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I hope you had the opportunity to take your wife out on a date for Valentine's Day. In fact, I hope you take your wife on dates often. If you don't, chances are good that, eventually, somebody else will.
As a husband, one of your responsibilities vis-a-vis dating involves finding a decent baby sitter. Unfortunately, that may be one of life's most difficult challenges, on a par with achieving financial independence or getting a straight answer out of a White House press secretary.
If you do manage to find one (a good baby sitter, I mean, not an honest press secretary), do everything in your power to keep her, excluding, perhaps, abduction, except in extreme circumstances. You may even want to consider adopting her, if you can get her parents to agree -- which, if she's a teenager, they probably will.
(Excuse my perpetuation of gender stereotypes here. I'm sure there are many fine male baby sitters out there, working hard to pay their way through interior design school.)
If you happen to have built-in baby sitters, in the form of relatives nearby or older siblings, consider yourself lucky. Any problems that may arise from living near other members of your extended family (and that's another column in itself, or perhaps a Jerry Springer episode) will be more than offset during the child-rearing years by the proximity of readily available baby-sitting.
Of course, not all grandparents live to entertain toddlers while their adult children amuse themselves, but even the most reluctant can usually be persuaded. Just threaten to withhold visitation rights.
When it comes to leaving young children with an older child, the question always arises: how old is old enough to babysit? Here's a simple and scientific formula: multiply the age of your oldest child by the number of months since your last date. If the product is at least 24, you have a babysitter.
Example: Your last date was two months ago. Your oldest child is 12. Viola! Haven't been out in three months? An 8-year-old will do. In a couple of weeks, you can probably leave your 3-year-old by himself.
On the other hand, if you have both a teenager and a toddler at home, you may have been doing just a little too much "dating," if you know what I mean. But that's your business. You might even have planned it that way just so you would one day have a built-in baby sitter. If so, be sure to let your teenager know that's what you had in mind. It will be sure to raise her self-esteem.
Regardless of the difficulty, you must be the one to find a sitter. Then your wife will be worry-free, with nothing to do but get ready for the big date. And while she's getting ready, you can go to pick up the baby sitter, or perhaps earn a Ph.D. in genetics and clone your own.
Rob Jenkins is a local freelance writer and the author of "Family Man: The Art of Surviving Domestic Tranquility." Email him at email@example.com, follow him on Twitter@rjenkinsgdp, and visit www.familymanthebook.com.
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The Come Up: Deniro Farrar
On growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina:
Deniro Farrar: "It was good and bad. It had its ups and downs. I had six brothers and two sisters. We grew up in a small apartment in a poverty stricken area of the city. I grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. Single mom. Dad got killed when I was really, really young. So, basically,[I] kinda [was] like every other ghetto kid growing up.
"I knew I was different from all the other kids. I was like really, really smart. Academically gifted. But back in elementary school, I always felt I had to be a certain type of way because of the environment I lived in, so I always got into fights. I never really liked to fight, but I would always fight cause I felt I had to. I was just always different from the other kids. I knew I was a good kid, but I always hung with bad kids in my neighborhood, the baddest kids. And they always thought I was bad, cause my family had a reputation in the neighborhood I grew up in. They was already running through the neighborhood before I came about. It was like, my family, that side of town was really, really known, so they just kind of associated me with being that type of kid, so I felt I had to be that kid, but I was really a good kid. It's just that good kid, bad city syndrome."

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Louis Vuitton's artist collaborations have a history of becoming cult classics. Remember the rainbow-colored Murakami bags that every teenage girl wanted in the early 2000s, and Stephen Sprouse's graffiti-print creations that wound up under the arm of every celebrity? Well, LV just unveiled its newest collab with pop artist Yayoi Kusama. After a fancy reveal at Vuitton's NYC flagship yesterday, brand big wigs, celebrities, and Kusama herself adjourned to the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan to celebrate.
First off, the red carpet. Overall this wasn't the best showing. Martha Stewart was definitely worst dressed in what was essentially a dingy pillowcase. Dianna Agron's dress had a lot of potential, but the wrinkling of the skirt undermined the whole thing. Sofia Coppola wore a very pretty black dress with a feather skirt that we've seen a million times, and Kaya Scodelario's grey bubble-hem frock didn't really do her any favors. The night's winners were definitely Lauren Santo Domingo and Harley Viera Newton, who both looked playfully adorable in — three guesses! — Louis Vuitton.
Moving on to the collection itself! This is by far our favorite Louis Vuitton artist collaboration. The last two, with their candy colors and overly obvious logos, were cheesy at worst and overly trendy at best. But this one includes several pieces that are worth the price tag of a classic and could be worn for years to come (i.e. every pair of pumps in the collection), and others that are just downright cool. We think the white sunglasses are perfect for Iris Apfel, and the peter pan collar necklace is to die for. It's like Minnie Mouse's fantasy designer accessories closet come to life!
And finally, like with any collection worth it's salt, there's a video to accompany the collaboration. It's delightfully irreverent, and, dare we say, funny. Check out models doing goofy dances in polka dot body paint!
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Thank you for visiting our "SUPER Plunge" fundraising page.Officer Ken "THE ICE MAN" Norbut and me, Chicago Ridge Village Trustee Bruce Quintos, will join Some Unbelievable Plungers who Enter Repeatedly once an hour, every hour, for 24 hours straight in Lake Michigan on Feb. 25 & 26, 2011. Yes, TEAM CHICAGO RIDGE is plunging 24 times in 24 hours during the 6th Annual SUPER Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Illinois!
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Indian, German experts to discuss laser, nano technology
Experts from India and Germany will take part in a scientific conference here later this week to discuss global advancements in laser technology and new generation nano materials.
The conference is being organised by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft or DFG) in collaboration with the Srinivasa Ramanujam Institute for Basic Sciences under the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), the Goethe Zentrum and the Humboldt Club, Thiruvananthapuram.
Over 100 scientists and researchers from the two countries are taking part in the three-day Indo-German Conference on Laser Applications and Nano Science starting Thursday.
Hans-Guenther Loeffler, deputy consul general at the German Consulate General in Bangalore, will inaugurate the conference.
Jens-Uwe Grabow from Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany, who specialises in molecular structure and dynamics, will deliver the keynote lecture.
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Gallery Talk Cut to Form: Idiosyncrasies of Woodcut Printmaking
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Gallery Talk Cut to Form: Idiosyncrasies of Woodcut Printmaking
Due to both its simplicity and adaptability, the woodcut has remained one of the most appealing methods of printmaking. This exhibition explores the variety—indeed the idiosyncrasies—inherent in the woodcut printmaking process. Artists represented include masters of Renaissance printmaking such as Albrecht Dürer, modern and contemporary masters like DeLoss McGraw and Harry Sternberg, and USD undergraduate students working to exploit this art form for its flexibility in terms of scale, subject, and style. Both the historical and contemporary examples demonstrate the enduring capacity of woodcut printmaking to describe, express, delight, and confound.
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The philosophy of Jon is that if an interior is build from the values of your personality it lasts longer than if you just follow a trend. Your story is so much stronger than an impulse. With this method Jon never has a problem to vary his interior.
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A clinic for Open water swimming Judges (beginner level) was organised for the first time in two different cities, San Juan and Ponce, from August 28 to September 4, 2011. 36 participants (21 from San Juan and 15 from Ponce) learned the basics from expert Tomas Haces German, Member of FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee.
The course's topics were: Introduction to Open Water events, Rules (study and analysis), Organisation and Security in Open water events, Responsibilities and Ethics of Judges in Open water events. "Puerto Rico has big possibilities to develop Open Water Swimming. After the Central American and Caribbean Amateur Swimming Confederation (CCCAN) Championships were held in the country, a keen interest developed for athletes, coaches and judges in the discipline," rejoiced Haces.
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"The majority of the players in the academies will be black and coloured players," SARU chief executive Jurie Roux said in a statement.
The initiative will be funded by the National Lottery with the project receiving R35 million in its first year.
The academies are designed to develop more black and coloured Super Rugby and, potentially, Springbok players.
"We will identify the best young Under-15 to Under-18 schoolboy black talent in both traditional and non-traditional rugby schools and accelerate their development with specialist coaching and interventions, while fitting in with their school programme," Roux said.
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I design and build contemporary gardens, landscapes and roof terraces throughout London. Projects include City, Courtyard, Patio and larger Family gardens with a major speciality in Roof garden design and roof terrace design. In town, I have always been asked for low maintenance and this has evolved into an important element of all my gardens. I offer a complete design and build service, with a particular emphasis on project management.
Meet the man with the monopoly on designing London's most beautiful roof gardens: Amir Schlezinger. Over the last decade he has created over 100 high-rise outdoor spaces that not only perch on some of the city's most exciting new developments but also complement its ever-expanding skyline. "First and foremost is to work with the view, framing the landscape," believes Israeli-born Schlezinger, who framed the view of nearby St Paul's Cathedral from a penthouse terrace in the city by craning in a ginkgo biloba tree, laid the boards of a hardwood deck on Grosvenor Waterside's roof garden to follow the line of Chelsea Bridge and, on a series of roof terraces at Tempus Wharf, installed customised 'wave' planters to emulate the River Thames beneath. On the 40th-floor roof terrace of Barbican's Cromwell Tower, concrete blocks hampered the view, so Schlezinger designed a movable platform as podium to facilitate gazing at the Gherkin and other spectacular landmarks. If there isn't a fabulous view, he might create an eye-distracting jungle of plants, or even borrow the neighbouring trees, focusing the lighting on those to create an eye-boggling vista at night. And if he's designing a roof garden on the lower terrace of a duplex, he might plant a tree so that, over time, the leafy canopy will provide a green view at both levels. "Because of new technology, modern terraces can look like real gardens, with raised beds, real grass and trees," says Schlezinger. Proof positive is the four-hole putting green of grass - albeit artificial - and sleek waterfall to distract from city hubbub, on a private penthouse roof garden in Battersea.
The client on the 6th floor of Clerkenwell's imposing Ziggurat building had simpler needs for the small, slim terrace that curved around the living area of his new apartment. A lawyer who is often out of town, he wanted an outdoor space that looked terrific all year round from both indoors and out - yet needed little upkeep. It took Schlezinger and team three weeks this summer, at a cost of £18,000, to create the ideal low-maintenance solution, first replacing the impractical white pavers with hardwood balau laid across the width, to both visually widen the space and easily follow the curve. A small floor area of glamorous black granite crystal defines the suntrap at one end and is divided from the decking by an LED strip that lights up at night. "The granite is very expensive," says Schlezinger, "but as it is for such a small area, it's a no-brainer." As he does in all his projects, Schlezinger designed the containers to suit the space: in varying shades of grey, powder-coated steel planters have hollowed centres that are dramatically illuminated at night. One large, round, white container, designed to echo the white Saarinen Tulip table visible through the windows, is a garden in itself; with built-in irrigation and drainage, a ring of lighting around the base, and conveniently set on castors, it houses a trio of red-barked birch trees, mulched with perfect flat white Japanese pebbles. "Attention to detail, and refined finishes, are paramount in a confined garden space because the eye scans everything close-up," says Schlezinger.
The foliage in the planters is evergreen and weatherproof, maximising on contrasts of shape and texture, so that bushy, fragrant thymes are interspersed with the rounded leaves of bergenia and spikey bronze carex grasses as well as hart's tongue ferns. At the suntrap end of the terrace, a line-up of fragrant lavender Twickel Purple will soon form a low hedge; at the other end, a trough of boldly striped Phormium cookianum Cream Delight and elephant-eared Bergenia Dumbo makes a striking full stop. However it is at night, when the four lighting zones flick on automatically, that the terrace looks its most dynamic, a fitting match for the vibrant, ever-changing city landscape it overlooks.
The decision to sideline a musical career in favour of garden design may seem a fairly dramatic one.In the mind on Amir Schlezinger, however, it was a natural progression. The art of landscape is highly related to music because of the creativity, the art and more specifically the rhythm and texture, he suggests. There are a lot of landscape architects fromtextile and art backgrounds as well. Im just using a different medium to express an emotion. The major challenge of inner-city gardens is, unsurprisingly, their size or rather lack of it. While the majority of urbanites still rely on the local park for those rare sunbathing and al fresco dining opportunities, the smarter postcodes do offer a few feet of personal grass. What you do with that privilege is, it seems fast becoming as important in the middle of London as in its more traditionally garden-proud suburbs.
The restrictions on design in the smaller garden, says Schlezinger, can be divided into two camps the tediously logistical and the general artistic. The former includes considerations such as the limited access available on small sites, as well as the small budgets and timescales afforded by the average city client. The general artistic side of restrictions, on the other hand, is all about trickery the main trick being to make a small garden fee larger There are lots of design techniques for that, explains Schlezinger. I use big plants, large-scale paving, strong geometrical shapes and also light-reflective surfaces, so water and glossy leafed plants. Picking the right colours, shapes and positioning is also vital. With such prolific limitations and the respondent array of stock tricks, however, the concurrent challenge is how to make each design unique.
The key to this and too good garden design as a whole argues Schlezinger, is to know a handful of materials and plants but to know them inside out and thus recognise many uses for each. Silver birch is a good example, he continues. Its great for small gardens: its inexpensive, casts little shade, looks fantastic in winter and is very conducive to lighting; Ive found at least five major ways of using it that work well within different small spaces. Having picked up an abundance of personal techniques along the way, Schlezinger tends not to follow trends in his work, preferring to stick to shapes and styles that he knows will retain their contemporary feel for years to come. I dont do painfully minimalist gardens, and I dont believe in gadgetry or iconoclasm, he asserts. I try to create something that will last, so my gardens are based on natural materials, simple lines, strong focal points and good planting design"
One trend Schlezinger has observed, however, is a recent explosion of rooftop gardens across the capital. This he puts down to the proliferation of new developments, primarily riverside, for the more moneyed London dwellers. The escalating demand for outdoor space in these built-up areas has indeed led to increased numbers of roof terraces. Because of new technology and the strength of the newer buildings, modern terraces can look a lot more like real gardens, he explains. They have raised beds, real grass: some can even support trees. Doing real roof gardens is a very new art
Having travelled extensively, both in his musical career and for pleasure, Schlezinger cites his influences as anything Ive absorbed along the way. Working mainly in the cultural melting pot that is London also means Schlezingers clients are from a broad range of geographical and cultural backgrounds and often have their own influences to bring to design Ive used African sculpture, Asian, American and Mediterranean influences in the plants, the sculpture, and the way I use water, but its all under the umbrella of contemporary, he says. Schlezinger remains involved throughout the building process, making design alterations as and when necessary. Often small changes Ive made during projects have been some of the nicest elements of the finished products, he suggests. Changing an angle, colour or plant can change the whole look and ambience of a garden. Its just like product design you can see something looking great in CAD, but the later, incidental changes are always vital.


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"(I) think about 'The Lion King,' Simba gets hit over the head and (he's told) 'the past can hurt,' " Harbaugh said Monday afternoon. "'You can either run from it or embrace it and learn from it.'
We need any display ... literally.. no stream?
radio is saying stu is starting. i thought burke was. can anyone confirm?
Douglass was indeed on the floor at tipoff.
ESPN's GameCast is also showing Stu in the lineup. It'll be interesting to hear why the switch was made back to Douglass.
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had been scheduled to start, but had one of those team rule violations freshmen need to learn about. Not starting, but doesn't have to sit all evening.
9-6 Michigan wwj i think has it
Well, the 3-pt shooting has been much better tonight. 9-6 Michigan with 16m left in the half.
I think you jinxed us.
Please tell me Ferris didnt just get 3 offensive rebounds in a row... tell me cbs gamecast is lying...
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link to stream sorry i see the link now
Yeah, in my excitement I completely forgot to add the link to my original comment. Whoops.
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Interesting to see Eso Akunne in early
17-11 we're playing sloppy
To anybody watching the stream, did it seem like there was tension between Beilein and Burke during that timeout? Or am I just seeing that and trying to explain why he didn't start?
Didn't see that, but Shepard on the radio call said Burke didn't start because of an unspecified violation of team rules.
Thanks for the stream guys. I love that you can see Coach B teach the players at the breaks. Very nice.
within the different styles/subbing that Beilein is employing.
hard to tell what works going strictly off practice.
OP should put a note in the thread title saying the link is in here. I almost missed it. And thanks for posting it guys
This btn crew needs to work on their replay cutting.
It's a student-produced show, so it's not like professionals are running it.
looking better on the ball. They need to play with much more consistency though.
Trey looks really good. I like his quickness and he seems calm out there. Very un-freshman like.
Just commenting to echo the above sentiment. Please put the fact that there's a link in the title, I also almost missed it. Thanks to the streamer and the link provider above.
Timmy has put on some poundage of the good kind!
Why is Novak the only one wearing white shoes?
so far, not following shots, tipping back instead of bringing the ball down with two hands, etc. Stu needs to insert himelf better as a point if he intends to help Burke and others out.
LOL the crew on this game for BTN Student U is a bit rusty to be sure. That was an awkward interview with Coach B.
22-16 at the half for those not watching. Not a smooth performance. Still working out some kinks apparently.
That looked terrible.... honestly....
Defense is looking solid. Got some decent turnovers, but the offense looks unsettled. They're rushing their shots and some of the threes just seem unnecessary. It looks like a lot of that is coming from the lack of Darius Morris.
How tall is Beilein? That little sideline reporter could barely stay in the frame with him. Also these commentators love Burke. They're saying he looks like a senior out there. I missed most of the first half. Is this accurate? Granted they are playing Ferris...
I concur. Burke passes the eye test. He doesn't look like a freshman out there. If you watch the second half you will have a hard time pointing him out as a freshman as opposed to Horford last year who looked like he could use some time learning and bulking up.
He sounds like Mitchell from Modern Family
lol at the guy dancing in the bottom left corner
is anyone else enjoying the fact that the camera is focused on him and laughing at him hitting on a blonde?
Just from the looks of the first half, obviously not the greatest sample size... but who, other than me thinks Tre looks WAY better than Stu...
Edit: maybe I'm just that guy who doesnt like Stu unless he's playing 15 minutes a game....
lloyd brady was spotted on live tream.
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The 2014 spring turkey season opens May 1 in all of upstate New York lying north of the Bronx-Westchester County boundary, and the annual youth turkey hunting weekend is April 26-27.
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■ Hunters ages 12-15 are eligible and must hold a hunting license and a turkey permit.
■Youth ages 12-13 must be accompanied by a parent, legal guardian or adult over 21, with written permission from their parent or legal guardian. Youth ages 14-15 must be accompanied by a parent, legal guardian or adult over 18, with written permission from their parent or legal guardian.
■The accompanying adult must have a current hunting license and turkey permit. The adult may assist the youth hunter, including calling, but may not carry a firearm or bow, or kill or attempt to kill a wild turkey during the youth hunt.
■Shooting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to noon each day.
■The youth turkey hunt is open in all of upstate New York.
■The bag limit is one bearded bird. This bird becomes part of the youths regular spring season bag limit of two bearded birds. The second may not be taken until after May 1.
■All other wild turkey hunting regulations are in effect.
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Mega South Park hub being developed for online fans
In addition to a recent contract signed by South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker than will have us enjoying South Park episodes through at least 2011, fans will soon have an online destination through which to enjoy (legal) South Park material.
The New York Times article doesn't go into a lot of detail about what sort of material will be available at this new destination, though fans should recognize the URL: SouthParkStudios.com, which has been the official site for the series for quite some time now. The article does mention the possibility of "new applications" for the characters (whatever that means) and new concepts that could evolve into brand new comedy projects. There was no mention of streaming full episodes, though, which I'm sure is what fans want most of all.
The bulk of the article focuses on the deal itself, which has Stone and Parker sharing ad revenue with Comedy Central, something that's not exactly common but is understandable when one considers the success of South Park over the last decade, and the fact that South Park helped boost the comedy network's ratings and revenue in its early years.
The fellas only work on South Park about twenty weeks out of the year, which leaves them ample time to turn this new online destination into something remarkable, including an animation studio for brand new projects.
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WADA aims to increase doping bans from two years to four years
Agency's president outlines measures in draft of World Anti-Doping Code due to take effect in 2015
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The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has outlined plans to extend the length of first-time bans from two years to four years for athletes committing serious doping offences.
The proposal is contained in a new draft of the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC) and if approved would come into effect from 2015 onwards. It would apply to case involving, among other things, the use of anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, masking agents, trafficking and prohibited methods.
"It is clear from the number of submissions we received, that there is a strong desire in the world of sport, from governments and within the anti-doping community to strengthen the sanction articles in the Code," explained Fahey.
"This second draft has done that, doubling the length of suspension for serious offenders and widening the scope for anti-doping organizations to impose lifetime bans.
"The Code review is intended to increase the effectiveness of anti-doping, and athletes must know that there is a heavy price to pay for intentional doping, that the risks are high. I am confident this draft will deliver that message loud and clear, and that our own stakeholders will agree."
The second draft of the WADC will be published on 3 December 2012, with a consultation period for stakeholders running from then until 1 March 2013. There will also be a later opportunity for them to provide input and feedback during the third and final phase of the draft.
Among other changes proposed to the WADC are that the criteria for substances or methods to be included on WADA's Prohibited List should include that "it must first have the potential to be performance enhancing, and second be either contrary to the spirit of sport or contrary to the health of athletes."
WADA said that some suggested changes had not made it into the draft, including a suggestion that the B sample be dropped, and that the sanction process for teams should be amended should two or more members test positive. Those provisions will remain unaltered from their preset form.
The agency confirmed that the forthcoming version of the WADC omits Rule 45 of the Olympic Charter, also known as the Osaka rule, which had provided that athletes convicted of a doping offence would not be allowed to take part in the following edition of the Olympic Games.
That rule was successfully challenged last year by 2008 Olympic 400 metres champion LaShawn Merritt, and paved the way for the British Olympic Association lifetime ban to be overturned.
The proposed four year ban would of course have the effect of ensuring that athletes receiving that sanction would not appear in the subsequent Olympic Games depending on how much of it was applied retrospectively.
Fahey also revealed that for the second year running, WADA's funding would be frozen at around $28 million and warned that unless further funding became available, it would need to look at ways of saving money.
Currently, WADA is funded in equal measure by the Olympic Movement and national governments around the world. The Olympic Movement' policy is to match governmental contributions dollar for dollar only once thoe have been made.
"This is the second year in a row that we have received a zero-percent increase, and while we appreciate that economies across the world continue to struggle, this freeze is not ideal for the fight against doping in sport," he said.
"It is widely accepted that doping is a major issue no longer restricted to the sporting world, and that it must be addressed by society as a whole.
"WADA has dipped into reserves over the last two years to cover shortfalls for its operating costs, but if funding continues to remain the same then the Agency will be forced to cut back its activities."
The WADA president also expressed concerns about the impact of European Union data protection legislation with regards to its potential effect on the submission of information by athletes to anti-doping databases.
"It is important to acknowledge the impact this legislation will have, and it is essential our representatives from Europe report back to us on the steps that are being taken to resolve this potential issue," he explained.
It is widely accepted that doping is a major issue no longer restricted to the sporting world, and that it must be addressed by society as a whole.
At first these seem to be fairly innocuous words, then one begins to wonder what they actually mean. Are they simply referring to armature timed (Sportives, fondos, rondee or London marathon)but non competitive events. Or are they claiming that doping (the use of performance enhancing drugs) is going on in business and social life beyond recreational drug usage and the hopeful consumption of supplements and vit B tabs. That would cast the banking crisis in a new light!
Perhaps one should wonder more about WADAs agenda in bringing up such a spurious statement, then what they mean by it.
posted by lushmiester [163 posts]
19th November 2012 - 14:33
So, four years would mean an actual ban of 2.5 years instead of 6 months for Bertie as he got last time. Sounds a bit more meaningful.
posted by pastaman [261 posts]
19th November 2012 - 19:40
I guess this is at least a token step in the right direction
posted by new-to-cycling [47 posts]
19th November 2012 - 21:34
Moving the right way. Obviously some detail and political stuff still to be done. Not least getting more money - freezing budgets will not help research or expand testing.
posted by doc [167 posts]
21st November 2012 - 11:57
For many years now the prats of Aigle have been talking about 4 year bans ! Yes talking ! Fact is that there have been provisions available BUT they are too lazy to use them .
When talk becomes action mc phat will get to show he is capable of doing a part of his job ! Too little , too late , seems to be his personal " reason d ètre`"!
WADA , should impose from the 1st Jan 2013 , 4 year bans , get the job done !
Those that read my comments know of the " Change.org petition " and yet , so far , no one seems to want to change the " status quo ". Of course there are those that criticise my way of voicing my opinion , to them , my response : " Do BETTER "! Show me a better way !
Skippy(advocate for "Disabled / Para Sport")@skippydetour. blogging as skippi-cyclist.blogspot & Parrabuddy.blogspot currently on the road with ProTour Grand Tour Events .
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Mike Admundsen visited the Lonely Planet offices recently and spent all day discussing the current state of API development, and thoughts on what the future holds – for those brave enough to take the risk.
One thing that I walked away from the day-long event with was the thought, "Ok, so we've mostly been doing this for a decade and we've kinda painted ourselves into a corner, but there's a few people who are trying to do it the right way. Why can't we, today, start churning out hypermedia APIs and clients that can easily consume them?"
Well, the answer is: It's hard.
The solution is to make it easier. How do we do that? Let's start with how things work today.
The way the API consumers write clients these days is based on having a large amount of out-of-band knowledge of the application that the API is exposing. For example, a client developer must read the documentation of an API to discover that you get a list of users at
api.foobar.com/users with a
GET. But after you get a list of users, what then?
Well, read more docs an discover that you can view, update or delete a specific user at
api.foobar.com/users/1a883efc1d. Ok, that's good, but let's assume that there are orders, wishlists, and events that are related to users. How do I interact with those?
Off to the docs to discover that I get a user's orders at
api.foobar.com/users/1a883efc1d/orders. If I want to then display the items in the order, I need to
GET that order, discover the unique identifier and then
GET from
api.foobar.com/orders/8ee1babc07ed which provides me with an array of items in that order.
Rinse and repeat for every single aspect of the application state that the API exposes.
First, in this workflow, knowledge of the API has to be discovered by a client developer by reading all of the documentation for each resource and URI exposed. The developer needs to then have a mental map of how all those resources fit together for their client application.
Next, those resource URIs get translated into very specific client code that responds to user interactions and then calls the appropriate endpoint. Lots of functions are written like
updateOrder(), and
listOrderItems() where the client developer instructs their software to hit the right URI and use the right HTTP method in order to perform the appropriate action (i.e. change the state of an application resource).
What do we have now?
We have clients and an API that are heavily coupled. Change a URI and all clients break. Change a
POST to a
PUT and all clients break. Add a key/property value to one of your representations, and clients that have written API schema validators will break. We need to write clients and servers that are more loosely coupled, so that the server can own its own namespace, change URLs, and the client remains unbroken. The client should care about state transitions that are provided by the server rather than being tightly coded against URLs.
How can we change the course and have the client and server speaking the same language, while remaining flexible?
Having written a few API clients, I felt this gap, even if I couldn't verbalize it. That's what Mike was able to do. He called it the Semantic Gap.
In discussing how to deal with creating a common definition for a particular resource, the current solution for truly common types on the Web is to create a new media type (see full list at the IANA site). These include standard image types like jpeg, png and gif. There's also standard text formats like text/xml, text/html, and text/css. These media types are a way for two systems to have a common language for understanding what is contained in a particular message.
Browser says, "The developer requested a resource at this URI and stated that it must be of type text/html. Please give me that."
Server says, "Ah yes, I have that resource and it is available as text/xml, text/json, and text/html. You wanted the HTML version, so here you go, browser."
Browser then says, "Thank you, old chap. Since I got the resource and the server verified that it was of type text/html, I know that I have to parse that resource and render that as an HTML document structure in the main viewport. Here we go…"
In that lovely, everyday conversation between a web browser and a server, they were able to use a third-party, agreed-upon, standard so that they both had an understanding about what kind of content was being exchanged, and the client could take the appropriate action. This exchange works fantastically for common meta-types of elements used in building things on the Web. Two systems can agree that something is a CSS file, but there's no understanding of what's contained in that file. Similarly, two systems agree that an image file of a particular format was requested and sent, but what that image file represents is not part of the conversation.
So what if you want to define something more specific? A true type.
I'm going to use Lonely Planet for an example here since we're going through the process of building a hypermedia API. We deal with resources like Places, Points of Interest [POI], and Travel Services.
For example, we could expose an API resource at the URI
http://api.lonelyplanet.com/poi/9cdc3ba66af, and document that the representation of that point of interest would be delivered in the format of
application/vnd.siren+json. But how do the systems know that it's a POI? Obviously, the developers of the client know it because they read it on our documentation page, but that is out of band information. It's not inherent in the communication taking place between the two systems.
In order to have the clients that would use our API understand exactly what type of data is contained in a representation, without the need for reading documentation, we could author an RFC draft that proposes a new media type called named
text/poi. Unfortunately, even this is limiting because we would still be defining format more than substance. There's not an established understanding of what a POI is, how to let systems and user interact with it, and how we can facilitate state changes for a POI.
There's still a large amount of time and effort needed by a client developer to build that understanding into the client after reading out of band documentation.
Mike discussed a new type of semantic tool called the Application Level Profile Semantics [ALPS] that would allow n disparate systems to all automatically understand what is being represented in a message – not just how it's being represented.
I'm about to do a terrible job of explaining how it all works, so take the opportunity, if you're interested, to read the specification (link above).
Here's an example from the mapping guidelines.
In this quick example, you can see how an ALPS profile is used to define a common vernacular for what is involved in search, and then an example implementation of that profile in HTML.
text descriptor on the profile. In HTML, this could be a
div element, but since the profile also defines a state transition, it makes more sense to implement an input field that can either be auto-populated, or accept user input. To comply with the profile, it's given a class of
search descriptor and starts a safe state transition (such as a GET). In HTML, a good way to do that is a button on a form. To comply with the profile, it's given a class of
Many developers today are used to working with a semi-REST API. By this, I mean that many APIs available today provide a list of URLs that expose resources, and lots of documentation to explain what the resources are and how they related to each other (this is also called out-of-band information).
It is then up to the developer to build a tightly coupled client with all of the state transitions hard coded into the client software. The client explicitly defines what it available to the user of the client, and the server simply becomes a puppet for the client to manipulate.
A full REST API, more accurately described as a Hypermedia API, implements HATEOS in the representations sent to the client so that there's vastly less out-of-band information needed to be consumed by the developer and hard coded into the client. However, just providing links in the server response to provide guidance for state transitions, while very important, is only one part of the solution. We have to make it easy for client developers to understand them so that clients can be written in a more intelligent manner and not be so tightly coupled. The server should be able to own its own namespace and change how state transitions occur, with the client being blissfully unaware of it.
Therefore, we need more tooling for developers to work with Hypermedia APIs. Here's some ideas.
How useful would it be to have visual explorer of a hypermedia API that shows nodes and edges in a link-graph style UI. It would also provide a key showing all the resources provided by the API, and types of state transitions. This would allow developers to filter the graph to find information pertinent to their current task, especially if the API is complex, with dozens, or hundreds, of resources.
Since there's no universal format for how resources are represented, then an explorer client would need to be extensible, much like modern text editors are like Sublime Text or Atom. Developers could write their own plugins that would accept Siren, JSON+P, HAL, or Collection+JSON when working with JSON formatted representations.
If there are agreed-upon semantics governing a type of resource – a person, a book, an invoice, etc. – then client code generation can become more automated by reading a profile, and then producing some boilerplate templates that implement the profile. In addition, a sample JSON or XML representation of a resource could be produced that the API developer could use.
img or
a element
I'm currently imagining that a semantic profile could be a starting point for an API developer and have some stub code generated from it. An extensible code generator could have plugins that allows the developer to (1) read a profile for a Book, (2) generates a Ruby module/method that (3) stubs out a Siren representation of a Book.
I'm still thinking about all this, but right I believe the best way to go is to build an extensible framework and then allow all the smart people in the world build the needed plugins.
Again, it really shouldn't be hard to work with an API. If we can automate the tedious aspects of developer, then we can focus more on solving problems. In five years, we should not still be having friendly arguments about how to version an API, or what media type is the best.
I want my kids to be able to build a hypermedia API that they can use to build their own applications about My Little Pony or Power Rangers. Because then, later in life if they choose to go into software development, they can focus on building products and not having the same arguments we're having today.
I joined Lonely Planet in March 2014 to help with the transition from being a traditional book publisher to a digital content powerhouse. It was a tremendous risk for me because there are technologies here that I've never used before, and I'd be back in the business of producing code for a public site that is visited by millions of people. I'd spent so many years producing business applications for much smaller sets of customers
After speaking with the leadership team in place at the time, we agreed that we could help each other and I joined the team as a senior technologist. I'll admit that it was a rocky start as the roiling changes to people and processes that were happening made it hard to get my bearings on how best I could help the team. Luckily, after speaking again with the leadership team, goals and plans were developed to steady the ship quickly and start moving forward as a coherent team.
Now, I didn't join to manage a team. In fact, I wrote at the time that I didn't want an official management position. I joined to mentor other teammates. I wanted to help other developers advance their skills without any kind of imaginary boundary between myself and them.
Then the day came when it was suggested that I become The Manager, and the other developers Report To Me. I thought about it almost constantly for two days, and had many discussions with my wife about it. Then, I agreed, and I haven't regretted a single minute
Here's why.
I realized that there isn't, and shouldn't be, a distinction between a mentor and a manager. With the way I've approached it, the only "manager" thing I do is approve time sheets. Everything else I've done with my teammates had the goal of making them better developers, more engaged and excited with the work we're doing, and opening the door for them to become leaders themselves.
My singular goal, in fact, is to support them and be their advocate.
It's a responsibility that I take very seriously, but I also try to have some fun while doing it. To borrow a quote from one of my favorite philosophers, I'd like to think that this is my ultimate goal.
"When the best leader's work is done the people say: We did it ourselves." – Lao Tzu
For the TL;DR version (which skips my long winded trip down memory lane) go directly to the Future section below.
It's the dirty word of the web application and services development community. We've got plenty of it. Now that doesn't mean that companies and OSS communities haven't tried to help us out. They really have. Sun, Adobe, Microsoft, and Google have all put massive resources and weight behind trying to be the One True Platform of the web.
The problem always was the money keeps getting in the way. Every vendor keeps trying to lock in the developer community to their own opinionated platform because, of course, their ideas are the best (and in many cases, just so happens to support corporate profits).
Let's take a look back and see where we've been and how we've tried to accomplish the dream of a common platform for the web.
Ah, the language that everyone loves to hate, right? Well, not everyone hates it but web application developers who have more than a few years experience tend to have a deep-seeded loathing of the language.
Why is that?
Well, it may have something to do with Java Applets. Now, for those who weren't around in 1995 when the Java applet was introduced to the language, you won't have any context for the rise and fall of this very first attempt at a common platform for the web.
Many of you have likely never even seen the
<applet> tag in an HTML document before, and you might want to count yourselves as lucky.
In fact, even before that – before web application development I mean – there was Windows development. Now before the World Wide Web came along and first started its disruption of the desktop OS, Windows developers were battling (and continued to battle for at least 5 more years) something called DLL Hell. Oh, I think back on it with sentimentality now, but I still remember how frustrating it was.
Well, Java Applets became their own version of DLL Hell as some browsers would support them, and others wouldn't. Then only certain versions of certain JVMs would be supported on certain browsers. Then, as always with a new technology, the scum of the earth found out how to exploit it for nefarious purposes, so you can stack security issues onto the pile.
Then, the first inklings of a community for the web became aware and thoughts such as, "we shouldn't be depending on third-party plugins," and "the web should be open and not running binary applications where you can't see the source code" started to enter our collective consciousness.
As quickly as it burst onto the scene, the Java applet quickly withered as the savior of the web.
With the applet gone, we trudged along the wastelands of the web for a few years, making incremental advances, but nothing really revolutionary happened. Then, in February of 2005, an article was published by Jesse James Garrett titled "Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications". I remember the first time I read it. I was working in Pittsburgh at the time for EFI, building ColdFusion and Java applications, with JavaScript powered front ends.
We take it for granted now, but when we were first introduced to it, it was exhilarating. The dream of building true applications became a reality in our imaginations, as we were tired of the multi page paradigm we'd been handcuffed with all these years. Yes, we used frames and iframes to get around it, but XMLHttpRequest (XHR) put an end to all that. All our code could run in the same page without a secret hack we hid from the users.
Then Google Maps came out, and that started the revolution that's still going on today. It showed the true power of the AJAX promise. AJAX continues to be one of the underpinnings of moden web application development. However, perhaps its days are finally numbered with the WebSockets API Specification rapidly gaining hold in the community and full modern browser support.
Personally, I am entranced by the Meteor framework, and my current application, stackd.io, was originally built in it. Alas I had to migrate away, but in hindsight, I might have been better served staying with it.
Man, I loved Flex. For as much as it completely went against everything that I stood for – open web, open standards, and open source – it really was freaking awesome. Finally, FINALLY, we could write desktop quality applications and use the web and browser as the delivery platform.
Of course, it was Java applets all over again, but those same arguments we made to kill to applet, we conveniently forgot when Flex came along. It was oh so pretty… and shiny… and new… and we could build even prettier, shinier things with it. If we had all been 12-year-old girls, the world would have been drowned in one big squeal of delight emanating from the dungeons where they kept the programmers.
However, there were islands of light still fighting the good fight. The W3C, Apache, Mozilla, and other organizations were still pressing on to make specifications that browser vendors could implement, so that we would, once again, be freed of the shackles of corporate underwriting.
Flex is still alive under the guidance of the Apache Foundation, but it, like the applet, has been quickly shuffled off to the fringes of web application development.
As a quick footnote on the whole embedded vector graphics plugin era, Microsoft was late to game (seems to be their calling card since the Era of the Desktop) and released their competitor to Flex, called Silverlight. It arrived on the scene just in time to see the entire platform be disrupted and marginalized.
I wrote an article on my old blog back in June 2011 entitled "The World is Changing – The New Landscape for Application Development". In it, I described a fundmental change that I saw emerging; a change where everything would be powered by JavaScript on the web platform; a platform on which I was betting and still am. Three years my prior, Jeff Atwood proposed a corollary to the Rule Of Least Power, self-named Atwood's Law, that proposes that "any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript."
Even when I wrote my article 3 years ago, people poo-pooed the idea that any and all applications would be written in JavaScript. I believe that many of those applications have since been written in JavaScript and the list will continue to grow. It could be partly because we just aren't able to see what advances will be made in the future, particularly if we think those changes are threatening.
I'm betting on the web.
There are many parts that make up the all-encompassing HTML5 specification, but for web application development, there are a handful that will make a significant impact once adopted across all modern browsers (and many of them already are).
All these new features of web browsers will allow app developers to make richer user interfaces without having to jump through all the hoops we've been using for years, and will reduce traffic and memory usage.
Not since the introduction of the World Wide Web to the average consumer has there been such a fundamental disruption to our daily lives, and the life of an application developer. The fact that we all carry powerful computers around in our pockets that take pictures, record HD videos, let us deposit checks, play good games to pass the time, keep up with our friends, provide GPS directions when we're lost, hold every bit of information we have about our friends and family, check the weather, find a restaurant, read the news, and the million other things we can do with a computer is still astounding to me.
In fact, why we still call them "mobile phones" is beyond me. They should be called "pocket computers", if anything. I rarely use mine for making phone calls anymore.
One thing that you might not have considered is that the recent advances in application development for the web have been driven by the mobile revolution. Responsive designs, media queries, local storage, location data… all these things are being driven by mobile revolution. I doubt many of us would have cared about those things without the existence of pocket computers.
With HTML5 and mobile development still in its infancy, we've yet to see the amazing things that will come out of them, and there will be amazing things; I just don't know what they are, but I'm excited nonetheless.
What does the future hold for us?
I'm excited about the next few years of application development for the web. I'm not even talking about native mobile app development, because I still believe that the web will win. Native mobile applications will always be needed, much the same as native desktop applications will always be needed, but over the next decade, the tools and infrastructure will continue to be built to make the web the main platform of distribution for applications.
It may not seem like it now, but there's a massive community of very bright people working very hard to make it a reality. Just because it doesn't exist now, don't let it limit your imagination.
I really want the web to be an open and cohesive development platform. A lot of other really dedicated and smart people want the web to be an open and cohesive development platform. But what does that really mean? Here's what I'd like it to mean.
var fs = require('fs');.
npm for Node developers, and
bower for packages.
Why don't we have this already? Well, the answer is simple. We just haven't gotten there yet, but we are getting there. For me, the most important aspect of the HTML5 specification is the Custom Elements. The point of this feature is to allow web application developers to build custom, self-contained components that will be rendered right in the DOM of an HTML page.
For an example, this would be valid syntax and would render a list of bananas.
<html> <head> <link rel="import" href="lib/bananaWorld/bananalist.html"> <link rel="import" href="lib/bananaWorld/bananatype.html"> <link rel="import" href="lib/bananaWorld/bananaorigin.html"> </head> <body> <bananalist> <bananatype></bananatype> <bananaorigin></bananaorigin> </bananalist> </body> </html>
One of the first projects that I found that is trying to tackle this new frontier is Google Polymer. It provides a large library of already-built components that you can try out. On top of that, Polymer is intended to be a next generation framework, by implementing all of the specifications from HTML5 that it can, while having polyfills for those that it can't.
It's a truly ambitious project, and, if combined with some other tooling (which I'll discuss below), my dream workflow will be a reality.
Now Mozilla, who I'm a huge fan of, has also started their own project called Brick which, while not as ambitious as Polymer, is also tackling the challenge of creating a library of custom elements for use in web applications. The reason I really like Brick is because of Firefox OS which shares my belief of betting on the web.
We're getting very close to having a complete development environment in the browser, supporting web applications built on a common, core set of UI components that are reusable, interoperable, and composable.
It currently has components like:
Not a whole lot right now, but we are just getting started.
Back in 2012 T.J. Holowaychuk published an article about JavaScript components in which he proposed a detailed vision for delivering encapsulated components that can be used, and reused, in any JavaScript application. He elucidates how current package managers like
npm and
bower aren't really fulfilling this need, and are simply buckets that hold everything from single libraries to entire frameworks that can be included in projects.
I urge you to read his entire article, but my own TL;DR version is this; stop publishing opinionated libraries and components. Make things as composable as possible, with the minimal styling possible, and as encapsulated as possible. If you want to publish a framework, it should be comprised of standard components itself that can easily be pulled out piecemeal, if needed, and included in another project.
This is a completely new way of thinking about front end development. Those who have experience in "backend" development are familiar with this style of writing software. The tenet of writing composable classes and functions that do one thing, one thing only, and do it completely independent of any other class or function is exactly what we should be doing with components.
npm and
bower moved the entire front end software industry forward, and are integral parts of our development and ops workflows, but we can't divert our eyes from the real goal.
Based on the vision from T.J.'s article, there are now two tools that are the move in this new direction. First is component, which is the CLI tool you can use to pull and publish CommonJS components. There's also the component.io web site that let's you search and browse currently available components.
This kind of tooling is what is needed, in conjunction with libraries like Polymer and Brick, to make web development more standardized, more cohesive, and more understandable. Then will come the arduous task of creating editors and IDEs that pull all this together for developers.
We still have a long road ahead of us, but at least we're on the right road now and driving along.
There are now some sites like customelements.io that are trying to aggregate components that are being published so that front end developers can get their feet wet building application on top of them.
Another great aggregation site is WebComponents.org where you can read the specs, browse articles about custom elements, watch presentations, keep up with current browser support, and see links to libraries that are being created to leverage these new technologies.
If you haven't yet, you really need to check out sweet.js. To prime you, think of CoffeeScript or TypeScript. Those syntaxes are sugar on top of JavaScript that allow you to write code in a more concise way, but then compile down to pure JavaScript for deployment.
Now, I'm not a huge fan of learning a completely new syntax for writing an entire JavaScript application because I feel it's a level of abstraction that is too large to make up for the conciseness of the syntax. That said, I do believe that using sweet.js macros to make some parts of JavaScript application more standards compliant would be a good thing.
Let me explain that in more detail.
There are two competing standards for how to build modular applications right now – AMD and CommonJS. Now, I prefer AMD because of its pervasiveness, but I also like CommonJS because of its cleanliness. For those developers who are used to Python, or Java, or {name language here} that are used to a syntax like…
import os import sys
import java.io.*; import java.util.*;
We can use a sweet.js macro to write JavaScript code like this
import twitter.bootstrap.form; import twitter.bootstrap.button; import knockout; import sockets; import express.router; import box.DataStore; var init = function () { var CloudStore = DataStore.createCollection("cloud"); CloudStore.populate(); };
and have this produced from it
define([ 'twitter/bootstrap/form', 'twitter/bootstrap/button', 'knockout', 'sockets', 'express/router', 'box/DataStore' ], function (form, button, knockout, sockets, router, DataStore) { var init = function () { var CloudStore = DataStore.createCollection("cloud"); CloudStore.populate(); }; });
In this specific case, the macro would convert those
import statements into AMD style module definitions, but could also produce CommonJS style composition – whichever you use in your applications – and now the source code looks more comfortable developers from other languages, thus making it easier to understand, without having to learn a completely new language syntax on top of JavaScript. The rest of your application would be written in native JavaScript.
I've used this catch phrase a couple of times in this article, and I'm not even sure where I picked it up, but I'm a firm believer in it. There's a whole lot of passionate, articulate, talented, intelligent and motivated people who see the web winning for application development. Progress continues despite the naysayers. New tooling is being developed despite the short sighted. It's the long play, and having a shared, common vision that includes making standards, fighting fragmentation, and resisting corporate self-interest will make that play successful.
It's the long play that's currently in its 17th year of strategy rollout. It's had its ups and downs, but over time, the final goal has remained consistently in sight.
The future of the web is in your hands now – you front end developers who are just starting your journey. Front end development will be entering its Golden Age soon (heck, it may have already started). More companies are realizing that they need people who can make cohesive, high-performing, scalable, resilient web applications that can serve multiple delivery platforms (desktop/mobile/TV) and engage with customers.
My time will be ending sooner than later. I've been doing this for over 20 years now, and I've been spending a lot of my time lately passing down skills and wisdom to the next generation of developers. I still am deeply passionate about keeping my finger on the pulse of what's currently available, but lately I've been shifting my efforts towards helping out with what may come.
It's time to start thinking about how we, as a community, can further the goals of the World Wide Web as the greatest development platform ever conceived. It may not seem like it on a daily basis, but the choices you make today may have a deeply profound impact on how the web platform evolves. Are you going to help it or hinder it?
Choose wisely, my young padawans.
I stumbled across a great article today that described how we can customize our Chrome Dev Tools interface. Since dev tools is all HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, then all we need to do is apply some new CSS in a particular file (see article for details).
I love the Solarized Dark theme, and have both my terminal and my Sublime Text editor in tha, but for Chrome, I chose to go with the Solarized Light theme.
When people call me a geek, I take the moniker with pride and own it. I can think of nothing nobler than having a passion towards science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). These are the fields upon which all of modern society is built, and all other fields obtain their advances.
I feel it is one of my core duties as a father to install that passion in my girls. I am exposing them to science, and technology at every opportunity. I also am proudly watching my oldest daughter obtain a healthy, natural talent for mathematics. My bubbly, glittery, overly-talkative 7 year old girl who was talking full sentences at 1 year old has been doing basic multiplication and division while she struggles with writing and reading. The complete opposite of what I envisioned her skillset to be.
She is well ahead of what they are teaching in class. I have been teaching her at home, and it's a lot of fun watching her skills blossom.
So today, we a starting the experiment that will teach them about chlorophyll and why leaves change colors in the fall.
Ok, it ended in total failure, and I have no idea why. I remember doing this experiment as a child and it working perfectly. I set the jars out to let the alcohol dry, but when it was all said and done, all that was on the coffee filter strips was a thin green line. No yellow, no red… nothing else.
So we'll try again next weekend and perhaps do a better job of mashing up the leaves. I just let the girls rip the leaves apart into tiny shards, but this time I'll get them to mash it all up into a paste.
Regardless, they both had fun with the experiment and I at least got to explain to them why the coffee filter absorbed the green chlorophyll via the alcohol.


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A long-enforced busing policy in the Watertown City School District might be revised soon.
Superintendent Terry N. Fralick recommended that all elementary pupils be bused to school no matter how close they live at Tuesdays Board of Education meeting.
Under current policy, no children who live within a mile of school receive transportation.
We feel strongly that this would minimize the liability for students that are walking, Mr. Fralick said.
The rule has been in place since before Mr. Fralick became the superintendent a decade ago.
Assistant Superintendent of Transportation Jason R. Ring said parents complain every year about their young children having to walk to school.
Concerning children in kindergarten through fourth grade, thats a tough conversation to have, he said.
However, Mr. Fralick said, parental complaints have become stronger since families began moving into the apartments in Creek Wood Housing on Mill Street. Before Norstar Development USA, Buffalo, added sidewalks to the development site, the Watertown Board of Education voted to allow an exception for Creek Wood kindergarten through fourth-grade pupils attending North Elementary.
After the sidewalks were added, those children continued to be bused, and then parents at nearby Maywood Terrace were unhappy that their children had to walk to North Elementary even though they were the same distance away as Creek Wood.
David E. Keruskie, parent of a North Elementary pupil, told the board he is happy about the superintendents recommendations. He said the most direct route is not a safe one.
Theres 20 registered sex offenders from Maywood on that path, he said. Im very glad you are looking into this.
Mr. Fralick said a resolution will not be presented to the board until he has collected more information from Freeman Bus Corp. and knows what it will cost the district.
It may be November by the time we have all the information we need, he said. Im very interested in moving forward with this. I think its time that our district at least offer kindergarten through fourth-grade busing.
Board President Cynthia H. Bufalini said it will be a great way for younger students to learn how to behave on a bus rather than having them wait until they are enrolled at H.T. Wiley Intermediate School.
These little kids are going to get to learn bus protocol, she said.
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The 'Chelsea Lately' Roundtable: TV's New Casting Mecca
Five -- count 'em five -- 'Chelsea Lately' comedians have secured lead and supporting roles on network TV shows this fall, and that's not counting how many guest spots the rest of them are probably lining up. So has the 'Chelsea Lately' roundtable become the new casting couch?
Now we should note that these aren't the first lucky/intrepid stand-ups to try to hit it big without Handler: Jen Kirkman famously quit her gig at 'Chelsea' to write for 'Perfect Couples' on NBC, but came back when that show got canceled. And roundtable regular Josh Wolf appeared on several episodes of 'Raising Hope' last season, but never really quit his "day job."
But a few full-time gigs might take the following funny people from late night to primetime for good ... or at least for a while. Take a look at what Chelsea's merry crew of inappropriate comedians will be up to next season.
John Caparulo, 'Work It'
Caparulo is known for raising his arms like a champ after a joke goes over well on 'Chelsea,' but with his casting as the most sexist character on the most sexist new fall show, we're not sure there's much to celebrate. We would tune in to see him out of his ever-present baseball cap and into a pretty dress and heels -- but we wouldn't feel good about it.
'Work It' premieres midseason on ABC
Whitney Cummings, 'Whitney' & 'Two Broke Girls'
Cummings always makes me giggle on 'Chelsea,' so I was thrilled when two shows she created got picked up. CBS's 'Two Broke Girls' is surprisingly delightful, but the self-titled 'Whitney' on NBC, which obviously also stars Cummings, is a laugh track-filled flop. Fellow 'Chelsea' pal Loni Love has a quick cameo in the 'Whitney' pilot. More to come, we're sure.
'Whitney' premieres this fall on NBC
'Two Broke Girls' premieres Mon., Sept. 19, 9:30PM ET on CBS
Jo Koy, 'Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea'
Based on one of Handler's bestselling books, it's only right that the show cast some familiar 'Chelsea' faces. Koy, one of Handler's favorite punching bags, continues to get the brunt of the title character's harsh remarks. Practice makes perfect, so maybe this is the ultimate role for him.
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'Are You There Vodka?' premieres midseason on NBC
Natasha Leggero, 'Free Agents'
Leggero has been guest starring on comedies for years and she branched out a bit last year to judge 'Last Comic Standing' on NBC. This fall she'll play Hank Azaria's acerbic assistant on this new sitcom. Just like on the 'Lately' roundtable, she'll be surrounded by people greater than or equal to her on the funny scale, and we think that's when she does her best work.
'Free Agents' premieres this fall on NBC
Chelsea Handler, 'Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea'
And this list wouldn't be complete without noting that Handler herself is also doing a bit of acting. No, not as herself -- Laura Prepon will be playing the part of Chelsea -- but as Chelsea's brunette born-again sister she loves to make fun of.
'Are You There Vodka?' premieres midseason on NBC
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