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The start of the school year is hectic in my home. Judging by the conversations in the school supply aisle of Target this week, I'm not alone. But I know lots of working moms (and dads) who are making their work life balance easier this year by outsourcing responsiblities.
Today, in my Miami Herald column, I wrote about this trend. I'm convinced, there will be even more services catering to working parents in the next few years.
There's help for busy moms who can't do it all
Just after breakfast, a van pulls up at the Lopez home in Coral Springs. Thirteen-year-old Emily gets in and heads off to middle school, saving mom, Diana, from delaying her 1 ½-hour commute to her job in Miami. The same shuttle picks Emily up after school and takes her to ballet class. Some afternoons, it picks up her older sister at home and takes her to be tutored in math or takes her home from school if she stays late for a club meeting.
Lopez, an international private banker whose husband works in Miami too, says hiring a transportation service has been the only way she can keep a regular work schedule, be home for dinner and have her children participate in after-school activities. "I believe in the theory that it takes a village to raise a child," Lopez says. "But these days, we're hiring the village."
Working parents today are paying others to do things for our children that our parents did themselves — drive our kids to school, help them with homework, cook for our families and take them to baseball practice. The services are needed because things have changed dramatically for working mothers in the last few decades. For starters, there are simply many more moms in the labor force. The participation rate has skyrocketed to more than 70 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Family economics have change dramatically, too. As the number of women in the workforce swelled, so, too, did their contribution to family income. A record 40 percent of all households with children include mothers who are either the sole or primary source of income for the family, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The share was just 11 percent in 1960. With mothers contributing more, managing a household becomes a simple equation of trading money for time.
It can be an expensive exchange — financially and emotionally — and not everyone can afford it.
"It's a struggle working moms go through," Lopez says. "We ask ourselves, 'Am I passing off something I should be doing myself?' But then, we have to be realistic."
Moms Helping Moms, the northwest Broward County shuttle service used by the Lopez family, gets $ 60 to $ 80 per child per week for roundtrip carpooling within five miles — more for greater distances. Founder Sharron Gay says she launched her business three years ago. As a mom who commuted an hour to work, she saw the need. "Life is too short to feel guilty or overwhelmed. We're here to make your life easier," the website boasts.
Gay's five vans, driven only by moms, shuttle kids to school, activities, orthodontist appointments and sports practices. They even pick up sick children from school and bring them home. Gay says she offers the service moms want — assuring them that the bus won't leave until the child enters the home safely. "We do things the way moms would," she says. Gay says her service is profitable and she has plans to add more vans and new geographic areas by 2014.
Others see opportunity, too. Fueled by demand from working parents, a burgeoning cottage industry handling chores for working parents is flourishing. There are reading specialists who get $ 40 to $ 50 an hour to assist students individually at their homes on reading and writing. There are businesses that will bring dinner to hungry kids waiting for mom and dad to get home from work.
Ryan Sturgis, a partner in Delivery Dudes, says his business picks up meals from local restaurants and delivers them to Broward County homes. It has seven geographic locations (plans to add more) and charges a $ 5 delivery fee.
"We get a lot of moms who call on their way home from work. We tell them we can be there with dinner within 45 minutes."
Some parents turn their world upside down to manage responsibilities before finally accepting that they can't do it all. Eventually, they discover outsourcing a necessary expense to keep their jobs, reduce stress or get ahead in the workplace.
Miami mother Gabrielle D'Alemberte, makes a priority of the things she feels a mother should do, such as attending school functions and tucking her daughter into bed. But the single mom says she couldn't continue to work as a trial attorney if she didn't outsource some tasks at work and home. She has hired someone to pick her daughter up from the bus stop and take her to ballet lessons. In the past, she has hired a company to deliver meals to her home and she's employed someone to go over her daughter's homework and review for tests.
D'Alemberte specializes in litigation against large international resorts and often travels for work.
"I could not have had the job and profession I've chosen without the help I have gotten in bringing up my wonderful 13 year old," she says. "Knowing I can't do it all makes it easier to hire people to help."
In a twist on outsourcing, working parents also are automating. Whitney Zimet, who ran a community coupon site for five years, hired math and Spanish tutors for her two kids. She even searched for a service to pack healthy lunch box meals. But Zimet turns to technology for relief from some tasks — using Amazon to get home delivery of required reading materials, ongoing school supplies and birthday gifts. She uses auto-delivery for kids' vitamins and household products. .
It used to be a real point of pride for women who stayed home to take care of every aspect of their families' lives, she says. Now women are in the workforce, used to thinking practically and doling out tasks to solve problems, and scrutinizing the value of an expense, she says. "Most of us are aware of what needs Mom's attention, but we're also looking at what can make our life easier."

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Flight delays in the United States linked to the furlough of thousands of air traffic controllers have not been as bad as expected so far, the head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday.
FAA Administrator Michael Huerta told lawmakers the agency could not find the kind of "sizeable" non-payroll budget cuts that would have avoided furloughs and the resulting flight delays, but added that passenger safety is not at risk.
"We are focused on maintaining our core operational and safety responsibilities," Huerta told a House appropriations subcommittee hearing on the agency's 2014 budget request. "We will not do anything to compromise safety."
The FAA has said will furlough 47,000 employees for up to 11 days through the end of the fiscal year in September as part of its plan to meet $637 million in required spending cuts. Nearly 13,000 of those employees are air traffic controllers.
Bipartisan legislation was introduced in the Senate on Wednesday to provide the U.S. Department of Transport, which administers the FAA, the flexibility to transfer funds between accounts in order to abate air traffic controller furloughs. The immediate prospects for the bill were unclear.
Mike Quigley, a Democrat from Illinois, asked Huerta why the agency did not manage furloughs to maintain higher staffing levels at major hubs versus regional airports.
"We concluded we couldn't be in the business of picking winners and losers between particular hubs, particular facilities," Huerta said, adding that conducting the furloughs unequally would still result in significant delays while being unfair to employees.
Among major hubs, Huerta said Chicago's O'Hare International Airport had not seen "significant impacts" this week, and that delays at Atlanta's Hartsfield International have not been as bad as models might have predicted. The busy summer travel season is still a wildcard, he added.
Ed Pastor, the ranking Democrat on the panel, pressed Huerta on how aggressively the agency had tried to adapt to its budget cuts. The FAA has authority to move 2% of its operational budget without congressional approval.
"We have taken full advantage of the flexibilities we have" in terms of budget, but "we simply couldn't not get to" the $637 million in cuts required under sequestration for fiscal 2013 without idling staff, Huerta said.
Huerta was also quizzed about whether the FAA had asked for flexibility within its overall budget to preserve funds for air traffic operations as well as on why the agency was still paying overtime to employees.
"We have dramatically reduced all scheduled overtime and are preserving overtime to deal with emergency situations," he said.
The FAA has had a hiring freeze since the start of the year, has canceled contracts with many contract and temporary employees and has cut back on staff travel, training, IT expenses and other costs, Huerta said.
"We have had big savings ... we simply could not get to the number," he said, noting repeatedly that 70% of FAA's operations budget is for salaries.
Air travellers in the United States have experienced delays at some airports this week as the furloughs of air traffic controllers got under way.
The delays have been spotty. Early on Wednesday, Los Angeles International airport was experiencing 45-minute delays on some arriving planes that the FAA attributed to staffing, but other airports were mostly operating normally, according to the FAA.
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Newtown parents push Silicon Valley leaders for tech to curb gun violence
SAN FRANCISCO -- Three months after their children were slaughtered, parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School students joined forces with Silicon Valley to find high-tech solutions to the nation's epidemic of gun violence.
The parents have already testified to Connecticut's legislature and to Congress in favor of stricter gun-control laws -- including the federal assault-weapons ban that the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved Thursday on a party-line vote. But this week, the Newtown parents flew across the country to begin exploring how the valley's technology can cut the number of people killed in America by guns.
If the guns that Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza took from his mother employed a "smartgun" technology that allowed only the owner to fire them, 20 children and six educators might still be alive today, valley investors say.
Among the Newtown parents who came to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Thursday were Mark and Jackie Barden. They talked about how their son, 7-year-old Daniel, would have seen the promise of saving lives with technology.
"He would look into his heart and try to fix things," Mark Barden said. "And I can't tell you how much it touches us that you are looking into your hearts, taking your time and talents and devoting yourselves to fixing this."
The new partnership between the tech community and Sandy Hook Promise -- a nonprofit supporting families affected by the massacre and working to make the nation safer from such acts -- involves a pledge from about 30 venture capitalists and angel investors to support companies developing technology that can help curb gun violence.
"If the tech community can create awesome companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter, we can certainly turn our attention to innovating around safety," said Ron Conway, special adviser to the San Francisco-based SV Angel investment firm and now founder of the Sandy Hook Promise Innovation Initiative.
"I'm hoping a year from now that the tech community has invested $15 million in brand-new startups that are innovating in gun violence reduction, mental health and school safety," he said.
Other prominent investors taking part in the initiative include Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla; Zack Bogue, husband of Yahoo President and CEO Marissa Mayer; and David Sze, an early investor in and director of companies such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
Some money might go to firms developing the smart-gun technology -- firearms that won't work without their rightful owner's biometrics, such as a finger- or palm-print, or perhaps a radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip in the owner's ring or wristband -- said Jim Pitkow, chairman of the newly formed Technology Committee to Reduce Gun Violence, which will identify and vet ideas worthy of support.
Other areas might include improvement in background-check processing; school-safety tools, such as emergency response systems that don't rely on a centralized public-address system for communications; mental health applications; and data analysis to make best use of police resources.
The initiative will also offer a prize for the most promising new ideas not yet in development.
Conway said the effort took root in his own San Francisco home when former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., who was gravely wounded in a 2011 mass shooting that claimed six lives, happened to be among the guests at his holiday party on Dec. 14 -- the same day as the Newtown massacre. The stunned discussion that ensued that night "gave the tech community resolve that we were not going to be bystanders," he said.
Nicole Hockley said her son, Dylan, would have celebrated his seventh birthday last Friday, said the Newtown parents had met privately earlier with Bay Area parents who also lost children to gun violence.
"The look of pain in their eyes has become all too familiar to me. It's the same pain I see in the families who lost loved ones on 12/14, and the same pain I now see when I look in the mirror," she said, her voice trembling. "This is a club in which no one would ever choose to be a member.
"We can feel the thirst for change and the need to do things differently," Hockley said, adding that the tech and investment effort "gives me hope at a time when hope is most needed."
Among the Bay Area residents with whom the Newtown parents met was Mallie Latham, whose 20-year-old daughter, Shanika, was shot to death last August just two blocks from his East Oakland home. Latham said it "was very powerful, an immediate connection" that defied any differences of urban versus suburban or black versus white.
"We had the commonality of loss ... and it ended up being very healing," he said, adding that he's glad to see the tech community rallying around the issue. "It's not an individual problem -- this is communitywide, nationwide."


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Police say evidence shows an ex-con acted alone in gunning down Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen.
Beverly Hills Police Chief David Snowden tells The Associated Press that Harold Martin Smith, a 43-year-old career criminal, was the person who shot Chasen last November as she attempted to make a turn at an intersection.
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Necks will be snapped and the pit will be packed for the annual 'This Is Hardcore Fest.' This year's four-day extravaganza will be held at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia from July 24-27.
Dozens of metal and hardcore bands will be descending on the city of brotherly love, and you can get your tickets beginning April 11 at this location.
Topping the bill are Killswitch Engage and Converge. Among the numerous other acts playing the event are Madball, Unearth, Crowbar, B'Last, Ringworm, Noisem and Nails.
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Prior to the 'This Is Hardcore Fest,' Killswitch Engage have a tour lined up in support of their latest album 'Disarm the Descent.' Battlecross will support them on all dates, while Into Another, Trivium, Nothing More and My Ticket Home will join them on select shows.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Andy Pettitte went with his heart and headed back to the hill.
A year after the star left-hander said he didn't have the desire to keep pitching, Pettitte ended his brief retirement and announced Friday he was returning to the New York Yankees.
Three months shy of his 40th birthday, Pettitte signed a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. If his comeback is successful and he's added to the major league roster, he would get a $2.5 million, one-year contract.
"My desire to work is back," Pettitte said on a conference call. "The commitment level wasn't there last year. I don't know if it was because I had a year off, just my desire to work was back. This is where I'm at right now."
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said there are no incentives in the deal and that Pettitte -- who is expected in camp Tuesday -- will only be a starter. Pettitte has pitched in the majors for 16 seasons, 13 with the Yankees.
Cashman believes Pettitte will not be ready to break camp with the team when spring training ends early next month. Pettitte says it's possible he could be ready for game action in two or three weeks in Florida.
"We'll go this route and see where it takes us," Cashman said. "Does it make us better and give us deeper and stronger choices? Yes."
Pettitte said his move back to the mound had the full support of his family.
"They weren't crazy about me retiring," Pettitte said. "I never would have done this if, especially my wife didn't feel good about it. My family is behind this 100 percent."
At his retirement announcement in February 2011, Pettitte said he felt like is heart was not fully, completely sold out on pitching and that he didn't have the hunger or the drive needed.
Pettitte last played in 2010, when he went 11-3 and was an All-Star. He is 240-138 lifetime with the Yankees and Houston.
He has long been a postseason ace.
"I think I told you all that, when people asked me if I would ever come back, I said I'd probably be too embarrassed to come back because I'm retired," Pettitte said. "That's really where I've been over the last three or four days, I am embarrassed I'm coming back. But then I'm like, what can I do? Things have changed. I sure don't want to look back 10 years from now and say man, I wish I would have done that."
Pettitte sat out last season, but was with the Yankees in camp this spring as an instructor. He threw batting practice several times, and also had a private bullpen session for team officials, including Cashman, manager Joe Girardi and pitching coach Larry Rothschild last Tuesday.
"I don't think that I could do this unless I thought for sure mentally I could get back to where I was," Pettitte said. "I believe, if I feel mentally right, that I'm going to win."
Pettitte first expressed interest in pitching again last December. After New York added pitchers Michael Pineda and Hiroki Kuroda in January, Pettitte shut down his throwing program briefly, only to resume it a few days later.
"Here we are," Girardi said. "He truly loves the game, and he loves the Yankees."
Cashman said he offered Pettitte a deal in the $10-12 million range in December.
"The reason I couldn't commit to the Yankees earlier was because I needed to go through (the workout) process," Pettitte said. "During my bullpen work right now, I feel it all coming back. I'm ready for that challenge."
For many years, Pettitte was among the Yankees' most dependable pitchers. He is 19-10 with a 3.83 ERA in 42 career postseason starts.
"It's exciting to have him back," Yankees opening day starter CC Sabathia said. "He's a great teammate. When you can pitch the way he can, it's hard to stay away."
New York catcher Russell Martin was enthused about Pettitte's return.
"I think it's awesome," he said.
New York currently has four starters, besides Pettitte, looking to fill three rotation spots behind Sabathia and Kuroda.
"It's one of those things, I feel there's nothing but upside here," Cashman said.


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As a reminder, the second part of a "UFC Primetime" special for the upcoming welterweight title unification bout premieres tonight.
The second episode of "UFC 154 Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Condit" debuts Friday at 11 p.m. ET following the latest episode of Season 16 of "The Ultimate Fighter" on FX.
UFC 154 takes place Nov. 17 and features 170-pound champion Georges St-Pierre (22-2 MMA, 16-2 UFC) vs. interim champ Carlos Condit (28-5 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in the main event.
The first episode of the special aired this past Friday on FX with replays on a number of TV and online platforms.
"UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit" takes place at Bell Centre in Montreal, St-Pierre's home city. St-Pierre, who is recovering from knee surgery, fights for the first time since an April 2011 win over Jake Shields and will have endured almost 19 months on the shelf when he enters the cage. Meanwhile, Condit competes for the first time since earning the UFC's interim title with a February decision win over Nick Diaz.
UFC 154 is the promotion's first show in Montreal since UFC 124 in December 2010, when St-Pierre defended his title against Josh Koscheck.
The UFC most recently featured a "Primetime" special for July's UFC 148 event, which saw UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva face nemesis Chael Sonnen in a highly anticipated rematch.
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HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets finally found a way to close out a game in their playoff series with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
And it allowed them to escape playoff elimination with a 105-103 win over the Thunder on Monday night.
Chandler Parsons scored 27 points and Patrick Beverley added 16 points with point guard Jeremy Lin out with a bruised chest muscle. Houston avoided a four-game sweep in the best-of-seven series.
The Rockets led in the fourth quarter of each of the last two games only to end up losing.
"We felt the pain and frustration from the last two losses ... and we didn't want that to happen for the third straight time," Parsons said.
It almost did.
Kevin Durant scored five quick points to cut the Rockets' lead to two. James Harden missed two shots for Houston after that and the Thunder had a last chance.
Reggie Jackson missed a jump shot and Serge Ibaka grabbed the rebound, but missed a layup at the buzzer.
A stunned Ibaka fell to the court after the miss and covered his face with his hands.
Durant scored 38 points in Oklahoma City's second game without injured All-Star guard Russell Westbrook.
The victory kept Houston from being swept in the playoffs for the first time since 1996. Game 5 is Wednesday in Oklahoma City.
"Getting this first win gives us confidence going back to Oklahoma City, and anything can happen," Harden said.
Rockets coach Kevin McHale was proud of his young team's work in getting its first playoff victory.
"That was a gutsy win," McHale said. "We're not going to lie down. The one constant has been their willingness to scrap and fight. We kept on fighting."
Durant hit the go-ahead 3-pointer in the Thunder's Game 3 win. He wanted to get another one off on Monday, but Francisco Garcia forced him to give up the ball.
"I was. I was going to try to win it," Durant said. "But he played good defence."
Durant is looking forward to the series returning to Oklahoma City.
"We'll be all right," he said. "We're up 3-1 with a good opportunity to close it out at home. We couldn't ask for a better situation, so hopefully we'll get the job done."
Harden scored 15 points, but also had 10 turnovers. He had two chances to extend Houston's lead with less than a minute left, but missed both of them, including shooting an air ball.
Getting the win allowed Harden to take his tough night in stride.
"I did have a double-double," he deadpanned referring to his points and turnovers.
He picked up his fifth foul with about seven minutes remaining, sending him to the bench. A dunk by Jackson seconds later cut Houston's lead to 98-94.
Jackson got the Thunder within 100-98 with a 3-pointer a couple of minutes later. His 3-point attempt on the next trip down the floor rattled in and out of the basket.
Houston scored four quick points to extend the lead to 104-98 before Harden returned to the game with about three minutes left.
He said he struggled to get going after sitting out in the fourth quarter.
"The foul trouble kind of set me back," he said. "Coming in trying to make big shots, I was cold."
Derek Fisher made a 3-pointer to cut Houston's lead to 104-101 with less than three minutes remaining. It was reviewed a few seconds later and the points were taken away because replays showed the shot clock had expired.
Jackson finished with 18 points in his second start in place of Westbrook, and Kevin Martin added 16.
Houston got 17 points from Omer Asik and 13 from Carlos Delfino.
Oklahoma City's DeAndre Liggins received a technical foul with :07 left in the third quarter for arguing the call on a jump ball. Delfino made the free throw, but Durant hit a jump shot at the buzzer to get the Thunder within 91-84 entering the fourth quarter.
The Rockets led by two points in the third quarter before a 3-point play by Harden. He took Jackson off the dribble for a jump shot and drew the foul — Jackson's fourth — to send him to the bench and the crowd into a frenzy.
Durant was shaken up a few seconds later when he crashed into the scorer's table chasing a loose ball. He remained on his back for a couple of minutes holding his right wrist before being helped to his feet. But he didn't leave the game and seemed to be OK.
Harden's three-point play was the start of a 12-2 Houston run capped by another three-point play — this one by Delfino — to extend the lead to 85-75 with about three minutes left in the third quarter.
Delfino dunked after stealing the ball from Martin, and Durant fouled him on the play.
Houston scored the first 10 points of the second half to erase a halftime deficit and take a 63-60 lead. Parsons had six points in that span.
The Rockets did a much better job of keeping the crowd involved in this one than they did in Game 3, when they trailed early by as many as 26 points. Houston rallied to take a lead in the fourth quarter of that game before losing 104-101.
Near the end of the first half Durant sailed into the crowd Superman-style to save the ball on a bad pass from Harden. He was able to get to his feet and stood in the crowd watching as Martin swished a 3 on the other end. He couldn't figure out how to get out of the crowd for a few seconds before finally climbing out and back onto the court. But before he got back to the game Durant asked a woman in the first row who he crashed into if she was OK.
Houston led by five at the end of the first quarter and was up by three points early in the second before Oklahoma City scored 12 straight points, fueled by seven from Durant. The Rockets took a 43-34 lead about 6 1/2 minutes before halftime.
Delfino swiped the ball from Durant and swished a 3 with 17 seconds left in the first half to cut the Thunder's lead to 60-53 at halftime.
The Rockets led 29-24 after one quarter thanks to 5-of-9 shooting from 3-point range on Monday after trailing by 20 points after one in Game 3.
NOTES: Houston's Greg Smith returned Monday after missing Game 3 with a stomach ailment. ... Durant has scored 20 or more points in 30 straight playoff games. ... Former Rockets star Steve Francis watched the game from a courtside seat. ... The Seattle Supersonics were the last team to sweep Houston in the playoffs, getting a 4-0 series win in the Western Conference semifinals in 1996.


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Since 2007, Brent has devoted his full-time energy to oil painting. He travels internationally for inspiration. Many of his compositions result from numerous paint trips throughout America. Living in Northern California also affords Brent many opportunities to paint cityscapes, landscapes and seascape scenes. Fresh flowers, fruit and various vessels collected over the years create his inspiration for his still life oil paintings.
Brent is a featured artist in the book, Oil Painting with the Masters and has published articles in International Artist, SouthwestArt, Art of the West and American Art Collector magazines. He is frequently included in National competitions with art clubs such as the American Impressionist Society (signature member); the American Society of Marine Artists (signature member); and Oil Painters of America. Brent has participated in numerous solo and group shows at his various galleries and his paintings have been displayed in several museums throughout America. He leads paint demonstrations at art clubs and through workshops.
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The UM football and basketball programs have made and acted on significant and justified philosophical changes in non-conference scheduling.
The UM football coaches did not agree with playing as grueling a non-ACC slate as it did in 2012 (Notre Dame, Kansas State, USF, plus overmatched Bethune Cookman), and here's the new preferred approach: one marquee game, two games in which Miami will typically be favored, and one versus a lower-division school.
For the 2014 season, UM will play at Nebraska and home against Florida A&M and is working to finalize home games against Southern Mississippi and Arkansas State, both part of a home-and-home series. Also booked:
For 2015: Nebraska, at FAU… 2016: at Notre Dame, FAU, and Florida A&M… 2017: Notre Dame… 2018 and 2019: home-and-home with Rutgers… Also, UM will play a home-and-home with Toledo between 2015 and '18… 2020 and 2021: home-and-home with Michigan State. Many games will be added, with advanced talks progressing on a home-and-home with Penn State.
Meanwhile, UF athletic director Jeremy Foley indicated at the SEC meetings this week that any future UM-UF games beyond their Sept. 7 meeting in Miami is "really unlikely,… not high on the agenda."
This coming season, UM plays host to FAU, UF and Savannah State and visits USF.
Conversely, UM hoops wisely has gone the other direction under this staff, booking a non-conference schedule that was ranked fourth-toughest last season and will be difficult again this winter, with home games against four teams well above .500 last season (LaSalle, Loyola of Maryland, Central Florida and Norfolk State) and road games at College of Charleston, Nebraska and three undetermined games in a loaded Anaheim Thanksgiving tournament featuring Marquette, San Diego State, Arizona State, among others.
"There's a lot of evidence that if you don't challenge yourself in non-conference and are around .500 in a BCS league, they don't [invite] you" to the NCAA Tournament," UM assistant coach Eric Konkol said.
Recovered from back surgery, Richard Marshall remains the Dolphins' first team cornerback, opposite Brent Grimes. But his position looms as one of camp's best battles, with challenges expected from Dimitri Patterson and potentially rookies Jamar Taylor (out until training camp/sports hernia) and Will Davis, who has impressed with several deflections and a pick.
"I wouldn't say I'm 100 percent yet, but it feels good running around pain free," said Marshall, who had ruptured disks in his back. "I was in so much pain [last season] I wasn't eating. I couldn't walk. I lost 30 pounds…. Starting is the least of my concerns. My concern is getting my feet back under me."
The Dolphins hope Marshall, who regained the 30 pounds he lost, is the player that allowed a 64.9 quarterback rating and two touchdowns in his coverage area in 16 games (nine starts) for Arizona in 2011, not the one that allowed a 101 rating and two scores in four games (all starts) in 2012.
### The Dolphins are using receiver Brandon Gibson mostly in the slot (in Davone Bess' old role), even though a Rams source said he is a better player lining up outside. Gibson said it's not an issue because "I can run any route. I can separate. [And] I can get open."
### A week after saying on air that Miami does not deserve an NBA team, Pacers radio announcer Mark Boyle hasn't changed his mind.
Late in Game 2, Boyle said: "These losers are leaving. They're flocking to the exits with their team down three. This city not only does not deserve this team, they don't deserve any team."
Boyle, addressing the comments for the final time, told WQAM's Adam Kuperstein and Channing Crowder on Wednesday: "I stand behind the general sentiment. My feelings about the fan base were accurately depicted. I regret using the term losers."
Memo to Boyle: The Heat has sold out 149 consecutive games (regular season and playoffs) and 76 playoff games in a row.
### Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon predicted Thursday the Marlins' Jose Fernandez "could be the top pitcher in baseball in two or three years."… Though shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria (.187) and catcher Rob Brantly (.228) have hit well below expectations and Brantly has had defensive miscues, manager Mike Redmond said Thursday "keeping them here [as opposed to sending them to the minors] is the best approach. I feel good about those guys and believe in them."
### UM baseball has made two slight adjustments to try to boost a program that hasn't made the College World Series since 2008.
UM is recruiting a few less players who are very likely to go pro because "it doesn't do us any good if they sign and don't show up on campus," assistant coach Gino DiMare said. Also, UM is now recruiting more nationally --- it has commitments from the top players in Colorado (a hitter) and Illinois (a pitcher). "We probably focused too much on this area," DiMare said.
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I just came from a funeral service for an aunt of mine who was a staunch Catholic. I came out of that religion about 25 years ago after reading for myself what the Bible had to say. My question surrounds the actuality of salvation for all the millions who still practice Mary worship and so forth. Knowing that one cannot serve two masters, I wonder at how it is possible that the aforementioned can really experience Christ in a saving way, while they continue to believe that the church of Rome is solely responsible for their eternal welfare.
Greetings in Christ Jesus our Lord and only Savior. Thank you for your question.
Unless a person is clearly outside the pale of the Christian faith, I do not believe that you can judge the "actuality" or "reality" of someone's salvation. You may judge the "credibility" of their faith; or you may question the "probability" of someone's salvation. You may also ask, as you have done, "how it is possible that the aforementioned can really experience Christ in a saving way."
None of us, however, can truly say that we are perfect in knowledge or practice. We are always growing both in wisdom and in the grace of God. Is it possible for someone who prays to Mary to be a true Christian? In other words, can someone who is truly saved be in error on such an issue?
Conscious compromise of God's truth can be serious and deadly, but we also see from Scripture that in his mercy God may (and does) choose to accept less than perfect understanding and obedience, even of his own people. (Indeed, isn't the salvation and the perseverance of the saints dependent upon that fact?) There will be growth in understanding and holiness, but perfection must await our going to be with Jesus or His return to take us unto himself (see 1 John 3:2).
In the Old Testament, consider Asa in 1 Kings 15. He removed the idols from the land, but he allowed the high places to remain. The high places were clearly unacceptable. But the text states that Asa was loyal to the Lord his entire life. How could this be? Had he not seriously compromised?
What about the New Testament? Consider the Corinthians. Was the church at Corinth an exemplary church? Did they not have many doctrinal problems, e.g., concerning the Lord's Supper and the doctrine of the resurrection? (See 1 Cor. 11 and 1 Cor. 15.) Did even the apostles fully understand? Even though what they wrote was protected from error, did they not grow and mature in their own understanding and obedience? Wasn't it necessary at one point, for instance, for Paul to rebuke Peter for his inconsistency? (See Gal. 2.)
My point is not to defend the doctrinal aberrations of Rome. I do not believe such is possible. I think, however, that people generally follow their leaders. They learn from them; they consider their arguments rational and coherent.
For example, consider devotion to Mary. I read Jarislov Pellikan's Mary Through the Centuries and I cannot get past page 10 before I am wondering why the author is so blind to the fallacies of his arguments. However, if I were not being so critical and I were already predisposed to the position, then his arguments would perhaps seem irrefutable. So then, we should boldly, patiently, and compassionately discuss these matters with our loved ones, praying that the Holy Spirit will grant them more understanding.
Whatever we may judge in terms of the "actuality" or "probability" or "possibility" of a person's salvation at the end of life is, in the end, academic, for God is the one who can look at the heart and only he can truly judge. (He is the One, in fact, who has chosen his elect.) "It is appointed to man once to die, and after that comes judgment" (Heb. 9:27), but "Today is the day of salvation" (Heb. 3:13). We should work, therefore, the works of him who sent us while it is light and point our neighbors and loved ones to Christ.
For myself, I too was a Roman Catholic. In the past six months, I have attended the funeral of two uncles and one aunt whom I loved very much. I had opportunity at each funeral to speak a word of testimony regarding the Savior. I stood in the pulpit of the church in which I had served mass as a young boy and in my eulogies spoke of my faith in Christ.
Was it as detailed as I wish it could have been? No, but I am thankful for the opportunity God gave. Do I believe that my family members went to heaven? For one I have hope; for the others, I have little hope. Upon what is my hope based? It is always and only grounded in Christ and the Gospel.
We may define Christianity broadly by including as Christians all who confess the Apostles' Creed. We may define Christianity narrowly by including as Christians only those who confess our particular denominational creed. We need to exercise care, because, if we are too narrow, we may find ourselves excluding someone like Augustine. On the other hand, if we are too broad, we may find ourselves including many who should be excluded.
Personally, therefore, I do not judge. I have either greater or lesser hope. For example, I have greater hope for my Roman Catholic family members who ignorantly follow their leaders without thinking. Many times I find these to be at least open to discussion regarding the Gospel. However, I have lesser hope for people who are self-consciously Roman Catholic; that is, they understand the issues yet continue in the way of the Papacy.
I recommend that you read the book Come out from among Them by John Calvin. I found it very helpful and it addresses somewhat the question that you have raised.
I hope that my answer helps. You are free to write for clarification. May our Lord bless you.
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National Teacher of the Year: "Open the doors to your classrooms"
Maryland chemistry teacher addresses 8,000+ educators at NEA's convention
CHICAGO - July 05, 2011 -
Before a crowd of more than 9,000 fellow educators gathered at the National Education Association's (NEA) Representative Assembly (RA), 2011 National Teacher of the Year Michelle Shearer delivered captivating, moving and inspirational words about the power teachers have to shape and transform the lives of their students.
Shearer, a chemistry teacher at Urbana High School in Ijamsville, Md., urged NEA delegates to stand strong for their students despite the current dialogue surrounding public education. She also told them to "open the doors. Let people see the amazing work students do in our classrooms. Bring the public into public education."
Shearer captures students' attention by making real-life connections to scientific theories. She has worked with students with poor vision, attention deficit disorder and Asperger's syndrome, and also has taught a course in advanced placement chemistry in American Sign Language at the Maryland School for the Deaf.
"Michelle is a living example of how educators can engage and excite students to become curious, enthusiastic, life-long learners," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "Michelle's extraordinary passion, professionalism, and never-ending search to find captivating ways of teaching science have inspired her students to realize their potential and achieve their dreams."
During her speech, Shearer encouraged educators to "give a pep talk. Share inspiring stories. Pose challenging, thought-provoking questions. Steer the conversation about public education in a positive direction. Connect with students and breathe life into the classroom…even as you gasp for air yourself."
Earlier this year, President Barack Obama honored Shearer for her exemplary teaching style, achievements and accomplishments during a White House ceremony. Shearer was awarded the prestigious title of National Teacher of the Year because of her commitment to helping children who have traditionally been underrepresented in science and for her innovative approaches to technology and teacher-student interactions in the classroom. The National Teacher of the Year Program, sponsored by the ING Foundation and Target, is a project of CCSSO in partnership with University of Phoenix and People to People Ambassador Programs.
Nearly 8,000 educators from every state are in Chicago for NEA's RA, which runs through July 5. The RA is the top decision-making body for the 3.2 million-member NEA. Delegates set Association policy and address issues facing schools, students, and the teaching profession.
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Everything you need to know about Congress' reforms to sexual assaults in the military
The military now has new, stricter rules for how it deals with sexual assault.
Congress passed sweeping changes to military protocol late Thursday as part of a budget deal. The compromise marks the end of a long debate in the Senate about how to best confront the growing problem of sexual assaults in the military.
"The changes would be a victory for the estimated tens of thousands of troops who have been sexually abused in recent years, as well as a triumph for the growing number of women serving in Congress, who pushed for reform," The Washington Post reports.
Here's what you need to know about the new legislation:
It would end the statute of limitations for cases of sexual assault or rape: This will prevent commanders from dragging out the process to avoid an investigation.
Military commanders can't overturn jury convictions: In June, an Air Force general stirred advocates' outrage when he overturned a sexual-assault conviction of a star fighter pilot.This rule prohibits something like that from happening again.
It's now a crime to retaliate against people who report sexual assault cases: About 26,000 troops faced sexual assault or rape last year, but only about 3,300 reported them, the Pentagon estimates. Congress hopes more troops will report cases with this law.
Anyone convicted of sexual assault or rape must be dishonorably discharged from the military: This changes rules that in some cases allowed members of the military to stay.
Civilian defense officials have more control over prosecutions than military officials: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., championed a proposal to set up independent prosecution teams to investigate sexual assault claims instead of military commanders. What Congress passed doesn't go as far as she and other advocates wanted, but supporters say it helps with accountability.
Sexual assaults in the military are likely to stay in the news this coming year as the changes get implemented. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., a supporter of the bill, told The Washington Post once the changes are implemented, "we will have the most victim-friendly criminal justice system in the world."
As other reforms to the military show, changes can take years to come to fruition. Congress also lifted Thursday a ban in the military on sodomy, three years after Don't Ask Don't Tell was repealed to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military.


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This page provides access to the web-based process for initiating acceptance of non-cash gifts to BYU-Idaho. Generally, LDS Philanthropies takes the lead in seeking donations to the University; however, in some instances faculty members and employees might be approached or seek specific gifts of items to be used in their departments. Such gifts are not to be accepted until approved by the appropriate Vice President. The process for gaining such approval is initiated by completing a Gift Request Form.
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Galaxy Note 8.0 Announced: The Just-Right Size for Samsung's Pen-Equipped Tablet?
Samsung adds another pen-equipped tablet to its family.
Feb. 23, 2013 -- The 10.1-inch Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet too big? The 5.5-inch Galaxy Note 2 too small to be your tablet but too big to be your phone?
The Galaxy Note 8.0 might be just right. Or at least that's what Samsung is hoping. The company has announced its new 8-inch, Android tablet today at Mobile World Congress, a large mobile tradeshow in Barcelona, and it hopes its new software features and the portable size will make it standout, especially against Apple's iPad Mini.
A Notebook Size
The tablet is slightly wider than the 7-inch tablets on the market, including Samsung's Galaxy Tab 7, and is meant to be easier to operate in one hand.
"We have seen through consumer research people like the one-handed experience," Shoneel Kolhatkar, Samsung's director of Product Planning, told ABC News. "The Note 10.1 is more of a lean back experience and this is really about the lean forward, you are actively engaged with your notepad and the content you are editing."
Samsung's first Android tablet introduced in 2010 -- the Galaxy Tab -- had a 7-inch display and the company has since made tablets with various different screen sizes. Apple introduced a smaller, 7.9-inch version of the iPad -- the iPad Mini -- in late 2012. Shoneel and other Samsung executives stressed to ABC News that it had smaller tablets long before Apple came out with the Mini.
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Powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM, the Galaxy Note 8.0 features a 1280 x 800-resolution WXGA screen and a 5-megapixel camera on the back and a 1.3-megapixel camera on the front. Samsung says it was designed to be like a personal notebook or diary and that it is the perfect size for you to take anywhere.
Improved S-Pen Software
But key to the hardware is Samsung's S-Pen, the same stylus or digital pen that it began shipping with its other Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Note 2 products. The pen, Samsung says, provides a natural mode of interaction for users who prefer to write, and has been successful for the company so far.
"The Note category was really really successful, frankly it took many of us by surprise," Kolhatkar said. "As consumers started using the Note devices, they used so many ways of personalizing notes and writing on their photographs. We want to bring the best size form factor into this category of device."
With the Galaxy Note 8.0 Samsung has enhanced the pen software experience, too. The Air View feature lets you hover the pen over specific Samsung apps so you can see previews of videos, emails or photos without actually launching the apps. The pen also now allows you to control the menu and back buttons on the device.
While Samsung is using Google's Android 4.2.1 (or Jelly Bean), it's also built some added multitasking features on top. The multi-window option allow you to put apps side by side. For instance, you can have a website or book on the left side of the screen and then take notes in the S Note application on the right. Other software features include Smart Stay, which will keep the screen on automatically when you are looking at it and a Reader's Mode, which alters the screen brightness for reading.
Smarter Remote
But while Samsung wants the Galaxy Note 8.0 to be your notebook, it also wants it to be your remote control. The tablet has an IR blaster and the company's new Smart Remote app, which allows the tablet to function as a universal remote control. A graphical, TV Guide-like interface allows you tap on images to change the channel. It also includes a new smart search, which lets you search for shows or movies across lots of different services.
The Note 8.0 will be out in the second quarter of 2013. Samsung is not detailing the exact pricing and availability in the U.S., but Kolhatkar did say that the Note would be the best "combination of size and price." Its current Galaxy Note 10.1 sells for $499 and its Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 for $199. As Kolhtkar said, "Samsung is always going to provide choice."


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Criminals are skilled at using online methods to obtain your personal information and use it to commit fraud against you or others.
It's a common misconception that only careless people become the victims of fraud. As the sophistication of fraud increases, it's becoming harder for potential victims to spot when they are being targeted.
Your first step is to be aware of the common online threats and how they operate.
Viruses (including trojan horses and worms) are not just designed to cause harm to a computer or to launch a denial of service attack on a computer network. They're increasingly used for fraudulent online activity aimed at parting you from your personal data and your money.
Viruses are contagion methods that can be used to:
A virus is a programme with the specific aim of replicating itself by infecting other files. The prime objective of any virus is to multiply and spread as far as possible.
A trojan horse differs from viruses and worms in the way that it spreads. It hides itself in a seemingly useful program of some kind (such as a screensaver or game) but does not attempt to duplicate or spread itself.
Different to the computer viruses that multiply within the system and spread by contact, worms are malicious programs designed to disrupt computer operation or gather sensitive information by spreading from one machine to another via a local network or the internet. Some worms can also spread as email attachments; other types of virus-worms spread by exploiting weaknesses in software and need no help from the user.
Avoiding free software and installing good antivirus software, a firewall and spyware application will go a long way towards preventing viruses, trojan horses and worms from infecting your PC.
It's important that you also ensure that you always keep up with your software updates, especially those of your operating system and web browser.
If you use a mobile device to access the internet, protect it by installing antivirus software.
A keylogger records all the keystrokes made by a computer user: everything they type, including user codes and passwords for all online services. Keylogger software can be found in:
Once the file is executed, it starts to record keystrokes and emails the data to its author.
To combat keyloggers, it's best to avoid accessing your online bank account or investment information from public computers where you can't be sure of the level of protection.
On your home computer, install:
Typosquatting relies on the typing of a website address (URL) with a minor typing error. For example, instead of typing www.mandg.co.uk, you might accidentally type www.mandf.co.uk. This simple mistake could see you diverted to a spoof website set up to look like the genuine website where your personal details can be obtained without your knowledge.
To avoid being caught out by these scams, always type the right website address into the address bar and double check it before you enter your personal details.
At M&G, we use brand protection measures to monitor sites on the internet that register and use similar URLs and content as our own. We take appropriate steps to ensure the early detection and immediate takedown of malicious sites which can be used for phishing and similar scams.
The radio signals of wireless networks (Wi-Fi) can be intercepted by others, including those with criminal intent. This means that your personal and financial information could be at risk.
As well as eavesdropping on your network traffic and subsequently hacking into your PC, criminals can use your connection without your consent.
Criminals may also set up Wi-Fi networks that use the same name as legitimate networks, such as those found in coffee shops, tricking you into entering your personal information on what you think is a safe network but where they can view your actions.
Modern network routers incorporate several security features but these must be set correctly to be effective:
Contact your Internet Service Provider for further guidance on the above.
Take extra care when using public access points and ensure that you trust the Wi-Fi network you are connecting to. Consider disabling the auto connect feature of your laptop or portable device so that you only connect to networks when you want to.
Online phishing scams operate via e-mail, instant messaging (IM), or by SMS. The purpose of most is to make victims click on a link believing that it will lead them to a legitimate website of their bank, retailer, government agency, or credit card company. The link actually leads to a similar looking fake website where you are asked to divulge personal information.
This can appear to be for a genuine reason (including alleged urgent security or technical problems). Scammers usually ask for login account information, passwords and PIN numbers, etc. This information is stored and used subsequently by phishing scammers for fraudulent purposes.
There are many other similar scams such as chain mail scams, invitations to purchase cheap (counterfeit) software or goods, phony fraud alerts relating to your account or money transfer requests designed to try and trick you into giving out your personal and banking information as well as your money.
If possible, avoid following links from an e-mail, IM, or SMS to a website in order to enter personal information, especially when the communication is unsolicited. Choose instead to type in the official website address for yourself.
Protecting yourself from unwanted spam (or junk) email by making use of spam-filtering software (incorporated into most webmail systems) will reduce the chances of receiving such emails.
Should you receive a suspicious email we would recommend that you do not respond to it and where possible notify the company concerned using their publicly listed contact details immediately. In the case of M&G please forward the suspicious email to us at email@example.com.
It's also important to keep up to speed with other fraudulent scams and to find out how to check if an email is genuine.
Spyware is software that records your actions and movements on the internet. Although some spyware is aimed at obtaining confidential information (such as your credit card number or your passwords), most is used for advertising purposes.
Once spyware is installed, every site that you visit and every link that you click is spied on in order to display advertising that is targeted according to your interests. Also known as adware, this spy software uses your system resources and slows down your computer. Even worse, when it comes from adult content sites, it may display images that are unsuitable for children.
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So if any of you are regular-ish readers of the Advice Smackdown, you'll appreciate this delicious slice of piping-hot irony:
Ike won't eat his dinner. Ever. A bite or two, at the most, followed by dramatic "yuck" faces, protests over non-existent spice levels, feigned gagging over textures, then a sustained and stubborn refusal to touch anything else on his plate. And whining. So much whining.
It's funny because oh ha ha, how many times have I told other parents EXACTLY how to handle this type of behavior, like we had it SOLVED FOREVER and LOCKED THE HELL UP.
Step One: Buy Ellyn Satter's book.
Step Two: Do whatever Ellyn Satter says to do.
Step Three: Be smug about it on the Internet.
Ike has never known anything BUT the Satter method. He has always eaten what we eat, he has always been offered a wide array of flavors and textures, he has two older brothers modeling damn near picture-perfect table manners and eating habits.
And he is not an unreasonably picky eater. At breakfast, lunch and snack time, he will eat anything and everything you put in front of him -- INCLUDING DINNER LEFTOVERS -- with minimal to zero protest. Sure, he'd probably live on pizza and PB&Js if we let him, but for 23 hours a day he is perfectly capable of eating a plethora of flavors and textures from across all major food groups.
But then dinnertime rolls around and suddenly everything is...well, a thing.
So...you know, FINE. He can go hungry. I'm a seasoned Satter-er and I know this game. You don't have to eat, but you have to at least sit here and not be a jerk about it. You won't starve, you're getting plenty of calories and nutrition every day so if you want to sit here pretending that spaghetti and meatballs are suddenly the most unpalatable food imaginable, go right ahead.
After a few months (yes, months, and MONTHS) of this, we finally admitted that maybe we should possibly try something else.
We did the whole "more positive attention, zero negative attention" thing. He'd get praise for at least keeping his butt on the chair or holding a fork correctly. Tantrums meant he had to take his plate and eat alone in the kitchen. Oh, how he HATED that. Still wasn't gonna eat, though.
We involved him in meal preparations put him in charge of setting the table and assigning seats for everyone. Oh, how he LOVED that. Still wasn't gonna eat, though.
We went ahead and made dessert conditional on at least making at effort to eat some of your dinner. (This is totes-anti-Satter but it was admittedly unfair that his brothers would clean their plates night after night and then watch Ike take one bite and then just sit there, whining and waiting for the cookies to show up.) Oh, how he...totally did not care about that, and still wasn't gonna eat.
We went a step further and made watching a TV show before bed conditional. Tantrums or excessive whining at the table meant immediate banishment to bed, rather than the kitchen.
We experimented with his snack schedule, tried to find a link between days when he took a nap (which as you know, Ike is #NOTTIRED) and his dinnertime antics.
We finally hypothesized that he just eats so much during the day and naps so intermittently that he's a combo of #NOTHUNGRY and super-overtired on weeknights. And he is a little better about dinner on the weekends, when there's no mid-morning snack at school and I can move the afternoon snack forward. (He insists on waiting until his brothers get home from school during the week, and I've yet to find a compromise that doesn't involve a lot of tears and genuine upset from the baby brother feeling super left out.) But the weekends also usually involve eating off of restaurant kids' menus or frozen pizzas with a babysitter, so he can indulge his picky-ness a bit more.
We fell into a pattern of going through the motions at dinner. He gets the same food as everybody else in a super-modest serving size, but everybody sorta knows he's not gonna eat it, he'll eventually act out for attention, get sent to bed early, rinse and repeat.
At least, I told myself, I'm sticking to our expectation that dinnertime = family time, everybody at least needs to sit down and be pleasant for a bit...while also letting the kid get the extra sleep that he needs but refuses to take in consistent nap form.
And to be fair, Ike's protests over being sent to bed were...unconvincing. Like he was also just going through the motions. It almost seemed like he wanted to go to bed, most of the time, and was using the dinnertime battle to save face in front of his brothers.
Far from an ideal solution, but at least we seemed to be free of the full-on battle of wills we'd stupidly let ourselves get roped into. He's not starving, he's getting more sleep, he's also not driving me completely batshit bonkers at the dinner table because IT'S NOT SPICY. IT'S A CARROT.
(This post is possibly an M. Night Shyamalan movie in disguise.)
The other night was business as usual. We made a delicious yet perfectly-palatable-to-kids dinner, everybody dug in, Ike immediately started finding fault. He wasn't going to eat this and didn't like that. He dropped his fork. He crawled under the table to get it, then refused to get back in his seat.
His brothers tried encouraging him: This chicken is DELICIOUS, they assured him! You LIKE potatoes, they reminded him! This is the same leftover salad you ate at LUNCH, they reasoned with him! Noah even offered to let Ike select the night's TV show, daring to run the risk of getting stuck with Wild Kratts instead of Transformers.
I just ignored him, for the most part, before finally sighing and straight up asking him if he'd rather go to bed. Without a whiff of protest, he hopped off his seat and went up to his room. After making sure that he really was in PJs and had brushed his teeth, I tucked him in, kissed him goodnight and turned off the light. Then I went back to finish dinner in relative peace.
I saw him dash across the stairwell landing at one point, but assumed he was just up grabbing another book or something, and he quickly returned to his room.
A couple hours later, his brothers started their bedtime routine...this time with some bonus tattling.
"There are screen noises coming from Ike's room," they both breathlessly rushed to tell me, all that early #TEAMSTORCHBROS unity thrown by the wayside because #THISGONNABEGOOD.
"Screen noises" meant one thing: Ike was playing games on one of the many tablets/old phones we have, which we are incredibly strict and stingy about. We keep them in our room, in a drawer, and they are a Privilege with a Capital P.
By the time I got up to Ike's room, though, there was no screen to be seen or heard. He was awake but in bed with the lights off, blinking at me innocently.
I was just about to close the door when the visual image of that mountain of candy wrappers I found under Ezra's bed flashed through my brain.
"Ike, where's the screen?"
He sheepishly slid out of from under the covers and pulled his tablet from under his bed.
I contemplated leaving without a word (he knewwww he was in troubbbbble) but once again thought better of it.
"Ike, is there another screen under there?"
Out came Ezra's tablet.
Oh look, it's the Kindle.
He also had various charging cables and plugs. (I should also mention that all of the tablets have a parental time-limit control enabled, so in order to play for more than one hour, he needed to bounce from device to device.) I collected everything, told him to get back in bed and we would talk about consequences LATER, SNEAKY MCSNEAKERSON.
The next day, while he was at school, I went in his room for a secondary sweep for contraband. It did not disappoint, as tangled up in his sheets I found my headphones, which I've been missing for God...well over a month, maybe longer. And thus were the secret to:
1) How long this has been going on
2) How he's been able to not get caught by the "screen noises"
So. Great. Back to square one on the dinnertime antics. (At least I know which side of the whole "do your teens have any right to privacy or do parents have the right to search their rooms" debate I'm going with?)
I'm onto you, child. I have absolutely zero idea what I'm supposed to DO with you, but I am certainly onto you.


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BROMSGROVE, England, November 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
In an interview with just-food.com, Owen Paterson, Secretary of State for the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs calls on the country's food manufacturers to expand overseas.
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