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I know it will be on Versus. But will in be televised in Ames? My wife and I are thinking of coming back for the game to tailgate and celebrate our victory. But we aren't clear if versus is available in Ames. If it isn't, will mediacom be televising?
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Only on Versus, if you do not get it, you will not be able to see the game. I am sure versus is not going to give up the local rights to it. Versus is included in the standard DirectTV package, not sure about cable.
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Versus is just what OLN is called now, so Mediacom already carries it. Should be able to see it no problem.
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What channel is Versus in Ames?
Is Versus on Dish Network?
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Versus is just what OLN is called now, so Mediacom already carries it. Should be able to see it no problem.
Thanks. That is all I needed to know.
I want to say it's either channel 46 or 64 in Ames, but I'm not sure. I dropped down to airwaves over the summer, and haven't gone back just yet.
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Is Versus on Dish Network?
Yes, I have Dish Network and I have Versus. Not sure if it is part of an expanded package though.
If it is in fact OLN, then it is channel 55 in ames on mediacom i'm thinking.
"You can observe a lot by watching" ~Yogi Berra
Channel 55 for Mediacom
I was only off by 9 channels...
I don't see the game on the listing at 608 for direct tv?
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I don't see the game on the listing at 608 for direct tv?
The guide is not reliable past 14 days out. I have never had much luck more than 2 weeks in advance.
For Dish you must have the highest package. I've already emailed them to see if I could upgrade for a week and they said I could, but there is a $5 charge to move back down.
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Amid the eye-catching blooms of springtime daffodils, hyacinths and tulips, some of our indigenous spring flowers tend to get overlooked. Many are classified as "spring ephemerals", in that they grow, flower and set seed in their native forests and woodlands before deciduous trees have leafed out, casting them into deep shade for the rest of the growing season. Perhaps more subtle than Eurasian bulbs, they are certainly no less beautiful.
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Hardy to Zone 3, great white trilliums grow best in part- to full-shade conditions in moist, well-drained soil that is rich in organic matter (a mulch of shredded leaves—which mimics the forest floor—is ideal). When grown from seed, great white trilliums take about seven years to bloom, and don't become fertile for another eight; on the other hand, their average lifespan is at least 30 years.
Because they bloom at the same time, I like to intersperse clumps of Trillium grandiflorum with the purple trillium (T. erectum, Zone 4). In this species, the three green sepals can clearly be seen between the three purple-red petals—with trilliums, everything comes in threes—leaves, petals and sepals—hence the name. They look particularly handsome together when the aging blooms of T. grandiflora begin to turn pink.
As well as Mayapples, I grow trilliums with other native species such as blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides, Zone 3), seen here with its emerging purple-grey stems and leaves, and the unfurling fronds of Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides, Zone 3). In midsummer, the Christmas ferns take over nicely once the trilliums have retreated underground to beat the heat.
Another favourite is Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisæma triphyllum, Zone 3), native from Nova Scotia to Manitoba.
Requiring the same cultural conditions as trilliums (and quite happy in full shade), just a few plants can quickly spread to form a magnificent clump. Seedlings take up to five years to flower, and I have a dozen or more seedlings ready to bloom for the first time. It is seen here under the woody branches of a mature Hydrangea paniculata 'Pink Diamond' together with native ostrich ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris, Zone 3), all of them rising out of a dense carpet of Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense, Zone 2) with its soft, heart-shaped leaves.
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Islamic Research Academy in Egypt says suicide bombers in name of Islam are not martyrs, but rather selling their soul to Satan. Israelis shouldn't be happy, however; Egyptian expert on Islam clarifies, 'those using suicide bombing against enemy, land robber, and occupier of nations, are martyrs'
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Suicide? Not in Islam. The following may be bad timing for the Palestinian factions preparing for battle against the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip and for revenge attacks on the Western world.
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As public awareness of the significance of pollinators is at an all-time high, now is an excellent time to bring the charismatic bumblebees into the mainstream of conservation efforts. There are numerous factors claimed to be threatening this ecologically important group, including severe range declines that are potentially caused by habitat loss and degradation; pathogen spillover, competition and hybridization with non-native commercial bumblebees; pesticides; and climate change. Bumblebee declines have been documented in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. A key priority of the Bumblebee Specialist Group will be to organize a Red List assessment of the global status of bumblebees as well as to promote their conservation. Welcome to Bumblebee SG Chair Dr Paul Williams firstname.lastname@example.com and Deputy Chair Dr Sarina Jepsen firstname.lastname@example.com
The study of birds, bats and flying insects could be transformed by the use of technology designed for tracking storms, researchers say. Meteorologists once treated the signals from flying animals as a nuisance that complicated their measurements. But recent improvements in computing power and networking of radar stations have turned that nuisance signal into a valuable data source on animal ecology. Read more on the BBC website here
The Global Marine Species Assessment, a joint collaboration between IUCN's Species Programme and Conservation International, is working to assess individual marine species for inclusion and publication on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In November 2010, the first Oceania workshop was held in Nadi, Fiji to assess the status of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) both regionally and at the global level. A second workshop was held in January 2011 in Koror, Palau to assess the status of Gobies and Cardinalfishes (Gobiidae and Apogonidae). More info
Dr. Philip McGowan, Director of the World Pheasant Association and member of the IUCN SSC Galliforme Specialist Group, recently contributed an important article to FAO's international journal Animal Genetic Resources which discusses the importance of conserving wild relatives of animals being used for food. This is important given that a greater proportion of wild relatives of livestock species on the IUCN Red List are at risk of extinction. The paper comments on the urgent need to coordinate a response to the loss of biodiversity regarding these wild relatives and discusses intergovernmental activities that could offer the prospect of beginning this process. read the article
Coinciding with the International Year of the Forests, a project to produce a Red List of exploitable trees in the Democratic Republic of Congo was officially launched last week in Kinshasa on the 14th February. The project is supported by His Excellency the Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism. With 145 million hectares of tropical forest representing over two thirds of the remaining forest in the Congo basin, the results of the IUCN Red List assessments will be used as a tool to guide the decision-making process and planning of long term, sustainable management of forest resources. Full story
A glimmer of hope, but much cause for concern. Those are the reactions from teams of scientists from around the world that have returned from an unprecedented search for 100 species of "lost" amphibians — frogs, salamanders, and caecilians that have not been seen in a decade or longer, and may now be extinct. The Search for Lost Frogs, launched in August by Conservation International (CI) and the IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG), with support from Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC), sought to document the survival status and whereabouts of threatened species of amphibians which they had hoped were holding on in a few remote places. Read full story
Three dedicated and renowned bat experts from the SSC Bat SG have been appointed as Honorary Ambassadors to support a joint initiative of the UNEP Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and The Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats (EUROBATS) to celebrate and promote Year of the Bat 2011-2012. Visit the website yearofthebat.org for details of the dynamic outreach activities and projects planned around the globe in this species awareness-raising campaign.
The 22nd issue of the quarterly e-newsletter of the Rhino Resource Center is now available online. The RRC database has reached an historic milestone: there are over ten thousand pdf files on the website of references on rhinos. These files are accessible to all users without charge, and they can be read and used for research and pleasure. There is no other library in the world where so much material on the rhinoceros can be viewed so easily. Access the RRC website
The latest issue of Edentata, the newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Anteater, Sloth and Armadillo Specialist Group, is now available. This issue is entirely dedicated to the 2009/2010 Xenarthra Assessment for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In this issue, you will find fact sheets and updated range maps for all 31 extant xenarthrans, as well as descriptions of their conservation problems and existing conservation measures. Edentata available for download here.
Congratulations to Tapir Specialist Group Chair Pati Medici who has won this year's Durrell Institution for Conservation and Ecology research prize for her conservation action work with Tapirs. This is well-deserved and many congratulations! Visit for the Tapir website for more info on all their Tapir work.
To increase awareness of the enormous variety of life on our planet, and raise the profile of threatened species, we have launched the IUCN Red List 'Amazing Species'. Throughout 2011, a different 'amazing' species will be regularly featured on the IUCN website, with information on the threats it faces and any conservation action being undertaken. The species selected represent the entire range of taxonomic groups and cover all regions. Both charismatic and obscure species will be featured, providing an insight into the astonishing level of biodiversity that exists. Click on Amazing Species
Content from Oxford Journals titles (www.oxfordjournals.org) is currently available online, free of charge. Access is free to articles from a wide range of journals, including Environmental History, Forestry, Journal of Environmental Law, and Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. While it remains unclear when this free access began or how long it will continue, the unexpected opportunity for free access appears to be available worldwide and is not limited to Oxford Open's peer-reviewed open-access periodicals (www.oxfordjournals.org/oxfordopen).
Led by The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (FANC) the objective of the project is to create a reference database for the geographical origin of African elephant ivory and to develop a method for ageing the ivory as part of Germany's contribution to the implementation of the CITES African Elephant Action Plan. Using the isotopic composition of ivory, some 500 ivory samples from African range states will be analyzed and the results combined with the IUCN-SSC African Elephant Specialist Group's vector data. But there are still not enough ivory samples throughout the African elephants range available for the project. The FANC is therefore seeking owners of ivory who would like to support this important research project with small samples for analysis. Please contact Mrs Karin Hornig (email@example.com) or Mrs Claudia Denkl (email@example.com) if you can help. For more info on the project in English and French.
WCPA and SSC have launched a joint task force to address the interface between species and protected area conservation. The task force has two objectives:
• To conduct a meta-study to elucidate which factors increase the probability of protected area success in safeguarding biodiversity, especially of threatened species.
• To facilitate a process to consolidate the global standards and criteria for the identification of sites of biodiversity conservation significance
Click to see The Terms of Reference of the joint taskforce and the summary workplan. If you have substantive contributions to make to either or both of the taskforce's two objectives, visit the Google group here where you can register to join the task force and state what contributions you can make.
IBAT for research and conservation planning is an innovative tool designed to facilitate access by national partners to biodiversity information that can support their research and conservation planning needs. The tool is the result of a ground-breaking conservation partnership among BirdLife International, Conservation International, International Union for Conservation of Nature and United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Click on IBAT for conservation planning to register. There is also an IBAT for business tool designed to facilitate access to accurate and up-to-date biodiversity information to support critical business decisions. Click on IBAT for business for more info.
The 2nd Southeast Asian Bat Conference will take place in Bogor, Java, Indonesia 6th-9th June. Full details
A la demande de nombreux collègues et dans le but de permettre une plus large participation au Deuxième Congrès Méditerranéen d'Herpétologie, Marrakech - Maroc, 23 - 27 mai 2011, la date limite d'envoi des résumés pour le CMH2 a été repoussée au 28 février 2011. Si vous n'avez pas encore soumis votre résumé, vous avez toujours la possibilité de le faire et de participer à cette grande manifestation scientifique. Cliquez ici pour info http://www.ucam.ac.ma/cmh2/acceuil.html
Organised by the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) Click here for details and registration
TRAFFIC: Medicinal Plants Officer, Europe – based in Hungary click here
TRAFFIC: Regional Director, Europe – based in Cambridge, UK click here
UNEP: Deputy Executive Director click here
The "cover star" for this issue of the quarterly magazine of EAZA is a honeybee, marking an article on the new invertebrate exhibits at Plock Zoo. You'll also find reports from the recent Global Freshwater Fish Conservation symposium and the CBSG meeting on intensively managed programmes. The breeding programme spotlight for this issue is on capuchin monkeys, while in situ conservation features newts in Vietnam and the Mediterranean monk seal. There's also news from both the Ape Campaign and the Carnivore Campaign, and a look at the Dutch Zoo Conservation Fund. Download here
Conservation Biology for All provides cutting-edge but basic conservation science to a global readership. A series of authoritative chapters have been written by the top names in conservation biology with the principal aim of disseminating cutting-edge conservation knowledge as widely as possible. Important topics such as balancing conservation and human needs, climate change, conservation planning, designing and analyzing conservation research, ecosystem services, endangered species management, extinctions, fire, habitat loss, and invasive species are covered. Numerous text boxes describing additional relevant material or case studies are also included. Download this authoritative textbook for free
G.J. Measy (ed.) (2011), published by The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) SANBI Biodiversity Series 19, "Ensuring a Future for South Africa's Frogs" constitutes a research strategy for amphibian conservation in South Africa, and has the potential to become a model for other countries and regions of the world. Available for free download from the SANBI website www.sanbi.org.za
Providing a comprehensive, current, and accurate identification guide to the more than 1,000 nearshore and offshore fishes that live in brackish and marine waters from Maine to Texas, Val Kells and Kent Carpenter bring decades of experience to this project. With Kells' detailed, vivid illustrations and Carpenter's deep knowledge of biology, taxonomy, and nomenclature, this book captures the stunning diversity of species along America's eastern shores. Available from Johns Hopkins University Press. Click here for more info
Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in the Eastern Himalaya region is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies. However the ecosystem requirements of biodiversity are often not considered in the development planning process. In response to the need for information on the status and distribution of inland water taxa, the IUCN Species Programme, in collaboration with Zoo Outreach Organisation (ZOO) conducted the Eastern Himalaya Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment, a review of the global conservation status of 1,073 freshwater species belonging to three taxonomic groups – fishes (520 taxa), molluscs (186 taxa), and Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) (367 taxa).
Polar Bear Specialist Group, Copenhagen, Denmark, 29 June–3 July 2009
These proceedings provide an overview of the ongoing research and management activities on polar bears in the circumpolar Arctic. They address more recent concerns of threats arising as a consequence of increased human activities in both the Arctic and in regions far beyond the Arctic. They also provide a more comprehensive assessment of all threats to the status of each polar bear subpopulation.
The list of Red List Assessment workshops and Red List and SIS training workshops scheduled in the coming months is available here.
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World Commission on Protected Areas
WCPA News update
Commission on Education and Communication
CEC Newsletter
Commission on Environmental Law
CEL Newsletter
Commission on Ecosystem Management
CEM News Ecosystem
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CEESP Newsletter
- Sustainable development of the world's large marine ecosystems during climate change : a commemorative volume to advance sustainable development on the occasion of the presentation of the 2010 Göteborg Award (2010) (http://www.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/2010-079.pdf)
- The water lily : a flagship species for local to global conservation (2009) (http://www.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/Rep-2009-018.pdf
- Effects of pelagic longline fishing on seamount ecosystems based on interviews with Pacific island fishers (2010)(http://www.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/2010-086.pdf)
- Utilisation de la Liste Rouge de l'UICN pour le suivi des risques de perte de biodiversité : application aux poissons démersaux exploités d'Afrique du Nord Ouest (2010) (http://www.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/2010-085.pdf)
Click on the IUCN YouTube channel and access a quick update on how you can use it to both enjoy watching IUCN videos and to highlight the ones produced by SSC members. The videos are grouped into several different categories – or 'Playlists' as YouTube calls them. The best videos are also published directly on the video page of the IUCN website Please take a look and let us know if you have any good-quality videos that would fit any of the Playlists.
The monthly e-Bulletin supplements Species, the published newsletter of the Species Programme and the SSC. It aims to keep staff, members and the wider IUCN network up-to-date with Species news and announcements. 2009 issues are available on the Species homepage. Contact us email@example.com
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Catching rheumatoid arthritis early and treating it aggressively to reduce preventable joint damage is the mantra of most researchers and clinicians working in rheumatology.
However, reality has a nasty habit of getting in the way of such worthy aspirations. For one thing, many people with suspected rheumatoid arthritis don't seek medical help quickly enough to take advantage of the three month 'window of opportunity' that is now generally accepted to be the best time to start effective medication. Nor are they always referred on quickly enough from their GP to the rheumatologist.
It is not yet possible to reliably predict which people with early signs of inflammatory arthritis will go on to develop rheumatoid arthritis, as, for some, their early symptoms resolve without the need for treatment. This remains a key challenge for researchers in the field.
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have been considering these thorny issues for several years now, from both the basic science and clinical research perspective.
In particular, Arthritis Research UK professor of rheumatology Chris Buckley and his team have been edging ever-closer to understanding more about the processes that go wrong in early disease. They're doing this by using cutting-edge techniques such as high resolution ultrasound and analysing blood, urine and tissue samples taken from patient volunteers, which will help them to produce more accurate diagnostic and prognostic tests to predict the likely course of a patient's disease, and in particular whether inflammation will persist or resolve.
In parallel, they are also developing ways of reducing delays and speeding up the assessment process so that patients can be "fast-tracked" for treatment.
Research carried out largely by Professor Buckley and Arthritis Research UK clinician scientist and senior lecturer Dr Andrew Filer is concentrating on fibroblasts, a common connective tissue cell.
Working with patients recruited from the Birmingham Early Arthritis Clinic together with Dr Karim Raza, who set up the clinic in 2000, they are studying the mechanisms operating in the earliest clinically apparent phases of joint inflammation.
"There's a different set of processes going on in early disease, and we really need to understand what's going on in the tissue at that early stage," explains Dr Raza.
"From the work we've done we've found that this stage of disease is driven by interactions between the white blood cells of the immune system, and fibroblasts."
Fibroblasts, and their role in regulating the switches involved in whether arthritis resolves or persists, are of interest to the team because treatments such as the current biologic drugs aimed at targeting the body's white blood cells - traditionally thought to be the villains in arthritis – have proven to be limited in their ability to repair damaged tissue. Fibroblasts could offer another targeting option.
Adds Dr Filer: "Using new ultrasound and biopsy methods we're looking directly at fibroblasts from the joints of patients during the earliest stages of disease."
Other important members of the team are career development fellow Dr Dagmar Scheel-Toellner, a basic scientist who with Dr Karim Raza and Dr Filer is investigating the inflammatory cells and the soluble products they produce in rheumatoid arthritis joints in the earliest stages of diseases. Together, with Dr Raza and Professor Buckley, senior lecturer Dr Steven Young is looking at the chemical signature in the blood and urine of patients with very early inflammatory arthritis that either gets better or goes on to develop into rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis Today has previously reported on research by Dr Karim Raza and specialist nurse Kanta Kumar, which identified that the main reason for delay in starting early treatment for rheumatoid arthritis was not the failure of GPs in referring their patients to hospital, but delays in patients visiting their GP in the first place. With NHS funding, Dr Raza is now developing ways in which to reduce these delays nationally, by developing educational targets and information resources aimed at getting people with suspected rheumatoid arthritis to go to their GP earlier than currently.
He acknowledges that there could be a knock-on effect if more people with suspected rheumatoid arthritis seek their GP's advice. "If you start raising awareness you will get people going to their doctor earlier and earlier with more and more undifferentiated symptoms – stiffness, aches and pains - so in parallel with getting people into the system more quickly there have to be more robust strategies to predict the outcomes for people with early arthritis.
That's where using ultrasound comes in. "You can pick up signs of inflammation that you cannot spot clinically," explains Dr Raza. "For example you can confirm that someone has arthritis in their knee, but you can also spot inflammation in other joints which are asymptomatic. If you put that together with blood tests and other clinical tests and it helps make a swift diagnosis - and if you treat people in the early stage you will slow down the rate of progression."
Professor Buckley and his team have an eye to the future. Ultimately they want to prevent rheumatoid arthritis from occurring in the first place.
"Prompt treatment is essential once patients have developed rheumatoid arthritis," he says. "However, ideally you would want to identify individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis and intervene to prevent them developing the condition in the first place. But we need to know which cells to hit as those processes that are important in the very early stages of arthritis may not be the same as those later on. That's where fibroblasts might prove to be interesting new therapeutic targets."
And Dr Raza continues: "We now aim to extend our inflammatory arthritis research cohort to include new individuals and their relatives, who are at risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, so that we can study this phase of disease in more detail."
The Rheumatology Research Group are also involved in a brand new EU-funded translational study to find out how gum disease is implicated in the development and progression of rheumatoid arthritis.
Around 10 per cent of rheumatoid patients are thought to suffer from moderate to severe periodontal gum disease. Clinical lecturer Dr Paola de Pablo and Dr Dagmar Scheel-Toellner are working with colleagues in the School of Dentistry in Birmingham to explore how bad gums might lead to worse arthritis and whether better dental hygiene will improve the symptoms of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Working alongside Professor Buckley is Professor Caroline Gordon, respectfully known in rheumatology circles as the "Queen of lupus". As well as her clinical work – she is an acknowledged expert in the field of pregnancy and inflammatory autoimmune conditions - Professor Gordon runs a number of commercial trials testing new drugs that target lupus, and until recently was the lupus lead on the Arthritis Research UK autoimmume clinical studies group. She is also involved in research, also charity funded, that is looking to develop a quality of life tool to be used in people with lupus that captures their worries and concerns as their disease progresses; an instrument that demonstrates patients' quality of life as well as for measuring disease activity.
In their work on novel predictive approaches and therapeutic strategies, Dr Raza and Dr Filer are working closely with colleagues, endocrinologist Dr Mark Cooper and immunologist Dr David Sansom. Both men are Arthritis Research UK-funded; Dr Cooper to investigate alternatives to steroids, and Dr Sansom in looking at the anti-inflammatory properties of vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis.
Just over the way in the brand new Queen Elizabeth Hospital is the Centre for Translational Inflammation Research and Centre for Healthy Ageing Research, Professor Janet Lord is heading research that looks into what keeps our immune systems healthy in old age. Another academic with a good line in snappy one-liners, Professor Lord subscribes to the adage: "old age should be enjoyed rather than endured." Among her many projects is a study looking at the effects of stress and depression in hip fracture patients, which has shown that old people's stress responses are up to seven times higher than younger people.
Birmingham is a major centre of Arthritis Research UK-funded work, currently in receipt of £1.5 million. The Rheumatology Research Group is based in the school of Immunity and Infection in the College of Medical and Dental Science, and researchers are also active in the MRC Centre for immune Regulation. Team members also now work in the new Centre for Translational Inflammation Research in the brand new Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and run clinics throughout Birmingham. Chris Buckley, Arthritis Research UK Professor since 2002, who has a good line in sound bites, says: "We don't have an institute of rheumatology. We collaborate with minds; not places." He heads a team of academic and clinical rheumatologists, GPs, biological and social scientists and allied health professionals, with the aim of improving clinical outcomes for those with, and at risk of developing, rheumatoid arthritis.
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Grossenbacher Helped Teach Important Lesson
Brian Grossenbacher '90 - August 17 rolled around and after a couple years of planning I was driving to the fly shop to meet a small group of Wabash students for the start of their freshman tutorial. I felt good, I felt strong. As I checked their fishing licenses to make sure that everyone was legal I suddenly felt sick. Not the kind of sick that can make you miss a day of work, but the kind of sick that kicks you in the stomach ... the kind of sick that makes you want to buy a Corvette or a hairpiece or a gym membership.
These kids were born in 1990 - the same year that I graduated from Wabash. Impossible! As I stumbled to my truck, I resented them for their youth - and like Joseph Conrad, I cursed them for it. It seemed like yesterday that I was reporting to football camp, pledging Beta ... how is it that almost 20 years have slipped by?
In photo: Grossenbacher with Professor Hadley. The Grossenbacher family hosted the Tutorial group for a dinner the night of their arrival.


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The Pew Internet & American Life Project has just released the results of the first-ever national, publicly available look at youth and video games.
Teens, Video Games & Civics examines how and why games are played and details the relationship that gaming has to social and civic engagement among teens in the United States.
In gathering their data, Pew conducted phone interviews with 12-17-year olds along with a parent. The results of the 75-page report are a fascinating glimpse into how video games fit into the lives of teens. Major conclusions include:
- Almost all teens play games.
- The most popular games played by teens today span a variety of genres and ratings.
- Gaming is often a social experience for teens.
- Close to half of teens who play online games do so with people they know in their offline lives.
- Teens encounter both pro-social and anti-social behavior while gaming.
- The most popular game genres include games with violent and nonviolent content.
- Parental monitoring of game play varies.
- There are civic dimensions to video game play.
- The quantity of game play is not strongly related to teens' interest or engagement in civic and political activity.
- The characteristics of game play and the contexts in which teens play games are strongly related to teens' interest and engagement in civic and political activities.
- Playing games with others in person was related to civic and political outcomes, but playing with others online was not.
- Civic gaming experiences are more equally distributed than many other civic learning opportunities.
Pew notes that:
Video gaming is pervasive in the lives of American teens… Opportunities for gaming are everywhere… When asked, half of all teens reported playing a video game "yesterday."
While racing, puzzle and sports games were determined to be the most popular, Pew found that two-thirds of American teens enjoyed action and adventure games, which may contain violent elements. A listing of teens' Top 10 most popular games was headed by Guitar Hero, Halo 3 and Madden. Grand Theft Auto was 8th.
Pew also concluded that gaming is a social experience for teens and that parental monitoring varies. Surprisingly, only a small (13%) subset of parents said they believed that games had a harmful effect on their kids:
- 90% of parents say they always or sometimes know what games their children play.
- 72% say they always or sometimes check the ratings before their children are allowed to play a game.
- Parents of teens who play games are generally neutral on the effect of games on their children, with nearly two-thirds believing that games have no impact one way or the other on their offspring.
- 62% of parents of gamers say video games have no effect on their child one way or the other.
- 19% of parents of gamers say video games have a positive influence on their child.
- 13% of parents of gamers say video games have a negative influence on their child.
- 5% of parents of gamers say gaming has some negative influence/some positive influence, but it depends on the game.
Civic engagement was one of the main focal points of the study. Games, however, seemed to have a mostly neutral effect in this area, with much depending on the civic-mindedness of individual gamers:
Neither the frequency of game play nor the amount of time young people spend playing games is significantly related to most of the civic and political outcomes that we examined—following politics, persuading others how to vote, contributing to charities, volunteering, or staying informed about politics and current events. There is little evidence to support the concern that playing video games promotes behaviors or attitudes that undermine civic commitments and behaviors.
At the same time, there is little evidence to support the idea that playing video games, in general, is associated with a vibrant civic or political life. The frequency of gaming was related to only two civic and political outcomes—political interest and protesting—with differences only emerging between the highest and lowest frequency of game play.
If you enjoy commenting on GamePolitics, the odds are that you are more aware of political and civic issues:
Teens who take part in social interaction related to the game, such as commenting on websites or contributing to discussion boards, are more engaged civically and politically.
GP: All in all, this is very positive news for gaming. Pew Internet gets it right when it comes to the pervasiveness and social elements of gaming. Moreover, parental responses show that games are perhaps not regarded as the "murder simulators" some critics would suggest.
Get the full text of Teens, Video Games & Civics here…


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This morning, I began working on reading through some new material on information literacy that relates to an article I'm preparing to write. As I perused the research, I realized I promised a student I would send him an article that we discussed in a conference last week. I put on my researcher cap, and went to work. Twenty minutes later, I came to realize that perhaps there is at least one other reason students turn to the Internet rather than scholarly databases for their research–utter frustration.
The search seemed easy enough. I already knew exactly what article I needed to accomplish this quick (5 minutes, max) task. I logged into my My.GeorgiaSouthern account. This first step provides one-click access to the library databases without the need to enter an additional password. The link (listed as "Galileo" in my account) takes us directly to the library main search page in the Galileo database. Since the school instituted the "Discovery" database, it now takes us to this page.
I typed in the title of the article I wanted. I used quotation marks to narrow down the search to this specific article. I know what I'm doing.
Discover brings me no results. I know the article is available through our library. I retrieved this article only two weeks ago. Discover is designed to be the Google of our library database, and it searches the databases as well as the online library catalog. Yet, it's not working. I've had plenty of problems with Discover in the past when looking for specific titles, so I navigate to the library website and choose to enter Academic Search Premiere. Now, as I mentioned earlier, the additional step of logging in to my My.GeorgiaSouthern account eliminates the need for the Galileo password. However, that appears to be untrue now that we've switched to Discover. My two clicks (one to select Academic Search Premiere, and one to select "Go") lead me here.
If you can't read the red print, it's telling me I must have the Galileo password to even access the database. The Galileo password (for one reason or another that I've never understood) is not connected in any way to my password for the university. It also changes every so often, so I have to request the password. To receive the password, I have to follow the "forgot your password" button, provide my university ID, last name and PIN number for Galileo. Well, I don't remember that PIN number; I haven't used it in over a year. So, I have to request my PIN, log in to my email, retrieve my PIN, return to the request password page and retrieve the current password. Then, I return to this page, provide the password, and NOW I can move forward with my search.
I finally reach the Academic Search Complete database. (We're now 15 minutes into the search.) Again, I type in the title of the article–and I do this in the advanced search feature so I can tell the database this is the title. I push search and wait for my one result to appear on the screen.
Well, we're not that lucky yet. I follow the link to "Linked Full Text" where I retrieved the article two weeks ago.
The system is working against me. Now, I can see the article exists behind our library firewall, but the link doesn't work. It's 11am on a Saturday; the Help Desk won't reopen until Monday. I know (from my experience with this specific journal) that I can locate the journal through Elsevier. So, I navigate back to the library homepage, type the name of the journal into the catalog search, select Elsevier from the list of databases through which I can access this article, and I am met with a brand new screen.
Now, keep in mind I am still logged into my My.GeorgiaSouthern account and Galileo. Now, I must provide my university credentials again? Once inside, I retype the article title, again in quotation marks, receive no results, remove the quotation marks, and finally come to my article. This link works.
I repeated the search–step by step for the screenshots in this post. The results were the same. From start to finish in both cases, the search took nearly 30 minutes. Keep in mind, I knew specifically what I needed. However, a student conducting a similar search would not start with a single article title, but with much broader search–perhaps for "information literacy." On the chance that this article and it's corresponding abstract appears in their search results, what chances do we run that they will not go through this amount of frustration for an article they are unsure will truly be useful to their research? I spent nearly 30 minutes trying to track down a single article. To think of my own overachiever undergraduate self, I cannot be certain I would have gone through this hassle then. Students certainly should not be punished for doing academic research from home, but part of this certainly felt like punishment.
Sure, I could have removed a few steps to this–two or three–if I were on campus connected to the university system which overrides the need for some passwords, but conducting research often happens when we have the time for this task. I don't know that undergraduate me would have stopped searching here, gotten in my car, found parking on campus, and returned to the search in the physical library. Most likely, I would have ignored the article and moved on–or tried tracking this article down via Google. You can do that, but then it requires a $41 purchase for the same access available for free via the library.
I don't want this to come across as an overall excuse for all student Internet research. Rather, I want this reason to linger in our minds. We are working to better the pedagogical approaches to teaching information literacy. We are working to improve students' information seeking skills, and a task like this would be excellent proof of those skills. However, students should not have to encounter obstacles like these just through their library databases. As we reconsider approaches to information literacy, perhaps we should also consider restructuring some of the obstacles present in the library databases.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- A D.C. man was sentenced Friday for stabbing a man following an argument over a $20 debt.
Charles Link, 53, was sentenced to nine years in prison on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon for stabbing a close friend.
Officials say Link and the victim were friends for more than four years and Link would loan the victim small amounts of money.
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In the fall of 2012, Link and the victim got into an argument over the repayment of a $20 loan. Officials say the victim gave Link a food assistance card and told him to buy $40 of food to cover the debt. When Link never used or returned the card, the victim cancelled it so he could get a new one, according to prosecutors.
On the evening of Nov. 13, 2012, officials say the victim was walking near his home when Link and an unidentified man attacked him in an alley off the 500 block of Newton Place NW.
Prosecutors say he was pushed from behind by the unidentified man and fell to the ground. Link joined in the attack and kicked and punched the victim, saying "get me my money." He pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim five times and fled with the unidentified man, according to evidence presented at trial.
Link was found guilty by a jury in October 2013. Following his prison sentence, Link will be placed on three years of supervised release.
Link was convicted in 1993 of second-degree murder while armed for another stabbing in D.C. in which he and another person stabbed a man to death in an alley over a disagreement about moving trash, officials said in a news release.
Link was sentenced to 15 years in prison for that attack.


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NOOKSACK VALLEY — When Nooksack Valley baseball coach Scott Gelwicks accepted the position to take over the Pioneers this season, he knew he wouldn't have an easy task in rebuilding the program.
He understood that there were plenty of challenges to be faced taking over a club that had gone 4-17 overall in 2012 and finished in last place of the Northwest Conference.
So far in 2013, however, Nooksack Valley has looked like a completely different team, sitting at 5-5 overall and in fourth place in the NWC standings.
"If you told me at the beginning of the season that we'd be at .500 after 10 games, I would have told you 'I'll take it,'" Gelwicks said with a laugh. "It's not just that we're 5-5, but I think there have only been two games this season where I thought we didn't compete.


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World Wide Security Grows N.Y., N.J. Footprint With CCTV Security Acquisition
GARDEN CITY, N.Y: World Wide Security has acquired full-service electronic security systems integrator CCTV Security for an undisclosed amount.
The deal, which closed July 17, will bring World Wide's annual revenues to more than $10 million, Newsday reports.
Founded more than 40 years ago, CCTV Security of Long Island City specializes in high-end security solutions, such as perimeter, biometrics, barrier, video surveillance and access control for foreign governments, museums, galleries, parking facilities, offices, hotels and high-rise apartment buildings. The acquisition of CCTV Security allows World Wide Security to expand its footprint in New York City, Long Island, New Jersey and Westchester County.
"We chose CCTV Security because of their strong CCTV and access control presence in New York City, an area where we wanted to concentrate on," World Wide Security President and CEO Kenneth Mara says. "Their client base is comprised of blue-chip corporations that will now be able to purchase additional security services that were not available through CCTV Security such as intrusion detection, fire and smoke alarm systems and monitoring."


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Alaskan upbringing
The Land of the Midnight Sun taught Kettering student Lee Williams to respect nature AND the machines that ensure survival in the wilderness.
There is no road leading to the remote wilderness lodge. No rail line or bus route through the thick spruce forests sprinkled with icy lakes and streams. The only way to bring supplies to the lodge is via floatplanes during the spring and summer months, and by snowmobile across the frozen lake in the winter.
The nearest neighbors are more than 15 miles away through the dense Alaskan wilderness. The nearest road: 40 miles. Sometimes it's not uncommon to encounter an eight-foot grizzly lumbering on the trail. The land is a living paradox of beauty and mystery, unrelenting to those who are weak and vulnerable.
Kettering Mechanical Engineering Sophomore Lee A. Williams understands this paradox better than anyone else. He was born and raised in Alaska, and more than 10 years ago his family-mother, father, a retired career military man, twin brothers and older sister-moved to a wilderness lodge and opened it for guests. It's located about 40 miles north of Anchorage. His high school education consisted primarily of home schooling through the state's Alyeska Central School, Alaska's state-run correspondence program.
"During the summers I spent much of my time guiding guests from around the world for fly fishing and searching for trout and salmon in the mountain streams around my home," he explained. "In the winter, I divided my time between school and hauling freight and supplies overland by snowmobile the 40 miles from the road system to our lodge. And I've come across grizzlies several times a year-they're shy creatures, unless you accidentally come upon them and spook them, or if they are already on their food," he added nonchalantly.
This kind of life seems like the dream of most young boys who grow up around the woods and wilderness, except for the bear issue. Living in the wilderness has taught Williams respect of those mechanisms he and his family, as well as lodge guests, must depend on to survive in this environment, such as snowmobiles, the generators that provide electricity to the lodge and the outbuildings, and other devices. This is why his love of the Alaskan wilderness goes well beyond childhood dreams and memories.
Because his home is so far from neighbors and civilization, his family must also rely on cellular phones with power boosters to receive signals, which makes dial-up Internet connections very slow and cumbersome. These issues, combined with Alaska's natural wonders, give Williams a strong respect for the tools used in city life each day without worry.
"Where I come from, if something breaks down, we can't ship it off to have it fixed, or go into town to have someone look at it," he said. "We need to do it ourselves if we want it to work as soon as possible."
When it came time to check on colleges to attend, he considered schools located in Michigan. His mother hails from the Grand Rapids area and Williams thought attending school in a state where he has family would be helpful, since he would be so far from home.
Once he started reviewing websites of schools, he also checked into the Society of Automotive Engineers college racing teams through publications like "Road & Track." This is when he came across Kettering University and was immediately impressed by the engineering programs and professional cooperative education opportunities available.
He applied to both Lawrence Tech and Kettering, and received acceptance to each, but decided professional cooperative education would suit him best, since he is a student who likes to see theories put to use in the real world and have the opportunity to earn an income to support his college career.
Today, he co-ops at Polaris Industries in Spirit Lake, Iowa, a maker of off-road quad runners. "Kettering has been really fun and I'm glad I chose this as my college," he said. He expects to graduate in 2009 and would like to obtain an engineering position at Polaris. One day he might consider returning to his home state and inquire about an engineering position on the state natural gas pipeline project, which will begin soon.
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With all this news of hackers compromising the passwords of 250,000 Twitter users earlier this month (not to mention the hilarious Burger King Twitter fiasco) and the more recent hacking attempts on Facebook, data security on social networks is tanning itself in the warm glow of the media spotlight. The people at WISeID, a data security app, have wisely taken the opportunity to introduce their encryption technology for Twitter, G+, and SMS.
With their online app, communication over social media can be kept out of the claws of advertisers and hackers alike. You simply type in your message, apply a password, and voila, encrypted communication. De-encryption is just as easy. You can even encrypt the encrypted message with another password for a total super-spy experience. Try it out for yourself here, Mr. Bond.
WISeID's separate data security app (with face recognition and centralized password storage) is also available for both for iOS and Android.
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Scottie, all you need to do now is replace that white helmet.
When my feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders and says, "Oh, *****, she's awake!"
Visit my blog.
Hello, I'm Marc. These are my bikes. If you see me scooting around say "hi!".
1985 Schwinn World Tourist convert
1996 Schwinn Moab.3
1987 Haro Master (I've had this since Dec. 1987)
Yeah, with bikes I'm drawn to red for some reason.
Hi - new to the group, live in Marin.
Here are my two bikes - an 07 Bianchi C2C 928 (Ultegra, with a few mods):
And a 93 Bianchi Project-3 (new shifters, brake levers, cables, Shimano A530 pedals recently):
The Project-3 was an early 29er, advertised as "Cross-Terrain" and came with Maxxis 700x45c knobbies; I recently switched to 28c touring tires for a change of pace.
Looking forward to joining you all on a ride!
- Steve
07 Bianchi C2C 928
93 Bianchi Project-3
Welcome, all you fellas. Nice bikes!
My first road bike and project. c.1972 Mercier. Needs a bit of work in terms of aesthetics, but the little stuff I've done (rub out the rust, new handlebar tape, etc.,) is bringing out this bike's beauty.
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Hi, I've recently located to bay area, brought over 2 of my 3 Bromptons, this photo shows my 3 Bromptons, parked on pier, in Morecambe, Lancashire, England
Welcome Nigel. Oh boy, you just missed the Folderfest ride (or did you?).
You'll fit right it.
Nigel, I'm curious: why 3? Not that there's anything wrong with it, but it just struck me...
My five-month old Specialized Sirrus, just after its first ride from San Francisco to Tiburon (and before it hurled on its first ferry ride).
Not sure if we ever posted a pic of our tandem on this thread.
After sitting for ever boxed up in random places all over my house; I finally dusted off the old ZX3 PF group buy frame and had it built up. I'm still working on the fitting and possibly have some tweaking to do here and there ... but she rides better than i expected
Photos are off my beater phone… so picture quality sucks big time but oh well
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I've kept my M6 in UK, to be used if I ever visit, and brought my two newer Bromptons. I used my S6R-X at the Folderfest 2 weekends ago, and my M2L-X at the Tour'de'Fat last weekend.
I am looking for a big-wheel folder, but only once I move into a house, currently in a rented room with my bike collection in a closet.
She's done... for now.
Pedal Force made the changes to my order , they shipped me a nude fork and even though Fulcrum and PF both were out of stock in my wheels PF kept on top of the wheelset issue and had Fulcrum direct ship me some F5s when they had replenished their stock.
As for riding I've only been able do some on Sunday... where I just ended up shooting through the GG park , Up & down 47th Ave to Sutro heights and a few other smaller hills in the Outer Richmond District.
Today I road the bike to work … So far she seems to be able to handle SF's wet and crap-tastic roads pretty well. The frame seems to be very stiff and absorbs the impact of small pot holes and other typical SF road imperfection really well.
I think Bostic may give you better feed back oh PF frames than I can since it looks like he has one or two PF frames in his bike stable… not really sure.
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Things to see and do - Sinalunga
Leaving for Italy
Where to sleep?
Sinalunga Hotel tips
Relais la Leopoldina from160 €Book
Albergo La Foresteria from60 €Book
Hotel Santorotto from46 €Book
Sinalunga Travel guide
Sinalunga : Michelin's recommendations
The ancient town of Sinalunga, overlooking the Chiana valley, developed on the plain after drainage work enabled malaria to be eradicated from what was once an unhealthy area. The old town huddles around Piazza Garibaldi, which is framed by three churches, including the 16C collegiate church of San Martino, built on the site of a former fortress. The Medici coat of arms on the Palazzio Pretorio bears witness to the influence of this family in the town.
Hotels Sinalunga
Albergo La Foresteria
Via Boscolungo 193 I - 53048 Bettolle
Set in an 18th-century converted farmhouse, La Foresteria is located 15 km from the spa town of Rapolano Terme. The property features pizzeria restaurant with wood-burning oven and free Wi-Fi throughout. Spacious rooms at Albergo La Foresteria come ..
Relais la Leopoldina
Via XXI Aprile 10 Località Bettolle I - 53048 Sinalunga
Set in a panoramic hillside area, Relais La Leopoldina is an 18th-century farm house with brick walls. Renovated in 2008, it offers elegant rooms with free Wi-Fi, an outdoor salt-water pool, and an à la carte restaurant. Overlooking the country side..
Hotel Santorotto
Via Trento 171 I - 53048 Sinalunga
Featuring free WiFi and a restaurant, Hotel Santorotto offers pet-friendly accommodation in Sinalunga. Guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant. Free private parking is available on site. Each room includes a flat-screen TV. Each room is fitted with ..
Restaurants Sinalunga
Walter Redaelli
via XXI Aprile 10 I - 53040 Bettolle
This old 18C farmhouse has exposed brick, ceiling beams and an impressive fireplace. It makes a feast of tasty, Tuscan cuisine elaborated from local ingredients, especially meat. Settle into the comfortable chairs and indulge in the pleasure of dinin..
Davide Canella
località l'Amorosa I - 53048 SINALUNGA
Enjoy regional cuisine and an interesting selection of wines in this elegant restaurant. It is housed in the farm's old stables and adorned with a rustic, brick-vaulted ceiling.


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Tracey, so so very sorry. I've been there and it's definitely not easy. There are a number of good boards here if you need some extra support. (((hugs)))
Thank you everyone! I really appreciate. I emailed Stacy.
ETA: Tracy I am sorry for your loss. I have had been in your shoes 3x before and it's normal to have a wide range of emotions. Prayers to you and your husband.
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Thanks for the huggies code!!!
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Tracey, so sorry for your loss. Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.
Mommy to 2 precious little boys
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Bargain lovin' momma to DS Hollis (2010), married to DH (28) in 2008 :)
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NV Annie's Lane Quelltaler Watervale Sparkling Shiraz
- Type - Sparkling
- Variety - Shiraz
- Winery - Annie's Lane
- Region - Clare Valley
- Price Range - $15 - $30
Sparkling reds such as this Clare Valley wine have a special affinity with Christmas. It has a nose of jammy dark berries, spice and tarry complexity. There's ripe, plump flavour, a creamy texture, soft tannins and a long, smoky aftertaste. (Crown seal; 13.5 per cent alcohol.)
Ageing? No.
Food ideas Roast turkey; Peking duck.
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Leave Them Kids Alone
It was a gorgeous, clear Southern California morning. An easter egg hunt had just commenced. Life was good.
My son wasn't looking for the eggs. He was fascinated by the cat door to our friend's house or maybe he was fascinated by the cat. From where I was standing, I couldn't quite tell what had struck his fancy. Whatever the case, he wasn't looking for eggs like the other kids. And our dear friend, who'd been so lovely to set the whole thing up, didn't want him to miss out on the fun. So he said,
"Hudson! There are no eggs there…come and look over here."
Hudson stayed where he was. And continued to do whatever it was that he was doing.
Intervening gently I said, "Are you interested in the little door, Hudson? Do you see the cat?"
I was trying to show our friend that he had found something of interest to him, it may not be on the agenda, but he was enjoying himself. Everything was okay. I was on it.
Our friend didn't quite get what I was indirectly trying to say and told Hudson once again that there were no eggs by him and that the hunt was over yonder. He even went over to him to steer him in the right direction.
I steeled myself.
Hudson slowly turned around and crumpled. Tears streamed down his face.
He said he wanted to go home. Over and over again. I took this to mean that he wasn't feeling welcome here as he was, that being someone who was looking at a cat door and not for eggs.
I carried him over to a quiet area and acknowledged what he was saying.
"You want to go home Hudson. You were looking at something and weren't ready to look for eggs, is that right?"
Our friend finally understood what happened and apologized to Hudson. Which was so lovely of him to do. Usually people just explain to me how they didn't do anything wrong. Not that it's about right and wrong…
Anyway, Hudson continued to cry for a while. I held him and I went over what happened a couple of more times. "You want to go home….You loved looking at the door. You weren't ready for the hunt…" etc.
Then the crying stopped. He felt understood and the feelings were out of his body. He saw an egg and off he went. He showed it to our friend. No hard feelings!
My point?
There is no need to replace their agenda with ours.
I totally understand that our friend didn't want him to miss out on the experience. On the fun! That he didn't want all of the eggs to be gone. He meant so well. And what he had told Hudson was seemingly so helpful. And yet, it wasn't. It was really a form of controlling him and invalidating his experience. His interests.
Hudson may have wondered why he was being told to do something other than what he was doing.
Why, he may have wondered, was looking for an egg better than looking at a cat?
Good question!
I have to say I was proud that he's someone who knows what his interests are, that he isn't swayed by others and doesn't feel pressure to conform.
If you don't accept me for who I am, I want to go home! Of course he wanted to be there, but he wanted to be accepted for who he was.
Hudson is, as Alfie Kohn might say, "intrinsically" motivated.
The eggs could wait, he'd found something that was fascinating and he was pursuing it!
And if he had missed the egg hunt, we could have hidden some more eggs.
We had the resources and the time.
We all mean so well.And yet we control kids all the time. In the most benign ways. And most kids, I fear, have become immune to it. They're used to being told what to do and when to do it.
I hope Hudson can hold onto himself…as painful as it may be sometimes.
It'll be worth it.
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that day in school, your son would not get check for the box
~plays well with others
why we humans need to feel the need to conform is a basic function, one that, if broken, leads to change.
As a dad-to-be, coming this summer, I've started reading all sorts of literature (and blogs!) on parenting, since "unprepared" would be an understatement for how I feel going in to this.
One thing I'm having a very hard time grasping is the balance between respect for your child and his interests, and teaching an awareness that the world won't necessarily conform to those interests.
In your post, you would have let your son play with the cat door at the expense of missing the easter egg hunt, which I get. The part I don't get is that you would have hid more eggs later. In my mind, his looking at the cat door is a choice he's making instead of hunting eggs. What do you say when he later realizes he HAS missed the hunt? I'm tempted to think, "Sorry, buddy. The hunt is over and everyone is going inside. You can stay out here and play by yourself, or come in with us, but the eggs are gone."
My 3 1/2 yr old daughter is a huge Disney fan and has an annual passport. (I'm sure some would tell me not to let her go, but let's put that aside for a second.)
It was after reading your blog that I stopped asking, "Did you see Minnie Mouse today?" and started asking, "So what did you do today?" Even though I thought I knew the answer. The answers I got were not what I expected at all, but the conversation was a whole lot more engaging for my daughter.
Hi, loved this scenario. Could you give me some advice about dealing with 2 kids. A lot of the unconditional parenting stuff I read seems perfectly do-able with 1 child, but my husband and I really struggle applying it to 2 boys. In a similar scenario to yours one child would always be keeping the other waiting; or conversely one child would always be wanting to move the other along. If there's only 1 of me, how can I let each of them do things at their own pace? Thanks for the article though. Even if I can't always apply these things I appreciate being reminded of the concepts behind the practice so I can try to find ways of working them into our lives.
I mostly agree with the aforementioned "critique" of that scenario. I'm sure each scenario dictates its own response based upon the circumstances. However, there will come a time when children will realize that they will have to "get used to being told what to do and when to do it." This is called life, aka reality. I believe in allowing kids to be kids but some kids are in for a rude awakening when they start high school, college or get a job (if there are any) and their teacher or boss tells them what to do and when to do it.
We need to look further than our proverbial parenting noses! ; )
I really try to do this with my son. We stop and look at things he finds interesting on our walks together. I try to validate his interests instead of insisting on my own. If you think about it, we often do this not just to our kids, but the other people in our lives as well. We just assume that their priorities should match with ours. I have to say that I'm impressed by not just you but your friend as well. He obviously had enough respect for your son that when he recognized his error, he acknowledged it not just to you but to the person he had hurt. What an awesome thing! So many people think that all that is required is to apologize to the parent. But apologizing to a child validates their needs, and teaches them appropriate ways to handle their own mistakes. I really believe that when interacting with children, it's not just our mistakes that count, but how we handle those mistakes. That friend (errors and all) sounds like a gem!
How do you "guide" a child through being teased? I try to hold back sometimes, but it is hard when you see that your child is anxious about it, and also not wanting to go to school…she is about 4 years old…
except* accept* I know it is only grammar, but it really changes the meaning of the sentence.
Good article overall.
I absolutely love this. I commend you for letting Hudson be his own little person and acknowledging that even though hes young, hes still a person with feelings and wants. I have no doubt that this little boy will grow up and feel confident with who he is and in control of his own body/feelings/future.
This is one the things I am finding most difficult to consistently put into practice as a parent. It makes perfect sense, it just permeates everything. I am getting better for sure, but have so far to do.
Thanks so much for this post, and all of your work.
I experienced this *big time* at our town Easter egg hunt this year. It was the first time we'd gone to it, and I wasn't prepared for the number of parents who would make it a competitive sport. My sons got many fewer eggs than the other kids, but they were so proud of them and had done it all on their own. This post has inspired me to do something smaller with friends next year, where we can allow the children to explore and discover at their own pace.


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Project in memory of missing, murdered Indigenous women comes to life
APTN National News
Last year a Metis woman put out a call for families of missing and murdered aboriginal women to make a collection of moccasin vamps.
Now she's seeing that project come to life.
The walking with our sisters exhibit has set up shop in Edmonton and has exceeded expectations.
APTN's Keith Laboucan reports.


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Auto repair service and parts retailer Pep Boys (NYSE:PBY) reported solid second-quarter earnings results. The automotive and aftermarket company registered sales increases as well as a profit boost over its same year-ago quarter.
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Profits Edging Up
Pep Boys' sales increased from $488.9 million in the second quarter last year to $504.9 million this year's quarter. Net income was $10.6 million, or 20 cents per share, compared to $7.7 million, or 15 cents a share last year's quarter. Same store sales were up 1.8%, with a slight decrease in comparable service revenue offset by a slight rise in comparable merchandise sales. While this is the sixth consecutive quarter of improved profitability, it was driven by what the company admits is discipline in ringing profits out of modest sales increases.
Pep Boys and the Competition
Pep Boys has improved its earnings significantly in the last couple of years. Pep Boys' CEO Michael Odell points out that the company earned more money last year than in the last decade combined. The company is opening new service and tire centers, as well as super centers and what are called "super hubs", to bring its services closer to the neighborhoods in which consumers live and work. Yet Pep Boys has lagged behind strong competitor Auto Zone (NYSE:AZO) in most categories.
Is Modest Growth Good Enough?
While Pep Boys grew its sales at a 3.3% rate in the quarter versus last year's quarter, Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) grew its sales 7.2% and Auto Zone increased its revenue by 9.9%. On the fundamental measure of return on invested capital (ROIC), which strips out the use of debt, Auto Zone's ROIC in the last 12 months is 32.6%, Advance Auto's is 23.8%, and O'Reilly Automotive (Nasdaq:ORLY) has a 10.6% ROIC. Pep Boys' ROIC is 4.37%. US Auto Parts Network (Nasdaq:PRTS) has a 1.64 ROIC. Neither the sales growth rates nor the ROIC ratio are decisive in themselves, but they're part of the picture of where Pep Boys is along the competitive landscape of the auto parts retailers. (To learn more, see Spot Quality With ROIC.)
Pep Boys' Prospects
One can make the investment argument that Pep Boys doesn't have to have the blockbuster results that Auto Zone and Advance Auto are ringing up, and that's a point to be noted. Each auto parts retailer has a slightly different business mix and approach, and Pep Boys has clearly turned its fortunes around since the pits of the recession, so that's a plus. The company continues to do better, with an expansion plan that makes sense for its market. It's just that with the recession having provided the helpful demographic shift of owners keeping their cars longer, these should be flush times in the auto repair industry. Pep Boys should and still needs to take greater advantage of that.
The Bottom Line
Pep Boys stock was recently trading at $9.29 per share, which is not far over its book value of $8.84. Its debt to equity ratio, at 0.66, is higher than the industry average of 0.14. Its current P/E is 17.55 and its forward multiple is 12.57. These are not bad numbers, but we'd like to see more robust sales and earnings growth from the company. Until then, Auto Zone and Advance Auto are better stocks to consider.
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John McCain was born on August 29, 1936 in Canal Zone, Panama as John Sidney McCain III. He is an actor and writer, known for Face the Nation (1954), Television's Vietnam (1985) and Why We Fight (2005). He has been married to Cindy Hensley McCain since May 17, 1980. They have four children. He was previously married to Carol Shepp. See full bio »
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Sam Cooper, a new Graduate Assistant in Introductory Sociology, is enthusiastic and well-prepared. He has gone the "extra mile" in having office hours, in meeting students outside of class to discuss their assigned projects, and in preparing materials like study guides and "mock-ups" on projects. He has let students know that they should feel free to call him at home and often calls them to follow-up on questions they have asked him. In the course of one of these conversations, Sam informs one of the female students in the class that he is "available" and, if this student should ever be "interested", she should let him know. The student calls the Department's Undergraduate Advisor and then Department Chair to report "sexual harassment". When called in by the Chair, Sam says that he did not know that there was any problem with this, that he is single and that he is well-intentioned regarding this woman.
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As parents and children prepare for the new school year Bossier police remind everyone they will be enforcing speed limits in school zones.
Starting tomorrow students return to class in Bossier parish.
Police remind drivers to slow down and suggest leaving for work a little earlier in the morning to compensate for possible delays.
Public information officer Mark Natale says, "We want them to be careful and adhere to the speed limits in those activated school zones in the morning time and afternoon time when children are coming and going from school."
The minimum fine for speeding in a school zone is $150 plus court costs.
While it is the law for drivers to stay off their cell phones while driving in a school zone, the city currently hasn't received the signs that must be in place for that law to be enforced.
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