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"The first four to six months of life for babies , that is one of the most important times for babies to develop that special bonding with their parents and their primary caregivers. Now those are the times where definitely we encourage families that at any point of time they are crying, they are looking for somebody t... |
This research also puts an end to an age-old debate - you may now tell your mother-in-law that you can't "spoil" your baby by picking them up when they cry. |
In fact, Narvaez tells WSBT that not only is it impossible to spoil a baby, you will actually "ruin" the baby's development by letting it cry. |
"What parents do in those early months and years are really affecting the way the brain is going to grow the rest of their lives, so lots of holding, touching and rocking, that is what babies expect. They grow better that way. And keep them calm, because all sorts of systems are establishing the way they are going to w... |
So, parents, snuggle away! Your child - and the world - will thank you later. |
Story from KFOR via Tribune Media. |
Brandon Kintzler relieved Quintana and surrendered a two-out single to Brian Anderson and walked Castro. Jorge Alfaro drove Kintzler’s 1-1 fastball to the warning track in centre before Albert Almora tracked it down for the third out. |
Mattingly voiced concern over his team’s defence prior to Tuesday’s game. His players responded with Galloway’s throw and catch of Bryant’s shot. Lewis Brinson also threw out Baez at second as he attempted to extend a single into a double in the sixth. Baez originally was ruled safe before a video overturned the call. |
Wait, Is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sequel Actually... Good? |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows plays like a greatest hits of everything iconic you know and love about the Turtles. Good guys, bad guys, ninjitsu, party wagons, everything; it’s all there to make a movie that’s—surprisingly—very entertaining. It’s also borderline nonsensical but, in a movie with talki... |
Directed by Dave Green, Turtles 2 starts off with a bang. We’re instantly flying through New York City with the Turtles, watching them banter like four teenage brothers would, and you can immediately tell this movie gets it. The original did its best to hide the stars of the film in favor of the humans, but not so much... |
By spending almost every scene with the Turtles, Green sets a very distinct tone. This is a silly movie. A campy romp down memory lane aimed quite specifically at fans of the franchise. It’s super CG-heavy, packed with action set pieces all tailor made to fit in all those aforementioned greatest hits. What that does is... |
Michaelangelo eats a lot of pizza in Out of the Shadows, because that’s what Michaelangleo does. |
Almost from that first scene, the script by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec just goes for it. It feels like a wishlist/checklist with a loose story that crams it all together. Most of the narrative connections don’t hold up under any scrutiny. So Shredder goes through a portal? Okay. That portal leads him to Krang? Sure... |
A mid-air plane sequence is one of the film’s best action beats. |
Besides the personalities of the Turtles shining throughout the movie, the action is also a huge positive. The filmmakers have come up with some very exciting, very big, slightly familiar scenes that are tweaked to give the characters extremely “Turtle” moments—moments where the characters can use their shells, individ... |
If the Turtles are the strongest part of the movie, the humans are the weakest. New and old, they’re little more than set dressing. Megan Fox and Will Arnett reprise their roles and try to bridge many of those huge jumps of logic in the narrative. Laura Linney and Tyler Perry are new additions who do the same, but with... |
This image sums up everything the human actors add to Out of the Shadows. |
Another place the movie suffers is the soundtrack. The score by Steve Jablonsky sounds almost identical to his score from the first Transformers film and, if you happen to notice that, it creates a huge disconnect. The Turtles deserve their own musical identity and this score fails to do that in a big, big way. Every t... |
Green also peppers Out of the Shadows with lots of catchy, but super obvious music choices. “A Little Less Conversation” by Elvis during a heist? “War” by Edwin Starr during a tank scene? Very on the nose. But, if you go by the mantra that this movie is designed to be campy and crazy, those choices fit. It all depends ... |
Then there’s the finale of the film. We won’t spoil anything, but if you had a split screen of the first movie along side this sequel, you’d be hard pressed to differentiate between the two. Both are in broad daylight, on New York City rooftops, with the Turtles battling some great big silver thing. It’s a letdown afte... |
Mikey and Leo are about to meet Krang. |
All of major caveats aside, if you are a fan of the Ninja Turtles you are most likely going to find Turtles 2 enjoyable. Does it qualify as a good movie? Depends on your definition. It’s got a great tone and lots of pleasing fan service, with a mostly weak narrative and dialogue. The stars of the film have strong perso... |
However, I think the film is undeniably admirable for how much it loves its subject matter and just embraces what it is. That alone makes me like it. For better and worse, this is the live-action Turtles movie you always expected Hollywood to make. |
Local news from Bucyrus City Council Platting Committee, Crawford Park District, Council on Aging and more. |
BUCYRUS - Bucyrus City Council Platting Committee members Steve Pifer, Bill O’Rourke and Mark Makeever have called a special meeting of the Platting Committee to be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Council chambers of City Hall, 500 S. Sandusky Ave. The meeting has been called to continue discussions on retail and alcohol sales in... |
NEW WASHINGTON - Two students from Buckeye Central High School recently earned awards for their entries in the 73rd Annual AAA Traffic Safety Poster Program. The AAA Traffic Safety Poster Program aims to reduce traffic and pedestrian crashes, the leading causes of death for children ages 3 to 14. |
Isabelle Biglin, senior, won first prize in the Safe Teen Driving category. Shelby Rhodes, Junior, won third place in the category of Safe Teen Driving (Digital). |
CRESTLINE - The Friends of the Crawford Park District will offer a community breakfast May 13 at Lowe-Volk Park, 2401 Ohio 598. The breakfast will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will cost $5. Pancakes with real maple syrup and a side of ham will be offered. |
The free event will for senior citizens ages 60 and older, and will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 18 at Trillium Event Center. The day will feature free lunch, music provided by DJ Lenny, local vendors, door prize drawings and more. For details, call the council at 419-562-3050 or visit www.crawfordcountyaging.... |
BUCYRUS - Crawford County PERI Chapter 85 will meet at noon Thursday at Saint Paul Lutheran Church, 130 S. Walnut St. |
The speaker will be Erin Stine, Crawford County Partnership for Education and Economic Development community development director. Meal reservations should be made by May 7 by calling 419-562-8254 or 419-562-7419. |
The group will be taking $10 reservations for the district meet planned 9:30 a.m. May 24 at Saint Paul's. |
Nearly 200,000 people remained under evacuation orders Monday as California authorities try to fix erosion of the emergency spillway at the nation’s tallest dam that could unleash uncontrolled flood waters if it fails. About 150 miles northeast of San Francisco, Lake Oroville — one of California’s largest man-made lake... |
The evacuation was ordered Sunday afternoon after engineers spotted a hole on the concrete lip of the secondary spillway for the 770-foot-tall Oroville Dam and told authorities that it could fail within the hour.. |
No one wants to talk about it openly, but Pakistan has backed off on dealing with on its own Islamic radicals. In 2002, and into 2003, the Pakistani government tried to crack down on Islamic radicals. Leaders were put under house arrest, a few were actually sent to prison. Training camps for terrorists were shut down, ... |
While the Islamic terrorists have assumed a lower profile, and cut back on the number of people they are sending into Kashmir, they are still in business. They are still openly advertising for new recruits, and have reopened training camps that were closed two years ago. Islamic terrorist leaders are largely out from u... |
A car bombing Monday against a joint US-SDF military convoy in northeastern Syria was the second time in the past week that US troops have come under attack in a bombing attack. The Pentagon say that there were no US casualties this time. |
The attack saw a suicide car bomber approach the convoy at a checkpoint and detonated. At least five Kurdish SDF fighters were reported killed in the attack. This has been no claim of responsibility yet, though the expectation is that this was an ISIS strike. |
ISIS did report that a suicide bomber hit the convoy is their own news agency’s report, but did not elaborate. The SDF reported only “material damage” in the bombing initially, though later reports confirmed the deaths. |
The belief is that the attack was intended to target US forces in the patrol, as locals say that the site of the bombing, on the outskirts of Shadadi town, was a frequent place for US convoys to pass by. |
is funding it? Providing with telecom, salaries, propaganda? This is another “.red line”, Trump’s promise to eliminate ISIS and go home. Now, SOMEBODY is trying real hard to make ISIS look relevant, even having its “news agancy”? |
Find the interested party that is funding this fake ISIS revival, and problem solved. It is too obvious. The silence of the lambs. |
It’s facinsting that for over three years there were no U.S casualties in Easter Syria and the moment U.S. wants to pull out, “ISIS” is playing intercept against U.S. leaving. |
The path to stopping Deash goes through Langley. |
On Sunday, Senior Rabbi for Central Brooklyn Chabad Yehuda Levin, as he does every year, hosted a party for the Ditmas Park and Kensington Chabad Jewish community at Dolaj Party Hall, 600 Coney Island Avenue, to celebrate Hanukkah. |
The event brought over 100 community members together to decorate and eat traditional donuts, make arts and crafts, enjoy a thematically appropriate fire show, and kindle the first lights of Hanukkah. |
According to Central Brooklyn Chabad, this year, the first night of Hanukkah was even more festive. Accompanying the comfort of tradition and the togetherness of family and community that Chabad events evoke was also tangible excitement. |
Well, just as soon as one company stopped being evil, another one has stepped in to take its place. Jigsaw is a marketplace for contact information, and it is very efficient. It boasts detailed personal contact information for 2.5 million people, and 7,000 new people are added every day. If you want the name, title, em... |
Unlike competitors like Hoovers and InfoUSA, which gather company information by semi-legitimate means such as scouring SEC filings, cold calling companies and asking for information, and reviewing other public documents, Jigsaw simply pays people to upload other people’s contact information. Users are paid $1 for ever... |
That’s right, the next time you hand out a business card to someone or otherwise divulge your contact information, you may be handing it out to the entire world. |
But wait, it gets much worse. |
Is Jigsaw legal? Maybe in the U.S., although I’d love to see a class action case brought against them. Is it ethical? Absolutely not. Every Jigsaw employee and investor has dirty hands and they should be ashamed of themselves. |
Like Plaxo, Jigsaw makes money while pushing costs to other people. In Plaxo’s case, its spam. In Jigsaw’s case, its making private contact information public. The problem here is that Jigsaw’s actions aren’t easily found out by people getting constant cold calls and emails – it’s very unlikely they’ll know that these ... |
If they wanted to do this right, they’d set up a marketplace where individuals could choose to sell (or give away) their contact information. The owner of the data could set the price, and Jigsaw could take a cut. Would this model work? Perhaps not, but that just proves my point. The only reason Jigsaw does work is bec... |
Management team and investors are here. |
UPDATE: Rafe Needleman emailed to point to an article he wrote about Jigsaw in late 2004. He calls it “clever but creepy” and says “I don’t approve of Jigsaw’s ethical position”. I agree. |
Female soldiers participate in the changing of the guard ceremony at the Quirinale, the presidential palace, in Rome on International Women's Day on March 8, 2019. |
Women hold up scarves during a demonstration in front of the Italian Health Ministry to mark International Women's Day in Rome on March 8, 2019. |
Women take part in a protest on the occasion of International Women's Day in the Turkish capital of Ankara, on March 8, 2019. |
On the eve of International Women's Day, U.S. first lady Melania Trump saluted women from 10 countries for their courage. |
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who named one of the world's few "gender-balanced" Cabinets last year, told a gathering on Friday that "women are the pillars of the nation and the least recognized for their sacrifices." |
Congo's new President Felix Tshisekedi met with women leaders about what spokeswoman Lydie Omanga called the difficulties they face in their daily lives. |
Women protested against gender-based violence in Kenya's capital. "We haven't gotten to a stage where women are comfortable to come out and say, 'I was sexually abused'," said protester Esther Passaris. "So what we need to do is slowly, slowly grow." |
On the eve of Tuesday night’s second presidential debate at Hofstra University, voters are divided as to which candidate they think will do the better job: 41% say Obama will do better, while 37% expect Romney to prevail. This stands in stark contrast to expectations prior to the first presidential debate two weeks ago... |
The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Oct. 12-14, 2012, among 1,006 adults, including 857 registered voters, finds debate expectations for Romney have improved sharply among independents: Two weeks ago more independents thought Obama would win the first debate by a ... |
Few Democrats (9%) think Romney will do the better job in tomorrow’s debate, but they are less uniformly certain about how Obama will do. Two weeks ago, fully 89% of Democratic voters said they expected Obama to do the better job. That has slipped to 75% of Democrats going into the second debate, as the percentage who ... |
Despite controversy over massive spending by outside groups in the 2012 race, relatively few voters think either candidate has been too personally critical of his opponent. Just 37% say that Romney has been too personally critical of Obama while a comparable percentage (35%) says Obama has been too personally critical ... |
In June, more thought Romney was being too critical of Obama (43%) than thought Obama was being too critical of Romney (30%). Independents, in particular, have become less likely to say Romney has been too critical of Obama: Just 31% say this in the current survey, down from 42% in June. |
In October 2008, nearly half of voters (48%) said John McCain was too personally critical of Obama. And over five recent presidential election cycles, no Republican candidate has been viewed as less personally critical of their opponent than Romney is today. |
More voters say Obama is being too critical of Romney (35%) than said that about Obama’s campaign against McCain in 2008 (22%). In 2004, 52% of voters said John Kerry was being too critical of his opponent. In 1996, very few voters (21%) said Bill Clinton was too personally critical of Bob Dole in his re-election campa... |
Six-in-ten voters say they watched at least a little of last Thursday night’s vice-presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan at Centre College in Danville, KY. Among debate watchers, as many say Biden did the better job (47%) as say Ryan (46%). Before the debate, voters were similarly divided as to who they t... |
Republican voters overwhelmingly say Ryan did the better job in the debate (88%); a comparable percentage of Democrats (89%) say Biden did the better job. Among independents, 50% say Ryan did better, 39% say Biden. |
Tropical Depression 6 developed in the far eastern North Atlantic Ocean and NASA and NOAA satellites provided infrared and visible views at the storm. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core observatory satellite collected data as the newest Atlantic Ocean tropical depression was forming on August 16, ... |
GPM's radar data (DPR Ku Band) data was used to create a 3-D slice through the forming tropical depression. The 3-D image, created at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. showed intensity and heights of precipitation in some tall storms reached heights of over 15 km (9.3 miles). |
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed the depression within an hour after it formed. AIRS looked at Tropical Depression 6 (TD6) in infrared light on Aug. 16 at 11:41 p.m. EDT (0341 UTC on Aug. 17) gathering temperature data of the system's clouds. Strong th... |
On Aug. 17 at 11 a.m. EDT the National Hurricane Center discussion noted "The depression's overall cloud pattern and low-level wind field have continued to improve, although cloud tops have warmed considerably near the center since the previous advisory." |
NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Depression 6 in the far eastern Atlantic on Aug. 17 at 10:45 a.m. EDT (1645 UTC). NOAA manages the GOES series of satellites and the NASA/NOAA GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland uses the satellite data to create image... |
At 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) the center of Tropical Depression Six (TD6) was located near 14.0 degrees north latitude and 36.4 degrees west longitude, about 840 miles (1,350 km) west of the Cape Verde Islands. The Cape Verde islands are made up of two small archipelagos, located about 400 miles off of Africa's west coast. |
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that the depression is moving toward the west-northwest near 15 mph (24 kph) and this motion with some decrease in forward speed is expected during the next couple of days. |
Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph (55 kph) with higher gusts. Slow strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours, and the depression is likely to become a tropical storm today, Aug. 17. |
Larry and Shirley Gluehesien accompanied their granddaughter Madison Solderholm during local Alzheimer Society’s fifth-annual “Walk for Memories” here Sunday. The walk, which drew about 20 participants, raised more than $3,400 for the Alzheimer Society. The top fundraiser was Helen Cone, who brought in $825, winning a ... |
Author: Mike DeSocioMike is a former Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Free Press. Now, he dutifully fulfills his role as FreeP has-been. He also tells stories at an advertising agency in Philadelphia. |
Superfood have announced details of their new EP ‘MAM’. Watch the video for new single ‘TV’ above. |
The Birmingham band, who have toured with Peace and Swim Deep will release the EP on March 3. It features the aforementioned ‘TV’ as well as ‘Bubbles’ and ‘Melting’, two tracks released in 2013. |
Superfood are part of the line up for next year’s NME Awards Shows 2014 with Austin, Texas and will perform at new venue Oslo on February 19. |
The initial line-up of gigs, which also includes headline dates from Phoenix, Parquet Courts, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Speedy Ortiz, will take place at various venues around London between February 2-25. |
"Fire rainbow" spotted in Vermont – what is this colorful phenomenon? |
An iridescent rainbow-colored cloud seemed to magically materialize in the sky above Vermont. The colorful streaks across Sunday's blue sky puzzled some people who saw it near the New York-Vermont border. |
It's a "fire rainbow," WCAX reports. The phenomenon has made headlines before, and it's technically called a "circumhorizontal arc," National Geographic explains. |
A similar fire rainbow made headlines in San Francisco less than two months ago. The National Weather Service shared several photos of that fire rainbow and an explanation from meteorologist Roger Gass. |
Circumhorizontal arcs occur when the sun is situated high in the sky -- higher than 58 degrees above the horizon -- and its light is refracted by ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere, most commonly in cirrus clouds. "When the sun hits the ice crystals, you get pretty colors," Gass told SFGate.com. "It's an optical ... |
Several people who spotted the colorful clouds overhead in Vermont sent photos to WCAX-TV, wondering what was causing the unusual sight. There were just a few wispy cirrus clouds in the bright blue sky, but that was enough to spark a fire rainbow. |
Good Morning Britain had a big royal wedding caption blunder – did you spot it? |
"So Windsor castle has been moved." |
Good Morning Britain suffered a technical blunder during its royal wedding coverage on Tuesday (May 15) – but did you spot it? |
The daytime television programme was covering the news that Meghan Markle's father Thomas Markle would no longer be attending her wedding to Prince Harry due to reported health concerns (and also his alleged selling of photos to the media), when it made the epic error. |
Spotted in the top left-hand corner of the screen, the caption said GMB's journalist was reporting live from "Israel – Gaza Border", when she was of course standing in front of Windsor Castle. |
Obviously, viewers on Twitter were quick to pick up on the fact and comment on it. |
#gmb so Windsor castle has been moved to the Gaza border!! |
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