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Springfield, Ohio – The 2011-12 Wittenberg Saturday Science program continues at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, in the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center with a presentation titled "Reading Your Mind – With Math" by Associate Professor of Mathematics Adam Parker.
Wittenberg Saturday Science is an outreach program started in January 2009 that exposes area high school and home-schooled students to science and its many possibilities. A wide range of academic departments are collaborating on the program, which is scheduled to run once a month during the school year.
While the format sometimes varies, programs normally feature a public presentation by a Wittenberg faculty member on an accessible science topic, likely something outside the typical high school curriculum. On Jan. 28, Parker will discuss results from geometry, number theory and probability to make predictions that will appear as if he's reading participants' minds.
After a continental breakfast in the David L. Hobson Atrium, students then take part in a science experience led by current Wittenberg students and their professors. Parker and a group of students currently studying mathematics at Wittenberg will leads participants as they discover some of these mathematical "tricks" – discovering that they aren't really tricks at all, but mathematical theorems.
A Wittenberg faculty member since 2005, Parker teaches a wide variety of courses in mathematics. His thesis and main research interests lie in algebraic geometry, specifically the moduli space of stable maps, in addition to topology, mathematics history of the last century, undergraduate research and curriculum development.
Parker holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and psychology from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in mathematics, specializing in algebraic geometry, from the University of Texas. He was honored in 2008 by the Southwestern Ohio Council of Higher Education (SOCHE) with an Excellence in Teaching Award and by Wittenberg University with the 2008 Omicron Delta Kappa Award for outstanding teaching by a professor who has been on the faculty five years or less.
Wittenberg Saturday Science is funded by a grant from the Transformational Investment Funds, set aside by the university's Board of Directors.
There is no cost to participate in Wittenberg Saturday Science, and the public is welcome to attend the lecture portion. However, space is limited for the hands-on experience. To register for the event, go to http://www.wittenberg.edu/science-outreach. For more information, emails can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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We're having a hospital birth, as we did when DS was born. DS is SO into his baby sister, that I've been envisioning him being with us at her birth. The first memory of my life is the birth of my own sister. (Of cousre, it's limited to waiting in the lobby with my grandfather and looking in at my mom and sister in the nursery through a pane of glass.) But that memory is so special to me! I know DS's first permanant memories will be forming soon. I would love for him to remember seeing his baby sister in her first moments of life. However, I don't want the sentimentality of this vision to overshadow the reality - that he might freak out seeing his mother moaning like a dying cow or just be in the way. Anyone have experience with an LO at the birth of a sibling? THANKS!
Depends on the kid, the policies of your birth location. Another important consideration is how you think you'll feel about having him there while laboring--will you be concerned about him and distracted by that?
When I was pregnant with my second, there was no way I would have considered my older one at the birth. He was/is very high needs and sensitive, and he wouldn't have handled my laboring well at all. My second would probably do all right at a labor, as long as he had a trusted adult with him during labor. He's still sensitive, but he's a more mature sensitive than my oldesr son (if that makes sense).
If you want the possibility of having him there, have a grownup that he trusts deeply there to be with him, remove him if needed, and to take care of his needs and explain what's going on. it might also help to talk to him ahead of time and explain that you might need some private time while you're in labor, and the grownup might need to take him out of the room (might be a way of explaining your not wanting him there in the moment, or if things get too intense for a little one).
You could also have him brought in immediately after birth, so he sees the baby as fresh as can be, without any of the drama leading up to it. This is what I'm considering doing with our boys.
I agree with the PP. It really depends on the child. My oldest is incredibly sensitive and emotional. I think it would truly upset him to see mom in a lot of pain. I think it would really upset me to see him upset. My youngest is much less sensitive and would do fine, but he'll be not quite 2 so it seems like a moot point since he wouldn't remember it anyways.
If you think he could handle it and you can handle it and your hospital allows children that young to be present, then I say go for it! I can't imagine anything more amazing than watching your little sister come into this world! Also, a lot of hospitals have sibling classes for kids that are planning on being at the birth. He may be too young to participate or to get much out of it, but it is definitely worth looking into. I think they do a lot of explaining what's going on with various nurses and instruments and what not that can be a little scary for kids.
My 2 cents...
Check with your hospital to make sure it's OK. Decide if your son might be able to handle it. Maybe show him birth videos so he understands how it is.
I'm pretty sure both my kids will be at the birth and I'm certain they can handle it. I'm hopefully giving birth at home though.
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At three, he most likely won't remember. For me, I sent my daughter ( then age two and half) off with friends. She had a great time. I had a great birth and didn't have to worry about her.
I've had one hospital birth and two homebirths. I think that a hospital birth might be a little overwhelming to a LO. Lots of noise, unfamiliar people coming and going, no where to play or escape, no great access to snacks, etc. I had my 15 month old at my second homebirth and it was no big deal. However, he was asleep in his own crib when I went into labor and was surrounded by his normal environment when he woke up. My 4 1/2 year old was at my first homebirth and did great until I started pooping in the tub. Once that happened she decided she'd much rather be watching cartoons at the neighbors .
If you decide to have him there I'd definitely have someone there for him so if he gets bored, scared, tired, hungry, etc. or you get distracted by him being there you have someone to attend to him. Make sure he watches videos of mamas birthing, gets to tour the hospital with you and practice making funny birthing noises with him around (My DD and I would moan and bellow in the car. She thought it was super funny). However, I think if he missed the birth and was the first to come in after the baby is born he'd probably be just as excited. Maybe he could have a special gift (first hat) or job (like being the first to kiss the baby) when he comes in.
I am not sure about a hospital birth but I have always had my kids at my home births. In fact my then nine year old ended up being my labor support with baby number 4. She just kinda took over that job as if it was completely natural for a young girl to help her mom in labor. She had no sibling or child birth classes. In fact when she was 3 the blood and mess and all (from baby number 2) didn't phase her at all, much to everyone's surprise. At home they can come in and out as they please in their own environment. Also I am pretty calm in labor. I think labor and delivery can be great experiences for children. My kids have no questions about how the baby gets out at least LOL
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My son is 8, and I still don't want him in the delivery room. I think he might be scared somethings wrong and get under foot, and there's just some things that he doesn't fully need to know about his sister's arrival. That said, he WILL be in the waiting room with Gramma and he will stay the entire time that we are in the hospital because he deserves to be a part of the early family bonding that goes on in those early hospital stay days.
DS was 26 mos when DD was born (at home) and was there because the birth went too fast for our friend to come get him. He doens't remember anything of it now and did well being there, but took away from DHs ability to be there for me a bit since he had to watch and care for DS. Thankfully it was a REALLy fast labor so I didn't need him much! With this one, DD (5) wants to be there and DS (who'll be 8 then) isn't quite sure. I'm trying to find GOOD homebirth videos to show them and then am letting them decide. Unless it is another super fast one - then wherever they're at is where they'll stay till the baby is out! If its not another super fast one, how I feel during the labor will also decide if they're in the room or not. The good thing with a planned HB and slightly older kids is that I can send them off to get a snack or play downstairs and not have to worry who is watching them.
I probably wouldn't have had my girls in the room at 3. But maybe....that's an in between age as to what they do/don't understand and definitely depends on the kid. I would have wanted them nearby for sure. The girls are only 17 months apart. With DD2 I had my sister there to watch her. They were at the birth center but out front reading books and watcing movies. They came right in after. The girls are now 5and 6. (will be close to 7) when this one is born. I really want both of them there. I feel like its important for them to be a part of it. I plan to watch lots of births with them and give them lots of chances to ask questions. I also have asked 2 of my friends to come and be there with each of them. That way they always have someone there to ask questions to and if one needs to step out for a bit the other can stay in and still have a person with them. I'm not thrilled about having all the people there but they are very good friends and I know are excited to be a part of it. I also am not sure I will need them because I think the girls will handle it pretty well but better safe than sorry.
I agree with having someone there to hold his hand in the delivery room or take him to the waiting room if he gets scared, bored, or otherwise. Also watch birth videos and see if he is still interested or handles them well. Talk to him lots about it, the noises, the anatomy, how it might look like a disaster even though it's not! Tell him his birth story, too.
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I know I wouldn't want to. 3yo's are just too busy and I'd be worried about my toddler instead of the birth. You never know how long labor will be even if it's not your first. I had a friend give birth to her 4th earlier this week and only her 10yo stayed. She had a 12+ hour labor with a lot of pushing. Just seems a bit much for a 3yo.
We will not have DD, who will be almost 28 months, at the birth. She tends to get really worried if she thinks there's anything wrong with me and I would like to be able to concentrate on labor without fear of scaring her. If I am in active labor during the day, she will be sent to daycare and my MIL will get her immediately after the baby is born. She could be home within 1/2 hour of the birth. If I have the baby at night, I will likely send DD up to my MIL's room (she stays 3 nights per week) or to one of my sister's houses if it's a night MIL is not staying.
I am having my almost 3 year old and my 6 year old present, we're planning a home birth. At my last birth, our 3 year old was present (also a home birth), but it was late and she had fallen asleep during pushing. But she was definately part of most of it, she helped me make a birth tea in the kitchen, saw me swaying, walking, squatting, eating, etc - everything was peaceful and kind of like a normal day. However, since we were at home, she could play like she wanted to and take breaks from being around me when she wanted to. She wanted to listen to an audio book and have some home made smoothie at one point - things like that would probably be a bit more difficult to arrange in the hospital. We did have a friend of mine come over to be her helper, but she had a distance to travel and only arrived after dd1 had fallen asleep. She spent the night and was a great help the morning after, though - playing and giving her lots of attention which she really enjoyed.
This time, our oldest is 6 years old and determined to be present. And her little sister is almost 3, and I don't want to separate them and only let one of them be part of it. They are both watching home birth videos on YouTube and we have several books for kids about birth that we read frequently (Our Water Baby, Hello Baby, Runas Birth etc). For us, it is a family event. DD2 often talks about the birth, and she repeats that the midwife will be coming to catch the baby when she comes out, so that she won't fall down on the floor, LOL. They will both meet out midwife before birth, and they have seen the birth video from last time, so they are familiar with some of the sights and sounds.
If I was going to the hospital, I don't think I would have had them present in the delivery room, though. Maybe that's because I am a doula and I have been to some hospital births where I have not enjoyed the way the staff have treated and talked to the birthing woman. The way it works here is so that you don't choose your birth team in advance, you get whoever is on duty when you arrive at the hospital. The rooms at my local hospitals are quite small and full of equipment, too. But waiting in a room close by with a trusted helper sounds like a good idea to me.
Best of luck in making the right choice for you!
That's not necessarily true. I remember seeing my sister in the hospital as a newborn baby and my mom in bed. I was 2 and a half years old. It is more likely to be one of those experiences that sticks out in memory compared to other experiences. So, it is certainly possible it'd be an experience your son would remember. You just need to decide how you want him to play a part. Does he stay in the room with you, stay in the waiting room or come to the hospital to visit.
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My partner was 2.5 when his brother was born at home and he remembers it too. He was also there for his other brother's birth at home when he was 10. He really wants all the kids to be there for the birth this time, but I'm not super into the idea of 3 kids in the room when I'm giving birth. I'm kind of a "cranky" birther and would much prefer that they be in another room and come in to see the baby after the birth. DD1 was not present at her sister's birth (she was 3.5). I think it would have been distracting to me to have her there and I think it would have really freaked her out to see me in pain and acting so weird. I'm planning to show them some videos, discuss what will go on, and let them decide if they want to be there. But I'm sort of hoping they will be asleep or something when the time comes.
You might want to check with your hospital about their current policy. I have a friend who is having a baby in March. Normally they allow children but they recently told her that they are on high alert for flu and were not allowing any children in. The restriction may be lifted by March but it might not.
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Not planning on it. I think it would be too much of a distraction and DH wouldn't be able to help me and watch DS at the same time. DS would probably start touching things he shouldn't be and getting in the way of the staff.
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It's a P220 Carry SAS. It has the short reset trigger, the mild carry melt, night sights, the thin plastic P220 grips, and it came with two mags. I like the absence of both the rail and the forward cocking serrations.
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In this book, Author Katharine N. Harrington examines contemporary writers from the French-speaking world who can be classified as literary "nomads." The concept of nomadism, based on the experience of traditionally mobile peoples lacking any fixed home, reflects a postmodern way of thinking that encourages individuals to reconsider rigid definitions of borders, classifications, and identities. Nomadic identities reflect shifting landscapes that defy taking on fully the limits of any one fixed national or cultural identity. In conceiving of identities beyond the boundaries of national or cultural origin, this book opens up the space for nomadic subjects whose identity is based just as much on their geographical displacement and deterritorialization as on a relationship to any one fixed place, community, or culture. This study explores the experience of an existence between borders and its translation into writing that.
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is assistant professor of French at Plymouth State University. She has published articles on the writing of Nancy Huston and Régine Robin and is co-editor of a book on innovative foreign language pedagogy
Recipes for Success in Foreign Language Teaching: Ready-Made Activities for the L2 Classroom
. Her current research interests include contemporary writers of France and the Francophone world, French and Québécois film, and North American Francophone communities.
INTRODUCTION: The Evolution of the Notion of Nomadism and its Implications for Contemporary Literature
CHAPTER 1: Writing from the Margins: Cultural Nomadism in the Life and Work of J.M.G. Le Clézio
CHAPTER 2: Nancy Huston and the Art of Negotiating Strangeness
CHAPTER 3: Writing as "Seeing" Between Categories in the Novels of Nina Bouraoui
CHAPTER 4: From the Page and Beyond: Régine Robin and Transcribing Deterritorialization
CONCLUSION: Mapping Out Territories Now and Into the Future
Literary nomadism stems from nomadism as sociological phenomenon and existential category. Like other contemporary critics, Harrington (Plymouth State Univ.) points out that cultural nomadism is a postmodern phenomenon that forms new identities that test "the limits of any one fixed national or cultural identity." To illustrate nomadic identities as a cultural phenomenon and a literary aesthetic, the author provides close readings of work by four contemporary Francophone writers. Each represents a different facet of being deterritorialized in relation to national belonging, and each reflects on experience and translate it creatively. J.-M. G. Le Clézio is an "engaged travel" who "gives ... voice to marginalized people around the world." Western Canadian by origin, Nancy Houston writes in French, expressing the anguish that she cannot feel un vrai bilingue. Nina Bouraouri, daughter of a French mother and an Algerian father, articulates the violence of the nomadic experience, which leads her to a "preference for short simple sentences and significant amount of repletion." Polish Jewish Régine Robin left Paris for the villa nomade Montreal. Written in both French and English, her work reflects a "patchwork style" in reaching out to the virtual nomadic communities. Insightful and well organized, this study concludes with useful bibliographic information. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.
This compelling analysis of the nomadic experience in the lives and the literary works of four key contemporary Francophone writers examines the work of J.M.G. Le Clézio, Nancy Huston, Nina Bouraoui, and Régine Robin. ... Engaging and well-written,
Writing the Nomadic Experience in Contemporary Francophone Literature
achieves its proposed aims of attempting to widen the scope of the study of nomadism in contemporary French and Francophone literature, and to expose the wide range of nomadic subjects and experiences that are present in literature today through the study of four key authors. ... Timely in its anticipation of the current proliferation of nomadic identities and cultural expressions of hybrid identities, and innovative in its selection of four highly diverse and significant Francophone writers today, this book is an important contribution to its field, and will be of interest to scholars of contemporary French and Francophone literatures, transnational writing, and nomadic identities.
Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies
This original and highly rewarding study explores the complex evolution of nomadism in addition to the myriad of implications that this way of thinking entails for the modern world. Through the lens of the diverse writings of four contemporary authors (J.M.G. Le Clézio, Nancy Huston, Nina Bouraoui, and Régine Robin) whose works and cultural origins defy simplistic categorization or appropriation, Harrington presents a compelling and cogent argument as to why the multifaceted phenomenon of nomadism is more relevant than ever. Harrington successfully underscores that cultural, linguistic, literary, and digital nomads are all endeavoring to carve out a space for a rich hybrid identity in an effort to resist integration into a monolithic global environment increasingly characterized by homogeneity and monoculturalism. Seamlessly blending close textual analyses of numerous narratives with the works of major literary theorists, Harrington also compels the reader to ponder what divergent forms that nomadism will adopt in the future. Harrington notes that given recent inventions, such as the Internet, nomads will undoubtedly continue to play an important role in resisting rigid boundaries and hegemonic domination.
Keith Moser
This book explores the nomadic experience from a vantage point that entails a new perspective, dismantling familiar borders, linguistic and cultural constructions regarding the self and the others. The first chapter focuses on J.M.G. Le Clézio cultural and philosophical nomadism in his fictional and non-fictional works, which enhance our awareness toward other societies and cultures. In chapter two, Nancy Huston's novels and essays reveal that if displacement can have destabilizing effects for the deterritorialized individual as a linguistic nomad, it can also be a constructive necessity for survival. Nina Bouraoui's nomadic condition, studied in chapter three, allows criticizing societal practices and beliefs free from any constraint, while the content and the writer's style and language recall always violence. Regine Robin explored in chapter four, offers a unique nomadic experience through experimental writing, oscillating between traditional book format and web site exploration, and continually pushing the limits of writing.
This book is an important contribution to the field of Francophone Literature with its focus on nomadic experience and its ramifications in Migration Studies, within a cultural perspective.
Névine El Nossery, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Writing the Nomadic Experience in Contemporary Francophone Literature
is a fascinating study of authors who inhabit an 'inbetween' space, between nations, languages and cultures. The issue of nomadism is timely, since the cultural, political and social changes wrought by globalization and the legacies of colonialism create new subject positions and identity formations. Harrington's choice of J.M.G. Le Clézio, Nancy Huston, Nina Bouraoui and Régine Robin provides an illuminating comparison of the literary nomad, who inhabits a position that is at once privileged and painful. Harrington deftly combines close reading with theoretical analysis to tease out the differences between these four writers' representation of nomadism in their work and takes the unique approach of charting the changing effects of their nomadism across their oeuvre. The result is a very readable study that combines questions of exile, diaspora, autofiction, multilingualism, and the inflections of sexuality and religion upon the writing self.
Natalie Edwards, University of Adelaide
The introduction, which explores the changing significance over time of such terms as nomadism, diaspora, and exile, sets the stage for a thought-provoking discussion of several well-known contemporary Francophone writers and the narrative conceptualizations of place and identity in their respective oeuvres. As Harrington posits, a primary aim of the volume is to 'widen the scope of the study of nomadism in contemporary French and Francophone literature' through her selection of four authors with complex bicultural and/or bilingual backgrounds who 'envision writing as a way to anchor themselves in their uncertain position between nations, cultures, languages, and even between the past and the present'. Each of the book's four chapters provides biographical information on the authors, references to significant theoretical texts, and a critical analysis of the literary works that best exemplify the evolution of the concept of nomadism in a particular writer's work. . . .This useful study should be of great interest to scholars of Francophone literature and culture.
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Clark Miller
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Dr. Miller's research and teaching focus on the governance challenges posed by global environmental change, and other policy issues of global scope and significance. He has written extensively on the role of knowledge and expertise in global environmental governance, and his current work expands this research beyond the environment to other domains of human security and insecurity. As part of the ASU LightWorks leadership team, he coordinates social science, humanities, and policy research on energy transitions, seeking to understand the social dynamics and societal implications of large-scale changes in energy systems. His interests include science and technology policy, the democratic governance of science and technology, and models of knowledge, reason, and rationality, especially as they intersect with democratic theory and environmental policy. Dr. Miller teaches courses on science and democracy, knowledge and decisionmaking, international governance, science and technology studies, and the human and social dimensions of science and technology.
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, 1996
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1990
Journal Articles
Miller, C. A., C. Altamirano-Allende, N. Johnson and M. Agyemang. 2015. The social value of mid-scale energy in Africa: Redefining value and redesigning energy to reduce poverty. Energy Research & Social Science 5(January):67-69. DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.12.013. (link )
Miller, C. A., J. O'Leary, E. Graffy, E. B. Stechel and G. Dirks. 2015. Narrative futures and the governance of energy transitions. Futures 70(June):65-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2014.12.001. (link )
Miller, C. A., J. Richter and J. O'Leary. 2015. Socio-energy systems design: A policy framework for energy transitions. Energy Research & Social Science 6(March):29-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.11.004. (link )
Beck, S. 2014. Towards a reflexive turn in the governance of global environmental expertise: The cases of the IPCC and IPBES. Gaia 23(2):80-87. (link )
Miller, C. A. and J. Richter. 2014. Social planning for energy transitions. Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports 1(3):77-84. DOI: 10.1007/s40518-014-0010-9. (link )
Miller, C. A. 2013. Preparing communities for resilience to climate risks. The IDEAS Quarterly Report 15:5-8.
Miller, C. A., A. Iles and C. F. Jones. 2013. The social dimensions of energy transitions. Science as Culture 22(2):135-148. DOI: 10.1080/09505431.2013.786989. (link )
Miller, C. A. and I. Bennett. 2008. Thinking longer term about technology: Is there value in science fiction-inspired approaches to constructing futures?. Science and Public Policy 35(8):597-606. DOI: 10.3152/030234208X370666. (link )
Hilgartner, S., C. A. Miller and R. Hagendijk eds. 2015. Science and Democracy: Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond. Routledge. London.
Book Chapters
Miller, C. A. 2015. Knowledge and democracy: The epistemics of self-governance. Pp. 198-219 In: Hilgartner, S., C. A. Miller and R. Hagendijk eds., Science and Democracy: Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond. Routledge.
Miller, C. A. 2014. Designing tomorrow's socio-energy systems. Presentation at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Miller, C. A. 2014. Designing transitions in energy systems: The human dimensions. Presentation at the New Tools for Science Policy Seminar, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, Washington, DC.
Miller, C. A. 2013. Communicating science to the public. Presentation at the HIGRADE Lecture, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Studies, May 2013 , Leipzig, Germany.
Miller, C. A. 2013. Knowledge systems analysis: Knowing how knowledge gets made. Presentation at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Studies, June 2013, Leipzig, Germany.
Miller, C. A. 2013. Knowledge, policy & politics. Presentation at the HIGRADE Lecture, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Studies, May 2013 , Leipzig, Germany.
Conference Papers
Miller, C. A. 2014. The ethics of energy transition. Pp. 1-5 Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology. IEEE Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology. Chicago, Illinois. (link )
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Taylor County 4-H is offering a variety of hands-on educational programs "through positive youth and adult partnerships" and enrollment is now underway for 4-H clubs scheduled for the 2013-2014 school year.
"Through 4-H clubs youth learn a variety of life skills such as, gun and archery skills, culinary and nutrition skills, clothing construction, equine care, livestock showmanship, physical fitness and Parliamentary procedures," 4-H Extension Agent Abbey Tharpe said. "This volunteer-led organization equips youth to be leaders in their community and promotes healthy lifestyles that will last a lifetime."
The clubs planned for this school year include the 4-H Horse Club, 4-H Livestock Club, 4-H Sewing Club, 4-H Cloverbuds Club and 4-H Culinary & Nutrition Club.
For more information, contact the Taylor County Extension Office at 838-3508.


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Sorry I haven't kept this active, been considering selling my bugeye and getting an older Impreza or Toyota FJ40.
This is a discussion on The Official Idaho Thread within the North Western States forums, part of the Regional Discussion category; Sorry I haven't kept this active, been considering selling my bugeye and getting an older Impreza or Toyota FJ40....
Sorry I haven't kept this active, been considering selling my bugeye and getting an older Impreza or Toyota FJ40.
Bugeye Mafia #63
so i live in coeur d'Alene and have been on the site for weeks but apparently i've been missin out on the few fellow idahoans!
i just recently got a midnight black bugeye sedan couldn't be happier
Hiya and welcome underflip! I live just north of CDA. I will keep an eye out for ya around town!
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'06 wrx limited
does anyone else know that alledgedly you can't have anything but the stock muffler in idaho?
Hey guys, anyone in the Ketchum and Hailey area? Keep an eye out for me (black wrx wagon).
Ps. Good that someone has finally realized that there are nice cars in Idaho too
im surpised to see so many of us from idaho on here its a good thing tho cuz if we ever want to rally the turn out would be more then 3 people YAY haha
thats what i thought. until i got a noob cop that told me that if the muffler wasnt' made by subaru it was illegal...? my theory is that because i'm 17 and drive a lowered midnight black bugeye with avo exhaust, he wanted to stop me just so he could run my tags and suff and try to get a drug bust lol
yeah hes just one of the cops thats on a power trip must have not made his quota
The cop is probably from CA. Idaho has no restrictions on brands of exhaust, just some counties require emissions testing. If they require emissions, get a high speed cat and you'll be fine. Coworker with an STi sporting invidia exhaust gets by with his hsc.
If you are worried about branding, the SPT muffler is nice. My bugeye is wearing the STi muffler, gave it a nice sound and can be found fairly cheap.
Bugeye Mafia #63
Wow nice to see some WRX owners in Idaho! Anyone from the Twin Falls area?
Anyone heard about the subie meeting the 22nd in spokane? And then driving a back loop to couer d alene? A few people called me about it yesterday if anyone is interested I can find out more details.
I live in Boise and have the OG of the Rex family 02 bugeye
free and clear paid off (the best kind) let me tell you I have not babyed It I have been putting it thru the gauntlet since 02. Had it hanging off a cliff up to the bugeyes in mud. Ask anyone in jordon valley about the subaru that was stuck on south mountian. Still poping like it was new 103000 miles. Will be leaceing a new one out next month. Will be nice to this one. Since i have a beat up one. Have had a bad alternator, radiator and clutch. If anyone needs help working on there scooby i love tearing into them
good to see someone from the boise area. I am down there quite often and will be again in a few weeks. what do you usually do down in jordan valley? didn't think there was ever to much going on down there.


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By John Denton
November 28, 2012
ORLANDO – As it turns out, the teacher versus pupil battle along the sidelines in the Orlando-San Antonio game wasn't the only such contest in play Wednesday night.
Using its pinpoint passing and surgical execution, the veteran-laden Spurs taught the young, upstart Magic a thing or two about elite-level basketball at the Amway Center. And Magic coach Jacque Vaughn, who learned much of what he's trying to impart on the impressionable Magic from San Antonio's Gregg Popovich, hopes that his Orlando squad was paying close attention to the lessons taught on Wednesday night.
San Antonio hit six first-half 3-pointers, including a buzzer-beater from of all people veteran center Tim Duncan, to blow out to a big lead before coasting to a 110-89 defeat of the Magic before 17,271 fans at the Amway Center.
``Those (San Antonio) guys have been together a long time, but the positive thing to come from this is not necessarily the score or the way the game was played but the willingness of our guys to understand what winning basketball looks like,'' Magic guard Arron Afflalo said of learning from the Spurs. ``It does not happen the next game or the next day, but the building blocks do. Those things are contagious and it could move us in a positive direction if we come together and make it happen.''
The night was a disappointing one for the Magic (5-9), who hoped to build off the momentum of Sunday's well-played overtime thriller against the Boston Celtics.
Orlando also wanted to prove its mettle against another elite team what with it being in a stretch of games against Boston, San Antonio, Brooklyn and the Los Angeles Lakers. However, the Spurs (13-3) shot better than 50 percent for three quarters of the game and pushed the lead to as much as 25 points in the second half.
Four of the Magic's five wins this season had come after they were trailing at the half, but they never had a serious run in them on Wednesday as the Spurs hit one back-breaking 3-pointer after another throughout the game. The Spurs made 11 3-pointers and their famed ``Big Three'' of Manu Ginobili (20 points and six 3-pointers), Tony Parker (14 points and eight assists) and Duncan (15 points) combined for 49 points. Gary Neal added 19 points for the Spurs, who were able to rest their veterans most of the fourth quarter before facing the Miami Heat on Thursday in South Florida.
``This is all learning for us because we have a lot of new guys and second-year players,'' Magic point guard Jameer Nelson. ``Every time we step on the court there's going to be learning and every time we step in a film session there's learning. We just have to translate this to the game situations.''
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you are probably reading the manual wrong. When in programming mode to change the modes and rof and such each usually stands for a different color. When you get on that color its usually pull the trigger then set whatever.
If you are still brain dead on the issue, look up a youtube video.
I know how to set the actual things. For example, if I were to go into Rate of Fire (in programming mode) and set it to whatever I want or any other modes really (besides the blinking ones I also understand that) then I can do that. However when I turn on the actual marker (not to programming mode TO THE MODE THAT I ACTUALLY FIRE THE GUN) then it stays at PSP. SO the question is how do I set it so when i turn on the marker to fire, not to program, do I keep it on rate of fire as opposed to PSP. and this actually isn't in the manual (mine at least) so please stop calling me dumb on that one.


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Recently i have not been able to go out to my backyard cause they r making a pool, so i either have to use those doggie pads or my human sister has to take me out! And today she took me out but she made me wear a HOT PINK HARNESS!! I'm a boy for her information! how dare she?? well that wasn't the worst part. the worst part was that when she slipped the harness on, my ears were alittle too big so she had to struggle to pass it through my head. and it was annoying! I am soo gonna pee off the pad today! bol!!
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Monday, March 12, 2007
Star Wars mimobot Series 1
The limited edition Star Wars mimobot Series 1 collection will start shipping in the middle of this month! Mimobots are designer USB flash drives that come in a 1GB, 2GB or 4GB capacity. The Star Wars collection includes Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Stormtrooper and R2-D2. They are preloaded with bonus removable Star Wars mimobot content like trailers, soundbites, avatars, and wallpapers. I wonder which Star Wars characters will be in Series 2.
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Columbia Animal Services Partners with Petsense
The city of Columbia's animal shelter is partnering with a pet supply retailer to help increase the amount of animal adoptions.
The shelter plans to house up to six cats at the new Petsense store at 7402 Garners Ferry Road, which has its grand opening on Saturday.
It's hoped adoptions through the store will help Columbia Animal Services become a no-kill shelter within the next five years.
The shelter also offers special promotions to get more pets adopted, and another of those starts today.
Shelter Superintendent Marli Drum says during the Halloween Super Adoption Event, black and white cats and dogs can be adopted for a special fee of $31 – and the animals come spayed or neutered, microchipped, vaccinated, de-wormed, and screened for various diseases.
"Being black or black-and-white or all white, sometimes people look past them because they're so common," Drum says. "They look for something more unique. And we really want folks to know that even though they're fairly common, these animals have wonderful personalities and they're just awesome. We hope folks will give them homes."
Drum says the special adoption promotion runs through Halloween.
The Columbia animal shelter, located near I-77 and Shop Road, is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.


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Though the ceremony at Pickerington Central High School was at most perfunctory, considering that graduate Zach Boren already has been taking classes at Ohio State for a month, it did serve as the final milepost on the way to making the suburban Columbus family scarlet and gray.
"If you would have asked me a year ago today, I would have said there's no way in … you know what … that it would happen," father Mike Boren said. "But it happened."
What happened was the change the family underwent from one that would don maize and blue on Saturdays – well heck, on most days – to the Buckeye colors.
Mike Boren was a Michigan man all the way, playing for the legendary Bo Schembechler from 1980-83. A year ago at this time, his son Justin Boren was an offensive guard preparing for his junior season as a Wolverine.
Everyone with a passing interest knows the story of what has happened since. Michigan's hire of Rich Rodriguez to replace Lloyd Carr as head coach led Justin, famously citing the disintegration of the program's "family values," to declare that he was leaving the program in late March.
A month later, the brothers Justin and Zach were reconnected, as the elder Boren – in a move that may have seemed unthinkable at the time – was accepted as a transfer at Ohio State followed by Zach's verbal commitment.
Since then, the two have since become teammates because of Zach's enrollment at the school in early January.
"It's definitely a great feeling," Zach said. "We played together once in high school and I was a great feeling, but just to play for Ohio State and play for Big Ten and national championships, it's going to be amazing."
The story has come to a head because of Justin's acrimonious departure from Michigan, but the eldest Boren nearly took a more conventional route to get to Ohio State.
When Justin, a five-star offensive lineman in the class of 2006, was looking at schools early in his recruitment, he began by favoring Ohio State thanks to an early offer from the Buckeyes despite the fact that he grew up a Michigan fan.
But a visit to Michigan in March 2005 started to shift the winds. There, Boren had a number of questions about Michigan answered, but most importantly, he had a sit-down, heart-to-heart talk with Schembechler.
By the time his May decision came around, Boren decided to keep the family legacy alive by picking the Wolverines.
"It all started when Justin was getting recruited," Zach said. "He was thinking hard about Ohio State – really, really hard. For a second we thought that was where he was going, and then we all kind of had a family talk and he kind of put stuff off. Then Bo talked to him and he went to Michigan.
"It could have happened three years ago, but for it to happen now, it's a blessing to be in Columbus where we grew up and to be playing for Ohio State, such a prestigious college like that. It's definitely come full circle and I know everyone in the Boren family is just excited to wear and the scarlet and gray now."
In fact, both Mike and Hope Boren, the players' mother, were wearing scarlet at signing day activities. Mike was sporting a black Ohio State polo shirt that probably came from his new collection that a number of family members bought for him for Christmas.
"It took a while to get used to slipping them on," he said, "but every day it gets easier and easier. I'm very proud of my boys. I mean, I'm very proud. I'm going to be rooting for the Buckeyes."
Hope nearly teared up while discussing what it meant to have her sons playing at Ohio State while addressing the media later at the university's signing day press conference.
"As a family, we're very, very fortunate to be here. We love the Buckeyes, Columbus, Ohio and Central Ohio. We're very fortunate to have a university of this stature here," she said. "I know my kids are happy here. I think they'll be successful here, and I want to thank Coach Tressel and staff."
Jim Tressel and his staff have liked to talk of the Ohio State football team as a family affair over the past few years. Who knew that the last name of that family could very well be Boren?


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|Perdido Key, FL
Others will only make you miss me more, he says and she knows so she nods, turns and walks away down a beach, into a horizon which never nears. Miles past swimmers and families and surfers and any form of human life she notices a tent and a loner and the sun begins to beat down. She says hi. The loner says nothing. Determined she continues but disappointed she feels she never planned on this, never thought she'd need water, didn't anticipate the heat. Her head says turn around but her heart urges her to keep going. Still she walks.
Years later they meet at a cabin in the woods and she feels his disappointment which makes her remember her own. They try to get past it, try to remember why it was important to remember. Both realize but neither mentions they never had to try before. Then they don't anymore.
Now she uses the faded memory of what it was like before the try as a deterrent to those who do not choose to sleep in tents and be loners on beaches and she smiles when she walks by my tent in the earliest of morning as the sun peaks over a distant horizon. Now she wears a wide brimmed hat to protect her from the sun. Now she always has a water bottle. She never says hi anymore. It never did her any good.
I think to myself in the story I have created for her, That looks like gratitude.


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Chewing gum may raise math grades in teens
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - In a study likely to make school janitors cringe, U.S. researchers said Wednesday that chewing gum may boost academic performance in teenagers.
Many U.S. schools ban chewing gum because children often dispose of the sticky chaw under chairs or tables.
But a team led by Craig Johnston at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston found that students who chewed gum during math class had higher scores on a standardized math test after 14 weeks and better grades at the end of the term than students in the class who did not chew gum. The study was funded by chewing gum maker Wrigley.
"For the first time we've been able to show in a real-life kind of situation that students did perform better when they were allowed to chew," said Gil Leveille, executive director of the Wrigley Science Institute, a research arm of Wm Wrigley Jr Co, which is now a part of Mars Inc.
Leveille said Wrigley has gotten feedback from many of its gum customers who say chewing gum helps them stay focused.
So, four years ago the company started the science institute to see if some of these claims have merit.
The researchers at Baylor studied four math classes or 108 students aged 13 to 16 years old from a Houston, Texas, charter school that serves mostly low-income Hispanic students.
About half got free Wrigley's sugar-free gum to chew during class, homework and tests. They chewed at least one stick of gum 86 percent of the time they were in math class and 36 percent of the time they were doing homework. Continued...


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What Southern California museum inspired a Marvel comic book? In an ideal world, I'd vote for Jeffrey Deitch's MOCA. In this world, the answer is Walt Disney's never-realized "Museum of the Weird." The latter was to have been an attraction at Disneyland. Disney took his museum idea seriously enough to commission animation artist Rolly Crump to design it.
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"Crump was an 'in-betweener' in more ways than one. He was an assistant animator, a beatnik, a doper, and a modernist sculptor influenced by Alexander Calder. In the 1950s, while working for Disney, Crump produced satirical posters promoting jazz bands and recreational drugs. After seeing an in-house show of his mobiles and marijuana posters, Disney decided Crump was the man for the museum project. But after Disney's 1965 death, management decided the museum was too weird for Disneyland."
Fast-forward to 2009. The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Comics. Pirates of the Caribbean was a global goldmine, and Disney bean-counters were fanning intellectual property detectors over every Disney park ride. One outcome is Marvel's Seekers of the Weird comic book, based on Disney and Crump's imagineering. The first issue is due in January 2014.
There was film interest well before the comic book. In 2010 Frank Zappa's screenwriter son Ahmet was pitching a "Museum of the Weird" movie. (And lately Frank Zappa's weirdo music has gotten renewed attention—at Disney Hall.)
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Review: 2012 Maserati Gran Turismo ConvertibleThane Peterson
The Good: Beautiful exterior and sumptuous cabin, the sweetest engine sound around
The Bad: Tiny trunk, cramped rear seat, a bit creaky on bumpy roads; costlier than competition
The Bottom Line: A gorgeous cabriolet, but check out the new BMW 650i before buying
Make: Maserati
Model: Gran Turismo convertible
Model Year: 2012
Body_Type: Two-door, four-passenger
Price_Class: Maserati Gran Turismo Convertible
Up Front
When it comes to making cars that are things of beauty, hardly any people do it better than the Italians. The 2012 Maserati Gran Turismo convertible is a case in point, with distinctive Pinifarina exterior styling and a sumptuous, drop-dead-gorgeous interior that can be trimmed in a variety of soft leathers and exotic hardwoods.
However, what I liked best when I recently test-drove the rear-wheel-drive 2012 Gran Turismo convertible was to cruise through the twisting, tree-lined back roads of upstate New York with the top down and the "Sport" button on the dash activated. Pushing that button stiffens the suspension, tightens throttle mapping, and opens a bypass valve in the exhaust system—turning the elegant luxury car into a real beast. There are few sounds more satisfying than the growl of the GT convertible's engine bouncing off the trees on a sun-dappled afternoon.
The question is whether that sound and the Maserati's singular good looks are worth an extra 45 or 50 grand, which is how much more the Gran Turismo costs than the newly redesigned 2012 BMW 650i convertible. It's a big premium to pay for a car that's slower, less fuel-efficient, and has a smaller trunk than the BMW. To justify the $140,000-plus price of the Gran Turismo convertible, you have to really want that touch of Italian elegance no German or Japanese car maker ever seems able to match.
To be sure, the Maserati is no slouch when it comes to performance. Under its hood is a 4.7-liter V8 rated at 433-horsepower, which is actually bigger than the BMW 650i's 4.4-liter, 400-hp V8. However, the Bimmer has more oomph because its engine generates 450 lb.-ft. of torque, 89 more than the Maserati and only 15 less than the huge, 518-hp V8 in the Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG.
As a result, the Maserati isn't quite as quick. The Gran Turismo convertible is rated to accelerate from 0 to 60 in 5.3 seconds, compared with 4.9 seconds for the BMW 650i convertible and 4.5 seconds for the Mercedes SL63 AMG.
Despite its power, the BMW also is more fuel-efficient than the Maserati: The 650i is rated to get 16 miles per gallon in the city and 24 on the highway with an automatic transmission, significantly better than the Gran Turismo convertible's 12 mpg in the city and 20 on the highway. One reason for the better mileage is that the Maserati comes with a six-speed automatic while the BMW comes with a more modern (and efficient) eight-speed automatic.
For many buyers, however, the Gran Turismo's good looks and the exclusivity of the Maserati brand trump other concerns. While the $100,000-plus luxury car market was slumping in the first half of this year compared to the preceding year, Maserati's total U.S. sales were up 20.3 percent, to 1,097. That's largely because sales of the Gran Turismo convertible, which made its debut in April 2010, nearly doubled during the period, to 450 units.
One concern for the future: Parent company Fiat is planning to dramatically expand Maserati's worldwide sales to around 50,000 units annually by introducing new models. That may reduce the brand's cachet.
Behind the Wheel
For a heavy (4,365 lbs.) luxury car, the Gran Turismo convertible is a joy to drive. The engine is positioned behind the front axle, creating nearly perfect 49 percent/51 percent front/rear weight distribution (48/52 with the top down), which makes the car remarkably stable in the curves. Sport mode—which is where I kept the Maserati almost the entire time I drove it—very noticeably hardens the suspension without making it unduly harsh. The car's throttle mapping in Sport mode keeps the engine near red line much of the time, so that gorgeous engine growl is always in your ears when you have the top down. The big Brembo brakes really bit hard.
As with other cars in this segment, you can do the gear-changing yourself in the Maserati, either by pushing the shift lever to one side (which puts the car permanently in manual mode) or by grabbing the steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters (right for upshifting, left for downshifting), which temporarily activates manual mode.
The Maserati's paddle-shifters have the best ergonomics of any I've tried. They're unusually large—they must be eight inches long—but are also shaped to follow the contours of the steering wheel, so they're never in the way. You can reach them with your hands positioned anywhere along the sides of the steering wheel and instantly start doing the shifting yourself.
The Gran Turismo's cabin seats four. My test car was genuinely beautiful, with creamy beige leather seats, black leather dash and doors, and the roof lined in soft beige cloth. The front seats are capacious, but (as in most convertibles) rear-seat head and knee space are likely to be very tight for passengers 6 ft. tall or over.
The canvas top adds only 143 lbs. to the car's weight but is thick enough to keep the cabin quiet in highway traffic. I clocked the top at 31.5 seconds, going up or down. That's a bit slower than Maserati's rated time, but includes the automatic re-raising of the windows once the top is stowed or up.
One of the Gran Turismo's big downsides is that trunk space is a mere 6.1 cu. ft. with the top up or down—about enough for one golf bag. On overnight jaunts, you'll need at least one of the rear seats for cargo. Maserati sells luggage specially fitted to the car. It also provides special straps to hold bags in place in the rear seats.
One of the things setting Maserati interiors apart is the selection of distinctive colors and materials you have to choose from. Wood trim can be had in everything from rosewood, dark walnut, and a light moonwood to blue lacquer and piano black. Leather colors include black and dark blue, a bright red (Rosso Corallo), yellow (Avorio), and a deep Bordeaux.
The same holds true for the exterior. My test car came in deep Bordeaux with a matching, wine-red convertible top. It was gorgeous.
A couple of quibbles: The Gran Turismo felt solidly made on smooth roads, but noticeable creaks developed when the road got a little bumpy. The steering also may be a little heavy for some drivers. I drove the Gran Turismo and BMW 650i convertibles back-to-back, and one of the greatest differences was evident in the steering, which required noticeably greater effort in the Maserati.
Buy it or Bag It?
The 2012 Gran Turismo convertible's starting price is $140,800, including destination fees and gas-guzzler tax, which makes it competitive with the $142,525 starting price of the Mercedes SL63 AMG convertible, but well above that of the $92,375 BMW 650i convertible. The German cars are more performance-oriented; the Maserati is a luxury car that's surprisingly sporty.
While pricey compared to a BMW, the Gran Turismo is a bargain compared to rival prestige convertibles such as Bentley Motors's Continental GTC, which starts at $211,195, and the Aston Martin DB9 Volante convertible, which starts at $206,330 with an automatic transmission. The Maserati also comes relatively well-loaded, so the price is unlikely to climb much above $150,000 when you add options.
If elegance, exclusiveness, and a touch of sportiness are your priorities, the Maserati Gran Turismo convertible is an excellent choice. If bang for the buck is a top priority, check out the new BMW 650i.
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