You would think that a dog might just curl up on the piano chair, but
not this one. Tucker, a 1.5 year old Schnoodle, loves playing the piano.
He loves it so much that he practices three to four times a day. Sure,
he may not be the next Beethoven, but you can't blame a dog for trying!
You gotta fake it til you make it! Go Tucker!
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
You Go Grandma! This Grandma Got Moves You Won't Want To Miss!
A total must see. Amazing!
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Sunday, April 6, 2014
15 “Summer Camp Style” Friendship Bracelets You Can Make Right Now
1. The Double Wave
The double wave is a beautiful choice for a summer at the beach. The tutorial can be found here.
2. The Hearts
Want to wear your heart on your sleeve? Learn how to make this adorable bracelet here.
6. The Braided Bead
Here’s a bracelet that looks legitimately store-bought. Tutorial can be found here.
7. Summer Camp Chevron
This chevron style will bring back memories of rainy days at camp. A DIY guide can be found here.
8. The Polka Dot
The polka dot bracelet is great for a small pop of color. A step by step guide can be found here.
9. The Checkers
Add a little shimmer to your arm party with the checkered look. Instructions can be found here.
10. The Skinny Chevron
If the chevron option is too thick, try the skinny version. Better yet, mix and match them. The DIY guide can be found here.
12. The Embellished
Update your old jewelry by incorporating them into your friendship bracelets. The tutorial can be found here.
15. The Camp Mary Atkinson
These embellished bracelets are a great modern twist on the classic design. An easy tutorial can be found here.
A DIY guide to the original arm party.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
'12 Years A Slave' Author's Death Still A Mystery
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A Solomon Northup historical marker is seen on Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Northup was the author of
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Historians know where Solomon Northup was born, where he lived and where he worked. They know whom he married and how many children he had. They know he played the fiddle and spent 12 years enslaved in the South before being freed.
What historians don't know about the author of "12 Years A Slave" is when and how he died and where he is buried. It's a lingering mystery in the final chapter of the life of the 19th-century free-born African-American whose compelling account of enforced slavery in pre-Civil War Louisiana was made into the Oscar-winning film of the same title.
"That's sort of a big blank spot in the story, for sure," said Rachel Seligman, co-author of "Solomon Northup: The Complete Story of the Author of Twelve Years a Slave," published last year.
This month, "12 Years A Slave" took home the Academy Awards for best picture, best adapted screenplay and best supporting actress. The accolades have sparked new interest in Northup's story, which was little known until recent years even in the upstate New York communities where he spent most of his life.
Northup was born July 10, 1807, in what is now the Essex County town of Minerva, in the Adirondack Mountains. His father, a former slave, moved the family to neighboring Washington County, eventually settling in the village of Fort Edward, on the Hudson River 40 miles north of Albany. Northup married Anne Hampton in the late 1820's, and the couple lived in an 18th-century house in Fort Edward that is now a museum.
Northup worked on his father's farm and rafted timber on the Champlain Canal between Fort Edward and the southern end of Lake Champlain. The couple and their children moved to nearby Saratoga Springs when Anne got a job in one of the growing spa resort town's big hotels. Northup found work as a musician, and in 1841, two white men lured him to Washington, D.C., with the promise of more work. Instead, they kidnapped him and took him to New Orleans, where he was sold into slavery.
Northup endured the next 12 years enslaved on a Louisiana cotton plantation before friends in Saratoga finally won his freedom. In 1853, he published a memoir of his ordeal that led to a speaking tour supported by abolitionists. He got involved in the Underground Railroad, helping escaped slaves find freedom in the Northeast and Canada. But around 1863, the height of the Civil War, he dropped out of sight and was never heard from again. Even the movie notes at the end that "the date, location and circumstances" of Northrup's death remain unknown.
Theories abound about what may have happened to him. One scenario has him being captured and killed while serving as a spy for the Union Army. The man who helped rescue him said he believed Northup had taken to drink and was kidnapped yet again. Or Northup could have died in a place where no one knew him or cared to properly bury an African-American at a time when a war over slavery was tearing the nation apart.
"He may have just wandered around from place to place and died somewhere nobody knew who he was, and he was buried in a potter's field," said David Fiske, co-author the 2013 Northup book along with Union College professor Clifford Brown.
"There's no paper trail for him," Brown added.
Fiske said Northup's descendants also couldn't provide any documents or hard facts, so he has followed numerous threads while trying to track down where Northup may have been buried. He checked cemeteries in communities outside Saratoga and other upstate communities where Northup's wife and their children later lived, but came up empty. No death records have ever been found for him. Fiske, a former state librarian, points out that death records weren't kept in a systematic form in New York until the 1880's.
For Seligman, a museum curator at Skidmore College, host of this July's annual Solomon Northup Day, the mystery surrounding Northup's demise and resting place is part of the allure of being a historian.
"It's what keeps historians going," she said. "It's just a puzzle to be solved."
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A New Solution That Stops Snoring And Lets You Sleep
More than a simple annoyance, snoring is also the most common symptom of a potentially serious health problem—obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Over 18 million Americans snore, and it’s related to OSA. People who suffer from OSA repeatedly and unknowingly stop breathing during the night due to a complete or partial obstruction of their airway. It occurs when the jaw, throat, and tongue muscles relax, blocking the airway used to breathe. The resulting lack of oxygen can last for a minute or longer, and occur hundreds of times each night.
OSA has been linked to:
- Acid reflux
- Frequent nighttime urination
- Memory loss
- Stroke
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Heart attack
OSA can be expensive to diagnosis and treat — up to $5,000 — and those treatments can sometimes be quite painful. Plus, they're not always covered by insurance.
However, a recent study published by Eastern Virginia Medical School's Division of Sleep Medicine concluded that wearing a simple chinstrap while sleeping can be an effective treatment for OSA.
The chin strap, which is now available from a company called MySnoringSolution, works by supporting the lower jaw and tongue, preventing obstruction of the airway. It’s made from a high-tech, lightweight, and super-comfortable material. Thousands of people have used the MySnoringSolution chinstrap and reported better sleeping, and better health overall because of it.
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Common Core Math
Thanks to the "brilliant" people who created this ridiculous curriculum our children have no idea what the heck there doing! I'd love to see them work out these math problems they way our kids have to! Why isn't the way we were not taught good anymore? How are we suppose to teach our children how to do word problems when they want the solutions to look so backwards! Example of math homework:
Look at the old fashion way, and you will see the way that we learned math. Then check out the new way that they are teaching math. When you add up the cent row you will come up with the correct answer.
Go figure!
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