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Being a recent transplant from NJ, I have spent many evenings wondering why my bachelor farmer friends don't look me in the eye. I even invited one to a hockey game, without any romantic success. However, he has asked me to go chop wood with him. Do you think I should? (i.e., in lieu of ice fishing?)
Any advice would be appreciated. I consider you one of the most "worldly" Minnesotans I know.
I hope you didn't wait for my response before you made up your mind, Denise. Obviously this bachelor farmer is carefully scouting you, and he feels that he can learn a great deal about you by watching you chop and split wood, so if you're interested in him and don't feel that chopping is your strong suit, you should decline and suggest something else, such as dancing and dining. At any rate, you should know that courtship is a very slow process with bachelor farmers; these guys are pretty well innoculated against the sudden onslaught of romance. Like giant sea tortoises, they are slow to form attachments, but then they mate for life. (Or is that giant sea porpoises?)
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A polio-like illness which has left 25 or more children with paralyzed limbs is reportedly baffling doctors in California, according to a Yahoo! News report on Monday. The affected-children are currently challenged by the mysterious polio-like virus. The average age of the affected-children is 12 years of age.
A pediatric neurologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, California, said that it is a really bad virus. In the best-case scenario, a child is said to have lost mobility of one limb. In a worst-case scenario, a child is said to have lost mobility of all four limbs. Dr. Keith Van Haren said that the virus is like the "old polio." He said it also involves respiratory insufficiency in the patients affected.
The mysterious disease's symptoms include – but are not limited to – loss of one's ability to move limbs which leads to atrophy which is defined as a partial or total wasting away of one part of the body.
The first reported case of the virus was documented in 2012. That occurred in 2012. Recently, two more cases were documented in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now, there are 25 or more cases.
Dr. Van Haren said that medical experts are asking any families who notice a sudden onset of weakness to see their doctors immediately.
Polio, as one will remember was one of the most-challenging diseases of the past century in the United States as it attacked one's nervous system, mainly striking children.

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A teen Satanist is being called a new Craigslist Killer this week after allegedly claiming 22 or more lives throughout the U.S., with the deaths all said to be part of satanic cult efforts. The young woman from Pennsylvania, 19-year-old Miranda Barbour, is charged of murdering a man that she came in contact with through Craigslist. NBC News reveals this Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, that the suspect has recently opened up on her numerous murders and other crimes in a new interview that police officials are now investigating.
Along with her husband, 19-year-old teen Satanist Miranda Barbour is now in police custody for the killing of 22 people, and possibly more. The young woman's latest murder is allegedly that of a man that the killer couple met via Craigslist, leading media sources to dub Barbour the "Craigslist Killer." A jailhouse interview conducted with a local newspaper has the suspect reportedly saying she has slain well over 20 people from all over the U.S. in satanic cult rituals.
Via the Daily Item, Barbour is planning on pleading guilty to charges of killing Troy LeFerrara in cold blood back in Nov. 2013. In the horrifying interview, the teen Satanist is also heard saying that she has actively and purposefully claimed the lives of 22 other victims from North Carolina all the way to Alaska in the past six years. The deaths have been cited to be due to her involvement in a brutal cult, and now the Craigslist Killer wants to come clean with her crimes.
"I feel it is time to get all of this out. I don't care if people believe me. I just want to get it out," Barbour revealed in a statement to the newspaper.
Sunbury Police Chief Steve Mazzeo has confirmed that a team of investigators is now meeting with both the FBI and specialized law enforcement groups from across the U.S. to corroborate the woman's story. Together, they hope to see whether any number of the 22 or more deaths that Barbour has claimed to have taken part in might lead them to murder victim cases.
"From information we gathered and from information gathered from her interview we are seriously concerned and have been in contact with the proper authorities," Mazzeo concluded in a public address.
The end of the interview says that this 19-year-old teen Satanist hopes to remain in jail for the rest of her life, as she feels that she will kill innocent people again if she is released.
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They rely very heavily on peer review and assessment. Here are two sources (with lots of overlap) on the matter -
This makes it even more difficult to say what really matters. What makes a group of mathematicians respect one university over another? There are many different possibilities. In all likelihood, there's a lot of handwaving.


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ASU T&F To Wrap Up Season at NCAA Outdoor Champs
National championships will be on the line in Eugene, Ore., this weekend as the Sun Devil track and field team wraps up the 2012-13 ASU competition calendar.
Sun Devil Athletics Proudly Announces 86 Spring/Summer Graduates
Class includes 13 football student-athletes
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The Arizona State men and women will look to keep their winning streaks against their in-state rivals alive this weekend.
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The No. 8 ASU women and No. 17 men will take part in the Battle on the Bayou in Baton Rouge.
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Newly Grad Student Vulic Excels on the Track and in the Classroom
--Click here for more information on Barrett, The Honors College, as Natasa is a student there along with several other Sun Devil student-athletes.
Arizona State: 2012 Outdoor: Qualified and competed in the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 5000m... clocked a career fastest time in the 10,000m at the Pac-12 Championships of 36:07.68 that earned her a fourth place finish... placed seventh overall in the Mt. SAC relays in the 5000m with a career fastest time of 16:44.02... finished sixth in the 5000m at the 33rd Sun Angel Classic in Tempe... ran a career best 3000m time of 9:56.47 at the Double Dual Meet... placed sixth in the 3200m with a career fastest time of 10:50.83 at the Baldy Castillo Invitational... 2012 Indoor: Competed in the finals at the MPSF Championships in the 3000m and 5000m races... clocked a personal best time in the mile of 5:19.45 at the NAU Tune-Up to finish fourth. 2011 Outdoor: Finished just outside of scoring at the Pac-10 Championships, placing 10th in the 10,000m run in a personal-best time of 36:45.55... posted a 12-second personal-best in the 1,500m run by running 4:38.92 at the Sun Angel Track Classic... also lowered her time in the 3,000m run at the Double Dual... selected to the Academic All-Pac-10 First Team... 2011 Indoor: Did not compete... 2010 XC: Ran in two races... placed ninth at the ASU Invitational and 21st at the Dave Murray meet... 2010 Outdoor: Posted a personal-best time of 10:27.77 in the 3,000m run at the Double Dual... also ran a best of 4:51.93 in the 1,500m run at the Sun Angel Track Classic... selected to the Academic All-Pac-10 First Team... 2010 Indoor: Did not compete... 2009 XC: Ran in three races with a pair of Top 6 placements... took fifth at the ASU Invitational and was sixth at the George Kyte Invitational... also placed 25th at the Dave Murray Invitational... earned Academic All-Pac-10 Second Team honors... 2009 Track: Redshirted... 2008 XC: Redshirted... competed in three races unattached from the program... took fourth at the Mesa Thunderbird Invitational and ninth at the Joe Uff/ASU Invitational... also was 19th at the Dave Murray Invitational.
High School: A 2008 graduate of Mountain Pointe High School (Phoenix)... lettered in track & field four times and cross country three times... served as the cross country team captain as a senior... ran for former Sun Devils Geoff Owers and Kris Alexander... in cross country, team won the state title in 2005... earned all-state honors in 2006 and 2007 and was an all-city selection in 2007... earned all-state honors on the track in the 800m (2008), 1600m (2006, 2007, 2008), 3200m (2007, 2008) and 4x800m (2006, 2007, 2008)... added four all-region and three all-city honors... member of the National Honor Society, Language Honor Society and was president of Mu Alpha Theta... named AP Scholar... Kiwanis Club Recognition of Service Award.
Personal: Majoring in mechanical engineering... member of the prestigious Barrett Honors College at ASU... parents are Rajko and Nada Vulic... born October 8, 1989, in Sarajevo... lived in Serbia until she was 13 years old... hobbies include dancing, reading, playing basketball and volleyball... full name is Natasa Vulic.
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Definitions of COUNTING in dictionaries:
- noun - the act of counting
- verb - determine the number or amount of
- verb - have weight
- verb - show consideration for
- verb - name or recite the numbers in ascending order
- verb - put into a group
- verb - include as if by counting
- verb - have a certain value or carry a certain weight
- verb - have faith or confidence in
- verb - take account of
- verb - to list or mention the units of one by one to ascertain the total
There are 8 letters in COUNTING: C G I N N O T U
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So, I've been rather inactive as of lately. I'm sorry for that, specially for those of you whom I owe art... But life has it's own ways, and mine's been rather... busy. Yeah... Anyway, jumping on the raffle bandwagon :3 Since the first time I entered one, I wanted to try out holding one myself, too I think now would be a good moment. If you're interested, keep reading~
I'll be offering three prizes for starters~
An ACEO, a traditional chibi and a waist-up pencil sketch.
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Three prizes means three winners, all choosen by random.org ^^ However, if 100+ people enter, I'll add one more prize :3 Next one at 200+, and so on XD
Favorite this journal! That will be your number ^^
Make a poll or journal to promote this giveaway :3
Comment here with the link to the journal/poll mentioned above~
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You don't have to watch me! You are welcome to do so if you like my art, of course, but other than that, no need to get yourself another spamer for your inbox xD
Will be March 31st 2o13
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College Hockey:UConn Breaks Through For Tie With Amherst
Huskies Rally To Tie Minutemen
AMHERST, Mass. — In its first three games against Hockey East opponents this season, Connecticut was outscored by a tally of 16-5. As expected, the Huskies lost all three of those contests, falling to Merrimack (twice) and UMass-Lowell.
Thursday night, UConn had its last shot at beating a member of one of the "Big Four" conferences in a regional matchup against UMass-Amherst. On paper, it seemed like the Minutemen would control the game in the same fashion as last season's 7-4 win over the Huskies. The only problem is, someone forgot to tell the Huskies about that repeat scenario.
Thanks to goals from senior captain Mike Anderson and Mike Boylan in a span of 38 seconds midway through the third period, the Huskies were able to board the bus home to Storrs, Conn., with a 2-2 tie — and more importantly, some added confidence to take back into the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference portion of their schedule.
"It's early in the year, and to be down 2-0 in a visiting team's barn and come back, that shows a lot of character," UConn coach Bruce Marshall said. "Hopefully these kids will start believing in themselves."
Even though the Huskies may not be the favorite to win the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in March, they proved on Thursday night that they might be hard to overlook if they continue to play with the same emotion that was evident against the Minutemen.
In addition, freshman Artie Imbriano made 28 saves in the net to earn the tie for the Huskies. However, it was his ability to keep his club in the game well into the third period that turned out to be the deciding factor.
"Artie has proven that he can make the big save when we need it" Marshall said. "That's why we keep putting him in there."
For more than 50 minutes, Imbriano's teammates could not solve UMass netminder Mike Johnson (17 saves). However, in a span of 38 seconds, the Huskies lit the lamp twice to even the game at 2-2. The first UConn goal from Anderson broke a string of more than 183 minutes in which the Minutemen had not allowed a goal at home.
"I give UConn high marks for coming to compete and give our guys real poor grades on that part," UMass-Amherst coach Don Cahoon said. "We're not a good enough team that we can play without emotion."
Anderson, a senior co-captain, netted the first Huskies goal off a feed from Matt Herhal in the right-wing corner at the 12:03 mark. Herhal battled two UMass players to gain control of the puck, then flipped a pass to Anderson at the left point, who beat Johnson with a low blast to make it 2-1.
UConn (3-4-2, 3-1-1 in the MAAC) followed that score up with the game-tying tally a short while later. Eric Goclowski caught the Minutemen on a line change and raced down the left-wing boards before lofting the disc to Mike Boylan in the shot. The junior defenseman then fired a shot past Johnson to knot the game at 2-2.
"We can take a little bit out of this because we battled back," Anderson said. "We tend to go through a point in a game where we take five or 10 minutes off, and tonight that cost us. We got down 2-0, but this is a character tie for us. We really pulled together in the third period."
UMass (3-5-1, 3-1 in Hockey East) opened the scoring at the 15:06 mark off a goal from defenseman Luke Duplessis. Freshman Thomas Pock threaded a pass to Duplessis at the left point, where he snapped a low bid past Imbriano for a 1-0 advantage.
The Minutemen doubled their advantage with a goal in the final minute of the second period. Duplessis' shot from the left point was blocked, but it deflected right to Pock in the left-wing corner. The Austrian then shook off a UConn defender and worked his way into the slot before backhanding a shot under Imbriano.
Although the tie was clearly another step back for the Minutemen, who have gone 0-2-1 since defeating then-No. 3 New Hampshire on Nov. 4, the Huskies are hoping to build some momentum off of their performance against UMass-Amherst.
"Hopefully this sends a message to the rest of the league that we're ready to play," UConn senior center Ciro Longobardi said. "For the past four years, no one on this team has made a first or second all-conference team, yet we won the [MAAC] tournament title last year. It [the reason for success] has all been because of hard work."
Added Marshall: "We've played four games against Hockey East teams and earned one win, so it's clear that their league has a league up on ours. But we're really playing for March. We want to carry this to a time down the road when we might need it."
The Huskies return to action on Wednesday night for a conference home game against Mercyhurst. UMass-Amherst will venture outside of Hockey East once again on Saturday night when it travels to RPI.
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July 31, 2013
T-shirt yarn macramé puppets
Sitting on a mountain of old T-shirts?
Bought some T-shirt yarn but never got around crocheting or knitting that rug?
Or did you make that rug but you still have yarn left?
Here's a fun craft making use of T-shirt yarn.
These T-shirt yarn puppets were part of our school's Spring fair activities last June and I can immediately add that they were a big hit among all ages.
It's a nice introduction to macramé as well.
If you don't have T-shirt yarn you can cut your own from old T-shirts (you can find how to do this online). Or you could use fabric strips, bias tape, cord, ribbon, ...
Slip the puppets on a key chain, use them to personalize school bags or make a bunch to make a cute mobile or garland for the nursery.
Recommended age: 5+
Required skills: ability to tie a knot
Click here to download written instructions.
Note: inspiration for this craft was found here. Just now, I also found this tutorial online.
As with all of my tutorials, please note, this tutorial is intended for personal use only. Therefore, do not reproduce, sell or commercialize in any form. Thanks for understanding!
If you made something using a tutorial found on this blog or if you got inspired by something you found here, make sure to post your pictures here.
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- Annì said...
- July 31, 2013 at 1:41 PM
- Timi said...
What a great idea!!! :o)
Thank you!!!
- July 31, 2013 at 5:36 PM
- artede said...
Thanks for your tuto
- August 1, 2013 at 10:48 PM
- Cindy said...
they are the cutes, pascale. enjoy your weekend!
- August 2, 2013 at 9:40 PM
- Cassi said...
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! I can't wait to try this! I'll be featuring it on The Crafty Crow!
- August 6, 2013 at 6:40 AM
- Pam @Threading My Way said...
These are SO, SO, cute!!! Hope you don't mind, but I'm pinning for future reference.
- August 8, 2013 at 11:14 AM
- Ann said...
OMG these are so so clever! Absolutely the cutest thing. Don't you think they'd be perfect for Christmas trees in suitably Christmassy colours! Thanks SO much for sharing your cleverness.
- August 23, 2013 at 10:33 AM
- Richele said...
These are really sweet. I'm thinking a large one using a tennis ball might be the perfect toy for our puppy.
Thank you for the tutorial.
- August 27, 2013 at 2:21 AM
- juanita de la vega said...
Wow! sooo cute!
- October 3, 2013 at 11:06 AM
- planettreasures said...
Aw, they are so cute
What a great kids activity.
- November 20, 2013 at 9:51 AM
- planettreasures said...
Hi, also I'd love to put a link to them on my blog, is that OK?
- November 20, 2013 at 10:31 AM
- Zielony Myszak said...
so nice :) i like it :) greets
- January 5, 2014 at 9:57 PM
- anaalbimoreno said...
Muy bonito gracias por el tutorial.
- January 10, 2014 at 1:21 AM
- monvid.cat said...
I've just discovered them! They are so cute, and so easy to make!!!
- March 11, 2014 at 3:27 PM
- Mónica said...
Aren´t they cute? I´ve just tried the tutorial, they are really easy to make. Have a look at them in my blog Scrapacosas, please. Thanks for the inspiration!
- January 19, 2015 at 7:13 PM
- Jimmy Johns said...
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Measures identified to rectify the N1's problems were:
- improved engine control systems
- Redesign of the oxidiser pumps, with sensors providing more data on performance during operation
- filters in the pumps to keep out foreign objects from the propellant tanks and lines
- use of nitrogen gas to flood the engine compartment prior to launch, which would continue during ascent
- instrumentation cables and all critical elements of the booster structure to be insulated against high temperatures
- removal of critical engine control components to a safe area, away from the engine compartment
- block any possibility of an engine shutdown being commanded during the first 50 seconds of flight
- development of means to prevent destruction of the launch pad in case of failures in the first few seconds of flight. This required some fundamental changes. Since the V-2, all rockets had been programmed to ascend vertically during the first 5 to 6 seconds of flight before pitching over toward the target. The final solution was a guidance system that controlled the rocket of even a failing rocket from the first second of motion to its crash into the steppes of Kazakhstan. The same approach was used 15 years later for the Energia booster.
OKB-1 engine specialists Melnikov, Sokolv, and Raikov had developed the restartable engine for the N1's Block D and collaborated with Kuznetsov on the N1 engines. They confirmed that the only way to achieve absolute engine reliability was to completely redesign the engines to be reusable. But the new engines would not be available until 1972 at the earliest


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Welcome 2013!!!
Don't wish world peace, make it happen with small everyday actions!
Be committed, responsible, spiritual and sensitive, not blind, selfish and reckless.
You want love? Start by expressing it to the people close to you. More love will come as a result ?
Don't wish for prosperity, be prosperous, positive and constructive with your thoughts.
Whatever you believe is your reality and it will manifest in your life.
Don't expect the world to end in order to start changing, the change starts now and within ourselves.
Happy fucking new year!!! Let the music be with you!!!!


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Herbie's Olde Shoppe ~ Weir's General Store
Herbie's Olde Shoppe opened in Weir's General Store in June 2001.
The old General Store ambience remains, only the merchandise has changed. Today the shelves are filled with quality crafts, traditional music, books, photographs, and prints depicting the rugged coastal scenery of Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove. Our crafts of distinction, including quilts, woollens, woodwork, pottery, jewellery, and slate are made in Newfoundland and Labrador. Many of our artisans are members of the Craft Council of NL.
Gone are the beans, sugar, flour and fishing lines which once filled the shelves and the storage bins of the grocery store. Our effort to maintain authenticity has been rewarded by the favourable comments of the many visitors to Herbie's Olde Shoppe since June 2001. You enter by pressing firmly down on the latch and pushing open the original door. A bell rings to announce your arrival. The door, its latch and the bell are all original to1933. Residents of Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove enjoy visiting to reminisce about days gone by. Comments such as "the counter seemed so much higher when I was a child" and "it is good to see the lights back on at Herbie's" are indicative of the memories brought back by a visit. The lights have a chain and string attached just as they did many years ago.
Visitors to our town delight in sharing their memories of the general store they frequented in days long past. Everyone enjoys viewing and chatting about the period items on display, including a child's tea set, a brownie camera, a hand-cranked Singer sewing machine, and a top-hat given to Herbie Weir's mother (Jessie Weir, nee Westcott) in 1910 by Mr. Bishop, a former Petty Harbour grocer. Parents take great joy in showing their children the treasures that were common to all general stores. The cash drawer, the cash register, the paper holder, the scales, the twine ball (string for tying parcels wrapped in brown paper), authentic to Weir's General Store, are still used in Herbie's Olde Shoppe. Lift the cover of the storage bins and you'll see the old pencil scratches where Herbie marked the prices of onions, potatoes and nails. It's another little piece of history that adds to the ambiance. The display case, once filled with candy, holds a collection of memorabilia from Weir's General Store. Visitors delight in Our Wall of Memories including photographs and a 1959 Weir's General Store calendar.
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A Quote by Stephen Shapiro on failure and experience
To me, I just view everything as an experience. We label it "failure" or "success," when in fact it's just an experience. And we can learn from every experience—good, bad, or indifferent.
Source: Tom Peters: Cool Friends Interview: Steve Shapiro: http://www.tompeters.com/cool_friends/content.php?note=008464.php
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Prior to its unification in 1871, Germany consisted of numerous independent states although their inhabitants were recognized as belonging to a single ethnic group. Numbering more than 300 at one point including kingdoms, principalities, duchies and free cities such as Frankfurt and Hamburg, these states were organized into loose confederations.
As the ancient Germans did not keep historical records and the Romans considered Germany as lying outside the borders of the civilized world, the pre-medieval history of the German people is less well known than that of the French, for example. The earliest description of the part of Europe that would come to be known as Germany was written during the 4th century B.C. by the Greek mariner Pytheas.
Archeological evidence places Germanic people in the same area as early as 750 B.C. Where they lived prior to entering Germany is unknown. One theory is that the Germanic tribes along with all Indo-Europeans originated in Anatolia in Turkey. An earlier theory held that Indo-Europeans originated in what is now India. This theory gave rise to the term Indo-European.
For all intents and purposes, the German people originated in Germany. Their history prior to 750 B.C. may be said to be that of Indo-Europeans in general.
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President Barack Obama shares Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's concern that pending security cuts will turn the United States into a "second rate power" according to White House spokesman Jay Carney at a press briefing on Thursday, despite the fact the U.S. spends more on defense than the next 17 countries combined.
"…the across-the-board, indiscriminate cuts to defense will harm our national security interests, will reduce our readiness, will result in a reduction in flight hours, will result — have resulted already in changes in our rotation for aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf. These are real-world consequences. They also will result, as we learned yesterday, in hundreds of thousands of furlough notices to the men and women who are part of the national security team who work every day to protect the United States and our citizens."
Carney accused congressional Republicans of not caring about the perilous security situation because they are unwilling to adopt Obama's deficit reduction plan which is driven by tax increases on the wealthy.
"They're not willing to protect the jobs of what the CBO predicts could be up to 750,000 Americans by asking oil and gas companies to forego their taxpayer subsidies or corporate jet owners to give up their special tax break."
Senator Bernie Sanders captured the reality of the situation in a single tweet earlier this year: "The US has tripled its defense spending since 1997 and spends more on defense than the rest of the world combined."
It is also important to understand the context of the spending cuts in terms of relative geopolitical power, considering the U.S. spends nearly six times as much as its nearest rival, China.


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MEDINA — A Claggett Middle School math teacher resigned Friday after she was accused of allowing her husband to grow marijuana at their Litchfield Township home.
Katie Hill-Asaro, 27, of 8453 Spieth Road, was charged last month with permitting her husband, Vito Asaro, to cultivate and sell marijuana.
It's the second time within a year that a Medina middle school teacher has been charged with growing marijuana at home.
Medina Schools interim Superintendent Dave Knight said the school board will accept her resignation at Monday's meeting.
"It's discouraging when something like this happens," he said. "Rest assured, this will be resolved soon and it won't drag on."
The investigation into Hill-Asaro and her husband was launched after an undercover agent reported purchasing marijuana from Asaro on July 24 while at the Spieth Road home the couple shared, Medina County Drug Task Force Director Gary Hubbard said.
"We started an investigation because we believed someone was growing marijuana at the home," he said. "We got enough information to get a search warrant and executed the warrant."
Task force members searched the home Aug. 14 and reported finding 28 plants growing on the 4-acre property.
According to the Medina County Auditor's Office, Hill-Asaro purchased the home in May.
Hubbard said Hill-Asaro was cooperative with law enforcement during the search of the property and the arrest.
"I think she understands the seriousness of the charges against her," he said.
A Medina County grand jury indicted Hill-Asaro on a count of permitting drug abuse — a fifth-degree felony punishable by up to a year in prison and a $7,500 fine.
Her husband was indicted on cultivation of marijuana and drug trafficking charges, fifth-degree felonies.
Hill-Asaro is scheduled to appear for an arraignment Friday morning in Common Pleas Judge James Kimbler's court.
She and her husband are free on bond.
Knight said Hill-Asaro began teaching eighth-grade math at Claggett in September 2009 but was laid off at the end of the year because of budget cutbacks.
Knight said she was brought back for the 2012-13 school year and served well.
"She's had a good performance review, and we were glad to have her back after she was laid off for two years," he said. "We were greatly surprised by the arrest."
Knight said because Hill-Asaro was arrested the week before school started, the district put her on paid administrative leave and were able to hire a long-term substitute to take her place.
"We were able to find a very good substitute who could jump in at the last minute and fill her role," he said.
Knight acknowledged having two teachers charged with marijuana cultivation within a year was unusual.
"We have over 760 staff members and people make bad decisions," he said. "It's just very regrettable that those people around them are negatively impacted by those decisions."
In January, A.I. Root Middle School teacher Shannon Briggs pleaded no contest in Elyria Municipal Court to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct persisting and possession of drug paraphernalia.
She was given a suspended jail sentence, fined $500 and ordered to undergo substance abuse treatment and placed on probation for a year.
Her husband, Matthew Briggs, was charged with felony cultivation of marijuana after police reported discovering marijuana plants and pipes in the couple's North Ridgeville home. The case is pending in Lorain County Common Pleas Court.
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UPDATED MAY 17 RESCUED by Cross Roads Animal Rescue. Donation article coming tonight.
This is Augustine #22709376 he is a pit mix about 2 yrs old who is also cryptorchid. His Facebook thread is on the Greenville County Pet Rescue page.
Augustine came in from Greenville City animal control and appeared to have been hit by a car L His pelvis has multiple fractures, a broken rib, and a fractured vertebral segment. The shelter vet says that he will need plating of pelvis by specialist.
The possibility exists for internal damage but no abnormalities noted from x-ray or palpation. Per the Greenville County Animal Care Services vet, Augustine needs to be out of the shelter by 5 pm on Friday 5/16/14.
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text: Johannesburg - The ongoing fuel sector strike is threatening the taxi industry's operations, the SA National Taxi Council said on Wednesday. "If the petrol strike continues, the taxi industry will have no means to conduct business," said spokesperson Tabisho Molelekwa. Clement Chitja, head of collective bargaining for the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood, and Allied Workers Union (Ceppwawu), denied that the strike was to blame for fuel shortages. "There are transport companies contracted to deliver fuel. It is a separate industry and they are not on strike." He said the fuel shortage was therefore "not necessarily" as a result of the strike, but implied there were logistical problems unrelated to the industrial action. Molelekwa said the fuel shortage was impacting on the taxi industry in two ways. Taxi drivers had to travel off their normal business routes to find garages that had petrol. This increased the cost of operations, cutting into profits. Secondly, the additional time it took to find fuel and deviations from normal routes meant the operations would not run as smoothly. "This is why the industry will find it difficult to operate if the strike continues," he said. The suspension of taxi services would have severe knock-on effects for other sectors of the economy as many workers would have no means of getting to work,"except walking", Moleleka said. Fuel Retailers Association chief executive Reggie Sibiya said fuel shortages had already reached critical levels, particularly in Gauteng townships and central business districts. "Gauteng is the hardest hit. We have heard that at least 300 petrol stations have run dry and the situation is worsening," he said. KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo are also experiencing shortages. "If we do not get resolution on the strike this week, Gauteng will soon be entering crisis mode." Sibiya said many fuel retailers had been forced to send their employees home because there was no petrol to sell. "These employees are often the main breadwinners for their families and the strike is forcing them to stay at home." Chitja said by Thursday afternoon the union was likely to have received feedback from its members on whether the employers' offer had been accepted. On Monday Ceppwawu, the Allied Workers Union, Solidarity and the General Industries Workers Union of SA met with employers for wage negotiation talks. Chitja said the employers had offered a 10% increase for workers at the lowest level, raising their minimum wage from R4 000 to R4 400. Other levels were offered 8%. The strike began last week on Monday, with Solidarity joining a week later in the hopes of lending a greater sense of urgency to the negotiation process.


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Our nationally qualified Tour Guides have extensive touring and driving experience and are committed to providing you with more than just a tour, our goal is to provide you with an unforgettable experience.
With Off Road Adventure Safaris you have a maximum client / guide ratio of 12:1. You will travel in a safe, modern, air-conditioned 4WD vehicle. For our camping tours our vehicles will be towing a safari trailer equipped with all the creature comforts (in our world camping is spelt ' luxury') whether utilising the facilities of designated sites or 'roughing it' in the bush.
Off Road Adventure Safaris is also able to provide basecamp logistics for Television and Film Crews, Researchers and Scientists in the field.
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Enter Louis 649's Cocktail Contest, or Just Eat New Menu Items
Get your own cocktail on the menu.
Louis 649 is adding two more local purveyors to its food menu: Luke's Lobster and Sigmund Pretzelshop. "The first time I walked into both I met the owners. I brought it up on the spot," says GM Gianfranco Verga. The bar will debut Luke's shrimp rolls and Gruyère- and salt-flavored pretzels from Sigmund tomorrow evening, with a free tasting and beer or wine pairing at 7 p.m.
The bar also invites amateur cocktail enthusiasts to submit original recipes by April 18 for its first annual cocktail competition. Ten semifinalists will mix their drinks at Louis 649 on April 21 for a panel of discriminating bartenders. The winner's cocktail will earn a spot on Louis's menu. Don't drown yourself in mixology, Verga advises would-be contenders: "I just wanted to make it clear that while it's great that people are taking cocktails more seriously, we shouldn't take it too seriously — anyone can do it." Get inspired tonight at 7 p.m., when PDT's Jim Meehan stops by to talk about cocktail creation. For complete contest rules, visit Louis 649's Facebook page.


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Tokuyama GyokuranJapanese, 1728 - 1784
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Born in 1727, Tokuyama Gyokuran came from a line of well-known poets (her mother, Yuri, and grandmother, Kaji, wrote classical Japanese verse). She learned painting in part from printed Chinese books such as the Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual and Eight Types of Picture Albums--she also studied with Yanagisawa Kien, a longtime friend and supporter of her future husband's. Her calligraphy reveals an elegant touch, and her paintings show her supple and distinctive brushwork. She met and was married to Ike Taiga in the early 1750s, and continued her painting studies with him as well. But while Taiga was her early mentor in Nanga-style painting, Gyokuran was influential in Taiga's study of Japanese classical verse. In a small, shared studio near the Gion Shrine in their native city of Kyoto, the two of them lived a famously bohemian lifestyle, playing music, composing poetry, and creating their art together. Contemporary woodcuts show the couple living among tattered tatami mats and torn paper shoji screens, too absorbed in their work to worry about appearances. Along with her husband, Gyokuran worked in many formats, producing fans, hanging scrolls, and handscrolls as well as large-scale sliding doors and screens. Some of their works depict traditional Chinese themes, such as the literati-scholar living an ideal life of reclusion in the countryside and sharing his poems and wine with a few like-minded friends. Gyokuran particularly excelled at painting orchids, with their sinuous leaves stirring in the breeze. Both Taiga and Gyokuran depicted bamboo in all its stages of growth and in different seasons. Both artists also used new brush techniques, such as the long, wiry lines called hemp-fiber strokes, or stippled dot-like strokes in rich colors that seem precursors to the European Impressionist style. Although Ike Taiga was a pivotal creative force of eighteenth-century, Tokuyama Gyokuran was a significant artist in her own right--equally famed in her own time as her husband. She died in 1784. Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush, 2007


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Grantham Breakfast Blend tea, like the fictional Downton Abbey family that inspired it, is strong, rich and with enough spice to keep you coming back week after week and cup after cup.
Part of the Downton Abbey-themed teas from The Republic of Tea, the Grantham Breakfast Blend is made from Assam black tea and organic ginger root. The tea is malty and peppery, but neither flavor overpowers the other. It's delicious on its own, but with an addition of milk, it can turn into a delightful creamy tasty treat. A great way to start the day before surveying the manse or a sumptuous afternoon treat to enjoy in the drawing room, Grantham Breakfast Blend works as hard as Carson, yet is as indulgent as Cousin Rose.
The Downton Abbey teas come in elegant tea tins, featuring pictures of the Crawley family, with a postage stamp-sized rendering of the Grantham home above. The cream-colored tins are topped with gold caps. Decorative as utilitarian, you'll want to leave these out on your counter as much for convenience as for gallery appeal.
Each tin contains 36 round tea bags, so these are easy to take from your country estate to the office or your home in the city. For Grantham Breakfast Blend, we steeped the tea at three minutes and it yielded a smooth, hearty, spicy blend - a perfect cup to start the work day or splurge on the weekend (whatever that may be).
A great cup of tea for any black tea fan looking for a bit of spice, or a must-have for all Downton Abbey fans. The Downton Abbey teas come in individual tins or gift sets. For more information or to place an order, check out the Downton Abbey page on The Republic of Tea website.
Reviewers note: Grantham Breakfast Blend was sent to this reviewer based on previous writings as a Downton Abbey fan.


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This policy statement describes the procedures under which Mount Holyoke College reimburses staff members for expenses incurred for official travel and entertainment.
Faculty travel and entertainment, when associated with recruitment, scholarly and professional conferences, visiting committees, guest lecturers and other activities directly connected to the academic program operate under guidelines similar in spirit, but spelled out more fully in Faculty Legislation and annual updates on procedure issued by the Dean of Faculty. When faculty travel or entertain on behalf of the College at the request of administrative departments (i.e., Admissions, Development, Alumnae Association), the following guidelines do apply.
The College's policy of reimbursement follows the basic principle that individuals should neither gain nor lose personal funds as a result of official travel and entertainment. Each individual should be reimbursed for all necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the performance of approved College business.
Expenditures should be planned so that costs will not exceed budgetary limitations. Individuals must not make commitments to travel or to incur other expenses without first assuring that the proposed expenses are authorized.
Individuals who are authorized to approve requests for reimbursement must review all expense report forms to assure compliance and therefore should also familiarize themselves with these guidelines.


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The AZOGCC consists of five members appointed by the Governor and one ex-officio member, the State Land Commissioner. The Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) provides administrative and staff support. Current Commission members include Frank Thorwald, Sun City, Chairman; J. Dale Nations, Tucson, Vice-Chairman; Stephen R. Cooper, Casa Grande; William C. Feyerabend, Prescott Valley; Robert L. Wagner, Mesa; and Lisa Atkins, ex-officio member and State Land Commissioner. Steven L. Rauzi was the administrator. Steve retired on December 18, 2015. Please address all inquiries to Nyal Niemuth, OGCC Admistrator at 602-771-1604 and Kendra Decker, OGCC Secretary at 520-209-4132.
Arizona Has Helium
The current posted price of $76.00 per Mcf in-kind and $106.00 per Mcf conservation Helium has increased interest in the hunt for helium. Some of the richest helium-bearing gas in the world was produced in Arizona. Helium concentrations range from trace amounts up to ten percent in the Holbrook Basin and Four Corners. Both areas have good potential for additional discovery and production of helium. This potential was the focus of the Arizona Geology published in winter 2003. Download Here Additional reports about helium in Arizona are available online at the AZGS document repository by clicking here
Want to Drill an Oil Well?
This issue of Arizona Geology notes areas with best potential for future discovery and describes the process of exploring and drilling for oil and gas in Arizona. It summarizes many aspects of the oil and gas exploration and production process incorporating geology, leasing, permitting, engineering (drilling and production), economics/business, environmental concerns, and regulatory responsibilities of an operator. This issue is a good primer for anyone wanting to drill a well in Arizona. Download Here Additional reports about oil and gas in Arizona are available online at the AZGS document repository by clicking here. Current articles about oil and gas are available in Arizona Geology Magazine by clicking here.
Is Carbon Sequestration in Arizona's Future?
This issue of Arizona Geology (Download Here) describes potential geologic carbon-sequestration sites in Arizona. The West Coast Carbon Sequestration Partnership (WESTCARB) and Arizona Public Service (APS) tested one of the sites in 2009 (see announcements below). Results of additional sequestration investigations in Arizona are available online at the AZGS document repository by clicking here


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To Update or not to Update?
By Roman Strobl on Sep 16, 2008
Updating OpenSolaris should be straightforward. The documentation says that you need just to run following command:
$ pfexec pkg image-update
This way you'll get updated to latest bi-weekly bits (currently at build 97). If updates worked as advertised, it would be perfect, however I got burned several times during updates, so I would like to warn you before you waste your time with unsuccessful updates.
At first, read the release notes. Pay very special attention to the IPS instructions. These commands should be executed before you install any packages or perform updates:
$ pfexec pkg refresh $ pfexec pkg install email@example.com $ pfexec pkg install email@example.com $ pfexec pkg install SUNWipkg-gui
Why is this important? The version of IPS distributed with 2008.05 had several major bugs. I don't want to go much into details about these bugs, all you need to know is that they are really ugly and can even cause your system to become unbootable. So run these updates.
Second, before running the pkg image-update command read the update notes. Again, these are very important and if you try to run the update directly from 2008.05 install your system may become unbootable (luckily the old boot environment will still exist but you won't be able to boot into the new boot environment, so you waste a lot of time - these updates are not exactly small).
It is NOT possible to update your system using the Package Manager GUI so you need to use the command line to do the big update.
Finally, a word of warning. I updated my system several times. Many other bloggers reported successful updates to latest builds. I guess they don't use that much of the software, because there have been many issues in recent builds - e.g. the package manager wouldn't start, Firefox wouldn't start, linker wouldn't link, etc. At the end I decided to stick to build 86 (the original OpenSolaris 2008.05 install) because I couldn't get my system ready for a presentation - there was always something not working.
Perhaps all these issues have been resolved in recent builds - I certainly hope so (and yes, I did report some bugs related to updates). If you are just a regular user of OpenSolaris and you do not want to spend your time with troubleshooting some of the issues that may happen after update, my suggestion to you is NOT to update. Wait for the next release (coming soon - in November). On the other hand if you want to help the OpenSolaris project and have some time available to test latest builds and report bugs, you'll want to run the latest bits.
We certainly want as many people as possible trying the latest updates, but from what I saw in other blogs it looked like everyone should update to latest bits. I recommend to think twice before doing so, you might get burned. I think upgrading just to the next major release is fine for regular users of OpenSolaris and even though running "pkg image-update" looks simple enough things can go wrong. You have been warned :)


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So Molad Tohu was on Sunday night, 2 Tishrie year 0001, 5 hours and 204 parts after sunset, i.e. 23:11 PM and 33⅓ seconds, according to Hebrew Calendar Science and Myths - or Monday 7 September 1748 BCE at 11:11:33.33' PM.


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Archive for April 6th, 2012
Message from the director: Celebrating 50 years of arts in Seattle and The Next Fifty
The 1962 World's Fair put Seattle on the map, and this year Seattle Center celebrates the fair's 50th anniversary with The Next Fifty. Six months of artworks, events and activities at the Center April 21 through Oct. 21 will mark the legacy the fair left to the region and the opportunities that lie ahead. For […][More]
Posted: April 6th, 2012 under Art Beat, News.
Tags: 1962 World's Fair, creative vitality index, Local Arts Index, Message from the director, Public Art, Seattle Center, the Next 50, Vincent Kitch


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Can I Defer Payment From My Variable Annuity?
Original post by Will Gish of Demand Media
Investing in retirement entails making important decisions regarding which type of account(s) you put your money in. From 401ks to IRAs and annuities, a variety of options exist. Within each of these options, still more options exist, including traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs and variable annuities. Determining whether you can defer payment from your variable annuity comes down to the type of variable annuity you invested in and the payment scheme you elected.
Variable Annuities
Variable annuities combine a traditional retirement account with an investment portfolio. These accounts allow you to put some of your annuity contribution aside to grow tax-deferred while investing the rest of your contribution in a diverse portfolio of stocks. When you purchase a variable annuity, the insurance company you purchase it from allows you to choose your level of risk. Based on this level, it presents you with a number of options for the investment portion of your annuity. These accounts often include insurance provisions to protect you in the event that a portfolio goes bust and you lose a significant portion of your investment.
Deferred Payments
The question of whether you can defer payments on a variable annuity comes down to two considerations, the terms of your annuity account and the type of payment you elected upon purchasing your annuity. When you purchase an annuity, you chose to receive immediate or deferred payments. The immediate payment scheme begins paying automatically and immediately upon reaching a pre-determined point in time. The deferred payment scheme collects payments until the account owner requests money accumulated since the previous payment.
If you elect immediate payments upon purchasing a variable annuity, determining whether you can switch to deferred payments comes down the specifics of your account. The prospectus of the account contains all the "fine print" information on an annuity, from fees and investing options to death benefits and payout options. You can obtain this document from the company you purchased your annuity from, if you don't already possess one. Read your prospectus to determine whether you can alter your payout method or defer payment from the annuity. Always read the prospectus before purchasing a variable annuity.
Deferred Annuity
Deferred annuities differ from annuities with deferred payout schemes. A deferred annuity constitutes one in which contributions appreciate without taxation. The government only taxes the income in a deferred annuity upon withdrawal. The IRS enacted this scheme to encourage retirement saving. Variable annuities constitute a form of deferred annuity. The question of whether you can defer payments on an annuity ultimately relates in no way to whether you own a deferred annuity, despite the overlap in terminology.
- Charles Schwab: Variable Annuities
- Mass Mutual: Variable Annuities
- Vanguard: Annuities FAQ
- "High-Powered Investing All-In-One For Dummies"; Amine Bouchentouf et al; 2008
About the Author
Will Gish slipped into itinerancy and writing in 2005. His work can be found on various websites. He is the primary entertainment writer for "College Gentleman" magazine and contributes content to various other music and film websites. Gish has a Bachelor of Arts in art history from University of Massachusetts, Amherst.


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Today is a statutory holiday here in Ontario..
Enjoy and go spend some time with your family!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Happy Family Day!
4 comments:
- Steadfast Ahoy! said...
Steadfast has hosted family for 18 days straight. Now we are alone again, since our daughter and her family left us on Saturday morning. Have a nice day off and enjoy your fam.
- 20 February 2012 at 08:52
- Teresa said...
Nice! We are working, ;-(
- 20 February 2012 at 11:56
- Nancy said...
i'm going tobogganing with my family in 5 minutes! just waiting for the hubby.
- 20 February 2012 at 14:08
- Lady Banana said...
How lovely to get a day off for family, we don't that here!
- 20 February 2012 at 15:22
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PATRIOTIC PRIDE: Pride in America pours from The Hall of Presidents: A Celebration of Liberty's Leaders, an iconic Magic Kingdom attraction anchored by Audio-Animatronics likenesses of all the U.S. presidents. Prior to being seated for the 25-minute show, Walt Disney World guests get an entertaining lesson in American history as they explore the art and artifacts attendant to America's chief executives. New speaker roles for presidents and refreshed lighting and staging mark the "re-Imagineering" of the attraction. (David Roark, photographer)
PATRIOTIC PRIDE: The Hall of Presidents "re-Imagineered" with new figures, speeches
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My Take on the Munoz TragedyPosted by texlife on Jan 28, 2014 in Uncategorized | 4 comments
by Kyleen Wright, president
As I pondered the case of Baby Munoz and his family over the weekend, I found sleep and answers elusive. This is a story of tragedy from start to finish. There are no winners.
Having followed the story since the press was first made aware, I attended Friday's hearing hoping to make a more informed opinion. I was caught off guard when shortly before the hearing I saw a copy of agreed Stipulation of Facts filed with the court. Two of those facts jumped out: Mrs. Munoz had been brain dead since November 28 and Baby Munoz was not viable.
We will likely never know the full condition of Mrs. Munoz or her baby, so many questions remain. My heart grieves for the loss of both as well as the anguish their family has endured.
What we do know is that Baby Munoz had an advocate in John Peter Smith Hospital and Texas law. Some twenty-five years ago we fought JPS over its insistence on providing abortions at all stages of pregnancy, subsidized by tax payers—including me. What a difference a couple of decades makes.
There is little doubt in my mind that hospitals all over this state would (and probably have) quietly ignore that little provision of the law requiring a continuance of life support for pregnant women. That was not the case here because so many of us have worked hard and long to create a culture of life in Tarrant County – and Texas.
There is more work to be done educating our friends and neighbors about end-of-life conditions, care and laws, and about babies that often survive their mother's traumatic injuries (even brain death) to be born healthy and whole months later with a little help and time.
Do I wish we could have saved Baby Munoz? Absolutely. But while I mourn her loss, I celebrate the changing culture and the many that we are able to save.
The other side is predicting that HB 2 will result in 22,000 fewer abortions this year. 22,000. Only 48,000 to go. Back to work, all of you.


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The thought of not reading emails, checking Facebook or snapping a picture for Instagram may bring the shakes. March 7 and 8 is the National Unplugging Day. It is time to ditch the smartdevices for actual face to face interaction.
While a completely electronic free existence is impractical, families can find a balance in their lives. Jennifer Chung, co-founder of Kinsights.com, has compiled some tips to help parents find balance and set some boundaries around screen time.
Out of sight, out of mind. Having the TV in the family room can make the television feel like the center of your family activities. If possible, put the TV in a hutch and close the doors when not in use. If your space is limited, move it into your bedroom (or better yet, a spare bedroom) to help make TV time more structured. On weekends, the family can snuggle on the bed and watch a movie together.
Set a predetermined time for use of tablets or video games. Rather than battling over it all day, set a time and duration for when your kids will know they can play – many tablets even allow parents to pre-program access time. Consider setting play time before dinner for 30 minutes. If gives the kids a chance to unwind while you cook dinner.
Create off-limit times for all devices. For example, have everyone turn in their cell phones before mealtime. Use a dedicated drawer or box so that it becomes a habit for everyone to just drop their phone in before sitting down at the table.
Monthly unplugged day. Why unplug just once a year? Every month, ask the family to take one day to "unplug". Have family members take turns planning activities for the day (go on a bike ride, a nature walk or visit a museum). Be sure to actually schedule the day every month and assign someone to be in charge of setting the agenda.
Make learning fun. Since you can control what games/apps are on a tablet, pick options that are interactive and educational – there are lots of fun options that also encourage math, reading, and/or spelling skills.
Curb the snacks. It's easy to munch on snacks while watching a video without realizing how much (and how badly) you've eaten. Try to avoid handing out empty calorie snacks while your kids are watching – a plate of fruit and low-fat cheese make a nice sweet and savory combo for kids. And make sure you offset screen time with plenty of outdoor activities.
Family game night. Replace watching TV with a family game night. Game night is also a great opportunity to invite neighbors and friends over with their kids for some healthy competition. And its a great way to encourage good sportsmanship, team building, and cooperation.
Kinsights is part parenting community, part online health record, co-founded by Jennifer Chung. Kinsights provides parents with a safe place to seek answers to their questions while also helping them track their child's health information. Organize your child's growth and developmental milestones, immunizations, medications, allergies, and more. Connect with Kinsights at https://kinsights.com to learn more. You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter.


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Once every decade, Sight & Sound magazine conducts a poll for the British Film Institute asking critics, programmers, academics, distributors, writers and more to submit a Top 10 list of the "greatest" films of all time says THR.
846 professionals participated in this year's poll which asked participants "to interpret 'greatest' in any way they chose to. That could mean whether or not the film was most important to film history, represented the aesthetic pinnacle of achievement or perhaps had a personal impact on their own view of cinema".
Orson Welles' 1941 classic "Citizen Kane" has held the top spot since 1962 but now, fifty years on, it has been bumped off to second place. Instead, Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 effort "Vertigo" has overtaken it to be named the new "Greatest Film of All Time". Out of the 846 votes cast, "Vertigo" beat 'Kane' by 34 votes this time around - ten years ago 'Kane' topped "Vertigo" by just five votes (though only 144 people participated in the previous poll).
In third place overall was Ozu Yasujiro's 1953 film "Tokyo Story" which also scored the honor of being the top voted title in a separate poll of 358 film directors from all over the world including Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen and Mike Leigh.
Here are both Top Ten lists, the complete 'Top 50' versions and voter breakdown can be found at BFI.Org:
The Critics' Top 10 Greatest Films of All Time
- Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)
- Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
- Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953)
- La Règle du jeu (Renoir, 1939)
- Sunrise: A Song for Two Humans (Murnau, 1927)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)
- The Searchers (Ford, 1956)
- Man With a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1927)
- 8 ½ (Fellini, 1963)
The Directors' Top 10 Greatest Films of All Time
- Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)
- Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
- 8 ½ (Fellini, 1963)
- Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1980)
- Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979)
- The Godfather (Coppola, 1972)
- Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)
- Mirror (Tarkovsky, 1974)
- Bicycle Thieves (De Sica, 1948)


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The entire world knows the story of Noah. The ark. The animals arriving two by two. Rain for forty days and forty nights to wash away the wickedness of man. We all know the sequence of events, but not Noah. Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" has been labeled a Biblical epic because of its source material, and while it is grand in scope, at its heart it is a character study. That is where the movie excels; its grander and broader parts have trouble keeping up as a result.
This is Aronofsky's biggest studio-budgeted movie to date. Reports surrounding the movie prior to its release claimed that the director and the studio argued about how the story should be brought to the screen. In the end they said Aronofsky's version is the one that made it. That's hard to argue, as "Noah" has the DNA of an Aronofsky film, but you can also tell he restrained himself a bit. It's a catch-22, however, Aronofsky couldn't have made "Noah" without the studio, but the studio probably kept the film from being completely Aronofsky's vision.
The film in itself feels like a compromise. Until the storm hits and Noah and his family are all on the boat, the feel of the film seems to be uneven and doesn't flow as smoothly. However, once on the boat, that is when everything truly comes together. The story is stripped down and it becomes about Noah and his family, and his belief that mankind's existence ends with them. You get the feeling that this is the reason Aronofsky wanted to make the film, and all that came before it was a prologue.
It's a good thing that he filled his cast with extremely capable actors for that as well, because without the likes of Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson and Logan Lerman the boat scenes would have fallen flat on their face. Crowe carries the weight of Noah tremendously, able to display the character's intensity and compassion while making neither a caricature. Watson and Lerman continue to prove why they are rising stars and Connelly reignites the chemistry she had with Crowe on "A Beautiful Mind." Ray Winstone and Anthony Hopkins are also quite good.
Visually stunning, keeps the heart of the source while also successfully expanding on it, "Noah" is a solid film that will entertain and make you think. However, you won't need to think all that deeply. Aronofsky teetered on the edge of his past credits and had to make "Noah" a bit more universally friendly. Who knows what we would have gotten had he brought more of his bag of tricks to his latest. Still a well-done film, it just can't break through to be a truly great and unique one.


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Army-Navy Park - Second @ Calhoun
1 Acres
Memorial park
Passive Urban Plaza
Bickford Park - 232 Bickford
6 Acres
Bickford Community Center
Play equipment and playground ballfield,
Basketball court
Indoor swimming pool
Adjacent to Caldwell Elementary
Developed by William A. Bickford
Given to the city in 1869, accepted ca. 1901. (Significantly Altered)
Brinkley Park (Market Square) - Second @ Market
1 Acre
One of 4 original Squares in 1819 Plan
Urban Plaza
Under "Riverfront Development Corporation" Management
Significantly Altered
Chickasaw Gardens Park - Chickasaw Parkway
22 Acres
Landscaped Median and Lake
Laid out by Harland Bartholomew, ca. 1920s
Chickasaw Heritage Park - Delaware @ DeSoto
17 Acres
Playground ball field
Prehistoric earth mounds
Historic markers
Scenic Mississippi River views
1 Outdoor basketball court
Under "Riverfront Development Corporation" Management
Archaeological, Mississippian culture, B.C.
1600s A.D. Chickasaws - moved by 1818
Established as Desoto Park ca. 1911 National Register
Robert Church Park - Beale St. @ Fourth
7.68 Acres
Est. by Robert Church 1899
Beale St. National Register District
Play equipment
Historic markers
4 mini pavilions
Cobblestones - Beale St. to Jefferson Davis Park
3 Acres
Shows the original historic streets of Memphis
Scenic Mississippi River-views, River-walk
Under "Riverfront Development Corporation" Management.
Colonial Park (Auction Square) - Main @ Auction
1 Acre
One of 4 original Squares in 1819 Plan
Urban Plaza
Historic Markers
Significantly Altered
Columbus Park - Third St. @ Adams
0 Acres
Christopher Columbus Statue
Urban Plaza
Memphis Park (Promenade) - Front @ Court
3 Acres
Photo Gallery
Designed by Geo. Kessler
Memorial to Civil War
Jefferson Davis Statue
On the National Register
Part of original Promenade
Mississippi River-views
Under "Riverfront Development Corporation" Management
Court Square - Main @ Court
2 Acres
One of 4 original Squares in 1819 Plan
National Register District
Urban Plaza
Hebe "Greek Godess" statue and fountain
Historic markers
E.H Crump Park - Delaware @ Crump
4.30 Acres
A Memorial Park
Picnic area
Scenic Mississippi River-views
Under "Riverfront Development Corporation" Management
Riverfront Park - Riverside Drive @ Jefferson Ave.
2.40 Acres
Est. 1930.
Passive Urban
Historic Markers
Scenic Mississippi River-views, River-walk
Under "Riverfront Development Corporation" Management
Douglass Park - 1616 Ash
43 Acres
Memphis' First Park for African Americans, Est. 1913
Douglass Community Center
2 Outdoor basketball courts and 1 Indoor basketball court
3 pavilions and a picnic area
Swimming pool
1 mile fitness trail,
Playground and ball field
Memphis Fairgrounds - 940 Early Maxwell Blvd.
158 Acres
Grounds designed by Geo. Kessler. Partial list: E. Parkway Gates, Shelby Co. Bldg. 1908, Fairview School 1930, Former Montgomery Park Track 1884,
Formerly had Memphis Jockey Club circa 1909
AutoZone Liberty Bowl Football Stadium,
Childrens Museum,
Mid South Coliseum
Football/Track Stadium
Mid South Fair
Various Activity Buildings, and Maintenance Compound
Health Sciences Park - Madison @ Dunlap
8.03 Acres
Picture Gallery
1/3 mile fitness trail
Gen. Nathan B. Forrest and wife buried on site
Designed by Geo. Kessler 1903
Historical Markers
General Forrest Statue
Gaisman Park - 4223 Macon
24 Acres
Gaisman Community Center
3 lighted softball fields
Play equipment and playground ballfield
2 free tennis courts
Indoor Basketball
1 mile fitness trail
Swimming pool
Pavilion/rest rooms
Monument to the Vietnam Servicemen, dedicated in 1965.
The Links at Galloway - 3815 Walnut Grove
104.20 Acres
18 hole golf course with clubhouse
Developed by H.W. Brennan
Deeded to city as part of Red Acres subdivision
Local residents walk the perimeter of the course. Watch out for golf-balls.
Gaston Park - 1046 S. Third
8.44 Acres
Gaston Community Center
Headstart and branch library
Play equipment
1 Indoor and 1 outdoor basketball court
Playground ball field
1/4 mile fitness trail.
Designed by Geo. Kessler 1902
Land given by John Gaston ca. 1912
Glenview Park - 1141 S. Barksdale
24.50 Acres
Glenview Community Center
1 outdoor basketball court
Playground ball field
1 mile fitness trail
2 free tennis courts
Play equipment
Est. 1943, Former George Schmalzreid Farm.
Handy Park - Beale @ Third
.40 Acre
Est. 1931. Named for W.C. Handy, musician
Beale St. Nat'l District
Former site of Greenlaw Bros. Mkt.
Passive urban
W.C.Handy statue
Historic markers.
M.L. King Park (Riverside) - South Parkway @ Riverside
Photo Gallery
379.32 Acres
Indication of Burial sites from multiple periods.
Design by Geo. Kessler, 1902 w/ Parkway system and Overton Park
The Links at Riverside: 9 hole golf course with new clubhouse
Boat ramp and marina
Picnic area, 3 pavilions, and play equipment
Ball field and 4 lighted tennis courts
Lake and scenic river views
Tom Lee Park - Riverside @ Beale
30 Acres
Photo Gallery
Mississippi Riverwalk and scenic river views (linked to Martyrs Park and Ashburn-Coppock Park)
Tom Lee Monument, Est. 1914
Location of
Memphis In May BBQ Festival
Under "Riverfront Development Corporation" Management
Lichterman Park - 5992 Quince
66.02 Acres
Nature Center
Nature Trails and Lake
Former Summer estate of Clarence Saunders,1929
Home, listed in N.R 1989, burned 1994
Magevney House - 198 Adams
0 Acres
Assoc. with educator Eugene Magevney
1835 historic building, historic marker
Mallory-Neely House - 652 Adams
1 Acre
Historic House of Memphis
ca. 1870s historic building, historic marker, Gift Shop
Martyrs Park - Channel 3 Drive
8.90 Acres
Memorial to those that died from Yellow Fever
Historic marker
Mississippi Riverwalk and scenic river views (linked to Tom Lee and Ashburn-Coppock Park)
Martyrs statue
Under "Riverfront Development Corporation" Management.
Mud Island - 125 N. Front
25 Acres
Mud Island River Park
Mississippi River Museum and River Model Walk
Memphis Belle Pavilion
Restaurants, amphitheater, and gift shop
Marina and scenic river views
Under "Riverfront Development Corporation" Management.
Overton Park - 2080 Poplar
342.30 Acres
Photo Gallery
Park designed by Geo. Kessler, 1901. Partial list: Zoo 1905, Golf Clubhouse 1926, WPA Shell 1936
On the National Register. Example of City Beautiful Movement.
Rainbow Lake, 2 pavilions, amphitheater
The Links at Overton: 9 hole golf course with clubhouse
Play equipment, playground ball field, walking trail, soccer field,
E.H. Crump statue, and various historic markers
Home of Veterans Plaza, including the Doughboy statue and the new Korean War Monument
Home to the Zoo, Brooks Art Museum, and Memphis College of Art
Parkway System - East, North, South Parkway
100 Acres
Designed by Geo. Kessler, ca. 1902 - 1909.
Secondary system of landscaped medians and triangles
National Register. Example of City Beautiful Movement
Pink Palace Museum - 3050 Central
15.49 Acres
1922 Home of grocer C. Saunders, founder of Piggly Wiggly stores
Present: Pink Palace Museum, Imax Theatre, Planetarium.
Winchester Park - Lane @ St. Jude Place
8.80 Acres
Play equipment
Part of the earliest public cemetery known as Winchester Burial Grounds ca. 1840
Memphis' first Mayor, Marcus Winchester's burial place
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