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Analytic Decision Making, Business Informatics
Preethika Sainam, Ph.D., teaches quantitative marketing classes that enhance the analytical piece of the MBA students' experience at Thunderbird School of Global Management. She developed her passion for analytic decision making early in her career as a banquet sales manager for Sheraton Hotels & Resorts in Chennai, India. Personal computers were a new tool for non-IT businesses at the time in South India, and Dr. Sainam seized the opportunity. "That job helped me identify my love for data mining in large datasets to help understand customer preferences and sales trends, which ultimately led to my Ph.D.," she says.
Dr. Sainam says these techniques are now ubiquitous in everyday business. The goal of her teaching is to help students understand and apply statistical techniques to improve the quality of managerial decisions. Her Analytic Decision Making course starts with basic statistics and moves on to cover frequently used managerial models. Her Business Informatics course provides an applied overview of the topic, including the role of large databases and sophisticated analytical models of information systems. Her classes incorporate mini cases and hands-on learning activities so students have a mastery of the statistical techniques they learn. "They see how to use them in real-world business settings," she says. Dr. Sainam also inserts humor into her lectures, something she learned by watching her father prepare for the lectures he delivered as a medical school professor in Chennai. "Given that I teach relatively dry quantitative classes, I have heard from many students that they love the humor breaks," she says.
Prior to joining Thunderbird's fulltime faculty in 2013, Dr. Sainam served as Chief Marketing Officer for a startup in Portland, Oregon. In this capacity she helped craft the firm's marketing strategy so it could procure funding. Earlier she was an assistant professor at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, Bloomington, where she engaged in scholarly research and taught marketing research.
Dr. Sainam earned a Ph.D. in marketing and a master's degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also holds a master's degree in management information sciences and an MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her undergraduate degree is from Purdue University, where she was a Dean's Scholar. Her research has been published in Marketing Science and the Journal of Marketing Research, the top publications in her field. Originally from India, Dr. Sainam speaks Tamil, Hindi, French and English.


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There are certain things that will always make me laugh. Jack making his funny face, ( It is funny. Take my word), any random episode of Scrubs, and someone getting hit in the nuts. I'm serious, if you have balls and something bad happens to them in my bubble of observation, I will laugh at you. Then I will think about it later and laugh again. Jack swung a lightsaber into my brother's danger zone, and dropped him to the ground, and I guffawed even though it was a little sad because my brother is only 12. But its the nature of the beast, internets. I can't help it. And you can't either, that's why America's Funniest Videos has been running for a hundred years. That crap is funny.
My son has grown to be just the height where all his swings, punches, and head butts are balls level to a grown man. This has provided me with ample snickering and snorting opportunities. So many, that I can distinguish a balls injury scream from a regular old stubbed toe, or finger smashing scream. And in those times I don't even have to see it to chuckle, and later when I want to relive it and chuckle again I get to mentally change the circumstances to fit my mood. Its like Mad Libs of the balls. And it brings a smile to my face when even Zoloft can't.
There are those of you who might say: Scoff! You shouldn't laugh at such things, Woman! Our balls are sacred! You don't know pain like ball pain!
And to those I say this: Dude. I gave birth to a ten pound baby. After 17 hours of labor. Cut your balls in half, drive a truck through them, then staple them to your ass, and get back at me with your kicked in the nuts whines. Because I win. Granted I puked and cried the whole time, but still, I win.
And then another time, someone cut me open and took a human being out of me. Check mate, Balls-owners.
But that's not what I came here to say.
You know those moments when you are trying to convince someone that they are wrong and you are right, (bonus points for being obnoxious and arrogant about it), and just as you play your best card, the proof of your wrongness occurs? That sucks. Unless it happens to the other person, and then its awesome?
That just happened.
The huz and I were in the basement, and I was trying to chase the sound of a cricket around. Jay insisted it was outside the door, under the bulkhead. Then we debated about whether or not a cricket could fit its bastard little body under the door, and Jay was all, there is NO WAY a cricket could get under that door. (He built that door.) Its not possible. He waved a dismissive hand and spun away from me as a gesture of righteousness, only deliver himself directly into the path of the cricket, which he murdered by punching it into the cement floor. I'm telling you, Internets, the man is a damned neanderthal. But the sweet pleasure of reveling in the win? I could eat it with a spoon.
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Once Forbidden, Books Become A Lifeline For A Young Migrant Worker
In the late 1950s, when she was just 8 years old, Storm Reyes began picking fruit as a full-time farm laborer for less than $1 per hour. Storm and her family moved often, living in Native American migrant worker camps without electricity or running water.
With all that moving around, she wasn't allowed to have books growing up, Storm tells her son, Jeremy Hagquist, on a visit to StoryCorps in Tacoma, Wash.
"Books are heavy, and when you're moving a lot you have to keep things just as minimal as possible," she says.
She remembers a tough childhood in the migrant camps.
"The conditions were pretty terrible. I once told someone that I learned to fight with a knife long before I learned how to ride a bicycle," Storm says. "And when you are grinding day after day after day, there is no room in you for hope. There just isn't. You don't even know it exists. There's nothing to aspire to except filling your hungry belly. That's how I was raised."
But when she was 12, a bookmobile came to the fields where she and her family worked.
"So when I saw this big vehicle on the side of the road, and it was filled with books, I immediately stepped back," she says. "Fortunately the staff member saw me, kind of waved me in, and said, 'These are books, and you can take one home. You have to bring it back in two weeks, but you can take them home and read them.' "
The bookmobile staffer asked Storm what she was interested in and sent her home with a couple of books.
"I took them home and I devoured them. I didn't just read them, I devoured them," Storm says. "And I came back in two weeks and had more questions. And he gave me more books, and that started it."
The experience, she says, was life-changing.
"That taught me that hope was not just a word. And it gave me the courage to leave the camps. That's where the books made the difference."
Storm left the camps when she was a teenager and attended night school. She ended up working in the Pierce County Library System for more than 30 years.
"By the time I was 15, I knew there was a world outside of the camps," she says. "I believed I could find a place in it. And I did."
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Nintendo revealed on Friday that its Wii U sales have been far below estimates, pushing the company to a third consecutive annual loss, according to a report from Reuters.
Despite its $50 price cut last September, Nintendo has lowered its estimate of Wii U sales by March 31 by 70%, to 2.8 million units. In addition, the company cut its projection for 3DS sales from 18 million to 13.5 million units.
At a shareholder briefing on Friday, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explained:
We failed to reach our target for hardware sales during the year-end, when revenues are the highest.
This comes at a time when Microsoft, with the Xbox, and Sony, with the Playstation, are dominating the home console market, while handheld gaming devices are going out of fashion in exchange for cheap mobile games.
With these drastic cuts in sales estimates, Nintendo also projects a net loss of 25 billion yen by March 31 of this year, whereas previously they have projected a 55 billion yen profit.
The Wii U was a novel remake of the original Wii, which Iwata was lauded for, with a screen mounted on the wireless controller that is supposed to allow the user to play games both on the TV and on the controller. However, from the start, the console had trouble selling.
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Steven Zeisel, MD, PhD
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Department of Nutrition
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Harvard Medical School
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Dr. Zeisel and his research team focus on the essential nutrient choline and why there are individual differences in nutrient metabolism, using new approaches in nutrigenomics and in metabolomics. The team works with humans, mice and cell culture model systems. Using our human studies we discovered that there are very common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; gene misspellings) that make humans require more dietary choline and that one of these is in the gene PEMT and prevents estrogen from inducing the gene. We are collaborating in a number of epidemiology studies that examine the relationship between diet, these gene SNPs, and risk for disease. After identifying a SNP of interest in humans we make a mouse model and now have three such knockouts. One of them develops mitochondrial abnormalities and has immotile sperm. We plan studies in humans on this SNP. In another NIH-funded study, we examine choline's role in brain development and discovered that neural progenitor cells proliferate faster if they are exposed to more choline; at the same time they die slower by apoptosis. We found that epigenetic changes after changing dietary choline explain these effects on brain development.


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Somalia: Preparations for the London Conference
The London Conference on Somalia is being held on Thursday next week, February 23rd. Chaired by UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, over fifty delegations are expected. In addition to members of the international community and frontline states, there will be representatives from the TFIs, of the Puntland and Galmudug administrations, of Ahlu Sunna wal Jama'a, and from Somaliland. Last week, the UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, following his own visit to Mogadishu, laid out the UK's aims for the Conference including the need for a better international strategy to address Somalia's problems and help its people. He described a more stable Somalia as vital to the UK's national security, essential for the stability for the Horn of Africa and long overdue. He mentioned terrorism and piracy and the importance of trying "to change the dynamic from one of inexorable decline to an upwards trajectory of gradually increasing stability and security." He outlined why he felt the time was ripe for a major effort. One reason was the improved security situation in Mogadishu; another was the need to intensify the pressure on Al-Shabaab and also build on the progress made in diminishing pirate activity; and thirdly with the expiry of the TFG mandate in August there was an opportunity to create a broader and more representative political arrangement.
Mr. Hague has made it clear he hopes the Conference will agree practical measures in a number of different areas. These include an expanded political process; regular and sustainable funding for AMISOM forces; a coordinated international package of support for Somali regions to complement peace and stability at the national level; concerted efforts to break the piracy business cycle; agree the areas to develop to disrupt terrorism across the region including stopping movement of terrorists and disrupting their finances as well as delivering effective intelligence gathering; and highlight the need for generous humanitarian responses. He also stressed that he wanted the Conference to be the start of a process not the end and to agree on how to handle Somali issues in the future with a revitalized International Contract group and more countries deploying diplomats and staff into Somalia. Somalia's Prime Minister Abdiweli said in an interview with AFP earlier this week that Somalia hoped for a lot from this conference: "We expect the establishment of a trust fund for Somalia. We expect a complete reconstruction plan for Somalia. We expect a Marshall Plan for Somalia."
The second consultative meeting of the core group for the Conference met last Friday, February 10th, at Lancaster House in London. Representatives from the African Union, Ethiopia, the European Union, France, Italy, Kenya, Norway, Qatar, Sweden, Turkey, Uganda, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, the United Nations and the United States considered the proposed draft communiqué. It contains several sections, in addition to an introduction and a conclusion, covering the humanitarian situation, the political process, security and justice, piracy, counter-terrorism, stability and recovery, the diaspora and international coordination.
Delegates discussed the draft communiqué paragraph-by-paragraph with particular emphasis on the political process during the post-transition period after August. Among the points raised were the need to create united international support; for accountability and transparency in the administration of funds; for Somalis to assume a central role in the peace process; enhanced international efforts to assist the speedy implementation of the political process; a call for the Istanbul Conference in June to come up with concrete proposals on the humanitarian situation; the need to deal with corruption and to take strong action against individuals and institutions bent on derailing the political process.
Participants at the consultative meeting also stressed the Conference was about crystallizing the existing Djibouti process, not creating a new initiative. They took note of the importance of providing access to print and electronic media to allow moderate elements to reach out to the Somali public. They emphasised the pivotal role of IGAD and the frontline states on political and security consolidation in Somalia as well as the importance of longer term development programmes with regional impact.They stressed the need to address the genesis of piracy and take a comprehensive course of action on land and at sea. They raised the importance of tailor-made training and capacity building programmes to enhance the TFIs. They emphasised the need to understand clearly the impact of terrorism and all its manifestations in Somalia, in the region and for the international community at large. They expressed their view on affirming the territorial integrity of Somalia and on the system of government and the constitution of Somalia after the TFG. The meeting also discussed the expected conclusions of the conference and what the conference might deliver. It considered possible annexes and identified countries and organisations to make keynote speeches.
The Ethiopian delegation led by Ethiopia's Ambassador to the UK, Ambassador Berhanu Kebede, reflected the position of IGAD as well as Ethiopia at the meeting. It underlined the need to take strong concerted action against Al-Shabaab, now openly affiliated to Al Qaeda and stressed the key role to be played by frontline states, IGAD and the AU in the political and security process. It emphasised the need to support the authorization of additional AMISOM troops and the expeditious delivery of all required equipment, force enablers and multipliers, as well as give due credit to forces of local administrations, Ahlu Sunna and neighbouring countries. It suggested putting in place an incentive package for those who accept the Djibouti Agreement, the Kampala Accord, the Roadmap and the Garowe Principles, and taking strong measures against those trying to derail the peace effort and called on the Istanbul Conference in June to produce strong proposals in this regard.
The Ethiopian delegation also underlined the need to enhance international efforts to stop illegal inflows of small arms and light weapons into Somalia, calling on the UN Security Council to take concrete action against those involved. It emphasized the importance of supporting Somalia to build and develop strong institutions of governance and human rights accountable to the Somali parliament. It underlined the need to make training coherent and well-coordinated and for it to be demand driven and provided inside Somalia so it can respond to the reality on the ground. It noted the problems faced by neighbouring countries in hosting refugees from Somalia, and stressed that winning the hearts and minds of the people of Somalia was critical for the fight against terrorism.
…..moves for a UN Security Council vote to enlarge AMISOM
The sponsors of a UN Security Council Resolution to increase the numbers of AMISOM to 17,731 troops and increase support for equipment and logistics are trying to prepare a vote-ready text by the end of the week with the aim of getting a vote for an authorization of the increase by Wednesday, the day before the London Conference. Increasing military pressure on Al-Shabaab is a key element of the overall political strategy likely to be endorsed by the London Conference. Authorization of an increase in the size of AMISOM will also involve the transfer of the Kenyan forces, 'rehatting' them, as part of AMISOM. It will also cover additional units from Djibouti and Sierra Leone.
Last weekend, AMISOM announced that it intended to move out of Mogadishu and expand its control to Afgoye, 30 kilometers west of the capital and a strategic center for Al-Shabaab where the roads from Kismayo and Baidoa to Mogadishu meet. It is also an area which provides much of the fruit and vegetables for the capital. At the beginning of the week, TFG commander, General Abdikarim Yusuf Aden called on inhabitants of Afgoye to leave the town to avoid civilian casualties. Since then, AMISOM and TFG forces have successfully begun to advance towards Afgoye, setting up new army bases on the outskirts of Mogadishu, taking over an Al-Shabaab checkpoint at Ex-control Afgoye and defeating attempts to retake it. According to Somalia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Hussein Arab Isse, this is the start of massive operations against Al-Shabaab and "from now we are ready to liberate the rest of the regions of the country from the enemy."
On Monday, TFG officials again called on the UN Security Council to lift the arms embargo on Somalia. Hussein Arab Isse said the government had requested the immediate removal of the embargo following the announcement that Al-Shabaab and Al Qaeda had joined forces. "We want to fight Al-Shabaab and wipe them out of the region". The Defence Minister added that the TFG "wants to buy our own tanks and modern weapons to crush Al-Shabaab…to facilitate our security and rebuilds our ability to fight the insurgent group."
… ICG report on Kenya's intervention
On Wednesday, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group released a report on Kenya's military intervention in Somalia in October last year which it calls "the biggest security gamble Kenya has taken since independence". It emphasizes that Kenya must act cautiously and avoid a prolonged "occupation" in case it turns local opinion against it and galvanizes opposition which Al-Shabaab could exploit. The report questions whether the operation was given the go-ahead with adequate political, diplomatic and military preparation. The report looks at the background to the decision including the pressures from the Somali refugee problem in Kenya, Kenya's "Jubaland project" and the threat to tourism. It also lists the challenges that the intervention faces: Al-Shabaab's tactics and operations, the need to protect its supply lines and to win hearts and minds, the possible problems of urban conflict in Kismayo and other towns, and the terrorist threat to Kenya. It notes that Kenya's move was motivated in part to inoculate Kenya's North Eastern province from the situation across the border, to ease the huge refugee problem and to curtail the activities and influence of Al-Shabaab. However, it warns that there might be unintended consequences, and the operation could reopen old wounds, cause new inter-clan discord, radicalize some elements in Kenya and undermine recent economic and political developments.
The report suggests Al-Shabaab intends to try and destabilise North Eastern province and wage a low intensity guerrilla campaign. Kenya will therefore need to ensure there is a settlement in southern Somalia in order to provide stability for its own border areas. This means not only defeating Al-Shabaab but for Kenya and its partners to develop a political plan that provides incentives for local clans to work together in the region. It will need careful planning and support and continued international involvement in development and capacity-building, and a body to control the resources of Kismayo, a perennial source of conflict, equitably. "Unless this occurs, there is little chance for long-term peace in the Juba Valley". For Kismayo, the ICG suggests a transparent mechanism to assume responsibility for revenue collection for 5-10 years with an oversight board of mixed international and Somali membership but controlled by the former and supported by experts and international customs officers, to ensure revenues are used to develop all of Lower and Middle Juba and Gedo. More plausibly, the ICG also suggests that the Kenyan Government should articulate its aims and goals and outline its exit strategy clearly, and ensure that any offensive operations, either independent or as part of AMISOM, are accompanied by a political strategy to win local clan support.
…and the UN's Garowe constitutional conference, part II
On Wednesday, the second phase of the UN organized Constitutional Conference opened in Garowe, Puntland, to continue discussions on issues relating to the principles of the Roadmap, particularly Somalia's future constitution and federalism. More than 180 delegates attended the opening session, including President Sheikh Sharif, Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Ambassador Mahiga. Representatives of the UN, the AU, IGAD and of Djibouti and international aid agencies were also present as well as ministers, representatives of the TFIs and of other administrations and organizations including Galmudug and Ahlu Sunna wal Jama'a. Also present were President Abdirahman Muhammed 'Farole' and Vice-President Abdisamad Ali Shire of Puntland. Garowe is, of course, the capital of Puntland. Also present is Sharif Hassan, still recognized as the Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament by the UN Political Office and by the international community, despite his 'replacement' in December by Madobe Nunow Mohamed. Despite appeals to settle the dispute, the dissident parliamentarians also held a meeting on Wednesday in Mogadishu. 268 MPs made clear their opposition to the Garowe Conference, claiming that it was only designed to benefit the interests of a few individuals, particularly Sharif Hassan rather than Somalia, and was not in accordance with the law. A major element in the discussion over the constitution revolves around proposals to sharply limit the number of MPs, at the moment numbering 550. Sharif Hassan himself said during the opening ceremonies of the conference that everyone had come "to agree on the constitution which will be used to govern the country". He urged conflicting sides to think about how to reduce arguments and misunderstandings and resolve issues through reconciliation. Prime Minister Abdiweli said there was need to move from the reconciliation period to a fair government to reach across the country. A federal administration was, he said, a very important element in reaching the TFG's goals. (MoFA)
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Hélène Berr: A Stolen Life
Holocaust scholar says there is much to learn from the recovered journal of a French Jewish woman who died in a concentration camp five days before liberation.
Holocaust scholar says there is much to learn from the recovered journal of a French Jewish woman who died in a concentration camp five days before liberation.
Bassist and musical director Ben Jaffe talks about being an ambassador for the New Orleans sound and spirit.
Fim writer Chris Dashiell looks at the legacy of the smaller production houses that still managed to make a major contribution to the Hollywood golden age.
The third amigo shares memories from his early career, and explains the origins of his most beloved characters.
Comedian and actress brings her own personal playground "Sandyland" to Rialto Theatre, invites her audience to enjoy the ride.
Greenland folk-pop singer builds musical bridge to Tucson; creates harmonious blend of fanciful melodies and lyrics.
UA professor on translating the work of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami.
Globally known annual commemoration of life, death marks 25th anniversary; will receive financial aid from city for first time in 2014.
While searching for friends at the All Souls Procession, a woman encounters a masked man who may be more than he seems...
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His memoirs serve as blue-print for "quintessential Tucson story," director of play says.
Lecture explores the cultural resonance of time telling; trio of young virtuoso musicians performs on traditional instruments.
Brothers with a complicated history charter a fishing boat, and find deeper trouble than they imagined
Telling stories from life's darker places gives Bamford's comedy a poignant edge; performing standup at Tucson's Rialto Theatre on September 6th.
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The exuberant art, music of this Mexican troubadour draw upon diverse traditions and lingering tragedy.
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With all the reading I do, I've come to an epiphany: An obscure book on an obscure subject can gratify the most. That's because each page alchemizes darkness (what you didn't know) into light (what you now know). I've been thinking about this because, as Americans, we watch the Winter Olympics in Sochi in various drifts of ignorance. That includes the biathlon (bizarre combo!), curling (parodic!), and the skeleton (what the?). But these pursuits are only peculiar because we aren't Russian or Canadian or Swiss. And we haven't done our homework.
So today, we'll take a look at some edifying books on winter sports. I'll cover the biggies (downhill, figure skating), but I'll start with my obscure gem: "Everyone to Skis! Skiing in Russia and the Rise of Soviet Biathlon" (Northern Illinois University, 2013). I doubt there are many ex-biathletes with a PhD in history, but I give you William Frank, who here richly unfurls Soviet culture by way of guys who ski and shoot. How ethnocentric of me to find the biathlon odd: It's the most popular winter sport in Europe, Frank reports. And its origins lie in historical crisis. In a continent that withstood winter sieges from the likes of Napoleon and Hitler, armed ski troops were critical. They schussed supplies to soldiers at the front, when cavalry horses and later mechanized armor grew useless in deep snow.
The biathlon's biggest catalyst, it seems, is the Soviets' loss against the Finns at Suomussalmi in 1940. Finnish ski troopers attacked from all sides a much-larger Red Army, poorly equipped for winter fighting and shackled to heavy machinery.
The next year, Hitler invaded Russia. So Stalin urged all comrades to take up skiing as a form of national defense. Not fancy capitalist downhill, of course, but Nordic-style, suitable for the steppes and suffused with "stoical endurance," which made the biathlon "the quintessential socialist realist sport." To this day, at various Moscow parades, you can see phalanxes of ski troopers in their camouflage whites, a copse of rifles rising from their backs.
We prefer our over-land skiing rifle-free, but obscurity is still the case for Nordic skiers. "Maybe if we changed the name to cross-country ice-dancing it would get some coverage," to quote one Olympics crank from "Long Distance: Testing the Limits of Body and Spirit in a Year of Living Strenuously" (Rodale, 2010). In this lovely effort, Bill McKibben, the writer and climate-change activist, tries to become a decent Nordic competitor, skiing hours a day, as he struggles to "bull uphill and dance down'' in his native Adirondacks, suburban Boston, and Lillehammer, Norway. Like all Nordic geeks, he obsesses over his heart rate, snow conditions, and, most of all, wax.
McKibben pokes fun at the gulf between gaudy downhillers/snowboarders and his plainer tribe. "Cross country skiers may be the Shakers of sport, and like the Shakers in their day subject to every kind of ridicule." But don't forget "there's no more physically demanding sport on earth." Who knew that, in terms of how much oxygen they burn per minute, Nordic skiers outrank all other athletes, including marathoners and Tour de France bikers?
But "Long Distance" isn't only a book about sport. It manages to artfully link athletic grit to life itself; each must make a "grand quiet passion out of enduring." During McKibben's strenuous year, his father, a former Globe editor, grows ill and dies, and we follow the author as he skis through his grief, in prose as bright as fresh powder.
Speaking of good prose, I like how Joy Goodwin says a ring of brightly-costumed skaters circling a rink "look like a school of tropical fish." Her "The Second Mark: Courage, Corruption, and the Battle for Olympic Gold" (Simon & Schuster, 2004) is ostensibly about the pairs judging scandal at the 2002 games. But I loved most the sections on Canadian, Chinese, and Russian skating histories. You want endurance? Then look to the old Chinese teams. Coaches always carried hatchets to cut through Siberian-border pond ice (there were no indoor rinks in China then), drawing up buckets of water for the youth skaters, who Zambonied the surface by hand.
Meanwhile, the males in Canadian pairs train by skating while lifting 100-pound sacks of potatoes. Unlike the Chinese, they've got plenty of rinks. But the state doesn't support them, as in China and Russia. In the pre-endorsements era, gold medalists David Pelletier and Jamie Salé worked as a bar back and barista, respectively. What of the Russians skaters? Amusingly, they disdain all others for lack of passion. Raised on grand traditions of ballet and theater, "Russians feel deeper," says gold medalist Anton Sikharulidze. The audience wants to see, he adds, "jealousy, emotion, ardor."
Jealousy, emotion, and ardor, of course, make me think of curling. Sorry, it's impossible to avoid irony while reading "Curling, Etcetera: A Whole Bunch of Stuff About the Roaring Game" (Wiley, 2008, out of print but findable). Not exactly a rigorous sport — it's also called "chess on ice" — this Scottish invention of rocks on lochs has been owned for decades by Canada, a nation heavy with Scottish immigrants. And author Bob Weeks, a columnist for the Ontario Curling Report, has a nice vanilla sense of humor. I really liked his dissection of the 1972 world championships in which American Bob Labonte was so excited at a good shot, he did a little happy dance — with a cigarette in his mouth — and mistakenly kicked the Canadian stone to victory. Bonus tracks: It's called curling because of the "curr" sound of the gliding stones, and Bruce Springsteen and Wayne Gretzky are devotees.
From brooms to sticks, then: Wayne Coffey's "The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team" (Crown, 2005) will repump your adrenaline at its play-by-play of the Lake Placid miracle. But even better was the rich context: how the team, split between midwesterners and northeasterners (including four from Boston University), had varying styles and conflicts. Or how Herb Brooks, the quasi-sadistic coach, chose players based on whether they could be rewired for a faster, Russian style of play, deploying less muscle and more puck finesse. Brooks steals the show actually, "cultivating uncertainty as if it were a crop."
"White Planet: A Mad Dash Through Modern Global Ski Culture" (Greystone, 2011) is the work of Leslie Anthony, a Powder magazine contributor with a Hunter-Thompson-on-Rossignols touch. From the Inferno amateur race in the Alps to the Bulgarian Extreme and Freestyle Skiing Association to the nascent downhill scene in Newfoundland (where locals ski the slopes in sou'westers) "[c]hasing gravity was our food." He quotes Hemingway, uses lots of "snowcabulary," and gushes over the sheer joy at the sport: "You never see such grins elsewhere," as at the bottom of a good run.
Likewise, it's hard not to smile in Todd Richards's company. He's the veteran snowboarder (and Olympic commentator) behind the dude-abides-ish memoir "P3: Pipes, Parks, and Powder" (ReaganBooks, 2004), written with Eric Blehm. This Paxton native (who cut his teeth at Mount Wachusett) ollies both personal and snowboarding history here. On one page, he's drinking margaritas that can, in sufficient quantities, make you "legally blind," on another he traces the sport's evolution to smaller boards and bigger half-pipes. I liked the stuff on the "wet cat," Richards's most famous trick, so-called because he looks like a cat wildly trying to exit a bathtub. He's also astute on what was gained and lost when the X Games and then the Olympics legitimized the sport: "It was sort of sad to say good-bye to being a bunch of misunderstood outcasts." See? Obscurity has its fans.Katharine Whittemore is a freelance writer based in Northampton. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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Los Angeles, Calif. - Senior Cody Regis had another great day at the plate and junior Nick Vander Tuig continued his great season on the mound as the eighth-ranked UCLA Baseball team defeated the Arizona Wildcats, 7-1, on Saturday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Regis went 4-4 with two RBI and three runs scored while Vander Tuig allowed just one run in 7.1 innings pitched.
Vander Tuig earned the win by scattering six hits in his 7.1 innings of work, striking out three and walking none to move to 9-3 on the year. Konner Wade took the loss for the Wildcats, giving up seven runs (five earned) on 12 hits in 7.1 innings pitched. Sophomore David Berg picked up his 13th save of the year with 1.2 scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
The Bruins gave Vander Tuig some run support early on, scoring two runs in the bottom of the second. After back-to-back singles by Regis and junior Pat Gallagher with one out, sophomore Shane Zeile stepped to the plate and hit a single to right, scoring Regis and giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. After a fielder's choice moved Gallagher to third, junior Brian Carroll hit a double to left, bringing home Gallagher and making it 2-0 UCLA.
The Bruins tacked on two more in the bottom of the third when Regis laced a double to center, scoring juniors Pat Valaika and Kevin Williams to increase UCLA's lead to four. The Wildcats then got one back in the top of the fourth, when Kevin Newman singled in Trent Gilbert from third to cut the Bruins' lead to three. That would be all that Arizona would get off of Vander Tuig though, as he kept the Wildcats off the board for the next three innings.
In the bottom of the sixth, Regis again led off with a double before advancing to third on a wild pitch two batters later. Zeile then brought him home with a sacrifice fly to center, giving UCLA a 5-1 lead. The Bruins scored two more in the bottom of the eighth when sophomore Kevin Kramer plated Gallagher and Regis with a two-run single to right, making it 7-1 in favor of the Bruins. Berg made that score hold up in the ninth to give UCLA a 7-1 series-clinching victory.
Overall, the UCLA offense totaled 13 hits on the afternoon, with Regis, Kramer and Valaika each recording multi-hit games. Kramer went 2-5 with two RBI while Valaika went 2-4 with a run scored. Zeile drove in two runs as well while Gallagher posted a 1-3 afternoon with two runs scored.
UCLA (33-14, 16-7 Pac-12) and Arizona (29-19, 10-13 Pac-12) will conclude their three-game series tomorrow at 1 p.m. out at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Sophomore left-hander Grant Watson (5-3, 3.29 ERA) will take the mound for the Bruins.
Game Notes: Cody Regis is now 6-7 in the series with four doubles and eight RBI...his four hits today also matched a career-high...Nick Vander Tuig won his fifth consecutive decision and is now 5-0 with a 1.23 ERA and 28 strikeouts in his last five starts...Vander Tuig also moved into a tie for ninth-place on UCLA's all-time career wins list, notching his 22nd career victory today...in eight Pac-12 starts, Vander Tuig is 6-1 with a 1.56 ERA...he has also gone at least six innings in 12 of his 13 starts this season...Kevin Kramer has now hit safely in 15 of his last 17 games...David Berg extended his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 29 straight innings without giving up a run...Berg also lowered his ERA to 0.65 on the year with his 1.2 scoreless innings...the Bruins improved to 25-3 when they score first and 27-0 when they hold their opponent to three runs or fewer.


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College Hockey:Norwich, Utica, Wisconsin-Eau Claire get at-large bids to 2013 Division III men's NCAA tournament
Norwich, Utica and Wisconsin-Eau Claire received at-large bids to the 2013 Division III men's NCAA tournament when the brackets were unveiled Sunday night.
They join eight conference tournament champions in the field of 11, with the tournament opening with three first-round games Wednesday.
The automatic bids: Babson from the ECAC East, Wentworth from the ECAC Northeast, Massachusetts-Dartmouth from the MASCAC, Bowdoin from the NESCAC, Oswego from the SUNYAC, Adrian from the MCHA, St. John's from the MIAC and two-time defending champion St. Norbert from the NCHA.
Utica, which lost in the semifinals of the ECAC West tournament, got in ahead of league playoff champion Neumann.
Norwich lost to Babson in the ECAC East final, while Eau Claire fell to St. Norbert in the NCHC.
Norwich, Oswego, Adrian, St. Norbert and Utica earned byes to Saturday's quarterfinal round.
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• Babson will host Wentworth, with the winner playing at Norwich on Saturday.
• Wisconsin-Eau Claire will host St. John's, with the winner playing at St. Norbert on Saturday.
• Bowdoin will host Massachusetts-Dartmouth, with the winner playing at Utica on Saturday.
One quarterfinal game is set for Saturday: Oswego playing at Adrian.
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Microsoft's "Scroogled" campaign (no relation) boastfully compared Hotmail's privacy framework to Gmail's, condemning Google for "reading your mail." Now, Microsoft has admitted that it scoured the Hotmail messages belonging the contacts of a suspected leaker in order to secure his arrest, and points out that Hotmail's terms of service have always given Microsoft the right to read your personal mail for any of a number nebulously defined, general reasons.
The company says that is had an undisclosed "rigorous process" to determine when it is allowed to read and publish your private email. In a statement, it sets out what the process will be from now on (though it doesn't say what the process has been until now) and vows to include the instances in which it reads its users' mail in its transparency reports, except when it is secretly reading the Hotmail accounts of people who also work for Microsoft.
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Arnold grinned hugely as he leapt off the plane. His parents called for him to be careful as he ran straight through the airport, the gaurds waving at the familiar blonde football head. The sixteen-year-old was running as fast as he could, desparately pushing himself to move faster. No matter how fast he ran it still didn't feel fast enough.
He ran down the streets of town, passing all the familiar landmarks from his childhood without a second glance. When he finally reached the building he was looking for he practically leapt up the stairs and knocked.
"We don't want an- HEY!" the man exclaimed as Arnold shoved past him and ran straight up the stairs.
She had to be there. She had to be. He didn't know what he would do if she wasn't.
"Hey, Miriam, isn't that the football headed kid that left a while ago?"
"Yea I guess" she drawled tiredly
Arnold skidded to a stop in front of her door and knocked.
"What?!" a very familiar voice snapped from inside. He just knocked again. "For god's sakes wha-" she froze as she yanked open the door
Before she could say a word Arnold had his arms around her and was spinning her around. He set her down after a few minutes but never released her.
"A-Arnold!?" she exclaimed, then looked away "Oh please God tell me this is really you!"
"It's me Helga" he beamed "I'm back from San Lorenzo"
"H-How long have you been back?"
He paused
"Well, the plane landed, I practically jumped off of it, and ran straight here" he replied
She beamed
"You came here first?" Tears were filling her eyes
"Of course I did. I missed you" he squeezed her tight
"I missed you too, Football head" she beamed, snuggling into his embrace
Both fell silent, unsure where to go from there. He had been gone since they were ten, and hadn't been able to visit; they didn't have the time or money yet. Both were forced to write letters back and forth, which, Helga had to admit, had been fun.
Sometime after he left -maybe only a month after?- Arnold had asked her in his letter what exactly they were, since they had kissed in the jungle, and he had said he loves her back.
She had replied and said she didn't know, but she still loved him, and they agreed to give a long distance relationship a try. So, for six years, they had been dating via letters; adding pictures for each other, arnold sent souvenirs, while Helga sent cookies. Delicious cookies as a matter of fact.
But, after six years, neither knew what to do now that they were back in the same room as each other. Arnold finally pulled back a bit, and cupped her cheeks
"Just as beautiful as always" he smiled
She flushed
"Well, you're looking good yourself"
Arnold hesitated briefly, indecision clouding his mind. However, after seeing her smile brilliantly at him he leaned down and captured her lips in a kiss. Their first kiss while actually in an official relationship. Overall third consensual kiss, and he had lost count of how many times she had kissed him without him cluing into it.
Her arms were immediately around his neck and she pulled him closer. When they broke away he beamed at her
"I love you" he smiled
"And I love you, football head" Arnold couldn't help but snicker
"I've missed hearing you call me that"
"How... How long are you going to be here?" she asked slowly
His grin widened
"We're staying here. I guess six years of begging finally payed off" he chuckled "now" he laced their fingers together "My parents want to see you, come on"
Helga immediately squeezed his hand tightly in her own, and allowed him to lead her down the stairs and out the door.
"I knew you'd come back" she whispered, leaning her head on his shoulder
"Because I promised" he smiled "And now you're stuck with me"
"And I wouldn't have it any other way" she assured him
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I'm a 40-something guy living near Bradford in the UK. I've been playing computer games since the early 80s (starting with my ZX81) and have also played a lot of pen and paper RPGs from much the same time. Although I and my friends don't do as much roleplaying as previously we do still cRPG together and one of them, who is already a member of TOG, has suggested we also apply to this guild. Currently the three of us are playing SWTOR but we have already played other MMORGs like Warhammer Online, LOTRO, DAoC, GW1, DC Universe Online and the list goes on. And on. And on. Already signed up for the Elder Scrolls Online Beta and am looking forward to seeing how that is developing.
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Tennis Wins 10th Match Of The Season, 6-1, At Dayton
March 10, 2013
DAYTON, Ohio - After suffering a tough loss on Friday night at Xavier, the UMass women's tennis team bounced back on Saturday afternoon to defeat Dayton 6-1 at the Five Seasons Sports Club. The win marks the 10th of the season for the Minutewomen and improves the squad to 4-1 against A-10 foes.
UMass won all three doubles matches to capture the doubles point at the start of the afternoon.
Playing at No. 1 singles for just the third time this season, Sonia Bokhari picked up a straight set win over Sammi Hornbarger. Yuliana Motyl played No. 2 singles and recorded a straight set win over Carley Peck.
Maureen Stevens defeated Jessica Podlofsky in No. 3 singles needing three sets. Stevens won the first set 6-2 before Podlofsky came back to win the second set by the same score. The pair battled through a tie breaker set with Stevens coming away with a 10-6 win to secure the win.
Chanel Glasper also needed a tie-breaker set to win No. 4 singles, but was able to win the second and third sets after falling in the first one to Katie Boeckman.
Jocelyn Providence and Chantal Swiszcz each tallied straight set wins at No. 5 and No. 6 singles to round out the match.
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Well, kids, this is the second time I'm attempting to post this. You see, I am so exhausted after AWA, I accidently closed the window rather than submitting the topic. So, I'll make this short and sweet.
This first video won Best Video in the AWA Pro Contest. It's Trigun set to Engel. It was a challenge video. It's called TriEngel. GET IT? I'm proud of it. Worked with gambitt on it. HERE:
Here's the second one. It's track 8 from the DDR Project. A dancing bunny. THE ABRUPT INTRO IS NOT AN AUDIO GLITCH - it's... aw, nevermind, I tried to explain it on the last project and still got crap for it where opinions are concerned.
It's a dancing bunnygirl. Yeah. I like it because I like bunnies. Not like it's apparent or anything. HERE:
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Okay, folks, I am really frickin tired. Please forgive this awful post, I need to sleep off AWA for a couple more days. Later...
Some AWA and DDR stuff...
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I have a 6 month old baby should i go back to work?
Basically my old company went out of business, and right now im getting unemployment checks, and my second extension is going to run out soon, should i go back to work working full time it would be monday - friday like 7:30-4:30? or spend more time with my daughter? and the unemployment checks are decent, but if i go to work ill be making twice the unemployment money
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The study of social justice helps students understand how gender, race, ethnicity, social class, religion, sexuality and other differences interact to create social division and conflict and, in turn, how we might better work to resolve conflicts as actively and intentionally engaged members of society.
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The face of MMA Christiamani looked radiant with a smile when Bali Travel News made a visit to her workplace at the Inna Bali Hotel. Since filling in the new office in June 2013, the woman who serves as the General Manager is committed to preserve the hotel. What is her message? This woman of Yogyakarta-born on November 5, 1959 conveyed that managing a Dutch cultural heritage hotel needed sensitivity and should not be made arbitrarily. "Now, we are under the process of building and managing the front lobby. We do it by degrees and slowly as it needs quite a few funds," she said friendly.
In managing the heritage hotel, she said, her party would still maintain the Dutch feel. "We are working to restore the feel of the past. Moreover, the Denpasar Municipality has appealed to preserve the details of the building. But our facilities stay to look nice and neat," she explained. Christiamani explained, specifically for the lobby being built almost had the same concept as the existing hotel building. For example, the Dutch model column and lobby flooring remained to use that of the Dutch era. As for the older hotel building would be still maintained in terms of sanitation and comfort.
In addition to the building, she added, the menu of food and beverage were also considered. "We have the food menu like rijsttafel. This special menu is presented with a tray of the Dutch heritage where some pieces remain available. In the past, the menu was dedicated to the distinguished guests and the kings," she said. Meanwhile, to increase hotel occupancy, she said, she offered periodic special and seasonal packages for Nyepi, Ramadan, Eid and the yearend. Besides, there was also a promo price usually applied every three months.
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Becca Tobin of "Glee" is dealing with great loss tonight as news hits that her boyfriend was found dead in a hotel room. On Thursday, TMZ shared the shocking news. Matt Bendik was found dead in a Philadelphia hotel room and at this time the story is still developing. Becca is best known for playing Kitty on "Glee."
He was working on business in the are and Becca was with him for the trip. Matt is a nightclub owner. They were spotted out on the town Wednesday night and nobody has anything crazy to say about what they saw going on. They did go back to the hotel and then on Thursday a maid found the body of Bendik. He was found in the afternoon on Thursday.
At this time, there are not many details being released. Matt was not someone who partied all the time and nobody knows if Becca was with him at his time of death or when they found the body. More information will continue to come out but so far all they are saying is that yes he was found dead. Fans are wanting answers but there are not any out yet.
This will make fans think of when Cory Monteith was found in a hotel room dead of an overdose. He was on the show "Glee" and this is another death rocking the cast of this show. Everyone starts to get really close working together on a daily basis and knowing what Becca is going through will be hard for the cast.
"Glee" will return this fall for the final season. TV Guide shared that the final season of the show will only be 13 episodes long. There has been a lot of speculation and rumors flying about this season. It is confirmed to be the last season of this hit show on Fox.


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Ok ok, we know, the movie's been out for a while and maybe some readers have heard enough about the Twilight Saga. We also know that there are too many outed and closeted Twihards out there to ignore, and the The Official Illustrated New Moon Movie Companion ($11) adds a new creative dimension to the series. This documentary is the "ultimate visual companion" to our guilty pleasure - meaning, it's captured RPats and Taylor in their cutest, most candid behind the scenes moments. Getting a secret look at never before seen shots of the cast, locations, and sets is useful for our daydreams. And the exclusive interviews? To die for (or rather, turn for).
Really? I mean, REALLY? Usually I love everything you post, but this is a "fait pas" that will forever tarnish your reputation in my mind.
:::sigh::: one can never have enough twilight swag ;). keep it up, ladies! <3
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Going on a babymoon? You lucky duck! Not sure what to pack? We're here to help. Here's some outfit inspiration for your days of travel, relaxation and romance (ooh la la).
First up: Getting to your destination! Now, in the PanAm era, air travel was glamorous and passengers dressed to the nines. I love fantasizing about those days, but the reality is I like to be comfortable en route. You too? Perfect. Pull on a basic tee and leggings, slip on some brightly colored kicks (that you won't have to bend over to lace up after you've removed them for the security checkpoint), and strap on a watch so you can count down the minutes until you arrive—even when your electronic devices are powered down.
Arrived safely? Hooray! Time to head to the beach. I'm a fan of flaunting that baby bump in a cute little bikini (let's be honest: it's probably the tautest that tummy will be for a while), but you can choose something more modest (like the suit featured here) if you're feeling shy about it. Grant yourself a break from the prenatal literature and read something nonbaby-related as you soak up the rays (under the protection of sunscreen and a hat, of course).
Finally, let's talk about appropriate attire for that candlelit dinner for two on the beach your partner was kind enough to arrange (hint, hint, partners). A maxi dress both looks and feels fantastic and a pretty printed scarf is essential for breezy nights. Adding a stack of bangles makes the look feel a little fancier, and a swipe of perfume? Well, your travel companion might not know what hit him.
So! Who's booked their tickets? And where are you headed? If you're looking for more travel tips (you know, beyond such important things as what to wear), you can find some here and here. Bon voyage!


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What do you cherish more than anything else?
My daughter, Coco. My family, from my immediate family to my dogs, Hopper and Harley; my friends.
The world could use a little more...
What's more important to you today than it was 20 years ago?
The beauty of nature. I just didn't appreciate things like I do now. I didn't appreciate flowers when I was in my twenties—thought they were a waste of money. I'd buy a shirt instead.
What's more terrifying than failure?
Not trying.
More women seek to age gracefully. What's your advice?
Buck up. It ain't easy. Go to the doctor. Drink water. Sleep as much as you can. Exercise. I get massages—anything for your circulation. Stretch. It's all about keeping that body moving.
Describe a moment in your past that you wish you could relive one more time.
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Send-Home Activity: My Family/Friend Tree
Children will "branch out" as they explore family members or family friends and roles!
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In Advance: Introduce the topic of extended family by talking about relatives or close family friends. What does your child do with their relatives (friends)? Do you visit relatives? Do you gather for certain holidays/ celebrations?
1. Make a list of family members on a large chart with your child. Use as many extended family members as possible-uncles, aunts, cousins, etc. Mention that some families have special names for family members and that is something that makes each family unique.
2. Explain to your child that he/she is going to create his/her own family(or friend) tree.
3. On a piece of tag board have your child line his/her elbows up with the bottom of the paper. Ask him/her to put his/her arms side by side and lay fingers out flat. Trace from the elbows (trunk) up and around the fingers (branches). This will be your child's tree.
4. Invite your child to draw pictures of his/her extended family or friends above and around the branches. Help your child label the names of family members/friends.
5. Display the tree on a wall or bulletin board for your family to appreciate.
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Play a family guessing game by giving clues about family members and having your child guess to whom you are referring. (Examples: Who has an older brother? This person is a boat captain and lives in Florida. Who has a collection of model cars?) This can bring a lot of laughter, and increase children's awareness of their larger family.
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I did it. I accomplished a goal which once seemed inconceivable. A dream so big, I was once not brave enough to dream it.
On Sunday, October 20 dozens upon dozens of women from the tri-city area (Escalon, Oakdale and Riverbank) will flood the streets of San Francisco as participants of the 10th Annual Nike Women's Marathon benefitting the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society.
Times they are a changing or … are they?
I sometimes run out of words.
I recently learned of a reader sharing their dissatisfaction with my column. After all, who really cares about my kids and what I have to share about them?
I really had hoped to not have to pen a column on this topic yet again this school year, but once again I'm faced with a frustration I know I am not alone in.
It's hard to believe, yet the time has passed and once again we (us parents) find ourselves amid yet another school year. This is indeed a momentous occasion in our small town of just over 20,000. Whether you are the parent of school aged children or not ... heed fair warning.
My twenties were not spent changing diapers, shopping for formula or even pushing a stroller. No, quite the opposite. My twenties looked exactly as I had envisioned as a young girl. They were spent completing college, working long hours and building my career. It all seemed perfect.
Children change us.
I'm training for a marathon.
I'm not one to sit quietly when it comes to something I love.
Oh, the joys of parenting and finding our way through traditions and guidelines. I must honestly say, it amazes me (frequently) how often I reflect back on my childhood as a Cliff Notes of sorts to parenting.
Today finalizes the annual celebration lovingly referred to in our household as "Christmas in June."
I did it. The thing I swore I would 'never' do. The purchase I 'swore' I would never make. Yep, I folded. The unthinkable. I did the unthinkable.
There should be a support group for people such as myself.
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There's something truly special and unique about unconditional love.
The Stanislaus County Fair is just a handful of weeks away.
I recently did something I haven't done since my daughter was a year old. I took a week of vacation. Actually with Memorial Day ...
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With the snow keeping us in and the cold keeping us stiff, it is difficult to stay on top of your exercise routine in Baltimore City these days. We all want to "show out" this Spring/Summer, so now is the perfect time to began getting in shape.
There are many ways to exercise, whether at home or in a gym. Some may find it difficult to pay for a gym membership and all of its expenses. There are affordable gyms out here such as Planet Fitness, which limits you to exercise equipment and fitness classes. PF also has personal trainers circulating the gym for assistance, but what about the other amenities such as assistance with nutritional facts and better amenities like a pool or track? Gyms like Merritt Fitness are fully equipped with everything you need, but the membership may not be in your budget so the City is offering options.
On Tuesday January 22, singer/actress Jennifer Hudson made an appearance here in Baltimore City at the Weight Watchers senior center. According to the Baltimore Sun, Hudson relayed her difficulties with weight lost and shared her story on how she lost 80lbs in 9 months with Weight Watchers. Mayor Stepanie Rawlings- Black who admitted to having a weight problem Tuesay was also in attendance and expressed her statistics on the obesity in Baltimore City:
"45 percent of the city's African-American residents are obese as is 36 percent of the city's total population."
The elected mayor signed a grant to expand the B'More Fit for Healthy Babies program, which will offer Weight Watchers support and affordable workout programs for those under government assistance:
Residents who have a body mass index greater than 25 and who qualify for a government-subsidized program such as Medicare, WIC or federal student aid, are eligible for the program, which offers deep discounts on Weight Watchers meetings and fitness classes.
The Bmore Fitness program offers free consultations, workout plans based on your needs and they even offer the new workout craze Crossfit that will surely get you ready for Spring!
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A group of us in a foods class developed this recipe for the North Dakota State Beef Bash Competition, in 1995. We won the contest, and now my family requests this dip for all our special gatherings! —Jessica Klym, Killdeer, North Dakota
- 1 pound ground beef
- 4 tablespoons chopped onion, divided
- 3 tablespoons chopped sweet red pepper, divided
- 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper, divided
- 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed nacho cheese soup, undiluted
- 1/2 cup salsa
- 4 tablespoons sliced ripe olives, divided
- 4 tablespoons sliced pimiento-stuffed olives, divided
- 2 tablespoons chopped green chilies
- 1 teaspoon chopped seeded jalapeno pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 2 to 3 teaspoons minced fresh parsley
- Tortilla chips
- In a large skillet, cook the beef, 3 tablespoons onion, 2 tablespoons red pepper and 1 tablespoon green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the soup, salsa, 3 tablespoons ripe olives, 3 tablespoons pimiento-stuffed olives, chilies, jalapeno, oregano and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
- Transfer to a serving dish. Top with the cheese, sour cream and parsley; sprinkle with the remaining onion, peppers and olives. Serve with tortilla chips. Yield: 3 cups.
Editor's Note: Wear disposable gloves when cutting hot peppers; the oils can burn skin. Avoid touching your face.
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Reviewed Feb. 18, 2014
"This is great for parties. Yum!"
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2012
"Great flavour...a bit spicy which I love. Made it a day ahead. Heated in a pot then placed in serving dish with fresh toppings. I doubled it for a gathering and there was only a couple spoons left. Yum!"
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2012
"Great recipe. Will make again. It's a keeper! I didn't change a thing."
Reviewed May. 30, 2012
"Great recipe, we loved it. Along with chips, I also served it with chunked avacado and tomato. This recipe will go in my tried & true collection."
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2012
"My family loved this dish! We'll most likely make be making it again!"