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-Mommabee is a Pediatric Resident in "The South" with a background in public health. She is married to O, a Librarian turned Doctoral Student and is the momma to Lil' Zo (Fall 2011). She enjoys reading, traveling, spending time outdoors, and of course providing excellent patient care.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Guest post: We are growing up
-Mommabee is a Pediatric Resident in "The South" with a background in public health. She is married to O, a Librarian turned Doctoral Student and is the momma to Lil' Zo (Fall 2011). She enjoys reading, traveling, spending time outdoors, and of course providing excellent patient care.
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Dear Guest Post-- This is perfect timing! I am procrastinating writing an updated personal statement that explains why I am taking an extended maternity leave (13 blissful months) before starting internship. I was about to apply in anesthesia and realized I couldn't go back with a 3 month old. So I finished all my requirements before my son was born and am taking a year "off". I was wondering if or how you incorporated being a SAHM into your ERAS application and how you turned a weakness (9 months away from clinical rotations) into a strength.ReplyDelete
Loving this post! Perfect timing for me, too! I start my anesthesia orientation on Monday after taking this year off to be with my daughter (now 10 months old). I thought I was so unusual for doing this, but glad to know I'm in good company!ReplyDelete
Having done the ERAS/interview cycle, I was definitely self-conscious about the issue. I made sure to not be defensive and to have some other "things" that sounded impressive that I was doing (i.e. I helped co-author a paper that was published, I gave a lecture in a friend's college class about maternity care in other countries, etc). I was prepared for them to be quite scrutinizing of my time as a SAHM, but I actually found that very few of them asked me about it at all. They'd ask the obligatory "So what have you been doing since graduation?", and I'd mention my daughter's birth and the few other things I had been doing, and there were NEVER any follow up questions. Probably they're worried about asking anything illegal... Also, one of my colleagues pointed out that it's actually a bit reassuring to them to know you've just had a baby. Probably not going on maternity leave again any time soon!
Overall, I'd say to not make excuses for taking this time to be with your baby and still point to all your accolades, recommendations, achievements in med school. They all still stand. And I learned pretty quickly that the programs that were negative about my time "off" were programs I wasn't interested in. I ended up at a great program and am excited/nervous for Monday.
Good luck to both of you!
I interview applicants for pediatrics residency. You don't get follow-up questions because it is illegal to ask interviewees about family planning etc. That said, being a SAHM is a legitimate and important way to spend your time. One time I had an applicant tell me that they took a semester off because they never got their "free summer" between first and second year because they had failed gross anatomy and had to remediate that summer. What??????ReplyDelete
I loved this!!! Reminds me of me and my boy!ReplyDelete
Thank you all for the comments. I just figured out how to reply (LOL).ReplyDelete
Things I think about: I was a bit nervous to include information about my little one in my ERAS application but after some encouragement from my Attendings I decided to be up front. I said something like this in the section that asks what you are doing during your time off "I am taking time off prior to residency to be a full-time caretaker to my infant son." Of note, I got interviews at programs that were obviously "family friendly" and didn't get any interviews at places that I would label less family friendly. I was never asked an "illegal question" during my interviews, but during most conversations, my Little Guy came up. During most of my interviews, I was encouraged to share pictures of my son as the Attendings showed me pictures of their children. I was helped with pumping facilities and having times for breaks. I am now a Pediatrics Resident at my top choice program.
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The photos were taken in and around the North Bridge Visitor Center in Concord, Massachusetts. Part 1 is the History, Part 2 are the flowers.The area where minutemen were mustered on April 19, 1775. Below is a marker, and foundation of the Ephraim and Willard Buttrick Houses, circa 1697. The above and below pictures are in front of the Visitor Center.
Major John Buttrick
from this his farm led
the provincial minute
men and militia down
to win the bridge held
by the British Forces
April 19, 1775.
George Edward Messer
by his will provided
this memorial
erected by the town.
North Bridge Visitor Center, formerly the estate of the Buttrick Family. Below is the interior, with the visitor's center to the right.
The problem with photographing during bright sunlight or spotlights, you often get glare. I plan on trying to take better photos during a cloudy day. This past spring, I went three times, just to get photographs of the flowers. Too bad that Irises and Peonies have different growing schedules.
From the Visitor Center, you can look down on the North Bridge, Concord River and two monuments, one being the minuteman, by Daniel Chester French.

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New guidelines aim to improve care for babies with heart problems in the womb
Fetal heart experts working with the American Heart Association presented guidelines on Wednesday that were developed to help healthcare providers care for unborn babies with heart problems, as well as their families.
The statement, Diagnosis and Treatment of Fetal Cardiac Disease, was published in the American Heart Association journal, Circulation.
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Charlie Sheen has staved off jail time for another month.
Lawyers for the "Two and a Half Men" star met Monday at a Colorado courthouse, with prosecutors saying they needed more time to work out a possible plea deal, The Associated Press reported.
"We've hit a snag," Pitken County District Attorney Arnold Mordkin told E! News.
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Hours earlier, Yale Galanter, a lawyer for Sheen's wife Brooke Mueller Sheen, said the actor had reached a deal to plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge where he would spend nights in jail, but be allowed to leave his cell during the day to work at a theater company.
The deal calls for Sheen to serve a 30-day sentence and three months probation, Galanter said.
A judge must still approve the agreement and Monday's hearing has been postponed to July 12. Attorneys planned to meet Tuesday in Aspen to discuss the case, Galanter said.
Sheen was at the courthouse with his lawyer Richard Cummins, but neither offered any comments after the proceedings.
After the meeting, Galanter refused to say what had caused the delay but noted the work-release proposal wasn't a glitch.
"We were all extremely frustrated," Galanter said outside the courthouse. "Right now, we're really back at square one."
He wouldn't elaborate.
Galanter said Brooke Mueller Sheen remained supportive of her husband.
Prosecutors confirmed last week that Sheen had reached a plea agreement but released no details.
Sheen, the star of the hit CBS show "Two and a Half Men," previously pleaded not guilty to menacing, criminal mischief and assault charges. The menacing charge carries a prison sentence of up to three years.
During the jail term, Galanter said, Sheen would be released during the day so he can work at Theatre Aspen. He could leave the jail for work at 8 a.m. and would have to return by 8 p.m.
Paige Price, the theater's artistic director, said Sheen had agreed to work for free. His duties would include teaching a class for professional actors and possible fundraising for the nonprofit.
"We think it is community service in that it is a nonprofit," Price said.
Brooke Mueller Sheen approved the deal, Galanter said. She previously asked prosecutors to drop the charges against Sheen, but they refused, according to the lawyer.
He said prosecutors had offered a deferred sentence, whereby Sheen would plead guilty to a felony and charges would be dropped after two years, which is similar to the way other cases are resolved in Colorado.
Sheen has taken anger management classes and will present evidence showing he has completed a 36-hour course, Galanter said.
"They're both adults, and they have two beautiful babies together. I know they're working on it. I can tell you that no matter what happens, Charlie and Brooke will always be good friends," he said.
On Christmas Day, Brooke Mueller Sheen told police the actor had threatened to kill her after she told him she wanted a divorce. She said he straddled her on a bed with one hand on her neck and the other holding a knife.
Charlie Sheen told police he and his wife had argued but denied threatening her. He told officers they slapped each other on the arms and that he had snapped two pairs of her eyeglasses in front of her, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
Sheen told police he was upset by the divorce threat. He previously went through a bitter divorce and custody battle with his previous wife Denise Richards.
Within a week of his arrest, Sheen and his current wife both said they wanted to reconcile. In February, they hugged in an Aspen courtroom after a judge modified a restraining order that had kept them from contacting each other.
Since the incident, both have completed alcohol rehab programs, and Galanter has said they've been sober for months.
It's not the first run in with the law for Sheen, the star of films such as "Platoon," ''Wall Street" and "Hot Shots!" who agreed last month to return to "Two and a Half Men" for two more seasons.
In December 1996, he was charged with attacking a girlfriend at his Southern California home. He later pleaded no contest and was placed on two years' probation.
In 1998, his father turned him in for violating his parole after a cocaine overdose sent him to the hospital. He was ordered to undergo a rehabilitation program.


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Mozilla Contributor,Open source developer,web maker Mentor
Apart from studying computer science and engineering in GITAM University, I am very much interested in Web Application design and development and I love to make friends.I am a tech enthusiast and always try to explore new things around me and also a tech evangelist.I do build better community in Visakhapatnam so that we can work on many projects and make contributions.I worked on many projects like webmaker,SUMO,Bugzilla,One and Done,Moztrap and some open source platforms like github and I have done my research on Interviewing users for Mozilla under Markerpulse stream guided by Emma Irwin.I am a webmaker mentor,add-on tester,community builder,FOSS speaker and also a proud mozillian.I always believe in open web and I will protect it until my last breath.
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Jurys Inn hotel in Newcastle has 274 bedrooms in total. More spacious than you'd expect, rooms can accommodate three adults or two adults with two children under twelve, or just one guest. The well lit, spacious feel is clearly designed around our guests' comfort.
Jurys Inn has a number of bedrooms suitable for wheelchair access. These rooms have been designed to the highest specifications and include:
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's decision to choose Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate limits Christie's options for a future presidential run and immediately shifts the focus in New Jersey to Christie's 2013 gubernatorial reelection campaign.
Privately, Republican Party leaders in New Jersey were relieved by Ryan's selection, knowing that Christie's consistently high poll ratings make him a solid favorite for reelection, while any other GOP candidate would automatically start out as a 10-point underdog. With Democrats firmly in control of both houses of the Legislature, Democratic recapture of the governorship would make the GOP in New Jersey virtually irrelevant.
Meanwhile, Democrats weighing a race for the governorship next year have to plan for the likelihood that they will be going head to head with Christie. And while Christie has not yet announced his plans for 2013, the New York Post reported that he refused to promise the Romney campaign that he would resign the governorship in order to run for vice president — which undercuts the theory that Christie has been eyeing a move to Fox as a commentator to boost a potential 2016 race if Romney loses.
Some Democrats are still hoping that Christie will become U.S. Attorney General if Romney wins. But Christie has repeatedly said he's "nobody's No. 2," and U.S. Attorney General isn't much of a platform for an ambitious politician aiming to run for president; Robert Kennedy is the only former attorney general to make a high-profile run for president in modern history, and he had the Kennedy name and was serving as U.S. senator from New York when he ran. Besides, Christie has said repeatedly that he loves being New Jersey governor and that his job is not yet finished.
Christie is still in the running to deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention — the same prime-time showcase that Barack Obama seized upon in 2004 to propel him to the Democratic presidential nomination and to the White House four years later. But while he will continue to campaign nationwide for the Romney-Ryan ticket, he will no longer command the headlines or the talk shows the way he did until after the November election is decided — and then only if Romney loses.
The Young Christie
Christie, at 49, is still young, and he admitted last month he is thinking about whether to run for president as early as 2016 — a startling statement considering that a 2016 race would only be a possibility if Romney loses. However, a Romney victory would sharply limit Christie's future options.
If Romney wins in November, he would be seeking reelection in 2016, and if he has a successful two terms, his vice president, Paul Ryan, would be young enough at 50 to expect to run in 2020 — as George H.W. Bush did in 1988 and Al Gore did in 2000. Thus, a successful Romney presidency could preclude a Christie presidential candidacy for a dozen years — a lifetime in presidential politics.
Romney's selection of Ryan is important not only because it represents his embrace of the conservative wing of the Republican Party, but also because it puts Ryan's plan to restructure the federal budget and reduce the deficit at the center of his campaign and presumably his administration. In fact, Romney has essentially decided to run on the fiscal policies set out by Ryan and the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives — a wing of the party that is committed not to raise taxes for any reason, including reducing the budget.
Christie issued a brief two-sentence statement praising the Ryan pick: "With Paul Ryan on the ticket, this is a team that understands the economic stagnation our country has been facing the last four years and the urgency with which we need to change course. The Romney-Ryan team is uniquely positioned to make the tough choices necessary to confront our fiscal challenges and get results."
However, Christie also said in a speech to the Brookings Institution last month that one of Obama's biggest leadership failures was his refusal to immediately embrace and fight for the bipartisan deficit reduction plan put forth by the commission headed by former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY) and Democratic budget expert Chester Bowles — one that included not only cuts in Medicare, Social Security, and other entitlement programs, but also a series of tax increases to help pay down the deficit.
Christie is clearly the most conservative governor in modern New Jersey history, and his loud YouTube confrontations and his tell-it-like-it-is Jersey style have made him a darling of grass roots Republicans and national commentators.
But the idea that Simpson-Bowles deserved consideration as a bipartisan compromise — and the need for compromise, which has been one of Christie's favorite themes in his speeches to public policy think tanks — places Christie ideologically as a moderate in the national Republican Party.
Some right-wing blogs have been grousing about Christie's nomination to a New Jersey Superior court judgeship of a Muslim whose family ties to radical Islamic groups they questioned. And it's unclear how Christie's nomination of an openly gay African-American Republican to the New Jersey Supreme Court would have played in the faith-based communities of evangelicals and Catholics who consider homosexuality a sin.
While Christie's name has been prominent in discussions of potential vice presidential nominees since his decision last fall to endorse Romney and not to run for president himself, he was always considered to be a bold choice and something of a long shot for the cautious Romney.
A Loose Cannon
The sharp retorts and flares of temper that made Christie a YouTube star also confirmed his reputation as a something of a loose cannon, a politician who could fly off the handle at any time — an image he inadvertently confirmed during a confrontation with a heckler on the Seaside Heights boardwalk that came at the height of the vice presidential vetting process. "Going rogue" is no longer in fashion four years after Sarah Palin's antics undermined John McCain's candidacy.
The three candidates that Romney considered as finalists were all considered safe choices — U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and Ryan.
Christie's presence on the ticket was not expected to pull New Jersey, the fifth most Democratic state in the nation, out of the Obama column. However, the selection of Portman would have been a plus in the key swing state of Ohio, and Ryan could help Romney in Wisconsin, which is considered a second-tier swing state and one in which conservative Gov. Scott Walker has been carrying on an even more rancorous battle with public employee unions than Christie has in New Jersey.
While Christie's record as governor of New Jersey is his chief claim to fame, there are disadvantages to running for president or vice president as a sitting governor. The 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, found his "Massachusetts Miracle" economic surge questioned repeatedly during the campaign. Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton was forced to defend himself in 1992 against questions about what Arkansas, one of the most poorly performing states in the nation, had to teach the rest of the country, and Texas Gov. George W. Bush was on the defensive in 2000 over the fact that the Texas governor's office is the weakest in the nation.
Christie's presence on the ticket, whether he resigned to run or not, would bring constant questions about how he could claim a "New Jersey Comeback" when the state ranked 47th in the nation in economic growth in both 2010 and 2011. And there would be no shortage of potential Democratic candidates for governor willing to make that point repeatedly.
State Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) charged this weekend that Romney's people "saw through" Christie's "record of failure to create jobs, grow the economy, control property taxes, and make the cost of a college degree within reach of families." Assemblyman John Wisnewski (D-Middlesex), the state's Democratic Party chairman, has repeatedly assailed Christie on economic issues, property taxes, and transportation policy. Potential candidates like Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who made a campaign trip for Obama to Michigan this weekend, Sen. Richard Codey (D-Essex), Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald (D-Camden), and Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) have all been sharply critical of Christie's economic and property tax record at various times.
Now that Christie is not going to be on the Romney ticket, these prospective candidates will be making the same points, not on behalf of the Obama campaign, but as the opening salvos of what could very well be the most expensive gubernatorial campaign in New Jersey history, including spending by outside support groups.
High Stakes
If Christie does run for reelection, as is likely, the stakes will be higher than the typical New Jersey gubernatorial election, particularly if Romney loses.
Assuming that Christie meets rhetorical expectations with a prime-time convention speech, the New Jersey governor will be at the top of the list of potential Republican presidential candidates for 2016. But his star would be tarnished, perhaps fatally, if he loses his 2013 reelection campaign for governor (although former Rep. Rick Santorum survived his loss in a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race to win several primaries against Romney).
New Jersey and Virginia have the only gubernatorial races in the off-year 2013 elections, but Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who was also on Romney's potential vice presidential list, cannot run for reelection because of his state's one-term rule. So Christie's race will clearly be the centerpiece of the 2013 election season.
Christie's campaigning and fund-raising on behalf of Republican candidates across the country will be repaid in out-of-state campaign contributions to Christie and to his allies, and it would not be surprising to see major national Republican fund-raisers pour money into political action committees supporting Christie's reelection and policies.
Similarly, national Democratic funders and fund-raisers will see 2013 as an opportunity to take out one of the top Republican candidates three years before the next presidential election, and national labor unions, in particular, will have a strong vested interest in defeating Christie earlier rather than later.
With the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision removing the limits on campaign spending by outside groups, the battle over Christie's record — which is what all gubernatorial reelection campaigns really are — could top all previous spending totals.


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The next generation of PowerDNN is here
18 February, 2016 Cloud, Community, DNN, DotNetNuke, Evoq, Hosting
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The PowerDNN team has unveiled new options and new plans across its full-range of product offerings.
The new plans showcase a continued commitment to the DNN community...Read More
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The longer you've been in an industry, the easier it becomes to forget why large-scale gatherings of like-minded people are a boon to your industry.
Maybe you've become a little burned out...Read More
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The PowerDNN Team has been working for months on this project, and we couldn't be more excited to share the full "DNN / DotNetNuke Sate of the CMS Report" with the DNN community.
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A. The US began keeping track of border crossers from Canada in 1895, when almost half of immigrants to Canada went on to the United States. These entry lists are sometimes called "St. Albans lists" because they were stored in St. Albans, Vt. Look for them on subscription site Ancestry.com, with an index on the free FamilySearch.org. You can access them on microfilm through the Family History Library; you can rent the film through your local FamilySearch Center. Large public libraries also may have these lists on microfilm.
Search for spelling variations, too, such as Gustav and Kluge. Once you have some candidates, look at family members and compare the information with other records to confirm you've found your dad.
If your father was in the United States by 1917, he may have filled out a draft registration card. Search these cards on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org, or see the National Archives website for more information. Chances are your dad's WWI service records were among those destroyed by fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. It's worth looking into, though; get ordering instructions here. Also check with his county courthouse to see whether he filed his discharge papers there.


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Makes 1 loaf cake
For the cake mixture:
2 x 100g dark chocolate
200g unsalted butter, very soft
200g caster sugar
4 large free range eggs, at room temperature
100ml sour cream
200g self-raising flour
For the topping:
1 x 100g dark chocolate
1 tablespoon golden syrup
25g unsalted butter
200g sifted icing sugar
Heat the oven to 180/350/Gas 4.
Break up the chocolate bars and melt gently. Remove the bowl from the heat and leave to cool until needed. Put the butter and sugar into the bowl of a food mixer and beat until light and creamy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Stir in the sour cream, on low speed, followed by the flour and finally the melted chocolate, mixing gently until thoroughly combined. Spoon the mixture into a 900g (2lb) loaf tin (greased and base-lined). Bake in the heated oven for about 1 hour until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes then remove the cake from the tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Meanwhile, make the topping: break up the chocolate and melt gently. Remove the bowl from the heat and stir in the syrup and butter and then add the sifted icing sugar. Leave to cool and thicken slightly. Spread the topping thickly over the cake and decorate with your choice of sprinkles.


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Summer fruit drizzle cake
Sarah Cook's scrummy cake is really easy and versatile – use whatever fruit you like, and you'll make it again and again
Nutrition and extra info
- Freeze before icing
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal457
- fat21g
- saturates12g
- carbs67g
- sugars44g
- fibre1g
- protein5g
- salt0.62g
- 2 large eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 175g fruit, stoned and diced weight
- 140g granulated sugar
- 1-2 tbsp citrus juice - lemon, lime or orange
- 175g very soft butter, plus extra for greasing
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 175g golden caster sugar
- 250g self-raising flour
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease a 900g/2lb loaf tin and line the base and ends with a long strip of baking parchment. Put the butter, caster sugar, flour, eggs and vanilla extract into a large bowl and beat with an electric hand mixer for 5 mins until pale and creamy – the mixture will be very thick.
Spread one-third of the cake mix into the tin, then scatter over 50g of the fruit. Carefully dot and spread another third of the cake mix on top, and scatter with another 50g fruit. Finally dot the rest of the cake mix over and gently spread with the back of a spoon. Bake for 1 hr, until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
Poke the cake all over with a skewer. Put remaining 75g fruit into a bowl with the granulated sugar. Stir in 1 tbsp of the citrus juice first with a fork, mashing a little of the fruit as you go. If it's a bit dry, add a splash more juice and spoon over the cake. Leave in the tin until the cake is cool and the topping is set and crisp.
Recipe Tip
Pick your fruitWe used blackberries and raspberries for our cover summer fruit drizzle cake but these all work well too: • Apricots (diced) • Blackberries (halved if large) • Blueberries • Nectarines (diced) • Peaches (diced) • Plums (diced) • Raspberries • Redcurrants or blackcurrants • Strawberries (diced or quartered if large)


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M. Victor and Frances Leventritt Garden
A collection of shrubs and vines
This three acre (one hectare) garden showcases 699 plants representing 416 taxa (kinds), 134 genera, and 55 families.
Since its dedication in 2002, the M. Victor and Frances Leventritt Garden has become a popular destination for visitors and gained recognition as a unique plant collection and horticultural display. Plants selected for the Leventritt Garden include specimens that exemplify Arboretum research and history, outstanding species and cultivars for southern New England gardens, and wild-collected accessions from the core collections.
Designed by the prize-winning landscape architecture firm of Reed|Hilderbrand Associates, in collaboration with Maryann Thompson Architects, the Leventritt Garden's form was inspired by agricultural landscapes and is distinct from the adjoining historic landscape. Its features include linear planting beds, terrace walls constructed of New England fieldstone, and modular steel trellis systems for growing and training vines. An open-air pavilion provides a gathering place and additional surfaces for flowering vines.
The Arboretum's collection of dwarf conifers, revitalized and including new additions, has been sited overlooking the garden near the bonsai house as a complementary planting to this exhibit. In 2006, construction of a new path through the Tilia (linden) collection created a gently winding passage for pedestrians between Meadow Road and the Leventritt Garden. A continually evolving collection, the garden was recognized by the American Society of Landscape Architects with its 2007 Award of Excellence.
Construction of the garden has been made possible through the generosity of Frances Leventritt and her son, Daniel, in memory of M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard College Class of 1935.
Download a tour brochure for shrubs [pdf], vines [pdf],
and dwarf conifers [pdf].
New! Link to a tour of this collection on Arboretum Explorer.
The Leventritt Shrub and Vine Garden may be reached via an eight-minute walk from the Arborway Gate; it lies about ten minutes from Forest Hills Gate and about twenty minutes from Bussey Street Gate. Walk to the Leventritt Shrub and Vine Garden from Linden Path (off Meadow Road), or from Bussey Hill Road (near the lilac collection). The shrub collection grows in the garden's terraced beds, while the vine collection is sited in the top terraces along the garden's southwestern border. Dwarf conifers are primarily on the slope above the stone wall at the southwestern border. If driving, park either at Centre Street Gate or along the Arborway.
The Leventritt Shrub and Vine Garden includes slate, crushed stone, and grass paths that slope gently, with some stairs (paths provide wheelchair access to all levels). In winter, access may be limited by snow and ice; please use caution.
Seasonal signage (mid April through mid October) offers visitors insight on organizing themes that connect plantings to core elements of the Arboretum's horticultural mission: plant exploration, plant introduction, and plant conservation. Stake labels identify individual plants. Download a tour brochure for each of the three featured areas to bring when you visit: shrubs [pdf], vines [pdf], and dwarf conifers [pdf].
New! Link to a tour of this collection on Arboretum Explorer application. Our new web application allows you to take self-guided tours of featured plants in our landscape. Follow this link and you will see colored leaf icons. Click/tap on an icon to get a plant name and image; click/tap the circled "i" on the right to get more detailed information. For more information on how to use the mobile application click/tap on "Help" in the menu.
How long should I explore?
Plan to spend at least a half hour strolling through the terraced beds. A shaded pavilion provides an ideal spot to take a break and to view the entire garden.
Plan your visit to the Arboretum.
- Alexander III, John H. 2010. A new Plant Introduction from the Arnold Arboretum: Ilex glabra 'Peggy's Cove'. Arnoldia 68(1): 44-45. [pdf]
- Rose, Nancy. 2008. The Fruits of Autumn. Arnoldia 66(2): 22-27. [pdf]
- Connor, S. 2003. Shrubs and Vines at the Arnold Arboretum: A History. Arnoldia 62(2): 2-15. [pdf]
- Del Tredici, P., M. Dosmann, T. Ward, and J. Coop. 2003. Sun-Loving Shrubs and Vines for the Leventritt Garden. Arnoldia 62(2): 20-26. [pdf]
- Reed, Douglas P, and Gary Hilderbrand. 2003. Ordering and Terracing in the Leventritt Garden. Arnoldia 62(2): 16-19. [pdf]
- Goodell, E. 1982.Two Promising Fruit Plants for Northern Landscapes. Arnoldia 42(4): 103-134. [pdf]
- Hardt, R. 1986. Japanese Honeysuckle: From "One of the best" to Ruthless Pest. Arnoldia 46(2): 27-34. [pdf]
- Koller, Gary. 1986. Seven-Son Flower from Zhejiang: Introducing the Versatile Ornamental Shrub Heptacodium jasminoides Airy Shaw. Arnoldia 46(4): 3-14. [pdf]
- Ferguson, E. R. 1983. E. H. Wilson, Yichang, and the Kiwifruit. Arnoldia 43(4): 24-35. [pdf]
- Hahn, Carl R. 1983. Winter Gardens. Arnoldia 43(1): 2-12. [pdf]
- Koller, Gary. 1981. Shrubs for Hillsides and Embankments. Arnoldia 41(5): 168-194. [pdf]
- Weaver, Jr. Richard E. 1981. Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise'. Arnoldia 41(1): 30-33. [pdf]
- Sargent, C.S. 1911. [Vitis species at the Arboretum]. Bulletin of Popular Information July 5, 1911, Bulletin No. 10. [pdf]
Search for related articles in Arnoldia, the magazine of the Arnold Arboretum.


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The book The History of Enfield, Connecticut, edited by Francis Olcott Allen, published in 1900 in 3 Volumes, has several references that are very interesting regarding John Barclay, Margaret Barclay and an Elizabeth.
Vol. 2, pg. 1751: August 26, 1848 Margaret Barclay died. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Barclay.
Vol. 2, pg. 1734 has the birth of Margaret Barclay daughter of John Barclay and Elizabeth as Aug. 26, 1848. So she died the same day she was born see the first page listed above.
Pg. 1840: John Barclay & Elizabeth Davidson both of Thompsonville were married on the 18th Nov. 1847.
Pg. 1852 gives the couple above ages as 30 and she was 26. He is an Engineer born in England and she was born in Scotland. They were married by Rev. Peter Gordon. First marriages for both.
The mother of George and Alex was listed by my Aunt Miriam as Margaret not Elizabeth. This couple is married after the births of Alex in 1842 and George in 1844. So I do not think this is the couple I seek. He is born in England and the John I seek was born in Scotland according to Miriam and other resources.
On pg. 1894: Sept. 9, 1848 Margaret Barclay aged 36 yrs. born in Scotland. Died in Childbirth.
This reference to Margaret Barclay is about the right age for having seven (7) children. She is born in Scotland and the date of death would be before the Civil War and before the 1850 census in which we find Alex and George living in other homes in Connecticut.
This is a very strong possibility of being the Margaret who could be my 2nd great-grandmother and John Barclay's first wife.
Other listings for a James and John Barclay are scattered throughout the pages as follows:
Vol. 1, pg. 597-8 has a James Barclay not paying his taxes for 1841 and 1839.
The brother of George was named James. James Barclay was born about 1838. So this man who is referenced in the pages has to be a lot older.
pg. 600 in April of 1842 a John Barclay was admitted as an Elector of the State with many other men.
pg. 601 John Barclay is on a list showing he had not paid the 1842 taxes.
pg. 614 John Barclay is shown as not paying taxes in 1844.
Pg. 618 again 1842 taxes a John Barclay is on the list for the abatements.
In 1847 on pg. 637 a John Barclay is on the list again as not having paid his taxes.
Again on pg. 644 he is listed for the 1846 tax list. He is on the list again in 1849 on pg. 660.
Pg. 662 for the 1847 List he appears again.
On pg. 667 the name is spelled as John Barkley and he is on the 1848 list for abated taxes.
On pg. 670 he is on the list for 1848 again. The amounts are not great amounts.
The time frame is correct, the fact that he has not paid taxes indicates there were problems. The references all stop by 1849 and there is no more mention of a John Barclay or James. The 1850 Census does not show a John Barclay married to an Elizabeth living in the area of Enfield.
Was it one person they are referring to or several John Barclay's?
Connecticut has an excellent vital records indexes such as the Barbour Collection and this was searched and it revealed no Barclay names. The vital records cards at the Connecticut State Library were also search by me in person in 2007. I have a list of names of Barclay for cemeteries and vital records but I cannot find John or Margaret although I did find one of the Barclay siblings.
Again a search of the 1840 and 1850 U.S. Federal Census has not revealed a John and Margaret Barclay that I can determine as the correct couple in Connecticut or for that matter the U.S.
John Barclay seems to have disappeared from Connecticut but he does appear in Minnesota in 1853 and I know that it is the John Barclay I seek.


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Giants walked over Philadelphia before walking into the locker room to witness their playoff fate. All this talent assembled in one room and now they needed the Lions to beat the Bears, one underachieving team trying to help another.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Giants walked over Philadelphia before walking into the locker room to witness their playoff fate. All this talent assembled in one room and now they needed the Lions to beat the Bears, one underachieving team trying to help another.
Fans already in the parking lot or on their way out of the gates at MetLife Stadium turned on their electronics for updates from Detroit. The Giants had a bird's-eye view from their locker room, where everything began to crumble on Nov. 4 when Pittsburgh arrived to open the season's second half.
The Giants blew a 10-point fourth-quarter lead and lost 24-20. The next week they went to Cincinnati and suddenly looked like one of the worst teams in the league. From there it was, in typical Giants fashion, ups and downs across the final weeks, most everyone awaiting their late surge. Instead, the Giants looked as bad as anyone in losing to Atlanta and Baltimore by a combined 67-14.
That brought the Giants to late Sunday afternoon, fresh off a 42-7 win over the way-worse Eagles. The Giants huddled around TV sets as Jay Cutler scrambled 19 yards to Detroit's 34 with 2:42 left. When Matt Forte ran 13 yards for a first down two plays later, the Lions out of timeouts, three Cutler kneel-downs destroyed the Giants' remaining playoff hopes.
Not that the Giants gave themselves much of a chance. They needed four results in their favor — the win over Philly and the Bears, Vikings and Cowboys all losing. It was a pipe dream from the start.
"I am an optimistic person,'' said effervescent tight end Martellus Bennett. "I knew we were going to win, but I was not sure what else was going to happen.'' Or as he so eloquently said of the Giants needing multiple scenarios to unfold, "It's like five people juggling a baby — somebody's going to drop him.''
The Giants had no right making the playoffs come Sunday. That's not the worst thing in the NFL, especially coming off a world title, and it barely registered as disappointing against the backdrop of visitors affiliated with Sandy Hook Elementary School. But it's a bad job from a team that teased us the way the Lions teased the Giants and their fans by coming back on the Bears. The Giants opened the season 6-2 and during at least one point early on, following the 26-3 whitewash of San Francisco, looked like the very best team in the NFL.
Then the Giants showed us something else. They showed us the dangers of a team losing its edge and its hunger, if only a little, in a league that devours the slightest whiff of overconfidence and hubris. Somewhere between their win at Dallas on the last Sunday in October to the following two months, the Giants fell into a dark hole of entitlement, thinking they could substitute preparation and focus for pregame pep talks and postgame declarations.
How else to explain a team with this much talent getting routed in two must-win games on their way to a 3-5 finish? "I really do want to discuss with some of the players what in the world was the last two weeks all about,'' Tom Coughlin said. "Quite frankly, I'm anxious to find out if anybody has an opinion or an answer because our program, literally, is the same (each week) except for the emphasis throughout the course of our introduction to the next opponent.''
Many of us will be eagerly awaiting the results of Coughlin's investigation. Suffice to say that there is no simple answer when the coach himself has trouble pinpointing the blame. But in a league with precious little margin for error, mental approach is usually the tiebreaker.
The Giants talked afterward about displaying pride, as if beating a bottom-feeder while still in the playoff hunt made us channel "Braveheart.'' Sunday's win wasn't nearly as prideful as the previous two no-show losses were shameful.
So the Giants were left to watch their last drips of playoff hope swallowed by the Bears. Perhaps lessons were learned on the importance of controlling your own destiny. The Giants peeled off their uniforms and stepped out of the 2012 season.
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Polly Smith has worked for the Jim Henson Company since she was brought on board to create costumes for The Muppet Show in 1978 and continues to design for Sesame Street. In the years in between, she has designed costumes for many of the Muppet film and television projects produced by the Jim Henson Company as well as the costumes for several other children's television programs.
Smith received Emmy nominations for her designs for The Jim Henson Hour (1988) and Muppets Tonight (1996) and has received seven Emmy awards for her designs on Sesame Street. Smith also co-designed costumes for the TV series The StoryTeller (1986-88) which won a BAFTA award for Best Costumes in 1989, and The StoryTeller: Greek Myths (1989) which received a BAFTA nomination for Best Costumes in 1991.
Other television credits include Dinosaurs, Fraggle Rock, The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, Blue's Room, Jack's Big Music Show and Bunnytown.
Smith's film credits include Muppets from Space, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Muppet Treasure Island and The Muppet Christmas Carol. Smith was also part of the design teams for the films The Dark Crystal, The Muppets Take Manhattan and Labyrinth.
In addition to the work on films and television shows, until 2002 Smith oversaw the costumes for many of the Muppet commercials, photo shoots, personal appearances and also worked on many Muppet toy prototypes.
In 2002, Smith was chosen as one of 200 women to show their work in the exhibit Women Designers in the USA 1900-2000 at the New York City Bard Graduate Center.
Additionally, in 1977, while designing costumes for the Champlain Shakespeare Festival at the University of Vermont, Smith collaborated with two friends to create the first women's sporting bra called "Jogbra". This achievement has been recognized with a bronzed Jogbra on the wall at the University of Vermont and by inclusion in the costume collections of the Smithsonian Institution and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Smith's two partners went on to create the company which produced and marketed the bra while Smith chose instead to go off and create undergarments for puppets and animals.
Polly Smith received her BFA in Fashion Design from Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia. Smith was recognized as a distinguished alumna by the College in 2005.
Henson/Muppet credits
- John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together - Nativity Muppets, costumes
- The Muppet Show - Muppet Costume Designer 5th season
- Dark Crystal - Associate Costume Designer: Gelflings (Jen and Kira) and Podlings
- I Love Liberty- Miss Piggy's costumes, others
- Fraggle Rock - Muppet builder
- The Muppets Take Manhattan - Costume Designer (with Karen Roston and Calista Hendrickson)
- The Muppet Show: On Tour!- Additional costume design
- Jim Henson's Muppet Babies Live! - Additional costume design
- Labyrinth - Creature costume design; Creature Workshop team: Hoggle, Sir Didymus, Alph and Ralph, Goblins and Riding Goblins
- The StoryTeller - Costume designer (with Ann Hollowood)
- The Tale of the Bunny Picnic - Costume Design
- Inner Tube- Costumes
- The Jim Henson Hour - Costume Designer
- The Muppets at Walt Disney World - Costume Design
- Dinosaurs - Costume design (uncredited)
- The StoryTeller: Greek Myths - Co-Costume Designer
- The Muppet Christmas Carol - Costume Designer
- Muppet Classic Theater- Costumes
- Muppet Treasure Island - Costume Designer
- Muppets Tonight - Costume Designer
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland- Costume Designer
- Muppets from Space - Costume Designer
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie - Costume Designer
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz - Costume Designer
- Sesame Street - Costume Designer (2003-)
Non-Muppet productions
- Jack's Big Music Show - Costume Designer
- Bunnytown - Costume Designer
- Blue's Room - Costume Designer


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Milwaukee: Avoid the Giant Burger Challenge at Red Rock Saloon
Burger reviews in the Milwaukee area.
Red Rock Saloon
1227 N. Water Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202 (map); 414-431-0467; redrockmilwaukee.com
Cooking Method: Grilled
Short Order: A gimmicky country rock bar and restaurant with a giant burger challenge, bland burgers, and great wings and other things
Want Fries With That? Junky frozen, stick with one of the other side choices, like chipotle mac and cheese or rings
Price: The Farm, $20; Foundation burger, $9; onion rings, $6; 8 wings, $8
Gigantic, gluttonous burgers seem to be all the rage lately. With shows like Man v. Food becoming popular in recent years, practically every bar has some kind of eating challenge. Red Rock Saloon, a western-themed bar and restaurant complete with a mechanical bull, has led the way in Milwaukee burger eating challenges. Their "Unforgiven Challenge" was featured on Man v. Food—and man won. The challenge: In 23 minutes, eat the Farm burger made of a half-pound patty topped with cheese, bacon, and deep fried chicken breast, topped with another half-pound patty topped with cheese, bacon, egg, lettuce, tomato, and onion strings, along with sides of fries and six T.C.B. ghost pepper wings.
Lucky(?) for us, you can buy the challenge burger sans challenge. For the low price of $20, you too can stuff yourself to the breaking point all in the name of ... science? Pride? Stupidity? Take your pick. It's a deeply personal journey.
Well it's big, but is it edible? It's actually better than I assumed, though admittedly the best part was the deep fried chicken breast, not the two half-pound burger patties. The beef is free range, hormone- and antibiotic-free, and fed an all vegetarian diet. Usually that's a good sign, but in this case the beef was bland. Sure, it was lacking any trace of that metallic, minerally taste you sometimes get in supermarket-grade beef, but it was also lacking a pronounced beefy oomph. On the positive side, the beef was very juicy and actually cooked to the requested medium, a rare joy.
Other components of the giant sandwich were rather tasty, namely the fried chicken breast. It was tender and moist, something of a feat with super lean breast meat, and was perfectly seasoned. The over easy egg had just the right amount of ooze. I got a strange metallic aftertaste from the bacon though—almost like lighter fluid—but it wasn't too noticeable.
If you're not up for 3+ pounds of food, their standard cheeseburger—the Foundation burger—might be a better bet. It's got the same beef as the Farm burger—meaning it too lacked flavor—but in a much more manageable half-pound. The pre-formed, frozen patty also included a couple of small pieces of gristle. While it was plenty juicy and had a sufficient amount of crust, it was nothing special.
I was hoping to try Red Rock's chili because it's won a number of local competitions, but they were out of chili on my visit. So instead, I sampled some house-made onion rings and wings. The rings had a great flavor but lacked structural integrity. A lot of the batter fell off, leading to limp, half-naked onions. Regardless, based on their hush puppy-like batter, these are some great rings, especially if you get lots of little pieces that hold the batter well.
The wings were fantastic, though very different from wings you get in most bars. These wings are smoked (Red Rock does a lot of barbecue), meaning you don't get crispy skin, but the meat was meltingly tender and fell straight off the bone. Their wing sauces are made in house; in particular, the Desperado flavor was a very balanced barbecue sauce with a slow heat that crept up on you.
Fries were standard, boring, run-of-the-mill frozen pre-seasoned. Skip those and try the chipotle mac and cheese. Sure, it's mostly Velveeta, but the generous coating of chipotle and chile powder save it from being a bland wasteland.
While overall I have a good impression of Red Rock, the burgers didn't impress, besides the fact that the cooks can actually cook a medium, juicy burger. Everything else was much better. Red Rock should consider dropping the name brand beef for something made fresh; just that one change could make the burgers pretty awesome. (And for those of you wondering, yes, I took home a doggy bag ... or two.)
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Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye
And all my soul, and all my every part;
And for this sin there is no remedy,
It is so grounded inward in my heart.
Methinks no face so gracious is as mine,
No shape so true, no truth of such account;
And for myself mine own worth do define,
As I all other in all worths surmount.
But when my glass shows me myself indeed
Beated and chopp'd with tanned antiquity,
Mine own self-love quite contrary I read;
Self so self-loving were iniquity.
'Tis thee, myself, that for myself I praise,
Painting my age with beauty of thy days.
Sonnet 62: Translation to modern English
The sin of self-love conditions everything I see, and my entire soul, and every one of my faculties. And there's no remedy for this sin, it's so deeply rooted in my heart. I keep thinking that no-one's face is as gracious as mine is; no body as well-proportioned; no-one's integrity as sound. I regard myself as surpassing everyone else in everything. But when my mirror shows me what I'm really like – beaten and creased by ageing and the sun – I conclude the exact opposite to what my self-love tells me. To love myself so much would be a disgrace. It's you, my self, that I'm really praising when I praise myself, giving my old age the beauty of your youth.


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Luke2 wrote:Follow up question: What is the functional difference between a Warrant Officer and a Limited Duty Officer? Why is only the latter dignified with a full command responsibility? A CWO5 with pay as a Commander (almost) cannot give order to an Ensign straight out of ROTC, but a Lieutenant LDO (with mucher lower pay) can. Why has the Navy instigated this difference?
dcfowler wrote:Interestingly, although the Air Force divested itself of warrants many years ago, the Defense Logistics Agency and Institute of Heraldry have updated the insignia specifications every so often for The Air Force.
The odd part is that although USAF W-1 through W-4 insignia continue to have the specifications that they had in the 60s and 70s (gold and silver bars with sky blue bands), the specification for Air Force W-5 is currently the previous Army W-5 insignia (4 pierced rectangles on a silver bar). The difference between Air Force and Army W-5, is that the Army rectangles are black enamel and the Air Force rectangles are sky blue enamel.
Luke2 wrote:In the US Navy, the masters became Lieutenant's Junior Grade sometime after the Civil War, which must mean that they had been in the line of promotion before that; not just sailing masters or warrant officers of wardroom rank.
Luke2 wrote:At some point of time the US Navy introduced the CWO rank, which the Royal Navy also introduced. But when did the US Navy abolish the WO1 rank, and why? And when and why did they expand the CWO ranks from just "plain" CWO to today's four ranks?
Was the navy affected by developments in the army, or was the navy instigating the changes?
Blakwhit wrote:My understanding is that the US Navy decided not to use the WO1 rank in 1975. The justification was that many E-7s would actually lose pay upon appointment to WO1 due to their years in service. The Army did not have this issue because enlisted men apply for the warrant officer program much earlier in their career than they do in the Navy.
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September 26, 2013
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) —Poverty went up in the Los Angeles area last year while the median household income remained statistically unchanged, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today.
The bureau also found that Los Angeles-area residents pay substantially more for homes and rental units than in the rest of the nation and that about 34 percent are foreign-born, compared to about 15 percent in the rest of the United States. In terms of education, more L.A-area children who are 3 and 4 are enrolled in school than in the rest of the nation, but the Southland is behind when it comes to high school graduation rates.
The Census Bureau said in a statement that its 2012 American Community Survey showed 17.6 percent of people in the Los Angeles area were in poverty in 2012, an increase from 17 percent in 2011.
At the same time, 20.9 percent of the area's population lacked health insurance coverage, a decrease from 21.2 percent in 2011, and the median household income was $57,271, which was not statistically different from $57,745 in 2011, the Census Bureau reported.
Across all U.S. metro areas, median household income was $53,607 in 2012, the poverty rate remained at 15.5 percent, and the uninsured rate decreased from 15 percent to 14.7 percent, it said.
The bureau also released these American Community Survey findings regarding education, home ownership and immigration:
• In 2012, 53.9 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds were enrolled in school, which was not statistically different from 52.9 percent in 2011. Nationally, 48.7 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds living in metro areas were enrolled in school in 2012, which was not statistically different from 48.4 percent in 2011.
• Among the Los Angeles area's 25-and-older population, 78.8 percent had completed high school or more in 2012, an increase from 78.1 percent in 2011. Among all U.S. metro areas, 86.7 percent were high school graduates or higher, an increase from 86.3 percent in 2011.
• Of the Los Angeles area's 25-and-older population, 31.8 percent had a bachelor's degree or higher in 2012, an increase from 31 percent in 2011. Nationally, 31.2 percent had a bachelor's degree in 2012, up from 30.6 percent in 2011.
• In 2012, the median value for an owner-occupied home in the Los Angeles metro area was $428,500, a decrease from $439,200 in 2011. Across all U.S. metro areas, homes had a median value of $188,300 in 2012, a decrease from $191,000 in 2011.
• In 2012, the median gross rent — rent plus utilities — was $1,233, not statistically different from $1,236 in 2011. Renters in metro areas across the U.S. paid $925 in 2012, not statistically different from $927 in 2011.
• About 33.9 percent of Los Angeles area residents were foreign-born in 2012, which was not statistically different from 34.1 percent in 2011. Among all U.S. metro areas, 14.8 percent of the population was foreign-born, not statistically different from 14.7 percent in 2011.


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If you find yourself on the streets of Hildesheim Germany you might be pleasantly surprised to be suddenly pitted against another pedestrian in a game of pong.
A student at the HAWK Interaction Design Program discovered the touchpad-based game affixed to lamp posts. While waiting to cross the street, the user can play a quick game of Pong with someone across the street while waiting for the light to turn green. Then you can greet your opponent with a smile or a high five as you cross each other
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Get Ready for B-T-S!June 26, 2012
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In comparison, only 13% of last year's B-T-S shoppers planned to spend more than the year before.


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There are times when my passion for wanting to write about global problems shouldn't happen immediately, without research first and the recent tragedy involving factory workers in Bangladesh is the perfect example. Like so many people, I was very upset to learn that more than 300 factory employees making brand name clothing died in a building collapse in Bangladesh. My immediate reaction was not to boycott Bangladesh clothing, but I must admit to wanting to scream "only support locally made clothing" to anyone that would listen. I was steaming mad. All I could think of was the people being paid $38 month to make the big name labels that for all these years I've avoided because I get so frustrated knowing the huge profits these companies make. What else could be the driving force for sub-letting the American clothing industry overseas for all these years? I also wonder why we can't pay people in 3rd world countries more money to make our products? Are we really that greedy? Well, if you are paying someone just over $1 a day to make clothing for 10 hours, I'd say profit margins are pretty high and maybe we've become too far removed as North Americans from what it actually costs to make something.
I'm different from a lot of people. When I hear people talking about how cheap they just picked up items a, b, and c, I actually cringe. I feel like there is something very wrong with our world when I can go to a big box store that is having a clothing sale, and buy clothing for less than I can find it 2nd hand or make it myself. When I close my eyes, this isn't the kind of world I want for myself. And so I try hard to vote with my consumer dollars. Because we are not wealthy and it really does cost a lot more to only purchase locally made clothing, I've really embraced shopping 2nd hand in the last few years. My kids really like the feel of already worn clothing and I love the recycled aspect to buying clothing this way.
So shopping local and 2nd hand is really my thing. But I would enjoy the freedom of knowing which big brands are doing their part to support factory employees in other countries by paying them a fair wage and giving them safe working conditions. Why don't we know this? A wonderful blogger who has actually visited Bangladesh with Save The Children Canada has been able to share her experiences from understanding what kind of impact the factory clothing industry has in Bangladesh. Her points about why your shouldn't boycott Bangladesh made clothing really made me think and realize this isn't going to help people suffering in countries that experience such poverty. I learned from PhD In Parenting's article that some larger brands have been working to try and improve safety in their factories. And brands that made a decision to opt out of any improvement to garment factory safety in 2011? Walmart, The Gap, Old Navy to name a few. Large brands that are proactively trying to help? Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein. I still find the issue of what large brands opting in for safety regulations confusing and if I did all my shopping solely at big box stores this information would only help me so far navigating within a Mall. So it comes down to asking questions. And after recently listening to one of Michael Pollan speeches to university students, he said something that I think is relevant to this issue of clothing and wanting to know more behind how it's made. He said that if a question is asked more than 25 times at McDonalds, they have to raise the question with superiors. (I can't remember the exact quote but it might be board of directors or shareholders). So if McDonalds has this policy – maybe the clothing stores do too? If I walk into Old Navy and ask the Manager if they support safety agreements for the factory workers that make their clothing – will it lead to change? If the clothes are made in Bangladesh, quoting this safety agreement might be helpful. If a retailers clothing is manufactured in China, India, etc. the question is still relative. "Does your clothing support safe working conditions and pay for factory workers?"
And maybe as a society we need to really understand the true cost of cheap things. Our focus needs to go back to knowing where the origin of clothing, food, and housewares comes from. Our grandparents knew. And along the way we stopped caring and listening to where the products that enter our lives come from or how they were made. It's a problem that can be fixed. The true cost of that pair of jeans for $4.99 on sale at Walmart is much, much greater. The environmental toll and human face needs to reemerge before I want to buy them. If I know there is human cost behind a product I'm good to pass until I can trust another big name is caring about the woman sitting behind a machine in the garment factory for 12 hours a day. I want her to work, be a leader in her family with income, but I also want to know she's not locked in a building with cracks in the foundation making me that pair of pants. So no, definitely not boycotting Bangladesh, but yes, wanting to know a safety agreement has been signed to protect these worker. Yes.


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Excellence and Equity for All
FAIRBANKS — Lifelong Alaskan, educator and school administrator Dr. Karen Gaborik has been named Alaska's 2019 School Superintendent of the Year.
The award is granted by the Alaska Superintendents Association and honors school system leaders who exemplify "effectiveness, knowledge, leadership, ethics and commitment," according to a news release issued by the association Friday. The program is in its 32nd year.
Gaborik was born and raised in the Interior and graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in speech communication. She earned a teaching certificate through the Teach for Alaska program and went on to earn a master's degree in special education at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She holds a doctorate in K-12 education administration from Argosy University, an online and brick-and-mortar institution with locations in 13 states.
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August 12, 2018


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Consumers seek to punish fellow consumers who violate social norms while shopping but also make exceptions depending on the situation, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
"Punishment is a complex decision for consumers to make as it is difficult to punish someone but also difficult to look the other way. Consumers do not seem to make these decisions lightly, and a number of interesting factors influence consumer punishment decisions," write authors Lily Lin, Darren W. Dahl (both University of British Columbia), and Jennifer J. Argo (University of Alberta).
Consumers are expected to follow numerous social norms while shopping. Yet violations of these norms are also very common. For example, some consumers may cut in front of others while waiting in line for a cashier at the supermarket, while others may take multiple free samples when they aren't supposed to or create a huge mess at a store display. How do consumers respond when other shoppers "break the rules" in their presence?
One study revealed that consumers were less likely to punish another consumer for creating a mess if they had already been punished by a store employee. Other studies showed that consumers were also less likely to punish a fellow consumer for cutting in line if that person had experienced adversity due to a situation (a computer glitch during airport check-in) or a negative physical attribute beyond their personal control (obesity due to a medical condition).
Another interesting study showed that consumers were less likely to want to punish a fellow consumer who was late for an appointment if this individual had higher status. In this instance, the consumer in the higher status position was held to a different standard and excused for their bad behavior.
"We all have frequent interactions with other consumers in shopping environments and can attest to times when other shoppers haven't behaved properly. Companies need to be aware of how this could negatively affect their business since these types of conflicts can affect how consumers make decisions and evaluate their shopping experience," the authors conclude.
Lily Lin, Darren W. Dahl, and Jennifer J. Argo. "Do the Crime, Always Do the Time? Insights into Consumer-to-Consumer Punishment Decisions." Journal of Consumer Research: June 2013. For more information, contact Darren Dahl (firstname.lastname@example.com) or visit http://ejcr.