Gymnast Sarah Finnegan Is US Olympic Alternate | 9th Arkansas

What started out as a recreational sports activity has turned into Olympic dreams for gymnast Sarah Finnegan.

The 15-year-old from Town and Country will be one of three alternates on the US Olympic womens gymnastics team at the upcoming London Games.

If any of the five gymnasts on the team gets hurt, then its possible Finnegan could move center stage. Shes currently training with the Olympic team in Houston, Texas, as if shell get the chance to compete. The team took off for London on July 19, and the opening ceremonies begin on July 27.

Finnegans story includes a six-year stint of training at the St. Louis Gymnastics Centre (SLGC) in Webster Groves, where her progression in the sport really began. She started participating in gymnastics at age three in Los Angeles, where she was born. A year later, her family moved to St. Louis. She spent a year at another gymnastics facility before her parents, Don and Linabelle Finnegan, moved Sarah and her three sisters to SLGC because it was closer to home.

In 2008, the Finnegan family realized Sarah had the talent and desire to compete at the highest level, but SLGC couldnt offer her the chance to become an Olympian. SLGCs goal is to produce college scholarships, not Olympic champions.

The Finnegans found an opportunity for Sarah to train for the Olympics at Great American Gymnastics Express in Blue Springs, Mo., which is known for producing Olympic competitors from coaches Al Fong and Armine Barutyan-Fong.

So, Sarah, her mother and three sisters, Hannah, 17, Jennah, 11, and Aleah, 9, also competitive gymnasts, moved across the state. Don, vice president of corporate operations for Enterprise Holdings, remained in St. Louis. He travels to Kansas City on the weekends and talks with his family on Apples Facetime. Don and the rest of the family will leave for London on July 26.

Don, a former All-American wrestler at Iowa State University in 1979 who was apart of the Cyclones 1977 NCAA champion squad, said his family is grateful for the SLGC coaches and opportunities his daughters had at the Webster Groves facility. Sarahs three sisters also competed and trained at the center.

The St. Louis Gymnastics Centre is a very good program, Don said. They provide a very competitive program. The coaches are very knowledgeable. Webster Groves is a great community. Sarah just had higher aspirations.

Interest in gymnastics has grown at the facility, said Amy King, Sarahs former coach at SLGC. Each class has a waiting list. King said SLGC trains more than 1,000 boys and girls, and shes currently training several girls who show signs of being able to compete at the highest level. King said Sarah had Olympic potential when she was her coach.

Im very excited for her, King said. Shes a soft-spoken, sweet girl. Shes very humble. Im very proud to have coached her. She always had natural ability. She just executed that ability. She just wanted more. Id love to say we taught her all that stuff. It turned out to be a very good move (to the Blue Springs center).

When Sarah moved on, she was competing at level eight. In 2010 and 2011, she competed in the junior division. By the start of 2012, Sarah was competing at the senior international level, which enabled her to compete for a spot on the Olympic team. She also was age-eligible for the Olympics by 50 days. In her senior international debut at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy, in March, she placed third overall. At the recent Olympic Trials in San Jose, Calif., she finished sixth overall. She also placed sixth at the Visa Championships in St. Louis in June.

Sarahs best events are on the balance beam and floor exercises. She doesnt let the huge crowds and noise distract her from performing ? just like her father when he competed at Iowa State. She shows the flexibility and agility ? just like her father did in wrestling.

She is very disciplined, very determined and very competitive, Don said. Shes so mentally tough. Shes just focused on what she has to do. Shes worked very hard for this. I just think she has God-given talent. Shes the youngest on the team and has the least amount of experience. Yet, she is still able to hang with the best.

King said she would like to see Sarah compete in London or maybe in the 2016 Games in Rio De Janeiro.

It brings chills and tears every time I watch her perform, she said. I look forward to seeing her the next four years.

Source: http://www.9tharkansas.org/2012/08/28/gymnast-sarah-finnegan-is-us-olympic-alternate/

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How Much Time Do Residents Spend On Meals? - Retirement Homes

Have you ever noticed how often residents in your senior living community comment about the food and dining room? How many times do they check the menu or ask a staff member, ?What?s for dinner?? Does it sometimes feel like mealtimes are the only thing on everyone?s mind?

Consider the amount of time residents spend preoccupied with dining and you?ll begin to see how important the dining experience is to overall resident satisfaction and community building.

Up to 60% of a resident?s day is focused on mealtimes.
Think about it. They are either anticipating a meal, preparing for a meal, going to a meal, eating a meal, visiting with friends in the hall after a meal, or returning from a meal.?Breakfast, lunch and dinner make up the framework the rest of their day is built around.

Mealtime means much more than food to our residents.
Too often we fail to appreciate that, to our residents, the social aspects of dining are as important as what is on the plate.

Imagine what life is like for a resident in a senior care community. It can be a solitary existence, especially if they?ve lost a spouse and live alone. It?s no wonder meals become the highlight of the day. It?s true; in the dining room residents will be able to satisfy their physical hunger. But mealtime also means getting out of their rooms, socializing with friends, and catching up on the neighborhood news.

In the dining room, residents bond as a family, even though they come from different backgrounds.
You and your staff are an important part of that family bonding. In many cases, residents interact more with your staff than they do with their own family members.

Smart leaders work to proactively build community in the dining room.

You and your staff have an important role to play in helping residents overcome loneliness and isolation and build a sense of belonging. Through hospitality, you can help build relationships one meal at a time.

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Top donors, lobbyists to schmooze with RNC guests

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? Away from the televised political speeches and Mitt Romney's nomination at the Republican National Convention, energy, technology, transportation companies and others are hosting lavish parties for Republican leaders, politicians and Romney's top donors.

The behind-the-scenes parties, receptions and other exclusive events allow the Republican elite to mingle with donors and special interests in a way that's unusual even for the nation's capital. Dozens of events and scores of donors, lobbyists and corporate heads are all under one roof this week ? and under a loosely regulated setting distant from Washington.

That's as voters, who have long bristled at how special interests influence policymakers, will see only scripted, primetime speeches and Romney's acceptance remarks from their living rooms.

The influence of money in politics has received heightened scrutiny this election, as independent political groups have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to support their favored candidates. This is the first convention that will highlight the impact of these groups, including the presence of top GOP strategist Karl Rove of the "super" political committee American Crossroads.

The parties begin anew next week in Charlotte, N.C., home to the Democrats' national convention. The DNC said its gathering would be the first not to rely on special-interest money, although its organizers quietly set up a nonprofit entity to collect corporate cash.

Democratic donors complained early in President Barack Obama's administration that they were kept at arm's length. Since then, the president has opened his White House to contributors for events like state dinners and meetings with policy advisers.

Republican delegates this week will be starting their days with muffins, fresh fruit and egg sandwiches at receptions with company sponsorships. At one event Monday afternoon, delegates raved about hors d'oeuvres like truffles and caviar, along with champagne.

Attendees had a wide swatch of events to choose from: a Kid Rock concert on Wednesday, a "Back to the Reagan '80s" reception on Thursday by the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation or a "Wheels Up" party on Friday hosted in part by the National Energy Institute and Citizens United, the conservative organization behind the namesake 2010 Supreme Court case that loosened restrictions on money in politics.

As well, corporations with business before the federal government ? including those with major financial interests at stake ? are throwing their own events for delegates and attendees. In some cases, the parties blend the agendas of both corporate and media hosts that have some symbiotic interests in Washington's halls of power.

Among those sponsoring events in Tampa are Anheuser-Busch, the St. Louis-based producer of Budweiser and other beer brands; pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. and the Lifetime Television Network. Elliott Management Corp. hedge fund co-founder Paul Singer, who gave $1 million to a super PAC backing Romney, is also co-sponsoring an event aimed at gay Republicans.

Another host is the Personal Care Products Council, sponsor of a "Cocktail and Cosmetics" reception. One of the council's members is Utah-based Nu Skin Enterprises, a personal care and dietary supplements firm whose vice chairman, Steven J. Lund, was linked to $2 million in donations to the same Romney-leaning super PAC, Restore Our Future.

A "Nightly Lounge" scheduled all week in Tampa is hosted by Politico, the Washington-focused web news operation. The events, which will also be held at the Democratic convention next week, are co-sponsored by defense industry giant BAE Systems, technology designer Intel Corp., liquor seller Diageo and the Coca-Cola Co.

Politico is trying to deepen its news and politics coverage and win more customers for its specialized subscription services. Politico's executive director of events, Beth Lester Sidhu, said the parties were conceived as a "live extension of our journalistic mission."

BAE Systems Inc. was ranked by the General Services Administration as the 10th largest defense contractor in 2011 with $6.8 billion in awards ? a rank undiminished even after its British parent firm agreed to pay $79 million in fines that same year for civil arms export violations. Just last week, the firm won back nearly the same amount ? $78 million? for a new government contract to produce platforms for U.S. ship-based vertical launching missile systems.

Intel, the multinational semiconductor chip firm based in Silicon Valley, has spent $1.7 million already this year on lobbying in the Senate and House in favor of lowering the corporate tax rate and backing the Trans Pacific Partnership free trade agreement and for removing caps on foreign workers' visas.

"The policy debates that go on are really important to American businesses," Intel spokeswoman Lisa Malloy said. "These are important issues and they really impact our business and we really wanted to be in the middle of it."

British-based Diageo, owner of Captain Morgan rum and other liquor items, spent $1.07 million this year lobbying ? partly to keep in place tax breaks for spirits shipped to the U.S. from the U.S. Virgin Islands. And Coca-Cola has spent more than $2.8 million in lobbying this year, pressing for soft drinks to be kept at school cafeterias and to lower corporate tax rates, and opposing laws that would tax beverages to pay for waste water treatment.

A Coca Cola spokeswoman, Nancy Carlson Bailey, said the firm's role was "primarily focused on supporting the respective host committees."

Elsewhere at the convention, the Arkansas GOP delegation was feted to a welcome dinner at a renowned Cuban restaurant in nearby Ybor City. Former Arkansas governor and presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee stopped by, as did representatives of retail giant Wal-Mart, headquartered in the state. Chevron was behind a Mississippi delegation event Monday, where members of Congress and former Gov. Haley Barbour made appearances.

Tropical Storm Isaac, which led Republicans to cancel their Monday convention session, prompted changes in some events but not others. Tuesday's planned panel discussion on "The Millennial Impact on the Youth Vote" was cancelled while a related cocktail reception went on as planned.

Since touching down in Tampa, Wisconsin delegate Jeff Johns has had a full plate of social events. There have been country club luncheons, a welcome event organized by the convention host committee and gatherings featuring prominent officials and staged by companies with hometown connections like Miller-Coors.

"All the VIPS are in the room. You get to mingle with them," Johns said Monday. "Here it's like going out with your college friends to a tavern ? except there's a lot of free Miller beer."

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Bakst reported from Tampa, and Gillum and Braun from Washington.

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Extract in Herbal Tea May Kill Breast Cancer Cells

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom?Drinking herbal tea made from the plant Fagonia cretica, also known as Virgin's Mantle, may help combat breast cancer, according to a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE. Patients who have taken the plant extract have reported it does not appear to generate any of the serious common side effects associated with other cancer treatments, such as loss of hair, drop in blood count or diarrhea.

Scientists at Aston University and Russells Hall Hospital conducted tests of the plant extract, which is found in arid, desert regions of Pakistan, India, Africa and parts of Europe, and discovered it kills cancer cells without damage to normal breast cells in laboratory conditions. The scientists hope to identify which element or elements of the plant are responsible for killing the cancer cells with the goal to eventually begin trails with human cancer patients.

?More research is needed to establish? the role of the extract in cancer management and it now needs to be demonstrated that this extract is as effective in killing cancer cells inside the body as it is within laboratory," the scientists said.

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Source: http://www.foodproductdesign.com/news/2012/08/extract-in-herbal-tea-may-kill-breast-cancer-cell.aspx

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Obese and overweight women face increased risk of recurrence of most common type of breast cancer

ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) ? Extra pounds -- even within the overweight but not obese range -- are linked to a higher risk of recurrence of the most common type of breast cancer despite optimal cancer treatment, according to a new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results suggest that extra body fat causes hormonal changes and inflammation that may drive some cases of breast cancer to spread and recur despite treatment.

Women who are obese when they are diagnosed with breast cancer have an increased risk of dying prematurely compared with women of normal weight. In this new study, Joseph Sparano, MD, of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine's Montefiore Medical Center, in Bronx, NY, and his colleagues across the US cancer cooperative groups compared the health outcomes of obese and overweight patients with others in a large group of women with stage I-III breast cancer who had participated in three National Cancer Institute-sponsored treatment trials led by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (now part of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group). All of the trials (E1199, E5188, and E3189) required participants to have normal heart, kidney, liver, and bone marrow function, thereby excluding patients with other significant health issues. As a result, researchers were able to disentangle the influence of obesity from other factors affecting cancer recurrence and survival.

The researchers found that increasing body mass index -- a measure of the body's fat content -- significantly increased women's risk of cancer recurrence and death, despite optimal treatment including chemotherapy and hormonal therapy. There was a stepwise relationship between increasing body mass index and poor outcomes only in women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, the most common type of breast cancer that accounts for approximately two-thirds of all breast cancer cases in the United States and worldwide.

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The Perfect Snack: Vanilla-Curry Caramel Popcorn Recipe

Entry #1520, August 27, 2012

Add a twist to your usual popcorn with this Vanilla-Curry Caramel Popcorn recipe. You will love the unique burst of vanilla-curry flavor combined with the sweetness of caramel. It will certainly change the way popcorn should be. So prepare all the ingredients and you will have a tasty popcorn snack in a few minutes.

Thanks Delish for giving us such a great caramel popcorn recipe!

Yummy, a twist on traditional caramel popcorn!

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Ingredients

• 8 tablespoon(s) (1 stick) butter
• 1 cup(s) light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup(s) agave nectar
• 2 teaspoon(s) mild curry powder
• 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
• 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon(s) baking soda
• 10 cup(s) popped popcorn, from 1/2 cup unpopped kernels

Make ahead of time so you can have plenty on hand for snacking!

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Directions

1. Begin by popping the kernels in a popcorn popper. Some poppers require oil, others use only hot air.
2. Follow the manufacturer?s instructions; for the recipes here, pop 1/2 cup popcorn kernels total. You may have to work in batches.
3. Line 2 large sheet trays with waxed paper; set aside.
4. Melt butter in a medium pot over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar, agave, curry powder, and salt; bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly.
5. Continue to boil, without stirring, 4 minutes; remove pot from heat and carefully stir in vanilla and baking soda until well combined.
6. Place popcorn in a large bowl. Working quickly, pour hot caramel over popcorn and use a spoon to coat evenly.
7. Transfer to reserved sheet trays and spread out in an even layer.
8. Set aside to cool completely, and then serve.

Remember to wipe the bowl and spoons with a paper towel dipped in oil so the caramel doesn?t stick. Turn on your television and watch your favorite movies with the whole family while enjoying this yummy snack. After all, who doesn?t love caramel popcorn with a twist?

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Darke County Parks programs are designed to engage, inform and ...

BY JOY ROSEBERRY

ASST. MANAGING EDITOR

DARKE COUNTY--The first Darke County Parks levy was passed in 1994 and part of the promise of that passage was the construction of a facility to be used as a nature education center, community center for non-profits and government meeting space.

In 1997, the Nature Center at Shawnee Prairie was opened, a director, office manager and staff of Naturalist Educators were hired and programs began.

?Those first programs were a general walk through of the parks,? said Roger Van Frank, Darke County Parks current director. ?They involved identifying or inventories of species.?

Today, camps, programs, classes and workshops run the gamut from backcountry survival to making maple syrup to hummingbird banding. And more.

Today, basic skills are lost to much of society and Darke County Parks has developed many workshops and classes to fill that gap with Outdoor Skills Development programs.

The classes are ?ever evolving,? according to Senior Naturalist Robb Clifford. ?We try to offer programs and workshops that get back to arts of the past that are slowly disappearing.?

For instance, last month guests learned to make soap, could take a workshop on Fly Tying, spend an afternoon kayaking or canoeing, and top off the summer with a campout.

In the next couple of months, visitors can take part in a ?Hands on Herbal? workshop, or learn the very basic skill of fire starting ? without matches and upcoming are knitting classes and a fall gardening seminar. It?s not unusual to see a Dulcimer Class or Open Hearth Cooking on the calendar as well.

Visitors can ?come and sit a spell? at concerts, movies and? tours of the Log House. And if you don?t want to sit, take part in Bike to Health rides and Early Morning Discovery Hikes.

KIDS? PROGRAMS AND CAMPS

?The kids are the stewards of tomorrow,? states Van Frank. ?We want nature and our parks to be part of their life.? Striving to make kids programming a vital? of part of Darke County Parks, the following sessions are offered:

* Parent and Preschooler Adventures, a series of monthly, hour-long programs designed to give parents (or grandparents, or babysitters) an opportunity to investigate nature through hands-on activities, hikes, stories, songs and take-home projects. ?Little Explorers? classes, are designed for? 2-3 year olds and ?Seedling? classes are designed for 4-5 year olds. Worms, butterflies, crawfish, nuts, trees and plants are just a small example of wonder the little ones can explore.

* Park P.A.L.S. is designed for 6-9 years olds, with the mission to develop future earth stewards through meaningful educational opportunities and hands on experiences. A few of the areas explored by these kids include mammals, night critters, stream quality management, and wildflowers.

* Junior Naturalists is a series of programs designed to give 10-12 year olds an introduction to natural resource management. Hikes, work projects and independent study are all part of the program. A few?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????of the topics covered include tree identification, winter survival, and bird breeding.

According to Senior Naturalist Robb Clifford, the Junior Naturalist classes were added later than the others because those who had enjoyed Parent and Preschooler Adventures and Park P.A.L.S. wanted to continue. Even now, the kids always ask for something in the next age range, but says Clifford, ?we ask them to take part in the adult programs. It?s time for them to move on.?

However, older kids, ages 13-15 can take advantage of summer camp, with Extreme Adventures, which this summer, included zip-lining, overnight camping and kayaking.

Camps which included an overnight stay were also held for kids ages 8-12 (Backyard Survival) and ages 10-12 (Paddling, Hiking and Camping).

The younger kids, 6-7, and 8-9, took advantage of Summer Day Camps.

?The dedication of the staff is extraordinary. They have to love what they are doing to pass it along to the kids. That they have the trust of families to drop their kids off for camp and for overnighters, proves we are doing something right,? said Van Frank.

Darke County Parks has worked tirelessly in preparing Nature?s Classroom, environmental education programs designed to enhance and supplement Ohio?s science curriculum. Each program topic addresses current ODOE Science Grade Level indicators and the Science Benchmarks by Academic Content Standards.

The program involves class field trips to Shawnee Prairie and a classroom visit by a Parks? Naturalist.

During the 2011-2012 school year, 5-7,000 school age kids visited the preserve (this number includes the children?s programs).

However, due to cutbacks, some schools have not been able to take a field trip to the prairie. Hopefully, park personnel will be able to get to more schools, offering a kind of ?Classroom in a Box.? Added Van Frank, ?we need to get to the schools. It will be more of an expense for us, but I feel that?s part of our mission.?

Programs can also be adapted for scouts and other groups as well.

Right now the Nature Center is home to Old Thyme Gardeners, Darke County Photo Club, Darke County Birders Club, and Darke County Canoe and Kayak Club. As well as hosting meetings, these groups also offer workshops and programs throughout the year.

The Greenville Art Guild holds an exhibit every fall.

Families have come to expect Darke County Parks to have the programs they want. Said Van Frank, ?we try to engage every person who comes in here. You don?t have to come for a program, you can just come and visit. We want everyone who visits to build us into their routine.?

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* Joining Van Frank and Clifford are Naturalist/Coordinator Laura Schwieterman, Naturalist Erica Dickey, Office Manager Deb Shiverdecker, Manager of Parks Maintenance Operations Nathan Epperly, Parks Maintenance Chris Supinger, and a tremendous amount of dedicated volunteers who make it all possible.

*The Nature Center located at Shawnee Prairie Preserve (4267 OH-502, Greenville) is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Restrooms and water fountains are accessible during business hours, as well as educational displays, live animal displays, nature reference library, bird observation area, and nature gift shop.

*Nonprofit organizations may reserve the Nature Center's assembly room, classroom, or meeting room for morning, afternoon, and evening meetings. Room rentals are also available for private parties.

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Volunteers are needed for Darke County Parks? annual Prairie Days Festival on Sept. 29 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and? Sept. 30 (noon- 5 p.m.) at Shawnee Prairie Preserve.?

Assistance is needed with pioneer activities and crafts (candle dipping, tussie mussies, tin-smithed lanterns, pioneer hats, sewing bean bags and rope making, etc.), setting up exhibits, stirring apple butter, cooking over the hearth in the Log House and lots more!?

If interested, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at lschwieterman@darkecountyparks.org or call Laura at the Nature Center, 548-0165. ? A Prairie Days Workshop will be held Sept. 22 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) for those interested in volunteering. Please RSVP if you are planning on attending a workshop).? For more information, visit? www.darkecountyparks.org.

Butterfly Day: Kids will paint a flower pot, and along with the adults,??view??butterfly exhibits and displays and??take part in other hands-on activities during Butterfly Day, Sept. 1, 1-4 p.m., at the Nature Center. Take time to visit the Butterfly Tent, housing several common species found in Darke County and tour the gardens to learn which plants will attract more butterflies to your backyard. Butterfly Day is FREE!

Source: http://www.bluebagmedia.com/2012/08/darke-county-parks-programs-are.html

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