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If you have a college-bound kid, I know you're feeling it. The anxiety. The competition. The intensity. The bombardment of well-meaning but sometimes conflicting advice from other parents. I almost lost my mind trying to keep up with the list of do's and don'ts of college admissions.
The fact is, requirements vary radically across campuses. Some schools focus on the SAT, some on the ACT, some on both. Some want stellar essays, some really don't care.
But there's a few general parent misperceptions swirling about that are worth correcting.
Colleges want "well-rounded" students
They still do. But colleges prefer students who are a combination of "angular" (focused in one area) and "well-rounded." Translation: "passionate."
As a general rule, incoming freshman should have a number of extracurriculars (but not a ridiculous amount) that are somewhat related.
"Beyond the most selective colleges, well-rounded students are still being told that they are welcome, but they are warned not to get involved in too many activities," writes Fred Thys in his Boston NPR piece, "'Well-Rounded Versus Angular': The Application Colleges Want To See."
I pushed my daughter Taylor to join a variety of clubs in high school to fill in her glaringly thin college resume. But college admission offices were probably more interested in her obvious passion: kids.
She took four years of high school early education classes (which included being a teaching assistant at the onsite preschool), volunteered as a camp counselor for three years, joined Best Buddies to assist special needs students at events, and baby sat for countless families.
It's a good idea to encourage your elementary and middle-school child to try out a variety of extracurriculars to get a feel for what they like and don't like. But once they find a passion, encourage them to join clubs and activities that are at least loosely related (e.g., 4-H science + engineering club + robotics competitions).
"My perspective is that there has been a shift from, 'We want a kid who is so well-rounded they check off 25 boxes,' to 'We want to know what you're passionate about,'" said Stephanie Bode Ward, mother of a senior at the Boston Latin School.
Lots of advanced classes are a good idea
Of course kids need to be challenged. Lost potential is tragic and gifted kids can fall through the cracks. But advanced classes – the wrong ones or too many – can backfire.
"If you are truly interested in the subject, there's a good teacher and you're surrounded by other motivated students, then you're probably going to have a good experience from taking a more advanced class," explains Denise Pope, a senior lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Education.
Pope reviewed more than 20 studies on advanced placement (AP) courses. "But if you're pushed into it without good preparation and without a safety net in place at the school to help you if you get in over your head, then it may be more harmful than helpful."
The second week of Taylor's sophomore year in high school, she told me her AP American History was so ridiculously hard she guaranteed it would lower her GPA. So she dropped down to honors-level instead. Her work ethic has always been strong, so I knew she wasn't just being lazy. She was being strategic to protect her GPA.
Encourage your kids to take advanced classes, but be sure they set themselves up to succeed. Trust their instincts. Feeling overwhelmed isn't the same as being a slacker. An academic schedule that is unduly difficult might sabotage your child's high school transcript, or worse, harm her emotional and physical well-being.
For some kids, taking all advanced or college-level classes is the right work load (if they don't have a ton of after school activities). But for others, it's a guaranteed recipe to lower their GPA and increase stress.
"Many high-achieving high school students are really stressed out," says Pope. "They have a lot to do between extracurricular activities and homework and trying to get the sleep they need. They need to be prepared for what an AP course involves. The extra tests, extra homework, on top of an already demanding schedule, can be brutal. And a very low grade on your transcript from an AP course may hurt you more in the long run than not taking an AP in that subject at all."
Skipping grades and starting college early is bad for kids
We all know children who skip a grade (or two). They leap frog over their peers and start college early. But is this a good idea? It depends.
"There are two sides to every coin," says Susan Assouline, co-author on the report, "A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America's Brightest Students". "One side reveals that acceleration is the most effective intervention for students who are ready for challenge and advanced curriculum.
"The flip side isn't as shiny. Students who are not challenged become disengaged from school and their joy of learning goes away. Skeptics would have us believe that acceleration is not good for students. They will have gaps in their knowledge, they won't make any friends, they won't be able to keep up, or it's a very costly intervention. None of these reasons are substantiated by research; they are nothing more than excuses."
Flash forward to what this means for college students, and it gets a little complicated.
A 2011 study out of Bocconi University found that younger college students did better than their older peers. The younger students were less socially active so researchers think they spent more time hitting the books. Good news, right? Well, yes and no.
The younger students got better grades, but earlier psychological studies suggest being the youngest in a group may slow the development of personality traits such as self-esteem and leadership.
Here's how 16-year-old college freshman Petra describes her experience:
"In comparison to my educational experience, my social life dwindled through murky waters. After I had written my op-ed for my college paper (admitting her age), I felt as though all eyes were on me. I had many people come up to me while I was walking around campus, asking how I felt being younger than most, and if I felt the pressure to fit in more now than ever. Being asked that question made me feel intimidated. Because one of my greatest struggles has been fitting into the 'crowd.'
"…By the end of my second semester, I no longer felt guilty about writing my article. I surrounded myself with people who encouraged me and accepted me for exactly who I was. Without the support of friends and family, I would certainly have not felt the enthusiasm and motivation to attend college this coming fall like I do now."
The bottom line is that kids need to be challenged to a level that keeps them engaged. But when skipping grades translates into being the youngest in a college peer group, students may feel tremendous social pressure to act like someone they're not – at least until they find their identity and footing.
Starting college "Undecided" is undesirable
My sense is high school kids today feel intense pressure to start college with a major and a career in mind. There's a practical argument to support this. Colleges appreciate focused, passionate students.
Also, being "undecided" can get expensive. Dan Johnston, Regional Director of Pennsylvania's Higher Education Assistance Agency thinks entering college without a major is a bad idea. Students might take too much time (and too much money) to figure what they want to do.
Johnston recommends kids explore careers during high school and occasionally audit college classes. This way they'll be ready to declare a major as an incoming freshman.
But a 2011 study out of Western Kentucky University found that students who begin college without declaring a major (and choose within the first two years) have the best chance of graduating in four years. Students who waited until their junior year did the worst.
Researcher Matthew Foraker suggests this is because early undecided students took time to explore majors, gather information and choose a field that genuinely interested them. While students who declared a major right away might have done so based on poor or incomplete information, or parental pressure. Many then drop out.
So is there a compromise between declaring a major right away or being undecided for too long? Absolutely.
Incoming freshman can take the required general education classes alongside a variety of electives (this might mean taking one or two summer classes on campus or online). At the same time, they can strategically narrow down their interests. Being strategic means students complete several free or paid online career assessment tools and regularly meet with a campus career counselor.
After a couple years, most students get a pretty good idea of majors (and possibly minors) that genuinely interest them. From there, they'll naturally narrow down related careers.
After my daughter finished her freshman year in college, three weeks into her summer job as a camp counselor she told me she wanted to drop her Education major. She was 100 percent sure she didn't want to be an elementary school teacher anymore.
After she told me, I full-on panicked. I told Taylor she wasn't allowed to graduate on the five-year plan. I told her she had better figure out a major where she could actually get a job.
I thought, she's already behind.
But behind in what? Underclassman are supposed to explore what they like and don't like. When I went to college, that was called going to college.
So I got a grip and told her it was okay and, in fact, better to decide now to switch majors. Students do it all the time. In fact, half of all high school graduates change majors by their sophomore year. It's not the end of the world or a guaranteed pathway to delayed graduation.
There's no question the college admissions process has become ridiculously intense. Parents and students lose sleep over it. But rest assured there's a spot out there for your student. It might not be her first (or third) choice, but in time it will be the right choice.
The most elite schools aside, most colleges and universities simply want passionate kids with a track record of decent grades, a solid work ethic, and a mind open to exploring who they are, one day, meant to become.


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Snowmobiling In Colorado: Let The Fun Begin!
Seasonally, you can divide people into two basic types – those who enjoy winter and those who do not. If you fall into the first category, we just know you are going to love snowmobiling in Colorado! There is no other place to be as you find yourself racing along snow packed trails amidst spectacular scenery. You will quickly discover why snowmobiling in this state has become so popular.
Snowmobile Capital of Colorado
If you want to go where snowmobiling rules, head to Grand Lake. How popular is the sport in this small town? Let's just say that every year, Grand Lake makes the top 10 of the most popular snowmobile destinations for the entire country. You won't find a place where the sport is greeted with greater enthusiasm. In fact, the town makes it easy to learn about, rent and/or operate a snowmobile.
Many of the lodgings offer direct access to snowmobile trails. In fact, a few even rent you the machines. This makes it so much easier to take off at any time of the day. Nor is this the only way Grand Lake makes the town snowmobile-friendly. Each winter, the main streets of the town open up to snowmobile traffic. They can legally cruise down the town's streets. This makes it so much easier to reach any of the nearby trails – and there are plenty of them.
Immediately around Grand Lake, snowmobilers have access to about 150 miles of groomed trails and 150 more that are not. Depending upon your level of skill as an operator and your favorite type of trail, you can choose where you want to travel. They will take you out in the back country and towards Rocky Mountain National Park. Although you cannot snowmobile in the Park, itself, you can skirt it and enjoy the alpine views and the beauty of the Arapaho National Forest. With easy access to such magnificent scenery, it is easy to understand why many people enjoy snowmobiling in Colorado.
Days on the Trails, Night Snuggled Under the Covers
You can easily plan your day around Grand Lake snowmobile trails. Periodically, you can return to the town. Here you can park your snowmobile and go in for a snack or a meal before heading out again. Return at nightfall for another meal in one of the town's popular eating spots. You can then turn in for the night, snuggling up under the covers, watching television or staring out the window as the snow falls once more.
Snowmobiling in Colorado at Grand Lake
For many people, winter is not a time to hibernate. They enter with enthusiasm into what the season brings. For some, it is all about outdoor sports. For them, snowmobiling in Colorado at Grand Lake, is what the season is all about.

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Item description: Letter, 28 September 1862, from Union soldier Stephen Tippet Andrews to his beloved, Margaret (Maggie) Little. Stephen Tippet Andrews enlisted in the 85th New York Infantry Regiment on 26 August 1861. He helped organize Company F, and was mustered in as first sergeant of the company in the second half of 1861.
For an introduction to the correspondence between Andrews and Little, please see our post of 11 February 1862.
Item citation: In the Stephen Tippet Andrews Letters #5324, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Newport News Va Sept 28, 1862
My Dear Maggie
I have written to you every Sunday for a long time and I must not fore go that pleasure today- but till I do not feel much like writing today – the truth is I think I am getting lazy. "You always was lazy enough" I think I hear you say Well I will not contradict you – but I am getting so I do not feel like doing anything I am not obliged to do, I feel listless, careless, Shiftless and in a devil may – care kind of mood. I believe it would take a hundred pound shell through the top of my tent top to make me make a quick move. I have been sitting for the past hour – with my pipe in my mouth – debating in my mind whether I should (write) this letter or wait untill evening; but I have finally plucked up courage and ambition enough to make a start and if I do not write a letter fit to be read; please forgive me this time and I will try to do better next time I would not have you think it is lack of interest in or indifference twords you that makes me feel so – for it is not – every day I live only tends to increase my interest in your own dear self – for it brings me one day nearer to the happy time when I hope to call you mine – all mine – but it is this idle, listless life we are at present leading. I almost wish we could be ordered into the field again. Inaction is a great bore to a soldier,
It is a beautiful afternoon just the kind for a pleasant drive or ride; but as we have no horse and buggy of course we cannot enjoy a drive
We went down to the river just after dinner to take a sail; but there was not wind enough to fill the sails of our little yacht so we had to abandon the trip – Perhaps it was that which makes me feel so "down in the mouth." Oh by the way I must tell you of a sail we took yesterday; A party of about a dozen paid a visit to the Minnesota a large man of war which is wonders of the great ship we embarked for home; but alas! how vain were our hopes of a fine sail home the wind suddenly died away and we were at the mercy of the tide which was setting out pretty strong; and in a short time we found ourselves several miles to the lea of the Minnasota with a fair prospect of a nights lodging on the water – when the commander of the M. who had been watching our attempts to make landing kindly sent a steam tug to our assistance which soon brought us into port; to be laughed at by our friends who had been the pleasure of seeing us towed in by a government boat – declaring that we had been trying to run the blockade
but the drum has sounded for dress parade so I shall have to bring my letter to a close, I have not received any letters from you this week What is the matter Maggie? I feel lost without your dear letters Write soon and accept a good long kiss
From your own true
P.S. In directing your letters please leave off the Brigade and Division and directly mearly to Co F 85th NYV Fortress Monroe Va. Steve


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Okay, what does this have to do with that old Gibson amp? Dave Anderson, a bass player, tube-amp head, and doctoral student in electrical engineering at the University of Rochester translated calculus and differential equations into English for me and PG readers. Here it is: "6SJ7 tubes are pentodes, which produce a very linear signal with very little distortion. They create a warm sound because they don't do much to the original signal. They leave it clean, but warm and full. And 6SJ7 tubes do that whether they are in a Gibson Les Paul Junior or a tweed Fender Champ FC-1. The 12AX7 tubes used in Gibson GA-6s and later Fender Champs like the 5E1 and the 5F1, distort a bit more, but keep those distortions in the lower-order harmonics. Amps using those tubes don't sound like solid-state amps either. The overtone series of harmonics is what gives instruments their unique timbres. That is not the same thing as distortion."
I asked Anderson if the later amps—models equipped with tone controls—are better. He doesn't think so: "The advantage of the early amps is that they have no tone control. People say that tone controls eat up signal, but that's not actually the big difference, because normal circuitry can eat up signal too. The important distinction is that tone controls can interact poorly with other electronics in the 1 kHz to 2 kHz region, just where the desirable effects of tubes are most noticeable. The absence of a tone control leads to a nice overall warm sound due to the flat frequency response."
As Dave Hunter writes on the first page of the first chapter in The Guitar Amp Handbook, "good tube amp tone really is a very, very, simple thing." Of course, then he goes on for another 230 fascinating pages to explore the details of this simplicity. But that doesn't change the truth of his statement. A tube amp can be very simple and still produce a warm, rich sound—the sound so many artists have used to great advantage in the studio.
Maintaining and Upgrading an Older Gibson Amp
Jim Walton recommends that any '50s or '60s amp you buy receive preventative maintenance. Here is his list:
- (1) Upgrade to a grounded line cord.
- (2) Replace the chemically impregnated paper capacitors with modern capacitors.
- (3) Check chassis grounding.
- (4) Test signal capacitors for high-voltage leakage.
- (5) Check all tubes and tube-socket connections.
- (6) Clean everything.
Walton cautions that all of this should be done by an experienced amp tech because of the risk of high-voltage electrical shock.
Any tube amp will produce a sound rich in natural harmonics, according to Anderson. "Let's say that a guitar's A string, which vibrates at 110 Hz, produces naturally audible harmonics at 220, 330, and 440 Hz. These would be second, third, and fourth harmonics. A 6SJ7 would leave the relative volume of each of these harmonics nearly untouched—what we would call clean and fairly warm. A 12AX7 would likely accentuate the volume of 220, 330, and 440 Hz, and maybe add 550 and 660 Hz, but nothing more. Since the distortion happens in the low-order harmonics and is fairly subtle, it adds to the warmth, but has its own 'color' that's different from other tube amps. Fender, but not Gibson, moved on to the 12AX7 in later versions of their 5-watt amps, adding just a little more warmth.An overdrive pedal will add significantly to these harmonics, as well as adding hundreds more, but the sound will no longer be warm."
"The initial tone control circuits were badly designed," adds Anderson, "and interacted with other controls—such as gain and volume—in unpredictable ways. The problem is that when there are too many parameters all wildly interacting with each other, the tone is unpredictable. A signal chain with tone and volume controls on the guitar, tone and volume controls on effects pedals, and tone and volume controls on an amp is a nightmare. The simplicity of an amp with no tone controls can lead to a much more natural, flat sound that is really unachievable with a cascade of complicated controls."
If Anderson's description leaves you hungry for even more technical information, there's plenty available. Check out other articles in this issue and in PG's previous August "amp issues," the regular "Ask Amp Man" column, and two books I've found very useful in my research: Hunter's previously mentioned The Guitar Amplifier Handbook and Wallace Marx's Gibson Amplifiers. And for those who want to jump into this subject in all its geeky glory, the original RCA and GE tube manuals are available online, as are Western Electric schematics ... and even the Radiotron Designer's Handbook.
All this technical stuff is interesting, but this story's headline promised it would be about undervalued gear. Are the Gibson GA-5 and its descendants undervalued? Should you buy one? It depends on what you're looking for. A Les Paul Junior isn't powerful enough to fill a big room with great sound—after all, it's only a 5-watt combo. But it is powerful enough to deliver warm, rich sound in your living room or for miking through a PA. For the collector or musician who trades equipment a lot—or for anyone concerned about resale value—an old Gibson amp may not be such a great idea, even if it seems like a bargain when compared to a Fender amp at two or three times the price. For a player on a budget, however, it might be just the right thing.
Nate Westgor and Jim Walton get the last words here.
"As we baby boomers age," says Westgor, "most of our playing is done at home, so smaller amps have a lot of appeal. In retrospect, the older Gibson amps were overlooked. In the '50s and '60s they made some really excellent amps."
Walton agrees: "The GA-5 is a bargain because it lacks the public association of the tweed Champ with Clapton and 'Layla.' In fact, all the amps of that era were copies with modifications of what had been successful in radio. They were all using the same Western Electric circuits.""If price is no object," concludes Westgor, "buy the Fender because it will have better resale value. Gibson makes a good product, but a Gibson amp will be harder to sell. It's like buying a Ferrari—you'll always be able to sell it. But if you don't have $1,200 to spend on a tweed Fender Champ, the Gibson is a great little amp."


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Instruments & Gear: Fine Lutherie
Lowden Alex de Grassi Signature Model
The fingerstyle guitar legend demonstrates his primary six-string.
by Teja Gerken
September 08, 2016
Fingerstyle guitarist Alex de Grassi recently visited the Peghead Nation studio to talk about his signature model Lowden guitar. Alex began playing guitars by the Northern Irish company in the 1980s, and his signature model was conceived when Alex visited the Lowden shop prior to performing at the Belfast International Arts Festival several years ago. "I played every guitar they had in the shop," Alex says. "The last guitar they brought me was a maple F model, and after playing it for about 30 seconds, I said, 'That's it; I want a maple guitar!' That evening, I played probably half the concert on this F maple that they had, along with my older Lowden, and everybody came up after the show, saying, 'That maple guitar sounded incredible!'"
George Lowden suggested that his company create an Alex de Grassi signature model based on the mid-size maple F-model that Alex had played. The guitar Alex is playing in this video, which he has toured and recorded with for several years, has highly quilted maple back and sides and a Sitka spruce top, along with Lowden's five-piece neck, which has a 46-mm.-wide nut (slightly wider nut than Lowden's standard nut width), jumbo frets, and a flatter fingerboard radius. "It makes it a lot easier to do the intricate left-hand work I like to do," Alex says.
"One of the things I like about the signature models is that they project beautifully," Alex says. "It really goes out into the room, and it's exceptionally well-balanced. "There's also something about maple that's like a clean slate, where I can add color in, or back off and a get a more neutral sound." Alex demonstrates his signature model's sound in this video by playing sections of his composition "Blue Trout." alexdegrassi.com
SPECS:Lowden F body. Solid AAAA Sitka spruce top. Solid AAAA quilted maple back and sides. Five-piece mahogany/maple/walnut neck. Ebony fingerboard and bridge. 25 ¹⁹/₃₂-inch scale. 46-mm. nut width. Gotoh tuning machines. Made in Northern Ireland. $7,965 list. lowdenguitars.com
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|Rebecca Moody
|Date of Birth
|1994 or 1995
|First Appearance
|Last Appearance
|La Petite Mort
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| Hank (father)
Karen (mother)
Al (grandfather)
|Portrayed by
|Madeleine Martin
Rebecca "Becca" Moody is the gothic teenage daughter of Hank Moody and Karen van der Beek. She is very intelligent and musically inclined for her age, as well as precocious.
As she is in her early teens, and the product of a non-traditional family life, Becca is very emotional and at times clinically depressed. She displays a very melancholic and somber attitiude, although this can be attributed somewhat to normal teenage angst/rebellion. Occasionally her dialogue with Hank offers a glimpse at her high intellect and ability to understand the events happening around her in spite of her age.
She is in a band, and is savvy enough to call out her father for his indiscretions. Becca generally acts as Hank's conscience throughout the run of the show, and she is arguably the most affected by his reckless behavior. On the whole, her character adds a little dark, heart-breaking side to the seemingly all-fun fuck-around of the adults and gives the show much greater depth.


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"You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you." Genesis 41:40
God puts a special grace in us, which becomes evident before men, governors and kings, who can see what is manifested in us: the presence of the Holy Spirit, who makes all things known.
Many of them will seek us, not for the cash, but for that which we can reveal to them on behalf of God, which is a mystery that neither their power nor their money can get them to know. We will attain fame, renown, before them, and we will hold privileged positions due to the spiritual intelligence and wisdom which God has given us.
Joseph lasted 17 years as a slave, but his heart remained upright before God. That caused God to show what was inside of him, while in the very jail, and take him to the palace. From being a slave he became the second-in-command in all Egypt.
Do not worry about where you are or what you are going through, for at that very place the One sitting at the right hand of the Throne will manifest himself and take you to places of authority and power where you will talk on behalf of God by revealing dreams and visions. In one moment, the doors will open for you to begin taking your position and ruling over unreachable places in the name that is above every name: Jesus Christ of Nazareth.


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Acting, singing, writing, drawing, biking, travelling, not corn dogs
My name is Nick Endicott and I am really glad to be a member of Oberlin's class of 2020! I grew up in the coastal village of Rockport, MA, so living in Ohio has been a huge change for me. While this change comes with plenty of challenges, my time at Oberlin just keeps getting better and better!
The arts have always been my "thing." In high school, I studied every type of art I possibly could: acting, music, painting, sculpture, writing, set design—you name it. I was the kid who spent four hours a day (including lunch) in the art room, talking with my teacher, and making grand plans with my friends for installations and projects we would almost certainly never realize (a one act play about Jacques Cousteau set underwater?). It was awesome. All of these interests came together in my school's theater department. There, I acted in many plays including Godspell and Little Shop of Horrors, I designed sets for two student-written plays and my own student-directed play, and found friends who remain my artistic partners, despite our now-long-distance relationships.
I knew my time at Oberlin would be spent exploring similar pursuits, only in a very different setting, with amazing mentors and passionate peers. Through my involvement in the Obertones (Oberlin's premier all-male a cappella group), OMTA, the theater department, and the Oberlin Review, I am already beginning to approach that kind of totally immersive involvement in which I typically thrive. As a blogger, I hope to share my small-town-to-also-small-but-totally-different town experience, and all of my exploits through my intended majors and extracurricular activities. Thank you!


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In this world of cold swirling winter winds what we all need is one, if not more of these nutty cinnamon whirl biscuits. These chaps are perfect with a hot, strong coffee. I took a batch to marvellous mum and dads recently.
On the way, I had to stop at the garage to get some boring car stuff fixed (something about the wheels, blah blah blah) and the box of biscuits were fresh from the oven, and cooling on the front seat. The car was in the garage for an hour or so, so me and Little Brother explored the amazing local 'sell everything you never knew you wanted' shop. I swear when we got back to the car, the box just might have possibly perhaps have been one or two short! Those cheeky mechanics couldn't resist the spicy smell of warm biscuits. I'm not cross, who could blame them?
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The warmest month (with the highest average high temperature) is July (84°F).
The month with the lowest average high temperature is January (27°F).
The month with the highest average low temperature is July (57°F).
The coldest month (with the lowest average low temperature) is January (3°F).
The wettest month (with the highest rainfall) is June (5.1").
The driest month (with the lowest rainfall) is January (1.1").
The month with the longest days is June (Average daylight: 15.3h).
The month with shortest days is December (Average daylight: 9.1h).


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Julien Absalon
Date of birth
180 cm
71.0 kg
Professional debut
Bianchi International (2001-2006), Orbea (2007)
Olympic Games (1 medal, 1 gold)
1st (2004)
World Championships (4 medals, 4 gold)
1st (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
European Championships (4 medals, 1 gold, 3 silver)
1st (2006), 2nd (2003, 2005, 2007)
World Cup
Overall : 1st (2003, 2006, 2007)
King of the mountains desperate to keep crown
Since crushing the mountain bike field at the 2004 Athens Games Frenchman Julien Absalon claims never a day goes by without him focussing on the defence of his Olympic title in Beijing.
This same zealotry saw the man from the Vosges mountains power his way to four straight world championships titles from 2004-2007, which is a first in this sport, thanks to meticulous training and his voracious will to win.
Even more worrying for his rivals, Absalon seems to get better each season in this cross-country event (approx. 50km/ 2hrs, 15min) which requires constant explosive efforts due to relentless attacks and counter-attacks.
Born in August 1980 in France's eastern mountains a family friend initiated him to the sport as a teen and within months he had managed fourth place in the French championships.
There the coach Gerard Brocks took him under his wing and guided him to world junior and under-21 titles before he joined the elite in 2003 as part of the Bianchi team run by 1965 Tour de France winner Felice Gimondi.
He concentrated on the World Cup in his first elite season and won it, also managing silver at the European championships. But it was a weary athlete that struggled home 12th at the world championships that same season.
The path to Laoshan
That first disappointment seemed to forge a new vigour in him and on the rugged slopes of the Parnitha at the Athens Olympics the 24-year-old had a full minute to spare at the finish line over Spain's Jose Antonio Hermida and 2min 3sec on 1996 gold medallist Bart Brentjens of the Netherlands.
Seventy supporters from his home village of Raonnais having made the trip to Greece in 15 camping cars cheered him on to his gold in 2hrs, 15min, 2sec on seven laps of a challenging 43.4km course.
That year he also went back to the world championships and bannished the bitter memories of the previous year by grabbing his first senior gold. Absalon has remained world champion ever since, placing the rainbow jersey at his bedside to inspire him even in his dreams, celebrating his victories by hoisting his mud splattered bike aloft at the finish line.
2006 was a wonderful year for him, claiming the world championship, world cup and the European championship. In 2007 he became the first man since the creation of the world championships in 1990 to win a fourth straight title, and he won the World Cup with an event to spare.
He began the Olympic season with three World Cup victories but his 2008 season then turned into a nightmare with a series of defeats, including a woeful 15th place at the European championships and a retirement from the world championships with sunstroke.
Is it just a blip or the end of an era? The answer will be known in the Chinese capital.


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Through the medium of gene editing, a group of scientists have made a breakthrough which would see the end of hereditary disease. Actual whoa.
Good news, everyone! Those heinous hereditary diseases that flay us (and those shiftless layabouts we produce to replace us) will soon be a thing of the past. The minds of science have been able to correct disease-causing gene mutation in human embryos which would theoretically stop diseases passed to the next generation.
The new technique uses the gene-editing tool CRISPR to target a mutation in nuclear DNA that causes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a common genetic heart disease that can cause sudden cardiac death and heart failure. The research, published in the journal Nature, demonstrates the first time scientists have successfully tested the method on donated clinical-quality human eggs.
The author of the study, Shoukhrat Mitalipov, summed up the findings thusly: "…every generation on would carry this repair because we've removed the disease-causing gene variant from that family's lineage…by using this technique, it's possible to reduce the burden of this heritable disease on the family and eventually the human population."
The collective stunned Keanu whoa you felt is accurate, because it's rather a big deal.
Very simply, researchers worked with healthy donated human ovum and sperm carrying the genetic mutation, the equation being: take embryos, add CRISPR, and the mutant cells be gone. The new method is illustrated below:
A mutation causing a heritable heart condition has been corrected in preimplantation human embryos using CRISPR–Cas9 https://t.co/cbE6rYVUwT pic.twitter.com/ASQFd6dViI
— nature (@nature) August 2, 2017
The list of hereditary diseases that could be solved as a result of this breakthrough is staggering. So long, cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, sickle cell anemia. You will not be missed.


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|This article is about a/an duo of villains in Power Rangers Zeo, the second installment in the Zordon Era.
- "Around, and around, and away we go!"
- ―Klank's command for Orbus to enlarge a monster[src]
Klank was one of the top two robots that served the Royal House of Gadgetry. Klank was a humanoid robot, while Orbus was more of a cute-looking module. They served as the monster enlargers of the Zeo arc, and were often kicked around by their masters. When King Mondo wanted to have his machine/monsters grown to megazord size, Klank was given an upgrade to allow him flexibility to swing Orbus around until he built enough momentum to toss him at the monster in need of enlarging. Klank had a rather thick Scottish burr for a mechanical background (for unexplored reasons).
He was also quite pompous and thinks highly of himself. He served his masters with fierce loyalty, but never inserted himself physically into battle. More often than not, Klank would come up with a plan to defeat the rangers or take over Earth, only for Sprocket to immediately take credit for it. Whenever he tried to insist that the plan was his idea, his master would immediately silence him. Once the plan failed, however, Sprocket and Mondo would then quickly blame Klank for coming up with it.
While Klank and Orbus appeared in Countdown to Destruction, the duo were not seen being destroyed, like their rulers, Mondo and Machina when Zordon's Energy Wave hit. However their lack of appearance in Forever Red (as well as Prince Sprocket) with the Machine Empire remnants suggests the two were destroyed offscreen.
- During various encounters with the Zeo Rangers, Klank seemed to show a lot of care for certain monsters that King Mondo and Queen Machina sent to Earth. A good example is Somnibot (whom Klank and Orbus themselves assembled), who was sent to put the Rangers to sleep after teams of Cogs were wearing them down for two weeks. This is in complete contrast with Acha, who called Somnibot's parallel counterpart "the worthless robot" and only valued him (monster was male in Ohranger) when he excelled at his destruction.
- Klank is voiced by Oliver Page, who went on to play the role of a minor character in the blockbuster film Titanic.
- Klank's US costume looked of noticeably different (and poorer) quality to his Japanese counterpart, apparently being made of foam.
- While Orbus was frequently seen floating in Ohranger footage, he never did so in US shots and was almost always carried or fixed to Klank's shoulder. Also, while Kocha could move his head and open his mouth in Ohranger, the prop used in Power Rangers appeared to be one solid piece that was incapable of any kind of movement at all, similar to Somnibot's mouth.
See Also
- Butlers Acha & Kocha - Super Sentai counterpart in Chouriki Sentai Ohranger. See comparison page.


text: Heather Brayshaw from First Knox National Bank stopped by for today's MERIT Court session with a gift of 2017 calendars. (Heather is shown here between MERIT Court Probation Officer Joel Carter and Judge Thatcher.) MERIT Court participants are required to keep a daily calendar of their appointments with the Probation Dept., the Freedom Center and Behavioral Healthcare Partners, and participants must bring their calendars to Court for their weekly review hearings with the Judge. Thank you First Knox National Bank for this generous gift.


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Allyson Emshaw
Sharon, Pennsylvania
"What if the world did change on December 21, 2012, only the change was so small that no one noticed it? That's the idea behind The Secret Change Series. A child came into the world, a very special child. He will be the catalyst for change?"
In addition to The Secret Change series, I have also published "Poems Plus: Revolutionary Rhymes for the Changing Times" and the adult novella "Unsatisfied."
. It has always been my dream to be an author, I have the dedication and ambition to make it happen, now I just need a little luck. I'm also a student, working towards my degree in criminology, although I'm not sure why. I am also a mother of two, and happy to be so. I'm told I have unique views and I hope I don't offend anyone. Anything else you want to know, just let me know :P


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Toney Earl Jr.'s Incarceration Almost Stopped Him From Getting A Job. His Success Shows Why Businesses Need to Implement Fair Hiring Practices.
Toney Earl Jr. was 25 years old when he was convicted for felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. Though he had never been to prison before, he was sentenced to 42 months in a New York state correctional facility. He would serve 31 months of that sentence. When he was released in 2008, he needed a job.


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RCPCH announces forthcoming digital growth charts for parents and families
1 August 2020
We look ahead to plans for digital growth charts, which will be available to parents and carers in 2021.
Leading paediatricians publish case definition for illness affecting children during COVID-19
1 May 2020
Leading paediatricians in the UK have set out a working definition of an inflammatory syndrome affecting a very small number of children and which may be associated with COVID-19.
Widening differences in UK child mortality are not inevitable
5 March 2020
Every death of a child or young person is a unique tragedy. In coping with such events as healthcare professionals, we respond in personalised ways. A common question, though, is whether we did everything we could to prevent it. Did we examine thoroughly? Did we respond to results quickly? Did we li...
Response to research on compulsory vaccinations
17 May 2019
RCPCH's immunisation expert Dr David Elliman says "compulsion may work in some countries, but it is not for us".
RCPCH responds to Northern Ireland HPV extension
9 April 2019
Boys aged 12-13 in Northern Ireland are to be offered a vaccine to protect them against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) related cancers, the Department of Health has announced. RCPCH responds.
Vaccinations important and highly effective, says child health expert
27 March 2019
The RCPCH highly recommends vaccination and that anyone who has concerns or questions talk to their health visitor, practice nurse or general practitioner (GP).
Few multivitamins contain recommended dose of Vitamin D, reveals new study
25 February 2019
RCPCH responds to new study, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, which reveals of the multivitamins surveyed, doses ranged from 0 to 800 IU.
Little improvement on reducing avoidable child deaths, new data shows
22 February 2019
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today published 2017 data on avoidable deaths.
"UK is lagging behind" – RCPCH responds to Nuffield Trust report
20 February 2019
The Nuffield Trust and the Association for Young People's Health have today published the first ever international comparison of young people's health measures over time, comparing the UK to 18 other high-income countries. Professor Russell Viner, President of the RCPCH, responds.
RCPCH members asked for their views on air pollution
12 December 2018
Around one in three children are growing up in areas of the UK with unsafe levels of air pollution. This is not only damaging for their health, but a fundamental threat to their right to grow up in a clean, healthy environment.


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Congratulations to Xiaofei Pu who defended her dissertation on March 9, 2018
Advisor: Rebecca Lange
Erupted basalts are windows into the deep Earth. This dissertation provides evidence that basalts grow their phenocrysts during rapid ascent to the surface, and that the most Mg-rich olivine in erupted samples approximates the first mineral to crystallize from a liquid with a composition of the whole rock. This presents opportunities to constrain the temperature, oxidation state and water content of these basalts on the basis of olivine-melt equilibrium.
Chapter II develops a new olivine-melt thermometer based on the partitioning of Nickel (DNiol/liq), and provides evidence that it is far less sensitive to the effects of pressure and dissolved H2O in the melt than DMg(ol/liq), which is the basis of most olivine-melt thermometers in the literature. The application of both thermometers to a set of subduction-zone basalts allows the depression of the olivine liquidus due to the effect of dissolved water to be determined based on the different temperatures calculated from the two thermometers; a minimum H2O content in the melt at the onset of olivine crystallization can be determined.
Chapter III investigates the sensitivity of DNi(ol/liq) to dissolved H2O in basaltic melts through a series of olivine-melt equilibrium experiments. Four 1-bar experiments, one anhydrous experiment at 0.5GPa, and five hydrous experiments at 0.5GPa are presented. The Ni-thermometer developed in Chapter II recovers the experimental temperature for all ten experiments within 14˚C on average, including those where the melt contained at least 4.4 wt% H2O. In contrast, the Mg-thermometer (Chapter II) recovers the T(expt) of the anhydrous experiments within error (±26˚C), but overestimates T(expt) by 88-141˚C for the hydrous experiments. The results shows a negligible dependence of DNi(ol/liq) on pressure and dissolved water under crustal conditions, which confirms that the olivine-melt Ni-thermometer can be applied to hydrous basalts at <1 GPa without corrections for H2O content in the melt and pressure.
Chapter IV applies the new Ni-based olivine-melt thermometer developed and tested in Chapter II and III to a set of mantle-derived, high-K melts that erupted within the Colima rift in western Mexico, where a mid-ocean spreading ridge is interacting with a subduction zone. Application of the Ni-thermometer, together with phase-equilibrium experiments on phlogopite lherzolite from the literature, shows that the K-rich Colima melts segregated near the base of the relatively thick lithosphere of the Jalisco block at relatively high pressures (~2.5 GPa) compared to most subduction-zone melts (~1.5 GPa). These temperatures and pressures of melt segregation provide key constraints on geodynamic models of this complex tectonic setting.
Chapter V investigates the cause of the relatively high oxygen fugacity (fO2) of the pristine K-rich Colima lavas (Chapter IV). The pre-eruptive oxidation state (Fe3+/Fe2+ ratio), derived from olivine-melt Fe2+ - Mg exchange equilibrium, indicate fO2 values that are ~2 log units lower than the post-eruptive value; yet they are still significantly higher than those found in most terrestrial basalts. This elevated pre-eruptive fO2 leads to higher solubility of sulfate in the melt, which degasses as SO2 and H2S, and drives melt oxidation. This is the first documentation of sulfur degassing-induced oxidation observed in natural samples.


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The rooms vary in size, fifty per cent of them being medium and the remaining fifty per cent being large. All the rooms and the bathrooms are in very good condition. They are upholstered in black and cream with wooden furniture. The elegant restaurant is a very peaceful, calm room with a balcony facing the sea of Galilee. It has blue carpeting, wooden tables and chairs and is upholstered in brown and orange with matching table-cloths and napkins. This is a grey building with five floors. It has big, wide windows and balconies on the new wing. The lobby is medium in size and very elegant and impressive. There is a balcony facing the lovely view of the sea of Galilee. There are seating areas with iron furniture with grey upholstery. This property has been completely renovated and re-opened in October 2003.03.09


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Panic Button,FAB - Watch Video
Magician invites a spectator to select a card from a deck of cards and
return to the deck. Performer then explains to the volunteer that he/she
can transmit the thoughts of the playing card and with the use of this
unusual 'satellite tracker' the card will not only be revealed but it
will manifest itself in between these two magic 'transformation boards' -
There is a satellite tower printed on one side of the boards and it's
aimed towards the spectator to get the correct 'vibrations'.
The boards are separated and there is a face down playing card! It is turned over - but - nope it's not the correct card! Frustrated, the magician tries once more only to reproduce another card - again it is WRONG! It is explained that in case of such an emergency there is a PANIC BUTTON on the board - which the spectator is asked to press.
The boards are separated but no card at all! Several more attempts to press the button and then finally the boards are separated and seen on the inside of the top board is a JUMBO CARD - yes, the one card the spectator chose! Guess we pressed the panic button too many times!
This is easy to do and a lot of fun to perform. No sleight of hand required - the boards do the work for you. They measure 7.5" x 7.5" and are colorfully decorated and laminated. Comes complete with boards, cards & complete routine.
A FAB exclusive designed by Rick Fisher


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Above: Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any images of Samuel Grimshawe. His two daughters, Mary and Genevieve, are pictured above standing either side of the Queen of Spain. Mary (far right) was the last of the Grimshawes. She died in 1930.
Much of the information I have on the Grimshawe family and their Errwood Estate comes from Gerald Hancock's wonderful little book, 'Goyt Valley Romance' (above).
Samuel Grimshawe purchased 2,064 acres of the Taxal Valley – stretching from the Cat & Fiddle pub on the Cheshire Derbyshire border, north to the village of Taxal – from John Jodrell of Yeardley Hall in 1834.
It was his son – also called Samuel – who managed the construction of Errwood Hall, starting the works some time around 1840. And when his father died in 1851, Samuel inherited the large estate.
He and his wife Jesse lived in the Hall until his death in 1883. They had one son (again called Samuel but known as Arthur) who died in infancy. And two daughters; Mary and Genevieve. Jessie died in 1893, leaving the estate to her two daughters. Genevieve died first in 1929. And Mary a year later in 1930.
All are buried in the hilltop graveyard which stands above the ruins of the Hall (click to view).
The estate is sold
The two sisters had known for some time that the land was to be compulsory purchased by Stockport Corporation to create the twin reservoirs of Errwood and Fernilee. And within a matter of months of Mary's death, the purchase had been completed.
Errwood Hall survived for a few years as a youth hostel. But in 1934 the Hall and 13 outlying farms on the estate were demolished. The attractive hamlet of Goyt's Bridge was left to rot, and the ruins finally vanished under the cold waters of Errwood Reservoir in 1967.
I've divided the text from Gerald's small book on the Grimshawe family into three sections. Click below to read them.


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Now that you are here, we know that you're interested in playing Jumble, one of the best word games that you will ever come across. It's indeed a wonderful game that can help you kill time and learn some words if you can take some effort. Also, there are websites like Jumble Solver that can help you at the last minute if you are not able to find a particular word. But, ethically speaking, that's not the right way to play Jumble! In this article, we have compiled some of the finest tips that can help you win Jumble. Of course, this thing is a two-way street and you will have to take some effort. And, when you take some effort, you can not only win the game but also improve your language.
#1 Learn New Words
This step goes without saying, actually. The more words you know, the better your chances are at winning a game of Jumble. It's also equally important to learn new words along with the idea of context. You know the same word can be used in multiple instances, right? When you are playing Jumble, you are also given a clue along with the jumbled set of words. So, it's more important to understand which word to use rather than finding some random words. That is, if you want to keep on winning Jumble word game, you must learn new words, every single day.
#2 Learn The Thing About Prefixes and Suffixes
The idea behind Prefixes and Suffixes are clear from the words themselves. These are some components you can see behind or after certain words. For instance, pre, anti, non etc. are some of the mostly used prefixes you can find while less, ness etc. are some of the commonest suffixes. In most cases, words are formed with these components and you have an advantage by being familiar with these opening and closing ones. The next time you are unable to find the word that is hidden in Jumble, you can consider adding some prefixes or suffixes to what you have in mind.
#3 It's About Vowels
The first thing you should notice when it comes to finding the actual words is the presence of vowels. If you just have a look at the words around you, it's clear that you cannot create many words without using at least one vowel letter. So, if you can master the thing about vowels, you have a better chance at winning Jumble. Also, when you find the jumbled set of letters for the first time, you should try to spot the vowels first and arrange the rest of the letters according to the possible position of the vowels in the combination. So, if you can keep looking at vowels and figure them out, you can easily win a game of Jumble.
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You can keep solving anagrams if you want to have a better score in Jumble word game. If you are familiar in the domain of anagrams and jumbled combinations, it also means that you have a better command over words and vocabulary. So, what you can do is keep practicing and there are a few websites that can help you in this matter. For instance, you can use Jumble Solver to keep solving Jumble games that you find across the magazines and the Internet. You should also try to get familiar with the new words and things that are being introduced in the world so that you would not miss the context.
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HA NOI (VNS) — The best cyclists from 12 teams nationwide will participate in the 27th HCM City Television Cycling Tournament that begins on April 11 in Ha Noi.
This year, the cyclists, including national team members, will compete over 2,100km, divided into 19 stages that will cover 17 cities and provinces. The event will begin in Ha Noi and finish in HCM City on April 30.
The winners will receive a huge bonus of VND1 billion (US$46,400), with the yellow jersey holder pocketing VND100 million ($4,600).
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The #1 Thing I Learned After Deleting My Dating Apps Has Nothing To Do With Dating
Even though dating apps are most popular among Millennials, according to a recent SeatGeek survey of 1,000 singles, 95 percent would rather meet people IRL versus online or on an app. That's why for the second year in a row, Bustle is deeming April, "App-less April" and encouraging our staff and readers to delete their dating apps for 30 days and meet people the old-fashioned way: offline. With participants tracking their progress and tricks and tips from dating experts, we'll be helping you feel empowered to meet people IRL all month long.
For the past month, I've been doing Bustle's App-less April challenge. During this time, I deleted all of my dating apps and thereby rid myself of the mindset that I *need* technology to meet new romantic partners. I am now taking all of my toxic energy that I would have wasted on haplessly swiping right and left and engaging in meaningless social interactions, and investing it instead in attracting the right people in real life.
Dating apps have been a fixture of my life for years. As a person with a shy demeanor, the interface of dating apps functioned as a social crutch for me. Before the challenge, the mere idea of approaching strangers in a social setting gave me crippling anxiety. In my social interactions with new people, my deepest fear was that I was not good enough or not likable. I deeply feared that someone would validate these beliefs by rejecting me. Thus, I his under the facade that was provided to me by dating apps. On my profile, I was defined by my name, my age, and photos — I wasn't revealing any vulnerability or any true aspect of myself. With a simple right or left swipe, I was in control of who was being rejected. If a match didn't answer my messages, it never carried the same sting that comes from being rejected in person. Dating apps were methodical; I was given a plethora of options and I made my choices purely based on appearances. Any semblance of "rejection" was of no importance, as there were hundreds of other potential matches I could interact with.
The very knowledge that someone had matched with me — even if I had never had any authentic interaction with them and we would never meet in person — helped boost my sense of self-worth.
Dating apps gave me a sense of security and comfort. They were my safe space from the frightening world of bars, events, and real-life interactions. Even more, they placated my feelings of loneliness and inadequacy. There was always someone I could talk to — even if our interactions lacked any substance. The very knowledge that someone had matched with me — even if I had never had any authentic interaction with them and we would never meet in person — helped boost my sense of self-worth. "Getting rejected through swipes does take a toll on our self-worth," Clarissa Silva, behavioral scientist and author of relationship blog You're Just A Dumbass, tells Bustle. "Sometimes that impacts how we see ourselves. Do you think they chose someone that was prettier, sexier, etc. than you? If so, it's time to remember that apps are games of probability. It's not based on who would be ideal... it's based on who says yes/no."
The App-less April challenge has pushed me head first out of my comfort zone, and fostered my growth as an individual. If I want to meet new people and socialize, I no longer can hide behind the comfort of my phone screen. I have no choice but to venture out into the real world.
The most important thing I have learned this App-less April is I am capable.
"We need to practice the art of real conversation," Dr. Emily Morse, a sex and relationship expert and the host of Sex With Emily. "That means actually talking with people face-to-face, in the flesh. Dating is a muscle,and just like any muscle, the more we use it and work it out, the stronger it gets. Relying on conversation through text alone makes our ability to connect in the real world more challenging because we've completely halted ourselves from having real life interactions. The more you get out there, the less awkward you'll feel meeting people organically, and the easier it will be to make those connections and have those real conversations."
Above all, the most important thing I have learned this App-less April is I am capable. I am capable of far more than what I have previously allowed myself to believe. I do not ever need to rely on a dating app to meet new people. I am perfectly capable of approaching new people and engaging in a conversation. The friends that I have made over the past few weeks demonstrates to me that I am capable of overcoming my fears and letting my personality shine through. My social anxiety does not dictate my life or control me; I am indeed capable of engaging other people without the world imploding. I am capable of attracting amazing new people into my life all on my own, without 140 characters or glossed up photos. I have learned that life is richer when I believe in myself and take risks. I can, and will, live (real) life vibrantly and without inhibitions.
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Police shot and wounded an armed man during a brazen robbery attempt at a day care center that functioned as a drug haven, with a trove of marijuana and more than $100,000 in cash in its basement, authorities said Saturday.
Police initially thought the Special Moments Daycare might have been targeted for a holdup Friday because it was payday. But "it appears now that the day care center was a repository for drugs and money," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
Special Moments owner Donna Rogers, 37, was arrested Saturday on a marijuana-possession charge after police said they found the money and 10 pounds of the drug in the Brooklyn center. Her husband was in negotiations to surrender, Kelly said.
Phone numbers for the couple and the center rang unanswered Saturday, and police didn't know whether they had lawyers.
Children were lying down for naps about noon Friday when two men knocked on the day care center's door and forced their way past an employee who answered, police said. They said a third man stayed outside as a lookout.
The owner's husband, who was not at the center, called 911 after an employee called him, police said.
When officers arrived a few minutes later, they found Gavin Nugent, 34, in a back room, police said. Children were in another room nearby.
Nugent pointed a gun at officers, who fired three rounds at him and followed him when he ran to the basement, police said.
Following a trail of blood, officers found him in a back room and fired another shot as he tried to escape, police said.
Meanwhile, a police sergeant ushered the roughly 12 children and four staffers calmly to safety, police said. None was hurt, but "my friends were crying," 2-year-old Yosha Williams told The New York Times.
Her mother, Somalia Williams, said the children were taken to a station house and given pizza.
Nugent was hospitalized in stable condition with gunshot wounds to the torso and left wrist. A woman declined to comment after answering a phone at the Brooklyn address police had for him, and police didn't know whether he had a lawyer.
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How to Rid yourself of Unwanted Thoughts
Have you ever had unwanted thoughts that plague you and it just wont go away. It takes up a large part of your thinking process and doesn't allow you to enjoy life and use your brain for other more pleasurable thoughts. These thoughts can sometimes dominate your mind so strongly that you cannot think of anything else. Especially after a breakup, job loss or losing someone special in your life. This can go on day after day making your life untenable. However there is a simple method to rid yourself of these unwanted thoughts until you decide that, if ever, you want to deal with them
The first time you use this method I recommend that you try it when your free to sit undisturbed for a few minutes. It does not take long and after a little you will be able to do this instantly on the fly without having to stop, sit and relax. Sit down and close your eyes and relax your body little by little, starting from your head and slowly moving down your body. Relax you shoulders, your arms, your tummy, etc. Finally relax your upper and lower legs and then feet. Feeling you feet strongly connected to the ground. Breath deeply and evenly.
Close your eyes and imagine
Now close your eyes and imaging a box in front of you. It does not have to be a box, it can be a bag or some type of container just as long as it has a lid or some means of closing. Now imagine what colour it is, what shape. How big is it? What is it made of? Does it have any decorations? Does it play music when you open it? Ask yourself as many questions about the box as you like and build it in your mind. It's very special, its YOUR box. The more detail the box has the more effective it will be at containing you unwanted thoughts. Your brain cannot tell fantasy from reality, so the more detail the box has, the more it will be considered real by your mind.
Put the thoughts into the box
Now place your box on a table in front of you and open it. The inside of the box is massively huge and can contain any thoughts and as many as you can put in there. Imagine it opens to another dimension and all your unwanted thoughts can go in to it. So picture the thought in your head as an object or person. For example if your worried about work you can imagine the building you work in or your boss or co worker. Now take that thought and put it in the box and close the lid. Out of sight, out of mind.
Put the box on the shelf
It is very important that you take the box and place it somewhere in your mind where it is not part of your conscious mind. In other words it just placed somewhere that you can get too easily but wont be on the top of your mind. Don't hide it where you can,t find it, I do that too many times with the car keys. I suggest you imagine a shelf in the corner of your mind where you can place the box when you are not using it. Remember it's always available instantly, all you need to is imagine the shelf and there will be your box. Waiting just where you left it. So go ahead and put your box on the shelf.
Feel the empty space in your mind
Do you notice anything? With a little practice you will start to notice that it feels like there is a big empty space inside your mind. It feels great. That is the part of your mind that was constantly working on you unwanted thoughts. Now that there is nothing for it to work on at the moment so it's like having a big empty space inside your mind. Feels good doesn't it, now you can think about whatever you want with all that extra space!
So now you have an effective tool you can use to quiet your mind and allow it to rest. With some practice you can pull out the box and put whatever thought in it you like and put it back on the shelf in an instant. You can also go back into the box and get a memory out, just reach in and think about that memory and pull it out. I recommend you only do this when you are good and ready to deal with some of the thoughts that you put in the box. Some of them you will never take out. Irrational worries for example of self defeating thinking. I hope this technique helps you out as much as it has helped my in my life. It is very powerful and comes in very hand. Think positive thoughts!
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Finally! Porcupine Mountains State Park is our destination for the next few days. It's Michigan's largest (landwise) State Park, and actually has campground in two time zones. Hard to believe that I've been a Michigander for over 60 years, and have never been here. Neither has John. We're excited.
The 45 mile trip from McLain SP to Porcupine Mtn is beautiful. Low traffic. High beauty. Perfect color. We're afraid that we're really getting used to very short travel distances between campgrounds. How are we ever going to make the long trip to Arizona? This is waaay more our style of travel. The fun part of being on the road is definitely NOT the road part, for us.
Since this State Park covers such a big area, we have decided to stay in both campgrounds. Our first stop is Union Bay, on the east end of the park. The campsites there have electric hookups, and there are flush toilets/showers. Some of the most enviable of the campsites are right along the rocky shoreline. But…..ugh. It's jammed. Small campsites. We are right on top of our neighbors. But, the tradeoff is that it's just a short hop to a hike we really want to do – The Escarpment Trail to Lake of the Clouds.This hike travels along a narrow ridge. We love the fact that we can take Jezzy along on the hike. She's a great hiker, and will cross any bridge or jump any gap at John's urging. There are many times when I envy her sure-fourfootedness. We've packed a lunch, and find a great vantage point to admire the great views. Scenes of the Lake, and the streams which flow out of it into Lake Superior, were amazing from our heightened vantage point. It was an easy 4-1/2 mile hike, but so beautiful. We had staged my bike at the hike's end, so I hopped on and rode back to the Firetruck, parked at the Trailhead. I left my bike there, and drove back to pick up John and Jezzy. We all drove back to the Trailhead, and I jumped back on my bike to ride back to camp. Whew!
Commotion builds to a crescendo in the campground for the weekend, and we formulate plans for the next day. I want to cycle up to Summit Peak and explore that end of the park – John is unenthusiastic. He ultimately opts for a short ride to the Winter Sports complex, where he takes a chair lift ride to the top of the ski hill. Nice views (although no photos). I stick with my plan and head off, uphill and into the wind, to my destination on the opposite end of the park from our campground. It's beautiful, and a nice ride, but color seems to be a bit past peak, and the views are good, but not jaw-dropping. My photos were all uninspiring. To call the Porcupines "Mountains" is probably stretching the term a bit, but hey – you gotta work with what you got. We both enjoyed our separate days.
Sunday is our target day to move to the far west end of the Park. It's 25 miles away, and actually in another Time Zone. There's a mass exodus of campers, so we lollygag it to our new campground, hoping that more sites will be vacated in the meantime. We pull off the road to explore the Greenstone and Overlooked Falls. It's a perfect morning. The Trail and the Falls are beautiful, and we get to see one of the many remote cabins available for rental in this big park. Perched right on the edge of the river near the Greenstone Falls, it's a rustic but desirable spot for a quiet camping experience. Remote, pack-in camping is not for everyone, but this sure would be a great place to try it out. We kill a couple of hours on this four-mile hike.Our new campsite in Presque Isle Campground is more to our liking. No facilities, other than a single balky handpump and two sets of pit toilets. Campsites are large, and there are few campers. Peaceful. Quiet. Oh yeah. We set up our campsite in rain preparation mode, which means setting up our large awning, which provides a bit of additional shelter from storms. We are perched 100′ above Lake Superior. Curiously, the huge maple trees here are mostly still green. Everywhere else has been full, or slightly-past full color.
Rainy weather moves in, and bring with it a chill. Chill turns to serious C-O-L-D! We delay our morning hike to three nearby waterfalls until it's slowed to a steady drizzle. Jezzy's unhappy about being left behind. But I stand my ground on this one – what are we going to do with a stinky, wet, muddy dog in a camper? Better she snooze on the bed and wait for us to return. She's proved to us many times that her memory is very short. No grudges.
We cross the swinging Bainbridge Bridge, and stroll down to the point where the Presque River meets Lake Superior. Big waves crash on the shore, which is strewn with logs and driftwood from years past. It's beautiful and wild. We hike the East Trail, the more primitive side, cross back to the West Superior Trail back to our starting point. Three waterfalls are enroute – each spectacular, yet different. My favorite was probably the Manabezho Falls, where water boiling along the edges has carved perfectly round potholes into the rocky sides. The current water levels enable us to walk directly out into the river path. I'm pretty sure this is not the case when the snowmelt is raising the river levels. My photos, once again, don't do justice to the magnificent scenery. We're amazed at how close to the edge of the falls we can actually get on the Trail. There's significant erosion in many spots. We wonder how much longer it will be before this is blocked off to everyday foot traffic.This entire area is the largest unlogged hardwood forest left in the entire Midwest. My photo really doesn't show how huge this tree is. It was massive! The giant trees, left untouched for centuries provide a clean forest floor. It's wonderful, and, best of all, we don't have to share this area with anyone!
Reluctantly, we pack up on Tuesday morning to leave. This is our last night (for a few weeks) in the UP. It's been a wonderful trip so far, but we are looking forward to moving into Wisconsin and Minnesota (hopefully not MinneSNOWta) to whatever lies ahead.


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Doing custom drawings of pets it is rare that I get a repeat customer. Most people only have 1 or 2 pets… Yet I was asked by a previous customer (and acquaintance) for another drawing. I had drawn her dog Maverick and now she wanted to get one as a birthday gift for a friend. I was pleased to work with her again on this secret project. I was sent 3 photos to chose from and this one was a great outdoor shot of the dog Dash on a fishing boat. I got a lot of positive feedback via email during the process…
"I wish I had more pets for you to sketch—I love watching the progression. It's like Christmas every time I open an email from you…This is truly amazing! It's looking more and more like Dash every time. Love it!… that looks exactly like him! It's so real! I'm super excited and can't wait to see it in person. Thanks again!!! …I look forward to being a returning customer. :-)…I think it looks fantastic!…My friend is going to love it! Thank you so much for working so hard and getting it completed before their birthday… Wonderful job as always!"
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
A comment from me on Tetris
I just want to share that this particular entry (Tetris) convicted me greatly. The last paragraph challenged me the very second I wrote it. It felt harsh, but good all at the same time. Like real discipline from my Abba Father. My husband came home and I said, "I was really convicted about my faith tonight." I went straight to God's word and read through Psalm 97 again, and Psalm 104 and 105...great stuff. I don't know how many people read this, but I feel as though I have started a journey with some of you, and picked up with others. I get to hear your comments, and I wanted to share one of mine. This is a struggle...to trust and not try...one that I'm sure I will not have mastered until Heaven. I want to be a woman of great faith, but sometimes I'm just a woman! Thank you for checking in and for enjoying this. It is my prayer that this would only be an appetizer for the real truth and life sustaining words that come from God's Word alone. Thank you for joining me... or sticking with me...it's a privilege to share some of your time. Enjoy.
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Make that dream score using this MLB New York Mets bowling ball! Whether you're taking out that pesky spare or scoring that strike, this ball is ideal for any bowlers arsenal!
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This mountain top sticks out into the Black Sea from the Turkiskh mainland. It was a remote assignment for US military personnel until the late 70s. It is now abandoned by the US but may yet be used by the Turkish military.
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