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Obituaries September 18, 2013
Pauline M. (Simino) Wheeler, 81, of Newport died on September 12, 2013, in Newport, a day after her birthday. Her death comes after a few months of failing health following hip replacement surgery.
She was born in Irasburg on September 11, 1932, to Earl and Molly (Howell) Simino. In her early years, she worked at Jay's Snack Bar in Derby. Memories created there lasted her a lifetime. One of her most endearing memories that arose out of time at the snack bar was meeting a Newport boy named Wayne Wheeler in 1958. They married on June 20, 1959. Together they raised three sons and operated the Antenna Man, installing thousands of rooftop and satellite antennas during more than half a century of business.
Mrs. Wheeler took great pride in her role of wife and mother, but her greatest and most cherished role was that of grandmother — to both two-legged and four-legged grandchildren. She gave her husband, her children and their spouses, and her grandchildren, unconditional love. She and her husband traveled near and far to attend their school and sporting events. They also enjoyed numerous trips with Community Circle.
Gifted with a dry, Vermont wit and a quiet wisdom, she raised three sons, seldom raising her voice.
Although she never had a daughter of her own, she always treated her sons' wives or partners as if they were her own daughters. She found a daughter in her only granddaughter, Emily, her partner in mischief and misadventures.
Having been dealt a bad hand at a young age, she had every reason to be a bitter woman, but she wasn't. She found the best in everything and everybody.
While working in Massachusetts, her father met, fell in love, and married a young woman named Molly. She was working there to send money back to her family in Newfoundland. After Earl and Molly married, they moved back to Earl's hometown of Irasburg. The couple had three children: John, Elizabeth (Scott), and Pauline,the youngest. However, the love affair between this young Vermonter and the young woman from Newfoundland was short-lived. Molly died on June 2, 1937, during a tuberculosis outbreak. Pauline, who was four years old at the time, was left with no memories of her mother. Her father never remarried. John and Elizabeth, who are no longer with us, helped their father raise Pauline into the kind and compassionate soul we all knew and loved. She was a 1950 graduate of Orleans High School.
She is survived by her husband Wayne, and their sons: Jeffrey of Newport Center, Scott and his wife, Penny, of Derby, and Kevin and his wife, Tammy, of Orleans. She loved her husband and sons, but the sun rose and set over her grandchildren: Curtis Wheeler and his wife, Gabrielle, of Presque Isle, Maine, Nicholas Wheeler and his partner, Abby Iselborn, of Bangor, Maine, Emily Wheeler of Essex, Jordan and Aaron Wheeler of Orleans, and Jeffrey Hensley of Meriden, Connecticut. She is also survived by a former daughter-in-law, April Wheeler. In addition, she is survived by her cat, Mittens, and by the many wild birds, especially her cardinals, that she fed throughout the decades.
As we now have to say good-bye to our wife, mother, and grandmother, it's unimaginable to think that we are going to walk the remainder of our lives without her, but without a doubt her quiet teachings are forever rooted in us. And we have little doubt her spirit will forever gently guide us on our journey, the same way she guided us when she was with us.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, September 19, at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home at 37 Lake Road in Newport. A celebration of her life will be held at the funeral home on Friday, September 20, at 10 a.m. Internment will follow at the Lake Road Cemetery in Newport Center.
Being a lover of all animals, domestic and wild, people are encouraged to donate in her memory to the Pope Memorial Frontier Animal Shelter, at 4473 Barton-Orleans Road, Orleans, Vermont 05860.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.
Maurice A. Tice Jr., 67, of Derby died on September 13, 2013, surrounded by his loving wife and family.
He was born on January 5, 1946, to Anna (Lucas) Tice and Maurice Tice Sr.
He was a truck driver and had been since the young age of 17. He had been driving truck for Pike Industries for the past 34 years. His hobbies included spending time on Gore Mountain, fishing, hiking, hunting, snowshoeing, gas and steam engines, antiques, restoring late model trucks, driving his John Deere tractor, and spending time with his wife, children, and grandsons.
He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Marion (Percy) Tice; his children: daughter Tina (Percy) Miller and her husband, David, of Littleton, New Hampshire, daughter Angela Tice of Derby, and son Daniel Tice of New York City, New York; his grandsons: Michael Miller and Matthew Miller of Littleton, and Akuei Tice of Derby; his mother Anna (Lucas) Tice of Derby Line; his brother Terrance Tice and his wife, Lorraine, of Holland; his sisters: Nancy and her husband, John Pelletier, of North Troy, Diane Kenney of Derby Line, Gloria Willis of Newport Center, Sally Tice of Derby, Debra and her husband, Craig Shepard, of Holland, and Lorriane and her husband, Randy Griffin, of Morgan; and by many aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.
He was predeceased by his father Maurice Tice Sr.; as well as by his grandsons, Albert Lyon and Benjamin Lyon.
In honor of Mr. Tice's request, there shall be no funeral. There will be a celebration of his life held at The East Side Restaurant in Newport, on Sunday, September 22, at 2 p.m., with Kevin Deslauriers officiating for those that wish to celebrate his life with his family.
Should friends desire, contributions in his memory may be made to the Vermont Lung Association, 372 Hurricane Lane, Suite 101, Williston, Vermont 05495.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.
Gladys Myrtle (Labor) Shover, 96, of Barton, formerly of Brownington, died peacefully on September 9, 2013, in Barton.
She was born on June 7, 1917, in Evansville, a daughter of William and Adelaide (Boydon) Labor.
She attended Evansville Graded School for eight years and then cared for her mother and baby sister. In 1932 she attended high school in Orleans, graduating in 1936. She then attended Burlington Business College, for a six month course.
She married Harold Shover of Westmore on June 7, 1938. They had 53 years plus together before he died on October 29, 1992. They purchased a home in Brownington Center in 1945 and two sons were born to this union: Ronald James and Harry Clayton.
She was auditor for the town of Brownington, substitute and voted in from 1947 to 1968, when she assumed the position of treasurer, holding this office until 1983. She was assistant town clerk for 23 years, retiring in 1991. She was a former member of the Orleans Country Club where she enjoyed golfing, and she was also a member of the Brownington Center Church where she played the organ for many years. She enjoyed cooking and reading.
She is survived by her sons: Ronald Shover and his wife, Maria, of DeFuniak Springs, Florida, and Harry Shover and his wife, Julie, of Brownington; her grandchildren: Veronica Ellis and her husband, Allen, of Front Royal, Virginia, Harold Shover and his wife, Gwen, of DeFuniak Springs, Harry Shover of DeFuniak Springs, and Danyelle Shover of Barton; and by her four great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She is also survived by her brother Maurice Labor and his wife, Almeria, of Island Pond; her sister Beverly Royer of Newport; and by several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her brothers: Harry, Harold, and Fred; and by her sisters: Bessie, Alice, Marjorie, and Anna.
A graveside service was held on September 14, at the Brownington Center Cemetery.
Should friends desire, contributions in her memory may be made to the Brownington Center Church, 9 A Spirit Road, Orleans, Vermont 05860.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.
Elmeria Labor
Elmeria Labor of Island Pond died peacefully on September 13, 2013, in Newport.
She was born in 1922 in Saint-Valere, Quebec, to Georges Geoffroy and Mary Anne (Mastha) Geoffroy. At six weeks old, her family moved to Morgan, where the family farmed. She attended graded school in Morgan and Stanstead, Quebec, and attended high school in Orleans for a time.
She married Maurice Labor of Evansville in 1943, and they began their married life in Derby Line, later moving to Beebe.
Mrs. Labor was an active member of St. Edward's church, and a member of the Altar Society. She and her husband moved to Auburn, Massachusetts, in early 1967, where her husband found further work in the tool and die industry. While there, she continued with her love of homemaking, crafts, and gardening. After retirement, she and her husband lived seasonally in Morgan and North Fort Myers, Florida, for 20 years. Her most recent residence was at the Sunrise Manor in Island Pond.
She leaves behind her devoted husband of 70 years, Maurice; her children: Larry Labor and his wife, Pauline, of Morgan, and Cynthia Manning and her husband, George, of Campbellton, Florida; her grandchildren: Mark and Anne Labor, Sarah and Roger Start, Steve Labor and Jeannie Labor, Laura and Christopher Comtois, Tim Weeks, and Dawn Veilhauer, and their families; her ten great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her siblings: Valeda, George, Armand, Oscar, Mary, Antoinette, Mary Jeanne, John, and Cecile.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., on Thursday, September 19, at St. Edward's Catholic Church in Derby Line, where a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated. Friends may call from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 19, at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, at 4670 Darling Hill Road in Newport. Internment will take place in St. Edward's Cemetery in Derby Line.
Should friends desire, contributions in her memory may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com.
Tim A. Sanville
Committal services for Tim A. Sanville will be held on Sunday, September 22, at 2 p.m., at the Newport Center Cemetery.


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A few weeks back my wife's pregnancy was taking its toll and she had to take a break from gaming until after the baby is born (it should be this week!). Rather than cut out gaming completely (mostly because we'd miss the socialization) I decided to run a game of Hellfrost for the rest of the group. I just had three problems.
First and foremost, I'd never played or run Hellfrost before. Secondly, I've only had very minimal experience with the underlying Savage Worlds system (and that was as a player being told what to do during a game). Finally, I had to shift my GMing combat style from abstract to battlemat. What made these three points even more daunting was that Hellfrost required Savage Worlds to play, which not only meant that I had to flip through two rulebooks but I had to be mindful of the changes Hellfrost made to the system.
I came up with a few techniques that are working out well at our table and I hope that, by sharing, you'll find them useful when a similar situation comes up at your table.
1. Emphasize that the first adventure is a standalone adventure. Be upfront with your players about your lack of experience and that you need a few sessions to make sure you can run the game smoothly. Also emphasize that the players aren't going to be penalized for not knowing the rules either.
2. Use a published adventure. There's nothing worse than wasting time designing an adventure that goes to pot because you forgot rule X, Y, or Z. If you use a published adventure then you may be out a few bucks, but you didn't waste hours of prep time. Also, presuming the adventure is published by the same company that produced the game, reading the adventure will give you an idea of the kinds of challenges that the designers expect the adventure to have and what types of PCs are suited to play in it.
3. Use Pre-Gen PCs. You're going to make mistakes in the first few sessions and PCs are going to die for it. Even if your players buy into your proposal, they still may get attached to their PCs, especially if they spent an hour designing them. By offering a balanced pre-gen PC party (with several backups), you're indicating that the adventure and learning curve take precedence over the PCs. I went the extra step of having my group play two characters each, which made them less likely to identify too strongly with one PC.
4. Learn the basic mechanics and stick with them for the first session. I threw this game together within a week; I certainly didn't have time to read two rulebooks. Instead I skimmed them and made sure I knew how the basic mechanics worked (roll your appropriate die and a d6; if it explodes roll again; keep the best roll; pray you don't get snake-eyes). I also made sure I knew how spells were cast and how bennies worked. That's pretty much all I used for the first session.
5. Add the rest of the rules incrementally. After each session I'd read through the rules and add in a bit more, especially if I knew a special case was due to come up (e.g. how to handle swarms in combat). It's much easier for my players and me to grok a few new rules each session and it actually cuts down on the amount of time that I need to flip through the books during play. "I'll read up on it and we'll fix it next session, let's move on for now" has become a mantra.
So far, things have been going great! My players are really enjoying trying out a new game and we aren't sweating the small stuff. That will, of course, change if we decide to keep playing!
So how about you? How do you introduce players to a system that you've never run before? Do you have new tips? Have any of the above tips worked for you or failed in some way? Did your introduction lead to a long-term campaign, a short-term diversion, or an epic fail?

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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/22/cops_close_razorback2/
Euro cops seize Razorback P2P servers
Site owner arrested in Switzerland
Posted in Policy, 22nd February 2006 11:10 GMT
Belgian and Swiss police yesterday shut down Razorback 2, a hugely popular source of content on the eDonkey and other P2P networks. Law enforcement officials mounted early morning raids on sites in the two countries, and seized servers and network equipment.
The action was instigated by the global Motion Picture Association (MPA), which claimed Razorback allowed around 1.3m computer users to access pirate copies of movies, music, TV recordings, games and applications.
The move follows an aggressive programme begun in November 2004 to shut down major eDonkey servers, first in the US and now Europe.
According to the MPA, while Swiss police were arresting Razorback's owner at his home, Belgian police were retrieving servers from Razorback's hosting centre in Zaventem near Brussels.
The organisation alleged Razorback's owner profited directly from the illegal traffic in unauthorised content, both from donations submitted by users and through the advertising sold on the back of the number of users coming to the server.
The MPA made a blatant attempt to seize the moral high-ground by claiming Razorback was also home to "child pornography, bomb-making instructions and terrorist training videos", but such material is clearly beyond their remit to police. ®


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Wrapping Winter Wishes Around the Tarantula Nebula
Hubble reveals a glittering treasure trove of more than 800,000 stars and protostars embedded inside the Tarantula Nebula. This near-infrared view reveals newly formed stars that are often embedded in clouds of dust, and only the near-infrared light can pass through these clouds.
Also known as 30 Doradus, the Tarantula Nebula is a raucous region of star birth that resides 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small, satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. Because it contains the nearest observable super-cluster of stars, the nebula is a nearby laboratory for seeing close-up a firestorm of star birth that was much more common in the early universe.
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Arts Tonight Monday 25 February 2013
The most recent series of Arts Tonight has now concluded. Podcasts of all the programmes in this recent series, as well as previously broadcast Arts Tonight programmes, are available here.
Monday, 25 February, 10pm: Tonight we mark the publication of a new book on an important Irish contributor to world architecture: Traces of Peter Rice, edited by Kevin Barry (Lilliput).
With contributions from architects and fellow engineers, artists, former colleagues, friends and family, the book celebrates the late Dundalk structural engineer who worked on the Pompidou Centre, the Sydney Opera House, the Louvre Pyramid, and many more iconic buildings of the world. Rice died at the age of 57, just over 20 years ago, at the height of his career, but before he died published an intense and lyrical memoir, An Engineer Imagines, which, though now out of print, remains a kind of cult book for both architecture and engineering students.
On the programme, we hear Minister for Education (and architect) Ruairi Quinn, who launched the book in Dublin last week; Kevin Barry, editor of the book andEmeritus Professor of Humanities at NUI Galway; sculptor Vivienne Roche; architect and journalist Shane O'Toole; architect Sean O Laoire; engineer and architect Sophie Le Bourva of Arup, who worked with Rice; architect Ian Ritchie, who formed the company Rice Francis Ritchie with Rice and Martin Francis in the 1970s; Peter Rice's wife and daughter Sylvia and Heidi Rice; and extracts from Rice's own book mentioned above, An Engineer Imagines, read by Arthur Riordan.
Linked to the book is an exhibition, Traces of Peter Rice, currently running at Arup's Phase 2 exhibition space, 8 Fitzroy Street, London: see http://www.arup.com/Home/News/Events_and_exhibitions/Exhibition_Spaces.aspx
The exhibition tours to the Centre Culturel Irlandais from 14 May-28 June and then to the Farmleigh Gallery in Dublin in the autumn.
Engineer Peter Rice (Pompidou Centre, Sydney Opera House, Louvre Pyramid) remembered 20 years after his death. Extended podcast
Another chance to hear our programme with Kaleidoscope: A Night of Music. Cellist Kate Ellis, violinist Clíodhna Ryan and friends play an eclectic mix of centuries-old and modern music, including a recent composition, Jump, by Linda Buckley, and special guest Gavin Friday's rendition of Shakespeare's Sonnet 40.
Kaleidoscope's next concert is at the Odessa Club, Wednesday 6 March 2013. See www.kaleidoscopenight.com
Art Tonight with Vincent Woods is a weekly indepth programme of culture and the arts in Ireland and internationally.
We hope you enjoy the programmes and please do contact us with your comments at email@example.com
Presenter: Vincent Woods
Producer: Clíodhna Ní Anluain


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Company Must Now Supply Information for Federal Agency's Investigation of Nationwide Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
MINNEAPOLIS – In a ruling issued July 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ordered Minnesota-based frozen food delivery company Schwan's Home Service to comply with a subpoena issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to gather information in a sex discrimination case.
The Eighth Circuit decision is now the third one from a federal court to approve the EEOC's issuance of the subpoena and the third to order Schwan's to cooperate with the EEOC's investigation. Today's decision affirms a June 30, 2010 decision by U.S. District Court Judge John R. Tunheim of the District of Minnesota, who previously ordered Schwan's to comply with the EEOC's subpoena. Prior still, U.S. Magistrate Judge Janie S. Mayeron, in a March 8, 2010 opinion, ordered the frozen-food giant to provide the EEOC with basic categories of personnel information regarding employees who manage its frozen-food storage facilities nationwide.
The subpoena subject to today's ruling was issued pursuant to the EEOC's now four-year-long investigation of a charge of sex discrimination filed by former Schwan's employee Kim Milliren with the EEOC's Minneapolis Area Office in 2007. In the charge, Milliren alleged that she was discriminated against on the basis of gender and subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation during her employment with Schwan's Home Service. Milliren was selected to participate in Schwan's General Manager Development Program, a training program that trains candidates to be location general managers at its warehouse depots throughout the country. Since that time, the EEOC has been investigating whether Milliren and other women were subjected to sex discrimination in the program, as well as sexual harassment and retaliation.
The EEOC filed its original subpoena enforcement proceeding in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on October 5, 2009 (EEOC v. Schwan's Home Service, Misc. Case No. 09-84 (JRT/JSM)) after first giving Schwan's several opportunities to provide the requested information voluntarily. In opposing the EEOC's enforcement of the subpoena, Schwan's has variously accused the EEOC of pursuing a "fishing expedition" and suggested that the EEOC may be engaging in misconduct, but those accusations have never been sustained or upheld.
EEOC Regional Attorney John Hendrickson said, "Today's ruling reinforces the EEOC's authority to investigate widespread discrimination against groups after having received a charge from one person which reflects only that individual's experience. That's one way we get at systemic discrimination, and the court has said that's a perfectly good way to do it. It's another reason why employers who insist on making heavy investments in resisting legitimate EEOC subpoenas will continue to come up empty."
John Rowe, director of the EEOC's Chicago District, is managing the agency's investigation of Schwan's. Rowe said, "Today's events signal, once again, that we do not issue subpoenas unless we are prepared to make them stick. The court has said, just as the two before it did, that the EEOC is on solid legal footing in going after information it deems relevant during an investigation of systemic job bias—even if the entire matter began with a single individual discrimination charge."
Schwan's Home Service is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Schwan's Food Company, based in Marshall, Minn. Schwan's Home Service, the company's home delivery service, has approximately 500 sales and distribution centers throughout the United States. The Schwan Food Company is a multi-billion-dollar private company with approximately 18,000 employees worldwide.
The EEOC is being represented in the federal district court by Nicholas Pladson, a trial attorney in the agency's Minneapolis Area Office. The EEOC was represented on the appeal in the Eighth Circuit by Julie Gantz, Vincent Blackwood, and Lorraine Davis, all of Appellate Services in the agency's Office of General Counsel in Washington, D.C.
The EEOC's Chicago District Office is responsible for processing discrimination charges, administrative enforcement, and the conduct of agency litigation in Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota, with Area Offices in Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.


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Area items of interest
Lights of Love prepares for annual tree lighting
The Lights of Love Committee met Sept. 8 to plan the annual Lenoir Memorial Hospital Volunteers Tree Lighting ceremony, which will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 26 in the hospital parking lot and lobby. Committee members are Helen Uhlig, Annette Gray, Carol Sykes, Swannie Turner, Ann Durusky and Frances Winstead.
Tax deductible contributions will be used again this year to support the hospital�s cancer services. Community support of the Lights of Love enhances these programs and benefits patients in many ways. Lights of Love can be purchased in honor or memory of family and friends: $10 Love Light, $25 Snowflake Light, $50 Candle Light and $100 Star Light. Names of contributors in the Book of Remembrance, displayed in the lobby, are updated weekly beginning in early November and continuing through the end of December. To receive a donation card, call Ann Durusky at 252-522-7006 or download one from lenoirmemorial.org.
Groups plan alternative Halloween events
Various organizations have planned activities planned for Halloween.
Woodmen Community Center is having a Halloween costume party and carnival from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at the center, 2602 W. Vernon Ave. The evening will include carnival games, a hot dog dinner, a costume contest, and much more. Admission is one canned good per person to be donated to a local charity. For information, call 252-939-1330.
First Pentecostal Holiness Church, 711 Phillips Road, is having a fall festival from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday with fun for the entire family. The event will include games, a chili cook off, concessions, trunk or treat, elephant bounce, toddler bounce and door prizes. Each person registered will receive eight tickets to use to purchase concessions or participate in a cakewalk.
For more information, contact 252-522-0287 or kfphc.com.
The Christian Education Department of Saint Augustus AME Zion Church, 318 E. North St., will have a harvest festival from 6 to 8 p .m. Wednesday. Family fun will include games, a moon walk, prizes, candy, candy apples, basked goods and more. An adult must accompany all children. For information, call 252-523-4287.
Watch for a full story on Halloween in Wednesday�s Free Press.
Schools plan parent get-together
Parents in all Lenoir County public schools are invited to a Title I get-together from 6 to 8:30 p.m. today at Rochelle Middle School�s cafeteria and auditorium.
Under the theme �Happy New Year,� the evening will include food and community organization displays from 6 to 6:45 p.m. in the cafeteria, preceding the program in the auditorium. Music and entertainment will be provided by the Kinston High School marching band and cheerleaders, Southeast Elementary School, Northeast Elementary School and Rochelle Middle School.
Speakers include Sgt. Dennis Taylor of the Kinston Department of Public Safety, �Gang Awareness Tips for Parents�; Ellen Benton, executive director of instruction, Lenoir County Schools, �What�s New in Lenoir County Public Schools�; and Trooper George Hemby, N.C. Highway Patrol, �Driving Safety Tips for Parents of Teen Drivers.�
Fight cancer with right foods
A cancer-fighting foods cooking workshop will be from 6:45 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Pink Hill Wellness and Education Center.
The event is in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
For more information, call the center at 252-559-9181.


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Magdalene Catholic High School
The Insomnia series is primarily an exploration of conscious thought preventing unconscious rest. This is a reflection of my struggle with insomnia throughout my life. I chose charcoal as the medium because its smooth and rough textures can be manipulated in many ways to represent specific emotional states. The idea to have the images minimally stylised and posed was an intentional aim to create a sense of authenticity and feeling.


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PLACERVILLE — A San Jose man was killed and his brother seriously injured when their single-engine plane crashed while trying to land at a small El Dorado County airport Saturday, authorities said.
The crash was reported just before 7 p.m. that evening outside Swansboro Country Airport, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.
Police dispatchers were alerted by someone who got a cellphone call from the pilot, who reported the plane had gone down. Responding deputies located the crash site in a field a short distance from the airport, near Yankee John Court and Highgrade Street, in the Swansboro community on the outskirts of Placerville.
According to a brief statement by the Federal Aviation Administration, "a single-engine, home-built Starduster Too crashed under unknown circumstances."
Deputies found two men inside the plane. One of the occupants, 52-year-old San Jose resident Perry Nieland, was airlifted to the hospital, where he died of his injuries. His brother, 55-year-old Richard Nieland of South San Jose, the registered owner of the plane, suffered serious injuries.
The Sheriff's Office said the plane had circled the airport with the aim of landing then disappeared from sight.
Who was at the controls of the plane was not immediately released. An investigation into the crash is being conducted by the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board.


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Borneo shark
|Borneo shark
|Scientific classification
C. borneensis
|Binomial name
|Carcharhinus borneensis
(Bleeker, 1858)
|Present (dark blue) and possible historical (light blue) range of the Borneo shark[1][2]
Carcharias borneensis Bleeker, 1858
The Borneo shark (Carcharhinus borneensis) is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae. Extremely rare, it is known only from inshore waters around Mukah in northwestern Borneo, though it may once have been more widely distributed. A small, gray shark reaching 65 cm (26 in) in length, this species is the only member of its genus with a row of enlarged pores above the corners of its mouth. It has a slender body with a long, pointed snout and a low second dorsal fin placed posterior to the anal fin origin.
Almost nothing is known about the natural history of the Borneo shark. It is viviparous like other requiem sharks; the females bear litters of six pups, which are provisioned through gestation by a placental connection. The International Union for Conservation of Nature last assessed this species as Endangered, at which time it had not been seen since 1937. While an extant population has since been found, the Borneo shark continues to merit conservation concern given its highly limited range within heavily fished waters.
Taxonomy and phylogeny[edit]
Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker originally described the Borneo shark as Carcharias (Prionodon) borneensis in an 1858 issue of the scientific journal Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae. He based his account on a newborn male 24 cm (9.4 in) long, caught off Singkawang in western Kalimantan, Borneo.[3] Later authors have recognized this species as belonging to the genus Carcharhinus.[4] Before 2004, only five specimens of the Borneo shark were known, all of them immature and collected before 1937.[1] In April and May 2004, researchers from Universiti Malaysia Sabah discovered a number of additional specimens while surveying the fishery resources of Sabah and Sarawak.[2]
The evolutionary relationships of the Borneo shark are uncertain. Jack Garrick, in his 1982 morphological study, did not place it close to any other member of the genus.[5] Leonard Compagno in 1988 tentatively grouped it with the smalltail shark (C. porosus), blackspot shark (C. sealei), spottail shark (C. sorrah), creek whaler (C. fitzroyensis), whitecheek shark (C. dussumieri), hardnose shark (C. macloti), and Pondicherry shark (C. hemiodon).[6] The Borneo shark resembles the sharpnose sharks (Rhizoprionodon) in certain traits, for example the enlarged pores by its mouth. Nevertheless, other aspects of its morphology firmly place it within Carcharhinus.[2]
The Borneo shark is slim-bodied, with a long, pointed snout and oblique, slit-like nostrils preceded by narrow, nipple-shaped flaps of skin. The eyes are rather large and circular, and equipped with nictitating membranes. The corners of the sizable mouth bear short, indistinct furrows, and immediately above are a series of enlarged pores that are unique within the genus. There are 25–26 upper and 23–25 lower tooth rows. The upper teeth have a single, narrow, oblique cusp with strongly serrated edges, and large cusplets on the trailing side. The lower teeth are similar, but tend to be more slender and finely serrated. The five pairs of gill slits are short.[2][4]
The pectoral fins are short, pointed, and falcate (sickle-shaped), while the pelvic fins are small and triangular with a nearly straight trailing margin. The first dorsal fin is fairly large and triangular, with a blunt apex sloping down to a sinuous trailing margin; its origin lies over the free rear tips of the pectoral fins. The second dorsal fin is small and low, and originates over the middle of the anal fin base. There is no ridge between the dorsal fins. The caudal peduncle bears a deep, crescent-shaped pit at the origin of the upper caudal fin lobe. The asymmetrical caudal fin has a well-developed lower lobe and a longer, narrow upper lobe with a strong ventral notch near the tip. The dermal denticles are small and overlapping, each with three horizontal ridges leading to marginal teeth. This species is slate-gray above, darkening towards the tips of the dorsal fins and upper caudal fin lobe; some specimens have irregular rows of small, white blotches, which may be an artifact of handling. The underside is white, which extends onto the flanks as a vague pale band. There are faint, lighter edges on the pectoral, pelvic, and anal fin trailing margins. The largest known specimen measures 65 cm (26 in) long.[2][4]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
All recent specimens of the Borneo shark have been collected solely from fishery landing sites at Mukah in Sarawak, despite thorough surveys across the rest of Borneo (including at the locality of the type specimen). Thus, its range may now be restricted to shallow, inshore waters in northwestern Borneo.[2][7] Of the five earlier specimens, four came from Borneo and one from Zhoushan Island in China, hinting at a wider historical distribution. This species was also recorded from Borongan in the Philippines in 1895, and Java in 1933; these records cannot be substantiated and there have been no subsequent sightings from these areas.[2]
Biology and ecology[edit]
Bony fishes are probably the main food of the Borneo shark.[8] It is viviparous like other requiem sharks, with the developing embryos provisioned by the mother through a placental connection formed from the depleted yolk sac. The litter size is six, and the pups are born at close to 24–28 cm (9.4–11.0 in) long. From the available specimens, the length at sexual maturity can be surmised to be under 55–58 cm (22–23 in) in males and under 61–65 cm (24–26 in) in females.[2][8]
Human interactions[edit]
The International Union for Conservation of Nature last assessed the Borneo shark as Endangered, based on 2005 data that do not include the recent specimens from Mukah. Previously, several fishery surveys within its supposed historical range had failed to find it.[1] The Borneo shark's conservation status remains precarious given its very small range in waters subjected to intensive artisanal and commercial fishing.[2] It is caught by line gear and used for meat, though it has minimal commercial significance.[7]
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- ^ Bleeker, P. (1858). "Twaalfde bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Borneo. Visschen van Sinkawang". Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae. 5 (7): 1–10.
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Before Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame took the field, they got some good news.
No. 15 Texas A&M upset No. 1 Alabama 29-24 on Saturday taking one less unbeaten team out of the race for the BCS championship game.
Johnny Manziel and the Aggies shook up the national title race in Tuscaloosa, Ala., jumping out to a quick three-touchdown lead and then holding on at the end to Alabama's 13-game winning streak.
The Southeastern Conference has won the last six BCS championships, but with Alabama losing and three other teams unbeaten, it will be tough for the SEC to even get in the game without help.
Kansas State made its case for No. 1 - in both the polls and the BCS rankings - with a thorough 23-10 victory at TCU. No. 4 Notre Dame methodically beat Boston College 21-6.
No. 2 Oregon, third in the BCS standings, played California late Saturday night.
Alabama would likely need to win out and have two of those three teams lose to reach the national title game.
No. 15 TEXAS A&M 29, No. 1 ALABAMA 24
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Johnny Manziel and No. 15 Texas A&M shook up the national championship race by beating No. 1 Alabama 29-24 on Saturday.
The Aggies (8-2, 5-2), playing in the Southeastern Conference for the first season, also might have ended the league's run of BCS titles at six years.
The Crimson Tide (9-1, 6-1) didn't go quietly.
AJ McCarron nearly pulled off a second straight scintillating comeback. He threw one touchdown pass and motored the ball downfield before Deshazor Everett stepped in front of his fourth-down pass at the goal line with 1:36 left.
Manziel passed for 253 yards and rushed for 92 and led the Aggies to a 20-0 first quarter lead.
McCarron completed 21 of 34 passes for 309 yard but also was intercepted twice, ending his streak without getting picked off at 291 passes.
No. 2 KANSAS STATE 23, TCU 10
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Collin Klein ran for two touchdowns, a week after leaving the game early with an apparent head injury.
The Wildcats improved to 10-0 for only the second time under coach Bill Snyder, and moved within two wins of likely reaching their first BCS championship game.
Only a few minutes after the start of Kansas State's game, and a rare turnover by Klein, SEC newcomer Texas A&M finished off its 29-24 victory at Alabama, the No. 1 team in the BCS standings and AP poll. The Aggies win gave their old Big 12 rivals at K-State a boost.
TCU (6-4, 3-4 Big 12) didn't take advantage of Klein's interception on the fourth play of the game. The Heisman Trophy hopeful then hit Chris Harper for a 62-yard pass, and ended that drive with a 7-yard TD run.
The senior quarterback was sacked a season-high three times while completing 12 of 21 passes for 145 yards. He had 15 carries for 50 yards.
Kansas State (7-0 Big 12), No. 2 in the BCS standings, has games left at Baylor and home against Texas.
No. 4 NOTRE DAME 21, BOSTON COLLEGE 6
BOSTON (AP) - Everett Golson ran for a touchdown and threw for two more on Saturday night to help Notre Dame stay unbeaten.
Taking the field one hour after top-ranked Alabama lost to No. 15 Texas A&M, the Fighting Irish (10-0) remained in the hunt for a spot in the BCS title game. And a week after needing triple overtime - and a lot of luck - to get past unheralded Pittsburgh, Notre Dame eased past a longtime rival that had twice before spoiled its hopes of a No. 1 finish.
Golson completed 16 of 24 passes for 200 yards, connecting with Troy Niklas for a 7-yard touchdown at the end of the first half and with John Goodman from 18 yards out early in the second. Manti Te'o grabbed his sixth interception of the season - a school record for a linebacker - to end BC's last real chance at a comeback with just under 6 minutes left.
Chase Rettig completed 27 of 34 passes for 247 yards for BC (2-8), which is off to its worst start since 1989. Alex Amidon caught six passes for 84 yards to break the school's single-season record for receiving yards.
No. 5 GEORGIA 38, AUBURN 0
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Aaron Murray passed for 208 yards and three touchdowns, freshman tailbacks Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall each ran for more than 100 yards and Georgia clinched a spot in the SEC championship game.
Georgia (9-1, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) was methodical in its dominating win. It scored the first shutout for either team in the series since the Bulldogs' 28-0 win in 1976.
Auburn (2-8, 0-7 SEC) was held to 238 yards, including 57 yards rushing, as its disappointing season with embattled coach Gene Chizik suffered another embarrassing low.
Georgia, the Eastern Division champion, earned its second straight trip to the Dec. 1 SEC championship game in Atlanta. Top-ranked Alabama, beaten by No. 15 Texas A&M 29-24 on Saturday, can win the Western Division title by beating Auburn on Nov. 24.
No. 7 FLORIDA 27, LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 20
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jelani Jenkins returned a blocked punt 36 yards for a touchdown with 2 seconds remaining and Florida rallied in the closing minutes to avoid a huge upset.
Florida (9-1) did little on offense most of the day and looked to be in serious trouble when quarterback Jeff Driskel left the game with an ankle injury.
The Rajin' Cajuns (5-4) led 20-13 after Alonzo Harris' 2-yard run and a blocked punt for a touchdown. But Jacoby Brissett rallied the Gators. Brissett found Jordan Reed down the middle for a 39-yard gain and then hit Quinton Dunbar for 3-yard score with 1:42 remaining.
ULL was content to play for overtime.
But Loucheiz Purifoy came off the edge and got his right hand on the punt. Jenkins picked up the deflection and went untouched the other way.
No. 9 LSU 37, No. 23 MISSISSIPPI STATE 17
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Zach Mettenberger passed for 273 yards and two touchdowns, and LSU kept alive faint hope of a Southeastern Conference title.
Looking sharp a second straight week, Mettenberger completed 19 of 30 passes without an interception. His top target was Jarvis Landry, who had nine catches for 109 yards - both career highs - including a 19-yard touchdown to help the Tigers (8-2, 4-2 SEC) beat the Bulldogs (7-3, 3-3) for the 13th straight time.
Mettenberger's other scoring pass went to Spencer Ware, fullback J.C. Copeland scored on a 1-yard plunge and Craig Loston returned an interception 100 yards for a score.
Tyler Russell was 26 of 38 for 295 yards and a touchdown that got the Bulldogs as close as field goal in the third quarter before they faded in their third straight loss to a ranked team.
No. 10 CLEMSON 45, MARYLAND 10
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Tajh Boyd threw for 261 yards and three touchdowns as Clemson won its sixth straight and record 12th in a row at Death Valley.
Clemson (9-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) had little trouble with the banged-up Terps (4-6, 2-4), who again started linebacker Shawn Petty at quarterback because of season-ending injuries to their four scholarship passers.
The Tigers ended things early as Boyd passed for a 13-yard touchdown to Adam Humphries and a 28-yard score to DeAndre Hopkins. In between, Clemson defensive end Corey Crawford brought a Petty fumble 16 yards for a touchdown as part of his team's 21-point first quarter.
Clemson star receiver Sammy Watkins left the game in the second quarter with a lower leg injury.
SYRACUSE 45, No. 11 LOUISVILLE 26
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Ryan Nassib threw for 246 yards and three touchdowns, Jerome Smith ran for 144 yards and Syracuse handed Louisville its first loss of the season.
Playing in the last home game of his SU career, Nassib directed an offense that gained 524 total yards. Nassib went 15 of 23 and passed Donovan McNabb for second on the school's career yards passing list.
The Orange (5-5, 4-2 Big East) blew the game open with three touchdowns in the second quarter and Louisville (9-1, 4-1) allowed more points than it had in any game this season.
Teddy Bridgewater completed 36 of 49 passes for 426 and three touchdowns for Louisville.
No. 12 SOUTH CAROLINA 38, ARKANSAS 20
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Connor Shaw threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score for South Carolina.
Shaw was 15 of 23 for 279 yards for the Gamecocks (8-2, 6-2 Southeastern Conference), who finished with six league wins for only the second time in 20 years in the SEC.
Arkansas (4-6, 2-4) will now have to beat both Mississippi State and LSU to make a bowl game after starting the season No. 10 in the country.
It was only the second win over the Razorbacks in the last seven games for the Gamecocks and it broke a three-game losing streak during which the Hogs embarrassed South Carolina by double-digits.
Cobi Hamilton caught four passes for 72 yards, giving him Arkansas' season yards receiving yards record at 1,149 yards. Tyler Wilson was 26 of 41 for 277 yards.
No. 14 OKLAHOMA 42, BAYLOR 34
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Landry Jones threw for 277 yards and two touchdowns, Damien Williams ran for 99 yards and two scores and Bob Stoops moved into sole possession of second place on the school's career wins list.
Backup quarterback Blake Bell scored on a 55-yard keeper in the fourth quarter for the longest run by a quarterback in the Stoops era.
Lache Seastrunk ran for 91 yards and three touchdowns for Baylor (4-5-, 1-5 Big 12), the last score getting the Bears within eight with 1:26 to play after quarterback Nick Florence got in on the 2-point conversion.
LaColtan Bester recovered the ensuing onside kick, sealing the win for Oklahoma (7-2, 5-1).
Stoops moved past Bud Wilkinson with his 146th victory. He's 11 wins shy of Barry Switzer's school record of 157.
No. 15 STANFORD 27, No. 13 OREGON STATE 23
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Kevin Hogan threw for 254 yards and three touchdowns in his first collegiate start, and Stanford overcame four turnovers to rally past Oregon State.
Cody Vaz fumbled late in the fourth quarter to give the Cardinal (8-2, 6-1) the ball at the Beavers 29. The only Oregon State (7-2, 5-2) turnover turned out to be the difference.
Hogan hit tight end Zach Ertz for a 13-yard touchdown for the go-ahead score and Stanford stopped the Beavers twice more. The Cardinal will head to second-ranked Oregon next week with a chance to take over sole control of the North Division and move closer to a spot in the conference championship game.
No. 18 NEBRASKA 32, PENN STATE 23
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Taylor Martinez threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jamal Turner for Nebraska's first lead, and the Cornhuskers overcame a double-digit, second-half deficit for the fourth time this season.
Ameer Abdullah ran for 116 yards on a career-high 31 carries, and Martinez finished with 104 yards as the Huskers pounded away on the ground on a windy afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
The Huskers (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten), down 14 points at half, got TD runs of 1 and 2 yards from Imani Cross to tie it at 20.
Martinez threw 56 yards to Kyler Reed on a third-and-5 and, three plays later, found Turner on a short slant in the end zone for the lead with 10:57 left.
Penn State (6-4, 4-2) looked ready to regain the lead, but tight end Matt Lehman fumbled into the end zone and Nebraska recovered.
No. 19 TEXAS 33, IOWA STATE 7
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - David Ash passed for 364 yards and two touchdowns and Texas honored former coach Darrell Royal by whipping Iowa State.
Ash had a 61-yard touchdown pass to Mike Davis in the first quarter. Johnathan Gray ran for two touchdowns for the Longhorns (8-2, 5-2 Big 12), who won their fourth in a row.
Texas paid tribute during the game to Royal, who died Wednesday at age 88. Texas lined up in the wishbone, the formation Royal introduced to college football in 1968, on the Longhorn's first play. Instead of a run, Texas ran a trick play that resulted in a 47-yard pass.
Steele Jantz passed for 133 yards for the Cyclones (5-5, 2-5) but was under constant pressure from the Texas defense.
No. 21 USC 38, ARIZONA STATE 17
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Marqise Lee caught 10 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown, Curtis McNeal rushed for 163 yards and two more scores, and Southern California bounced back from consecutive losses against skidding Arizona State.
Matt Barkley threw for 222 yards and three TDs while becoming the leading passer in conference history for the Trojans (7-3, 5-3 Pac-12), who overcame a slow start and five turnovers to snap their two-game skid. USC hasn't lost three straight since 2001, former coach Pete Carroll's first season.
Taylor Kelly passed for 174 yards and Alden Darby returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown for the Sun Devils (5-5, 3-4), who lost their fourth straight. Arizona State managed just 250 total yards and scored all of their points off USC's turnovers, getting shut out in the final 27 minutes.
No. 24 RUTGERS 28, ARMY 7
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Brandon Coleman caught his second touchdown of the game on a 31-yard pass from Gary Nova with 8:49 to play and Rutgers survived a valiant effort by mistake-prone Army.
In bouncing back from its first loss and a two-week layoff that featured Hurricane Sandy and a Nor'easter that dumped a foot of snow in New Jersey, the Scarlet Knights (8-1) scored three times in the final nine minutes. They also got a 2-yard touchdown run from Savon Huggins and a 73-yard fumble return by Duron Harmon in the final minute.
Army (2-8) played tough, but it could not overcome three lost fumbles, a dropped touchdown pass, two blocked field goals and three late game-changing miscues that cost them the game.
No. 25 TEXAS TECH 41, KANSAS 34
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Running back Eric Stephens threw a 3-yard jump pass to Darrin Moore for a touchdown in double overtime to lead Texas Tech past Kansas.
Kansas had a chance to tie but Michael Cummings couldn't connect with Tre' Parmalee in the end zone on fourth-and-9.
The Jayhawks (1-9, 0-7 Big 12) came from behind in the fourth quarter and sent the game into overtime on a 32-yard field goal by Nick Prolago with under a minute remaining in regulation.
Seth Doege completed 45 of 59 passes for three touchdowns and 476 yards for Texas Tech (7-3, 4-3). He had one interception in the second quarter that seemed to give the Jayhawks belief they could upset the Red Raiders.
Tony Pierson had a career-high 202 rushing yards on 16 carries for Kansas, which lost its ninth in a row and 19th straight Big 12 game.


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"To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace." - Oscar Wilde
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Wednesday's Child: Children should not die before their parents
Between the years of 1869 and 1901 Hiram and Charlotte Barker buried seven children. It is difficult to imagine how this couple endured, but they did. The youngest child to die, Clemensie, was less than a year old at death; the longest lived, Frederick, was only twenty-three when he died. The children are interred together in this grave in Hamilton Cemetery.
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SHELBY � A man�s stabbing gestures, while holding a knife toward traffic, landed him in jail Thursday morning.
SHELBY � A man�s stabbing gestures, while holding a knife toward traffic, landed him in jail Thursday morning.
Roberto Garcia, 56, faces charges of going armed to the terror of the public and resisting arrest.
Shelby Police received multiple phone calls from drivers who witnessed Garcia wielding a knife around
8 a.m.
Jody Standridge called the police, too. She drove through town to take her youngest daughter to Marion Elementary.
She saw a man, whom police identified as Garcia, shaking a knife at oncoming traffic near the East Marion and Cline streets intersection.
�He looked me straight in the eyes and started shaking his knife. He did it to the person behind me when I looked in my rearview mirror,� she said. �He was walking toward town.�
Police officers arrived shortly thereafter. Garcia made stabbing motions, knife in hand, toward one of the officers. Garcia walked two or three steps toward Officer R. Strickland before Strickland drew his handgun, according to an arrest report.
Garcia dropped his knife before he was placed into handcuffs, according to the report.
�He was hesitant at first, but then he complied,� Shelby Police Capt. Steve Canipe said. �We don�t know yet what his motivation to do this was.�
Standridge said Garcia was in handcuffs by the time she drove back, after dropping her daughter off at school.
�You see that coming down the road and you�re wondering, �Where are they going and who have they harmed?�� she said. �That scares me, being so close to my child�s school.�
No one was injured during the incident. Garcia was booked into the Cleveland County Detention Center shortly after. His bond was set at $2,500 secured.
A specific address for Garcia was not listed on police documents.
Reach reporter Alicia Banks at 704-669-3338, email at email@example.com and follow on Twitter @TheStarAlicia.


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Grilling out usually calls for barbecue sauce, and many grill chefs work long hours developing just the right flavor in their sauces
Grilling out usually calls for barbecue sauce, and many grill chefs work long hours developing just the right flavor in their sauces. No doubt about it — a barbecue restaurant's signature sauce usually adds that "gotta have it" flavor. How many times have you returned to a particular barbecue restaurant because you liked the sauce?
There are many great barbecue sauces on the market, so I seldom take the time to make my own. However, when my friend, Tissie McDaniel, shared her mother's recipe with me, I just had to try it.
One of the most unusual ingredients in her recipe was cut-up lemon. I asked her if the lemon needed to be peeled and she said, "No, just cut it in small pieces."
When I started to cut the lemon, I noticed that it had a thick rind and I knew that the white membrane would be very bitter. I opted to use the zest of the lemon and then peel it before cutting it in tiny pieces. There are not many ingredients in this simple sauce, and most of them are readily available in kitchen pantries.
I smiled when I read the note Tissie attached to the recipe. It read, "Childhood memory ... smell of the sauce cooking on the stove, I knew hamburgers would be for supper!"
After making the sauce, I agree it would be good brushed on hamburgers as they grill or just used as a sauce to spoon on the bun.
I like a sweet barbecue sauce, so I decided to add some brown sugar, and I liked this one even better. If you want to try the sweeter version, I would start by adding about a half-cup of firmly packed light brown sugar and then taste the sauce, adding more until you get it "just right" for your palate.
I like the taste of barbecue in my beans, so when I needed a special dish for a church pot luck dinner, I decided to use a commercially prepared barbecue sauce instead of ketchup in my new version of baked beans. I was surprised when my 15-year-old granddaughter said these were the best baked beans she had ever tasted.
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 large onion, diced
2 lemons cut in small pieces
1 (14 oz.) bottle ketchup
1 cup vinegar (I use rice vinegar)
2 cans tomato sauce (or 1 can tomato paste)
1 cup water
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Combine all ingredients in medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to simmer. Cook about 2 hours or until thick. Great on hamburgers, ribs, pork chops and chicken.
For a sweeter version, add 1/2 to 2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar.
1 can (22 oz.) grill-style beans (Southern style)
1 can (16 oz.) pork and beans
1 cup of your favorite barbecue sauce (homemade or commercial; see note)
1/3 cup diced onions
1/2 cup crisp bacon pieces
1 tablespoon mustard
2 tablespoons rice vinegar (or vinegar of choice)
1/4 to 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch square baking dish or pan. Combine all ingredients except butter. Mix well. Spoon into prepared pan. Dot with butter. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
• Note: I like several different barbecue sauces, but I used Sweet Baby Ray's original sauce in these beans. Next time, I probably will try another brand.


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every one calls me blonco around town, which isn't very weird considering i live in a town of less than 500 people
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What started as an eighth-grade critical-thinking writing assignment has become a source of relentless controversy for Rialto school officials, who apologized profusely and publicly this week for asking that students consider whether the Holocaust was created for political gain or didn't happen at all.
The assignment, developed by a group of teachers and the district's educational services division, prompted widespread outcry and criticism from such groups as the Anti-Defamation League and the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which called it "grotesque."
The district said the assignment was meant to satisfy Common Core standards for critical thinking, but quickly pulled it and promised revisions. A spokeswoman called it a "bad mark" on the district's record.
At an emergency school board meeting Wednesday, officials again apologized for what they called a misguided attempt at being thought-provoking and pushing roughly 2,000 students to think critically. There was a heavy police presence at the meeting because board members and school staff reported receiving death threats.
"From the bottom of my heart, I feel sorry for this whole thing happening," said interim Supt. Mohammad Z. Islam, adding that he accepted full responsibility for the incident.
Board President Joanne Gilbert said the project turned into a "horribly inappropriate assignment" due to a lack of internal checks and balances.
Students were asked in the 18-page assignment to research and write an argumentative essay about whether the Holocaust actually occurred or if it was "merely a political scheme created to influence public emotion and gain wealth."
The assignment asked students to interpret three sources, one of which describes the Holocaust and "The Diary of Anne Frank" as a hoax.
Students were given the assignment in December and completed it in February. The assignments have been graded, said Susan Levine, associate superintendent of educational services.
In the wake of the criticism, Syeda Jafri, a spokeswoman for the Rialto Unified School District, said that Islam was unaware of the assignment's topic until school officials received an email about it.
Jafri said Islam acted swiftly, but she declined to comment on whether the teachers involved faced any disciplinary action, citing confidential personnel matters.
Speaking to school officials at the meeting Wednesday, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, said he hoped that no one in the district still believes the assignment served to develop critical thinking.
He suggested that instructors be re-educated about the Holocaust and that mandatory annual visits be made to the museum. He offered to work with the district to develop detailed learning plans.
"There is something broken that's got to be fixed," he said.
Community members expressed anger about the district's handling of the incident, calling for immediate action.
"We need to know whether there was an agenda by the people who created it," Neal Fialkow told the school board.
Middle school student Oyuky Barragan said she completed the assignment — and defended the history of the Holocaust — but was offended by it, adding that it was a bad idea.
She demanded an apology from the district because of "the idea they planted in kids' minds."
While joining in the criticism, the Anti-Defamation League said it had no evidence that the writing assignment was part of a "larger, insidious agenda," and considered it a "misguided" attempt to meet critical thinking standards.
Still, state Sen. Marty Block (D-San Diego), who chairs the new California Legislative Jewish Caucus, issued a statement Wednesday in which he said that although he was pleased Rialto Unified canceled the assignment, he hoped that educators and students continued to study the Holocaust and "ponder its tremendous cost."
"As important is the lesson that we must all fight the intolerance and hate that led to the depraved crimes that constituted the Holocaust," he said.


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Harvest starts strong, farmers optimistic
Staff writer
Harvest is in full swing as hot weather and strong winds drive grain moisture levels down.
While kickoff was uneventful for most area farmers, there have been some setbacks. A windstorm Monday night blew down tree limbs throughout the county but no crop damage was reported. Randall Vogel also had some excitement when his full grain truck flipped on its side.
"My daughter was driving," Vogel said. "She got out OK, but was pretty shook up."
Vogel said his daughter was forced to flip the truck when the breaks gave out as it came to a turn at 250th Road and U.S. 56. Spilt grain was better than injuries, he said.
"We had a little bit of bad luck," he said. "Hopefully it gets better, but she did the right thing in getting it stopped, but everything turned out OK, thankfully."
Randy Eitzen manager of his third, generation family farm near Peabody is getting off to a smoother start.
"Like everyone is we've had our usual harvest hiccups," Eitzen said. "Our biggest one this year has been that my dang air conditioning quit."
With forcasts predicted to be into the 100s later this week, Eitzen hopes someone comes to fix it. In the meantime, he is cooling his oven-like cab by opening the window.
"It's not too bad," he said, "until you get going with the wind and get all the dust."
The dust, however, did not seem to be slowing Eitzen down as his Gleaner combine and 30-foot header made quick work of a field off 100th and Remington Road. Eitzen started cutting June 19.
"It's been slow going at first," he said. "Today (Monday) has been the first day that the straw has been easier to cut. This means I can cut faster and start earlier. We can cut from 8 a.m. until 2:30 or 3 a.m."
Higher moisture in the plant makes for more difficult and slower cutting. Eitzen's first full day of cutting was Saturday. On Sunday, he cut until 2:30 a.m. He is about one-third of the way done with harvest, and getting anywhere from 16 to 80 bushels per acre.
"We had a few fieldsd hit by wheat streak mosaic," he said. "But the majority of our 2,000 acres of wheat will make around the same if not a little less than last year. It's hard to tell, thought, until we got in all the fields."
Wheat streak mosaic is a virus that attacks growing wheat plants, stunting them and their yield potential. This coupled with a late frost has made for some interesting yields in fields.
"We've had some frost and disease damage this year, and that's why the numbers are all over the place," Eitzen said. "I'm getting anywhere from 16 to 80 bushel readings in one field."
While his fields do not seem to be averaging as high as last year, he is optimistic this will be a good year.
"I don't worry too much what is out in the fields," Eitzen said. "If wheat does poorly, then hopefully another crop will do better and even things out, but so far it isn't looking that bad."
Other area farmers are feeling the same optimism. At the Cooperative Grain and Supply in Marion, manager Mike Thomas said moods were positive.
"It seems to be good," he said. "People I've talked to have said it looks decent."
He said the elevator started getting its first trucks Thursday. It was not until 7 p.m. Thursday that the majority of famers were getting the right moisture content, he said. Moisture content has to be 15 percent or less n order to safely store grain.
According to Phil Timken, location manager of Mid-Kansas Co-op in Peabody, average test weights have ranged from 59 to 65 pounds per bushel. He said that while wheat is typically the elevators smallest crop, his elevator took in 50,000 bushels Friday.
"We will take in anywhere from 550,000 to 600,000 bushels this year from local farmers," Timken said.
The Marion elevator, according to Thomas, has the ability to store more than 500,000bushels. Thomas said that while most area fields still has some green Thursday, hot, windy weather had dried them out enough to start full harvest Saturday.
"There is a lot more wheat in the area than last year because of the drought," Thomas said. "Most people's fall crops burnt up, so they had time to plant wheat. Wheat is also more drought resistant."
For this reason, Thomas believes, that harvest will be over in 10 days to two weeks. Eitzen believes he will be done cutting in 10 days.
"I think we hauled 12 semi loads on Saturday," he said. "If everything goes right and we keep that up, we will be done in about 10 days or so, and then we will go back and plant soybeans."
To meet demands, local elevators including Marion, Peabody and Hillsboro will remain open until 10 p.m. until the majority of harvest in the area has concluded.
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2002: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first president of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution. During his visit, Carter delivered a speech to the Cuban public uncensored on national television and radio, calling on America to end its 40-year economic embargo against the country. [ + - ]
2001: Singer and actor Perry Como dies in his sleep at age 88 in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida. During a career spanning more than half a century, Como sold millions of records and became a television pioneer, hosting a weekly musical variety TV show from 1949 until 1963. He won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male, in 1959, won five Emmys in the 1950s and was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 1990. [ + - ]
1992: Actor Robert Reed, best known as Mike Brady on the sitcom "The Brady Bunch," dies of colon cancer at age 59 in Pasadena, California. A week after his death, his death certificate revealed he had been infected with HIV and that it had contributed to his death. Besides "The Brady Bunch," Reed was also known for his TV roles in "The Defenders," "Rich Man, Poor Man" and "Roots." [ + - ]
1986: Actress Emily VanCamp, best known for her TV roles in "Everwood," "Brothers & Sisters" and "Revenge," and for her roles in the "Captain America" movies, is born in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada. [ + - ]
1984: Actress and singer Clare Bowen, best known for her role on the TV series "Nashville," is born in South Coast, New South Wales, Australia. [ + - ]
1983: Actor Domhnall Gleeson is born in Dublin, Ireland. He is best known for his roles in "Ex Machina," "The Revenant," "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and "Star Wars: The Last Jedi." [ + - ]
1982: A day before the one-year anniversary of another attempt on his life, Pope John Paul II survives an assassination attempt when security guards stop bayonet-wielding Juan María Fernández y Krohn outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal. An ultraconservative Spanish priest opposed to reforms being undertaken at the Vatican, Fernández y Krohn later said he believed the pope had to be killed for being an "agent of Moscow." Fernández y Krohn subsequently left the priesthood and served three years of a six-year sentence. [ + - ]
1981: Actor Rami Malek, best known for the TV series "Mr. Robot," is born in Los Angeles. [ + - ]
1978: Actress and model Malin Åkerman, best known for movies such as "27 Dresses," "Watchmen," "Couples Retreat," "Wanderlust" and "Rock of Ages," is born in Stockholm, Sweden. She is also known for her TV roles on "Childrens Hospital," "Suburgatory" and "Trophy Wife." [ + - ]
1978: Actor Jason Biggs, who became famous thanks to his role in the "American Pie" film series, is born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey. Biggs has also appeared in movies such as "Saving Silverman" and "Jersey Girl" and on the TV series "Orange Is the New Black." [ + - ]
1972: The Rolling Stones release the double album "Exile on Main Street." Often ranked on various lists as one of the greatest albums of all time, it featured songs such as "Tumbling Dice," "Shine a Light" and "All Down the Line" and topped both the American and British album charts. [ + - ]
1970: The Senate votes unanimously to confirm Harry A. Blackmun as a Supreme Court justice. Appointed by Republican President Richard Nixon, Blackmun initially was one of the more conservative justices on the court, but ultimately became one of its more liberal justices. He is best known for authoring the court's opinion in Roe v. Wade, invalidating a Texas statute making it a felony to administer an abortion in most circumstances. [ + - ]
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1955: Singer-songwriter Kix Brooks, half of the country duo known as Brooks & Dunn, is born Leon Eric Brooks III in Shreveport, Louisiana. [ + - ]
1950: Actor Bruce Boxleitner, best known for his roles in the movie "Tron" and the TV series "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" and "Babylon 5," is born in Elgin, Illinois. [ + - ]
1950: Actor Gabriel Byrne, known for movies such as "The Usual Suspects" and "Miller's Crossing" and the HBO drama "In Treatment," is born in Dublin, Ireland. [ + - ]
1950: Singer-songwriter and guitarist Billy Squier, best known for rock hits like "The Stroke," "Rock Me Tonite," "My Kinda Lover," "Lonely Is the Night" and "Everybody Wants You," is born in Boston, Massachusetts. [ + - ]
1949: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin, Germany, after nearly 11 months. The Soviets first blocked the Western Allies' railway, road and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control in June 1948, hoping to force the western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying Berlin. Instead, the Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin. [ + - ]
1948: Singer-songwriter and guitarist Steve Winwood is born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. Winwood was a member of the bands Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and Go and has had solo hits with the songs "Back in the High Life Again," "Higher Love" and "Roll With It." He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Traffic in 2004. [ + - ]
1941: German inventor and computer pioneer Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer, in Berlin. Thanks to the machine, Zuse is often considered the inventor of the computer. The original Z3 was destroyed in 1943 during an Allied bombing of Berlin, but a fully functioning replica was built in the 1960s and is on permanent display in the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany. [ + - ]
1937: The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at a ceremony in Westminster Abbey. [ + - ]
1937: Comedian, actor and author George Carlin is born in Manhattan, New York. A groundbreaking stand-up comic, Carlin was especially known for his irreverent attitude and tackling of taboo subjects. His "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" and "Filthy Words" routines led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped establish the extent to which the federal government could regulate speech on broadcast television and radio in the United States. Carlin was also a frequent performer and guest host on "The Tonight Show" during the three-decade Johnny Carson era, hosted the first episode of "Saturday Night Live," filmed 14 HBO specials, and appeared in movies such as "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "The Prince of Tides." He died of heart failure at age 71 on June 22, 2008. [ + - ]
1936: Journalist and talk show host Tom Snyder is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Snyder was best known for his late night talk shows "The Tomorrow Show" on NBC in the 1970s and 1980s, and "The Late Late Show," on CBS in the 1990s. He was also the pioneer anchor of the primetime "NBC News Update," in the 1970s and early 1980s, which was a one-minute capsule of news updates in primetime. He died from complications of leukemia at the age of 71 on July 29, 2007. [ + - ]
1932: Ten weeks after he was abducted, the infant son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, Charles Jr., is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home. Bruno Richard Hauptmann was eventually convicted of extortion and murder in the killing and was executed by electric chair in 1936. [ + - ]
1928: Singer-songwriter and composer Burt Bacharach is born in Kansas City, Missouri. A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner, Bacharach is best known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the late 1950s through the 1980s, including "The Story of My Life," "The Look of Love," "Don't Make Me Over," "Walk On By," "Wishin' and Hopin'," "(They Long to Be) Close to You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," "What the World Needs Now Is Love," "What's New, Pussycat?," "This Guy's in Love with You," "That's What Friends Are For," "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" and "Do You Know the Way to San José?" [ + - ]
1926: The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first verified vessel to fly over the North Pole. Among those on the expedition were polar explorer and expedition leader Roald Amundsen, the airship's designer and pilot Umberto Nobile and American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth. [ + - ]
1925: Baseball Hall of Famer Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra is born in St. Louis, Missouri. Berra, who played almost his entire 19-year baseball career for the New York Yankees, is one of only four players to be named the Most Valuable Player of the American League three times and is one of seven managers to lead both American and national League teams to the World Series. Widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history, he appeared in 21 World Series as either a player, coach or manager. He is also known for his mangled quotes, such as "It ain't over 'til it's over" and "90 percent of the game is half mental." He died at age 90 on Sept. 22, 2015. [ + - ]
1907: Actress Katharine Hepburn, a leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years, is born in Hartford, Connecticut. She received four Academy Awards for Best Actress -- a record for any performer -- for her performances in "Morning Glory," "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "The Lion in Winter" and "On Golden Pond." She received a total of 12 Oscar nominations and is also known for her roles in "The Philadelphia Story," "Woman of the Year," "The African Queen," "Bringing Up Baby," "Adam's Rib" and "Long Day's Journey into Night." She died of cancer at age 96 on June 29, 2003. [ + - ]
1820: Florence Nightingale, a social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing, is born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. In 1860, she laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment of her nursing school at St Thomas' Hospital in London, making it the first secular nursing school in the world. [ + - ]
1780: In the largest defeat for the Continental Army, British Gen. Henry Clinton and his forces capture Charleston, South Carolina, after a siege that had lasted six weeks. The loss of the city and its 5,000 troops was the largest surrender of an American armed force until the 1862 surrender of Union forces at Harper's Ferry during the Antietam Campaign of the Civil War. [ + - ]
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Pacemaker treats sleep apnea
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P.J. Strollo et al/NEJM 2014
An implantable gizmo can halt obstructive sleep apnea, a nighttime breathing disorder that disrupts rest and robs the body of oxygen. The experimental device, an electronic pacemaker that syncs breathing with opening of the throat, relieved sleep apnea in two-thirds of people who tested it.
The volunteers had moderate-to-severe sleep apnea but couldn't tolerate a standard treatment with a breathing machine that requires wearing a mask. That machine, called CPAP for continuous positive airway pressure, delivers air at a steady pace to keep airways open. Beyond CPAP, few treatments are available for severe sleep apnea, says study coauthor Ryan Soose, an otolaryngologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. "Other solutions are needed," he says, and the pacemaker "comes at it in a really unique way, mainly targeting the anatomy of the throat."
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- Right of the Mother's Life: Lusophonic blogger ___ Nuno Guerreiro of Rua da Judiaria has an excellent post explaining Jewish theological views on abortion (I usually explain to people that abortion has the same gravitas as amputating an arm.) Nuno stresses that abortion is mandated by Jewish law (halacha) in some cases. Here is the Googlized translation.
- Whipping sh!tties?: Take a look at the survey of US Dialects. It looks at the different things Americans say and how they pronounce them. I had fun looking at those things that are clearly "New Englandisms"--things like tag sales and cabinets. (Reference at Far Outliers.)
- Geitner Simmons of Regions of Mind has two posts on controversial depictions of African Americans. They deal with Griffith's Birth of the Nation and Porgy and Bess. The first was protested by NAACP for its heroic depiction of the Klu Klux Klan (James Card, in Seductive Cinema, quotes a rabbi who felt ashamed for having cheered on the Clansmen.) The second was protested because it "glorified the worst in black folk and urban street culture."
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Politics aside…
So this morning I woke up to a snow covered existence outside, stretched, yawned, grabbed my robe and took a nice warm shower. Afterwards, I plopped myself at the computer and began working. I started getting hungry, since my last meal was at 5 PM last night. I didn't want a big breakfast; I didn't even want a slice of toast like I usually do. Instead, I wanted a bowl of dry cereal to have with my glass of milk. So I got up, waddled to the kitchen and opened the cabinet door. Out of all the boxes of cereal we had, I chose the Jewel brand of "Crunchy Corn Squares", the generic version of Corn Chex. What I saw on the back of the box STUNNED me! I was utterly appalled!!
"Family UNPLUGGED" it read, in fun, retro letters. "Imagine all the things you could do instead of watching television! Unplug the tube and grab your family," the box informed. So…what can you do if you turn off the TV and spend time with your family? Well, it went on:
"You could…volunteer your time at a soup kitchen. Work on a jigsaw puzzle. Try a new recipe. Go for a walk. Play catch. Arrange photos into a family scrapbook. Plan a day trip. Research your family tree. Play board games. Or…clean out your closets and hold a family yard sale. Ride bikes. Fly kites. Plant some flowers. Go for a drive. Play cards. Go on a picnic. Play charades. Catch fireflies. Go bowling. Roller blade. Ice skate."
So I take the box out to the living room and scream, "Can you believe this?" to Jared and his mother. They both look at me, surprised by my outburst. And I read the box to them out loud. They look at me blankly. Jared's not surprised, nor is he outraged. Timi, Jared's mother, finally gets it after I explain what this box means.
The ideas on the box sound great, right? So why am I so outraged by this box? (First of all, let me first state, KUDOS to Jewel for putting something so brave and yet so ordinary on the back of their box.) I'm not upset with Jewel and the box, per say, what I'm angered about is the mere fact that ANYONE has to tell us–on a cereal box of all things–how to "be" a family! And who is the audience of the Back of the Box? It's our children. It's kids who don't KNOW what a family is. It's geared to teach CHILDREN what a family SHOULD be doing. But this is what we've become. Complacent. Lazy. Numb.
To me, all of these things listed on the Back of the Box were GIVENS! It just makes sense. And I wasn't concerned that someone else was telling me how to be a family, because I already knew these things. I had already done these very things with Josh when he was growing up, and we still do some of these things! I plan on doing ALL of these things with Tavin and Jared. In fact, I can't wait!!
What I don't understand is a family who DOESN'T do these things. What I don't get is the fact that a cereal company has to spell it out for 80% of society today. As I continued to hold the box up to Jared and Timi, ranting on and on about this injustice, I played a scenario out for them: "Hey dad, look at the Back of the Box. It says we should do…" And the dad literally pushes the child out of the view of the TV and says, "Not now, Bobby, I'm watching the game. We'll do all those things some other time when daddy's not so busy."
Now Jared wasn't outraged for one reason: When we see what we see out in the world today, and we encounter children and families out in public, we can literally SEE that the family unit is broken! We can see the children vying for their parents attention and affection. It's everywhere. It's overwhelming. It's a shame! Granted we all see it, day in and day out, but the Back of the Box really confirmed my suspicions about what's happening in the world.
The Back of the Box is politely and attractively telling us to get off our lazy butts and pay attention to our children! And what about the poor child who reads the Back of the Box and desperately wants to do these things with a parent who is unwilling to take the time to do them? What really disturbs me is that the child who sees this list and thinks, "This would be so much fun," but has no idea what it truly means to be a family who does things together, or worse yet, realizes that even if he were to show the Back of the Box to his parents, it may not ever happen that way.
Why does the outside world have to explain the very basics of life to us? Why isn't it common sense anymore? Why are people having children in the first place, if they don't take the time to BE a family? The world is breaking down because the family is broken. There's no true sense of the word anymore.
I recently started volunteering at a food shelter called Angel Food Ministries (http://www.angelfoodministries.com/). It's a nationwide, non-profit organization offering wide varieties of monthly food menus to low income families at a very low cost…but it's also available to ANYONE! There are no limitations or requirements.
I got involved for one reason: to be an example to Tavin. To show him that in order to make a real difference in the world, you need to be the kind of person who is willing to do what it takes to actually make a difference. Talking about it isn't enough. Explaining to our children that it's important to help the needy, while walking away from a homeless person who is cold and hungry, isn't setting the right example. But by DOING it–by caring with our actions–we are teaching our children the real values, the real ethics, of humanity and compassion.
Angel Food Ministries isn't my only outlet. I've volunteered my name to become a board member for Angel Food Ministries and to further help the cause of the homeless. I'm also going to reorganize the Kenosha County Republican Women's Group, and although it's a political group, the example I will be setting for Tavin is to stand up for what he believes in, and take an active role to have his voice heard. He may not grow up to be a Republican, and that'll be just fine with me. As long as he's not just a Talker, but a real Doer, in what he believes as his core foundation…that's all that will truly matter to me.
Being a parent does take time. But that's something we should all realize before we even make the "choice" to BE a parent! No longer does your career/job take first place, nor does your spouse/significant other. That child is now your first and foremost priority in life! YOU need to be the example. YOU need to be the love–all the love in the world–that he/she needs. YOU need to be the person to teach them right and wrong, not the school system, not the church, and NOT the outside world, like the Back of the Box. It is up to YOU to BE the family your child so desperately needs to become a good person in this dark, cruel world–to help BE a light in the world. Show your children. Don't just talk about it. Be a family. Be a strong family unit that the world just can't touch!


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Besides debuting her new boyfriend, Naya looked gorgeous this week at Allure's "Look Better Naked" event. She showed off her conservative side in a lacy, red peplum dress. Very cute!
I loved Naya's long, cascading waves in her half-up do. Part hair in half at the middle of your head, and tie the top in a loose ponytail to get this look. Finish off with a light styling mousse for smooth waves like Naya's.
Do you like Naya's look?
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