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My only recurring problems, for which I've not yet found a magic bullet, are these: 1. People asking my salary. 2. People taking my picture without saying a word -- people turning their webcams towards me in the internet cafe, also without a word.
Yesterday, I waited a whole morning for a man to come fix my lock who was supposed to arrive at my front door at 9 am. Instead he arrived at noon. Why get mad, stressed, and impatient over something I cannot control. Instead while waiting, I had a nice breakfast, a 40 minute walk around the playground, a nice hot berry tea, and read a good book.
The absolute hardest thing for me here, other than being away from family and friends and not being able to speak Chinese very well, is not being able to tend to things myself. I have not yet made my peace with having to make all communications through my counterpart, who may or may not understand what I am asking and who probably has no power to do anything about my request.
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Here in China, walking around silent, [because I am Asian American] I am not unique unless I wear an African outfit [from my previous post], then I get stares like back in America when I shaved my head and dyed it pink. Walking around anonymous, part of the crowd I feel a sense of belonging, a sense of community rather than being an outsider. But as soon as I open my mouth, I become a curiosity and a center of attention. I become the outsider.
As a gay volunteer, I worried about how I would be perceived by Chinese nationals, fellow volunteers and Peace Corps staff. Though I am open about my sexuality at home in the States, I knew from the Peace Corps literature that Chinese culture is less tolerant of my lifestyle, so I chose early on to keep this particular bit of information mostly to myself. While I believe this was the correct choice, I have been pleasantly surprised to find that there are resources available to LGBT volunteers in China, and that the volunteers and staff I have trusted with this facet of my identity have been both open and helpful. Also, though I live in a remote area, I have been lucky enough to befriend a local gay HCN who has greatly advanced my awareness of sexuality-related issues in China. I should mention though that the first thing he told me was, "Don't tell your superiors at work; they can fire you for it." This is true for HCN teachers, and it should be a concern for PCVs. This sometimes feels like a step backward into the closet, but the key for me has been finding just a few trustworthy and open-minded people with whom to confide.
As a transfer, I think my experience in China has had some unique aspects to it, pertinent to my transfer-ness. . . . [In] China, with all the technology and ease of staying in touch with the US, I was actually trying to get back in touch with people from home. So all of my social energy was being poured into my friends and family in the US, as it was the first time I'd really had the option in 2 years. So, of course, I started really really missing all of them! Perhaps this is a pattern of homesickness or transition-stress that a lot of transfers go through.
"How many kids do you have? You're so fat!" was one of the first questions a student asked me. It was understood before I came here that I clearly did not have the physical stature to discretely blend in with the Chinese HCNs, and I also knew it would be called to my attention, as it is not considered rude in most cultures. However, it doesn't mean it makes me any less comfortable to hear from other teachers that I am known as the fat foreign teacher, and, with my further understanding of language, to know what people say as I walk by. Most of the time I just turn my iPod louder or laugh it off, but every person has their breaking point where certain comments just aren't excusable anymore. . . . I remind myself over and over that the only thing I can control is my own reaction, and sometimes its the only thing that helps me keep my cool.

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June 1st marked the official start of the 2012 hurricane season. In anticipation of this and other natural hazards the city's Department of Emergency Management, American Red Cross, the University of Hawaii Sea Grant and NOAA Coastal Storms Program are teaming up to offer a free Oahu public disaster preparedness fair to assist Hawaii's communities plan and prepare for natural hazards.
The community fair will be held on Saturday, June 23rd and cover a variety of topics including emergency guidelines, evacuation planning, tsunami and severe weather warnings, preparing homes for a hurricane, flood inundation mapping and caring for pets.
Experts from the Department of Emergency Management, UH Sea Grant, National Weather Service, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaiian Humane Society and the American Red Cross will be on hand to provide guidance and answer questions from the public.
In addition, many other agencies will set up educational tables to offer additional information and services to homeowners for natural hazard mitigation and preparation.
The fair is free and open to the public and designed to better inform and prepare coastal communities throughout Hawaii.
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When: Saturday, June 23, 2012; 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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Meanwhile, Ron Paul keeps winning Presidential polls, and the Corporate Media keeps flushing those polls down its memory-hole whenever RP wins!
Hey Tom, what's your excuse for ignoring the only anti-war candidate in the field?
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Plans for the new elementary school's design were approved by the Three Rivers Independent School District board on June 24.
Architect Randy Fromberg of Fromberg Associates in Austin said they are 90 days out to complete bid documents and could start construction in four months. After that it would be about 420 days until the anticipated completion date in 2014. The new high school was also designed by Fromberg Associates.
"We've included everything we could imagine – the furniture budget, technology budget and $150,000 for the playground," Fromberg said.
The building will have card reader locks for all entrances and the parking lot. That means nobody can enter the building or parking lot without either a card pass or getting let in at the main entrance. Each entrance also will be equipped with cameras so the office can see who is coming in.
Traffic flow also was kept in mind for the design with two one-way drives so parents are on one side and buses are around the corner with access to the gym.
The main entrance will be near the gym with grades 3-6 on that end and then pre-kindergarten through second grade on the other end with a courtyard in the middle for two play areas and room for a learning garden.
Large cylinders, called sound clouds, will hang from the ceiling in the cafeteria to help absorb the sounds and control noise levels.
The library's reading center will have a Live Oak County theme with a canopy for students to read under.
Students will transition into using restrooms down the hall as they get older since the youngest grades have restrooms inside their classrooms. Second grade will have one just outside their door, and third through sixth will go down the hall.
The desks in each room can be faced in multiple ways so teachers can line them in rows, cluster them into groups or lay out their room to suit various lesson formats. Antonio Naylor of Fromberg Associates said this is because 21st century classrooms need flexibility in their design since it's difficult to determine what direction education will go in even just a few years.
"It's a cultural thing if it's going to be used or not," Fromberg said.
The principal's office is positioned to see who is coming through the main entrance and driving up to the building.
"There are things we've been doing to try to cut costs," Naylor said.
Some of the cost cutting changes to the design included limiting the amount of outdoor canopies and being prudent with pouring concrete. Other changes to the design included altering the gym size to accommodate volleyball and basketball.


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Tom Petty you Rock! "and I won't back down" Thanks Tom! Would have much preferred seeing the rest of the concert, but this will get us to the next one!
I couldn't believe I was fortunate enough to win the lottery opportunity to purchase tickets to this intimate venue. We chose to purchase the VIP/EE tickets and travel out of state for this once in a lifetime event. We waited in line for 5 hours to make sure we would get close to the stage. We were front and center stage with a view of the entire band. The Hearbreakers never sounded better. After waiting months and spending money we didn't have for this amazing opportunity, it came to an abrupt end. Whoever is responsible for overselling this event due to incompetence and/or greed needs to be accountable and somehow make it up to all the Petty fans. We were cheated.
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Re: Newman Not With SHR in 2014
Rochelle wrote:HTower wrote:HiddenHollow wrote:I wonder what Animink will do with the "Ryan" forum - leave it in place, lock it or delete it?!?
They could end up leaving the Ryan forum out of apathy and laziness for months. I imagine they will end up locking the forum and hiding it, maybe deleting it. Hopefully we get a Harvick forum sooner rather than later so that Happy fans feel welcome when they show up. We've already had a glut of them registering, and none of them have stuck around yet.
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The Cancer Mapping data consists of counts of newly diagnosed cancer among New York State residents and is in response to legislation regarding "Cancer incidence and environmental facility maps" signed into law in 2010 (Public Health Law §2401-B). The law specifies the publication of maps showing cancer counts for small geographic areas along with certain facilities regulated by the State Department of Environmental Conservation. The official web site is called Environmental Facilities and Cancer Mapping.
The dataset is ONLY for the cancer-related data fields on the Environmental Facilities and Cancer Mapping web site. This dataset includes observed counts for 23 separate anatomical sites at the level of census block group. Block groups are small geographic areas typically averaging 1,000 to 1,500 people. To protect confidentiality, each area contains a minimum of 6 total cancers among males and 6 total cancers among females.
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Several Grand Valley students and faculty members were recognized for their accomplishments on Monday, April 8, at the university's annual awards celebration.
One of the awards given at the event is the Glenn A. Niemeyer Awards, which are the most prestigious academic awards presented by the university. They are given to two faculty members, two undergraduate students, and two full-time and two part-time graduate students. The awards are named for Glenn A. Niemeyer, who retired from the university in 2001 after 38 years of service, including serving as provost from 1980 through 2001.
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Yea, I understand there is this human tendency to always hope for the best.
But we need to look past this tendency and realize that there is no way Knicks is winning a quarter, much less a game, this series.
Isn't it funny how we heard the same thing last year? To use words from the great Dennis Green, "we mind as well crown they asses then"!
Then DAL went on to win the chip, while providing a blueprint and hope that anything is possible. Granted MIA has a few new pieces, they are beatable.
The question isn't who's better... the question is CAN YOU BEAT THEM?
1. Tyson the man handler. He needs to come alive. If he has the flu, I want to see contagion all over the enemy. Thats the least he could do. Besides that, he must get back to patrolling the paint and rolling to the hoop.
As I stated early in the season, Tyson is a mismatch with most centers on offense. We must get him involved early. Its no mystery why we started looking better after our early struggles- we got Tyson involved early, and he produced while drawing fouls. Before Linsanity; pre-Melo drama; there was TYSON rolling to the basket. Let's not forget that! We shouldn't be "looking" for offense when we have an athletic seven footer in the paint. USE HIM!
2. We all saw what the value of a PG who could a) get in the lane and draw defenders, and b) dish, can do. BD must be able to attack, attack, attack. If he can't early, TD must be inserted to attack. If he can't then JR must attack. The point is, by standing and dribbling without a purpose we are playing into the defenses hands. They must be instructed to use any means to get into the paint or ride the bench.
3. MELO must rise. At the 4, Melo has thrived. His perimeter game cannot be defended by other 4's. He is quick enough to stifle any dribble attempts by opposing 4's. He must rise! At the least he can draw fouls from their bigs. Stop settling for jumpers ala MDA and drive young man.
4. Our defense must be stout. If Jeffries or Jorts is in for STAT (or Melo), we must understand that TYSON is still the big man priority and they cannot rely on him on defense like STAT. They must be a presence. They will be needed to spell Melo at the 4 and Tyson. They must take advantage of this opportunity.
Defense MUST be our priority. Our primary goal should be to stop them. All hands on deck, we need to play defense! The offense will come but we need to defeat them on defense. Make them a jump shooting team. This will lead to breaks, and reduce the pressure on offense.
5. Understand, the problem with a team who closes out on offensive players so hard is that they overcommit. Patience and ball movement overrides this. This ball movement has to be crisp, precise, and purposive. The opportunities will come with this approach and it must be by design so as to be replicated until they relent.
6. Use the crowd. This isn't time for reflection or self-pity. This is not the time for excuses. We are at war, and it's a blessing to be here. Let's not take anything for granted and seize the moment. The crowd should be raucous.
7. Believe.
If you think a team is the best; that they are unbeatable, unstoppable, and flawless. Then you've lost before you get on the court. We can compare who's better Melo or Bron, Tyson or Bosh... all day. It's not who's better, individually or collectively.
It's CAN YOU BEAT THEM?
Ask MIL or DAL or KOBE... **** ask the NY GIANTS...
the answer is yes. We must believe. Series aren't won in one game. Championships aren't won with one game. Do enough of the right things and let the chips fall where they may.
The Knicks owe it to us, and just like Lin hitting that three against Toronto, we owe it to them to believe.
It can be done.
Yea, I understand there is this human tendency to always hope for the best.
But we need to look past this tendency and realize that there is no way Knicks is winning a quarter, much less a game, this series.
we're not gonna crown those busters champions yet because they haven't proved ****, neither have we but we got potential, get the hell out of here if you're just gonna be an idiot about everything someone says positive
We had a good thing going before the Melo trade and we're in a nightmare right now. You just don't realize it's a nightmare yet. I'm ahead of the curve. Lin doesn't fall out of nowhere for us and we're not in the playoffs right now.
I am looking for the "double nickels in the garden" from our star MELO tomorrow night. Defense will be better with STAT's punk a$$ on the BENCH. We will need a second and third scorer so JR and BD better be ready...The Heat are a different team on the road...Keep hope alive!!!!
Have Melo score 30-40 points
Tyson needs to rebound and defend the paint at all costs while staying out of foul trouble
Jr and Novak have to score atleast 10 points each
Davis has to limit his turnovers
Bibby needs more playing time
Jeffries and Josh Harrelson need to see some time off the bench
Force the Heat to be jump shooters, meaning Wade should not score every point in the paint like he did in game 2.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
I think our best chance to win game 3 is to kill Lebron on opening posession.
Red, I think you are an intelligent poster but do you really believe that the Knicks have any shot at beating a team that looks at them as a deer in their headlights? Let's mot forget, the Miami Heat don't have just 1 nor 2 but have 3 beasts that Stephon Marbury in his hey-day would have loved throwing the ball down low to.
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
I'll remain optimistic until the final buzzer of the Knicks season. The Heat do look like they can go all the way this year...but I wouldn't be a Knick fan if I was doubting them at every chance I get....without good reason.
We have been injury prone this year, it hurt the entire teams plans. But if the Knicks go out on the court still believing they have a chance...than as a supporter I need to have their backs...or find something else to do before the misery turns me into a dueche bag. There's already enough estrogen flowing around here... not sure if I should be commenting on the Knicks game or go on a panty raid.
1) keep feeding the post on the inside to have Tyson Chandler attack the weak interior of the Heat. That will open everything up.
2) Have Melo work off of screens instead of post-ups. That way we don't waste 10 seconds just to get him the ball.
3) play hardcore defense and hope that the referees let basketball play, unlike in Game-1.
4) Bench needs to step the **** up and play like the deep team that we are. Expose the weakness of the Heat bench.
5) penetrations, penetrations, penetrations. - this is hard due to the tough D by the Heat perimeter stars, but can be done by feeding the inside first and opening everything up.
I am wondering how this game will turn out when coach Woodson will have to give playintime to players he showed little to no confidence in b/c star-players Stat, Melo, and himself didnt want this-player or that-players in the rotation for personal reasons more than performance reasons.


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Mike Willow, emergency management coordinator, said, "I have been receiving quite a few phone calls from the community, and I put a survey out to the fire chiefs in Bee County.
"Most of the fire chiefs in south Bee County aren't saying it is dry enough for a burn ban.
"But in north Bee, they are saying, 'Oh, yes, please.'"
Commissioners on Monday unanimously approved issuing the ban on outdoor burning. The scattered showers that afternoon and later in the week were not enough to end the burn ban.
The ban does not include the burning of trash in approved, screened containers.
Typically, the county doesn't go into a burn ban until the Keetch-Byram Drought Index reaches 575.
However, there are portions of the county that have reached 600 and 700 on the index scale.
The drought index is based on a daily water measure, where a drought factor is balanced with precipitation and soil moisture and is expressed in hundredths of an inch of soil moisture depletion.
While the entire county isn't in danger, the commissioners must issue the burn ban for the entire county and not just portions of it.
Commissioner Ken Haggard said, "If one fire department within Bee County asks for a burn ban, I think we should honor it.
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Need for oversized caskets grows as American waistline grows
Obesity continues to be one of the major concerns in the U.S.
About two-thirds of people in La Crosse County are considered overweight or obese. That's actually slightly under the state average, but health officials say it's still a problem.
While it can be costly and lead to some serious health issues like heart disease, diabetes and early death, the extra weight could also create problems in the afterlife.
As the American waistline gets bigger, so do caskets.
Before someone makes it to their final resting place, the process for loved ones to say good bye is hugely important.
"As a funeral director, we believe strongly in that viewing process and that closure for families," said Andrew Dickinson, co-owner of Dickinson Funeral Homes in La Crosse.
Dickinson co-owns the business with his twin brother.
Together, they are the ones to meet with grieving families and work to cater to their needs no matter how small or big the request.
"At times it can be uncomfortable," said Dickinson. "Some families just aren't familiar with this room, and when they come in, they don't know the dimensions and just they think everyone can fit in a traditional sized casket, which just isn't the case."
Back when the brothers started working in the family business in 2002, they said the need for oversized caskets was pretty much unheard of.
Dickinson said that's not so much how it works today.
"We do approximately six or seven oversized casket sales a year and the need is increasing," said Dickinson.
So how are the casket sizes different?
"Now, this is a standard width casket and you're right at the 23 (inch mark)," said Dickinson.
Then it grows five inches.
"This one's 28," said Dickinson.
And another five or so.
"Between a 32 and a half to 33, so 33," Dickinson said as he measured the largest casket in stock.
But Dickinson said the sizes don't stop there.
"They go up to 35 or 42," said Dickinson. "I'm sure this casket can hold up to 800 to 1000 pounds."
"It's very scary," said Linda Lee, La Crosse County Nutrition Manager.
Lee said about 21.5 percent of people in the county are considered overweight or obese.
That number has stayed pretty steady for the past few years.
Lee said that's both a good and a bad thing.
"It's not trending upwards," said Lee." It's pretty stable, which is good, and I think we've done some things in our community to help in that regard. We're encouraging people to be active, we're encouraging people to eat healthy and so I think La Crosse is a little bit ahead of the curve, but that's not to say we still don't have a problem."
Lee said creating good lifestyle habits are easier as kids. If kids are overweight or obese as children, they are much more likely to be obese or overweight as teens and adults.
But obese or not, the Dickinsons said everyone should be treated with dignity, and have the perfect casket on hand to match is part of the job.
"Fortunately now, a lot of the casket manufacturers are making a lot of the oversized caskets in every traditional style," said Dickinson. "The need is there and when a family does come upon that need, we're there to serve them."
The 32 inch casket also happens to be about the last size to fit in the average burial plot. Anything bigger would require buying two plots.
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text: The memo that proves aliens landed at Roswell released online by the FBI 0x6a656666 posted:4/10/2011 10:02:26 AM A bizarre memo that appears to prove that aliens did land in New Mexico prior to 1950 has been published by the FBI. The bureau has made thousands of files available in a new online resource called The Vault. Among them is a memo to the director from Guy Hottel, the special agent in charge of the Washington field office in 1950. Link to article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1375203/The-memo-proves-aliens-landed-Roswell--released-online-FBI.html Link to the memo on the FBI's website: http://vault.fbi.gov/hottel_guy/Guy%20Hottel%20Part%201%20of%201/view0x6a656666 posted:4/10/2011 10:14:39 AM This week has been an eventful one, that's for sure. asuttles61paranews posted:4/10/2011 10:31:37 AM This is so unusual and uncharacteristic of our govt. agencies it makes me suspicious. Why now? 0x6a656666 posted:4/10/2011 10:41:35 AM All I keep thinking of is that they know the sun spot activity is going to be too much for earth to handle along with the radiation coming out of Japan, so might as well tell all. But that could be too doomy :)spiritech0 posted:4/11/2011 2:19:53 PM I think humanity was defeated some time ago, and all the "modifications" from food to weather to man-boobs (hardy har) are simply our alien masters' way of making the REAL estate theirs without the nasty cost of cleanup.It's a thought, but then again "Soylent Green IS People": here's proof:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2549741/postsKeep hope alive. Breed ubermenschen. LOLerysian posted:4/11/2011 7:06:59 PM The skeptics, I'm afraid, do have a point about this memo. It doesn't prove anything, except that a memo was issued describing what someone who was probably not directly involved said. The lack of further investigations, evidence and so on does support the idea that said memo was pretty much ignored. I'm not saying that there's nothing to the whole Roswell affair, just that we may never get real confirmation about crashed saucers etc (other similar reports at different times and places have been completely ignored in favor of centering on Roswell as it is).0x6a656666 posted:4/12/2011 2:10:28 AM "Capt. Hottel, guard, George Washington U., Class of 1924." Guy Hottel, captain of the Hatchetites. National Photo Co. glass negative0x6a656666 posted:4/12/2011 2:20:10 AM And this is not the first time the memo has appeared on the FBI's website, as it used to be located here, before they rearranged everything: http://www.fbi.gov/foia/hottel_guy/hottel_guy_part01.pdfThere's some great info about him on this page if you look in the comments, as well: http://www.shorpy.com/node/4464 jaguarsky posted:4/12/2011 9:26:42 AM Watch this hand!!godlypunk posted:4/12/2011 3:20:49 PM In Reply To:asuttles61paranews posted:4/10/2011 10:31:37 AM This is so unusual and uncharacteristic of our govt. agencies it makes me suspicious. Why now? Yeah, it seems something has changed. I'm sure the govt knows there is going to be an "event". So, perhaps they are preparing for it by leaking to the public in small doses.Ysgawen posted:4/14/2011 6:56:04 AM Belief in UFOs as alien craft suits various governments in many ways. We've seen in Iraq and Afghanistan how the US government invents an enemy to fight in order to get people to a) forget the nation's financial issues and b) allow the destruction of civil liberties to a degree that would not be possible unless the people could be fooled into believing it is all to protect them from the baddies. Roswell was a good trick, and they've worked it well, but I'm not going to believe a word of it until they can produce the dead aliens. Not one credible person has so far said there were aliens in a crashed spacecraft and not one shred of real evidence has been offered.Ysgawen posted:4/14/2011 8:54:53 AM It's a hoax. http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/13/fbis-vault-website-ufo-doc-most-likely-a-hoax/ spiritech0 posted:4/14/2011 10:27:19 AM Tell it to Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Col. John Alexander, Col. Jesse Marcel... I'll find some nifty audio from government types for you, Ysgawen... Because I can't take you into outer space. lol0x6a656666 posted:4/14/2011 10:27:27 AM The document itself isn't a hoax, although what was told to the FBI agent here could be, if Bruce Maccabee was correct. gary107 posted:4/14/2011 11:38:00 AM by having such a report sent to him, JEHoover could use it to suggest to Truman [then President] that the FBI should handle the investiation into the situation and that Hoover should be put in charge or at least included on any panel or committee which would be placed in charge of carrying out the matter with descretion. That would be the reason for such a FBI memo. Which means JEHOOVER was again trying to increase his own power and importance. gary107 posted:4/14/2011 11:41:43 AM /investigationgary107 posted:4/14/2011 11:43:54 AM nothing historically new here, he was always doing that sort of agency building for his FBI.spiritech0 posted:4/14/2011 10:43:38 PM I've got a long link to the April 24, 2010 show/podcast where "You will hear actual audio recordings of U.S. Presidents, astronauts, and high-ranking government officials discussing and commenting on UFOs and the alien presence on earth." This is a three hour long show based in NC. The audio collection is intriguing. I implore you to listen to the entire three hours, if not for the important information, then something to consider.http://www.wwnc.com/cc-common/podcast/single_page.html?podcast=SpeakingOfStrange&selected_podcast=4-24-2010%2520hr%25201.mp3gary107 posted:4/19/2011 2:26:19 PM "new" old FBI report from 1949. There is a youtube video of the old film [16 mm]. 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Family FitnessBy Camille E. Campanile
Correspondent | May 11,2014Jeb Wallace-Brodeur / Staff File Photo
Mother and daughter paddling on Green River Reservoir in Hyde Park.Caregivers of infants, toddlers and children of all ages often find it difficult to allocate time and energy to pursue personal fitness. Caregiving during the years of early childhood development often coincides with weight gain and deconditioning for mom. (Today is Mothers Day so mom signifies caregiver.) Wakeful nights with sleepless babies, constant attention to toddlers, frantic adherence to family and work schedules, household chores tucked into each corner of a day, topped by inevitable trips to the doctors office, leave precious little time in which to exercise.
Moreover, with the addictive draw of screen time, todays children are less likely to get the amount of physical activity requisite for healthy development. Because of childhood obesity, pediatricians now warn that todays children may be the first generation of Americans since World War II to die at an earlier age than their parents inactivity is seen as a major risk factor, author Richard Louv said in his 2008 book, Last Child in the Woods.
However, exercise as a credible component of each day is possible. Understanding the importance of activity for young children and the imperative nature of exercise for mom, it becomes a matter of matching the challenge with creative solutions.
The battle against childhood obesity can begin when moms model fitness and establish the habit of healthy lifestyle for every member of the family. Both caregivers and children enjoy the mental, physical and emotional balance that exercise promotes.
How can families afford the time and expense of pursuing family fitness? One avenue to family fitness waits outside your Vermont door. Outdoor free play is recognized by many expects to be a critical foundation for healthy physical, mental and socio-emotional development for children.
Play in all its rich variety is one of the highest achievements of the human species, alongside language, culture and technology. Indeed, without play, none of these other achievements would be possible. The value of play is increasingly recognized, by researchers and within the policy arena, for adults as well as children, as the evidence mounts of its relationship with intellectual achievement and emotional well-being. (Dr. David Whitebread, University of Cambridge, 2012).
Moms can play on playgrounds and join in outdoor games and activities with their children. Personally, as an adult, I find the monkey bars to be quite a challenge! Not to mention 30 minutes of vigorous tag games can provide a quality quickness and agility conditioning session for everyone in the family.
According to the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) Guidelines, children ages 3-6 should have at least 60 minutes structured play and 60 minutes of each day.
Regular, rhythmic activity such as walking or running can be physically beneficial and mentally or emotionally restorative. Kids can join mom in some of her exercise endeavors, with thoughtful accommodations to ensure their safety. If Mom does yoga, invite the kids for a few rounds of Simon Says Sun Salutations. If Mom takes a daily run, why not share a mile (or more) with the kids, especially with the easily accessible quality jogging strollers for little ones and optional conveyances for those older such as bikes or scooters. Be creative and responsive to each childs individual needs and wants when planning a shared fitness adventure.
On a personal level, in my family, the pursuit of fitness is non-negotiable. All four of my children know it. Even our fifteen-month-old baby brings me his shoes after dinner in anticipation of our evening family walk, which we fondly refer to as the After Dinner Cake Walk.
Family fitness is at the heart of my husbands and my parenting because as both athletes and coaches, we appreciate how games and sports offer children an opportunity to experience life challenges in a safe environment. We know that competition handled appropriately provides practice in winning and losing, team work and individual responsibility, self-discipline and goal-setting.
Take for example, a workout I did with my children recently. Baby settled into the jogger, and my 5, 7 and 9 year-olds laced up their running sneakers. There is a safe ½ mile loop in our neighborhood so that my kids can alternatively ride their bikes and run as chosen.
Together we made a goal to exercise for one hour. While this duration of exercise may not be appropriate for every family, it is a length of time that I know my kids and I are happy with. Before a joint exercise venture, help children set goals that are realistic yet offer a meaningful challenge. Family fitness provides countless teachable moments in terms of goal setting, perseverance and self-discipline. Practicing these important life-skills is essential for childrens cognitive development.
On our jog/bike, my children and I settled into a pace that everyone could sustain comfortably. We ran the first mile telling knock-knock jokes the whole way, keeping it fun and not a chore. Family fitness fosters togetherness through shared moments of striving (and laughing), moments of attention to each other and the world around us. It makes a significant impact on children to see their parents pursuing fitness; not just telling them to go outside.
After running the first mile, my 7- and 9-year-olds were so jazzed about the bikes we recently liberated from winter storage that they decided to switch to their wheels. My 5-year-old, who appears to have inherited my passion for running, instead chose to continue to jog with me. I honored their individual decisions, but reminded them that each child was accountable to finish the predetermined route. Since the ultimate goal is a lifetime of fitness, encourage children to take ownership of their workouts, and support them in following through.
Family fitness provides a range of physical benefits and ample opportunities to foster teamwork and individual accountability, which thereby promotes healthy emotional and cognitive development. Give your kids reasons to gain self-confidence.
When my children and I finished, my little ones clearly felt an empowering sense of accomplishment as we shared water, granola bars and high-fives. Dont forget to celebrate the achievement of goals, as well as to help kids refuel with water and a nutritional snack post-workout. This is the foundation for healthy habits that can last a lifetime.
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The sound of hearts breaking was heard around the world on September 9 when Ryan tied the knot with Gossip Girl Blake Lively! Who can blame the actress for sealing that deal quickly?! We respect he's now off the market but can still admire him from afar. A hot and successful guy, not afraid of commitment! Tick, tick, tick!
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A man who claimed to be the new manager of a Denny's restaurant in Madison is facing charges after cooking himself a cheeseburger and fries before police showed up. Read more.(credit: Jupiter Images)
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A popular feature many of us have in our cars could be leaving us permanently scarred. Doctors say heated seats can lead to a skin condition called Toasted Skin Syndrome. Read more.(credit: CBS)
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A 21-year-old Columbia Heights man is accused of hiding drugs and stolen property in his pants while outside an Eagan business, according to charges filed Friday in Dakota County Court. Read more.(credit: Dakota County Sheriff's Office)
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Police seek man in assault caseNovember 21,2013BENNINGTON A $5,000 warrant has been issued for the arrest of a local man who got into a fight with a police officer Tuesday and then failed to appear in court Wednesday.
Alvin Aiken Jr., 34, of Bennington, was due in Bennington district court Wednesday to be arraigned on misdemeanor charges of violation of an abuse prevention order, violation of conditions of release, resisting arrest and assault on a law enforcement officer.
After he failed to appear, Bennington County Deputy States Attorney Jennifer Barrett asked for an arrest warrant for $5,000 which was granted by Judge Nancy Corsones. Barrett said police had been looking for Aiken.
Not only are we concerned right now that hes going to harm himself or someone else, we believe that hes a flight risk and weve been trying to track him down since this morning, Barrett said.
In an affidavit, Cpl. Andy Hunt of the Bennington Police Department said police had been called around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday by a woman who has an abuse prevention order against Aiken. The woman said Aiken was outside the door of her Bennington home.
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Rookie Question
I am backpacking and fishing my way up to site #24 from Elkmont a week from Saturday. Should I just keep my pack on when fishing, or set it on the shore? What about my vest and net? I was thinking that I could just tie my net off to my pack and leave the vest inside of it just in case I need some tools/tippet etc. Should I bring my wading boots? If so, should I just keep them on the whole time? Thanks,
I absolutely love this trip you are taking....when I first started backpacking/fishing this is where I would end up....the problem with fishing your way up to the campsite is you may never make it.....I would usually get to the campsite, set up and then fish upstream or walk back down and fish back up to camp....if you are set on fishing on the way up I would keep a small box of flies and some tippet material in a side pocket and just stick your pack behing a tree off the trail when you fish....I generally hike in in my fishing boots....weigh too much and take up too much room to pack....if you start fishing from 24 and fish upstream you can catch a slam pretty often....it is a 1/2 mile back down to the fork where Fish Camp Prong comes in...there is some great dry fly fishing back in there....and with the water the way it is right now you can even play in Rough Creek right at the campsite and have some fun....keep an eye out in the evening....early June can also bring out those synchronized fire flies at the campsite and they put on quite the show....good luck and let us know how you do...
Hello All, It's been a while since I have been active here. I have been a prisoner to 8 beautiful women deep in the backwoods of the smokies. Ok, I wish!
Hey Raiderfan,
I have evolved my backcountry technique quiet a bit over the past couple of years. Here is what I do.
Pack- Depends on your pack weight. I don't like to wear mine while fishing even though my summer weight is < 20 pounds with food and water. Your going to #24 so you will have food in your pack. I walk up stream a ways and hang my pack with 50/50 cord. I then walk back down stream and fish up to my pack(repeat) if needed. A Pack on the ground with food can ruin your trip and most likely our backcountry furry friend will become a "dead bear" once he gets his first pack with food! Just saying..
Net- I don't use one...
Vest- I use a "Lanyard" Buy or make one. Very simple and easy.. Try it,you'll love it..
Wading Boots- I no longer wear them(except winter). I wear trail runners and remove the insert and my socks and put them in my pocket. The mesh of the shoes lets water escape very effectively and they dry quickly when hiking. I am a little more vigilant with my steps. Works for me.
Liteweight/mulitple use/minimalist approach is my moto. Back to the girls...
Good luck BRF!
"Great things are done when men and mountains meet." William Blake
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Guys, thanks for all the info! I knew I should have bought that lanyard...I can stop by LRO and get one :] I'm really excited about this trip...My next venture will be the Clinch or Holston :] I wish I had found this hobby 10 years ago. I am LOVING every minute of it!
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Pope Francis waves to faithful as he is driven through the crowd in his popemobile during his weekly general audience in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Writing on the banner in the background reads in Italian "We are not afraid".
ROME – More than one month since his election, Pope Francis is winning new fans and drawing big crowds to the Vatican.
St. Peter's Square has been filled to capacity during the pope's public events – like the Wednesday general audience and Sunday blessing.
Vendors and shopkeepers have had swift sales of rosaries, candles, pens and even lighters carrying Francis' smiling face since his election. The demand for pope-related goods is even fueling the black market – earlier this week police in Milan seized a million items made in China carrying the image of the Pope illegally smuggled into the country.
Many Catholics, at least in Italy, have been won over by Francis' humility.
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Pope Francis received a rosary from a young girl as he arrives for his weekly general audience at St Peter's square on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at the Vatican.
"He behaves like one of us, he is one of the people," said 42-year-old Roberto Delantero, a devout Catholic and admirer of the Franciscan order. "He said he is infinitely small, just like Saint Francis called himself. It's a nice break for the Catholic Church, which in recent years rose above the people."
"He is a man of the people, he doesn't sit on a pedestal," said Maya de Roo, a 32-year-old Dutch florist based in Rome who met Pope Francis after helping with the flowers arrangements in St. Peter's Square for Easter Mass.
Of course, de Roo brought up a comparison to his predecessor, the now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
"After the mass, he came to thank us florists and he was looking at all of us in the eyes. It was clear he was happy to be with us. He was emanating a positive energy that I never felt with Benedict."
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Pope Francis receives Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti's soccer jersey during their private audience at the Vatican on Thursday, April 25.
And while Francis hails from Buenos Aires, which is almost 7,000 miles away from Rome, Italians welcomed him as one of their own overnight. (Francis joked after his election, "the cardinals found me at the end of the world.")
His Italian roots – his parents come from the northern Italian Piedmont region – provided an instantaneous familiarity that was missing with Benedict, who was perceived as "too German" for many in Italy.
But that hasn't stopped Francis, who is a big soccer fan, from connecting with some of fellow Argentine transplants. He had an "emotional" hour-long audience with Inter Milan's captain Javier Zanetti, also originally from Buenos Aires, and received an autographed jersey from Barcelona star Lionel Messi, an Argentine considered the world's best player.
The new pope is also winning fans stateside, as many as 84 percent of U.S. Catholics view him "favorably" according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted at the end of March. That's compared to just 67 percent of American Catholics who viewed his predecessor Pope Benedict favorably about three months into his papacy.
Small gestures
More than ethnicity and bloodline, his humility has impressed many. Through many gestures since his election, the new pope has showed an effort to live up to the name he took in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi, a saint renowned for renouncing the life of wealth he was born into for one of poverty.
The list is long: he boarded the shuttle bus back to the basilica from the Sistine Chapel among other cardinals on the night he was elected, refusing to take the Vatican "limo" fit for a pope. He insisted on paying the small hotel he stayed in before entering the conclave after he was elected pope.
Dmitry Lovetsky / AP
A souvenir vendor sells portraits of Pope Francis at the Vatican on March 18, 2013.
Perhaps most shockingly of all, he has refused to move into the lavish papal apartment, allegedly saying, "you can fit 300 people here!" Instead, he has chosen to sleep in a simple room in Domus Santa Martha, the same hotel-style residence he stayed in during the conclave that elected him on March 13.
The only people who might not be so impressed by his humbleness, ironically, may be the Vatican employees. The pope announced last week that the approximately $2,000 bonus workers at the Holy See traditionally receive every time a new pope is elected must go to the poor instead.
Related links:
NBC News coverage of Pope Francis
Pope Francis: Hypocrisy 'undermines Church's credibility'
'It was a sign': Lapsed Catholics lured back by Pope Francis
Riding in style: The evolution of the popemobile


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"It started to build and build as I was going down. I usually don't get a chance to look back, but I look back once, I look back twice, and it's still coming down. After I made a turn at the bottom and came up, a big gob of water came and landed on my shoulder really hard. It almost squashed me down and that is when I realized it was a big wave," said McNamara.
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In the world of extreme big wave riding, McNamara is not alone, he knows right now there are other surfers looking to top his 90-foot ride. They're hunting for a hundred foot wave.
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And he already knows where there is one. An even bigger wave than the 90-foot monster and McNamara plans to ride it next year.
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Posted at 4:13 PM on November 28, 2016
This marriage started out with cheating! Once a man or woman cheats! They will again! Angelia broke up billy bob Thornton and Laura Serb, Jennifer and toon and brad.!! She is probably interested in another married man!! Mom opinion she is a little crazy!!! And brad cheats, he always will!
Posted at 3:54 PM on November 24, 2016
I can only hope and pray that Brad and Angelina will reconcile . I believe their love is strong enough. What ever incident led to this surely counselling , love and forgiveness will prvail. It. Is sad to think that such a beautiful family like this one can't overcome. Luv and Hugs and positive karma
Posted at 9:01 AM on November 29, 2016
Joan (Joanna) jacobson
Posted at 1:32 AM on November 8, 2016
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Posted at 4:23 PM on November 5, 2016
Posted at 4:34 PM on November 5, 2016
Him? She doesn't look happy either. Only when smiling with the kids, the kids look happy. Im sure it was a very sweet time tho. People shouldn't marry bcuz of what the kids want. Parents needs/wants count so much in a 'happy' union. They did it out of love for the kids, that's so very sweet tho. Both love their kids or they wouldn't have done it. Now look what happened tho. Even falling out of love with your spouse there is still a need to fill for the kids to have both around. I hope they work it out
Posted at 5:25 AM on November 2, 2016
I agree with April. It's a sad state of affairs a divorce especially with children involved. I haven't seen one news report taking that side. And to lose love, well I'm sure we've all been through that. I bet one or both of them have evenings of crying and wondering where they went wrong.
Alesia Haak
Posted at 2:04 AM on October 27, 2016
Posted at 7:22 PM on October 25, 2016
Posted at 4:07 AM on October 24, 2016
Posted at 2:54 PM on October 23, 2016
Don't you ever damn a kid Theresa! Kids are a gift from God to be treated like a blessing. Im an Aries, a fire sign, when ruffled I breathe fire (like now). Man that ticked me off. I have always wanted kids, several miscarriages later and no kids, so to speak poorly about children makes me want to fist fight bad. (Powerful right hook)
To wish bad for kids, rich or not is simply ignorant and its what's wrong with kids today. A mixture of love and being firm but fair is how you speak to kids. Never down a child! Never!!! It ruins a kids spirit and as an adult it is hard to deal with insecurities. Always, no matter how much of a bada** a kid can be, never break a childs spirit. There are ways to handle without leaving them emotionally crippled.crippled.
Ooohhh piss me off
Teresa Shikenjanski
Posted at 2:35 PM on October 23, 2016
They actually deserve the treatment they are getting, regardless of how many kids are involved. Angelina is just as big of a Tramp as her Husband is. & She's the one that wanted all those damn kids in the first place. She wanted a colorful family she hot it, This will you feel sorry for me crap I'd for the birds
Posted at 8:02 PM on October 21, 2016
Posted at 4:44 AM on October 14, 2016
Posted at 11:02 PM on October 13, 2016
Good Lord man, its a rumor.
They are polar opposites, which attract. He was raised in Christian home but denied his faith. Angie said her mom loved Jesus, so both are aware. All those tattoos are symbolic and more spiritual.
Her experience in Unbroken filming, dropped to her knees , prayed to Jesus (the right ticket girlfriend) then a miracle happened.
These two are unevenly yoked. A believer (she at least knows there's more out there that is more powerful than all of us) and a non believer…its not wise, because icky boo boo can and will happen. The needs of the other aren't being met.
Whatever her past..who cares man, its now she's living…in the present! All of us are.
Proverbs 22 :6 …hopefully for all.
Posted at 7:06 AM on October 16, 2016
Dee G.
Posted at 12:11 AM on October 12, 2016
Those of you who think this about Brad and child rearing…. read the news. Angelina cheated on Brad with a Middle Eastern Billionaire who is married but separated. She finally had to tell Brad the Truth….She is a Career cheater and yes, they deserve it because they cheated with each other on each of their respective spouses. So Angelina is no Honest Angel.
Posted at 4:20 PM on November 28, 2016
I agree dee! Angelia is such a tramp, same as brad! She goes after every married man she can! She wants to adopt every kid from every country!! They started out cheating! Can't stand either one! I remember her wearing a vile of blood around her neck on Larry King show, when she broke up billy bob and Laura Serb!!
Posted at 7:48 PM on October 11, 2016
Carol D
Posted at 10:47 PM on October 5, 2016
My take on this is that the difference in the way Angie and Brad grow up probably has a lot to do with their disagreements over child rearing. Angie was reared by a single mother along with her brother. I know she loved her mother dearly, but I suspect her mother was a lax disciplinarian. Brad, on the other hand, was born in Oklahoma and reared by his mother and father along with his brother and sister in Missouri. I would be willing to bet he got his butt warmed a few times. One cannot let six children run wild. They must have some rules. From everything I have read, Brad is devastated. This marriage was it for him. I think it can be saved if Abgie and Brad get family counseling together, separately, and with the family.
Anne Day
Posted at 9:56 AM on November 19, 2016
Sonia davidson
Posted at 12:10 PM on September 30, 2016
Hi eEveryone
To be honest with you. This is a mother who was upset that her husband yelled at there son. She is a mother lion. Feels were hurt and deicison were mad out of anger. They love each other. I believe that they will seek help for Theron marriage and for their family. Brad doesn't want to sign any paperwork, because he is holding on and she will realize that in her heart, that she made a mistake. I don't think they will divorce. The kids would be upset if this happens and beg her not to divorce their dad. She has been seen upset at a toy store. She doesn't really want it and feel she can't take it back.
Posted at 5:38 PM on October 5, 2016
If it doesn't work out that they will keep the marriage, Im sure an agreement could be made for the kids. Although uncomfortable at first everyone adjust to the new lives.
If this is done out of anger, not thinking about it, just reacting, that's her Aries. 😏
To be a wife is to be a blessing to their spouse. Complete them. Honor them and be supportive. Domination or alpha chacharacteric isn't an issue in a harmonious union, freedom and love already exist. The outside world is so chaotic a home shouldn't be. Even though busy, I hope they each find peace. Home should be peaceful. If you have the right people around it will be. Together or apart, freedom to move on, I hope their home is peaceful. This wouldn't look good on her at all if its just show. I don't think so, but who knows. Maybe she just had enough. Gemini can be drama kings/queens at time so there's a 50/50 shot with anything. Shock the world and all the money shelled out, Whoot! This woman is extremely intelligent, she has her reasons.
My heart goes to them…all of them.
Dee Dee
Posted at 4:10 AM on October 23, 2016
Karen Golliher
Posted at 12:33 AM on September 30, 2016
I think Brad and Angelina and their children make a beautiful family. I'm sorry for the long emotional, heart heavy road ahead of them. It's shameful about all the seemingly gleeful rumors bouncing around about them. The children will be hurt so much and all their little hearts tell them is mom and dad are not together anymore, especially the youngest ones. No one and I mean no one really knows what the downside is between Brad and Angelina. If they weren't happy, all the pictures of them seem to say they were. Lord, I am sorry for the all of them.
Denise Martinez
Posted at 6:52 PM on October 2, 2016
You took the words right outta my head. I feel the same exact way. It brakes my heart what there going thru. I honestly thought they would grow old together.
I pay they see the light (or should I say Angie) and get thru this. I can only imagine how the children are feeling.
That being said.. May the force be with them. 😁
Posted at 4:18 PM on November 5, 2016
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Anne Day
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Posted at 4:48 AM on September 25, 2016
I admire you both as a person especially you, Angelina. Your humanitarian works are great! your sincerity to help the needy and the sick really make a huge difference in the world, and this differs you from other famous celebrities. I salute you for that. I am also a fan of you and Brad together as husband and wife. I in fact idolize you both for keeping the love for more than a decade, which I guess help me to keep my marriage alive for almost 2 decades now. But with your divorcing issue, this is unfortunate and I am very sad. Please think it over and give Brad another chance. Anyway he seems to be genuine in saying he will do everything to win you back, even going to a rehab. I know you still love him and he loves you and this is the only thing important in marriage. Love can make a difference. Don't let your children live apart. I wish you both the very best and to cope up with this difficult time.. and end up together again.
Posted at 7:20 PM on September 25, 2016
Well, that's a nice suggestion, hopefully they'll take it. She's a little stubborn on top of the fluff, though, so who knows. I have tweeted numerous times they should go to anger mgt together with the kids first. If they insist on a split then it should be 50-50, the parents should become friends for the kids' sakes. Hard to do but it can be done. She shouldn't cut him off like that especially she should allow the kids to interact with him because she may be mad at him but they aren't mad at him, they love him. That many kids need it kept together for their sake, the parental ego needs to step aside no matter how mad they are or are not. She seems angry, he seems sad. We'll see.
sonia davidson
Posted at 12:13 PM on September 30, 2016
Posted at 7:51 PM on November 4, 2016
What is there to work out? Angelina is a bully. She was blessed with incredible external beauty, a clever mind, and famous parents. Brad. He now has 6 beautiful children and a history with a person he fell for and was amazed by her beauty and her ability to flip the bird when ever and where ever she felt and still was invited to visit with the Queen of England.
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The driving force behind "Neo Geo" -- a cutting-edge fusion combining Asian and Western classical music with other global textures and rhythms -- pioneering electronic composer Ryuichi Sakamoto was among the most innovative artists to emerge during the 1980s. Born January 17, 1952, in Tokyo, he took up piano at the age of three, and regularly performed in jazz bands while in high school. Sakamoto's musical tastes exposed him to everyone from the Beatles to Beethoven and John Cage, and he was also heavily influenced by avant-garde filmmaking; he went on to study electronic music at Tokyo's University of Art, and after graduating formed the techno-pop trio Yellow Magic Orchestra. Informed by the robotic iconography of Kraftwerk, the YMO became massive stars in their native Japan; their 1980 single "Computer Game" even reached the Top 20 in Britain.
While still in the Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sakamoto also issued his first solo effort, 1978's Thousand Knives Of; two years later he returned with B-2 Unit, and the vast differences between the two discs gave a clear indication of the mercurial eclecticism that would define the remainder of his work. After the YMO's 1983 breakup, Sakamoto pursued his solo career full-time, achieving his artistic and commercial breakthrough that same year with his acclaimed score to the film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (in which he also acted). The soundtrack also marked one of several collaborations between Sakamoto and David Sylvian, just one of his many intriguing musical unions; other performers with whom he worked included Thomas Dolby (on 1986's Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia), Iggy Pop, Bootsy Collins, Tony Williams (on 1988's Neo Geo), and David Byrne, with whom he co-wrote the Academy Award-winning score to the 1987 film The Last Emperor.
Other works of note include the score to Pedro Almodovar's High Heels and 1990's Beauty, Sakamoto's English-language debut, which featured cameos from Brian Wilson and Robbie Robertson. In 1993, he joined a reunited Yellow Magic Orchestra to record the LP Technodon, and in 1998 returned with Discord, his first work of classical music. Pre Life in Progress followed a year later, as did The Complete Index of Gut. In 1999, he released the album Intimate and premiered his ambitious multimedia opera LIFE.
Since 2000, Sakamoto has kept busy recording and releasing myriad albums, including his reworking of Antonio Carlos Jobim's music with cellist/arranger Jacques Morelenbaum and his wife, singer Paula Morelenbaum, on 2001's Morelenbaum 2/Sakamoto: Casa. His collaborations continued next with electronic musician Alva Noto on 2002's Vrioon and 2005's Insen. Also in 2005, Sakamoto released the experimental electronic-based album Chasm. In 2009, he released the solo acoustic album Playing the Piano, as well as the more experimental effort Out of Noise. That same year, Sakamoto was named as an Officier du Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters) at the French Embassy in Tokyo. In 2010, Playing the Piano and Out of Noise were re-released as a two-disc edition. His collaborative output across 2011 and 2012 included Summvs (with Noto), Flumina (with Fennesz), and Ancient Future (with Christopher Willits). An denuclearization advocate, Sakamoto organized the NO NUKES 2012 festival which was held in Japan in July of that year. A reunited Yellow Magic Orchestra performed at the festival as did German synth-pop pioneers Kraftwerk. The year ended with the release of Three, an album featuring new arrangements of Ryuichi's works for trios.


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Two North Central College employees will be inducted to the Naperville Heritage Society's Heritage Hall of Honor Sunday, Aug. 1, at Naper Settlement. The yearly recognition honors people and organizations that have made significant contributions to preserving the history of Naperville.
Ann Durkin Keating, Dr. C. Frederick Toenniges Professor of History, will be recognized for her historical and academic contributions. Mary Kay Hyett, office manager, Office of Community Development, will be honored for her volunteerism.
Keating helped Naper Settlement's education department develop an Underground Railroad program for schoolchildren and gave them input on other exhibits. Keating, a co-editor of "The Encyclopedia of Chicago" and author of four books, also sends North Central College students to Naper Settlement to do research and serve as interns. Established by the Naperville Heritage Society, Naper Settlement is a 12-acre historic museum village that incorporates recreational, cultural and educational programs depicting the life and customs from Naperville's founding in 1831 to the 20th century.
Keating serves as the principal historian for a four-year Teaching American History federal grant that brings together museums, K-12 schools and higher education to teach teachers how to teach history. The program benefits a consortium of local school districts, including Indian Prairie Unit District 204, Naperville Unit District 203, Aurora school districts 129 and 131, and Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200. Keating is in charge of the content of the grant program, and some 45 teachers have participated.
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Special protection waters pioneer honored
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"We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to Dick for his wisdom, foresight and unrelenting determination in spearheading the establishment of special protection waters standards for the Delaware River during a pivotal time in the river's history," said Sean McGuiness. "It's ironic that we're in another pivotal time," he added, a reference to the gas drilling issue.
Those words were read by McGuiness, superintendent of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, at a tribute for Dick Albert, who passed away in 2009.
McGuiness and Albert's widow, Mary, placed a plaque listing Albert's achievements in the development of special protection waters protocol at the entrance to a new water lab at the facility.
About 25 members of the National Park Service, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), the Upper Delaware Council and friends of the river spoke of their remembrances of Albert, many of them praising him for coming up with the programs that continue today, regarding the monitoring, testing and protection of the water in the watershed.
Albert was supervising engineer and basin planner for the DRBC from 1975 to 2000 and he was staff scientist and restoration director for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network from 2000 to 2009.
Pamela V'Combe, a watershed planner for the DRBC, said, "Still, to this day among the old veterans that are remaining at the DRBC, it is not uncommon to hear 'what would Dick do?'" She said the question is asked not only in a moral context about how to approach things, "but also from a pragmatic view of a professional standard of excellence."