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Posted on 03/14/2013 3:20:12 AM PDT by Kaslin
Like the proverbial monkey typing for infinity and getting Shakespeare, Mayor Bloomberg's obsession with reforming New Yorkers' health has finally produced a brilliant ad campaign.
Posters are popping up in subway stations and bus stops giving statistics about teen pregnancy that show cute little kids saying things like, "Honestly, Mom ... chances are he won't stay with you. What happens to me?" and "I'm twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen."
(Based on a recent CBS report, the kid could add, "Then again, I'm in the New York City public school system, so even if I graduate I won't be able to read.")
It's one thing to stigmatize "Big Gulp" drinkers, but liberals are hopping mad at this attempt to stigmatize teen pregnancy, 90 percent of which is unwed. To put it another way, if you're a New York teen with a distended belly these days, it had better be because you're pregnant.
Planned Parenthood's Haydee Morales complained that the ads are creating "stigma" and "negative public opinions about teen pregnancy." (I'm pretty sure that's the basic idea.)
Instead, Morales suggested "helping teens access health care, birth control and high-quality sexual and reproductive health education." Like the kind they got before becoming pregnant, you mean? Are you new here, Haydee?
Coincidentally, Planned Parenthood happens to provide reproductive health care! Liberals act as if gun owners, soda-guzzlers and smokers are innocent victims of the gun, food and cigarette industries, but the $542 million-a-year birth control industry is a quarry of angels.
The New York Times' Michael Powell explained in a column that, as a parent of teenagers, he's learned that the stupidest thing to do is resort to "the shame-and-blame game." Teenage pregnancy, he states categorically, is a "problem of poverty."
I think we have a chicken-and-egg problem, but let's stick to liberals' newfound opposition to shaming campaigns.
Far from opposing stigmas, liberals are the main propagators of them -- against cigarettes, guns, plastic bags, obesity, not recycling, Fox News, racist "code words," not liking "Lincoln" and junk food.
The stigma against smoking has gone so swimmingly that you can't enjoy a little tobacco pleasure 50 yards from another human being without some bossy woman marching over and accusing you of poisoning her.
California is currently running a series of "Reefer Madness"-style anti-smoking ads, including one that shows cigarette smoke going from a woman outside on her porch, up a story, through the door of another apartment, across the living room, down the hallway and into a room where a baby is sleeping. That would be the equivalent of the Bloomberg ads claiming teen pregnancy causes genocide.
And what exactly was the purpose of the Journal-News publishing the names and addresses of every legal gun owner in various counties in New York state a few months ago? To congratulate them? To start a hunting club?
No, I believe it was to stigmatize legal gun owners. The fact that we didn't already know who they were proved that the problem isn't legal gun ownership. All those legal guns -- and no rash of drive-by shootings!
Los Angeles has banned plastic bags at supermarkets, even though reusable canvas bags are portable bacterial colonies. But a little ad campaign describing the downsides of teenage pregnancy -- which is still subsidized -- and liberals howl in protest.
One begins to suspect that liberals aren't as interested in stopping teenagers from having illegitimate kids as they claim. Do they believe a teenager who gets pregnant out of wedlock is harming herself and her child as much a teenager who smokes? How about an unwed teen who smokes at a landfill?
It's only a "shame-and-blame game" when liberals secretly approve of the behavior they pretend to oppose.
Unwed mothers have been the perennial excuse for big government, going back to Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, who plotted in the 1960s to create broken families, welfare dependency and urban riots to pave the way for socialist revolution.
That's why single mothers are revered victims -- victims in need of an ever-expanding social safety net, staffed with well-pensioned government workers. As described in that great book, "Guilty: Liberal 'Victims' and Their Assault on America," liberals concoct fake victims in order to victimize the rest of us.
The only thing single mothers are "victims" of is their own choice to have sex with men they're not married to. Liberals seem to believe that drinking soda is voluntary, but getting pregnant is more like catching the flu.
It would be hard to make the case that fast food, plastic bags and cigarettes do more damage than single motherhood.
-- Controlling for socioeconomic status, race and place of residence, the strongest predictor of whether a person will end up in prison is that he was raised by a single mother.
-- At least 70 percent of juvenile murderers, pregnant teenagers, high school dropouts, teen suicides, runaways and juvenile delinquents were raised by single mothers.
-- A study back in 1990 by the Progressive Policy Institute showed that, absent single motherhood, there would be no difference in black and white crime rates.
So liberals don't try to make that case. They just say they're against "shaming" and then go back to shaming gun owners, non-recyclers, smokers and "Big Gulp" aficionados -- while subsidizing illegitimacy.
This is Coulter at her best!
She still needs to apologize for Romney and Christie.
You read the name of the author of the column and decided to bitch abut her instead of commenting about the article. Correct?
I thought it was, and yes she does
No, I know the history of the author of the column which apparently you don't.
It is interesting that when conservatives spoke out against unwed motherhood, they were pilloried for being judgmental and uncool. It's not hip to take a stand on moral grounds. But now the liberals want to take the same position. Not for moral grounds, but because of money.
I'd rather be moral than crass.
This just happened to me the other day...was at the hospital for surgery on a family member and decided to go outside to have a cigarette...walked thru the front doors while digging in my purse for my pack of smokes...no sooner got them out and in view when a hospital security person started running at me and screaming that "you can't smoke here"...my cigarette wasn't even out of the pack yet...and I was on my way to a "designated smoking area"...I have always been what I thought to be a respectful smoker...even when it was legal to smoke in a restaurant I didn't because I felt like people trying to enjoy their meal didn't want to smell my cigarette smoke...you cannot be nice to these people though...respect their rights and you just lose more of your own...now when I see someone giving me the evil eye for smoking, I make damn sure the smoke gets blown in their direction...
That's right! We don't tolerate imperfection in conservative circles!
We only support the most perfect candidates.....which is why the most conservative candidates always lose our support in the primaries!
Liberals would support drone strikes on smokers!
Now, THAT is a poll I would like to see!
You don't know anything about her. You signed up 1 year and 14 days ago, which was right after the hatred of some in here against her started.,because she opined on something they did not like. Remember everyone has the right to their opionin. That however does not include you since the article is not about her but what these Nannies, especially Mayor Bloomberg are telling everyone what they should do
Thanks a lot for your kindergarten attitude. Some people are deathly allergic to cigarette smoke. Even one whiff of that stinking stuff can trigger an asthma attack which could be fatal. Let's see how you enjoy a belt half tight enough to hang you, wrapped around your neck, so YOU can't breathe.
Well, you know how liberals are
I stand by my statement...if I'm in a designated smoking area perhaps the non-smoker should exercise some personal responsibility and stay away...walking into that area and then crying foul or casting dirty looks is typical liberal logic...
Make stuff up much?
"Even one whiff of that stinking stuff can trigger an asthma attack which could be fatal"
Medical source, please.
"...deathly allergic..."
I call BS. Google it and try to find one instance of it happening. Maybe a few hysterical people dies from a panic attack caused by cigarette smoke.
Hey, why let the facts get in the way of an sensational emotionally appealing story ?
Being we are pretty much neighbors.....I'm gonna be nice and explain to you the folly of someone that hasn't been around here a month pretty much insulting the intelligence of a longtime member..or two....while showing their own blatant and wide ignorance at the same time.
Hey dude...This ain't AOL chat...or the local Patch board....this is Free Republic...and as you'll learn if you stick around long....this is the premier conservative forum on the net. Even Captain Oblivious...or a KOS regular...would know better than to question a FReeper's grasp and knowledge of Ann Coulter's history...from her peak during the Bush years to her exposure as a political hack and descent into the same league with all the other political hacks that are considered journalists these days. Any serious thinking FReeper has always seen through Coulter's facade and charade....she played what some past posters felt were hawt looks into a couple hot books and a sliver of consideration as a serious independent thinker until the 2008 political climate forced her to reveal her true self as she tried to defend McCain like her masters ordered.
That being said...The second and most glaring errr....ummm...logical disconnect you made in your one sentence post..(Wow...that took effort)...was making clear your belief that no matter how well written a piece is...no matter how much truth it contains...no matter what...if YOU do not like/respect/or share the exact political philosophy with an author....YOU consider any and all work composed by that author to be unworthy of a glance. That is sad...and shows a very narrow mind on your part. It reveals a mindset that goes against the very core of what a true conservative should have.
We are about freedom. Free market economy...individual liberty...and the free exchange of ideas in search of truth. How can one justify core beliefs and positions if they are not won fairly in battle against all others in the war to find truth. We are supposed to be the side that, like science, not let emotions and feelings cloud judgment on serious questions, but let facts build until truth is revealed.
Liberals are the ones that allow their emotions dictate their core beliefs, they are the ones who allow feelings and shallow thoughts dictate what they perceive as truth. They are the ones who refuse to listen to the other side....like children. They are the ones who cannot stand on the basic truths of their beliefs, so they resort to being the 8 year old boy standing there covering his ears while shouting his side louder and louder thinking the loudest side wins.
I NEVER look at who wrote a piece until after I read through it at least once...only then because a first glance has revealed the piece to be a political whore turning tricks instead of a serious, intellectually honest effort. I HAD NO CLUE Coulter had penned this piece until you brought it up.
And in the grand scheme of things...on this esteemed forum where one must bring game to play long...The LEAST IMPORTANT detail of each and every piece posted is WHO WROTE IT. The MOST intellectually lazy thing I see on this forum is posters who attack the source or author of a piece instead of the substance in the piece.
Now...back to the piece...I disagree with Coulter's basic premise of narrowing the root cause of the degradation of society in my lifetime...born in 1967. She singles out single mothers having children out of wedlock and attacks along that narrow front....when in reality....the main issue is the destruction of the family unit due to the deliberate and concerted actions of fed.gov since the 60's.
My father drove a fuel tanker and made a modest income...yet paid cash for prenatal care and birth for both me and my brother 10 years after me. In 1977....the total bill for 9 months prenatal care by one of the top ob-gyn docs in metro Atlanta and 3 days hospital stay at delivery was just under 4 grand.
My dad paid cash for all our medical needs...which included a siezure problem my brother had that had him see a plethora of specialists over the course of a year...and 10 years of meds after the docs figured it out.
I'm soon to be 46....in my childhood...there was no government involvement in the child support business...No Multi thousand dollar tax rewards given to lower income families for each child they birth that they cannot afford. Very few food stamps. No HMO's and medicare scams...so medical care was still affordable to lower income families. No DEFACS or gov agency around ready at an instant to swoop in and destroy families because Little Johnny was still mad he didn't get his way last night when the teacher mistook the normal bruises and wounds that a normal 8 year old boy inflicts on themselves playing for abuse, and told the teacher just how mean his parents were. While looking for the slightest, miniscule reason to get involved in normal families.....the really bad families...the real abuse and neglect...the children that really need someone to help get ignored.
In the past 35 years....things have changed. In my childhood, the family unit in poor and working class was still intact. Now, fed.gov has destroyed the family unit through the system it has set up...Through tax law...social programs....child support recovery...and the public school system....a deliberate strategy has been implemented by fed.gov which not only has destroyed the family unit of lower income people....fed.gov has taken the money to pay for all this from people in the middle and upper class through higher income tax and property taxes.
FED.GOV IS the SINGLE FAULT TO BLAME FOR THE DEGREDATION of American society. Not single moms...not drugs or crack...not deadbeat dads...not the kids....not the teachers...not the media or cable television. It's not us...IT is THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE POLICIES INSTITUTED BY FED.GOV IN THE LAST 30 YEARS!
That is how it's done here at FR new poster. Notice how in all that writing I not once mentioned Coulter...or slung baseless insults at other posters that I could not possibly have a clue about. I addressed the piece itself....not only stating my disagreement with it...but also composing in detail in my view what is the correct viewpoint.
Have a good day...and you're welcome.
Great post.
I'm a former smoker, started at eighteen years while in the Navy, smoked for eleven years and got to the point it was three packs a day and sometimes a few more. I finally quit at 29 years and now I can't stand the smell of a cigarette but I have never known of anyone who was so sensitive that a whiff of smoke endangered his life.
Just don't open up a jar of peanut butter near an unsuspecting person. They may also be deathly allergic to peanuts.
In my view, Ann Coulter is comparable to Fredo Corleone's status with Michael Corleone.
I have asthma and have nearly died twice from attacks and second hand smoke especially in an open setting does not scare me in the least. It does bother me in an enclosed area but then I am free to avoid it.
BTW I am ardent supporter of people and business deciding for themselves how to handle smoking.
Typical smoker. Selfish. No one matters but your own addiction. Ever choke on cigarette smoke? Feel your throat close up? Have your eyes and throat burn, your eyes tearing uncontrollably? Ever retch from the sheer stench of cigarette smoke?
What did my father die from? Give you three guesses, but I'm sure you'll get it in one. I'm also sure that smoking contributed to my mother's Alzheimer's disease, with the circulatory problems smoking causes.
Well, if a cigarette smoker presented an imminent threat of death, most state self defense laws would support using lethal force to stop him. Would you feel justified in shooting a cigarette smoker?
I'd rather dump a large bucket of ice cold water over their selfish head. The added benefit would be that it would put out the cigarette that is closing down my breathing.
I'm severely hypothermic. Second hand icewater could kill me.
Still, I believe that people have the right to smoke outside, in their cars, and in their homes. I'm not against smoking, I'm against having to breathe in smoke.
I'm not against their right to smoke. But people have a right to breathe freely as well. If their smoking in their homes, cars, etc. does NOT interfere with my right to breathe, fine. They should only have had to suffer for nearly 2 years as our family did while my father was dying of lung cancer, a direct consequence of his smoking.
I think the cigarettes have a far better chance of doing that than the ice water. Ask my dad. He died from lung cancer. It wasn't pretty.
I thought we were talking about second hand smoke?
Illegitimacy is a great big elephant in the room, when it comes to social policy.
Nanny State PING!
Thanks for the ping!
Don'y worry your liberal little head, Muffy, we'll keep trying until we get ya. /s
An allergic reaction requires protein. There is no protein in cigarette smoke.
What these "some people" are experiencing, in your anecdotal opinion is a panic attack, or what physicians used to call "hysteria". Those same "physicians" treated "hysteria" with dildoes and vibrators.
What would you prefer?
Sorry, an allergic reaction does not require protein. Where did you get that? Drugs and dust can also cause allergic reactions, and they are not proteins. How about you stuff a dildo up your stupid lewd mouth and a vibrator out the other end? What a jerk!
Sorry, you are full of it. Any number of medical professionals can tell you that.
Who told you that? An elk? You can be allergic to non-protein substances. Live with it.
I read all the way through the column and thought it was decent, then noticed it's Coulter, so I don't know....
I suspected you live in Bloomberg's city, and are sympathetic to his nanny ways. Your acerbic responses down thread have confirmed my suspicion: You are indeed a liberal a-hole, and a whiner to boot. You've been on the wrong web forum since Feb 17, 2008.
Good day.
Looks like somebody is addicted to hotlinking. ;)
I figured it was important to draw pictures. The libtard is probably analphabetic to boot. :^)
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TURKU, Finland - A lasting image of the U.S. under-19 men's national team's final practice before Saturday's championship game against Canada centers on midfielder Ryan Tucker.
Team USA was running through its offense on a mostly sunny Friday afternoon, and Tucker, dressed in casual shorts, a team shirt and with his right arm in a black sling, nursing an injured shoulder, stood in the center of the defensive zone as six players at a time ran sets around him; sets that Tucker had introduced to them a few days earlier. He held a stick with his off (left) hand and, after a few repetitions, began pointing out directions with the good arm, looking as much like a coach as he could without having the title or whistle.
When the team switched into man-up practice, Tucker, the team's point man from up top throughout the FIL U19 World Championships, even attempted to throw one-handed passes with his uninjured left arm. The terribly inept throws barely made it to their target, and didn't mimic what would happen in the game, but Tucker at the very least wanted to demonstrate correct positioning. If you didn't know he was the son of two coaches already (Johns Hopkins women's coach Janine Tucker and former MLL, NLL and high school coach and three-time Team USA member John Tucker), you could figure it out at this moment. Head coach Tim Flynn and assistant Tom Duquette weighed in as well, but for a player to be involved at practice so prominently was uncanny.
Of all the storylines that emerged during two weeks in Finland, Tucker's rise as an offensive leader was perhaps one of the most significant in the U.S.'s ability to capture a seventh straight gold medal.
When the 23-player roster had its backs against the proverbial wall, after losing a pair of pool play games to the Iroquois Nationals and Canada, and called a players-only meeting that ended up lasting two hours, Tucker was one of the more vocal voices in the room. When it was time to talk Xs and Os on offense, the rising sophomore midfielder for Virginia suggested inserting some of the plays that the Cavaliers ran during his freshman season last spring. The U.S. offense, many felt, had devolved into too much one-on-one play and needed a change. The new plan created more offense out of the midfield, and got attackman open with picks on the crease. Flynn agreed, using a version of Marc Van Arsdale and Dom Starsia's offense from Charlottesville, seven hours ahead in Turku, Finland.
"It was more of the middies generating the play," Tucker said. "Once they got it we would bang it backside .. and try to set a pick backside."
On the field, Tucker performed well as a two-way middie; on offense using his blistering shot to extend defenses (he finished with 12 goals and two assists in six games) and on the other end, often covering opposing players deep into the zone. He was named to the All-World team.
But in the 15-13 pool play loss to the Iroquois, Tucker took a hard hit in front of the crease and was initially diagnosed was a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder. Going forward, he wore the sling during times he wasn't playing in a game. He didn't play in the U.S.'s easy, 22-2 quarterfinal win over Germany, but he could be heard barking from the sideline as the team practiced its new offense on the field during the game. "Swing it! Swing it!" he yelled.
Tucker played the next day in the 12-7 semifinal win against the Iroquois, scoring twice with one assist, but was held out of practice 24 hours later, the team's final go through before the world championship game rematch with Canada, a 10-8 win.
"It was a crazy road to the gold medal," Tucker said afterward on the field. "We lost two games in round play. That had never happened before. The U.S. U19 had never lost before. It was tough losing a game and being 'that team,' but we never thought of it that way. After we lost to the Iroquois, we had a team meeting, players-only, and we figured everything out. That was the main reason that we came together and we really started talking about a family aspect of the team. We're all great players from around the country, but we never really were playing together on the field. Once we were playing as a team, none of these other teams could beat us."
On a team where no offensive player voted a team captain, Tucker was a leader on that end of the field without the title. Even after a 24-6 win over Australia to open pool play, Tucker said the offense was rushing too much and he tried to settle the pace, thus him standing at the top of the zone holding the ball for several seconds. "I was just standing there with the ball at some points," he said. "We needed to just calm down."
Building off a freshman season with Virginia in which Tucker carved out a role on the perennial national championship contender allowed him to carry some weight. In the fall, Tucker was actually slated to be a defensive midfielder, given his unique athleticism for an incoming freshman (listed this season at 6-foot-2, 200 pounds). But coach Dom Starsia and offensive assistant Marc Van Arsdale saw his potential on offense early as well, so he switched to mainly the second offensive midfield for the spring. He went from listening closely to upperclassman defensive middies Chris LaPierre and Bobby Hill to offensive midfielders like Colin Briggs and Rob Emery.
Tucker mostly played a on a second-midfield line with Matt Kugler and Mark Cockerton, but at times he played on the first unit with Briggs and Emery.
"We could see very quickly that Ryan was one of the stronger athletes in his class and on the team," Starsia said. "If he was not going to play on the first offensive midfield, we thought he could help us at the defensive end and in the transition game. He would have been capable of doing that but it became obvious that he could also help us at the offensive end, and you are always looking for guys that can score goals. He is clearly someone who we will consider for the first offensive midfield in 2013 and beyond."
"I do like shooting a lot. It's fun."
-- Ryan Tucker, U.S. U19 and Virginia midfielder
The coaches also loved Tucker's shooting stroke, which Starsia says should come as no surprise given Tucker's bloodlines. Van Arsdale loved that a freshman was taking the high-to-low approach to heart, something Tucker says he focused intently on in practice. He says he may shoot one sidearm shot at a practice, just fooling around, but that's it as far as straying from the fundamental approach. Perhaps that's why he was clocked shooting a Team USA-high 103 miles per hour at a training camp weekend on Long Island this summer. Or why he was clocked at 98 miles per hour in an ESPN game against Syracuse last spring.
"I just like getting in the habit, high to low," Tucker said. "I never want to lose it. I always want my stick to be good and be confident in it. It takes everyday, shooting 50 shots or whatever it is. But I do like shooting a lot. It's fun."
Tucker finished with 13 goals and two assists in 16 games last spring, as he found himself on the field more as the season progressed. He points to a go-ahead goal in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown with Johns Hopkins on March 24 in Charlottesville as a moment he won't forget. He was playing with Briggs and Emery on the first line and put the Cavaliers up 10-9 with 2:44 left before Hopkins tied the game with 44 seconds left and John Ranagan won it in overtime.
"They dodged and I could just run around and find the skip lane," Tucker said of playing with Briggs and Emery. "Briggs had it up top and I was waiting right in the gap. He fed me one more pass and I stuck that shot. It was amazing. That game I got a good amount of time. I just really focused on not making any mistakes. Make the smart play no matter what it was. If I had a shot, I would take or I would pass it, move it around, play really smart, relax and play my game."
Next year, with quarterback Steele Stanwick no longer running the show on offense ("He's able to find any skip lane wherever it is," Tucker said), there is thought that Virginia might shift to more of a midfield-oriented approach. Tucker points to the fact that there are talented attackman in the fold like Matt White, who spelled Stanwick at the point-behind position when Stanwick was injured, and fellow rising sophomore Carl Walrath, who can also play that type of role. Tucker isn't sure exactly the offense will look, but said, "We have a good amount of guys at attack a good amount at midfield, too. A lot of guys are saying it could be midfield-oriented. I think it could be both. It's tough to say."
Whatever the case may be, Tucker will play a big part. He's already showed he knows the Virginia offense well enough to teach it if needed.
"I am confident he will become recognized as one of the top midfielders in the college game very shortly," Starsia said.
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JAMESTOWN – The Chautauqua County Veterans Service Agency is professionally staffed by a team of veterans who stand ready to offer a variety of services to the estimated 12,000 county veterans and their families of all wars and conflicts as well as peacetime service.
The department's mission is to assist veterans, dependents, and surviving spouses in the completion of applications for federal and state benefits for areas involving pensions, disability compensation, home and education loans, grants, burial allowances, scholarships, memorial ceremonies and all other services that need professional assistance and guidance. In 2012, the Chautauqua County Veterans Service Agency assisted 1,817 veterans and 649 veteran dependents in completing applications for federal, state, and local benefits.
"The department does more than just regular office appointments" said Chautauqua County Veterans Service Agency Director Doug Diers. "Our Department will visit veterans and families at their private residence, at medical hospitals, or at nursing facilities."
The County Officers are recognized under federal law by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide legal representation for individuals in matters relating to VA law. With counselors available in both the North and South section of the county, personal one-on-one counseling and commitment is provided to ensure the highest level of service is available within the limits of the resources. By virtue of their accreditation, they have access to a nationwide network of accredited representatives who are able to provide expanded assistance, even before the Board of Veterans' Appeals in Washington, D.C.
The agency provides daily professional interaction with elected officials, federal, state, and private agencies, community and veterans groups, and the general public. The office provides briefings and speeches in both the formal and informal group settings providing information about benefits and to answer veteran's questions or concerns.
"I feel our Department is able to make a real difference in our County Veteran's lives," said Diers. "We are able to use our military experiences and educational background to help our fellow veterans and their dependents receive everything they have earned and deserve."
To schedule a briefing or to find out more about the Chautauqua County Veterans Service Agency and what they offer for veterans, please call 363-3842 for the Dunkirk office or 661-8255 for the Jamestown office. To stay updated on current information from the department and the military community, visit the "Chautauqua County Veterans Service Agency" Facebook page.


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After receiving a love letter, Nagasumi learns that a little attention goes a long way. A mermaid potion makes girls crazy about him - and turns every guy around him into a murderous psychopath!
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We have a family bed with our two young sons, I am looking for advice from anyone who has had a family bed with multiple children regarding how you dealt with night waking and bed sharing. Our sons are 17 months and 3 weeks old. My 3 week old does not cry in the night so that is not an issue, but my toddler still and always has been a night waker. I am really just looking for anyone's experience with multiple kids in the bed and what worked for you.
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Here is a previous thread on the same topic
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I am putting my baby to sleep now...
We have 3 in bed with us & # 4 is due in April.
We have a king size mattress on floor, then right up against king is 2 twin mattresses stacked on top of each other to be same height as king. Our sleep order is: (on king) DS1 4yrs, daddy, DD 3 yrs, (in twin) 10 month old & me.
DS1 & DD both snuggle, one on each arm, to my DH to go to sleep & I nurse & sleep w/ baby on my side. DH takes care of what 2 older kiddos need during getting to sleep & if anything arises in middle of night. I take care of baby (DH doesn't have any breastmilk, lol) unless I can't get him asleep DH can take DS2 if other 2 are asleep. If they are not then I take DS2 until DH can "escape" when LOs are asleep to help me.
Not sure how new baby will fit into our bed as I am crampped on twin w/ just DS2 & me, lol! Still working on plan.
Kinda side note: When DD was born we co-slept from birth but didn't bring DS1 in bed w/ us until he was 18 months, (felt part of our family was missing in crib in different room), & DD was 6 months. Let me tell you it was HORRIBLE going between both when DS1 in crib those 6 months, nursing one while other screamed for me, until both finally fell asleep! When we brought DS1 in bed w/ us it was such a BLESSING! I kept DD on outer side of bed, then me, then DS1 then DH. It worked great for us. I could either nurse both at once or nurse DD until asleep then roll over & nurse DS1. DD didn't wake up b/c I never left bed & she could feel & smell my presence & DS1 was willing to wait for his turn to nurse b/c he was just so happy to be in bed w/ us instead of alone.
I never knew how things would work out for us, like w/ new baby this time, but it seems like you find your own rhythm & it just works out some how. Although our GROWING family bed keeps getting SMALLER LOL!Last edited by blessedmama; 01-13-2009, 07:32 PM.


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chrl42 wrote:Hmm...drinking Dragon-Peacock commercial Yancha in a mid-Qing zhu while listening to traditional kunju.
no Yancha is better than in old Zhuni..
SilentChaos wrote:bagua7 wrote:Muadeeb wrote:I've heard that green balled oolongs don't age well and go flat over time...
Not only that, they do it quite quickly too. One of the downsides of this particular kind of tea, I am thinking here of the high-mountain TW variety.
AFAIK, provided that they aren't nuclear green to start with, and that they've been stored in airtight containers, they should age alright after the initial 5 to 7ish years (they taste pretty ugly during that period).


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How To Tuesday: Gone Fishin'
There really was no question what this week's video would be after only two days of voting. The fishtail braid was the overwhelming favorite from the start. Luckily, I have a lot of experience in the department of fishtail braiding. The first time I did a fishtail "how to", the fine folks at Neihule Salon in Los Angeles were kind enough to walk us through. I had never attempted to fishtail at that point in time and to be quite honest, I had lots of knots before getting the hang of it. The fishtail, like many things in life, takes plenty of practice before perfecting.
So, while you may not get the hang of it right away, I promise with a little bit of persistence, you'll have it down pat. Once you do, you'll be amazed how simple it was all along. I even find myself just idly fishtail braiding when bored.


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Simple | Challenging | ComplexWaterfall ice climbing in the national parks of Banff, Jasper, Yoho, Kootenay and Waterton Lakes offers an unparalleled experience for the ice climber. A combination of good access, reliable conditions, hundreds of options, and a long season have secured the Canadian Rockies reputation as one of the world's premier waterfall ice climbing destinations.
But winter climbing in the Canadian Rockies presents significant hazards that are unique to this area, and visitors must understand these hazards before climbing in the range. These are big mountains; climbers must be informed, prepared, aware of their options, and respectful of the conditions at all times.
Avalanche hazard is the most significant threat to ice climbers in the Canadian Rockies. The vast majority of routes are exposed to avalanche hazard - often for extended periods. The simple fact that water flows and freezes in gullies makes ice climbing routes natural terrain traps. Some of the avalanche related challenges facing the Rockies ice climber include:
Traditional models used for rating avalanche danger are based on the stability of the snow, which changes regularly with the weather - from day to day, or even hour to hour. Terrain however, doesn't change with the weather. The ATES is designed to categorize avalanche terrain based on unchanging characteristics. By using the ATES, climbers will get a sense of the type of avalanche terrain threatening their proposed route and its approach.
Avalanche bulletins are produced for all of the Mountain Parks, and are updated daily (twice weekly in Waterton Lakes) from November to April. Information is provided regarding the current and forecast avalanche conditions as well as danger ratings for alpine, treeline and below treeline regions. Conditions change regularly - ice climbers should check this bulletin as part of their daily routine.
Avalanche bulletins are available at Park Information Centres, 1 800 667 1105, or at www.avalanche.ca. Additional information is available at www.parksmountainsafety.ca
The following list of rated climbs represents a selection of the most popular routes in the Mountain National Parks - there are many others that are not listed here. These ratings are intended to supplement pre-trip planning material, and should be used in combination with other resources to get a good sense of your proposed climbing route. The ATES describes avalanche terrain only and does not represent the difficulty of the climbing in any way. The best resource for waterfall climbers (in 2005) is the following guidebook:
Waterfall Ice, Climbs in the Canadian Rockies (fourth edition, 2002) - by Joe Josephson
This publication is widely available at local mountain specialty stores.
Click on Simple, Challenging or Complex below for a list of rated ice climbs in the Mountain National Parks.
Ice climbing in the Rockies demands avalanche skills. Take a recreational avalanche course, carry appropriate rescue equipment, climb with solid partners, and recognize the limitations of your knowledge. If you and your partner's understanding of avalanches is minimal, limit yourself to Simple (Class 1) terrain.
Qualified instruction and guidance can be obtained from a professional Mountain Guide who is certified by the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, and permitted to guide in the National Parks.
There are inherent risks in ice climbing, and most of the climbs described here will at times be unsafe due to potential snow avalanches. The Parks Canada Agency has done its best to provide accurate information and to describe the avalanche terrain characteristics typical of each climb. However, it is up to the users of this information to learn the necessary skills for ice climbing, access additional trip planning materials, and to exercise caution while travelling in the backcountry of any national park.
Users of this information do so entirely at their own risk, and the Parks Canada Agency disclaims any liability for injury, injury resulting in death or damage to anyone undertaking to climb any of the routes described. This information is no substitute for experience and good judgement.


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On behalf of Zonta, we would like to give a huge, warm and loving thank you to all the vendors who participated in donating gifts for our Christmas Holiday Dinner for 20 beautiful girls from the Marquette Alternative High School. They are: Getz's, Younkers, Donckers and Econo Foods.
We couldn't believe that outpouring of loving hearts that made this holiday evening very special for these girls. You should be happy to know that each and every girl was awe-struck with such generosity as they opened their packages.
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United in Prayer
Melissa Montana talks with Pastor Dave Stone about his new "Faithful Families" Book Series and how that came out of his passion for parenting and praying with your kids. Pastor Dave Stone shares some examples of different ways that you can incorporate prayer into your family life with your children. FMI: www.PastorDaveStone.com
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Too Cool
Zen and the art of race directing
A few weeks before I left for Cool, California's Way Too Cool 50K, a famous trail race ...
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A runner cresting the final hill before the finish.
A few weeks before I left for Cool, California's Way Too Cool 50K, a famous trail race with nearly 800 starters, I was rattling on about the predicted perfect weather, 98-percent singletrack course when my boyfriend, Jeremy, asked me what races he should add to his calendar. I had just enthusiastically listed a few California races when Jeremy said, "Why does everyone pay so much attention to California? The Midwest and East Coast have some really great races, too."
True, they do. Growing up on the East Coast, I spent loads of time in the heart of the Appalachians and various green spaces between Kentucky and South Carolina. I adore the East Coast's rolling mountains, the smells, the seasons and the humid forests. I love running up its rocky, technical and steep mountain trails.
But when it comes to trail running, California steals the spotlight—it is a trail-running Mecca jam-packed with trail runners. Radiating around the Marin Headlands, trails and trail races are endless. In fact, one could even argue that competitive trail running started here, in 1905, with the running of the first trail race in the United States, the Dispea.
In 1974 Gordy Ansleigh ran the entire Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run when it was still a horse race. According to most ultrarunners, Ansleigh founded U.S. competitive ultrarunning ... in California.
I signed up to run the Way Too Cool 50K in January, because I wanted to escape our Colorado Rockies' winter and get in an early season ultra to build endurance for the mountain-running season.
From the gun, I was flabbergasted at how incredibly cool the Way Too Cool was. No wonder 1200 people enter the lottery each year! Race director, Julie Fingar, should be applauded. (I suppose if you live in a state that has been putting on races for over 100 years, you must learn a thing or two).


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quote PikachuIf we had a December release, they'd make so much money for the Holidays. Probably too late for that, now, though.Some of the content will be changed. But it doesn't take long to translate, really. I agree with what Ground said before and they're probably holding back to not have it interfere with Wii U sales right now. But you'd think they would bring it sometime between December - March with those record sales
quote snowThe only logical reason I could think of for them not giving us a release date would be because maybe it isn't ready yet. Fully translated, etc. I don't know.I agree, I thnk I've had this reserved for 2 years
We need the game already xD
quote FluidityAw, thank you. I played games a lot way back when (1980's and early 1990's), but then got all caught up in my career and family, and didn't have the time for games or anything else that I wanted to do. Life was good but pretty much no "me time" back then. So now that I am 64 and retired, at last I have more time to play video games and there are sure some good ones available to play while I wait for New Leaf!I admire Carole and her love for games (AC, what good taste) at her age; it's so awesome. I wish more people were like her.
As for shoes, I can't wait to get boots for the snowy weather. I always felt bad for my AC characters trudging through the snow in their little sneakers. ._.
quote CaroleThere is no age limit in video games! I look forward to playing with all of you and visiting your towns once NL hits the market. Carole, we should play CF some time.quote PikachuHow cute!! I am going to LOVE the shoes. I think they are so cute on ACCF. Glad to hear that some other older people have the good sense to enjoy video games in their spare time.Haha well Carol, you are not the only older person who enjoys games. If I remember correctly, Keiichi (spelling?) is 54 and Gaming Geezer is around 55+
The details on the shoes this time around is actually pretty clear when they showed the first preview of the male character long ago, I could clearly see he had on some of the modern sneakers we wear ("we" as in most teens and young adults) and you could see the laces and things on boots. Plus, according to some of the jap members, you can even see tufts of due sticking out on some of the furrier members of AC:NL.
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Two Paralympic Athletes Participate in 2008 Real Deal Inclusive Sports Adventure
RANCHO DEL RIO, COLO.- Paralympic athletes Matt King (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Sarah Will (Vail, Colo.) recently participated in the 2008 Real Deal Inclusive Sports Adventure, a unique experience inspired by world renowned climber, Erik Weihenmayer.
The event featured team's of five participants, two of whom were participants with physical disabilities, one of whom was non-ambulatory. The adventure included mountain biking, white water rafting, climbing, hiking, rappelling, a zip-line over the Colorado River, orienteering, swimming and multiple team problem-solving activities.
Wheihenmayer, who has been blind since age 13, was able to help put together a total of 10 teams and 50 participants this year. The adventure showcased the power of what happens when participants with and without physical disabilities work together to strive for achievement.
The Real Deal Inclusive Sports Adventure will be broadcast nationally on NBC Sports' Jeep World of Adventure Sports on Nov. 8, 2008.


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Netbooks as we know them - computers with low-performance microprocessor, moderate built quality and small screens - are about to die. Dell, one of the largest PC makers in the world, has quietly discontinued its Mini lineup of netbooks with 9" or 10" screens and offers its customers to take a look at its notebook line instead.
The Mini-series netbooks are no longer listed at Dell's U.S. web-site and attempts to find them lead to a notification that the Mini family of netbooks are no longer sold and customers should take a look at more powerful notebooks instead. In particular, Dell recommends Inspiron 11z powered by Intel Core i3 with 11.6" screen for $399 or Inspiron 14R with 14" display and Core i5 for $649.
"Our mini netbooks are no longer available. Shop the next best thing - the Inspiron 14R, a stylish and portable 14" laptop with SWITCHable lids," the statement reads.
The Dell Mini-series netbooks first became available in late 2008 - in the midst of the worst economic downturn in this generation - and offered extreme portability and long battery life at low-cost while massively sacrificing performance and features. Netbooks turned out to be too slow for more or less demanding productivity applications and thus were turned down by professionals or multimedia-interested end-users. Therefore, people used those devices for basic Internet browsing, communications and other very simple tasks.
The currently available Intel Atom processors that power the majority of netbooks no longer offer truly acceptable levels of speed and capabilities, which is why sales of netbooks are dropping rapidly. Not surprisingly, many companies are reconsidering their ultra portable strategies going forward. Samsung Electronics, one of the world's largest consumer electronics and semiconductor conglomerate, plans to discontinue its netbook computers with 10.1" screens in favour of ultra-portable notebooks, tablets as well as ultrabooks.
Throughout the year 2012, the market of ultra-portable and ultra low-cost mobile computers will change drastically. On the one hand, systems that tend to be low cost will use next-generation Intel Atom processors, but will have much better displays, improved multimedia feature-set and improved user experience. On the other hand, ultra-thin systems that do not need to carry lowest possible price-tag will get much more affordable than they are today thanks to Intel's ultrabook initiative. Meanwhile, tablets will gain the entertainment part of the PC market. In the end, the netbook as we know it today is dead.


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Movie Mondays - Enough Said
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Join us for a screen in Enough Said on Monday, February 3, 2014 at 4:00 pm in the Plaut Room.
James Gandolfini, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Catherine Keener shine in this heartwarming comedy that A.O. Scott of The New York Times calls "a small miracle of a movie." Divorced mom Eva (Louis-Dreyfus) may be falling for Albert (Gandolfini), a sweet, funny, like-minded divorc'. But as their relationship blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne (Keener), who's always complaining about her ex-husband. When Eva realizes that Albert is the target of Marianne's rants, she begins to question her own perceptions about first impressions and second chances. 93 minutes. PG-13.


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Flip Side redefines burgers with ingredients like lamb and smoked brisket.
At Ria's Bluebird, in Atlanta, breakfast means spicy brisket and eggs.
Alex's holiday meal stars a brisket with parsnips, leeks and green onions.
Roger visits Bone-In food truck, a purveyor of artisan barbecue on wheels.
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CHULA VISTA, CA -The USA Field Hockey Women's National Team held a practice match with Belgium today at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA. Both teams are in preparation for the AtaHolding Women's World Cup Qualifier, to be held at the Training Center beginning this Friday through Saturday, April 3.The USA took a 1-0 victory in the contest, as Katie O'Donnell scored on a tip-in deflection off a pass from Kayla Bashore.
Six of the world's top field hockey nations have travelled to San Diego for a chance to play in one of the world's top international competitions. Playing on their home field, the USA Women's Olympic Field Hockey Team welcomes traditional Pan American rivals Canada and Mexico, as well as France and Korea. The tournament champion will head to the BDO FIH 2010 Women's World Cup Rosario, Argentina in September. USA Field Hockey, the national governing body for field hockey in the United States, will host the Qualifier.
"The game went well," said Team Captain Carrie Lingo. "It
was nice to get a scrimmage match under our belt before the tournament begins
on Friday."
"We got out to bit of a shaky start, but it was good to get out and run around," said defender Rachel Dawson. "We've been training with inter-squad scrimmages, so it was good to get out there against a competitor we'll see in the coming weeks."
The practice match, played in three 20-minute periods, was scoreless through two sessions, as both teams had a handful of scoring opportunities. O'Donnell finally scored in the third, and the USA held on for the win.
"I was a really nice goal," said Dawson. "A nice tip-in."
"Going into a tournament like this, there's some nerves that go into it," said striker Katie Evans. "Having a scrimmage like this is good to shake everything loose."
2010 AtaHolding Women's World Cup Qualifier competition begins on Friday as Belgium faces Canada at 10:00am. The USA opens competition against Mexico on Friday at 2:30pm. The USA defeated Mexico 6-0 in their last international confrontation in January 2009 at the Pan American Cup.
"Everybody is ready to get out and start," said Lingo. "We're pushing through our final preparations and anxiously awaiting Friday."
"I think we're really coming together as a team and you're going to see it in this tournament," said Evans. "Just keep watching."
Tickets to all games are now available. The AtaHolding Women's World Cup Qualifier features 18 matches over six days of competition. Half-price tickets can be purchased online for as little as $5.00 per person per day at www.usafieldhockey.com. Competition days feature three matches per day. Additional ticket promotions are also available, including discounts for military personnel.


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Taylor, Mildred D(elois)
Mildred D(elois) Taylor
Black American writer for young adults.
Taylor's Song of the Trees and its sequel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry are felt to depict the oppression that has been a part of the black tradition with power and dignity. Taylor credits much of the inspiration for both books to stories told to her by her father about their ancestors and their struggles to establish themselves as landowners after the abolition of slavery. Taylor noticed the difference between this oral history and the history she was taught in school; while her father's stories emphasized the fact that her ancestors retained their pride despite their defeats and sorrows, she discovered that history books portrayed black Americans as weak and vulnerable. Taylor wrote her books to refute this image by telling the truth about her people, thus passing on the spiritual legacy of her ancestors.
Set in Mississippi during the 1930s, both of Taylor's works concern the Logan family; these books stress the family's independence and strength as they fight to maintain their land in the face of violence and the hatred of their white neighbors. These titles, part of a proposed four-volume series, drew an almost unanimously positive response. Critics have praised her ability to present emotional issues in an unsentimental, controlled style without losing the impact of her story. She has also been praised for the poetic quality of her prose, for her characterizations, and for the fact that her books are not social or political tracts disguised as fiction. Taylor's works have also been favorably compared to Alex Haley's saga, Roots. They appeal to a wide range of young adults, which suggests Taylor's successful interpretation of the universality of the black experience. Song of the Trees received an award from the Council on Interracial Books for Children and was named Outstanding Book of the Year by The New York Times in 1973. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry won the 1977 Newbery Medal. (See also Something About the Author, Vol. 15.)
Jean Fritz
First are the trees behind the house…. [They] are the joy of young Cassie's life—trunks to hug, leaves that sing, branches that protect. With such a forest, a girl can feel rich even though this is the Depression and money is scarce, particularly in Mississippi for black people. Cassie's father has to go clear to Louisiana to find work, and sometimes when he sends money home it is taken from the envelope before the family gets it. Still, no matter what happens, the trees sing their song, and that is a comfort.
But then come the white crosses on the trees, and the white men come….
["Song of the Trees"] is a slender book and so moving, the temptation is to tell the whole story. But the important thing is that Cassie's father, David, comes home and that we, the readers, meet him. We are not likely to forget him. He is a man who knows the full measure of his manhood.
"A black man's always gotta be ready to die," he says. "And it don't make me any difference if I die today or tomorrow. Just as long as I die right."
So at the end the white men go away (at least for a time), and part of the forest is saved. Still, the sounds of those axes ring on long after the last page of this triumphant book. And well they may, for this is a true story and truly told. A story to linger over.
Jean Fritz, "Children's Books Spring 1975: 'Song of the Trees'," in The New York Times Book Review (© by The New York Times Company; reprinted by permission), May 4, 1975, p. 39.
Anita Silvey
The dedication of [Song of the Trees]—thirteen lines which end "To my grandparents … who bridged the generations between slavery and freedom; and To the Family, who fought and survived"—immediately sets the tone of black pride that permeates every page…. [The] book is almost written to formula: Blacks encounter evil whites who attempt to rob them of their possessions and dignity, but a strong, black man counteracts with force. But what could have been a banal, trite book has been saved by its description of a child's feeling for nature which elevates the story from the socio-political realm…. The simple story has been written with great conviction and strength, and Cassie's descriptions of the trees add a poetic touch.
Anita Silvey, "Stories for the Middle Readers: 'Song of the Trees'," in The Horn Book Magazine (copyright © 1975 by the Horn Book, Inc., Boston), Vol. LI, No. 4, August, 1975, p. 384.
Zena Sutherland
In a depression-era story based on an incident in the author's family history [Song of the Trees], a confrontation between a mercenary white man and a black man guarding his property is taut with drama…. The writing style is fairly brisk, verging on the poetic whenever Cassie speaks of her beloved trees; the characterization of the children is minimal, while that of the adults is stronger; the plot is nicely constructed for the length of the story.
Zena Sutherland, "New Titles for Children and Young People: 'Song of the Trees'," in Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (reprinted by permission of The University of Chicago Press; © 1975 by the University of Chicago), Vol. 29, No. 2, October, 1975, p. 35.
Joyce E. Arkhurst
The confrontation [between the Logan family and the white work crew in Song of the Trees] symbolizes much of the history of Black struggle—economic defenselessness, the Black man's dramatic bravery in the face of white power, a child forced to assume adult responsibility and the children's fears in threatening situations….
[This] story will be enjoyed by young readers.
Joyce E. Arkhurst, "The Bookshelf: 'Song of the Trees'," in Interracial Books for Children Bulletin (reprinted by permission of Interracial Books for Children Bulletin, 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10023), Vol. 6, Nos. 3-4, 1975, p. 8.
Susan Cooper
[Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is] a good straightforward novel about racial prejudice, fierce without being bitter, wholly absorbing…. The author brings a controlled power from her own family background to electrify her calm prose toward a wonderfully shaped climax.
Susan Cooper, "Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper Reviews New Novels," in The Christian Science Monitor (reprinted by permission from The Christian Science Monitor; © 1976 The Christian Science Publishing Society; all rights reserved), November 3, 1976, p. 20.∗
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Sally Holmes Holtze
[Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry] presents injustice and several ways of dealing with it…. There is little relief from the tension of frightening events, and the reader is able to identify with Cassie's frustration and anger as she experiences great unfairness and witnesses crimes against Black people. The events and settings of the powerful novel are presented with such verisimilitude and the characters are so carefully drawn that one might assume the book to be autobiographical, if the author were not so young.
Sally Holmes Holtze, "Stories for Intermediate Readers: 'Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'," in The Horn Book Magazine (copyright © 1976 by the Horn Book,...
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Emily R. Moore
[Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry] describes a year during which Cassie Logan learns to handle the indignities inflicted upon herself, her family and neighbors. She also learns the importance of her family's struggle to keep their land and their economic independence….
Throughout the book, the reader is moved to tears by Ms. Taylor's vibrant, exquisite and simple style. The dialogue is lightly seasoned with Southern colloquialisms.
After reading Cassie's last lines—"And I cried for those things which had happened in the night and would not pass. I cried for T.J. For T.J. and the land"—you want to turn back and start all over again.
Roll of Thunder, Hear...
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Ruby Martin
Song of the Trees is so beautifully told, the prose rings poetry….
The children are charming, disarming, personal, and not too private in their love and appreciation for the "sharp-needled pines," the "shaggy-bark hickories," and the "sweet alligator gum trees" which tower helplessly on "Big Ma's" land. They forebodingly await their devastation with their song quieted in an implied anticipation of their destruction.
The story builds smoothly and culminates in a clash of willfulness … and of the aesthetic forest which captures the reader with its tender personality.
The book has much to recommend it. Mildred Taylor handles her characters with a fine...
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I was blessed with a special father, a man who had unyielding faith in himself and his abilities, and who, knowing himself to be inferior to no one, tempered my learning with his wisdom. In the foreword to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry I described my father as a master storyteller; he was much more than that. A highly principled, complex man who did not have an excellent education or a white-collar job, he had instead strong moral fiber and a great wealth of what he always said was simply plain common sense. Throughout my childhood he impressed upon my sister and me that we were somebody, that we were important and could do or be anything we set our minds to do or be. (p. 402)
Through him my...
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Phyllis J. Fogelman
"A natural writer" is an overused expression I don't particularly like, but in speaking of Mildred Taylor it seems absolutely appropriate. Mildred's words flow smoothly, effortlessly, it seems, and they abound in richness, harmony, and rhythm. Her stories unfold in a full, leisurely way, well suited to and evocative of her Southern settings. Her ability to bring her characters to life and to involve her readers is remarkable. In short, Mildred is one of the few people of whom I have felt: This woman was born to write. (pp. 410-11)
Phyllis J. Fogelman, "Mildred D. Taylor," in The Horn Book Magazine (copyright © 1977 by the Horn Book, Inc., Boston), Vol. LIII, No. 4,...
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Naomi Mitchison
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is an extremely moving story of life down on the Mississippi during the times of the depression—not so long ago. The memory is still fresh; if it were not Mildred Taylor could not have made it into such an outstandingly gripping narrative…. There is the hideous shadow of violence everywhere, steadily rising to a fearful climax, with the mean whites shoring up their power. Yet, behind it all, there is the possibility of justice slowly coming.
The people in the book are real, and so is the background, cotton and forest, mouth-watering food. Young people shouldn't find the southern American speech too difficult, though it would be best read aloud. It is...
(The entire section is 210 words.)
Margaret Payne
It will be a pity if the literary title, the jacket illustration and Newbery Medal caption brand [Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry] as another well written but self-conscious tale of civil rights. It does for its period and place what Laura Ingalls Wilder did for the pioneers, and had the author used Mrs Wilder's third person narrative, the impact might have been greater. As in the 'Little House' books, there are many incidents of fun, family conversations and drama which would repay re-reading when the moral implications could be absorbed in a more subtle way. It deserves a wide audience…. (p. 47)
Margaret Payne, "Seven to Eleven: 'Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'," in...
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Margery Fisher
Burningly honest as [Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry] undoubtedly is, it has the air of autobiography in its crowded details and assumptive descriptions, while the raw emotionalism needs to be disciplined and channelled if it is to make a proper impact as fiction. There is much talent in this extended chronicle of a negro family in Mississippi in the early 'thirties, and a very evident truth in episodes derived from the author's father which show up the bigotries and brutal social alignments of the time. But the strength of feeling in the book has been too much for the characters. They remain dim, stiff figures manipulated for the sake of certain key situations, and they are so far based on the author's own family...
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When I joined the State Department three short months ago, I was so pleased to be joining an institution that has been at the forefront of digital diplomacy; reinforcing our diplomatic leadership by using digital networks and technologies in service of U.S. foreign policy goals. Secretary Clinton has called this "21st Century Statecraft" -- complementing traditional foreign policy tools with the networks and technologies of our interconnected world.
Underscoring our commitment to these efforts, January is the Department's 21st Century Statecraft month and we'll be taking advantage of the truly participatory nature of social media to bring people virtually into the State Department briefing room to ask their foreign policy questions. State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland will take questions from the public selected from the Department's 10 official Twitter feeds [@StateDept (English), @USAbilAraby (Arabic), @USAdarFarsi (Farsi), @USAenEspanol (Spanish), @USAenFrancais (French), @USAemPortugues (Portuguese), @USApoRusski (Russian), @USA_Zhongwen (Chinese), @USAUrdu (Urdu), @USAHindiMein (Hindi)] and answer them at the podium following the Daily Press Briefing each Friday throughout the month of January. You can ask your question using the hashtag, #AskState.
We are also taking the opportunity this month to highlight a lot of what happens here in Washington and around the world every day. In the past year, for example, our embassies have used technology to help connect women entrepreneurs in West Africa and respond to the devastating earthquake that struck Japan. American ambassadors are using social media to engage young people in Zimbabwe and strengthen our relationship with the people of Thailand.
There is still so much to do. As Secretary Clinton has said, part of 21st Century Statecraft is embracing new tools, such as using cell phones for mobile banking or to monitor elections; the other part is reaching out to the people behind those tools, such as innovators and entrepreneurs, and the people who use them, like you.
So, as we begin this year, we are renewing our commitment to engagement and to informing the American people and those around the world about our foreign policies. Stay tuned to DipNote, @StateDept, and our Facebook page as we highlight opportunities for you to interact with officials from the State Department and U.S. missions abroad throughout the month of January. We look forward to receiving your questions and feedback, and we thank you for helping us commemorate 21st Century Statecraft month.
Tamsanqa M. in South Africa writes:
Given USA's unassailable international diplomacy why is sustainable world peace elusive in this age of information highway?
John in Canada writes:
Please teach the Canadian government how to use twitter and such - apparently the Canadian government is afraid of using technology for lack of guidance and or guidelines (laugh)
I am completely unaware of the Canadian government offering anything remotely interactive using technology.
The best i get is email and perhaps in 5 months i will get some kind of response - all beit a form response at times. (laugh)
I think the Chinese government is also stepping into this century.
Good for you Secretary Clinton for trying something - only time will tell if it works. Its smart to use what you have even smarter when you use what you have in more creative ways.
@Tamsanqa M. - most of the world is not yet online and many that are - are not yet using technology to full effect. World peace will happen when people around the world start thinking differently than they have for thousands of years. In this, every nation has much to learn.
Hows the weather in South Africa? I'm freezing in my igloo in Canada.
Amanda T. in the U.S.A. writes:
The topic is very interesting. It is not something I hear a lot about.
Ashim C. in India writes:
Very good initiative. Please consider including Bengali language also. It is probably second or third most spoken language in South Asia and help the US diplomacy reach out to practically whole of eastern India, including Andamans, Manipur, Tripura, Assam & Odisha and Bangladesh. Given the decalared policy of more intensive US engagement in South Asia and pacific region, this region deserves more attention cooperation in science, technology, industry, trade & commerce, agriculture and agro processing, which in turn shall push India to look east more earnestly. Needless to say Japan too can contribute in the entire process.


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Neely's Cookies and Cream Cake
- Cooking spray
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 large eggs, plus 1 egg yolk
- 1 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 1/2 cups finely crumbled chocolate sandwich cookies
- Cookies and Cream Cheese Icing, recipe follows
- Cookies and Cream Cheese Icing:
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 1/2 cups finely crumbled chocolate sandwich cookies
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Spray 2 (9-inch) cake pans with cooking spray and dust with flour.
In a large bowl, using a hand-held mixer, combine the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the eggs and egg yolk, 1 at a time, and beat until well mixed, then add in the melted butter and combine. Next, add the buttermilk and beat until smooth, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add in the crumbled cookies and beat until incorporated.
Pour the batter evenly into the cake pans and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool, on a rack, in the pans for 5 minutes. Turn the cakes out onto a rack and let cool completely. Frost with Cookies and Cream Cheese Icing and serve.
In a large bowl with an electric mixer, blend the butter and cream cheese until smooth, about 3 minutes. Add the salt and vanilla. Add in the confectioners' sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, until smooth. Beat in the crumbled cookies. Frost the chocolate cookie cake when the cake has cooled.
Recipe courtesy of The Neelys
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Hi Luc, nice surprise actually ... just stumbled upon your blog when I was checking on our humidity level today... the best part is I am having guests right now from Montreal and the man's name is Luc too ... anyway I arranged a roller coaster tour of ten days covering some of the cultural sites in the north central region, the hill country, the national parks in the south, a few days beach stay and some time at my place just south of Colombo so that they can do a little shopping for clothes etc which are apparently most sought after as it's a quarter of the price you'd pay for in a retail store back home ... well I must say they've had a brilliant time so far and say that they loved every minute of it so far. Anyway about you blog ... I noticed that you've failed to mention anything else other than Galle so I presume you've been just to Galle only. I wish you do come back again to our beautiful tropical country and enjoy the rest of it as well, now that the war is over and you can now visit every single corner of the country and besides that, there are no power cuts ... that was just an emergency measure adapted in light of shortage of Hydro electricity quite some time ago, now the country has Thermal, Coal and will soon be going in for Nuclear power as well. The roads are brilliant from the time you visited and there are hardly any cows on the street now. As for the driving yes it's still a bit nerve wrecking but strict policing has made it much safer now ... so please do visit Sri Lanka once again and enjoy the rest of the country as well ... you are most welcome to contact me if you need any assistance in booking fantastic place as I am well connected in the local tourism industry.
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"yep" I replied shuffling through my papers.
As she flipped through my travel documents, noticing all of my visas, she snarled, "How long have you been planning this?"
"about 2 years" I answered.
She didn't seem impressed.
More troubling was that she, the unsmiling Air Canada ticket agent, was hardly in a good mood
As I walked away with my tickets in hand and my backpack checked in for a long flight to Sri lanka, I turned to catch her crack a tiny smile, wink and say "bring back alot of memories".
" I will... I will..."
And that was that, adrenaline pumping, heading for my gate, those words stuck to me, as I thought of how I would be, what I will have seen and done when I would return to the same airport in Montreal on my way home, after 9 months of travelling.
Like all other trips, when they start, I always find myself thinking "only 3 more weeks then back to work", and like clockwork, sitting in the airport, I found myself thinking the same thing, but this time it was different. "9 months Luc!", "What the hell were you thinking!". The deep feeling in my gut telling me that I should be at work, wouldn't disappear until I had read my Lonely Planet Sri Lanka Guide book cover to cover... Now it was starting, that feeling deep down that makes us all want to explore this great planet was taking over.
-- Jet Lag, Amplified
"Three days of flights, no big deal", but when the 3 days are each spent in a different timezone, it gets pretty painful.
Luckily I managed to make the best of my London stop over by escaping the airport and scurrying around Westminster Abbey, London tower and Big Ben. Great sites but cold and gray weather... get me to the beach!
On the flight from Amman to Colombo, I stayed up all night talking with Wajira, a native Sri lankan coconut farmer and entrepener returning from seeing his wife in London. Wajira, and I spoke for hours and hours through the final segment of my flights, until we finally parted ways in Colombo, Wajira promising to show me around Sri Lanka, and his coconut plantation, once his affairs were settled. An offer I quickly jumped on.
And now I am in Galle, Sri Lanka. In an old dutch fort which surrounds this walled city on the western Sri Lankan Coast. The hotel owner picked me up and drove me through the chaotic streets of Colombo, passed cows and goats all seemingly at ease roaming the streets amidst unimaginable havoc, to his hotel here, the Light House Lodge.
It's hot here, I'm wiping large beads of dripping sweat from my forehead as I type this entry on my Palm by candle light. The power is eerily shutdown every night in Sri Lanka around 7pm for 2 hours I'm told. Candles are the only way to see your way around the hotel, in which, tonight, I am the only guest.
Before retreating to the guest house for a home cooked meal of spicy curry and rice which Uma promised to make for me, I strolled along the ramparts
I had originally thought that I would be writing one entry per country but seeing as I'm travelling alone and have plenty of extra time to myself, there may be quite a few more ( fair warning! You may be hearing quite a bit from me :) )
Before a bead of sweat short circuits this keyboard, and the candles burn out, I'll end this entry by saying, "It's hot, sticky, dark and muggy but I wouldn't trade it for the world right now".


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