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We're closing in on week one of the "Yes, Chef" tour and the reception to the book has exceeded all my wildest expectations. My amazing PR team and I hit the ground running with two segments at the Today Show on Tuesday morning where we demo'd my mother's cabbage rolls with Ann Curry (good luck and thank you for your kind words), and had some fun with Hoda, Kathie Lee and my "Yes, Chef" cocktail. Read More


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The 6 Biggest Fears of People Who Are Bad With Kids
There's a condition called "not good with kids" that a lot of people don't seem to understand. It's got nothing to do with liking kids or not liking kids -- it's just being bad at something, like some people are bad at singing or cooking. It doesn't mean that they hate music or food, although sometimes it sure looks like it.
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If you hand an otherwise healthy, happy baby to these people, the baby will immediately start bawling like she's been placed inside an iron maiden.
The torture device, not the band.
It's not like we non-baby people want to drive an innocent infant into a deep existential depression; it just happens, somehow. For some people, it's just inexperience, and they'll figure it out if they practice enough, but some unfortunate people are just stuck with this gene.
Other than having entire career fields in child care and pediatrics closed off to you, there are some milder awkward problems you have to face.
#6. People Who Don't Think "Non-Baby People" Exist
Despite the fact that there's a large segment of the population that just doesn't click with kids, these people refuse to believe such a phenomenon exists. There are only two groups of people in the world for them: kid people, and future kid people. Once the right set of events happens to you, you will magically become a kid person.
She's almost there, I can feel it!
They're ignoring the fact that some people can have their own children, love them and feel comfortable around them, and still feel awkward around anyone else's kids. If having your own kids isn't the magical trigger to make you interact easily with kids in general, I don't know what else you expect to do it.
Probably the worst thing is that when a parent of a new baby subscribes to this idea (that all non-baby people are just converts-in-waiting), they always seem to believe that their particular baby is going to be the trigger. Even if you tell them the last baby you held didn't stop screaming for a week and eventually had to be committed to a mental institution, they dismiss your protests and hand you the baby with a knowing smile, saying, "It'll be fine." Because regardless of whatever happened with other people's meaningless kids, nobody could hold little Jordan and look into his face and not have their heart melt.
I can't judge them for that. When I have a kid, I'm sure I'll believe that he is going to be president and a billionaire and cure cancer and fulfill some prophecy, and that anyone looking at him should be able to see it. That's just being a good parent.
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But it does make for a touchy situation for the non-baby person, because that's setting up some really high expectations. If you screw up and the baby starts crying, or you and the baby end up staring at each other in mutual silent terror as a tumbleweed rolls by, that kind of parent is going to be disappointed and might get a bad impression of you.
Again, I'm not talking about all parents, just the ones who are convinced that all people are really baby people deep down and that their baby can bring it out of anybody. In their disappointment, they might see you as a robot or a baby hater, which brings me to ...
#5. People Who Think You Are a Robot or a Baby Hater
These people acknowledge that non-baby people exist, but believe there must be something wrong with such people. They think that we deliberately hate children, or that we are robots who don't understand the concept of love.
Like a stupid-looking '50s robot, not even a sexy one or anything.
Baby haters definitely exist. There are people out there who have decided to use the term "breeders" for people who decide to have kids and don't have very nice things to say about them.
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But there's plenty of people who don't want kids of their own but appreciate parents and like or even love kids. And there's even some people who do want kids of their own (or have them already!) but just interact with anyone else's kids like they are an opposite sex schoolmate on the other side of the gym at a junior high dance.
The other misconception is that people who don't automatically click with children are like alien life forms who need basic human interaction explained to them. "I don't really know what to do with kids" apparently translates to "Most illogical! Why do you humans sacrifice your valuable resources for these dependent, useless creatures that serve no function? I am told that large eyes and a large head are hallmarks of a concept you call 'cute.' Please explain this concept to me!"
I mean, come on. I am awkward with children, not retarded. And I'm not a robot, either. I grew up with parents who lost sleep over me, worked at miserable jobs to save money for my college and my house down payment and would willingly take a bullet for me. I've heard macho male friends happily sit down and play pretty pretty princess with their daughters. I get choked up and pissed off any time I hear about anyone harming a child.
Kids are great and deserve to be loved. Parent-child love is something special you won't fully understand unless you experience it yourself. I get that. I'm just saying that when I look at a baby's face, I want him to be safe, and I want him to be happy, but I have no idea what hand gestures or noises I should make to help with that.
#4. Not Knowing What to Say About Babies
The other panic-inducing moment is when you meet a friend or relative with a new baby and you're expected to say something about the baby. "I noticed you have a new baby," while honest and sincere, is usually not considered enough.
Also "If that isn't a baby, I don't know what is!"
As far as I can tell, there's two pretty safe things to go with for the average baby visitor. One is to say something about how cute the baby is, and one is to offer an opinion on which parent she looks like. The problem with these, for me, is that I am bad at lying.
I'm not saying the baby is ugly; I'm just saying that I don't know how to tell how cute a baby is any more than a tone-deaf person can tell you if something is off-key. Most babies -- especially newborns -- look very, very similar to me, and to many other people. And I'm not saying babies aren't cute in different, unique ways; I'm saying I can't tell, because I'm baby-deaf. If there was something different enough about the baby for me to notice, it probably wouldn't be something I would want to point out ("Is that a unibrow?" or "Why are his eyes pointing in different directions?").
"I notice your baby is a different race than both of you."
I'm happy to just go ahead and say that the baby is cute, because I'm sure she probably is, but like I said, I'm a bad liar, so I'm terrified the parents will find out and ... I don't know, not compliment my baby when I have one? I haven't thought it through; I'm just scared of people being mad at me.
The other lie I'm afraid of being caught out in is guessing who it looks like, because apparently there is a correct answer. When I saw my brother's baby, I said, "He really looks like Kevin!" because I thought that was a safe remark, and everyone just stared at me skeptically and said, "Really?" And then someone asked, "What part?" and I really started sweating. I mumbled something about the eyes, which was also wrong, because apparently his eyes really look like his mom's.
If he had Steve Buscemi eyes, THAT I would have been able to tell.
I'm not blaming them at all; it's probably very obvious and I did get it wrong. I have trouble recognizing actors if they change their hair, so I wouldn't put it past me to completely blank on a really obvious eye shape similarity.
Fortunately, most people I know are very forgiving about baby blunders (unless I say the baby looks like the mailman or something), but apparently there are some words that just set people off.


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Wesleyan's 2012 nursing graduates include 80 percent practicing in West Virginia in a variety of settings such as tertiary, community hospitals and rural areas. Others are caring for patients in other states. One is in Alaska, another is in Arizona, and a third in Pennsylvania. The 2012 nursing class also has two graduates in South Carolina.
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5 Terrible Jobs Anyone Can (And No One Should) Do
Not everyone can sleep their way to a position writing columns on Cracked. Sometimes, in order to get by, you have to do real jobs. And the worse the economy gets, the more you'll debase yourself to make sure you still have a home to live in and food to eat. That being said, some jobs out there seem to be suitable for everyone, yet once you actually start doing them, you realize they're at a level of soul-shattering awfulness heretofore unexperienced by many.
#5. Knife Sales
I want you to take a second, right now, to jot down on a sticky note all the things you can think of that are worse than selling knives door to door. Now I'm going to perform an awesome magic trick by copying your list exactly!
1. Hitler AIDS
2. Nothing
Isn't that amazing? No, I'm not psychic, I just watch you very closely. Very. Closely. Anyway, the sad truth of the matter is that every door-to-door knife salesman you'll ever meet is one rejection away from turning that Santoku carver on his own kidneys.
Without naming names, I'm of course talking about Cutco. Oh shit. Unread that part. But for reals, Cutco is to a general sense of workplace satisfaction what a scuba trip through a Bolivian sewer is to personal hygiene. For years, this company has existed to sell you knives that can cut through leather and rope and pennies and shit, and you will never, ever need to cut any of that with your steak knife. Not ever.
Why did I waste all my money on those fucking knives?!
As a customer of Cutco, you have a few things going for you. First, the knives are actually pretty high quality. Second, you're as mythical as a unicorn because no one buys Cutco knives. As a seller of Cutco knives, you have everything going against you. You're expected to call every person you've ever interacted with for more than five minutes and set up a time when you can come to their home, their sanctuary, with your little bundle of shyster tricks and force them to endure a solid 30 minutes of you hacking apart leather strips with a butter knife. For the love of Christ, who needs to cut strips of leather with a butter knife? The son of a bitch who wants that already has a knife that can do that. He doesn't need you there. No one needs you there!
So basically your job is to alienate everyone you've ever met by convincing them that you're sad and desperate for money. You'll accomplish this mission quickly. You may think that's no big deal, but remember, too, that Cutco made you pay for that shyster kit you're carrying around with you, so you're already into the company for like $100 or more before you even set foot in the house of someone who doesn't want you there. It's entirely possible that, by the time you decide to quit this job, you'll actually be in the negative financially and down a few friends. But at least you'll have scissors that can cut pennies into spirals, should the world ever get hit very hard on the head and decide that's an important thing to have.
#4. Mystery Shopper
You've likely gotten about a million spam messages in your lifetime about becoming a mystery shopper, the most glamorous job this side of an erotic cake baker. You can go shopping and get paid? That's amazing! My boner just broke the sound barrier, and I'm a lady!
The reality of mystery shopping is that it's about as glamorous as a fart in a glass elevator. Generally speaking, most companies will want you to pay some kind of administrative fee to get started, because "administrative fee" is actually a lesser known synonym for "I'm ripping you off, ass face." You will never make this money back, unless you're a crazy person or some kind of churlish robber baron. I don't even know if that's a thing.
Your job as a mystery shopper is to go deep undercover in a Target and let your employer know if the cashier called you cock breath and refused to give you change. You have to go to a specific store, maybe buy a specific item, and pay attention to what happens. Were you greeted promptly? Were the walls bleeding? Is there still vomit in Aisle 6? You don't give opinions, you just tell them how your experience went. It's part of a store's internal evaluation process. It's that boring.
Now it's not a scam per se, but it's also not a job for a real person. Odds are someone out there right now makes a killing at mystery shopping, but someone out there is also making a killing at selling golden shower videos, so let's not split hairs. For the most part, what's going to happen is you'll get an offer to drive across town and buy a pack of gum and see if the clerk has pants on today. You'll get paid $5 for your effort. Maybe tomorrow you can go to the other side of town and see if the Walmart greeter really has been spin-kicking elderly patrons in their decrepit old nuts for a cool $10.
If you live in a big enough city and there are few enough people doing it, you could maybe get a whole mess of jobs this way and start pulling down $10 an hour. But, you know, why?
#3. Dishwasher
Dish washing is the great employment equalizer. I've washed dishes in at least three different restaurants, and each one helped enrich my hatred of the job a little bit more. Why is washing dishes so terrible? Well, there's a number of reasons. To start, it's a job you do at home. Any job you also do at home is going to breed a tiny bit of resentment. It's like you can't get away from it. You wash dishes for eight hours, then come home, make a corn dog, and wash the corn dog plate. God damn it.
The big deal with washing dishes is that, on the employment totem pole, it's as respected as janitor, Northern Canadian porn star and garbage man. No one cares about a dishwasher. It's a job your employer expects even an ape could do if you Tazed it enough times. This is actually partially the fault of dishwashers themselves, and if you've ever worked in a kitchen, you'll know why -- because any idiot can become a dishwasher, often any idiot will. This means that if you happen to not be an idiot who really just needs a job and sees the value in an honest day's work no matter what it is, the rest of the staff is just assuming you're an idiot and waiting for the moment when you think it's OK to try to shine the silverware on your sack or lick the stovetop to see just how hot that burner is.
And really, it's one of the most humiliating tasks we have for a person. Look at what you're really doing when you wash someone's dirty plate: It's all the bits of food and sauce and sludge this person wasted -- it's mirror-universe feces. The stuff you're washing off the plate and a deuce later in the day bookend the only decent part of the meal. You're cleaning preshit. Or unshit. Whatever.


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Lori from Communi Kate is wearing her daughter Kate in this sweet photo at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, TX.
And what's my favorite babywearing pic? I have so many! Here's a more recent one of Gray napping in the mei tai at t he park. Kissing his snuggly head when he's like that... there's nothing like it! I love the latest ones Ashlee took of Gray and me modeling her Nest slings. I also adore our happy pics modeling the Podonbutai for Jenn at All Natural Mommies!
Keep your babywearing pics coming! Email me (email@example.com) and maybe you'll see them here!
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RALEIGH, NC -- Officials in the Kill Devil Hills Police Department say they have found 4-year-old Neviah Faith Dobson.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety cancelled an Amber Alert issued for the child Sunday morning.
WFMY News 2 confirmed with Kill Devil Hills Police Department the 4-year-old had been found this morning but a dispatcher told us she had no other information available.
Authorities believe the 4-year-old was taken by Shelby Nichole Dobson.
Shelby Nichole Dobson is described as 22 years old, 4 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 100 pounds.
She has brown hair and brown eyes. She's also described as having tattoo's of flowers on her neck and left thigh, and dolphins on her back.
No word on whether authorities are still looking for her.


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Local theater company P&J Productions had so much success putting on the satirical Prohibition-era musical "Chicago" in June 2011, actors and producers decided to bring "all that jazz" back for a bigger and better second run.
With a similar cast, but new dancing and music, "Chicago" will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Mishler Theatre in Altoona.
Neil Port, who runs P&J Productions with "Chicago" director and actor Will Jones, said he knew there might be a renewed demand for the show when the theater simply couldn't hold everyone who wanted to see it last year.
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Starring in P&J Productions rendition of the musical "Chicago" are (from left) Carol Patterson Fedeli as Velma, Will Jones as Billy Flynn and Molly Riva as Roxie.
"People seemed to love it that did see it, so we thought, 'Let's do it again,'" he said.
The production duo offered the same cast their parts for a second time, and about two-thirds of the actors accepted, including the four main characters.
Several more dancers and newly choreographed numbers will accompany the jazz- and ragtime-inspired music of the show. Songs well-known to theater lovers, including "Cell Block Tango" and "Razzle Dazzle," serve as a backdrop for the storyline, based on true events, about a young woman convicted of murder who becomes a celebrity prisoner.
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If you go
What: P&J?Production's "Chicago"
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday
Where: Mishler Theatre in downtown Altoona
Tickets: $13, plus $3 box office fee. Tickets are available at the Mishler Theatre box office or by calling 944-9434.
The music and larger-than-life nature of the show are a nice diversion from modern-day realities, Port said.
"I think [the show] is like a lot of good theater in that it's a diversion from all the stuff going on in the world, and all of the stuff you read about in the paper," he added. "You just kind of get lost in the enjoyment factor, in those two hours of escape."
Brittany Hipp of Altoona, who serves as music director for the production, agreed that what's fun about the show is that it very different than real life. She added that the music is very different from the shows she's worked on in the past.
"I like that it's inspired by 1920s jazz, and not a traditional story," Hipp said. "The characters are so evil. ...When you see even a glimpse of good in the characters, it's surprising."
Hipp said she's enjoyed working with the actors, especially because many of the leads came in already knowing the music. Molly Riva of Altoona said playing the murderess Roxie Hart was something she had wanted to do for a long time before landing the role in last year's production.
"Roxie is definitely one of my dream roles," she said. "To play it twice is pretty amazing."
Riva said the cast can't give a copycat performance, as a new audience each night always leads to subtle differences in the show. Riva added she's glad one thing stayed the same - that she'll once again share the stage with Carol Fedeli of Altoona, who plays fellow inmate Velma Kelly.
"Her and I are so close," Riva said.
The two main characters partake in several large song-and-dance numbers during the show. Riva said her favorites include the puppet scene during "We Both Reached for the Gun," along with the iconic "Finale" number.
All new choreography will be presented with this year's production - with three separate choreographers with different specialties lending a hand.
Danielle Lykens of Duncansville, the owner and artistic director for Star Performance Dance Academy, said that she has really enjoyed working in the live theater setting - as opposed to the dance industry.
"It was fun for me to work with adults," she said. "This is one of my favorite shows of all time."
Lykens said locals should take the opportunity to come see the show because of the quality of dancing and acting. More than 20 dancers were auditioned - from as far as State College - for the seven slots that were available in this production.
"[The audience] will have the chance to see a professional Broadway show live in their local area without having to travel to a big city," she said.
Riva said the new elements added to the show should make people who saw it last year want to come back again. Though this is just a hobby for many of those involved with the production, Riva said new audience members should expect a quality theater performance.
"People are so impressed when they see our productions, they say it's almost like we're professionals, even though none of us do this for a living," she said.
Mirror Staff Writer Beth Ann Downey is at 946-7520.


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Floral home; or, First years of Minnesota. Early sketches, later settlements, and further developments, by Harriet E. Bishop (New York, 1857).
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Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota form the northernmost tier of states in the Old Northwest. They all bound the upper Great Lakes (Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron). Their abundant waters empty east into the St. Lawrence river and south into the Mississippi. (The waters of much of northwestern Minnesota follow a different course, emptying north into Hudson Bay.) The three states share a common northern border with Canada.
During the Ice Age, most of their area was covered for extended periods by glaciers, which left behind a vast plain covered with fine-textured soil and many lakes and rivers. Around Lake Superior the glaciers virtually stripped the rocks of sedimentary cover and thereby exposed an underlying geology going back more than three billion years. The three states share a continental climate relatively unaffected by coastal weather patterns. Temperatures range widely over the course of a year, tending to extremes often accompanied by the turbulence of hail, tornadoes and electrical storms. The area enjoys moderate precipitation, with the numbers declining in its western reaches.
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Few players in the NBA receive more criticism than New York's Carmelo Anthony, but former Penn State coach and current Knicks assistant Jerry Dunn said comments about the star player being selfish and one-dimensional are unwarranted.
"I think it's very unfair," Dunn said Friday at PSU's Coaches vs. Cancer golf event. "Carmelo, first of all, is a great person, a very giving person, a very good teammate. And he doesn't get the credit for playing both ends of the floor. Almost every night he's asked to guard the other team's first- or second-best player, and he's also a guy we depend heavily on to score a lot of points.
"He's a competitor. He's played hurt. I've been really impressed with him."
Anthony led the NBA in scoring at 28.7 points per game, but he averaged only 6.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists and gets ripped repeatedly by national media for only caring about scoring.
"I think he handles it professionally," Dunn said. "He's a professional. I think it starts with him being a good person, because he is a good person."
Dunn has always been considered a good person by those familiar with Penn State basketball. He led the Nittany Lions to their most memorable moment in program history, a Sweet 16 berth in 2001, and was the head coach for eight years after serving as an assistant to Bruce Parkhill for 13 years.
Dunn resigned following the 2002-2003 season, in which PSU finished 7-21 and 2-14 in the Big Ten, and he compiled a 117-121 record with the Lions.
He served as an assistant under John Beilein from 2003-09, first at West Virginia then at Michigan. He was associate head coach for the Wolverines when he took a leave of absence from the team early in the 2009 season, and when he came back a couple of months later it was in an administrative role.
A relationship Dunn forged during his time at Penn State ultimately led to an NBA job with the Knicks.
"Mike Woodson, the Knicks' head coach, is a great guy who I've known, and I met him actually when I was here at Penn State," Dunn said. "He was an assistant coach with the Sixers, with Larry Brown, and they did camps here.
"So as coaches we all got together after practice and would talk basketball, and then we'd go out and have dinner later on and talk basketball. The relationship developed just with those relationships with the Sixers."
Dunn maintained a friendship with Brown over the years. When he moved his family to Charlotte, Brown, then the Bobcats' head coach, gave him a chance to hang around the team.
"He always told me if you're interested in getting into the NBA, the first chance I have to get you in, I'll get you in," Dunn said. "He's actually one of the few people who did what they said they were going to do, so it worked out well."
That relationship with Brown and Woodson led to Dunn getting his current job with the Knicks in October of 2012, and he just finished his first season with the team. His official title is assistant coach for player development.
"It's totally different," Dunn said of the NBA game versus college. "You don't have the practice time, number one. A lot of stuff is done through filmwork, individual player development. You just don't have the practice time because you play 82 games, and between the games and travel, that's where it's so different.
"The other thing is rest for the players. They have to have their legs, which means you don't have practices as hard or as long."


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CHICAGO - As Chicago marked its 500th murder of 2012 on Dec. 31, more than a dozen families of murdered Chicagoans gathered at the Faith Community of St. Sabina on the city's south side, crying out for gun control. Rev. Michael Pfleger, St. Sabina's priest and community activist, whose own 19-year-old foster son was killed in 1998, said "Murder is up," despite the Chicago Police Department's statement that overall crime is down.
Parents wept at they held pictures of their slain children, then set the pictures on chairs ornamented with white crosses. Reportedly, Annette Holt, whose 16-year-old son, Blair, was shot coming home from school on a bus several years ago, said, "Start snitching. Start telling who's killing these kids, who's killing these people . . . It'll be you one day, trust me."
Pfleger commented on the National Rifle Association's proposal to put armed guards in all schools. The Chicago Tribune reported he said, "The NRA has the same response that Adam Lanza did in Connecticut — that the way you solve everything is with a gun . . . You don't solve things with more guns. You solve things with right thinking and right conscience and right actions."
Although the meeting was about the 500-homicides-in-2012 milestone for the city of Chicago and stronger gun control, Sandy Hook was mentioned often. Pfleger said Newtown put a "new focus" on dealing with the issues surrounding gun violence in Chicago, including poor schools and unemployment.
It's unimaginable for those who don't live in a crime-ridden city neighborhood to fathom that the 2012, 500-homicide rate is not the worst one for Chicago. In 1991, it reached an all-time high of 922. In 2011, it was 433, slightly down from 435 in 2010. It then spiked to 506 in 2012, a more than16 percent increase over 2011.
Gun control is not the only issue; unemployment and poor schools are the biggest culprits. Yet lack of jobs and failing schools are not the only factors. Drugs and gang violence are offshoots of joblessness and inadequate education, but there are other societal ills like teen pregnancy, fatherless homes, lack of community involvement, any of which many in the communities prefer not to openly discuss.
As Holt said, "snitching" would certainly help police find criminals, but there is a mistrust of law enforcement officials in African American and Latino communities. Policy brutality and wrongful arrests and convictions are the reasons. Fear also keeps those in the inner city from becoming informants. Neighbors know by word of mouth when someone is murdered; it's obvious when the police are asking for information, as they are often not subtle in their approach.
Those who live in gang-infested areas don't want to be seen talking to the police for fear of retribution--as in death. The police won't be there to protect them when bullets fly through their doors, or they're snatched and slaughtered on the street for "snitching."
I lived eight of the 18 years I've lived in Chicago in a neighborhood that was dominated by the Latin Kings. One week after I moved out of the neighborhood with my 8-year-old son, I returned and was told by a neighbor about a 12-year-old girl who had been shot.
One evening, she and a group of friends were walking down a street my son and I often traversed. She and her friends spotted two groups of gang members, one on the kids' side of the street and the other on the opposite side. The innocent preteens began running for cover.
The dissenting gang members commenced firing shots. The young girl ran as her friends did but was shot in the back by a stray bullet, close to her spine. Miraculously, she fully recovered.
I sobbed for her, her friends, and the suffering they endured, and after crying, I profusely thanked God that my son and I had finally left the danger zone for a better place. There were other violent experiences I endured while living in "hell on earth," and after the one visit where I was informed about the gang incident, I have yet to return. Perhaps one day I can get over the trauma(s) and muster the courage . . . or maybe not.


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WASHINGTON – Great Lakes ports could get a huge increase in funding for dredging activities under a bill in the works in the U.S. Senate.
Under a proposed reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act announced Tuesday, at least 20 percent of any new revenues coming into the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund annually would be dedicated to "projects that are a priority for navigation in the Great Lakes navigation system."
If passed by the Senate and then the House, the bill would mark the first time the Great Lakes would get priority funding in a bill that routinely targets the most federal money to huge coastal ports.
Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., negotiated the compromise that resulted in language favoring the Great Lakes ports.
"For years, critical maintenance projects in the Great Lakes harbors, like Buffalo, have been at the back of the line for the dredging funding they rightfully deserve," Schumer said.


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Thursday, November 16, 2006
Need to Vent
40 comments:
- Mythreyee said...
Dear Vani, I had the same feeling when I had a baby 2 1/2 years ago and I still hear unwanted advise on how to raise a child. There is a lot of difference between our Parent's advise and any third person. I am a mom of a 2 1/2 year old girl and I fully understand your feelings. I know it is time to vent out. Good you brought it out.
- November 16, 2006 at 10:52:00 PM EST
- Vaibhav said...
Hey Vani, Take it easy dear, it happens with everyone, Just keep both the ears open and do what u feel right, with a broad smile on ur face.
Just give it a pass and relax.
- November 17, 2006 at 1:45:00 AM EST
- Nee said...
Oh dear - I can certainly empathize on the unsolicited-advice bit. Somehow, whether you start a new job, get married, move to a new country, visit a new place, or have a baby, there are always some people who just nag, nag and nag and try to show you that they've been there, done that. Just tune them out (easier said than done, I know), and come here and vent as often as you want!
Now go back to playing with M, you super-mom you ;-)
- November 17, 2006 at 5:49:00 AM EST
- Mythreyee said...
thats right vibhav, relax and do what you feel is right with a broad smile.
- November 17, 2006 at 11:11:00 AM EST
- Sia's corner said...
u know vani... u should..... he he he... nope i'm not gonna advise u girl;) he he he... but what u said is really true:)
- November 17, 2006 at 2:49:00 PM EST
- Praveena said...
I can understand what you are going through. A good saying is let it come in one ear and out the other. You are right it is your baby and you know best. People just nag all the time. It's their way of coping with the lack of control in their own lives. Just smile and walkaway (I know easier said than done). You are better than them.
- November 17, 2006 at 6:54:00 PM EST
- Dilip UK said...
Vani..hey..what do i know!!...so i will just give you a hug instead...~warm hugs~....
Take care my friend..~smile~
- November 17, 2006 at 8:49:00 PM EST
- viji said...
Hi Vani, as long as you react to others comments they will keep going. Just answer them with a big smile. I used to keep away from any relationship which drains my energy. Enjoy parenting and have a good day. Viji
- November 18, 2006 at 12:56:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Mythreyee- That's true. When it's your parents giving advice, it is different. Because they genuinely want to help and you WANT to hear them out. I was hoping that the "others" will stop soon but at 2 1/2 years, if you're still having to listen to that, I guess I'll have to be prepared for a longer wait! Thank you for your comment, M. Makes me feel better already! :)
- November 18, 2006 at 10:32:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Vaibhav- thank you for your kind words. You're right. I should try to relax and let it just pass.
Nee- thanks, sweetheart! It's true that anything you do, there WILL be someone who wants to let you know they've been there already! And have you noticed that they are usually desis? Hmm.. I wonder why. It's almost like a competition to them and they probably feel like they won just coz they've done that already.
Ok, back to playing with M! :)
Super mom? Not yet! :)
- November 18, 2006 at 10:41:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Supriya - haa! you almost got me with the "u know vani, u should'! :)
Praveena- **It's their way of coping with the lack of control in their own lives.**
That's an insightful thought, Praveena. I think that's true. They probably suffer from low self-esteem and this is their way of feeling better about themselves. Thank you for your comment, dear.
- November 18, 2006 at 10:52:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Thank you, Dilipji. You are such a warm hearted person and it shows in all your comments.
Viji- thank you. Oprah always says to stay away from negative or "poisonous" relationships too. But sometimes you are kinda stuck with some people. But yes, it is good to avoid interacting with them as much a possible and believe me, I do try!
- November 18, 2006 at 11:29:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Sunila- thanks for empathizing, hon! I guess everybody knows someone who's like that. The problem is that they don't realize how it's affecting the other person.
About having a baby, I went through it too. People asking sly questions like "have u checked with a doctor?" even though they knew that I had a miscarriage a few months before & so I must be able to concieve again.
Even if it is just one such person, it is one more than you need!
- November 18, 2006 at 11:37:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Viji- I'm unable to access your profile. Did u just switch to beta?
- November 18, 2006 at 12:42:00 PM EST
- Vcuisine said...
Hi Vani, Many complained about it. Just give a try again, if you cannot let me know. I will check it out. Tks. Have a good weekend. Viji
- November 18, 2006 at 11:19:00 PM EST
- Foodie's Hope said...
Vent awayyyyy Mrs.!!:D:D
I know exactly what you mean.When Tushar was born, a nurse said to me 'he might have a underdeveloped nervous system?!'This is after the Peadiatrician gave him a clean bill, my own husband is a Internist!! I wanted to slap her her face off:D
I just had given birth without any problems,she told me this when he was in the nursery.Some people should do just their job and try not to be a doctor instead of being nurse.I still remember this incident after 11 yrs and now Tushar is a gifted student, he started reading at 4 1/2 yrs old:))
So much for "under development"?!
Just enjoy your baby,I am also very possessive abt child rearing,can't stand when people say how I should bring up kids including my parents!
Happy Thanksgiving.
- November 19, 2006 at 9:16:00 AM EST
- Vee said...
Hey Vani,
First time commenting on your blog, but this rant hits a spot. Its just not the raising of kids that people think they have the right to comment on. I have 2 kids within 17 months of each other, a concious decision on our part for various reasons. All through out my second pregnancy, I had a few folks come up to me and say, "you know, you should have been more careful". And I smiled through it with a angelic smile and "everything is good" line when all I wanted to say was ....
Well, that might be too graphic to be printed here. and, yes they still continue with the kids. But, they have toned down things a lot after I blatantly "ignored" their advice and lo and behold, my kids are still Normal!!!!
It was my experience that people backed off when I confidently told them that what I am doing is right for my kids though it may not be for theirs.
- November 19, 2006 at 5:24:00 PM EST
- Pooja said...
Hi Vani,
I can understand your feeling, and what you thought you will do , is perfectly o.k. This kinda things happen in life ,and i think will that will never end, be it a matter of a child or anything else, people will be around to show how smart they are, and ofcourse they will let us feel that we are not smart enough. the best way is to just ignore them ,and do not stress our mind with that. Keep an attitude of Who cares ! let them speak and do what ever you like to do. I am a kind of person who will usually say "Vent away " , but i think thats not gonna solve problem, if not that person, someone else will be there. I think what Nee, Vaibhav and Praveena has already said is perfectly ok for such situations. ...
Take care dear friend!
- November 19, 2006 at 10:35:00 PM EST
- Jayashree said...
I hear ya Vani...I'd written a post pretty much along the same lines some time back on my baby blog. Like you I too am not yet rude enough to these people. I just smile, listen and then proceed to gloriously ignore :-))
- November 19, 2006 at 10:48:00 PM EST
- Vani said...
Asha-that must have been really annoying for you, to have the nurse say something like that. Glad to hear that Tushar is doing so well and all is good.
Vee- thank you for your comment. Why do some people make others' lives their business? It must have been very aggravating for you.
**It was my experience that people backed off when I confidently told them that what I am doing is right for my kids though it may not be for theirs. **
I think that's a great way of getting people to back off. I will be sure to use it as often as necessary! Thanks, Vee!
- November 20, 2006 at 8:48:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Pooja- thank you sweetheart! Though it is just one or two people right now, it is one or two more than I need. I'm sure I'll come across more of those when I visit India. But you're right-it's better to ignore them than be irritated by their comments.
J-I remember your post. I hope this blatant interference in other people's lives will stop soon. But that is just wishful thinking. There will always be someone who is rude or insecure or plain ignorant, who will get your goat.
- November 20, 2006 at 8:56:00 AM EST
- Puspha said...
I have had the experience more than 2 years ago. As a new parent, I learnt everything on my own. I did not want others to interfere in anything. So, I just ignored them.
- November 20, 2006 at 10:08:00 AM EST
- Shankari said...
Vani, Here are a few of my experiences.. I got married a little late (indian standards), so I had married friends trying their matchmaking skills :), then when I still dont have a child, I have to listen each and every time about how I should not stress out and learn to relax more..and I wonder what they are thinking
- November 20, 2006 at 12:03:00 PM EST
- Ashwini said...
Oooh you seem to have struck a chord with everyone around. I have had similar experiences but wont get into that now.
I honestly think its an Indian thing...we are collectivistic as a society (as opposed to western indisvidualism) AND we take it too far. Things have to be done in a certain manner and if they arent then its everybody;s business to set it right is the general assumption.
Where the person is concerned believe me unless you state it out loud and clear its not going to stop.
- November 20, 2006 at 6:35:00 PM EST
- Shree said...
ohhh.. I can understand but never thought it would be this bad even after the kid.. after 6 yrs of marriage we are still trying to conceive.. and god! what all you have to hear :((((
Tune it out dear (I know I know easier said than done.. ) My hubby is very good in tuning it out (can;t understand how he does it thou!!!) but I will tell you what I do most of the times
1. Start thinking of some very nice and special moment and you will find it easier to tune out the droning voice.
2. What works out better is I start thinking about tom and jeery. We as the big bull dog and the other person as Tom.. and he he he and you know how every one of these stories ends
- November 20, 2006 at 9:37:00 PM EST
- Vidya said...
I fully sympathize with you, dear.... been there, done that... Actually, you're lucky you are in the US and its probably way lesser than what it would have been if you'd been in India... Just do what makes you comfortable... and if it gets too much, would you like to try my instant destress-tonic?? just boil some potatoes and mash them.. or take some cream and churn butter out of it... you can take out a lot of frustration that way!!! i remember making ghee almost every week when my little one was born. churned that much butter each week!! just chin up and try to ignore it as much as you can...
- November 21, 2006 at 7:57:00 AM EST
- Vidya said...
was reading through your earlier entries...
I'm from Mysore too... did all my schooling there, right up to PG in good old Gangotri..
your parents look very familiar.. especially your mother... any chance we knew each other in Mysore?? was in Nirmala's, Marimallappa's JC, Mahajana college and Gangotri....
- November 21, 2006 at 8:03:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Pushpa- Good that you were able to ignore people. I'm impressed that you managed on your own. I don't know how I'd have done without my mom, esp in the early days!
Shankari-I hear you! We made a conscious decision to wait a few years before having a baby and were constantly asked when we'd have one. None of their business!
- November 21, 2006 at 2:41:00 PM EST
- Vani said...
Ashwini- I never thought of it that way but you're right. It is our collectivistic culture that while providing strong family values and emotional support when needed also takes it too far and interferes when not required. It's a matter of people knowing limits & making sure they don't cross it. But that is not likely to happen anytime soon!
- November 21, 2006 at 2:52:00 PM EST
- Vani said...
Shree- Ha ha! Tom & Jerry! That would definitely make some people more bearable! :) My hubby is good at tuning it out too though he is rather selective. With some people, he seems to be able to take a lot of their crap and with some others, he gets annoyed soon!
Regarding conceiving, I can understand what you must be going through. I wish you the best!
- November 21, 2006 at 3:02:00 PM EST
- Vani said...
Vidya- that's true. Being in the US, I am lucky. I know it would have been a lot worse in India with all the nosey do-gooders. I love your instant de-stressing solutions, Vidya! I may use some of them soon! :)
Hey, you're a Mysorean thru and thru! I didn't study in any of the schools you went to. So couldn't have known you from there. My mom was active in Hoysala Karnataka Sangha and Makala Koota. Maybe from there? Where did you live in Mysore?
- November 21, 2006 at 3:11:00 PM EST
- Little Miss Kylie said...
Thanks for popping by my blog.
I love your writings too and hope you won't mind if I link you.
I know exactly what you mean with the whole "advice" thing. Sometimes there is no other answer - you need to be rude so they pull their heads in.
Of course, in my case, my baby was in the ICU for the first twelve months, so after hearing me say "... and you're such an authority because you've been in this situation have you?" eight or nine times - they learned to shut up.
Will be dropping in again and again to have a look at your latest offerings.
Thanks for the recipes.
- November 25, 2006 at 2:17:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Kye- thanks for dropping by! Of course, you can link me and I'll do the same too, if that's alright.
Your baby was in the ICU for 12 months?! I can't imagine how difficult that time must have been for you. I hope everything is fine now.
Yeah, mainly Indian recipes, Kye. Most people are discouraged by the number of ingredients that go into our dishes (and I used to be one of them!). I hope some are interesting enough for you to try them sometime! :)
- November 25, 2006 at 10:27:00 PM EST
- Twisted said...
You shouldn't let them advice you ;) OK, kidding.
I so know what you are talking about. Especially about the kid. The moment you have a kid, it doesn't matter how knowledgeable you are, how accomplished you are and how well-read you are, EVERY freaking person who ever held a kid starts doling out advice! It used to drive me nuts!
I was laughing out through out your post :)
- November 26, 2006 at 8:29:00 PM EST
- Vani said...
TDNA- I think EVERYBODY knows at least one person who's one of those interfering busybodies. Sad but true :(
Hey, I hope you're having a blast in India- eating all the good grub and oh, the wedding khana too! (envy, envy) I'm waiting for you post-sherwani post! :)
- November 27, 2006 at 8:18:00 AM EST
- Linda said...
Hi Vani, came in from your nice comment on my blog. Am bookmarking you for more to read... perhaps you have a pic of your kitty here too? Hang in there with the unsolicited advice :)
- November 28, 2006 at 1:56:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
Hey Linda!Thanks & Welcome! No, kitty pix yet. I'm gonna remedy that soon!
- November 28, 2006 at 3:42:00 PM EST
- rv said...
hi vani, can empathize with ur situation (especially abt the rice comment), i get advices through internet even if we r in US, the advices just dont stop, and i used to went in yahoo answers for sometime abt it,this advise things just irritates the hell out of me.....sometimes its easy to ignore, sometimes, it just hits the wrong spot and then my reaction is just not predictable, i hate such people , i have no escape from one of them who is an extreme in micromanagement! i dont have kids till now, but still its hell with this person, can imagine wat will happen after having kids....
hey by the way loved ur recipes:) and ur blog :) ur kid looks so adorable, hugs to her:)
- December 10, 2007 at 7:28:00 AM EST
- Vani said...
RV- my sympathies! thanks for stopping by! will leave a bigger comment on your blog. hang in there!
- December 10, 2007 at 10:04:00 PM EST
- Suhas said...
Oh dear! My wife & I went through this with our child too. Most annoying to have people preach you about what you "should" do. Word of warning - it will not stop! Such people interfere at every stage & every age and usually about everything else too! Hang in there!
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