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51 RV Parks near Balsam, North Carolina
Hazelwood, North Carolina 4.65 miles NE
Maggie Valley, North Carolina 5.19 miles NE
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina 8.15 miles NE
Sylva, North Carolina 9.58 miles SW
Waynesville, North Carolina 9.66 miles NE
Balsam, North Carolina (map) | (828) 586-6666
Sites: 91 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 54 Reviews
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May 2017 - $45.00
This is a cool little campground. It's really good, but could easily be great. It has everything one might need: full hook-ups, cable, clean bathhouse, pretty location, etc. The list goes on and on. There are a lot of positives, so don't let my comments deter a visit. This could turn out to be your favorite campground in the world.
My only complaints are that it feels cramped, and as such is a little pricey. We are in a 24-foot Class B. There isn't much privacy on most of the RV sites. Our fire ring was an afterthought, it seemed. Eliminate every other site, fill-in the spaces with native plants, and it would be an extraordinary, unique, and not-to-miss campground. I realize that not everyone cares about such things, and since the campground is obviously popular, I wouldn't expect this to be occurring anytime soon.
We visited this campground while traversing the Blue Ridge Parkway. The campgrounds directly on the Parkway itself don't have hook-ups and we had a freezer full of frozen food, so we ventured off for 3 nights. It made an excellent base-camp to explore along the Parkway. We could have easily stayed longer and would have been tempted to do just that, were the price a bit lower. Say $30 instead of $45. We hope to return in the future. - jerry6
Apr 2017 - $45.00
We had quite a bit of rain while here but the site handled it fairly well. The bathroom/showers/laundry facility were very clean and outstanding (all tiled nicely). The owner took us right to our site and provided excellent precise backing advice that guided us into our site without any issues (he was the best of our 51 night trip in retrospect). Very friendly owners. - 2mainiacs
Jul 2016 - $35.00
Was there to Ride the Blue Ridge Parkway and visit Asheville. Nice out of the way location had a great site on the creek. A beautiful old campground thats about finished getting some needed upgrades. Showers/bathrooms were very nice for any campground. Our site was not that level but then again nothing is in the mountains. Very near the Parkway maybe 2-3 miles. Kind of pricy but well worth it over where we've been before in the area. Owner on site at least part of each day and very helpful when we arrived. - PBS
4077 Soco Rd Maggie Valley, North Carolina 28751 (map) | (800) 787-4788
Sites: 20 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 1 Reviews
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Sep 2010 - $20.00
A small RV park located behind the motel of the same name at 4077 Soco Road (US 19). Sites are small but each site has a concrete pad and each also has full hookups including sewer for only $20 total including tax. We had a great stay and although the park is a little dated it is clean and well kept. Most campers are seasonal. The park is family owned and operated. The family lives next to the park and has an active role in daily operations. Very friendly and helpful. - beemerphile1
Maggie Valley, North Carolina (map) | (828) 926-7787
Sites: 36 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 4 Reviews
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Oct 2011 - $400.00
The price noted is the monthly rate. This is not an overnight-stay campground: only 6-month seasonal or year round. It is an adult only campground, although children are allowed for short visits. We first found this park in 2008; advertised as seasonal only, which greatly appealed to us. We started staying here part time from May-October 2009 and would rate the park a 9 for that year. The following year (2010) gets a rating of 8. Our final year here (2011) was not as enjoyable as there was a lot of tension in the air and new unwritten rules. This year's rating is 2. As soon as we showed up in May, we could see the signs that the park was moving away from being an RV park and moving towards full-time trailer park living. Needless to say, we were not happy about that, and as it turns out, other campers are quite concerned as well. Several decisions made by management this summer reinforce the direction of the "RV Park" moving to a "trailer park" environment. For example, campers are now allowed to have permanent building sheds, remove portions of the fencing along the street, and erect canopies to extend their living space. Some of the sites resembled a tent city with all the add-ons going on in their site. The sites are VERY close to each other; one open awning almost extends to the next unit. Generally, this is not an issue, but there are some owners who insist on leaving their dogs alone in the unit to bark and yap the entire time they are away. As others have said, the noise from the street is very heavy during the day; however, traffic noise really calms down around sunset. The town of Maggie Valley is no longer attractive to families as most venues geared toward them have closed (many before the economy went south). With people living so close together comes a lot of DRAMA. From almost every site you can see and sometimes hear what is going on in the rest of the campground. The park manager adds to a lot of the drama. Enough said. The bathrooms are very clean as are the common areas in the clubhouse. My low rating of 2 for 2011 in no way reflects uncleanliness. This year, the park owner seemed detached from his investment even though he lives on the premises. A couple times this summer, we practically had to beg to have the grass mowed. Outside maintenance around the park has dramatically changed from our first year here. The park is in the heart of the town and within walking distance to several restaurants and shops; this is a big plus. Concrete patios are available at some sites because current or previous owners purchased them. We bought ours the first year here and it was well worth it. The park puts on a July 4 cookout; it is not only a good way to get to know your neighbors, but the food is fantastic. Another feast not to be missed is the annual fish fry. The park buys the fish and one of the campers spends all day cooking the fish and hushpuppies. Everyone else brings a dish. If you're looking for a seasonal spot with lots of activities, this is not the place, as it is a small park. We didn't need scheduled activities but some people may want that. In good conscience, I could not recommend this campground to a friend, but you make up your own mind. - CraftCrazy
Oct 2007 - $28.00
Very nice campground. Like the others that have posted have said, the road noise is annoying during the day if you hang around the campground. Bathrooms and clothes washing facilities are very clean and rated a 10. Sites are a little close but is an excellent location for your base of operations while touring the area. The camp host is very friendly and helpful. - yelir49
Oct 2007 - $31.00
I completely agree with the post from May 2006. I would give this campground a 10 but there is some road noise. It is very quiet at night, though. The wireless internet was strong and fast. The owners and camp host were very friendly and eager to answer questions about the area. They handed out a welcome package with brochures on the area when we checked in. Our site was roomy but next to the street with the picnic table next to the sidewalk. Some of the other spaces looked close together with slides out but it looked this way in all of the other campgrounds in the area too. The laundry was very clean and moderately priced. We would definitely stay here again. - tms7677
4115 Soco Rd Maggie Valley, North Carolina 28751 (map) | (828) 926-3353
Sites: 25-30 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 2 Reviews
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Jul 2016 - $22.00
Nightly rate based on weekly rate. Sites are small. Cable TV available. RV check-in is in the 'Maggie Country Store'.
Richard and Stacy have been the owners for about 20 years. Probably some of the nicest owners I have met. VERY accommodating. They go out of their way to help you. - Iceman567
Jun 2008 - $24.00
Very friendly & helpful staff with interesting store. Great central location in Maggie Valley--walk almost anywhere for local dining/retail, but street is extremely wide & busy--kids & pets beware. Campground is about 50% seasonal/full-timers & sites are fairly small but level. Will probably return--love the area & the $24 includes all taxes, etc. - Knox County Jail
Maggie Valley, North Carolina (map) | (828) 926-1904
Sites: 300 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 35 Reviews
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Oct 2016 - $34.00
A friend has stayed in this park for a month three years in a row. He and his wife like it, but it did not take me long to figure out why. They get a space on the creek that is close to the park office. That keeps other RVs and TTs lined up in a configuration that allows them to get out easily. It also allows them to walk over to the park office to get the wifi that is advertised as free to work. I stayed in a pull thru space that worked well when no one was next to me. When another trailer pulled in next to me and rolled out his awning, I realized how close the spacing is. We could not have both extended our awnings and out picnic tables were end to end....not much privacy. The night before my departure, I had to ask this camper to move his Harley so that I could get out the next morning. The rows of spaces are so closely packed that your next door neighbor or neighbor across the lane can block you in with no effort at all.
For the last two nights of my stay there were four Harleys next to me in one space with four tents. They did not abide by the 10:00 PM start of quiet time, and they were not to happy when I started de-camping at 6:00 AM on my last morning.
Finally, the free wifi would be a great deal if it actually worked. The park had four router towers, but three out of four of them were set to the same channel 11. Thus, their performance competed with each other and cancelled each other out. The wifi would work for 10 minutes then disappear for an hour. I also could not get my iPhone7 Version hot spot to work. I had two cellphone bars of service, but the wifi hot spot failed every time I tried it. I believe there was too much interference from the hot spots of other campers near me. I had to walk to the park office to get wifi to work or drive down the road to get my hot spot to work. - LarryJ
Aug 2016 - $32.00
This is our second time staying here. We like staying here mostly because of it's proximity to the things we like. Since our stay last year at this time, the park has been undergoing some changes. Some of the sites have been upgraded with new gravel and concrete patios. I do think they could have spent a little more time leveling the gravel as every RV using these sites had to use some sort of leveling device.
The park does have a lot of permanent sites and some are "junky" in appearance. The creek side sites are tight, as in awning touching your neighbor tight. They do have a lot of odd/even sites that place you door to door with your neighbor, but I think they try not to put someone that close to you. The bathhouse was old, but clean and well stocked. The electric, water, cable and sewer all worked as they were supposed to. Cell and LTE was good. The campground does have wifi, but I could not get it to work. Overall, it is a good place to stay, the staff and people in the campground that we met were all very nice. - dtaylor
Jul 2016 - $37.00
Large campground, paved roads, high speed bumps. Sites are close to each other. Level sites, full hook-ups. Minimal wi-fi available. Bath houses are quite dated. Showers and toilets stalls are on the small side. Looked like quite a few long term campers, with decks and gardens. - Wayne67vert
69 Georgia Lane (Moody Farm Rd) Maggie Valley, North Carolina 28751 (map) | (828) 926-1183
Sites: 115 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 11 Reviews
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Jul 2017 - $28.00
Very nice established park in a very quiet location. We spent a week here camping with friends. Facilities are nice and park is very well maintained. Lots to do in the area. Only minor problem was slow wi-fi at times - seemed to be a capacity problem, not signal strength. - Grumpier99
May 2017 - $55.00
Nice park and nice location for activities and events around the mountains. Staff pleasant and present. Compared to our other travels across the USA, this nightly fee was high, considering no pool, no trash pick up, no shower/bath houses, no golf carts allowed, no fire rings except in thin strip of gravel (no paved sites) which puts it too close to rig. Nice loop for bike/walking path. Average, satisfactory park - just not outstanding or extraordinary for the price. - rwright
Dec 2016 - $55.00
Arrived late in season, just in time for the fall foliage. Campground manager put us in a great site with a mountain view. The campground has very nice Laundry Facilities and Social Room, no Restrooms or Showers but that was just fine with full hookup. Very close to Cherokee and the casino, we found Maggie Valley, The Blue Ridge Parkway, and the surrounding towns (especially Hendersonville) more than enough to occupy our time. Park owner joined a few of us one evening for a small impromptu social...good fun! - Outdoors65
887 Jonathan Creek Rd Waynesville, North Carolina 28785 (map) | (888) 800-4020
Sites: 30 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 5 Reviews
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Aug 2009 - $40.00
This is a very small park. Its very shady, and right on Jonathan's creek. It has about half park models. Its also pretty quiet, but does get road traffic noise. The creek is beautiful and peaceful. The owners are wonderful people and try to take care of all of your needs. Big rigs may have an issue here. You have to be able to move your rig around in very tight spaces. We stayed here in a 40 ft 5th wheel. We loved the campground and would come back here again and again. - Travelin' partners
Sep 2008 - $25.00
Very small,very nice, very old RV park on Jonathan Creek. Run by very nice helpful couple. Majority of the park is old RV's with locals living there full time. A few sites for nightly, weekly stays. playground. - dieselgypsy
Aug 2008 - $30.00
It was a nightmare! We arrived to find the smallest campsite we ever saw. We couldn't even get in to it. The neighbor on one side had his awning out which came over on us at least 3 feet. On the other side there was a camper with about three big tents that had eased onto us a couple of feet. Even if we made them move and the guy took down his awning, it would have been tight. We did not stay here. We went down the road and found a beautiful, shady place that was 3 times the size. Anyone we talked to knew of that park's reputation. We were told they changed their name from Jonathon's Hideaway to Somers Cream. There are many other options for Maggie Valley. Choose Wisely. - ILoveLucy
50 Camp Adventure Drive Waynesville, North Carolina 28786 (map) | (828) 452-2881
Sites: 51 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 11 Reviews
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Jul 2017 - $35.00
My husband and I were driving through and needed somewhere to park for one night. We were pleased with our campsite as it was a level pull-through so effort for our overnight stay was minimal. Everyone we encountered was SO friendly and my husband loved swimming in the lake. Overall, this was a great choice for our overnight needs. - Megan McGrath
May 2017 - $30.00
Very welcoming and helpful staff. Sites are well-spaced and maintained. All (open) sites are roof-mounted satellite-friendly. Some road noise from US19. Lake and facilities across the road are awesome! - CO2RV
Sep 2016 - $34.00
Not a "resort". More like a parking area across from a conference center that is on Lake Junaluska. On a busy street with LOTS of traffic noise, though it quieted down between midnight and 6 am. Easy to get to - EXCEPT the address they give us ACROSS THE STREET from the RV park. So we were in the wrong lane and couldn't cut across the traffic to make the turn. We had to go down the street and turn around. Staff was very helpful. Sites were reasonably spaced. Ok for an overnight, but not a destination. Do not expect to stay at a lake resort near Asheville, as we did, for you will be disappointed. - DYK 640
219 Shelton Cove Rd Waynesville, North Carolina 28785 (map) | (828) 421-5295
Sites: 41 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 16 Reviews
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Apr 2017 - $42.00
Trails End is a good name for this park. It is in a valley in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains up a valley with lots of old barns and cow pastures. The park itself has good and bad, like a lot of parks. The good are the views, tranquility and friendly residents. There are two rows of back in sites. One row backs onto a pretty stream with nice landscaping and the other backs onto a well cared for lawn. Interior roads and RV sites are gravel. Most sites have concrete patios and picnic tables. Sites are pretty short. Any RV over 40 feet wouldn't fit. Many residents are seasonal (summer) and head south for the winter. Negatives are lack of amenities. No office and no bathrooms or showers. Probably the first park I have been to without bathrooms. There is a building that serves as a clubhouse and laundry facility, but that is it. There is a large dump trailer for garbage. When you arrive there is a bulletin board with your name and site number. The camp host will find you in a golf cart and give you an orientation and collect money. We liked the location, about half way between Asheville and Great Smoky Mountains NP. I wouldn't go there if my RV was over 40 feet or I needed restrooms or showers. Hook ups, including cable TV were fine. Fun being surrounded by old barns and cows. Would have given a higher rating if they had more amenities. - thyde
Oct 2015 - $42.00
The owners are friendly and helpful, stopping by the RV after we got set up with brochures and information on the area. The park has numerous flower gardens and everything is kept up nicely. The laundry is in a shelter type area and has tables, fridge, benches, etc for gatherings. The park is located near the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains, so the view from the park is nice. The internet is free and worked very well...a pleasant surprise from other parks. It's quiet and well managed and I wouldn't hesitate to stay here again. We stayed for 9 days. - Da Keeffes
Jun 2015 - $36.00
Wonderful views of mountains..very peaceful stay, great WiFi, true HD digital cable. Convenient location. Accidentally locked ourselves out of RV and the campground owner came to our rescue! Thanks! We plan to stay here often! - WmE70
26 Winngray Ln Waynesville, North Carolina 28785 (map) | (828) 926-3170
Sites: 100 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 8 Reviews
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May 2017 - $45.00
Easy on and off I-40 exit 20. We stayed there 2 nights, cost to me was a little high, but the site we had was great, nice and level, full hook up and we pulled right in. No Good Sam discount. We would got back to spend time in the mountains. Site was big enough. - gmasharp
Jun 2010 - $30.00
First of all, the owner is miserable. I think its time they retire. There are several really dumpy looking trailers here with things just laying all over the place. There are 7 TV channels and they are all news except ESPN. Alot of the sites were really old looking and for this time of the year, the place was half empty. That tells me alot because other parks in the area where full. Restrooms were clean, and there is a laundry that was OK. They say they have a store, but its empty. Place is old and needs to be updated. - rvhermit
Aug 2008 - $32.00
This is a perfect place for folks who want peace and quiet. The lots are shady and huge. There is a creek in back with picnic tables. I would not take my grandchildren there as it was mostly older people. But it is my favorite place to go alone with my husband. You will love this place. - ILoveLucy

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Of course, there is the catch that Nancy has always been a bit more cunning and self-centered (though not self-aware) than Piper.
Dykstra intuitively understood that Roger Clemens merely reflected the modern-day pro athlete: self-centered and destructive.
The effortless transformation of Justin Bieber from dreamy teen heartthrob to heartless, self-centered pop star continues apace.
Instead, Oz devolved into the story of a self-centered conman who gets to rule Oz basically because he is male.
And look, call me self-centered, but I can think of one minority they could start with.
We are self-centered, free-willed; immune from any possibility of offending the universe.
In the second place, it is, in a ghastly sense, self-centered!
Mignon was too self-centered to realize their generosity of spirit.
Is the life of the child egoistic, self-centered, impulsive?
With a pompous gesture of dismissal this self-centered young woman rose and walked majestically to the window.


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Chris Colfer
With the series finale on the horizon, the cast of "Glee" paid a visit to the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Thursday (March 12) to reflect on the past six years.
Darren Criss described filming the finale- "It was really cathartic… of course you're going to cry," as he sat with Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz and Chord Overstreet.
He's been plugging his new book "The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning" as of late, and Chris Colfer showed up at "Watch What Happens Live" on Sunday night (July 13) to chat with host Andy Cohen.
During the course of the interview, the Kurt Hummel actor ended up fielding questions from callers, and several fans asked if the feud between Lea Michele and Naya Rivera is real.
Looks like Kurt Hummel will be back for Season Six after all- Chris Colfer definitely DID NOT get kicked to the curb by the "Glee" bosses.
The popular actor's rep has spoken out to set the record straight after a hacker posted a message that read, "Due to personal issues, I have been let go from the cast of GLEE. Explanations will come shortly…"
Things seem a little shaky over at the "Glee" camp, and founding cast member Chris Colfer was just fired from the final season.
The lovable Kurt Hummel actor will not return for round six this fall, and there's some serious mystery surrounding his departure.
Gathering together for a very special occasion, the cast of "Glee" converged on the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood last night (March 18) for the 100th Episode celebration.
Naya Rivera, Chris Colfer, Dianna Agron and Heather Morris got all gussied up for the evening, making merry in recognition of their impressive milestone.
They all suffered a tremendous tragedy when Cory Monteith died last summer, so the cast of "Glee" had plenty of experience on which to draw while filming a somber scene in Los Angeles last night (February 25).
Lea Michele, Darren Criss, Chris Colfer and Chord Overstreet all gathered at an outdoor candlelight vigil to mourn the fictional loss of one of the show's characters.
Posing with some fun doppelgangers, Lea Michele shared a photo of herself and fellow "Glee" cast members with puppets in their own likenesses on Wednesday (November 13).
Giving fans a sneak peek into a future episode, the 27-year-old star tweeted, "Me, @ NayaRivera, @ AdamLambert, @ ChrisColfer and our friends:) #GleeSeason5."
Getting into the holiday spirit a little earlier than the rest of us, Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, and Naya Rivera filmed a holiday episode of "Glee" on Thursday (November 7).
While Rachel wore a red tutu with her green top and pointy elf hat, Santana sported a sexy sleeveless ensemble with Kurt stuck in tights with his outfit.
Her hit series "Glee" aired its season premiere last night (September 26), and now Lea Michele gave her fans more reasons to be excited about the highly anticipated season.
Right after the episode aired, the 27-year-old actress took to her Twitter account and posted a few snapshots from the set, featuring newcomer Adam Lambert.
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Butternut Squash Pie
Christy Rost
This traditional autumn dessert, from my newest book Celebrating Home, is the perfect way to celebrate autumn's arrival. It features a lighter texture and slightly more delicate flavor than pumpkin pie, and while the flavor develops a bit more the second day, you may have trouble keeping it around long enough for that to happen! For ease of preparation, the squash may be roasted the day before making the pie.
1 butternut squash, rinsed, about 1 1/2 pounds
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tablespoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
5 to 6 tablespoons ice water
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
3 eggs
1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup heavy cream, whipped, for garnish
2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar, for garnish
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Slice the squash lengthwise, scoop out the seeds, and place it on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Roast the squash 40 to 50 minutes, or until it is soft when pierced with a sharp knife. Cool, scoop out the pulp with a large spoon, and purée the pulp in a food processor or blender until it is smooth, about 1 1/4 cups.
For the pastry, place flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, and salt into the bowl of a food processor and pulse several times to mix. Add the butter and pulse until it is pea-size. Add ice water and process at low speed until the pastry is crumbly. If the mixture appears dry, add the remaining ice water and process just until the pastry comes together and forms a ball. Remove the pastry, wrap it in plastic wrap, and chill at least 30 minutes or until it is cold.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together the pureed squash, remaining 3/4 cup of sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice. Add eggs and whisk until they are well blended. Slowly whisk in the evaporated milk.
On a floured pastry cloth or counter, roll out the pastry. Fold it in half and transfer it to a pie plate. Unfold the pastry, fit it into the pie plate, trim the pastry so it overhangs the edge by 1 inch, and flute the edge. Pour the filling into the pie shell and bake 15 minutes at 425 degrees. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake 40 to 45 minutes more, or until the filling is set and a sharp knife inserted into the center of the pie comes out clean.
Remove the pie from the oven and set it aside to cool. In a large bowl, beat the heavy cream with confectioners' sugar until soft peaks form. Serve the pie with a dollop of Chantilly cream.
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Ed Paradis, left, made the trip to see Len Pesotini inducted into the IUP Hall of Fame.Len with his induction plaque.Len Pesotini at IUP circa 1975.
Ed Paradis, left, made the trip to see Len Pesotini inducted into the IUP Hall of Fame.Len with his induction plaque.Len Pesotini at IUP circa 1975.
Ed Paradis, left, made the trip to see Len Pesotini inducted into the IUP Hall of Fame.Len with his induction plaque.Len Pesotini at IUP circa 1975.
So how did the football player who caught barely over 20 passes at Pittston Area and played blocking tight end his first two seasons in college wind up leading the nation in receiving in his senior season?
"A good quarterback makes it easy," Len Pesotini said with a laugh while talking about his induction into the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 20.
IUP did have a heck of a quarterback in 1975. Lynn Hieber was a two-time All-American who threw for 2179 yards in 10 games that season, a 217.9 per game average, and was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals. The numbers don't sound like a ton, but 1975 was a time when running was everybody's first option. "Lynn was just a natural. He was a super passer and a good runner," Pesotini said.
But, Len's humility aside, a good quarterback is only half the equation. Somebody had to catch Hieber's passes and in 1975 that somebody was usually Len Pesotini. He caught 74 passes, no. 1 in the nation over all divisions, and averaged 108.8 yards per game, almost exactly half of Hieber's 217 yards per game. The 74 receptions is still an IUP record. The 108.8 yards per game was an IUP record for 25 years. It was surpassed in 2001. In one game versus Westminster in '75 Len caught 14 passes which is no. 2 on the IUP all-time list.
Len wasn't a burner, but he had decent speed, good hands, was a route-runner, and at 6-2, 185 he was a big target. But talk to Len about football and he'll steer the conversation towards players other than himself.
Asked about his memories of Pittston Area he talked about the legendary 1970 game in his junior season when the Patriots beat undefeated Wyoming Area 21-0 on Thanksgiving Day. "We just sat back and watched Rex run. He was amazing" Len said, referring to Rex Revesz who rushed for 206 yards and two touchdowns.
Asked about his senior year he talked about an unknown sophomore running back name of Jimmy Cefalo. "By the third game we knew we were witnessing something special." Pressed, Len did recall a moment of personal glory. "The catch that stood out for me was when they put me on the front page of the Dispatch catching a ball between two defenders and they called it the 'Impossible Catch'."
When he talks about IUP he talks first about Eddie Paradis. Ed, who was a few years ahead of Len at PA, was a tackle at IUP when Len got there. "I looked up to him and then I wound up not only playing with him, but lining up right next to him at tight end. I'd get excited and say something like come on we got to do it on this play and he'd say, 'calm down, take it easy.' That's how he was. He was a leader. They loved him at IUP. AS much as he was a mild mannered gentleman off the field he was a fierce competitor when he put the helmet on."
It wasn't until about the seventh week of Len's senior season in 1975 that he learned he and Hieber were among the statistical leaders in the nation. "The coaches called us in. They told us to keep the season in focus, we had a chance to go to a bowl game. It wasn't a problem. We didn't look for individual stats. When it was all over and I looked back, I thought, 'did that really happen?' it was like a dream season."
IUP finished 8-1-1. The one loss was to Edinboro and that cost them a trip to a bowl game which pitted the best state school teams in the East and the West
Len's acceptance speech at IUP was peppered with "thank yous" for coaches, family and friends. Among them was Rich Hornfeck, the IUP offensive coordinator when Len played and the Northeastern Pennsylvania recruiter who brought Len to IUP. Hornfeck got connected to NEPA when he played at George Washington with Bob Barberi, later Pesotini's coach at Pittston Area. He also talked about head coach Bill Neal. And he talked about the day he graduated saying, "I will never forget Dr. Stilwell at department graduation introducing me as the nation's leading receiver when he presented me with my diploma. That was something I never expected and will always remember."
After leaving IUP Len was teaching high school in New Jersey when a school secretary told him the New York Giants called looking for him. "I figured it was a joke on me and I said all right who's the wise guy, but it turned out to be true."
The Giants invited him to a tryout camp. So did the Eagles.
"Close, but…" Len said.
Len Pesotini is a math teacher at Pittston Area. He lives in West Pittston with his wife of 26 years, Debbie. They have three daughters Concetta, Marietta and Lenetta, a senior at Wyoming Area.


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This appears to have been mistakenly sent to just me. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 16 Jul 94 21:19:35 CDT From: Larry Sheldon <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: "Robert A. Hayden" <email@example.com> Subject: Re: Duplication problem Robert Hayden, continuing the discussion, said: > On Sat, 16 Jul 1994, John P. Rouillard wrote: > > > Are you the only person getting a second copy of the message? Or is > > the entire list getting multiple copies? > > The entire list is getting them. > > > Were these letters being sent to multiple addresses? > > I thought of that, but no. I've had my own mailings to the list > duplicated. > > > Does a particular originator (site, person or mailer) show up more > > often than any other? > > No, it appears completely random. > > > Are all of the received headers on the messages identical as well? > > They appear to be identical, at least what I can see here. > > > Well it looked ok to me. > > Hmm. If it's not majordomo, then it must be sendmail. Time to go find a > Bat Book. We have a situation here where things at times look a little like what RH describes--only not every body gets the dupes--and the ones that do, may get many. Problem seems to be the sendmail that HP packs in H-PUX does not handle (all?) I/O errors--given a mail piece with local addresses A, B, C, D, E, F, . . . X, Y, and Z--if "X" is over-quota, A-W will get a new copy of the piece every fifteen minutes. (Position in the address string is not relevant, "sendmail" croaks on the over-quota, after delivering all before the problem, and none after it. And in croaking, leaves the whole shebang in the queue. This analysis be somebody who has had trouble getting past the Preface in the Bat Book. -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- . . - L. F. (Larry) Sheldon, Jr. - . Unix Systems Administration . - Creighton University Computer Center-Old Gym Most of us can do more - . 2500 California Plaza than we think we can, . - Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. 68178 but usually less than - . email@example.com we think we do. . - 402 280-2254 (work) - . 402 977-2946 (pager) "Bits & Pieces" . - 402 332-4622 (residence) - . . .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.


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my first reply to http://forums.asp.net/t/1776540.aspx/1?Get+a+list+of+localized+country+names vanished ... i asked moderators via Alert Moderator if it ended up it the moderation queue ... but, perhaps because it's Sunday, i've had no reply.
i've no post deleted message so i'm assuming it's in your system somewhere ... i think it vanished after i edited it ...
N.B.: after i edited it, it was present for a while ... later, gone.
P.S.: imho, it was a useful reply that took me a very long time to compose and sadly i did not keep a copy because it appeared to have posted successfully.
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Maybe it was in moderation queue. See now
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Yes, ignat, it's there now ... so likely it was in the moderation queue ...
thank you.
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We started hsing this year. I have a 3rd grader (ps through 2nd) and K (attended 3xwk preschool last year), both boys. Ideally I tend toward the unschooly end of the spectrum, but I have a few concerns. I want my dcs to learn for the sake of learning and for it not to be a chore, but I want them to learn self-discipline. No matter what, sometimes everyone HAS to do things they may not feel like doing. If they decide to go to college (they both want to be scientists when they grow up - but I know it's a long way off), they will be required to take classes they won't always love. They will need to be able to sit down and make themselves do the work. So how do you teach that?
Also, my DH is pretty much not on board. Maybe this should be a separate thread, but he really expects that we do school at home. He barks at the kids to get to bed on "school nights." I'm pretty sure that deep down he wants to send them back to ps in the fall, if not sooner. Any thoughts on that would be very much appreciated.
ps: sorry this is not very clear, NAK the baby and big kids begging for dinner... I'll try to clarify later...
I'll just dig right in, if that's alright; I don't have a lot of time, but wanted to respond. :)
From my perspective, you will never teach another person this lesson. You can coerce a child into doing busy/dull/irrelevant work, but it won't teach this lesson. It will teach that if they have an interest in diving in and discovering for themselves what they need to know through experiencing not knowing, you are not a viable resource because your approach is to first suck all the joy and romance out of a subject.
I deliberately avoid people who insist on this method of learning because it has never been useful to me, and when I ask a question that is met with, "well, before I answer you, do you know the laws of thermodynamics by rote, in Greek?" I just go ahead and figure out what I really need to know to know, on my own. My children are the same.
Right now, my four boys are obsessing over figuring out how to navigate the internet. They haven't asked me a single thing in the three days they've been at this. Instead, when they discovered that search engines have a limited tolerance for creative spelling, they began a pile of reference books next to the keyboard for checking their own spelling. Can you imagine how fired up they'd be if when they asked if we could hook up a computer for them (last week), I said, "Well, first, you must master standardized spelling, so we're going to do spelling and dictation busywork for a week, then we'll move onto alphabetization, indexing, and proper typing position with hours of practice until you are at least proficient. Once you know all of that, you can begin to use the computer."
I have never taken that perspective and all of my children have very naturally figured out what skill or information they are missing, and then figured out how to obtain it on their own. I do answer their questions, but they don't come to me clueless. They have deliberate questions intended to give them specific answers. If they didn't have the experience of being triumphant in learning something on their own, all the while during the phase of excitement and focused period that typically comes at the beginning of a pursuit, they may indeed rely on me to put them through drudgery, but as it is, that has never been necessary, and remains a completely irrelevant methodology for them and me.
A major aspect of learning something new is learning what one needs to know in order to learn it; that part is hugely exciting! I'd never want to take that away from my dc. That would be akin to removing the romance period at the beginning of a relationship; it's so much fun, the focus allows for a lot of interaction and understanding in a relatively very short time, and the joy of learning about the new person is not lost to the realities of things like signing papers, paying rent, and dividing household chores. It would be decidedly un-fun, for no good reason, to skip immediately from "I like you" to the papers and chores before being considered ready for the romance.
At least I think so. :)
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nak again, fyi...
Thank you, Preggie. I need to keep thinking this way. My DH gets on my case that it doesn't seem like much school is going on and I start to wonder if he's right. Now, it has been extra non-schooly lately as I and the kids have been sick (which unfortunately = lots of tv/wii), but I do feel like we learn plenty normally. Thanks for the reassurance!
And, I wonder if I can throw this out for comment too: I have said in discussions with DH that more important than telling/making/forcing the kids to do their schoolwork, pick up their toys, etc., is that we set a good example for them. If we leave junk all over the house, we can scream at them all day about picking up their toys, but it's not going to do any good. He really thinks they should do what we tell them because we say so and it shouldn't matter if his work papers and the mail are strewn all over the house and HE doesn't clear his place at the table... I'm not crazy, right? I also feel like if we can limit the demands we put on them to ones that really matter, they'll be more likely to comply. If they're constant being told to do this, don't do that, I feel like they'll tune us out. If we can encourage things like keeping the house tidy by example, that's one less thing anybody has to argue about.
I don't know if any of this is making any sense. I was up all night with sick kiddos. Thanks to anybody who's attempting to follow this!
boysmom2, whew! I was just popping in to edit my post because upon reflection, I thought it may have seemed unnecessarily curt, but I really didn't intend that at all; I really did just type it all out stream-of-consciousness-style, and didn't even read it over until just now. Sooo, I am glad that you took it the way I meant it, and not how it could've seemed.
I didn't address the differences in your and your dp's approaches, but they seem very divergent right now. That was the difference between my dp and me several years ago, but we've both changed and I can rely on my dp not to act when he feels his authoritarian upbringing coming up through him. It often takes going through the basics, or a cool-down period for him to come back to being confident that w are not parenting our children in a way that would yield unquestioning obedience, that we ourselves do not value that in anyone, but rather love it when our children express their genuine openness to reality without reservation, and we need to keep that in mind when that genuine questioning looks like cheekiness because it isn't what we'd expected or what we wanted from them in certain situations.
If we raise automatic respecters of authority, then what they respect and how they act on that respect will be inextricably tied to the whims and/or intentions of whomever proclaims authority in their lives. If we raise respecters of truth, reason, reality, then they will respect those whose authority comes from respecting the same things, and they will also know how to question in order to know whether those people (and themselves) are sincere, and competent to follow through.
A child who obeys foremost is in a dangerous place. A lot of children are in that situation, sadly. A confident child who is allowed the freedom to question, and the freedom to experience the actual realities that follow his/her choices (and parents are supposed to protect their dc from dire/dangerous/irreparable consequences of every sort until their dc mature to a point where they can take responsibility), within reason, is a child who is not in danger of anything other than the opportunity to become a fully self-actualised adult.
It is clear to me that children seek the authority of people whose actions align with their values, people of true integrity. They simply cannot, even if they wanted to, do as the self-appointed authority figure says rather than what he does; we're not that sort of creature. We absolutely learn through experience, not conceptual projections of people who are older than us, but concrete example. I'm a very intuitive person; I don't need an actual personal experience to learn from someone else's or to project what would be a likely outcome, but I do need some concrete indication of what the human thing to do is. Everyone does.
*ETA* I wanted to make clear that my definition of "authority" here is not one of power-seeking, or controlling, but rather a person whose lifepath and actions are autonomously authored in alignment with principally held values, and the virtues that retain them. So, not at all what is usually understood as authority- the person who tells other people what to do, who makes the rules and enforces them.
It would be absurd to expect a baby to follow exclusively verbal instructions not already established through action, because it is commonly observed that babies do what they see and feel us doing. Older children are still learning in that way, but the concrete must absolutely come before any abstraction is expected. An example from your post would be a parent who leaves junk all over the house and demands that his child "clean his room." Without ongoing reinforcement of the concrete standard of what "clean" is, by example foremost and maybe reinforced with deliberate (non-coercive) instruction, no amount of demanding is going to be effective except perhaps through the child's process of elimination for what the parent disagrees is clean, all under duress. Extend the principle here, and it's clear that authoritarian parenting leaves a child with a lot of overt questions s/he can't ask, but with a whole lot of "correct" answers that s/he must supply. S/he must even guess at what questions should be asked and also what the answers would be, constantly shifting the little squares in that game with just one square empty for moving all the others to make the whole picture. How exhausting and unfair, not to mention just not a nice way to grow up.
I could totally go on about this, lol. I raised myself after I left my parents' home at 17 yrs of age, so I had to learn how to learn how to become an adult, and in doing so, learned also how to be a mother, and a person worthy of self-respect and genuine pride of accomplishment. It took a lot of work and research, so I really could go on. And on. :)
Anyway, the parenting and gentle discipline forums would likely garner you pages of responses by tomorrow if you posted this there.
Well, I've been absent for 8 months, and during that time, it turns out that I have completely transformed. You are all precious. Thank you for being here and sharing your lives. You are truly a gift. Jan. 23, 2012
Thanks for your thoughts on all of this. Reading back over it, it's clear to me that I was coming down with the flu all my kids have had - totally incoherent! Thanks for wading through it! You're right - a big part of my problem is more parenting/marriage stuff. I'll have to think out more clearly what my questions are and post them in the appropriate places. I might repost here about the self-discipline/self-reliance issues to get more thoughts. I'm interested to hear what others think. I'm still really new to all of this. Thanks!!
I just wanted to respond to this (before I shut down the Mac and go clean the kitchen, which *I* don't want to do!! ;)) I went to an accelerated high school. I took AP classes my sophomore year. My graduating class and the 4 classes after us had the highest ACT scores of any school in the nation. I had to do a lot of work I didn't want to do; in fact, most of my life was spent doing school-related work or projects. I was accepted to all of my top colleges, chose one and flunked out my first semester because I had no self-discipline. I knew how to pull an all-nighter, test really well, and had great critical thinking and study skills, but none of it mattered because I had been following a very rigid track with external consequences around every corner. It took me YEARS of trying and failing to follow through with anything before I learned not only the value of setting and achieving my own goals, but HOW to go about it.
Most of my classmates went on to be extremely successful in their education and careers, so my story may not be typical, but really, who knows how many of them had the same struggles that I did? I appreciate the education I received but definitely recognize that a few more practical life lessons would have served very well. Other than cleaning up after themselves and treating people with respect, I don't force my kids to do anything they're not driven towards because I think, while they MAY gain some knowledge or improve their skills, the real lesson is lost in that method of parenting.
A side note, too, my stepson is almost 20 and has struggled horribly with dyslexia and extremely low motivation for his whole life--literally, when he was a newborn he failed to thrive for lack of interest in nursing, and he was like that throughout his childhood and until recently. He hated school and had very few friends. He graduated (phew!) from public school 1.5 years ago, taught himself to play guitar and has been learning Russian and Polish on his own from books he borrowed from the library. His guitar and language skills are amazing! None of us can believe it's really him, lol! The point is that, once he was removed from the external, stressful pressures, he immediately began to thrive on his own and really come into himself. He went from a suicidal, friendless teenager to an increasingly social, confident artist. I'm so excited to see what path he chooses as he grows!
I HIGHLY recommend you and your husband watch this video: http://www.amazon.com/Unconditional-Parenting/dp/B000BBAA3U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1296022094&sr=8-1 It's only an hour or so long, so your husband can't gripe about a huge investment of time. He is an amazing speaker that really gets his ideas across. It's all about raising our children with respect for who they are. It's truly wonderful. It's a bit pricey, but a worthwhile investment.
Created an instant family (7/89 and 5/91) in 1997. Made a baby boy 12/05 adopted a baby girl 8/08. Ask me about tandem adoptive nursing and living as gluten, dairy, and cane sugar free vegetarians. Homeschooling and loving it.
Short answer while dinner is cooking: they will learn about goal setting and doing the "less pleasant" things that are required as they get older and their interests become more sophisticated. At some point - it's inevitable - your children are going to really want to achieve some goal, and when they are mature enough to handle it they'll willingly do the "grunt work" because they can see the reward at the end of the tunnel. Part of it is developmental stage, as being able to see into the future and hold that in mind is something that happens at a specific time in development. And part of it is just that they want to pursue an interest beyond the basics and "simple stuff" into more complex stuff that requires meeting certain goals along the way.
We're so stuck in the mindset of needing to be "taught" that we lose sight of what Real Life is like and the lessons it teaches us.
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Can I add something no doubt controversial?
It took me a few decades to get this, but I think the path of least resistance is the best path, with the caveat that one acts to keep one's values. I don't think that must include drudgery, and if some aspect of keeping one's value seems to necessitate drudgery, but that person, in a deliberate evasion of drudgery, figures out a way to accomplish goals according to the value held without drudgery, then I think that is even more of a demonstration of perseverance, creativity and admirable ingenuity than if s/he had slogged through drudgery to get there.
I think that a lot of suffering is the result of a lack of creativity. I think that it is not only okay, but noble, to search for and enact the least strained, or even better, most progressive and efficient way of effecting one's goals.
I make art. When I attended an applied arts college (loads of studio, much less theory and history, though I've studied those extensively on my own), the expectation from professors was that students would practice drawing at least six hours in addition to our 24 hours of in-class studio, and 40 hours of "homework" each week. I commuted, and this was simply not possible for me. My daily commute took anywhere from 75 minutes to three hours due to immense daily traffic on the highway. At the end of my first year, my progress in life-drawing (nudes), having only three hours/week in-class, was not impressive. My portfolio for the year was graded for progress and also final accomplishment. We attended interviews to defend our progress with the director and professor. In my interview, I explained why I had no clocked extra hours, and that I just couldn't figure out how to represent the human figure well. I was honest, and a bit shocked that I received a B when the process was complete. My prof assured me that my drawing was not as poor as I thought, but even more shocking to me was his insistence that I not draw during the four month summer break! He told me to not draw at all!!! I spoke quite a bit to him about this, because a grade of C+ put students on academic probation, and being at that level for more than one semester in more than one class was grounds for dismissal.
Anyway, that summer it turned out to be easy to not draw at all because I needed to work a lot to pay for school, and decided also to move instead of continuing to commute as I had for the previous several years.
Once classes were in session again, the dreaded life-drawing that put me near the bottom of my class in skill (I was the top in everything else), began. I cannot express how completely and utterly my ability to see and to accurately and artfully represent the live models suddenly was. I kept thinking "this isn't real" while drawing, because it was so, so easy! My drawings were first on display as examples for upcoming and current students, and continued to be displayed for the remainder of my time there.
I learned a very powerful lesson. Sometimes the life that happens when we do (seemingly) nothing is the best education. Sometimes the easiest way is also the best way. My prof agreed that struggling and obsessively drawing would bring results, too, but the easy way, in his decades of experience as an artist and instructor, turned out to bring at least equal results, but usually better ones to those who were willing to risk just absorbing life, experiencing it however we do, and then coming back to it with refreshed eyes.
I have tried this principally, many times, and I have found that the results are always very satisfactory or better when I find the easiest way. I know that I could accomplish the results with lots of drudgery, too, but there is equal or more merit to me in finding the best way, which also seems to be consistently the easiest way: the path of least resistance.
This was a hard lesson for me to learn initially because I am very ambitious and have a very strong work ethic that demands excellence to align with my values. It turns out that it was just a matter of tweaking my definition of work to easily apply my ethic to my new discovery. It is not at all that I don't work hard; I do. But the hardest work I do happens in my head, long before I put my hands to a project. This perspective regressed my work ethic to attention to the questions I asked, so that the answers were relevant: rather than checking my answers against the questions, I checked my questions against reality and the answers just followed naturally, the path of least resistance.
Yes, forcing oneself through hours and hours of daily practice will bring satisfactory results in a best case, but the individual then has so much less time and energy available to formulate the purpose and values hierarchy that legitimizes the expenditure of his/her time and energy on the pursuit related to the practice, that s/he doesn't necessarily know if s/he's asked the right question. This is so, so huge. It is very important to me that my children not be hindered in the discovery of their own rhythm, their own work ethic, by the idea that one's results are only legitimized by having poured one's life energy and time into drudgery.
Well, I've been absent for 8 months, and during that time, it turns out that I have completely transformed. You are all precious. Thank you for being here and sharing your lives. You are truly a gift. Jan. 23, 2012
Can I add something no doubt controversial?
It took me a few decades to get this, but I think the path of least resistance is the best path, with the caveat that one acts to keep one's values. I don't think that must include drudgery, and if some aspect of keeping one's value seems to necessitate drudgery, but that person, in a deliberate evasion of drudgery, figures out a way to accomplish goals according to the value held without drudgery, then I think that is even more of a demonstration of perseverance, creativity and admirable ingenuity than if s/he had slogged through drudgery to get there.
I think that a lot of suffering is the result of a lack of creativity. I think that it is not only okay, but noble, to search for and enact the least strained, or even better, most progressive and efficient way of effecting one's goals.
ITA. I'm reminded of Calvin and Hobbes spending all day trying to build a bed making robot because his Mom told him to make his bed... At the end of the day, although the robot did not make the bed, he found his goal was none the less accomplished in that he was going to bed without having had to make it earlier.
And even if something someone would call drudgery comes up in my life, it seems it isn't really drudgery because I see the value in it and enjoy it as groundwork for the next level. Possibly, people hate certain things and call them drudgery because they have associations of being made to do them or obliged to do them for some external reason that didn't have personal value.
And even if something someone would call drudgery comes up in my life, it seems it isn't really drudgery because I see the value in it and enjoy it as groundwork for the next level. Possibly, people hate certain things and call them drudgery because they have associations of being made to do them or obliged to do them for some external reason that didn't have personal value.
This is the case for me, too. Shifting my focus has had the incidental effect of bringing joy for me into particular activities that definitely are considered drudgery to others.
I'm going to be putting up a fence this spring. I'm chomping at the bit for the end of winter so that I can start the heavy physical labour and finicky hand-tying that this task requires. I talk about these sorts of things with a genuine smile on my face, but have found time and again that my smile is met with looks of sympathy, or expressions about how awful my task is, how the other person just couldn't do that, or that I should hire someone.
I think that drudgery is oftentimes concocted to give the appearance of legitimacy to an accomplishment. It's as if having worked unnecessarily hard or endured much tedium makes the result more satisfying or the individual more admirable. I have not found the latter to be the case at all.
I avoid drudgery if at all possible, through my own creativity and by realigning my values to more accurately reflect reality. :)
Well, I've been absent for 8 months, and during that time, it turns out that I have completely transformed. You are all precious. Thank you for being here and sharing your lives. You are truly a gift. Jan. 23, 2012
This. :)
Well, I've been absent for 8 months, and during that time, it turns out that I have completely transformed. You are all precious. Thank you for being here and sharing your lives. You are truly a gift. Jan. 23, 2012
This is a very inspiring thread, thanks!
Fantastic thread. Thanks.
Preggie, that's exactly how I create as well. I am a writer (although not quite so much at the moment with 2 small children dominating my time), but I too create constantly and when I finally put pen to paper the "hard" work has already been done. I have the character's voices, setting, plot the lot is there ready to communicate with me.
I really needed to read this as sometimes society shouts down these ideas and I question myself and what I am trying to do for my children.
Preggie, you put that so well.
When people say things to me like "well, one day your child is going to have to go to work and do what their boss tells them, whether they feel like it or not, or else they'll get fired..." I can only think to myself "I hope not". Because really the choice of taking such a job is one made willingly by the employee. And maybe that's the right choice for them at that time in their life. But knowing it is the right choice then doesn't it mean that the person sees value in doing "what the boss tells them"? And if it's not the right choice then don't accept that situation as inevitable.
I don't like cleaning my house, but I have chosen to be the stay-home parent and taken on the role of housecleaning as part of my job description. I don't like the cleaning but I wouldn't change my job for a high-priced work-out-of-the-home career that affords a housekeeper, not for a minute. So really, it is my choice to clean the house, even if I don't like it. There are very few things in life that we are truly "forced" to do.
People make choices and if their choices make them miserable I don't think it's fair to suggest that "Real Life is just like that" and nothing you can do, so we'd better toughen up our kids while they're young.
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What's Good for GM...and the Nation
"Let me just state the obvious: Every single dollar Congress gives these three companies will be flushed right down the toilet. There is nothing the management teams of the Big 3 are going to do to convince people to go out during a recession and buy their big, gas-guzzling, inferior products.
You might assume from this that I couldn't give a rat's ass about these miserably inept crapmobile makers down the road in Detroit city. But I do care. I care about the millions whose lives and livelihoods depend on these car companies. I care about the security and defense of this country because the world is running out of oil. And I care about what happens with the Big 3 because they are more responsible than almost anyone for the destruction of our fragile atmosphere and the daily melting of our polar ice caps.
Congress must save the industrial infrastructure that these companies control and the jobs they create. And it must save the world from the internal combustion engine. This great, vast manufacturing network can redeem itself by building mass transit and electric/hybrid cars, and the kind of transportation we need for the 21st century."


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Labor Omnia Vincit. At Sydney Girls High School, the HSC class of 2003 have lived up to their school motto and proved that work does indeed conquer all.
The academically selective government school won nine places on the first-in-course honours list announced yesterday, in a diverse range of subjects from mathematics to languages and visual arts.
Sydney Girls is leading the government school push in HSC achievement.
This year, 74 of the 130 places on the course-topping list went to public schools, up from last year's figure of 66.
A further 44 merit certificates were awarded to students in the non-government sector, while the remainder were students who were self-taught, privately tutored or participating in university-affiliated distinction courses.
But while girls continue to outperform boys in the defining exams, the gender gap is showing clear signs of narrowing, the president of the NSW Board of Studies, Gordon Stanley, said.
No more is this evident, he said yesterday, than in the field of English.
"We know that the new English syllabus is engaging boys more than the old syllabus," he said.
"We're setting texts that appeal more to boys and the increase in male enrolments, especially for the English extension courses, speaks for itself."
Professor Stanley said while the Board of Studies would not be conducting a gender analysis of the 2003 HSC results until March, he was confident the data would show a continuing improvement in boys' academic performance.
After extensive consultation and much criticism, the board decided to add multi-media and a wider variety of texts to the English syllabus when the HSC was overhauled in 2000.
Bush Tucker Man and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which now sit alongside Jane Austen and Shakespeare, are providing motivation to book-shy boys.
Clearly not lacking in motivation is Sydney Girls High student Louise Barber, who read J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series in French to hone her language skills. Louise came top in the state for French Continuers and shared first place in two-unit mathematics.
Her friend Caitlin Brown topped French Extension. Rachel Spangaro, touring the US with the combined high schools band the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, topped Japanese Extension and, along with her classmates Janice Lo and Mina Ip also topped Japanese Continuers.
Janice also topped in a second subject, Chinese Continuers. A sixth student from the selective government girls' school, Sophie Williams, came equal first in Visual Arts.
The top performers in the non-government sector were Pymble Ladies College and Sydney Grammar School with both scoring firsts in four subjects.
Yet there were plenty of success stories to be found at yesterday's awards ceremony which were far removed from Sydney's clutch of established prestigious state and private schools.
"I beat the boys," Miriam Gutnick beamed, clutching her certificates for first in Classical Hebrew Continuers and Classical Hebrew Extension.
The Yeshiva College student admitted that that there had been many distractions in her final year of school, not least the family feud which threatened the future of her school.
Her uncle, Joseph Gutnick, called in his debts and sold Yeshiva's Flood Street campus earlier this year.
Miriam's father, Rabbi Moshe Gutnick, said he still remained on speaking terms with his brother.
"The point is that through all the upheaval, the staff was extraordinarily dedicated to make sure the kids did a fantastic job," he said.
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With her new movie "American Reunion" set to hit theaters on April 6th, Katrina Bowden amped up promotions by landing the cover of the May 2012 issue of FHM.
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DOD and GSA Announce Transition of Paging Services to SkyTel
September 23, 1998
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WASHINGTON, DC - Today the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and Department of Defense (DOD) announced that SkyTel will be the new provider of paging services for Defense Telecommunications Service - Washington (DTS-W).
The paging services contract - part of the Federal Wireless Telecommunications Services (FWTS) contract held by GTE Government Systems - provides DTS-W with nationwide paging coverage, highly competitive prices, and the latest one-way, two-way, numeric, and alphanumeric pagers the industry has to offer. In addition, DTS-W customers gain the advantage of the outstanding reliability of SkyTel's redundant satellite systems. Last spring when a faulty satelite spun out of orbit, SkyTel's networks continued to operate.
"GSA is delighted to be expanding our partnership with DOD to include these services," said Federal Telecommunications Service Commissioner Dennis Fischer. "This partnership shows GSA's commitment to our Federal telecommunications customers by providing consistent, quality paging service at the best value."


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Going strong: LEAD 2013
by Bianca Flowers
High school students from across the U.S. made their presence known at the College of Business. For three weeks, high-achieving minority students got the opportunity to experience exciting college-level business curriculum while interacting with prominent business leaders, executives, and notable professors who shared their insights about the multifaceted world of business.
The Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program was founded to expose prospective underrepresented college students to business careers. Since 2004, the College of Business has sponsored the selective, Philadelphia-based program. Its unique blend of classroom lecture, case studies, and small-group interaction allows students to practice business simulation by producing their own proposals and solutions.
Ashley Tucker, a student advisor for LEAD and recent College of Business graduate, says the variety of courses exposes students to a wide array of career choices. "Students take classes on economics, accounting, finance, and even networking—things that we (student advisors) weren't taught until we got here. They're equipping themselves with these principles before entering college."
Brendan Busch, a rising senior from Orange County, Calif., says a personal branding class got his eyes fixed on marketing: "I didn't know how interested I was in marketing until I took this class. Learning about the significance of branding yourself as a college student is important."
This year, 28 students dove into the corporate stratosphere, visiting successful startups and giving presentations in front of high-caliber corporations such as Google.
"Visiting these companies debunked the stereotypes I had. I expected to see everyone in a cubicle looking serious, but every company had its own uniqueness and was more laid-back than I thought," remarks Busch.
Ellis Crawford, a junior from Brooklyn, New York, says what he'll cherish most about LEAD are the friendships and working with students from diverse backgrounds.
"We bonded because of the classes that we've taken together, hanging out in the dorms, and exploring campus," Crawford says. "At the beginning, we figured out each other's personalities. It was cool to find out what types of leaders we were, and what leadership skills each of us is able to bring."
Ivelisa Rivera, a senior from Chicago who had her sights set on a legal profession, says that their downtown visit to an ice cream shop gave her a change of heart. "We took a class on entrepreneurship. When we visited Jackie Johnson's ice cream shop, the owner told us her story about starting small, then expanding. She inspired me to become an entrepreneur and start my own business."
The LEAD program concludes with a case competition in which the students have chance to impress and put the business skills they've acquired to the test. The competition is the capstone for the entire program. "Having the opportunity to give presentations in front of deans and corporations challenges students to confidently present in a setting such as this. It also jumpstarts the skills for the future as far as being able to talk to people who are older," says Tucker.
While some students aren't intending to go the business route upon entering college, the LEAD program is sure to provide fundamentals of business that will be transferable to whatever career path they choose.


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Frostrup fronts NLT campaign
Presenter Mariella Frostrup is the voice of a new fundraising campaign from the National Literacy Trust.
Frostrup narrates a film telling the story of eight-year-old Mia, whose family are illiterate but who learns to read through the help of NLT. The film for Mia's Campaign can be seen at www.literacytrust.org.uk.
Mia's Campaign asks members of the public to donate to help disadvantaged children and young people. The NTL currently works with 38,000 children each year, providing books, storytelling events, workshops and one-to-one support.
NLT director Jonathan Douglas said: "We know that if you can read, you can succeed. We want the public to help us give more children like Mia a route out of poverty...At this time of unprecedented economic hardship, our charity's work has never been so necessary."
The campaign is being launched to celebrate NLT's 20th anniversary. Further activities will include a Where's Wally? fun run, to be held in March.
Authors Antony Beevor, Malorie Blackman, Lauren Child, Cressida Cowell, Charlie Higson, Anthony Horowitz, Ruth Rendell, Axel Scheffler and Joanna Trollope are also involved as ambassadors for the charity in its 20th anniversary year.


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Multan, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 2, 2008
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday demanded a civilian nuclear agreement with the United States after Washington signed a similar deal with arch-rival India.
The US Senate late Wednesday endorsed a landmark US-India nuclear pact, removing the final legislative hurdle for resumption of civilian nuclear trade between the two countries after three decades.
Pakistan, the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic nation, is a key US ally in the "war on terror" but it remains at the centre of global concerns over an international black market run by its top atomic scientist.
"You do not need to be worried, this is a step forward. Pakistan now will have the right to a similar civilian nuclear deal that India has gotten from the United States," Gilani told reporters in the central city of Multan.
"We do not want discrimination. Pakistan will make efforts for civilian nuclear technology and they (United States) will have to accommodate us," he added.
Pakistan has been locked in hostilities with India for more than six decades and the two countries carried out tit-for-tat nuclear detonations in 1998.
They launched a peace process in 2004, but the Indian nuclear deal has been a source of annoyance to Islamabad since US President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh first agreed to the deal in 2005.
Pakistan has an "energy security plan" envisaging an increase in nuclear power generation from the current 425 megawatts to 8,800 megawatts by 2030 to meet its growing energy demands.
Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme has been under the spotlight since a 2004 confession by Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of its nuclear programme, that he sold atomic secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea.
Khan was pardoned by former president Pervez Musharraf in 2004 but has been kept at his Islamabad villa ever since, guarded by troops and intelligence agents.
Pakistan has rejected international demands for access to Khan.
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Watch Kim Kardashian Cook a Surprise Soul Food Feast for Kanye West
Kim Kardashian cooked up a storm in her kitchen on Thursday, as documented in this new video posted on Keek.
"Hi Keekers, I'm making my famous soul food meal, for my babe," the pregnant star explains in the video, referring to beau Kanye West.
According to Kardashian, the surprise feast includes fried chicken, sweet potato soufflé, green beans and mac and cheese.
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By Doug HumeDoes the faith community fall short of the ideals established by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.?There is no question that our nation is currently deeply divided about a great many issues. In our effort to enshrine him, some may have lost sight that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. too addressed a nation that was divided. With all the media focus on the fiftieth anniversary of the Kennedy assassination this past fall, the fiftieth anniversary of another great national tragedy … [Read more...]
Paul's Call to Unity and Dr. King's Legacy (1 Corinthians 1:10-17)
Hearing Job: Vindicating the Traumatized (Job 19:23-27a)
By David G. Garber, Jr.The mother of 6-year-old Noah Pozner, who was killed almost a year ago in the Sandy Hook School shooting, talks about coping with that trauma.The plight of Job is one of the most familiar stories from the Hebrew Bible. Many of us know Job's suffering and the tortuous advice of Job's "comforters." The experience of suffering is universal. In the midst of our suffering, we seek to understand, to process, to comprehend. For individuals of faith, events of radical s … [Read more...]
I John 3:16-24: The Love of God and the Needs of our Neighbors
By Eric D. BarretoThe presidential election season is in full bloom. Political sniping will soon reach a new apex. As the months go by, we will grow weary of the coarse political discourse and will breathe a sigh of relief on November 5th.And yet, the political season is an opportune time to turn to the texts of our faith and be reminded of the values that we hold most dear. This is an opportune time to remember that politics--though vitally important--are only one sliver of our ever … [Read more...]
Mark 9:2-9: Visions of Jesus on the Mountain
By Barbara Kay LundbladIs there room in our lives for visions we cannot explain? Have we closed our minds to truth that doesn't fit our rational categories? In her book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard shares stories of doctors who performed early cataract surgery in Europe. When a doctor removed bandages from one girl's eyes, she saw "the tree with the lights in it." Those words sent Dillard on her own journey. "It was for this tree I searched through the peach orchards of summer, in … [Read more...]
Mark 1:1-8: God Barges Into Our Lives
By Michael Joseph BrownBeginnings can be abrupt. Our minds tend to search, often in vain, for the cause or the reason for a movement when, in truth, movements are frequently more the product of a confluence of causes or reasons rather than attributable to just one. … [Read more...]


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GENBOX-L ArchivesArchiver > GENBOX > 2006-04 > 1146339001
From: "Peggy Baldwin" <>
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Searching and Grouping
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:30:01 -0700
References: <email@example.com>
I understand your frustration. I have left TMG myself and I don't plan to
go back. But, with that said I have been several bolts from GenBox, some
dramatic and some quietly. Don't let anyone tell you GenBox is intuitive.
It's intuitive to those who think like the developer. It's not to those of
who don't. There is a print manual, but it is laid out like programmers tend
to think -- menu item by menu item. I understand that there is some thought
of producing tutorials. Wouldn't that be great! Especially for those of
us who like to solve our confusion on our own. In the meantime, this
group is the best place to get your questions answered. There are some
very knowledgeable, patient people here. If what you are looking for
is an intuitive interface, I think GenBox is easier to use than TMG.
I think GenBox is behind in producing help aids, though. I suspect, once
you understand GenBox that it is easier to use than TMG. It has some
features that are better than TMG. I very much more like the sourcing
and it was easier (I didn't say easy, though) to understand than TMG's.
At this point, I would not consider going back to TMG, but the transition
has not been entirely easy. I also like the way places are structured.
There is a manual available on the Genbox download page. Like I said
above, it's menu item by menu item, which quite often does not answer
my questions, but sometimes it's helpful.
I started by working on converting my sources and got help from people
on this list. Then I worked on research targets and projects for a research
trip and got help from the group. Data entry is pretty easy, but I would
agree that the search mechanism is a bit strange. The only way I have been
able to search for place in events is to right click on the place box and
then click
on magnify place to enter the place. That is not particularly user friendly
for it
not to automatically fill like it does in other fields, but once you know
how it
works, it works fine.
We desparately need tutorials!! But, this software is definitely worth the
to learn. Hopefully sometime in the future we will see some tutorials and
then I
expect the number of people using this software to grow like crazy. At this
point, most people I talk to have never heard of GenBox and I really do
think that
the lack of tutorials is what is holding it back.
Good luck, and my hope is that you will stick with it.
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Subject: [GENBOX] Searching and Grouping
>I find Genbox a program in many ways that might meet my needs, but some
>things are just
> not at all intuitive to me. There appears to be no place I can go to find
> out how to do
> something---except via a query here. No manual, no user's guide, no web
> sites. The Help file
> is anything but helpful.
> For example, the Search function leaves me totally bewildered. What are
> all those tabs for?
> What do I put into the blank spaces? Can someone explain them to me? I
> don't understand
> what is meant by "Match" for several individuals as it is used here. How
> would I go about
> making a grouping of an individual and his/her descendants (perhaps 150
> people out of
> several thousand in my database) from which I could create a report or
> transfer to a new,
> separate database?
> A saddened exile from the abandoned land of UFT, a reluctant and sometimes
> citizen of the
> kingdom of TMG, a wandering and ancient searcher looking for a new
> home----I want a very
> sophisticated program with a simple, easy, and understandable user
> interface. Is it too much
> to ask?
> Ed
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The release of NBN Co's business plan – in edited form –has failed to reveal the threat to
The 160-page version of the business plan states that the final procedure for migrating customers off Telstra's copper network and onto the NBN is still incomplete.
"In our view, the migration process will have a significant impact on customer churn," wrote Bradley Clibborn at Credit Suisse in a note to clients yesterday. "Any migration model that provides the customer with an opportunity to churn away will significantly impair industry margins during the 9.5-year migration phase."
Mr Clibborn also warned that any savings provided by the NBN Co's wholesale prices, versus those of Telstra, were likely to be passed onto consumers, meaning industry margins would not necessarily benefit.
Telstra shares edged 2¢ higher to $2.77 as other experts said it was difficult to assess the full impact of the NBN on Telstra until a draft definitive agreement on its $11 billion deal with NBN Co was announced.
"[The plan] fails to address our assumptions regarding compensation to Telstra per line disconnected and the value of the copper assets. There's also scant detail regarding the implications of the USO [universal service obligation] relief for Telstra," wrote Andrew Anagnostellis of Deutsche Bank.
"We believe the timely finalisation of the draft definitive agreement will be required to instill confidence in investors that Telstra can meet the June 2011 deadline for shareholder approval."
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^an e36 m3 w/3.91 and same tires cruises at 92 in 5th gear @ 4750rpm, i dont think Ken will see 90mph @ 3 grand.
the E36 M3 has a different transmission gearing. can't compare.
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Yeah, the revs will definitely take a hit on the highway in that case. Either way, it's cool that he took the initiative to be the guinea pig on this one.
in his first post he said he is not the first to do this. he's not even the first on this site to do it. but he is the first on this site to do the write-up.
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As Ashley said, I was cruising at 3K RPM at 90 before the swap.
I've yet to find out what I do now.
I will take it on the highway tomorrow. I drove around town tonight, and i managed better than I thought earlier. At 50 mph, I was only at 2000 RPM.
you'll do 14.5% more revs.
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Hello to the Cosplay Community. As you may know, this is a Weight Loss post. A little bit of myself...
I am 18 years old currently, and weigh in approximately 235 lbs. I am 5"5-5"6, and Asian mix. I don't look my weight, trust me. I look like I SHOULD be around 160lbs.
I am planning to cross-play as just a Korean Male Popstar, and in order to do so I have to be 75 lbs less than I am now.
I had had enough of my overweight issues. I WANT to DO something about it, but there's so many things that limit me, and it brings down my motivation bar.
I have no job, no money. I am a recent high school graduate so I am starting my Spring Term on Jan. 22nd. It's a plus for me to go to college since I won't be eating or indulging on 'school grubs' like they served back at the districts. There's a Subways in my college, and I'm not staying in the dorms. [Hope that Freshmen 15 doesn't count for me negatively.]
I have never lost so much weight in so little time, but I want to think BIG on the weight loss.
My main goal: 75lbs from now until 2013 May 31st. [Going to A-kon 2013 in Dallas, TX.]
Current Goal: Getting rid of 35 lbs so I'm not over the 200 range anymore.
...Please help me.
It's not only for the crossplay.
I hate looking at myself in the mirror so much, or not being able to shop for clothes that aren't size 16 jeans or a XXL shirt.
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Browns are ready for Training Camp
(Berea) - The Cleveland Browns will hold their first full squad practice Thursday but training camp has already begun for many players. Number one pick Barkevious Mingo says getting his contract signed lifted a "huge weight off his shoulders" and he is ready to go.
Wr Josh Gordon who has been suspended for the first two games of the season after failing a drug test, says he is sorry about his situation. Gordon will be allowed to practice and play in pre-season games.
QB Brandon Weeden says he feels like a different player from a year ago and is looking forward to winning the starting job and being the leader of the team.
The Browns first full squad practice will be Thursday afternoon at 4pm and is open to the public.