investigation of the agriculture industry.
OCM is meeting in Omaha this week the question is how far that investigation will go.
OCM, along with other producer groups, contend that big companies — packers, seed and chemical producers, grocers — are manipulating food prices. As a result, producers (that is, farmers) are losing income and are being squeezed out of the market.
The Obama administration has been supportive of the OCM position on markets — or rather the lack of markets in agriculture. The Department of Justice has held hearings around the country on antitrust violations.
And in June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued regulations interpreting the 1921 Packers and Stockyards Act. The new USDA rules would give farmers growing chickens under contract more rights and would help maintain open markets for beef. (See a summary of the proposals here.)
At a House hearing on the regulations in July, however, these regulations were roundly trashed by Democratic and Republican congressmen alike.
That attack has given this OCM meeting an edge. Top USDA and Justice officials, who came to the meeting last year, are staying away. And the agenda of the meeting has been shifted to address the Congressional attacks on the proposed P&S regulations.
We'll post reports from the meeting for the next two days. The most current post will appear at the top.
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OCM is a mix of liberals and conservatives. Maybe it's a wonder the board can deal with its own diversity! So while we differ on right to life or right of choice we agree that America is a free nation and needs to stay that way with opportunity and a level playing field for family ranches and farms. No matter the politics, corporate tribute and control of free and independent markets by the moneyed interests are no-nos.
We keep beating the drum for better food for America, and right to life on a farm or ranch doing God's work. After all, it's a free country isn't it?


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The general description extracted is a partly edited version, place names are as written.
Is a parish ...... reconstituted under the provisions of the 'Local Government Act 1894' from that part of the ancient civil parish not included in Aberayron Urban District, and is 13 miles west-by-north from Lampeter, 2 1/2 south from Aberayron, and 18 south from Aberystwyth; in 1910 the Great Western railway will open their new line from Lampeter to Aberayron, with a station at the latter place, 2 1/2 miles distant from this parish; in the hundred of Ilar, petty sessional division of Ilar Lower and Aberayron, union and county court district of Aberayron, and in the rural deanery of Glyn-Aeron, archdeaconry of Cardigan, and diocese of St David's.
The church of St David's is a plain building of stone ....... rebuilt in 1866, and affords 120 sittings. The registers date from 1718. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelry of Holy Trinity, Aberayron, annexed ..... and held since 1903 by the Rev Evan Evans BA of St David's College, Lampeter, and rural dean of Glyn-Aeron who resides at Aberayron.
There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in the village, and a Congregational chapel at Neuadd Lwyd, founded in 1760, with sittings for 250 persons.
Fort Cadwgan, an ancient earthwork near Aberayron, is in this parish.
Alban Lewis Gwynne esq of Monachty, Ciliau-Aeron, is lord of the manor. Mrs Lewis is the principal landowner.
The soil is light and slatey; chief crops, wheat, barley and oats. The area is 1977 acres of land and 5 of water and 59 of foreshore; rateable value £1131; the population in 1901 was 322.
Ffoes-y-ffin is a hamlet in this parish.
Aberayron is the nearest Post Office, Wall Letter Boxes at Ffoes-y-ffin and Neuadd Lwyd.
The children of this place attend the school at Aberayron & Penlon, Llanarth.
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I'm in that constant stage of looking at her in awe. Wondering how in the world it's possible that she looks like a little mini me at age 11. How she's only an 1 1/2" shorter than me and is constantly changing. How those Barbies haven't been played with in weeks. I know that doesn't sound unusual, but in this house it IS! I know all the changes are good. Necessary even, but deep down it makes me mourn.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
the first note
I'm in that constant stage of looking at her in awe. Wondering how in the world it's possible that she looks like a little mini me at age 11. How she's only an 1 1/2" shorter than me and is constantly changing. How those Barbies haven't been played with in weeks. I know that doesn't sound unusual, but in this house it IS! I know all the changes are good. Necessary even, but deep down it makes me mourn.
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Looove reading your Mama heart, here. I hope I always foster that freedom in my kids. I've always been a jack of all trades, master of none. Some things stick, and some things don't, but if you don't try you'll never know, huh? :)ReplyDelete
I love that she is living out her dream. She is amazing. Perfect pictures in this perfect post. LOVE!ReplyDelete
This post really spoke to me. I think it is wonderful that you are encouraging her to try for her dreams and I hope it is something she really, really comes to enjoy. I have always thought music was how the heart speaks out loud. Beautiful...simply beautiful!ReplyDelete
Good luck to her. And good luck to you. Your a great mom for letting her give her dream a stab. :)ReplyDelete
Awesome! I have always loved the violin. :)ReplyDelete
I use to have the dream of owning a horse. Than I had 2 for awhile, then had one, and now have none. Maybe someday I'll have another one. As we grow, dreams come and go.
Now I want to go watch August Rush. :)
oh, big chicky :) what a doll. maybe when we see you next we'll get another concert?? :) sophia wants to play the violin so bad! she "plays" violin with EVERYTHING!! french fries, pencils, bobby pins, spoons, green beans...have i ever told you that? well, now you know. she will be in absolute AWE of BC :)ReplyDelete
oh and was 105. for me? if not, it still fits and i'm so thankful too.
love ya :)
How exciting- I've played the viola since I was in 5th grade! It's such a beautiful instrument- good luck to her!!ReplyDelete
Amazing the drive your daughter has:) I TOO have wanted to learn the guitar for years...hopefully one day maybe one of us will pick it up! :)ReplyDelete
Ah. You know I'm cheering for that girl. (Tell her I'm a fan!)ReplyDelete
Took the babies to the zoo today. The bear came close to the glass, and the lion roared and roared. Lotsa baby apes and monkeys. Looking forward to our going. Lmk when they have a day off school, and I'll pull Cade out, too.
love that she is trying something new....I admire her.ReplyDelete
I, like you, have many things that I've been interested in but have never tried....she makes me proud, and she's not mine! I can't imagine how you feel about that brave girl.
love your "thankful for" list.
Oh Becky, I so understand what you mean about making you mourn to watch your kids grow. It is the most heartbreaking thing to me right now, but yet, I know it is the only natural thing for them to do. BUT IT HURTS!!!!!!! And watching one of our children have this incredible talent to create music is amaizing. 3 of my 4 boys play instruments and have are so gifted musically. And surprise, surprise, I cry everytime I sit and listen to them play. It is just so amazing to see my children have this incredible ability.ReplyDelete
This is such a wonderful post!ReplyDelete
As I sat here reading I smiled along with your words.
Thank you for sharing!
P.S. The picture of her sitting on the floor playing the violin is so beautiful! She is beautiful and I imagine her outer beauty will continue to blossom with time. May her inner beauty blossom even more. =)
One of my favorite sounds is that of the violin. String instruments seems to sing to my soul. I am so excited for you Big Chick as she grows and develops into a young woman. She has wonderful parents who are so wonderful at allowing her to pursue her passions :)ReplyDelete
Be Blessed!
Oh I love the violin. She is growing up right before my eyes too. That last picture was perfect. You can see her looking more and more like a woman. She is beautiful just like her mom.ReplyDelete
So exciting! Love that your daughter wants to give another instrument a go..ReplyDelete
Music is so powerful, moving, a skill that stays with them forever.... My girls love to to play their instruments and I can sit and listen to them for hours..always so jealous I didn't learn at their age.
Love your new header!!!! It's fabulous and you are sooooooo talented!!!!!!
in that third picture big chick looks like your twin. -what a lucky girl she is! a violin is my favorite instrument. and when my honey comes across a violin player he LOVES to bring them into contemporary worship. maybe one day she'll play on a worship team somewhere making a joyful noise!ReplyDelete
We love to go to the symphony and we always sit upstairs so all of the orchestra can be appreciated and seen and of course the french horns are in the back row. Our son played that for 6 years and then you add the symphonic sound of the violins and cellos and other strings. I love it and I hope for her great success.ReplyDelete
Music makes me happy! Such a good momma to let her try new things. She will always remember the way you encouraged her to follow her dreams...if they last for a year or a lifetime. She sure is a beauty! I know all too well about the days when the barbies start to go neglected. Soon enough you will hear, "Mom, can I wear eyeliner?" Sigh. Enjoy your sweet musician.ReplyDelete
I hope your pom poms never get too tired to cheer your chicks on! I love hearing what your little chicks are doing and you encouraging them. That's what us momma's do! Enjoy the sweet, sweet sound! We had a tuba!ReplyDelete
Oh, I always wished I had learned to "make a joyful noise" with a violin! So darn cool!ReplyDelete
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To have an interest in an instrument at that age let alone a passion for it is rare at that age. Maybe she will stick with it and maybe she won't but she is going about it the right way. You have to try it ~ taste it ~ feel it.... bravo to you for letting her spread her wings ~ I hope she soars. xoReplyDelete
What a beautiful musical instrument - it's, well... so ART! I'm glad you are encouraging your daughter to explore her creative-self.ReplyDelete
When I was a young girl, my mom took me to see the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orhestra practice a few times and I was soooo moved. The music energizes you and reaches in and touches a part of your soul. I wish her the best in her new adventure :)
How exciting for Big Chick and for YOU. You are honoring her with "the Blessing". The Blessing from her parents is such a wonderful and special gift. It's so awesome that you are embracing her passionate dream no matter if it lasts a lifetime or a few years. She is learning how important it is to believe in herself and to go for her dreams!! And I know just where she learned it.....from watching her momma spread her wings. but oh my, I agree with you....Big Chick is growing up and looking more teenish these days.ReplyDelete
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I'm with all the others; how exciting for Big Chick.ReplyDelete
oh that process of watching them unfurl their wings..it is bittersweet and yes..your heart soars to the heights with hers..oh the possibility! and I agree with LeeAnn. She is watching her momma. You are a walking wing spreader..for lots of us:)ReplyDelete
Your girls are blessed!
Oh Becky...I appreciate ya!
and parking your car in the garage made me laugh:)
So awesome that she is excited about trying something new! Good for her! Go Big Chick!ReplyDelete
How about a video concert for us sometime? ;o)
How cool. You remind me of my mom -- always encouraging and loving. willing to let me try just about anything I wanted (at that moment). I remember carving up all the soap bars in the house to horse heads -- they still worked! Dad buying me and my brother a rock tumbler so we could do something with all those rocks we'd pick up during camping trips. Having yellow shag (yes, shag!) carpeting in my room because yellow was my favorite color.ReplyDelete
Big Chick is a reflection of your love. Let her shine!!!
How exciting! I hope it goes well for her!ReplyDelete
I played the violin for 2 years. Well...I tried to play, I really don't have much of a musical bone in my body, but I sure do appreciate those who do!!!
~lonely Barbies! Ohhhh...the thought!
Oh I hope she really loves it!!ReplyDelete
I just bought these counter stools - have no idea if the idea in your head for yours is at all similar...
The price was right and they are very very sturdy!!
Did you know... I always wanted to play the violin? I have even looked into lessons as an adult. Someday... I'm gonna do it!ReplyDelete
I've ben working at fluffing my nest for fall. Found a grey pumpkin today that I'm pretty excited about. And a thick and nubby charcoal grey throw. I can relate to big chick as I begin my photography classes. Went there today. I looked like I could be those kids' mother!ReplyDelete
Love that girl....ReplyDelete
and YOU for letting
her try on something
new with only joy
and not expectation.
Wish we could hear
her first attempts!
xx Suzanne
How wonderful for your girl and you:) My middle girl plays the violin, and I could relate to much of what you said. Much joy with her path of music!ReplyDelete
She IS such a mini you! ;) I love that you let her try out a new thing - I was bad for that as a kid, because I always wanted something new without sticking through the first thing - That`s great that she`s done the trumpet and now onto the viola - two very different insturments, what a diverse girl you got! ;) :D I love, LOVE music - it is exactly what you wrote - wish I had stuck with my piano lessons.... ;)ReplyDelete
She so reminds me of you.ReplyDelete
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How can i set an alert in iChat so i get a message whenever someone changes their state?
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It sure is possible.
Just select your desired buddy from your list and hit Command+I.
Then, in the drop down menu of the window that appears select actions.
Here you can set custom alrert sounds for that buddy only.
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you can install growl and chax then it will pop up a little overlay in the top right for a few seconds letting you know when people come on or off and it shows you their message if iChat is buried behind other windows
Chax--> http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20056
Growl--> http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15979
when you install growl then chax go into ichat prefs and there will be a chax icon in the toolbar then go to notifications and check enable growl.
**** it...i just found the settings hahhaa. sorry about that. i use Adium more than i do iChat.
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Mr. Feeny gives the class an assignment to imagine what their lives would be like in 20 years. Cory is the centerfielder for the Philidelphia Phillies, Minkus has taken over the company of Microsoft and is married to Topanga, and they have just celebrated the birth of their third child: Rainbow Einstein Minkus. Mr. Feeny gives Cory an incomplete on the project and Cory gives up on his dream. Alan gets Jim Abbott to come talk to Cory. After they talk Cory decides to keep trying his dream.
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Shattered Peace, by Daniel Yergin
The Train of History
Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War and the National Security State.
by Daniel Yergin.
Houghton Mifflin. 526 pp. $15.00.
Originally a Ph.D. thesis, the product of a solid course of study supervised or otherwise assisted by a large number of leading academics from Cambridge, Mass., Cambridge, England, New York, and Washington, and amply supported by seventy-six pages of detailed citations and a fairly elaborate bibliography, Daniel Yergin's book is nevertheless astonishingly free of any trace of genuine scholarship. No new evidence is presented and neither can any of the arguments claim the status of a significant new interpretation as is ordinarily required of doctoral dissertations. Instead we have much "human-interest" material, learning in the very first lines of the first page of the text that Roosevelt on his way to Yalta flew for nine hours, from Malta 400 miles away, that his plane landed on an "icy" runway at Saki, that he sat in the plane for twenty minutes until Churchill's aircraft landed also, that they then drove for five hours on a newly-paved road guarded by an "endless" line of soldiers, and that the climate changed abruptly as the coast was reached, the point being made by a Churchill quotation, very British and very un-Churchillian, about the weather.
None of the above was to be found, one presumes, in Yergin, Daniel H., "The Rise of the National Security State: Anti-Communism and the Origins of the Cold War," Ph.D. dissertation, Cambridge University, 1974, the original work duly listed in the bibliography. There is nothing wrong with rewriting a dissertation in light prose for the mass public, and inserting all the grainy detail required by Time-style; we all have to make a living. But book and dissertation share a fatal defect that owes nothing to commercial ambition, and which utterly invalidates both: in Dr. Yergin's story of the origins of the cold war, the sentiments and bureaucratic concerns of American policy-makers are all brightly illuminated before us, while the Soviet Union is a quiet offstage presence, its function being only to provide a plausible pretext for the main action, the rise of the "national security state" in America. It is not that Dr. Yergin deliberately intends to distort. He is no revisionist out to challenge the crude Reader's Digest version of the history of the postwar years with a still more distorted anti-anti-Communist version of his own. He is, rather, a victim of the prevailing academic fashions, of the sad decline of university scholarship, and of the ethnocentrism chronic in American intellectual circles.
The school of "bureaucratic analysis," whose promoters explain the making of state policy as the product of the contending interests of rival bureaucracies, has been in high fashion since circa 1971. Very useful to explain American foreign policy during the 60's, when decisions were indeed made in a decentralized fashion by rival bureaucracies in State, Defense, CIA, and NSC, the theory happened to receive its fullest exposition precisely when Nixon and Kissinger were about to make nonsense of its claims by acting on their own, virtually uninfluenced by bureaucratic pressures. But by then the bureaucratic-analysis school had acquired momentum, its leading exponents had acquired professional chairs, and there was in any case no healthier contending school in the flaccid chaos of American political science.
Unfortunately, if taken seriously, the bureaucratic-analysis approach has a narcotic effect on the student of foreign affairs. The Russian deployment of ultra-heavy SS-18 missiles is now, for example, being explained as the product of a tenacious struggle for survival by a particular Russian design bureau which happened to specialize in heavy missiles during the late 50's, and which has enough party influence to stay in business. This, as opposed to the old-fashioned "monolithic" explanation which links the deployment of the SS-18's to the Soviet pursuit of a counter-deterrent strategy, the function of these missiles being to destroy the Minute-man ICBM's of our land-based deterrent. Ostensibly the two approaches are compatible, but in practice the bureaucratic-analysis method has been used not to explain but rather to explain away, in arguing against a concrete American reaction to this particular threat. It is as if the meta-explanation somehow diminishes the real impact of the real event—whatever its motives.
In Dr. Yergin's case, the narcotic effect is manifest throughout the book, where the (undoubted) personal and bureaucratic struggles over policy, and over the organization of postwar defense, so dominate the presentation that the grim reality of the Soviet Union is entirely obscured. As Wallace, Byrnes, Acheson, Truman, Roosevelt, Forrestal, et al., are wheeled onto the scene to speak their lines, as the familiar old story of the army-air force/navy debate is retold along with many other old stories, the reader might well forget that the real action was all on the Soviet side, with the establishment of a ring of client states and the annexation of vast territories, both retained till this day.
The effect of a fashionable theory that provides pseudo-explanations is compounded by a sadly inadequate scholarship. Since there is a certain definite level of effort required to learn a foreign language, this modest but necessary tool of scholarship is naturally no longer an effective requirement for a postgraduate education. Dr. Yergin, like many others nowadays, has been allowed to write of U.S. Soviet relations, and of Europe, while being innocent of a knowledge of Russian or of the other essential languages.
This sanctioned ignorance is reflected in Dr. Yergin's monolingual bibliography, and it compounds that peculiar phenomenon, the ethnocentrism of American liberals. While the Right ignores all the moral claims of all foreigners, the Left has a way of ignoring their very existence, attributing credit or blame only to fellow Americans, whether in the case of Vietnam or of the cold war.
It is for these reasons that Dr. Yergin's version of the origins of the cold war is little more than an optical delusion, in which the moving train of Russian power is made to appear still, while the reader, kept in the hesitant train of American decision, has the illusion of reciprocal movement. At the end of the book one may find the full evidence for this verdict. Having brought his entire story of diverse American prejudices, hopes, and interests to a culmination in the spring of 1950, with the drafting of NSC-68—a document which belatedly set out a comprehensive strategy for the containment of Soviet power—Dr. Yergin duly notes that Congress seemed unwilling to fund the rearmament which the new strategy required. American forces hurriedly demobilized by 1946 were very small and grossly underarmed; by 1950 their equipment was in many cases decrepit, and indeed American military power amounted to very little except for the atomic bomb, by then possessed by the Soviet Union also. NSC-68 advocated an effective deterrence, and this required the rebuilding of a realistic army, navy, and air force. Very likely the document would have remained a dead letter. But then an unexpected event occurred. I quote:
The administration was still wrestling with the question of how to get funding for the NSC-68 program when, in the early morning hours of June 25, East Asian time, North Korea threw its troops across the border to the south.
Thus began the Korean war.
The administration certainly did not want that war, but once embroiled in the conflict, it did not hesitate to use it to promote the general build-up of American military strength.
There follows a gloating quote from Aviation Week on how well the aircraft industry was doing by December 1950. Then Dr. Yergin writes:
With the Korean conflict, a new phase had opened in the cold war.
With the expanded funding, the architecture of the national security state was complete.
So at last we finally discover exactly what is meant by that sinister phrase. A "national security state" is a state which has an army, a navy, and an air force, as well as a centralized intelligence department, a proper foreign office, and a unified department of defense. It took Pearl Harbor to endow the United States with these common attributes of external power which are so prosaic to the non-isolationist mind; all were then willfully dismantled in 1946 while a broad segment of European life was being handed over to the benevolent care of Josef Stalin. Americans of diverse opinions who feared the consequences of further Russian expansion then began to agitate for a policy of effective resistance by the United States. On the whole they failed, and Stalin unfortunately did not respect declaratory policies unsupported by effective military power. Then there is another Pearl Harbor, this time in Korea, and the United States rearms once again.
In other words, the real action in the "rise of the national security state" takes place in Tokyo 1940-41, Moscow 1939-1950, and perhaps in Pyongyang in 1950. What a pity that it cannot now be established how Kim Il Sung felt on the morning of the attack, or what Stalin wore as he watched Roosevelt's plane take off after Yalta. And of course there is a scarcity of those pungent quotes which the Time-style requires. But looking where the street lamp shines will not help to find the key dropped across the street.


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Community Spotlight: CS&L CPAs Wins Four FPRA Image Awards for Recruiting Initiatives
Marissa Rossnagle (CS&L CPAs Marketing Specialist),
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Local public accounting firm, CS&L CPAs, won four awards at the annual Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) Image Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, April 16. The firm was honored for their innovative recruiting initiatives in 2013, which included the use of video and print collateral.
The CS&L recruiting brochurewon an Award of Distinction in the "Printed Tools of Public Relations" category. The recruiting video won an Image Award, a Judge's Choice Awardand a Grand Image Award in the "Audio/Visual/Online Tools of Public Relations" category. 82° West Marketing filmed and edited the recruiting video.
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Career Paths and Opportunities
While the Registered Dietician (RD) traditionally works in an institutional environment, such as hospitals, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and school systems under the direction of, or in coordination with, conventional medical physicians, the Clinical Nutritionist (CN) often maintains a private nutritional counseling service or works as part of a team in an integrated medical clinic.
Those CN students who are already primary healthcare clinicians simply incorporate what they have learned into their existing practices. The CN often works in conjunction with other clinicians also dedicated to wellness care and functional medicine, such as nutritionally minded medical, chiropractic, and naturopathic physicians. The CN also has opportunities to work with nutritional supplement, nutraceutical, and clinical laboratory companies.
Graduates of a Masters program in Human Nutrition can also choose to go on to attain a Ph.D., they often become involved in academia, engage in research, become community and media experts in nutrition and wellness, and a multitude of other opportunities.
What are some of the job opportunities for graduates of the nutrition program?
Advance to Ph.D. programs
Instructors for College ,Community College,Universitys
Nutrition Companies
Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives
Vitamin Buyers for Retail
Community Health Centers
Private and Group Practice
Complementary Medical Centers
Health Clubs/Gyms
Sports Teams/Training
Practice expansion for Professional Degree Recipients – DC/MS, MD/MS
Medical Research Associates
Seminar Leader
Organizations for Continuing Education
Designs for Health, Inc.: 1-800-847-8302 – (www.designsforhealth.com)
Moss Nutrition: 1-800-851-5444 – (www.mossnutrition.com)
Metametrix Clinical Labs: 1-800-221-4640 – (www.metametrix.com)
Institute for Functional Medicine: 800-228-0622 – (www.functionalmedicine.org)
Internl. & Amer. Association of Clinical Nutritionist: 972-250-2829 – (www.iaacn.org)
American College of Nutrition: 727- 446-6086 – (www.amcollnutr.org)
Amer. Chiro. Assoc. Council on Nutr.: 540-635-3669 – (www.councilonnutrition.com)
American Nutrition Association: 708-246-FOOD (3663) -(AmericanNutritionAssociation.org)
Independent Certification Organizations
Clinical Nutrition Certification Board: 1-972-250-2829 – (www.cncb.org)
(CCN credential)
Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists: 727-446-6086 – (www.amcollnutr.org) (CNS credential)
American Clinical Board of Nutrition: 540-635-8844 – (firstname.lastname@example.com) *Offers advanced standing to chiropractic physicians with UB MS degree into diplomate program (DACBN). Only 50 additional hrs of training required versus the normal 320 hrs. This credential is now also open to professionals other than chiropractors.
State Certification Contacts
Connecticut Dept. of Health: 860-509-7562 – (www.dph.state.ct.us)
518-474-3817, ext. 300 (www.op.nysed.gov) *Required additional courses in Food Service Management can be taken on-line through Penn State University at 800-252-3592 (Courses DSM101 and DSM260)
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Updated: 03/14/2013 7:43 AM KSTP.com By: Scott Theisen
Minnesota lawmakers are moving to set up a statewide text message suicide prevention program.
The House Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday passed a bill that would take a seven-county pilot program in northeastern Minnesota to the state level. That program, called TXT4Life, lets teens get in touch via text message with counselors.
Officials who help run that program say teens would rather send a text than call for help. TXT4Life counselors have talked with 400 people a month, on average. The state's suicide prevention phone line gets fewer than 15 calls per month.
Rep. Mike Sundin, an Esko Democrat, says he had that demand in mind with his bill. He says the state may need to provide $2.5 million annually to fund the program.
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Posted: March 24, 2013|
HUGE mounds of sand continue to blow onto Cleethorpes' promenade.
The seafront road is closed from the junction near Willys Wine Bar all the way down to Wonderland Market, although the market has been trading this morning.
A number of JCBs are working to clear the road and construct a sand bank to protect the area from further harm.
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Car hits pedestrian on North Main StreetStaff Report | January 10,2013Rutland City Police are on the scene of a crash that injured a pedestrian on North Main Street in front of Tenney Brook Market.
The crash took place around 5:30 p.m. Police said a white sedan hit a pedestrian who was not immediately seen by the driver.
The driver stopped and was being interviewed by police at the scene. The unidentified pedestrian was put in an ambulance and taken to Rutland Regional Medical Center.
Police Sgt. James Tarbell said the pedestrian was alert and conscious, but would need treatment for a head laceration.
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In 2011 hair oil became the It product in hair care.
Following the success of celebrity fave MorroccanOil, brands lika Joico, Shu Uemura, Kérastase, Schwarzkopf, Orofluido, Alterna and Matrix marketed their own versions.
This year, we see an update of the hair oil, with new and improved effects on hair - the key ingredient still being argan oil.
Hair oil 2.0 if you will.
Here are some to check out.
Schwarzkopf Professional BC Bonacure Oil Miracle Shampoo
This is no regular shampoo, according to Schwarzkopf. The Miracle Shampoo contains precious argan oil together with micro emulsion technology to deliver just the right amount of oil to the porous spots in the hair's surface. The range also includes conditioner and two versions of a finishing treatment (one richer, one lighter). Suitable for all hair types.
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High performance dry oil tested in the Sahara Desert, so if that's where you are going this is definitely the product for you. But it also works for those who need extra protection in weather conditions such as dryness, heat, cold, wind and sun.
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Markets Declare Truce In Copyright Wars
Professor Lawrence Lessig is quoted in The Wall Street Journal Law Blog in a piece about a softening of attitudes in the copyright wars:
Technology and copyright law have been at odds since the beginning of the digital era. Music publishers sued the fans who illegally downloaded songs. Movie studios and book publishers had their lawyers and lobbyists block digital access as best they could. But content owners are finally realizing they're better off helping their customers use digital media than trying to stop the march of technology.
This vague standard "would have been a classic Washington solution to the problem," Lawrence Lessig said in an interview, "meaning it would have been a nightmare." Mr. Lessig, a Stanford law professor and author of several books on copyright, says the registry is a huge breakthrough because it ends uncertainty. "Establishing who owns what is real progress," he says. "An efficient solution can be found once there is settling of property rights."


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Cache River State Natural Area
Renowned for its ancient cypress-tupelo swamp, this natural area has been named one of America's 10 Most Beautiful Hidden Gems by Budget Travel. This sprawling area contains 100 threatened or endangered plant and animal species, and 11 state champion trees that have stood for centuries. Visitors enjoy birding, hunting, wildlife watching, canoeing and hiking. Bikers can access the Cache River via the Tunnel Hill State Trail.
Kayak Chicago
Kayak through canyons of skyscrapers and architectural wonders, or explore the waters just off beautiful Lake Michigan. Kayak Chicago is Chicago's premier full-service outfitter, offering a variety of tours with certified instructors and guides. It's a truly unique way to experience the urban landscape.
Chicago River Canoe and Kayak
Chicago River Canoe and Kayak has everything you need to enjoy the Chicago River; whether you're in the mood for a quick hour excursion or an afternoon getaway. Guided trips are available for all ability levels, including weekly trips through downtown Chicago, a sunset dinner trip at the Lagoons or a quieter trip down nearby streams.
Chicago Lakefront Trail
Take in the lake as you soak in one of Chicago's most beautiful treasures. The Lakefront Trail is a runner's paradise, spanning an impressive 17-miles of natural beauty and man-made inspirations. It runs north from Navy Pier to Foster Avenue and south to 31st beach. The trail's smooth terrain makes it easy to traverse, while its hidden secrets make it fun to explore. And when you're done with your run, bike, hike or whatever, you can cool down with spectacular lake views or breathtaking cityscapes.
Chicago Stand-up Paddle Boarding
Stand-up Paddle Boarding (SUP) offers yet another way to experience the Chicago lakefront. This hybrid of surfing and kayaking involves standing on an over-sized surfboard and paddling with a single bladed paddle. The concept, which was originally used by ancient Polynesian cultures, has seen a revival in the last 15 years. You can get all your questions answered and equipment rentals from Chicago SUP, the experts in Chicago for Stand-up Paddle Boarding.
Argyle Lake State Park
Find serenity at this beautiful 1700-acre wooded park situated along an old stagecoach route between Galena and Beardstown. Featuring 95-acre Argyle Lake, the park is home to countless beaver dams and more than 200 bird species and 5 miles of hiking and biking trails.
Freeport Canoe Company
Enjoy canoeing from the McConnell Bobtown Landing to McNeil's Damascus Landing or to Tutty's Crossing in downtown Freeport. Groups, individual canoeists, and beginning or seasoned paddlers are welcome. $50 rental per canoe. Ages 15 and under must be accompanied by an adult; ages 18 to 18 must have parental consent form.
Fever River Outfitters
From kayaking and biking to scooter rentals, Fever River Outfitters has everything you need to add a little adventure to your Galena getaway. The staff here knows the area well and offers excursions that take care of every detail—whether you're kayaking to an island picnic or taking a scooter to a vineyard for an afternoon wine tasting. Want to explore on your own? Simply rent or purchase outdoor gear and set off on your own adventure along the many biking paths, waterways and winding roads of this scenic part of northwest Illinois.
Galena River Trail
Scenic biking and hiking along a six-mile trail featuring views of the Galena River and towering bluffs.
The Galena River
The Galena River, also known as Fever River, meanders through the lush scenery of Northern Illinois before winding through Galena's historic downtown. Put-in near Galena's Main Street which will offer you plenty of opportunities to explore the river on your own, or to take day excursions offered by a local outfitter.
Lusk Creek Canyon
Lusk Creek Canyon is the most well known whitewater run in Southern Illinois. The creek starts out in woodland bottoms with relatively minor gradient but soon is surrounded by rocky hillsides and cliffs. These cliffs rise out of the water to heights over one hundred feet. After the canyon section, the cliffs recede and the creek is surrounded by forest for the final mile. Rapids on this creek are at low to moderate levels and are mostly Class II in nature. However, this is not a good beginner run. This creek flows through forests before entering the canyon.
Kankakee River
The Kankakee River takes a leisurely path from its origin to a point near Wilmington, Illinois, where it joins the DesPlaines River to form the Illinois River. Long acclaimed as one of the cleanest rivers in the Midwest, the Kankakee is a gentle Class I river ideal for first-time canoeists.
Kankakee River State Park
The 4,000-acre park extends along both sides of the Kankakee River offering unspoiled settings that are surrounded by scenic bluffs and woods. The park includes hiking trails, biking trails, canoeing, fishing, camping, cross-country skiing, snowmobile trails, picnic areas, hunting, boat launches, and much more! In addition there are several shelters available for picnic events.
Reed's Canoe Trips
Reed's Canoe offers three trips ranging in length from 2 to 6 hours, and are suitable for new and experienced canoeists.
Big River State Forest
Encompassing more than 3,000 acres along the Mississippi River, Big River State Forest is a remnant of woodland that once bordered the vast prairies. The 1-½ mile Lincoln Hiking Trail commemorates Abraham Lincoln's march through the area in 1832.
Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park
This beautiful 715-acre state park with a 40-acre lake derives its name from a combination of the town of Lena and the Latin work for water, aqua. Lake Le-Aqua-Na offers a variety of outdoor recreational activities including more than 10 miles of mult-use trails. The large tracts of wooded land include oak, hickory, walnut and pine trees. Woodland flowers are on display, especially in the spring and early summer, and wildlife is abundant. There is boating, fishing, a children's fishing pond, swimming, picnic and playground areas, shelters, trails for mountain biking, hiking and cross-country skiing, equestrian trails, sledding, hunting and camping.
Independence Grove Forest Preserve
This scenic 1,114-acre preserve offers a wide range of outdoor recreation and education opportunities centered around a 115-acre lake reclaimed from a gravel quarry. Visitors can enjoy swimming, fishing and boating, a Marina with boat rentals, a native garden and nearly seven miles of trails. The 19,000-square-foot Visitor Center features exhibits and a cafe. It can be rented for weddings and other private functions.
Kickapoo Creek Park
Kickapoo State Recreation Area in Oakwood, IL has 22 deep-water ponds, ranging in size from 0.2 to 57 acres, providing a total of 221 acres of water for boaters, canoeists and anglers. Lushly forested uplands and bottomlands along the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River is habitat for enough birds, wildlife and wildflowers to please any nature lover, while nature trails and running trails provide pathways to inspiration and physical fitness. If you want a less demanding excursion in the outdoors, there are facilities for camping and picnicking. With 22 lakes and access to the Middle Fork River, Kickapoo is known for the opportunities it provides for water-based outdoor activities. Anglers find excellent fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill, crappie and redear sunfish. Especially popular are the annual fall and spring stockings of rainbow trout, which provide an unusual opportunity for central Illinois anglers to fish for catch-able size trout. There are 12 launching ramps on nine of Kickapoo's lakes. Boat and canoe rental is available for Clear Pond.
Rock Cut State Park
With over 3,000 acres of rolling plains and two lakes, Rock Cut State Park is a hiker's paradise. It's also home to some of the best mountain biking in northeastern Illinois, offering 10 miles of dirt and sand terrain, doubletrack and singletrack trails. One of the loops is 4.25-miles, the Main Trail, which runs around Pierce Lake. Another loop snakes around the northeast corner of the park and leads through dense trees and hills.
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Spring Lake Park
Spring Lake Park in Macomb, IL. has three different singletrack trails ranging in intermediate to difficult. At 10 miles in length this park has a nice smattering of everything an adrenaline junky would want. The trails here are tight in some spots with a few ladder bridges, log piles and even a teeter-totter, and the hills just keep coming with jumps that make you feel weightless.
Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve
Lake of the Woods County Park is a 900-acre preserve that features an 18-hole regulation golf course, a 9-hole par 3 course and practice range, fishing, boating, hiking, picnicking, cross-country skiing, sledding the Hi-Tower bell carillon and observation area, a 3.3 mile bicycle/pedestrian path, the Museum of the Grand Prairie, Mabery Gelvin Botanical Gardens, building rentals and various programs.
Kayak Morris
Less than 1 hour from Chicago, Kayak Morris provides unique rentals, guided tours and lessons. Trips are approximately 2 hours in length. Kayak and canoe tours maintain a leisurely pace, making stops along the way to enjoy nature and to take a rest. For a faster pace try a specialty kayak or canoe tour. All kayak and canoe tours will be on the Illinois River, Mazon River or I&M canal. All tours include kayak or canoe, life vest, paddle, lesson, and safety briefing. Tours are kept small in size to maintain comfort and pacing, so make sure to reserve your place ahead of time.
Gebhard Woods State Park
Hikers, campers, picnickers, and canoeists frequent this 30-acre site, making it one of the state's most popular state parks. Fishing, boating and bird watching are also popular activities. This picturesque park is bordered on the south by the Illinois & Michigan Canal and to the north by Nettle Creek which gently flows along the perimeter and through the park adding to its natural beauty and abundance of wildlife. Stately old trees including walnut, oak, ash, maple, sycamore, hawthorn and cottonwood provide ample shade throughout the park. In the spring, trillium, bluebell, white trout lily, violets, wild ginger, phlox, toothwort and spring beauties are just a sample of the wildflowers that can be enjoyed by park visitors.
Kickapoo Landing
Guests have the opportunity to rent canoes, kayaks, and paddleboats to explore the rivers and lakes at Kickapoo State Park. Canoe and kayak trips (8 or 13 mile) are offered or rentals can be done by the hour. Following your adventure, guests can grab a bite to eat at the on-site Dockside Cafe which offers live music throughout the summer.


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In a nod to European culinary traditions, Pacific Marketplace is introducing a new dinner menu featuring a selection of six homemade sausage dishes. From 22 September 2014, guests may look forward to a hearty dinner menu comprising of three varieties of tapas and three main presentations.
Highlights include creamy Homemade Liverwurst enjoyed as a spread on toasted Sourdough; Phyllo- wrapped Pork Bockwurst Sausage Roll with sweet, flaky sheets of pastry hugging a finely-blended pork sausage; Würstelplatte, a delectable presentation of four of our most popular sausages; and the classic English Bangers and Mash enhanced by the robust flavours of Country gravy and English Mustard.
This delectable dinner menu is available at Pacific Marketplace daily from 5PM to 10PM.


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Possessing the right blend of features and design, the G3 finally gives LG the right phone with which to challenge Korean rival Samsung.
The $1,500 LG LSXS26326S rises above the other side-by-side refrigerators we've tested both in terms of performance and usable space, but it's not a clear winner when compared with less expensive fridges of other types.
Though it feels too similar to last year's G3, the LG G4 is an excellent big-screen smartphone that will appeal to budding photographers, and has old-school features missing from rival flagships.
The StriimLight B-10 and StriimLight Wi-Fi are LEDs with integrated speakers that let you adjust music volume and bulb brightness from your couch.
Though low-priced, the Toshiba Excite 7 fails to offer as much value as other budget tablets.
Harman Kardon announced two new sound bars, one of which is the 1.25-inch thick Sabre SB35, which includes built-in Bluetooth and three HDMI inputs.
The Toshiba Excite 10 SE looks like, and is, a generic budget-range 10-inch Android tablet...nothing more, nothing less.
The Sony Xperia TL is a fantastic value and Sony's best U.S. smartphone yet.
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A major survey of Britain's secondary schools has revealed that almost two thirds of lesbian and gay pupils (156,000 children) have been victims of homophobic bullying.
The School Report, the largest poll of young gay people ever conducted in this country, presents a shocking picture of the extent of homophobic bullying undertaken by fellow pupils and, alarmingly, school staff.
Key findings are:
The survey of 1,145 young people, conducted by the Schools Health Education Unit for Stonewall, also highlights the consequences of bullying for gay pupils. Seven out of ten of those who have experienced it say it has adversely affected their school work. Half of those bullied say they have missed school as a result.
"These deeply disturbing figures should serve as a wake-up call to everyone working in education," said Matthew Batten, Stonewall Cymru's Policy Officer. "This is a damning legacy of Section 28, which deterred schools from tackling anti-gay bullying for so long. This remains one of the few sorts of bullying about which too many schools still take no action. It blights the lives not just of gay children but of thousands of pupils perceived to be lesbian or gay too."
The report does demonstrate significant benefits when schools intervene. In schools that have said homophobic bullying is wrong, gay young people are 60 per cent more likely not to have been bullied. The incidence of anti-gay bullying remains higher in 'faith schools'.
Matthew Batten added "We know in Wales many teachers want to do the right thing by tackling homophobic bullying but feel they don't have the tools to do so or they worry they won't have the support of senior colleagues. Schools and local authorities that are engaging with our Education for All campaign are realising that they can make a real difference."
Young gay people in Wales who are experiencing homophobic bullying said:
"I can't tell anyone because, basically, no-one knows that I am gay… I got punched in the corridor today for example, and I can't tell a teacher because it will involve coming out." Nick, 14, secondary school (Wales)
"I was once threatened by a friend's brother over an instant message that he would beat me to death on the streets if he saw me or torch my house whilst I'm sleeping in it." Sean, 16, secondary school (Wales)
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A Chicago author who tried several times to kill himself explains why Sandra Bland didn't commit suicide.
A woman who discovered her mental health diminishing sought treatment and soon after noticed similar symptoms in her community.
Aiming to disperse a crowd, but not in fear of his safety, a Cleveland Transit cop pepper sprays activists.
The culture of corruption that enabled a Trooper to lie about Sandra Bland's arrest needs to be put to rest.
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