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Last night, Anthony "Tony" Gwynn Jr. hit his first Major League home run.
It was the top of the first, with a count of 3-2 and no outs, when Tony slammed that ball down the right field line and out of there. So cool for Tony!!
He's not known as a home run hitter (DUH!!), he's more of a small ball guy. But that's gotta be great for him to get that first major league home run finally out of the way. And I'm so glad he got it in a Padres uniform, instead of that other team who barely gave him a chance.
12 years ago to the day (yesterday), Tony Gwynn Sr. hit an inside-the-park grand slam. Very, very cool. We've been waiting for Anthony to become a Padre for a very long time, and I am so glad he's here. He's been really good for us so far this season, and I can't wait to see what else he does for us.
Tony's defense has also been great. Last night, he made an excellent sliding catch in foul territory, then threw to second to double off the runner. It was great.
David Eckstein had two hits last night. This guy has been soooo good!! He's hitting so well, it's incredible. Great pickup, Padres!!
Ok, so right now, I am not happy with my Padres. So not happy that I'm slightly boycotting them. I refuse to listen to this junk on the radio. They're not going to play good baseball, I'm not going to listen to it. I don't need the depression. Sure, you should never let the score effect a good time at the ballpark, but this is getting ridiculous. I just can't listen to it, so I won't.
I am so thankful that interleague is almost over, but I think we're done. I predicted before this nightmare started that if we can't get through this, our season will be done. I mean, I don't know if being done with interleague will solve all our problems. It doesn't work that way. The pitching is pathetic now, and playing NL teams is not going to fix that.
We're 16 games behind, and the Dodgers are showing no signs of slowing down. I still think that the Dodgers will have to fall apart sometime, but I don't think my Padres could make up that distance, not with the way they're playing right now.
Maybe being done with interleague will help them. Maybe I'm wrong. But I don't see it happening. Not when you have terrible starting pitching, and rookies who aren't hitting in the lineup. Not when you're bullpen gives up tons of runs. Not this team. These Padres are doing nothing but proving what people expected of them: that they would be a terrible losing team.
And so, until these guys start getting their act together, I'm going to keep away from the radio. I don't want to hear this PATETIC baseball. It's not worth it.
Well, tonight we have our ace Kevin Correia pitching, so I'm allowing myself a tiny bit of hope that we might actually play well. We'll see.
Oh, by the way, we lost 12-2 last night.
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I don't even want to think about the game. But I trust Kevin Correia. Walter Silva looked lost and he needs to go. Well great for Tony! That homerun was awesome. I can't believe half of the hits for the Padres were from Eck. That's sad yet great at the same time. Check out my letter I wrote to him🙂
It's always a great feeling when you hit your first jack in the bigs. As a fan (of baseball in general) it's good to see guys get their first homers and their firsts of other things as well to show that baseball is going somewhere in the future.
Awwww…baby Gwynn gets a homer :O) Warms the heart…even if the rest of game did not :O( And we are all glad this linterleague thing is over!!
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Happy Birthday, Brandon Belt … sort of
So what did the San Francisco Giants give Brandon Belt for his 23rd birthday on Wednesday?
An all-expense-paid trip to Fresno. Go crazy, Brandon!
"Yeah, a pretty good birthday present," Belt told reporters after learning of his demotion to Triple-A Fresno.
OK, not the greatest news to learn on your birthday, but it shouldn't have come as a surprise to the first baseman.
First of all, he was hitting .192 with 13 strikeouts in 60 plate appearances. Projected over a full season, that would be almost 100 whiffs. Not exactly what the Giants had in mind.
Big-league pitchers quickly found the hole in Belt's spring and exploited it. Meanwhile, Belt struggled to close that hole, developing a hitch in his swing.
Also, Bruce Bochy had said many times that he wanted to add offense to the lineup with Cody Ross on the DL. And that played a role in Belt opening the season in the majors.
The implication is that if Ross were healthy, Belt may have opened in Fresno. So now that Ross is back, it comes as no surprise that Belt is headed down.
Some bloggers believe the Giants are doing Belt wrong by sending him down, contending that they should have either committed to him from the get-go or sent him to Fresno to start the year.
MoreSplashHits does not believe a demotion after three weeks in the majors will have any ill effect on Belt's development. We believe it gives Belt a clearer picture on what he needs to do to be major-league ready.
This is the best move for the Giants. Belt gets to work on his swing in the minors, rather than scuffling in the majors at the expense of potential wins for the Giants.
Some feel the Giants didn't do right by Belt. But they did right by the Giants. And that's just fine with MoreSplashHits.
Oh yeah, and Brandon, if it makes you feel any better, MoreSplashHits spend his 22nd birthday deathly ill with food poisoning. The next day, I sat down to watch Game 3 for the 1989 World Series — which wasn't played because of an earthquake.
So it could be worse.
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It was important for Belt to get a first glimpse of "the Show". It can promote an instant hunger to not only get back, but to stay at this level.
I remember so mnay Rays players telling me that their demotion hurts their egos and their confidence, but the experience of playing at the top tier pushed them to get there as soon as possible.
Belt will be fine.
It was a bitter piece of cake for him to digest on his Birthday, but can also be a date he remembers as the date on the calendar when he found out just how great it was to be a major leaguer.
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Educated New Mexicans are vital to our communities' growth and success. If this year's GO bond passes, the taxes the owner of a $100,000 home will pay are about $10 more a year. In return, $118,360,000 would be allocated for more than three dozen capital improvement projects across New Mexico, including higher-education facilities in our region. Those are:
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Our three communities would receive about 7.5 percent of the total improvements proposed — not a bad return considering that our population is less than 4 percent of New Mexico's total.
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Los Angeles Times sportswriter Mike DiGiovanna has in today's paper a lengthy article about Nolan Ryan and the changes he's made in the Texas Rangers since taking over as president.
One has to wonder how history might have changed if the Angels had kept Ryan rather than letting him walk as a free agent after the 1979 season.
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I read somewhere that Nolan Ryan may be trying to buy a portion of the Rangers. Should be interesting to see if he does.


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I am lurkin in this thread for quite a long time, have had a break lately and now come back, browsing through the latest posts... First, I love most of the art here. even the crude sketches - as far as they relate to WoW. But I really have a problem with Rachel's art.
It's great from the perspective of technique. It's great from the perspective of imagination. But it deviates away from WoW (yeah, pun intended) in a way that I find mildly disturbing. It looks to me that the artist takes the theme of WoW and bends it to his own wills and desires so much, that the consistence breaks. Kind of a mild (or not that mild?) abuse of the setting.
New critters are OK, but, for example, Rachels interpretation of the dreanei is too much for me. (And I have no problems with any kind of deviations from normality, in fact, in my fiction world I am creating as a fantasy writer, I have a bunch of hermaphroditic, asexual and whatsoever characters just to explore different possibilities and mindsets, because it fascinates me). But I would never try to bend the world and setting of WoW to my fantasy that much. It does no credit to the creators of this world where I have been partly at home some years ago.


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#39747 - 08/27/01 09:26 PM Names for motels
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Max, I am joining you in your stroke-of-genius endeavor to bring levity back to the board, though not in as entertaining a way as you did.
When my husband called to give me the name of the motel he was staying at, I somehow thought he said he was staying at the "Scurry Inn".
Now, that gave rise to thinking of all kinds of possible scenarios--his was that it would become a real "roach motel". So then I thought that we might get a kick out of making up names for motels, or listing some strange ones we have actually seen. Please include scenarios if you are so inclined!
#39748 - 08/27/01 11:16 PM Re: Names for motels
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Real names (I think):
All Tucked Inn
Atlasta Motel
#39749 - 08/28/01 08:47 AM Re: Names for motels
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I have heard it claimed that there really *is a Notel Motel in Tucson, AZ.
#39750 - 08/28/01 01:00 PM Re: Names for motels
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Notel Motel
and "motel" spelled backwards is ...
#39751 - 08/28/01 01:11 PM Re: Names for motels
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Well, "Notel Motel" spelled backwards is Let omlet on. Make of that what you will...
#39752 - 08/28/01 01:12 PM motel backwards is...
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Similarly, Frederick's is rumored to be marketing a new bra called the "embargo."_________________________
#39753 - 08/28/01 01:28 PM Re: Notel Motel
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It's also a boat owned by Bill and Ruth Liptak of the Chagrin Lagoons Amateur Radio Association.
Oh, and the NoTel Motel in Tucson (http://phoenix.bcentral.com/phoenix/stories/2000/09/18/newscolumn5.html) is called that because it doesn't have any telephones. Yeah, right
#39754 - 08/28/01 05:16 PM Re: Names for motels
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I once stayed at The Generic Motel somewhere near Newbury in the land of the Yoopers (Upper Penninsula of Michigan). The sign outside was a barcode on a plain white sign. It was cheap but I was bothered by a smell reminiscent of dirty diaper stashed under the floorboards. Don't know if that was what it was or where it was.
#39755 - 08/28/01 05:53 PM Re: Names for motels
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It was cheap but I was bothered by a smell reminiscent of dirty diaper stashed under the floorboards.
Yes, so you've described half the motels in the US. Which one, in particular, are you complaining about?
Actually, we saw very few really original motel names on our travels. There were two motels, side by side, on a business loop somewhere with the names "Inter Motel" and "State Motel", but I'm picking that the owners hadn't colluded to come up with the "InterState" motel consortium. They were both fleapits and we stayed somewhere else -- although it was probably just as bad as they were!
Perhaps, Jackie, rather than unusual names, you should have started a thread on motels with unusual business activities. If you have a competition, I bet Sandra and I would win with our entry from Evansville, Indiana ..._________________________
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#39756 - 08/28/01 08:36 PM Re: Names for motels - and other businesses
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My favorite is from a different type of resting place - whenever I visit my cousin in Buffalo, the AMIGONE Funeral Home gives me pause.
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Was it anything more than a political stunt? Probably not.
Regardless, I support Gov. Pat Quinn's move last week to suspend his own and lawmakers' wages until the General Assembly approves sweeping reforms to the state's five public pension systems, which are underfunded by a worst-in-the-nation $100 billion.
When lawmakers Tuesday missed another Quinn-imposed deadline for a pension-reform deal, the governor used his line-item veto authority on the state's budget bill to stop paying the salaries.
Many state legislators cried foul.
Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, was not one of them.
"I actually support what Quinn did," he told members of the Northwest Herald's Editorial Board on Friday. "It's a drastic action. It's not a great precedent to set. But we're in a crisis."
Quinn actually stole McSweeney's idea. The freshman lawmaker who represents portions of Crystal Lake and southeastern McHenry County filed a bill in June to suspend lawmakers' pay until pension reform got done.
"I disagree with Quinn 95 percent of the time, but I'm not afraid to tell him when I agree with him," McSweeney said. "But I'll also tell him it was my idea. ... My bill didn't go very far. But there's no way taxpayers should be paying us until we solve pensions."
Illinois has the lowest credit rating in its history, meaning it costs taxpayers significantly more in interest when the state borrows money. And pension payments are gobbling up more and more of the state's operating budget, meaning there are fewer dollars to go to actual services.
With apologies to Vince Lombardi, pension reform isn't everything; it's the only thing.
McSweeney knows that.
A bipartisan legislative committee is in the process of studying reform measures with hopes of reaching a compromise between competing House and Senate bills.
In addition to capping annual pensions and requiring larger employee contributions, any compromise must drastically reduce the automatic 3 percent cost-of-living increases that state retirees receive each year and end the practice of making them compounded.
"The money's in the COLAs," McSweeney said. "They're unaffordable."
During his visit, McSweeney said he was more optimistic now than he was two weeks ago that some sort of pension reform will happen.
It's tough to be optimistic about anything in Springfield nowadays. But I hope he's right.
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Speaking of optimism: Last week, I had the audacity to say there might be a silver lining in the most recent scandal at Metra.
Because so many people were outraged at the $718,000 golden parachute given to former Metra CEO Alex Clifford in exchange for his silence about patronage and other corruption at the railway agency, I wrote that this might just be the scandal that leads to a much-needed cleanup of Metra and the other Chicago-area transit agencies.
And then came Friday's bombshell.
A previously confidential memo that Clifford presented to Metra Board members prior to his departure claims the former CEO was forced out of his position at Metra in part because he refused to cave to powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan's demands to give a raise to one Madigan crony and hire another.
A day earlier, just before a House committee convened to question Metra officials about the outrageous severance payout, Madigan released a statement acknowledging he sought a pay raise for a Metra employee and close political ally. But Madigan's statement made no mention of Clifford's other allegation that the speaker also tried to get one of his political cronies hired at the agency.
With so much outrage over the severance deal, Madigan must have known the details in Clifford's memo were going to be revealed. That explains Thursday's statement.
Despite the House speaker's involvement, the House Mass Transit Committee moved forward with the hearing. Good for the committee members.
At the hearing, Metra Board Chairman Brad O'Halloran, who did his best to protect Madigan by keeping Clifford's allegations secret, and other Metra officials continued to maintain that the departing CEO's severance had nothing to do with his patronage allegations.
Uh huh. And Chicago politics are as clean as an infant's rap sheet.
The only Metra official coming out of this unbloodied is McHenry County's Metra Board representative, Jack Schaffer. He was the only board member to vote against the severance deal, and at Thursday's hearing he repeated an allegation he made to the Northwest Herald a couple of weeks ago. Schaffer told the legislative committee that the reason Clifford was forced out and given a bunch of hush money was to cover up the corruption at Metra.
"This is $250,000 in severance and $500,000 in hush money," Schaffer said, according to the Chicago Tribune. "You have not heard the whole story in any way, shape or form."
But we're now starting to hear more of the story. The only question is, will anyone with any authority in this state have the courage to push an investigation forward now that Madigan's in the middle of it?
Clifford, who initially was being treated as the villain because of the taxpayer-supported deal he was getting, is coming out of this more as a victim – and hero. At least he had the guts to stand up to Madigan.
Clifford's severance agreement still needs to be voided, and he must be able to disclose all the information he has about corruption at Metra.
And O'Halloran and the rest of the Metra Board must go.
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Down, set...: It's hard to believe that Bears camp opens in less than two weeks.
It's the middle of July. We should be focused on baseball.
But with the Cubs and Sox as bad as they are, I know I'm ready for some football.
I'm especially excited because of what we have planned here at the Northwest Herald and with our parent company, Shaw Media.
I was on vacation and out of town a couple of weeks ago when we made the exciting announcement that Hub Arkush was joining us to cover the Bears.
As devout Bears and NFL fans know, Arkush was the longtime editor and publisher of Pro Football Weekly, and he remains a senior football analyst with WSCR 670-AM The Score in Chicago.
Arkush starts Monday. He'll join Northwest Herald's Chicago-based sportswriter Tom Musick and another new hire, Kevin Fishbain, who worked with Arkush at Pro Football Weekly, in providing comprehensive news and analysis on the Bears this season.
We'll also be launching a new website in less than two weeks, HubArkush.com, where you'll find updated Bears news and analysis around the clock, as well as video commentary and more.
The clock is ticking toward another NFL season. I hope you join us for the ride.
• Dan McCaleb is group editor of Shaw Media's suburban publications, which includes the Northwest Herald. He can be reached at 815-526-4603, or by email at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Dan_McCaleb.


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The loss of Arctic sea ice is progressing more rapidly and clearly than just about any other indicator of global climate change. As I've discussed previously [2], the minimum summer sea ice extent (i.e. the two-dimensional area of the floating ice cap) set new record lows in 2002, 2005 and 2007. Similarly, the total volume of sea ice set record lows in 2007, 2010 and 2011. For the first time since 2007, both the sea ice extent [3] and volume [4] have set new record lows in the same year (see figures). And what's more, they did it with weeks remaining in the melt season, which usually ends in mid-September. So the records have been broken this year, but we don't know yet just how low the extent and volume will go.
This news raises the important question of how soon the Arctic will open up to widespread economic activity and whether Arctic nations and other countries with economic and national security interests in the region will be ready to deal with each other on friendly terms.
In May, C2ES released a new report [5] called Climate Change & International Security: The Arctic as a Bellwether. The authors examined dozens of policy announcements by the Arctic nations and other countries with economic interests in the area. They found that while the Arctic states genuinely hope to manage increasing international competition in the area, one of the key responses of individual countries has been to upgrade their military capabilities in the area, and many have stated that they will defend their interests in the region if cooperative measures fail. There should be no doubt that climate change is a strategic security issue.
Adapting to the effects of climate change will involve a wide range of responses, including political mechanisms to ensure that countries and neighboring states cooperate as climate change drives an increase in competition for resources. If the climate changes faster than our cooperative systems can match, we may find ourselves in even more legal and military conflicts.
[1] http://www.c2es.org/blog/gulledgej
[2] http://www.c2es.org/blog/gulledgej/new-low-arctic-sea-ice
[3] http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2012/08/arctic-sea-ice-breaks-2007-record-extent/
[4] http://psc.apl.washington.edu/wordpress/research/projects/arctic-sea-ice-volume-anomaly/
[5] http://www.c2es.org/publications/climate-change-international-arctic-security
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Bio Statement: Frederick J. Baker, Ph.D.
Dr. Baker is presently an Emeritus Professor of Education in the Department of Education, College of Education and Integrated Studies at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. An international teacher educator, Baker has lived overseas some thirteen years (mostly in economically developing countries). The recipient of numerous grants and awards including an Asian Foundation grant, a Teacher Corps grant in Micronesia, a Peace Corps development grant, and a Fulbright fellowship in Thailand, Baker specializes in field-based and international models for teacher education.
Besides Micronesia and Thailand, Baker has directed programs in Belize, England, China, Mexico, Latvia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Guyana, and the Lao, People's Democratic Republic. He served as a World Bank Consultant through the Consortium for International Development building a community college system in Sana'a, Yemen. Just before retiring he had a sabbatical in Florence, Italy and presently is accompanying his wife Rosalie while she directs the California State University Education Abroad Program in Aix en Provence, France.
Baker holds a BA degree from Central Michigan University, a MAT degree from Antioch College and a Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University.
A former Peace Corps Volunteer in Chachoengsao, Thailand, he has also served in the Foreign Service in Thailand, been an inner-city middle school teacher in Washington,D.C., a Director of Field Experiences at Central Michigan University, and Assistant Director of Teacher Education at the University of California, Irvine. At Cal Poly Pomona he was Chair of the Department of Teacher Education for over six years and has received the institutions Outstanding Academic Advisor Award and the Outstanding International Scholar award.
Dr. Baker has authored over one hundred twenty publications. His most recent books, Reforming America's Schools: From Teachers and Curriculum to Globalization and Interdisciplinary Projects, and Ways of Coexisting: Urban, Suburban, and Global Communities, were published by Kendall/Hunt.
A Thai and Lao speaker, Baker is frequently asked to consult on international and multicultural topics, especially regarding curriculum development, teacher education and educational policy in economically developing countries.
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The following list my writing since leaving the Peace Corps:
Grants Written:
"Retraining of Micronesian Teachers in a Local Training Complex," U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C. June 1976 (Teacher Corps). This grant was funded for $295,595.00.
"Community College of Micronesia Program for Institutional Development," (with Robert Zuniga) U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C. September 1976. (Title III, Basic Institutional Development Program).
"A Training Complex Approach for the Preparation of Educational and Community Personnel in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands," U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C. December 1976 (Teacher Corps).
"A Proposal for the Use of Microcomputers to Address Specialized Needs for Education of the Handicapped and the Disadvantaged," Tandy Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas, December, 1982.
"A Collaborative California Mathematics Project Proposal," California Mathematics Project Advisory Committee, Long Beach, California, January, 1983.
"University Linkage Program for East Asia and the Pacific: UCI and Ramkamheng University," United States Information Agency, Washington, D.C. April, 1983.
"University Linkage Program for East Asia and the Pacific: UCI and the Community College of Micronesia," United States Information Agency, Washington, D.C. April, 1983.
"International Open Higher Education and Communication in Northeast Thailand," Asia Foundation, August 1984, funded for $1,100.00.
"Integrating Cultural Diversity Materials into Teacher Education Curriculum, Secondary Level," (with Huberto Molina) University of California, Irvine, Committee for Instructional Development, February 1985, funded for $1,300.00.
"Integrating Cultural Diversity Materials into Teacher Education Curriculum, Elementary Level," (with Huberto Molina) University of California, Irvine, Committee for Instructional Development, April, 1985, funded for $1050.00.
"California International Studies Project-Resource Center," (with the California State University, Long Beach Foundation, October, 1986, funded for $80,000 through 1988.
"International Education Project," (through Cal Poly Pomona's International Center) submitted to Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program, U.S. Department of Education for $115,337, November, 1988.
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation of New York grant through California State Department of Education to attend Stanford University Middle Grades Symposium , July, 1989.
"U.S. Peace Corps Recruitment Program Grant," United States Peace Corps, Washington, D.C. ( to establish a Peace Corps Liaison Office on the Cal Poly Pomona campus). Funded for $9,999.00, October, 1991.
"Establishment of a Los Angeles County High School for International Education," Planning Grant through the California State Department of Education, (Baker, Hartman and Bell). Funded for $48,068.50, July, 1992.
"U.S. Peace Corps Recruitment Program Grant," United States Peace Corps, Washington D.C. Funded for $10,410.00, July, 1992.
"Growth Through Service," Cal Serve Grant, National and Community Service Act, State of California, Bennie, Baker, et al. $52,600, October, 1992.
"U.S. Peace Corps Recruitment Program Grant," United States Peace Corps, Washington D.C. Funded for $10,400, July, 1993.
"Laos Peoples Democratic Republic Curriculum Development Project for Teacher Education," TA 1570, Asian Development Bank. I received a one-year contract for $115,610 in Vientiane, Lao P.D.R. as Team Leader and Head Consultant in Teacher Education from July, 1993 through June, 1994.
"U.S. Peace Corps Recruitment Program Grant," United States Peace Corps, Washington D.C. Funded for $11,720.00, August, 1994.
"United States Information Agency Educational Development Grant," USIA, Washington D.C. for $6034.00, September 1995. This grant funded a two-week consultancy to help the University of Latvia establish a North American Studies Center.
"Malaysia Polytechnic Development Project," World Bank/Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities/Purdue University. I received a one-year contract for $131,000 in Batu Pahat, Malaysia as a consultant to help deliver a MA program for Malaysian polytechnic lecturers from May, 1997 through May, 1998.
"Pedagogy Into Practice: Malaysian Interns' Experiences During Their Teaching Practicum, " Baker, Mohd.Izam, B. Ghazali, Hj. Sapon B. Ibrahim, Giacchino-Bake. I received $RM 20,000 from the University of Technology, Malaysia to conduct this research study.
"Organizational Capacity Assessment," Ministry of Education, Georgetown, Guyana. I received a $22,000 contract from the Inter-American Development Bank through the Consortium for International Development to serve as the Educational Policy and Budget consultant, responsible for analyzing their Ministry of Education.
"Teacher Leadership and School Change," $738,920.00 grant submitted to the Comprehensive Program Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. May, 2000.
"Yemen Community Colleges," World Bank contract, Sana'a, Yemen. I received a $10,000 one-month contract from the World Bank through the Consortium for International Development (administered by New Mexico State University) to deliver an intensive course in planning, teaching, and evaluation for 32 Yemeni community college instructors.
Articles Published:
Baker, Frederick J. "A Chance for Change," Michigan Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development Newsletter, Volume 20, Number 4, March, 1973.
Baker, Frederick J. and Arch, Thomas. "Process and Teacher Education, " Michigan Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development Newsletter, Volume 21, Number 4, March 1974.
Baker, Frederick J. and Arch, Thomas. "Let's Make Teacher Education a Good Thing Again," New Directions in Teaching, Volume 4, Number 4, January 1975.
Baker, Frederick J. "Alternative Student Teaching Programs Overseas: Belize, Please!" Michigan Association of Teacher Educators Journal, Spring, 1975.
Baker, Frederick J. "Teacher Training Micronesia Style," The Teacher Educator, Volume 12, Number 2, Autumn 1976.
Baker, Frederick J., et al. "An Assessment of Needs for In-service Educators on the Island of Ponape," Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, Yellow Springs, October 1976.
Baker, Frederick J., et al. "Community Needs Assessment for Ponape District, Trust Territory of the Pacific," Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, Yellow Springs, December 1976.
Baker, Frederick J. "Organizing and Directing Alternative Field Experience Programs. The CMU Project: Student Teaching in England," ATE Bulletin, Experimental Field Experience Programs, January 1977.
Baker, Frederick J. "The Teacher Corps Ponape Project: A Micronesian Model for Teacher Education," Micronesian Reporter, Volume XXV, Number 1, First Quarter 1977.
Baker, Frederick J. "Options and Alternatives in Teacher Education: The Difference Between Measles and Whooping Cough, "Midwest Education Review, Volume 10, Number 4, Summer 1978.
Baker, Frederick J. "Teacher Corps Goes International: The Micronesia/Ponape Experience," International Education, Volume VIII, Number 1, Fall 1978.
The previous article also appears in Resources in Education, ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education, SP 011817, ED 147263, 1978.
Baker, Frederick J. "International Student Teaching: Boon or Boondoggle?" Focus, (Journal of the Michigan Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) November 1979.
Baker, Frederick J. "From One Outside Looking In," Foreword to On This Day, by Elaine Haglund, Libraries Unlimited, Inc., Littleton, Colorado, 1983.
Baker, Frederick J. "Alternative Sites for Student Teaching: A How-To-Do-It- List for Successful Involvement," Education, Winter, Volume 104, Number 2, 1983.
Baker, Frederick J. "What Ever Happened to Field-Based Teacher Educators?" Teacher Education Quarterly, Volume 10, Number 3, Summer 1983.
Baker, Frederick J. "Educational Radio in Northeast Thailand: Community Development and Station 909," International Education, Volume XIII, Number 2, Spring 1984.
Baker, Frederick J. "A 'Valu-able' Special Education In-service Model: The Development of Teacher Maturity," Canadian Journal For Exceptional Children, Vol.1, Issue No. 1, Fall, 1984.
Baker, Frederick J. "Alternative Student Teaching: Boon or Boondoggle?" The ClearingHouse, Winter, 1984.
Baker, Frederick J. "The Development of Experiential Learning Programs for the Open University," in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Open Higher Education, Bangkok, August, 1984.
Baker, Frederick J. "The Development of Experiential Learning Programs for the Open University: A Model for Ramkhamhaeng University," Ramkhamhaeng University Journal, 10th Anniversary Issue, Spring 1985.
Baker, Frederick J. "Education for the Future," (monograph) published by Chulalongkorn University Press, Bangkok, September 1985.
Baker, Frederick J., West, B., et al. "The State of the Profession: International Field/Student Teaching Experiences in Undergraduate Teacher Preparation," Guidelines for International Teacher Education, AACTE, March, 1985.
Baker, Frederick J. "In-Service Development Programs for Thai Teachers," ASEAN Publications, Sukothai Thammathirat University, February 1986.
Baker, Frederick J. "Understanding the Quality of Life Through Population Education: a Thai Modular Approach," Ministry of Education Publications, Supervisory Unit, Bangkok 1986.
Baker, Frederick J. "Work-Oriented, Non-Formal, Career Education: Call It What You Like- It's Working," Ministry of Education, Supervisory Unit, Bangkok, 1986.
Baker, Frederick J. "Establishing Centers for the Promotion of Learning and Instruction in Support of Work-Oriented Education: a Thailand Experience," Ministry of Education Publications, Supervisory Unit, Bangkok 1986.
Baker, Frederick J. "Meet Dr. Frederick J. Baker," (interview) Future Magazine, Vol. 6, No.1, June 1986.
Baker, Frederick J. "Distance Teaching in Thailand: Teacher Education Comes of Age," Reviewed in Education in Asia and the Pacific (UNESCO), Number 23, September 1986.
Baker, Frederick J. "How Can You Have Experiential Learning Without Experiential Teaching?" Teacher Education Quarterly, Summer 1989,
Baker, Frederick J. "Distance Teaching in Thailand: Teacher Education Comes of Age," Phi Beta Delta International Review (Journal of the Honor Society for International Scholars), Volume I, January 1990.
An expanded version of the above article also appeared in the Lock Haven International Review, Issue 4, Autumn, 1990.
Baker, Frederick J. "Thai Moral Development and its Relationship to Informal and Formal Education: A Beginning," The Cal Poly Scholar, Volume 3, Fall 1990.
Baker, Frederick J. "The University and Middle School Education: Wherefore Art Thou?" Newsletter of the California League of Middle Schools, Volume 10, No.1, Sept. 1990.
The above article also appeared in the School of Education Newsletter, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Volume V, Summer/Fall, 1990.
Baker, Frederick J. "Internationalizing Public Education: Past Practices, Present Programs, and Future Promises," Resources in Education, ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies, Social Science Education, May 1991.
Baker, Frederick J. "Educational Trouble in Paradise: Micronesian Multicultural Perspectives," The Cal Poly Scholar, Volume 4, Fall, 1991.
Baker, Frederick J. "Alternatives in Teacher Education: How Real Are They?" School of Education Newsletter, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, Volume VI, Fall, 1992.
Baker, Frederick J. "Internationalizing Public Education: Past Practices, Present Programs, and Future Promises," The Cal Poly Scholar, Volume 5, Fall 1992.
Baker. Frederick J. "A Radical Evaluation of American Education: Pap, Poets, and Politics," The Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume 6, Fall 1993.
Baker, Frederick J. "Teacher Education in the Land of a Million Elephants," The Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume 7, Fall 1994.
Baker, Frederick J. "A Philosophy of Teacher Education For the Lao People's Democratic Republic: History, Reality, and New Directions," Philosophy of Education Proceedings, Far Western Philosophical Society, Alberta, Canada, 1994.
Baker, Frederick J. and Giacchino-Baker, Rosalie. "Immigration and Its Effect on the Signs of Our Times," Journal of the Institute for Regional and International Studies, Issue 2, Summer 1995.
Baker, Frederick J. and Giacchino-Baker, Rosalie. "Institutional Response of U.S. Colleges and Universities to the Linguistic and Cultural Needs of Foreign Students," The Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume 8, 1995.
Baker, Frederick J. "From Laos to Latvia via North American Studies," Journal of the Institute for Regional and International Studies, Issue 3, Winter, 1996.
Baker, Frederick J. and Mendelsohn, Jere. "Reform or Newform? The Future of Public Education Through the Eyes of an International Polytechnic High School," The Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume 9, Fall 1996.
Baker, Frederick J. and Mendelsohn, Jere. "Internationalizing Education Through Pacific Rim Eyes: The I-Poly Approach," Context: Southeast Asians & Other Newcomers in California's Classrooms, November/December, 1996, Volume 17, No. 124.
Baker, Frederick J. "Internationalizing Public Education," International Newsletter, International Student Services, California State University, San Bernardino, Vol.1., Issue 17. January 1997.
Baker, Frederick J., "Dynamics of Teaching in a Pluralistic Society," Multicultural Prism: Voices From the Field, Volume 3, J.Q. Adams and Janice R. Welsch, Editors. Illinois Staff and Curriculum Developers Association, 1997.
Baker, Frederick J. " A Systemic Model for Transforming Schools of Education at the Higher Education Level," Academic Journal, Institut Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn, University Teknologi, Malaysia, December, 1997.
Baker, Frederick J., and Giacchino-Baker, Rosalie. "Malaysian Diary," Journal of the Institute for Regional and International Studies, Issue 6, Summer 1998.
Baker, Frederick J. "Ways of Coexisting," CD-Rom, Multicultural Prism: Diversity in the Curriculum, Western Illinois University, June, 1999.
Baker, Frederick J., "Multicultural Versus Global Education: Why Not Two Sides of the Same Coin?" The Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume 12, Fall, 1999.
Baker, Frederick J. "Researching Pedagogy into Practice: A Look at Malaysian Interns' Responses Regarding Educational Psychology During M.A. Studies," Journal of the Institute for Regional and International Studies, Issue 7, Summer 1999.
Baker, Frederick J., and Giacchino-Baker, Rosalie. "Expanding the Boundaries of Education Through International Student Teaching: From California to Mexico." The Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume 13, Fall, 2000.
Baker, Frederick J. "The Beginnings of Educational Reform in South America: A Guyana Experience." Global Cal Poly Pomona (Journal of the International Center and Cal Poly Pomona Faculty, Issue 8, Fall, 2000.
Books, Book Chapters, Modules, Reviews, etc.
The following Individualized/Performance Based Learning Modules were co-authored with Douglas Shult of the Far West Laboratory, San Francisco and published by the Union For Experimenting Colleges and Universities, Yellow Springs, Ohio. They are now part of the degree program of the Community College of Micronesia's Elementary Education In-service Degree and have been disseminated throughout the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (now the Federated States of Micronesia).
"Project for the Development of a Teacher Aide Program," May 1975 "Module for the Development of a Ponape Directory of Learning Resources," May 1976. "English Language Improvement," June 1976. "Basic Interaction Analysis with Emphasis on Cross-Cultural Situations," June 1976. "Evaluation for Instruction in the Multicultural Classroom," July 1976. "Lesson Planning for Multicultural Classrooms," August 1976. "Mathematics Improvement I and II," August 1976.
Baker, Frederick J. and Enos, Donald. PONAPE DIRECTORY OF LEARNING RESOURCES, Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, 1977, 179 pages. This book was reviewed in the ISLANDER section of the Pacific Daily News, February 20, 1977.
Baker, Frederick J., "An Interview with Fred Baker: A College Teacher Educator with a School-Focused Role," is a chapter in SCHOOL-FOCUSED INSERVICE: DESCRIPTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS, by Howey, Bents and Corrigan, ATE, Reston, Virginia, 1981.
Baker, Frederick J., (with Wolfe and Kromer) "A Discussion of Issues Relating to School Focused Teacher," is a chapter in SCHOOL-FOCUSED INSERVICE: DESCRIPTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS, by Howey, Bents and Corrigan, ATE, Reston, Virginia, 1981.
Baker, Frederick J., STUDENT TEACHING HANDBOOK, Office of Teacher Education, University of California, Irvine, 1982.
Baker, Frederick J., "Distance Learning in Technical Education," (handbook) published by the Institute for Technical Education Development, King Mongkut Institute of Technology, North Bangkok Campus, October 1985.
Baker, Frederick J., (editor and consultant translator) POPULATION EDUCATION: THE QUALITY OF LIFE, (six volume edition), Ministry of Education, Supervisory Unit, Bangkok, 1986.
Baker, Frederick J., reviewed Myers SCHOOLS AND TEACHING IN AMERICA TODAY, for Holt, Rinehart and Winston, June, 1988.
Baker, Frederick J., reviewed Reed and Bergemann's POINT-COUNTERPOINT: AN INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION, for Holt, Rinehart and Winston, August, 1989.
Baker, Frederick J., "Global Education: The Future is Now," is a chapter appearing in REFORMING TEACHER EDUCATION: ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS, edited by Joseph Braun and published by Gardlands of New York, Fall 1989.
Editor, TRANSPERSONAL/HUMANISTIC EDUCATION NEWSLETTER, Association of Teacher Education, 1992-1993.
Baker, Frederick J., EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, (in Lao) Ministry of Education, Department of Teacher Education, Lao, Peoples Democratic Republic, 1994 (ADB TA: 1570).
Baker, Frederick J., METHODS OF TEACHING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS (in Lao), Ministry of Education, Department of Teacher Education, Lao, Peoples Democratic Republic, 1994, (ADB TA: 1570).
Baker, Frederick J., CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (in Lao), Ministry of Education, Department of Teacher Education, Lao, Peoples Democratic Republic, 1994, (ADB TA: 1570).
Baker, Frederick J., STUDENT TEACHING MANUAL: BILINGUAL LAO/ENGLISH EDITION, Ministry of Education, Department of Teacher Education, Lao, Peoples Democratic Republic, 1994, (ADB TA: 1570).
Baker, Frederick J., reviewed MULTIETHNIC EDUCATION: RAISING THE LEVEL OF SELF-ESTEEM IN ETHNIC MINORITY STUDENTS, for Brown and Benchmark Publishers, August, 1995.
Baker, Frederick J., reviewed INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION/FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION, for West Educational Publishing, September, 1995.
Baker, Frederick J., and Rubenstein, D., DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION HANDBOOK, School of Education and Integrative Studies, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1996.
Baker, Frederick J., reviewed Pai and Adler's CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION, SECOND EDITION, for Prentice Hall, 1996.
Baker, Frederick J., "Ways of Coexisting: Urban and Global Communities," (book chapter) appearing in Adams & Welsch, Editors, MULTICULTURAL PRISM: VOICES FROM THE FIELD, Western Illinois University, 1996.
Baker, Frederick J., reviewed Hlebowitsh and Tellez's AMERICAN EDUCATION: PURPOSE AND PROMISE, for Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1997.
Baker, Frederick J., and Mendelsohn, Jere, REFORMING AMERICA'S SCHOOLS: FROM TEACHERS AND CURRICULUM TO GLOBALIZATION AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 0-7872-3952-6, 248 pages.
Baker, Frederick J., WAYS OF COEXISTING: URBAN, SUBURBAN, AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES (Ed.), Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 0-7872-3887-2, 260 pages.
Baker, Frederick J., reviewed Spring's DECULTURALIZATION AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1999.
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"Masters in the art of diplomacy"
Op-Ed, The Boston Globe
April 13, 2012
Author: Nicholas Burns, Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Future of Diplomacy Project
HENRY A. Kissinger and James A. Baker III, now octogenarians, returned to the public spotlight recently to remind us of the timeless virtues of diplomacy, negotiations, and statecraft in a complex and troubled world. Their message was important in this election year. After wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the pursuit of terrorists on every continent over the last decade, these two celebrated Americans recalled that we can sometimes get our way not just by force but with diplomacy. No two public figures better exemplify the American tradition in that ancient art than Baker and Kissinger, both honored by Harvard University during the past two weeks.
They share a unique position in our modern history. Both transformed the international landscape in historic ways. Kissingers opening to China in 1972 remains one of the most important pivot points of the last half century in ending the isolation between Beijing and Washington and setting the foundation for the extraordinary relationship between the two great powers of the 21st century. Baker masterminded the dramatic and peaceful end to the Cold War in reunifying Germany as a member of NATO.
Neither could have succeeded without the deep experience and strategic dexterity of their presidents. Richard Nixon and Kissinger were an unusual team who painted in bold, sweeping flourishes. By growing closer to Mao and Chou En-Lai and strengthening American resolve in both Asia and Europe, they maneuvered the Soviet leadership to give up the illusion of a communist victory in the Cold War.
Baker profited from the closest relationship between a president and secretary of state in American history. He had been best friends with George H.W. Bush, his Houston tennis partner and godfather to his daughter, for 35 years. That alliance made Baker an exceptionally powerful secretary of state as he assembled and steered the Gulf War coalition that defeated Saddam Hussein and then shifted to oversee the American triumph in the fall of the Soviet Union.
They could not be more different. Kissinger is one of the great intellectual figures in American diplomatic history. He was a brilliant Harvard professor of the 1950s and 60s whose scholarship on European statecraft prepared him well for his chessboard struggles with Mao, Brezhnev, Ho Chi Minh, and other giants of the communist world. His 1994 book, Diplomacy is considered one of the finest ever written on that vast subject by an American. At 88, he has been consulted by every president from Eisenhower to Obama and still enjoys global cachet. His recent book on China has been influential in this country and around the world.
Baker, nearing 82, has a different but no less important legacy. He managed five presidential campaigns and the 2000 recount in Florida. He was an impressive and protean figure in Washington, serving as White House chief or staff and treasury secretary for Ronald Reagan and then secretary of state for Bush. Baker was not a scholar of international politics, but he combined a sharp, lawyerly mind with canny political smarts to become a brilliant negotiator. He went toe to toe with Gorbachev and Saddam Hussein and maneuvered the Israelis and Palestinians to their first peace conference at Madrid. Always the best prepared person in the room, he is widely viewed, by Democrats and Republicans alike, as the most effective public servant of his time.
Neither was perfect. Nixon and Kissinger should have ended the Vietnam War well before 1973. Bush and Bakers decision not to intervene in Bosnia in 1991 missed an opportunity to end that vicious war at its start. But their lasting impact has been, by a long stretch, on the positive side of history.
American rightly honors its great generals who protect the nation and win our wars. We should also recognize our great diplomats who outwit our enemies, open new roads to the future, and win the peace. Baker reminded Harvard students that diplomacy is a national asset, needed now more than ever. Harvard and our country are right to pause and honor two unusually accomplished secretaries of state, who have truly earned a legacy of American purpose and achievement on the worlds biggest stage.
For more information about this publication please contact the Belfer Center Communications Office at 617-495-9858.
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No one the juubi will be the main antagonist
A. Obito
B. Madara
C. No one the Juubi will go berserk.
Orochimaru will come out of nowhere and take the Juubi for himself~!!
I would say C
f - fry you..
Naruto will lol....
This is a disaster. Naruto is the child of the prophecy who will save the world from the disaster.
I think you fotgot to add BEATLY that list he's suppose to be the first mentioned but since fanboysm is too much on base people seems to ignore him in everything but nto to worry what has been written has been written even you hater can't do anything bout it(N:::A::::R::::U::::T::::) is the only one to get it nothing haters can do bout it
Madara because his eyes are whas gonna make the Tsukuyomi.
C. Then oro will possess the juubi and save the day
Madara or later Sasuke. If anyone becomes it's Jinchuuriki.
The Ramen Guy :D
Seriously probably Obito, but I could see Madara hijacking it
What if no one become the obtains the Juubi? What if they find a way (or if Kurama knows a way) to resplit the Juubi into individual tailed beasts again?
Goodness....how the crap would anyone in the Narutoverse stop Madara if he was the Juubi's Jinchuriki? *whistles* Talk about nerfed X1,000,000.
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Goodness....how the crap would anyone in the Narutoverse stop Madara if he was the Juubi's Jinchuriki? *whistles* Talk about nerfed X1,000,000.
SO6P Reincarnation. Thats the ONLY way he'd be beaten.
But Seriously. Elder Madara Called Obito the "Savior" when he officially brought him into the Moon's Eye Plan. I think he planned for Obito to become the Jinchurriki from day one.
i am not a hater i just think it would be better if a villain got the juubi.
Madara will be the host, then..after Sasuke steps in and does something unexpected to Obito and Madara is distracted...
"ku ku ku...Madara-kun.." Orochimaru appears from Madara's shoulder, all creepy..and takes over his body..
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This is your chance to say something about your mother or the person who is a mother in your life
. What did you get your mother for Mother's Day?
Karen! How in the Traveling Pants hell did you manage to score such a gem?
Oh wait…ReplyCancel
Well it's not MD here this weekend but in the spirit of it, my mum is an all round good egg, unbelievably irritating at times, a bit mad, but has been there for me through thick and thin, adores her grandchildren and I can't imagine what life would be like without her. Oh, and she makes the best lemon meringue pie you will ever taste in your life.ReplyCancel
Boo, Karen, I heard that was the last one! They are rarer than a Dodo bird egg! >:(ReplyCancel
I will admit though that I resent having had to spend the last 14 Mother Day's with my MIL since it's her BDay and she visits every year at that time. I can't NOT go and because of this I missed the last few MD's my mom was alive. Doesn't help how mean my MIL was to me when Hubby & first started dating.ReplyCancel
No worries, @Violet, E posts these every year, and every year we hear stories about good moms, bad moms, deceased moms, surrogate moms, friendly moms, alien moms. It's not a bad thing, everyone has their own experiences and it's interesting to hear the stories!
FWIW: Anne LaMott reposted her "Why I Hate Mother's Day" Salon article on Facebook. It's an interesting read from a different perspective. (Don't worry, it's not all Debbie Downer. The last paragraph is sweet.)
Why I Hate Mother's Day – Salon.comReplyCancel
making a cake. It is not a good situation and since I used to be a baker this is actually less painful than trying to pick out a card.ReplyCancel
I was getting her this scarf and bag that she really liked at Zulily (yes, I'm addicted.) But since she decided to pay for the A/C repair at my house (because she hates the guy that installed it and would rather pay someone else than have him come out again,) I'm also paying for the gilder chair she was buying for the courtyard.ReplyCancel
One thing my mom really needs but can never have is for me to get my health back (I have cancer), especially after my sister died five years ago too. It's been really hard on her the last several years and I get her lots of gifts, but really the only thing she wants is for me to be well again.ReplyCancel
As previously mentioned: dead mom, so. 😛
@Slim Peachy: we've only just met, but, HUG.ReplyCancel
@SlimPeachy, all the hugs for you and your mom, and all the healing vibes. I hope you both have a wonderful day together.ReplyCancel
I bought my mom lots of little presents, some that were a surprise, and a couple that she asked me to buy her when we were out shopping. We're Ukrainian, and Russian, so the dynamic in our family is often tumultuous, but at the end of the day, we all help each other out. My mom has been both parents at times, and I respect her for attempting to make up for my father's deficiencies.ReplyCancel
She's legit crazy so I keep my distance. Happy Mother's Day to all the sane ones out there though!ReplyCancel
My mother is wonderful (sound's like a rare one on here) but anything she wants, she buys herself. Kindle, iPad, clothes, she's already bought it. Started a photo book of a school that's named after her and feel reaaaally guilty that I didn't get it finished in time. Will do it for her birthday in August. Note to self: get your ass in gear. Making her a card from my kids to go with the one I bought and will buy her some annuals in a planter for their garden. I'm blessed to have her.ReplyCancel
My mom is a character in my novel. This year I bought her some cool jewelry made in a third world country that gives the women makers a living wage. Pretty cool actually.ReplyCancel
Mom is a racist, judgemental, a bully, and controlling…but I love her. She stuck it out. Dad bailed and she stuck it out and did the best she knew how and for that I will always love and respect her.ReplyCancel
Growing up, my mother was a horrid mother. She treated my sister and I like we were lower than dirt. As we grew up, she got worse.scolding me because I left an abusive ass with money and married my husband. She said that both of our marriages would last 6 months and she would not clean up our mess when we were dumped. My sister and bro in law celebrate their 37th this year and my husband I just celebrated 20th. Been together 22.
My sister and I are blessed by our mother in laws who love us unconditionally, never judge, give us advice not admonishment who raised men that are awesome fathers, husbands and friends.
I am totally exhausted from caring for her, but if I can get it done in time, I want to paint her a painting. She likes birds, so maybe an exotic bird with vibrant colors. Bought her some vividly orange roses yesterday with curly petals. They were gorgeous, and mum loved them. Either that or I will make her an amethyst bracelet. Whatever I have time for. I know I'll make her breakfast.ReplyCancel
@SlimPeachy I will say a prayer for you. Health is the greatest thing and I took mine for granted.
I have a great mom and MIL. I'm sorry for all of you that don't. Blessings to all that need motherly love. I hope that you encounter an older mom type this weekend and it fills your heart in some way. My grandmother was nuts so my mom made sure to not repeat the pattern. She grew up in poverty and in circumstances I couldn't fathom. She is simply amazing.
Selfishly, I revel in all holidays that get me out of doing the mundane chores. My kids are sweet and loving most of the time.ReplyCancel
@Alita, add to your list a GPS, 2 different cell phones, one for work (she's a judge) and the other for personal, 2 ipads, the mini "just because she wanted it. Tried to buy her cases for all of the above, nope, she's got it all. She's on Twitter and FB, and gets fresh flowers all the time from people who appreciate things she does for them, so potted stuff for the garden is about it…..lol. And after reading some of the awful stories other people have, I'll be giving her an even bigger hug than normal.ReplyCancel
So thankful to my Mum for many things. I've been battling major depression and anxiety disorders for the past 8 years and I can honestly say that if weren't for her, I wouldn't be here. It's been incredibly difficult and most days I have to battle with myself just to get out of bed. After trying so many different therapies and medications, I've come to realize that I will never be the same person I used to be and I'm stuck with this devil on my back forever. But, she has has always been there for me and helped me in so many ways, that I couldn't even begin to list them. There have been times where I wouldn't blame her for giving up on me, but she never has. Not for a second. All I know is that I am incredibly lucky and so grateful to have such a beautiful and loving mother, and I owe her far more than I could ever give.
Happy Mother's Day to all the CDAN Mamas! Hope you all get spoilt rotten.ReplyCancel
@Anothergreyhair –
Pretty similar, except to date mine only had the one iPad Air – will not surprise me if she ends up with one though 😉
Good on your mum for being a judge – impressive lady.
Might be an idea for you; last Christmas I really thought about it and decided the most valuable thing I could give her was an emotion. Did what someone upthread said – bought her tribal jewellery made by women in Chad, paid correctly for their work. She really loved it.ReplyCancel
I too had the most loving and wonderful surrogate moms, my mother was too self absorbed to care, still us. I have had to separate myself from her judgmental ideas, guilt trips just for me and her overwhelming need to argue with me 24/7. Your right Vera, a person just needs to remove themselves from that poisonous environment. Hugs to ya!ReplyCancel
I have mixed feelings about Mother's Day, this year especially. I'm a Mom myself of 4, and Mee Maw to 1. But, my Mom is deceased, and this year it also happens to fall on my Dad's birthday, and he's deceased as well. But to my Mom, I LOVE you, and I miss you every damn day of my life. I'm still sad and angry you left me and the kids. Not your fault, just me being selfish, wishing you were still here with us. And the same goes for you, Dad. At least you're together again. Love you both. </3ReplyCancel
i bought my mom roses once for mothers day when i was about 10 or so. i had saved up all my money for weeks and bought these coral roses because i had never seen ones like that\. i had them sitting on the kitchen table on md and she comes in and says "i hate coral, you should always get red for special occasions. the coral looks cheap" and walked out. yeah that is the extent of our relationship. no matter how hard you try to do something nice for her or just live your lifr, the 1st thing she notices is always a negative, and then the next 5 and she just keeps hammering on it until it bleeds. she is extremely toxic and never unferstands why i don't call her to say hi, but she always starts in on something negative. i haven't lived in the same city as her in almost 15 yrs and never will. we mostly text and those are hostile as well. i will text her happy mother's day and try to reign it in
ok done with rant now
thanks 4 listening
@Sugarbread so sorry that you mother is so miserable. I know people like that and they suck the life out of you. @Alita, I'm laughing at your comment. I'll see mine later today and see what she's added to the electronics portfolio. I'm sure she'll tweet about it — she's 77 this year 🙂 Sending prayers to all of you whose mothers are passed on. I believe they are in heaven watching over you. Hope you all have some sign today that they are.ReplyCancel


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My DS is almost 3 months old and has developed a new oddball behavior while nursing, starting yesterday I think. I use a nursing pillow with DS lying on his side with his tummy facing me. This is the only position that works for us because of my very large breasts.
Anyway... what he's been doing lately is he will nurse for a little while, and then start doing this repeated head twisting thing... for example if he is lying on his right side nursing on my left breast, he will repeatedly turn his head to his right (towards the pillow) and delatch in the process. He does this over and over and over... relatching and then a few seconds later twisting his head off.
The strangest thing about it is, he does not seem to be fussy or bothered/frustrated in any way. He seems perfectly calm when he does this. If he seemed upset, then I would automatically assume he doesn't like something (like my letdown, etc). Instead, it seems like some sort of weird behavior quirk he's developed.
He started doing it on my right boob today too... he was twisting his head in the same direction (to his right) regardless of which side he was lying on.
What's most frustrating about this is that I'm still stuck using nipple shields because he refuses to nurse without them. So each time he twists his head off like this, I have to fiddle with the nipple shield. Over..and over...and over...and over.
He does not do this at every nursing session (yet????) but it drives me crazy when he does and eventually I have to put a stop to the nursing session altogether. I tried just giving him a break for a few minutes, but he went right back to the head twisting when I put him back on.
Also, switching boobs does not always work... for long. And it's not a question of whether or not he's getting milk...I see milk in the nipple shield when he twists off.
Any suggestions, or explanations???


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Talk of the TownApril 11,2013
Concert Crawl helps orchestra
MONTPELIER The Montpelier Chamber Orchestras second annual concert crawl will take place this Saturday and offers an exciting menu of food and music for participants who will visit three homes in the Meadows neighborhood where they will be wined, dined and serenaded by musicians from a variety of traditions including classical, Celtic and klezmer music.
Among the local musicians performing are vocal ensemble Maple Jam, who sing everything from classic standards to the swinging sounds of the Swingle Singers, and Deborah Packard and Peter Cairney, who will perform classic tunes from the British Isles. Rounding up the gathering will be Classical Klezmer, a group of Chamber Orchestra players who will play both Classical music and traditional klezmer music from Eastern Europe.
All proceeds from the $50 tickets, which promise an evening of fun, are in support of the chamber orchestras special life mapping project which is currently working with Montpelier elders and high school seniors to help create a musical concert experience that should wow audiences when it premieres in June.
That multi-media event will feature art and performances by local residents who will be working with renowned electric violinist Tracy Silverman and composer Kenji Bunch to realize a musical and visual collaboration that will reflect on the ways in which music can mark a lifes passage whether youre 16 or 60.
We just finished doing a residency at the correctional institution for women in Chittenden County, said Paul Gambill, musical director of the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra. That was a very moving experience. This should be equally as exciting.
There are only 75 tickets available for the evening concert crawl, and all must be purchased in advance. There will be three groups of 25, and each will move from one house to the next.
Marilyn Mode, chamber orchestra publicist, said the food served at each stop would reflect the music being played at the home. For instance at the location where well have Klezmer music, well be serving Mediterranean food like lamb and hummus.
She added that the clock is ticking on the remaining time to purchase tickets, which can be bought through Eventbrite at montpelierconcertcrawl.eventbrite.com.
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MONTPELIER April is Sexual Violence Awareness Month and the folks at Sylvias - A Gallery of Style have decided to show their support this weekend by doing what they do best and donating proceeds from a four-hour fundraiser to a Barre-based organization that assists children who are victims of sexual abuse.
OUR House of Central Vermont will be the beneficiary of a Saturday morning event at the Berlin Street hair salon. Its being billed as a Cut-A-Thon, which makes perfect sense if you cut hair for a living.
Its going to be all cuts at Sylvias from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, so if you need one and want to contribute to a good cause call 223-3955 and book an appointment.
Its a haircuts-only-walk-ins-are-welcome-but-appointments-are-preferred affair. The suggested donation is $15 and were told every penny will go to support the good work that OUR House has been doing for more than 25 years.
Early dismissal?
BARRE What does a hurricane that spared Vermont last October have in common with a localized power outage and a good old-fashioned Green Mountain snowstorm?
All three events prompted the very rare decision to cancel school in Barre this year and threatened to extend the school year beyond Friday, June 14.
The School Board briefly considered the possibility of bringing students back the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to make up for the time they missed in the classroom, but ultimately decided not to delay the start of summer vacation.
At least for the students.
Teachers wont get off so easy. Theyll be expected to attend a series of year-ending staff development days to make up for the time they missed.
If youre a student it gets better, because school officials are seriously considering a calendar change that would reduce the number of classroom days from 180 to 178 next year. Assuming the change is approved by the Barre Supervisory Board, which meets tonight, the two days would be tacked on to seven others that are used for staff development, training and conferences.
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BARRE The folks with the Autism Puzzle Foundation havent finished counting the proceeds from another extremely successful fundraiser at the Barre Municipal Auditorium last Saturday, but the early returns are promising.
More than 300 people attended the RSVP-only event and, according to preliminary returns, it appears the organization raised over $43,000 to help families of children with autism.MORE IN Central VermontMIDDLEBURY According to WebMD, Dystonia is a movement disorder that causes a persons muscles ... Full StoryTiffany Briggs and Kayla Jackson eyed each other across the table, clasped hands, and then it was... Full StoryMARLBORO Police are investigating a burglary on Higley Hill Road. Full Story
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Made of 100% Olefin, these Voice Of Africa Area Rugs are bright, durable and tough, yet soft to the touch and they are washable.
Size; 63" x 86"
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