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SPRINGFIELD — The Rockford Register Star won five awards Friday at the annual Illinois Press Association luncheon, including a first place for the Max Gersh photo "Fight College."
The newspaper also won:
— Third place, Brent Lewis, general news photo of the Burpee Museum flood.
— Honorable mention, Web project, "Parole Petitions."
— Honorable mention, Life&Style section.
—Honorable mention, Dorothy Schneider, enterprise feature "Under the Gun."
The Register Star competes in Division F for the state's largest newspapers.


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URBANDALE, Iowa, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama campaigned in Iowa Saturday, saying Mitt Romney's ideas to improve the economy are "retreads of the same old" Republican policies.
During his speech at Morningside College in Sioux City, ridiculed Republicans for coming up with an agenda at their national convention in Tampa, Fla., "that was probably a little better suited for the last century."
"They were going so far backwards you might as well have watched it on black-and-white TV," he said. 'Put some rabbit ears on the convention hall."
Obama covered his usual stump speech, including his desire to see alternative energies grow to help the United States become energy self-sufficient. He touted the efforts of renewable energy businessman Rob Hach and his wife, Tara.
He said Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan "would put those jobs at risk by ending tax credits for wind energy producers."
"Rob told you, he [Romney] said these new sources of energy are 'imaginary.' And Mr. Ryan called them a 'fad,'" Obama said. "You just saw Rob. He looks pretty real to me. I wasn't imagining him up here talking, was I? He has been in the wind energy business for nearly 20 years. He and his wife Tara now have 27 employees. Nearly 7,000 jobs in Iowa depend on the wind industry. These jobs aren't fads; they're our future.
"It's time to stop giving a $4 billion taxpayer subsidy to oil companies that are making money every time you go to the pump. And let's give some tax breaks to wind energy and homegrown energy and biofuels that are creating jobs right here in Iowa. That's the choice in this election. That's what we're fighting for."
On the way to the college, the president made an unscheduled stop Bob Roe's Point After Pizza, a sports bar in Sioux City where customers were watching the Iowa, Iowa State and Nebraska football games.
"I've been missing football a little too much," Obama said as he shook hands and posed for photos, including one in which he had Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack snap a shot of him and a group of people wearing Iowa Hawkeyes garb.
Obama also handed out several presidential coins, including one to James McKenzie of Sioux City, a 66-year-old Vietnam veteran who said he didn't know if he will vote for Obama.
"I haven't made my decision yet," McKenzie aid. "He's working for the vets more. Yeah, I'm leaning towards him."
The president also ordered a large pepperoni pizza he later offered to people, saying, "Hey everybody, who wants some pizza?"
Speaking earlier at a campaign rally in Urbandale, Iowa, the president said the Republican campaign presents Romney as "the only one who knows the secret to creating jobs."
"But when the governor had his chance to let you in on his secret [at the GOP convention in Tampa, Fla.] he did not offer a single new idea -- just retreads of the same old policies that have been sticking it to the middle class for years," he told the campaign audience in Iowa.
The president said the Republican campaign is summed up by the claim that "everything is bad and it's Obama's fault."
Campaign spokesman Jen Psaki said the president's campaign trip leading up to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., will highlight "American heroes."
The Saturday rally in Urbandale celebrated former National Guard member Lucas Beenken, who served in Iraq and then attended Drake University on the G.I. Bill.
The president was to travel to Denver Saturday night, his official White House scheduled indicated.


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The Upper Peninsula hasn't exactly been its winter wonderland self this season, but even if you don't see a lot of white flakes, look for some white suds, because Michigan's Lake Superior country has become a beer drinker's destination.
Starting from the west, the first stop is in Copper Country. Jutting into Lake Superior on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Houghton once was a star in the copper-mining industry. Though the last of the mines closed in the late 1960s, you still can find copper brew tanks over at Keweenaw Brewing Co. KBC, as it is known, has been so successful that it opened a production facility just outside town to keep up. Visitors may be stunned at the $2.50-per-pint price. KBC comes in cans, the latest trend in craft beer, or you can get a growler, a half-gallon jug, filled at the bar in the historic downtown. In warm weather sit out on the back deck with a view of the ship channel and the Quincy Mine up on the opposite ridge, now a historical park.
Just down the street and around the corner is The Library. Offering as many as 10 of its own beers on tap, this is a brewpub with a full menu that includes local whitefish. Collections of old books adorn the back bar and shelves around the dining room.
Farther up the Keweenaw Peninsula is Calumet, home of Red Jacket Brewing. Brewing only 50 barrels a year, Red Jacket brews are served only over its home bar inside the Michigan House Cafe. The 1905 building was built by Bosch Brewing and bears a beer picnic mural painted by the Milwaukee Artists' Association more than 100 years ago. Come for the beer, stay for the food.
Michigan's northernmost brewery also is one of the U.P.'s newest. Brickside Brewery up in Copper Harbor opened in June. The simple taproom with its copper-top bar has eight beers on tap, but the prime mission is distribution. Brewer Jason Robinson and wife Jessica bottle and label everything by hand. Addresses aren't always clear in small northern towns, and the brewery name comes from a delivery description addressed to the "brick-sided building" years ago. A native to the area, Robinson worked here as a younger man when it was a grocery and a gas station, long before he dreamed of moving a brew kettle inside.
Heading east from the Copper Range along U.S. Highway 41, stop in for the eight taps at Jasper Ridge Brewery in Ishpeming and have some cudighi, a unique regional sausage created by Italian immigrants back in the day. Just 15 minutes farther east, Marquette is the U.P.'s beer capital, with three. The oldest is Marquette Harbor Brewery, which operates inside Vierling Restaurant, an eatery known for whitefish. The fresh catch comes from Thill's Fish House across the parking lot out back, where the waters of Lake Superior lap at the shore in the shadow of a massive defunct ore dock. The structure inspired the name of Ore Dock Brewing, just a five-minute walk away.
In warm months, Ore Dock opens a garage door on the walk to let the weather in, and since opening in May it has become quite popular with the biking crowd. The brick building is right off the 16-mile bike path around Marquette. Thirsty riders stop for a pint and order in pizzas from down the street.
To complete the hat trick, head over to Blackrocks Brewing. From the street it could be someone's brightly colored home, except for the warm-weather crowd in the front yard or on the porch with beers in hand. Named for a local I-dare-you-to-jump rock formation in the big lake off Presque Isle, the brewery keeps eight beers on tap. Brewed in small batches, the brews rotate frequently and topped out at 250 recipes in one year alone. (Rumor has it Blackrocks will renovate the local cinema and open a brewpub there as well.)
Just east of the natural wonders of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore lies Grand Marais and its resident Lake Superior Brewing. Decorated with a taxidermist's version of what's in the woods, the tavern brewery features a 1946 Brunswick bar (yes, the bowling people made bars). It sells "a ton of whitefish," and beer names such as Cabin Fever ESB, Granite Brown and Lonesome Point IPA are suggestive of life up here. Six are on tap, and this is the only place you can get them.
As the highway system dips south away from the Superior coast before coming back up to the Whitefish Bay area, you can stop and see the beautiful Tahquamenon Falls, in warm weather or cold, and have a beer and a meal at the brewery that bears the same name. The falls are inside a state park, and you'll have to pay the park fee to get to the brewpub; it's surrounded on all sides by park land and shares the parking lot. Lark Ludlow, the U.P.'s only female head brewer, runs the whole show. The full menu includes beer cheese soup, local whitefish and local buffalo burgers. Four brews are on tap, and unlike many tourist-reliant businesses up here, Tahquamenon Falls Brewery stays open in winter (though it closes a couple weeks before and after the snowmobile season).
To finish off a Superior Michigan beer road trip, you can't miss Sault Ste. Marie. Under a blue awning on Portage Avenue, Soo Brewing lies kitty-corner from the Soo Locks on the St. Marys River, where ships clear the 21-foot difference between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. Brewer Ray Bauer, a home brewer expressing his German roots, brought craft beer to town in 2011. The taproom, furnished with couches and church pews, serves no food other than free pretzels and peanuts but packs in fans of all kinds, including families who order Bauer's root beer for the kids and play the board games on hand. As Bauer likes to say, "People want beer." And in Lake Superior country, they have plenty to choose from.
Kevin Revolinski will release a guide to Michigan beer in spring. Visit themadtraveleronline.com.
If you go
Blackrocks Brewery, 424 North 3rd St., Marquette, 906-273-1333, blackrocksbrewery.com
Brickside Brewery, 64 Gratiot St., Copper Harbor, 906-289-4772, bricksidebrewery.com
Jasper Ridge Brewery, 1075 Country Lane, Ishpeming, 906-485-6017, countryvillageresort.com/httpdocs/html/brewery.html
Keweenaw Brewing Co., 408 Shelden Ave., Houghton, 906-482-5596, keweenawbrewing.com
Lake Superior Brewing Co., Lake Ave., Grand Marais, 906-494-2337, grandmaraismichigan.com/LSBC
The Library Brewpub, 62 Isle Royale St., Houghton, 906-487-5882, thelibrarybrewpub.com
Marquette Harbor Brewing/Vierling Restaurant, 119 South Front St., Marquette, 906-228-3533, thevierling.com
Ore Dock Brewing Co., 114 Spring St., Marquette, 906-228-8888, ore-dock.com
Red Jacket Brewing Co./Michigan House Cafe, 300 6th St., Calumet, 906-337-1910, michiganhousecafe.com/brewpub.html
Soo Brewing Co., 223 West Portage Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, 906-632-4400, soobrew.com
Tahquamenon Falls Brewery, M-123 Upper Falls Drive, Paradise, 906-492-3300, tahquamenon fallsbrewery.com


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I just read a Reuters story this morning about how much the treatment of diabetes is costing our country. It's staggering! In 2005, the U.S. government spent $79.7 billion more to treat people with diabetes vs. what it spent to treat those without it, according to a study by the Mathematica Policy Research for the National Changing Diabetes Program (NCDP). That is about 12 percent of the $645 billion that the government spends on federal health care. According to the director of the NCDP, the country spends as much on diabetes as it does on the Department of Education, but no one is heading up an effort to control diabetes. He called for the government to appoint someone to lead the effort to fight this disease. Another group, the American Association of Diabetes Educators, echoed that sentiment, stating that 62 million Americans will die in the next 30 years due to diabetes.
What do you think the fitness industry can do to help in this cause?
Jennipher Shaver, our associate editor, is finishing a story on preventive care for our July issue. It will focus on how prevention is the latest buzzword with politicians and insurance companies. She'll also focus on how the fitness industry can be a part of the preventive effort. If you have any comments related to this, feel free to comment on this blog or e-mail Jennipher directly at email@example.com.- Pam


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The Oscar for Best Voting System Goes To...
A growing number of Americans resent the constraints of our dominant two-choice, two-party electoral system. It contributes to political gamesmanship in Washington, reinforces the power of established parties, and restricts the impact of independent candidates and voters, since voters are encouraged to choose "the lesser of two evils" rather than their preferred candidate.
So where can we turn? Surprisingly, part of the answer lies in Hollywood. The Academy of Motion Pictures and the Producers Guild of America are using a new method for selecting 2009's Best Picture: instant runoff voting.
Last year, the Academy decided to nominate ten movies for best picture rather than five, as it did until 1943. But it wanted to make sure the final winner was representative of majority opinion among Academy voters—theoretically, an unpopular movie could still win a simple plurality vote if only eleven percent of voters picked it.
Enter instant runoff voting (IRV, also known as ranked choice voting). Academy voters this year ranked the ten nominated movies from their favorite to least favorite in order of preference, one to ten. Those rankings are being tallied according to an "American Idol" kind of algorithm. Every voter has one and only one vote, but they indicate their backup choices in case their first choice can't win. In each round, the movie with the fewest votes is eliminated, and that movie's backers have their vote added to the totals of their next ranked choice. This continues in a series of "instant runoffs" until the winner gains a majority of votes.
For the Oscars, that means the best picture won't go to a movie that might lead in first choices, but which most Oscar voters see as undeserving. Instead, a movie will need to do well enough in first choices to stay in the running, but also keep building support as weaker movies are eliminated. At the end of the day, the winning movie will be more likely to be the consensus choice.
Oscar elections are headline-grabbing—the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today (with an interactive animation) all ran profiles of the Oscars' use of IRV—but what's even more exciting is the prospect of similar changes in the way we choose our elected leaders. There, IRV can have a truly transformational impact, ensuring that a majority of voters actually support winning candidates and encouraging the growth of third parties by solving the spoiler problem (most famously illustrated by Ralph Nader's 2000 presidential campaign, which tipped the race away from Al Gore).
IRV is still a winner-take-all voting system that doesn't represent political minorities; it won't fully provide the fair representation we should keep fighting for. But IRV does allow darkhorse candidates a chance to make their case—and to demonstrate their real levels of support, without results being skewed by fears of spoiling elections.
It's a proven system: major cities such as Oakland, Minneapolis, and Memphis use it, pro-IRV laws have passed in North Carolina and Colorado, and many major private associations use it, including student governments at nearly 60 college and universities.
City councils in Berkeley, Oakland, and San Leandro, California recently voted to implement IRV in their November elections, including a highly competitive mayoral vote in Oakland. San Francisco will also hold its seventh IRV election, and with other California cities—including Los Angeles, Long Beach, and San Jose—seriously talking about IRV, a change in statewide elections may soon be within reach. IRV has also made headway in Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, and Minnesota at both the city and state level.
IRV is gaining proponents around the world. It has been used for decades to elect leaders in Ireland and Australia. In February, the British House of Commons voted overwhelmingly to hold a national referendum in 2011 on adopting IRV (there called "the alternative vote") for its elections. The bill has to pass the House of Lords, but if it does, the United Kingdom will join New Zealand in allowing voters to decide how to elect their most powerful leaders (in the 1990s, New Zealanders voted to use proportional representation; in a referendum to take place next year they will choose between that system and IRV).
IRV has had to play defense as well. Frustrated losers in mayoral and county executive races in Pierce County, Washington, Burlington, Vermont, and Aspen, Colorado all led efforts in the past year to repeal IRV. With a state law change solving the "spoiler" issue in a different way in Pierce County, voters there repealed IRV in 2009. In Burlington, IRV was repealed by a narrow margin in a low turnout race that many saw as a referendum on an unpopular mayor who had been the only candidate ever to win an IRV election there.
Of course, IRV is not the only election reform that's necessary; other ideas for fairer elections are also generating energy and excitement. Following the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which opened the door for huge increases in corporate spending in politics, broad and influential coalitions working toward constitutional change. Meanwhile, the filibuster rule in the Senate looks increasingly vulnerable, universal voter registration is gaining growing support, and the National Popular Vote plan for president continues its state-by-state progress toward effectively sidelining the Electoral College.
Change breeds change, and the 2010s are promising to be a decade of reform. Stay tuned on Oscar night!


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What is this page?
This is a collection guide. It is a description of archival material held in the Special Collections Division,
J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. The materials described here are physically available in our
reading room. To see what's been digitized in this collection, click on the thumbnail at the top right of this page
or look for hyperlinks in the container list and/or the preliminary inventory.
Correspondence in the collection includes a letter (October 1860) from Joseph M. Foy to his son opposing Southern secession and predicting the victory of Abraham Lincoln in the approaching presidential election. An 1864 letter lists Foy slaves being hired and the annual rate for their employment. In October of 1865, Edward C. Armstrong, nephew of the brother of Secretary of State William H. Seward, commented on agricultural activities in Orange County, New York, and offered to use his influence to assist Mrs. Joseph Foy if she so desired. The remainder of the correspondence (1871-1875) concerns claims made by Mrs. Foy against the U.S. government. In executing these claims, Mrs. Foy declared her loyalty during the recent conflict and charged that her livestock was taken for the use of the Union Army.
Land records make up a second significant portion of the collection. Deeds and grants (1762-1861) reflect the transfer of land in the Topsail Sound area of New Hanover (now Pender) County, including pre-Revolutionary transactions of James Moore, CorneliusHarnett, and John Picket. Other land records include memorandums of survey, property bonds, a lease, land description, and a plat of Cornelius Harnett's Poplar Grove Plantation (undated).
Also included in the Robert Lee Foy Collection are accounts (1848-1872) dealing primarily with goods and services purchased and crops, particularly peanuts, sold on the market. Other financial papers consist of promissory notes (1805-1858); miscellaneous receipts (1776, 1806, 1849-1874, 1894), including receipts for the purchase of slaves and for shares in the Wilmington and Topsail Sound Plank Road Company (1853); an 1860 itemized tax receipt; and a medical receipt for the attendance of slaves (1861).
Miscellaneous items include an account book (1790) that contains Algebra problems; writ for seizure of property (1814); a deed of sale for two slaves (1848); an inventory of the Henry Rhodes estate (1781); a flier concerning claims against the government stemming from the Civil War (1869); and minutes of a meeting held at Cats [Scotts] Hill Meeting House, October 8, 1842, with resolutions for building a new meeting house and providing for the administration of the same. Other items consist of an oath of allegiance to U.S. government (1865); claims application against U.S. government for property taken by Union Army (1871); a speech on temperance; a pamphlet,
Ohio Combination Bee-Hive, by E. W. Phelps; and copies of the Kingston, New York,
Ulster County Gazette (January 4, 1800), telling of the burial of former President Washington, and
The New York Herald (April 15, 1865), reporting the assassination of President Lincoln.
An oversize folder contains land records and two newspapers.
The Foy family settled in southeastern North Carolina prior to the American Revolution, and James Foy Jr. purchased Poplar Grove Plantation at Scott's Hill in 1795. Poplar Grove was owned originally by Cornelius Harnett and his colonial mill site is still visible on the plantation. The present Foy home was built by Joseph Montford Foy around 1850 and is now owned by his grandson, Robert Lee Foy Sr. The genealogical chart accompanying this description was taken from a family history in the possession of Mr. Foy.
November 1, 1967, 192 items; Papers (1762-1875) of the Foy family of Scott's Hill (Pender County), N.C. Collection includes correspondence, deeds, accounts, receipts, promissory notes, plat, church minutes, judgement, speech, pamphlet, newspapers, and miscellaneous items.
December 2, 1968, 35 items; Grants, deeds, estate papers, and accounts of Foy family (1763-1894). Gift of Mr. Robert Lee Foy, Scott's Hill, N.C.
Gift of Mr. Robert Lee Foy
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Robert Lee Foy Collection (#32), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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* Japan finalises $26 mln buy of disputed islands
* China, Taiwan issue protests, warnings
* Japan at pains to assure China deal not meant as
* Dispute flare-up already seen affecting business.
By Kiyoshi Takenaka
TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Japan brushed off warnings by
China and bought a group of islands on Tuesday that both claim,
in a growing dispute that threatens ties between Asia's two
biggest economies.
Chinese official media said Beijing had sent two patrol
ships to waters surrounding the islands to reassert its claim
and accused Japan of "playing with fire" over the long-simmering
Tokyo insisted that it had only peaceful intentions in
making the 2.05 billion yen ($26.18 million) purchase of three
uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, until now leased by
the government from a Japanese family that has owned them since
early 1970s.
Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba repeated Japan's standard
line that the purchase served "peaceful and stable maintenance
of the islands."
"We cannot damage the stable development of the Japan-China
relationship because of that issue. Both nations need to act
calmly and from a broad perspective," he told reporters after a
cabinet meeting approved the transaction.
The Japanese Coast Guard will administer the islands,
called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, which are near rich
fishing grounds and potentially huge maritime gas fields.
The long-running territorial dispute flared again last month
after Japan detained a group of Chinese activists who had landed
on the islands.
But the row appears to be having an economic impact, with a
Chinese official saying Japanese car sales in the world's
biggest auto market may have been hit.
Chinese President Hu Jintao's warned at the weekend against
the purchase, which he called "illegal". On Tuesday Taiwan,
which also claims the territory recalled its representative to
Japan in protest against the deal.
The news triggered small-scale protests in front of the
tightly-guarded Japanese embassy in Beijing. Microbloggers on
China's popular Twitter-like service Sina Weibo also reported
small anti-Japanese protests in the eastern city of Weihai and
the southwestern city of Chongqing.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, in an address to
senior military officers, made no direct reference to the
islands dispute, but pointed to China's growing military clout
as one of challenges Japan had to contend with.
"We have North Korea launching missiles under the name of
satellites and conducting a nuclear programme, China expanding
its military might and continuing vigorous activities in
regional waters and Russia also boosting its activities in the
Far East," Noda said.
The foreign ministry said it is sending its Asia department
chief to Beijing on Tuesday for talks to "avoid misunderstanding
and lack of explanation on the issue."
The government bought three out of five islets that it has
been leasing from the Kurihara family, which itself bought the
islands in 1972 from another Japanese family that had controlled
them since the 1890s. The government has owned one of the
remaining islets and continues to lease one from the Kurihara
Noda floated the plan to buy the islets in July to head off
what appeared to be a much more provocative bid by Tokyo
governor Shintaro Ishihara, a harsh critic of China, to purchase
them and make the islands available for development.
But Beijing, at least in public, has repeatedly warned
against the government purchase.
On Tuesday, People's Liberation Army Daily said in a
commentary that Japan was playing with fire. Xinhua news agency
reported two patrol vessels were heading into waters surrounding
the islands.
The Japanese Coast Guard could not confirm the report.
Relations between the Asian powers, plagued by Japan's
wartime occupation of parts of China and present rivalry over
regional clout, have been difficult for years. But economic ties
are stronger than ever and both countries are believed to want
to keep the feud from spiralling out of control.


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I went with a really simple, fast, and easy rainbow theme for our St. Patrick's Day muffin tin lunch.
Strawberries, mini organic peanut butter & crackers (from Trader Joe's), blueberries, carrots, cucumbers, and grapes.
The rainbow colored silicone cups are from a cute kid's cookbook I bought a couple years ago.
Supplies used to make this muffin tin meal:
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The following problem is homework of a sort -- but homework I can't do!
The following problem is in Problem 1.F in Van Lint and Wilson:
Let $G$ be a graph where every vertex has degree $d$. Suppose that $G$ has no loops, multiple edges, $3$-cycles or $4$-cycles. Then $G$ has at least $d^2+1$ vertices. When can equality occur?
I assigned the lower bound early on in my graph theory course. Solutions for $d=2$ and $d=3$ are easy to find. Then, last week, when I covered eigenvalue methods, I had people use them to show that there were no solutions for $d=4$, $5$, $6$, $8$, $9$ or $10$. (Problem 2 here.) I can go beyond this and show that the only possible values are $d \in \{ 2,3,7,57 \}$, and I wrote this up in a handout for my students.
Does anyone know if the last two exist? I'd like to tell my class the complete story.


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Please read Chapter 26 here.
Chapter 27. A Stranger on an Unknown Beach.
He was happy and content, floating amidst graduations of colour. He had never felt such tranquility in life.
He was awake suddenly and strolling on a picturesque beach. White sand almost burned his feet but he buried his toes down into the sand, and his feet cooled.
Gazing down at himself he saw he was only wearing swim trunks and a white T-Shirt. Sunglasses adorned his eyes and he knew it was his favourite pair of sunglasses. The sunglasses he broke some time ago he remembered. How odd they were in one piece now.
He languidly walked through the surf on the beach. Was he on vacation? He couldn't recall. He didn't even know what he was named. It was slipping his mind. How could he not know his own identity?
Sleep had held him in her vivid colours and luminescence for ages. His mind was foggy and he had forgotten details of his life he thought he should know.
In his mind, he kept seeing her . . . Nina. His beautiful blond haired girl smiling with pretty pink lips. He knew Nina had helped him break his curse because he loved her. He hadn't loved anyone as much he loved her, ever.
Wait, he had been cursed? He couldn't recall why.
But he pictured beautiful Nina in a pink bikini and grinned. He wished she was here so they could be alone and he could sip Corona and talk with her.
He'd convince her to go into one of the two cabanas where he could touch her smooth creamy skin. He'd remove the pink bikini that was the same shade of pink of the heels she worn when they first met… How had they met?
He sighed, lonely at the thought of not being able to be with Nina. He was by himself here on a fabulous beach which stretched for miles either way.
There was a cottage up some stone steps where he had been living, but other than this cottage, and the cabanas, there were no other dwellings as far as he could see.
Fully awake and lucid (he believed), he thought of Nina. He knew had a family besides her too. Their faces were blurred images in his mind.
He recalled two rambunctious little boys laughing with him as he played with them and their construction trucks in the sand. His nephews . . .and that led him to who they looked like — Jasper his older brother. He had a younger brother too — Jordan.
She had given Jordan her soul.MHe didn't know why she had done it or how he knew since he had been lost in colour and light then. But he could feel a darkness, a shadow when he thought of her.
Yes, she had cursed him. She had separated him from Nina. He hated her.
He knew in the end, the lake had swallowed her corpse and dying she hadn't been darkness or light. She had been both.
So much did not make sense to him he thought struggling to think. Sitting down on a stained Adirondack chair, he leaned back, squinting into the sunlight in his sunglasses. The sun was incredibly bright. He was sweating in the heat. Could this be Mexico? The Carribean?
Not too far away from him he noticed an older man walking barefoot through the sand towards him. The man had a grey straggly beard and the man's gate was self-assured.
How how had he not seen the man coming in the distance? He stood, a tad frightened at the thought of someone else being here where it felt he had been alone a long time.
He faced the man as he stopped at the steps and the man said: "John? Is that you? You've haven't been this healthy in years. You're well rested and I believe you're bored of paradise."
"I'm John?"
"Yes, you should've remembered your own name by now Mr. Eric. You've remembered Nina." John flushed unaware the man had been privy to his inner thoughts.
"I don't know you," John said, his name and identity rushing back to him in torrents of thought.
"I need to see if Nina is okay. I need to check on Jordan. She did something to him. Talise or Tia, whatever or whoever she is, she put a ring on Jordan, one he can't take off."
"It's an emerald with a silver band, and the emerald colour matches Talise's eyes. Beneath the emerald her soul floats. It's dangerous, why did she put a ring, her soul on Jordan?" John asked afraid for his brother.
"Good questions John," the man said walking up the steps. He came up to John and shook John's hand which John shook back without thinking.
"You have a good hand shake," John told the man. "It doesn't fit with the rest of you . . . You look as if you're . . .weathered. You've been through tough times I think. It appears as if you live on the streets because your clothes are dirty and worn."
"No offence, they haven't been washed in a long time, and you need… you need a shower man." John peered guilty at the homeless man, ashamed of what he had said.
The homeless watched him closely, his face expressionless in creases and wrinkles of acquired wisdom. Suddenly, the man smiled and let out a boisterous laugh, his deep creases becoming more pronounced.
"Yes, John. My appearance of late has been a homeless man. And if you're offering me a shower and clean clothes, I gladly accept." John smiled grateful the man wasn't offended by his words.
"Come into the cottage and make yourself comfortable," John remarked easily becoming a host. He peered in the fridge, "There's trays of fruit and another of vegetables. Some steaks I can grill if you're interested? There is even craft beer, AlleyKat," John said grinning."I don't know how this all got here? Was it was here before I woke up?"
The homeless man only smiled at John and headed for John's bedroom, "Where's your closet John? Ah there."
John followed the man to the master bedroom into a walk-in closet full of beach clothes and clothes one didn't wear to work. "This is wonderful," the man said, "Can I stock up for the road?"
"Of course," John said. "I'm not sure any of this –the clothes, the cottage, and the food –even belong to me."
The man smiled again at John, a curious light in his brown eyes."After my shower we can sit and eat. We can talk all you want. Chill a few beer for me in the freezer will you?"
John regarded the man thoughtfully, trying to remember him."Who are you?" John asked.
"I'm here to help" the man remarked, peaking back at John before he shut the bathroom door with a bang. John heard the sound of water streaming.
He wasn't sure what to do. Usually, John was head strong and sure of himself. He had had to be with the curse from Talise, the sea witch who'd been his girlfriend in the past.
John felt enraged with Talise. She had separated him from his loved ones with her cruel curse. He was afraid for both Nina and Jordan.
Perhaps, the homeless man could return John to his family, especially Nina. He would also like to know where exactly he was?
His mind made up, John decided if this homeless man was here to help him, then John should be a good host, as his mother had taught him.
After all, John was filled with so many questions he needed answering. There was much he didn't know about current events since he died.
The old man was keeping many secrets, John was sure. Not to mention, John wondered if the man might be benevolent magic of some kind? He could use some magic now.
John set out the fruit and vegetables on a large coffee table on the patio. He got out the steaks to Barbecue (they were already in marinade) and placed six beers in the freezer.
John went back on the patio to warm the Barbeque up, and he waited for homeless man to emerge.
A couple of hours later, John was sitting on the patio having finished his dinner and two icy beers. The homeless man could really put his food away and he'd had four beers as well.
"Are you hungry still? There's extra steaks in the fridge I could bring out to Barbecue if you like? And there's some lemon cake?"
The homeless man patted his belly, "I think I'm full now John, but thank you. By the way, you can call me Norman." John nodded teeming with questions.
"Alright, Norman. You told me you were here to help? I thought you might be able to answer my questions such as why I'm here when I'm supposed to be dead? And who are you?" John asked.
Norman peered at John curiously. "You don't know then? You haven't figured it out? You're not dead John. You're in-between life and death, between the spaces between spaces so to speak." John was even more confused.
"So, is the beach and cottage like purgatory? Where's my body at if it's not dead?"
"Your body is here and you're not in purgatory. You're not Catholic John, you're Anglican," laughed Norman.
"As for me, I'm here to help you and Nina. It's my job, helping certain people in difficult situations. I know you want to go home, but there are some things we need to discuss first."
"Rianne would know who I am," Norman said." She went to buy Chinese food and Talise's bewitched boyfriend Malcolm, knocked her head against the wall and Rianne passed out. Which, is the reason Nina was alone when Talise kidnapped and bewitched her." Norman explained.
"I woke Rianne up and made sure she was okay, so she could go back to Nina's condo and call Jasper who called Jordan, to come help you and Nina."
"They decided to bring your sailboat out at night, even though it's impossible to see in the dark. It was windy at least. I helped them find you and they would have never seen you if I hadn't been there." Norman said.
"How could you help them on the Sirene at night?" John wondered and Norman smiled secretively.
"I whispered in Jordan's ear as he sailed the boat. My form isn't always a homeless man or a human. Sometimes I'm an extra push in someone's mind to get them moving. Or a whisper their ear such as I was with Jordan."
"You're magic?" John asked, trying to understand Norman.
"Magic is as sufficient a word as any."
"So what are you? A wizard?" John questioned and Norman laughed again.
"I'm here to help and I'm on your side," Norman said.
John realized Norman was providing him with the only explanation he would receive. John changed his line of questioning. "I'm worried about Nina and my family. How long have I been gone?"
Norman appeared to be thinking. "You've been gone four-months now, nearly more. Nina she doesn't give up hope. She convinced your family to hold the funeral off for months. She believes in her heart you're out there somewhere. She's right you're here."
"I need to get back to her. Has my family had my funeral?"
"You're funeral is tomorrow, Saturday. Nina doesn't think your dead, she's only attending out of respect for your family."
"Your nephews, Sam and Eric, don't know you're gone yet. You should probably get back there soon if you don't want to break too many hearts more then you already have." Norman said thoughtfully.
"Ok how?"
"In time," Norman said giving John another secretive smile. His brown eyes glimmered with knowledge. "You wanted to know about Jordan and the ring Talise put on him with her soul inside?"
"Yes, absolutely. How do I help Jordan get rid of the ring?" John asked desperate.
"You can't help Jordan, John." Norman replied. "The ring and Talise's soul is Jordan's path to travel down. Just as you've have your pathway and responsibility regarding Nina, now Talise is Jordan's responsibility."
"But why?" John argued, "Isn't Talise dead and gone. She's evil! Just because she did the right thing by me and Nina in the end, doesn't mean she isn't still malovelent, does it?"
"Her soul was still in Jordan's ring last time I checked. Talise chose Jordan. In the end, she saw something in him, she never saw in you. It was something like what she found in Ethan. But closer to what you and Nina had in each other when you first met." Norman explained.
"She's not gone?" John said afraid.
"No John. But Talise isn't a sea witch anymore. A mermaid yes, but with no magical abilities. She gave them up. Talise is redeemable."
"Are you kidding me?" John yelled.
"Don't worry about it. You can advise your brother with her but Talise is his problem in the end. Let it go." John was incensed but a feeling of calm washed over him as he regarded Norman. How did Norman do that?
"Why do you want to go home John. Beyond your family and being with Nina, why do you think you should be alive?"
John gasped. "I didn't expect that question. I . . . It's not fair. Curses are supposed to work out if you break them. They shouldn't end in death. Talise cursed me, she told me I would have to sacrifice myself for the woman I loved, and I did."
Norman nodded, urging John to continue. "Nina helped me, she loves me.Together we broke my curse so terrible events would stop occurring around me each day."
" I should get to be with Nina, raise a family with her, be with my parents and brothers, and grow my business. If I die, it's not fair. The curse was a lie because spells which are broken end happily," John argued vehemently.
Norman peered at John from his seat around the patio table, the sun was beginning to set."That's not real life John, you know that. What you believe is some Disney fairytale and real life isn't Disney believe me, I know. Do you think there would be homeless men in a world where everything was fair?" John starred at Norman confused.
"It's not about life being fair. Or curses having a happy result."
John stared at his hands at loss for words. "What's life about then?" He asked feeling angry and betrayed.
"I'm glad you asked," Norman said, brown eyes gleaming.
Please Read Chapter 28 here.
©Mandibelle16.(2016) All Rights Reserved.


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To many, they are among the most recognizable symbols of traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras. Flamboyant, poised and ever-elegant, Carnival Kings and Carnival Queens were -- and still are -- elected annually to preside over the city's early March celebrations. And yet today, one of the most prolific and talented photographers of old-time parade royalty remains little known outside Louisiana.
Renowned locally, "Pops" Whitesell -- born Joseph Woodson Whitesell -- was frequently commissioned to photograph New Orleans high society, from Mardi Gras Queens and blushing brides to cultural celebrities. Sinclair Lewis, Tennessee Williams, Hoosier Wayman Adams and Beverly Taylor are just a few of the artists who sat in front of his lens.
Whitesell was something of an inventor, too, constructing much of his equipment himself. He designed an enlarger by using an elaborate series of fans, levers, and floodlights. Whitesell also manipulated his negatives and prints, and was skilled at burning and dodging; heavy retouching; and even cutting figures out, re-arranging them, and then gluing them back together and re-photographing them. His inventiveness, however, was not solely limited to photographic equipment; it extended to contraptions for opening and closing curtains, mirrors for viewing visitors at the gate, and a version of an outdoor shower.
He called 726 Saint Peter Street in New Orleans home -- an address that would become the city's legendary Preservation Hall, an icon of American musical culture and the residence of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The photographs he made there defined Louisiana luxury in its early 2oth century prime. In that very studio, he drew inspiration from Dutch painters like Rembrandt and Vermeer, who used light and shadow to create intense character studies. He was known for photographing figural groups, and excelled in arranging subjects in naturalistic tableaux. Indeed, you can often find him among the crowd with his telltale cable release in hand. He was a keen observer of the natural and architectural landscape of New Orleans, turning his photographic eye to capture the Baroque mystery of the sultry French Quarter streets and the quiet solitude of Audubon Park's live oaks.
Born in Libertyville, Indiana, in 1876, Whitesell studied painting before discovering his natural aptitude for photography. After living in Illinois and South Carolina, an offer to work with the Anthony H. Hitchler studio brought him to New Orleans in 1918. Whitesell worked for several photographic studios in New Orleans before building his own darkroom and studio in old slave quarters at Saint Peter Street.
A bona fide French Quarter bohemian, Whitesell's eccentricities often overshadowed his photography. Despite having been ranked among the top ten salon photographers of 1947, piles of his prints and glass negatives remain practically untouched in private collections, and in the archives of Tulane University.
Still, there can be no doubt that Pops earned his place in the unique and magnificent cultural landscape that is New Orleans.
Special thanks to: Ben Jaffe and Ron Rona of Preservation Hall; Anna Gospodinovich, Wayne Phillips, Tony Lewis, and Greg Lambousy of the Louisiana State Museum; and John Lawrence, Daniel Hammer, Jude Solomon, and Robert Ticknor of the New Orleans Historic Collection.
Melissa Cacciola is a New York and New Orleans based photographer who specializes in tintype and nineteenth-century photographic processes. Her Brass Band series, Brass on Tin, can be seen at Preservation Hall through March 30th, 2014.


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A quick Wednesday morning update before we get to the Wednesday buzz column below:
UM basketball suffered a recruiting setback minutes ago when its top target - Brandon (Fla.) PF Demetrius Henry - announced he will sign with South Carolina instead of UM, which was his other finalist. Henry said coach Frank Martin is the biggest reason he chose South Carolina.
Henry would have stepped into departing PF Kenny Kadji's slot if he had signed with Miami. The Hurricanes desperately need to add quality size in the next few months, but most of the really good recruits already have signed elsewhere. As it stands, Tonye Jekiri will start at center (Jim Larranaga said he could end up being the best big man UM has ever had) but undersized 6-6 Erik Swoope could end up starting at PF.
Point guard Shane Larkin must decide by Sunday whether to leave for the NBA. ESPN says he is strongly leaning toward leaning pro, though Larkin and his father have said no decision has been made.
### As colleague Armando Salguero noted earlier today, the Dolphins and Chiefs have resumed trade talks for offensive tackle Branden Albert. Decent chance this gets done, but not certain. Fins wants to make sure they can't get one of elite tackles in draft. And Chiefs have to be willing to accept pick No. 54. Fins hadn't received permission to give Albert a physical as of this morning, but that could change at any minute. Fins could always wait until Friday to see how first round plays out Thursday night.
Fins draft chatter:
### Not even the Dolphins know for sure if they will be drafting any state players this week, as they did last April with UM's Lamar Miller and Olivier Vernon. But besides liking the skills of FIU safety Jonathan Cyprien, the Dolphins also have been showing interest in several Gators and Seminoles.
Permitted to bring in 30 non-local players for visits at team headquarters, the Dolphins have used three on FSU offensive tackle Menelik Watson, UF linebacker Jelani Jenkins and UF tight end Jordan Reed.
Also, Miami has shown interest in FSU defensive end Tank Carradine; brought in UF safety Matt Elam to meet with team executives last week; and sent their special teams coach upstate to audition Dustin Hopkins (FSU) and Caleb Sturgis (UF) – two of the draft's best kickers.
The Dolphins have spent more time with Watson than any other tackle in the past month, sending their offensive line coach to audition him in Tallahassee and then summoning him to Miami to meet team officials. He's an option - if Miami trades down lower in the first round or if he slips to 42 - but only if Miami doesn't trade for Branden Albert, which remains a possibility.
A native of England, Menelik never played football before August 2011. He played right tackle at FSU but NFL Network's Mike Mayock said he could be a natural left tackle. "It's mind-boggling how much upside this kid has," Mayock said.
Miami also is intrigued by Carradine, a potential second-rounder who had 11 sacks last season before a November ACL injury. The Dolphins haven't spent as much time with FSU end Bjoern Werner, though he's also on their radar.
"Werner's stock has dropped" to the 30s, Kiper said. "He didn't test out as well as people thought. A little raw. Great motor."
Since the Combine, the Dolphins have spent significant time with two UF linebackers projected for the middle rounds: Jenkins, a potential mid-round pick who was limited by a foot injury last year but played well in 2011 (75 tackles, two sacks), and middle linebacker Jon Bostic (6.5 sacks, two interceptions).
"Bostic is one of the highest risers in the draft – could go 60 to 75," Mayock said, adding Jenkins is a fourth- or fifth-rounder.
Kiper said Reed's stock "has dropped a bit. Maybe he's a fourth- or fifth-round pick. He'll help a team." Elam – a potential second-rounder - has good range, but he's on the small side (5-10) and he has struggled in coverage at times. "He will play a lot of years in the league," Mayock said.
### Miami couldn't be more serious about finding a challenger for Dan Carpenter. Besides auditioning Hopkins (25 for 30 in field goals last year) and Sturgis (24-28), the Dolphins sent a coach or scout to privately audition Nebraska's Brett Maher, North Carolina's Casey Barth, Oklahoma State's Quinn Sharp, Fordham's Patrick Murray and Houston's Matt Hogan – all on the their campuses. UM's Jake Wieclaw worked out for the Dolphins at their facility.
### Besides liking tight ends Tyler Eifert and Zach Ertz, the Dolphins recently summoned Michigan State's Dion Sims – a potential mid-rounder who averaged 13.2 yards per catch - to team headquarters.
### So what does Dwyane Wade think of Bucks guard Monta Ellis saying earlier this season that he's as good as Wade, but without all the wins and championships? "I looked at it and I chuckled in a sense," Wade said in a private moment Tuesday.
"But if I'm a bar for somebody, I don't mind that. Monta is a talented, talented guard. But obviously, I feel my game is a little bit different. I'm not just a scorer. I do everything on the floor, my whole career I've done it. That's where I separate myself from others…
"[But] I look at what Kobe Bryant does. I know I need championships to be where he's at, to even be in the category with him as a player."
### Behind the scenes, Ray Allen has been challenging LeBron James all season about his shooting, to the point "that he gets tired of me talking about it," Allen said. "Every day we talk about it. I told him he could be a 50-40-90 guy in the playoffs."
That means 50 percent from the field (he shot 56.5 during the season), 40 percent on threes (40.6) and 90 percent from the line (75.3). "Free throws have been his nemesis," Allen said. "I tell him all the time he can shoot over 80 from the line. That's what I want from him."
### Kansas State point guard Angel Rodriguez's transfer to UM drew closer to reality Tuesday. "Miami is where he wants to go and they are interested," said Art Alvarez, his coach with the Miami Tropics. "It looks very promising."
Rodriguez, second-team All Big 12 last season, could not play in 2013-14 - unless he gets a waiver on the NCAA transfer rule because of family hardship - but would have two seasons of eligibility left. He is transferring to be closer to his mother and two brothers, who live in Puerto Rico.
Alvarez, who expects Rodriguez will have to sit out next season, compares his game with NBA guard J.J. Barea's.
UM received his release from K-State today.
Meanwhile, UM is one of several schools pursuing physical 6-9 forward Tarik Black, who is graduating from Memphis and is eligible to play for another college this coming season.
### Remember how UM quietly accepted it when the NCAA threatened to believe Nevin Shapiro's claims if former players didn't agree to be interviewed by the NCAA? Miami is now protesting that, and with good reason.
"The enforcement staff attempted to coerce former student athletes by sending them correspondence in November 2012 indicating that if they failed to cooperate, Shapiro's jailhouse tales about them would be established as true," UM wrote in a motion to the NCAA's infractions committee. "Such intimidation is yet but another example of the enforcement staff's desperate and unprofessional" actions.
We hear about a half dozen players spoke to the NCAA as a result of the threat, but their testimony wasn't very damaging. Former safety Randy Phillips told people he spoke to the NCAA because he didn't want to be barred from UM's training room while rehabbing an injury and trying to get back to the NFL.
Former receiver Jason Geathers spoke to the NCAA "but had nothing to give them," said his agent, Daniel Rose. "Jason said, 'Larry Coker warned us about this guy.'" Ex-Canes linebacker Carl Walker also told people he spoke to the NCAA.
### Some of the NCAA's mistakes in the UM case are laughable. In one 2012 e-mail to UM obtained by The Herald, since-fired investigator Abigail Grantstein wrote about trying to determine whether "Durand Scott's and Reggie Mitchell's eligibility have been jeopardized." There is no Reggie Mitchell. It's Reggie Johnson.
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Follow these steps if the issue occured immediately after upgrading to Yosemite or El Capitan.
- Open the Terminal app, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
- Type this command in Terminal:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -seed
- Press Return and wait for the Terminal prompt—which ends in $—to reappear. It may take a few minutes.
- Quit Terminal.
You should now see the expected Share and Markup features. If not, go to Apple menu > System Preferences, click Extensions, and make sure that the Markup and sharing features are turned on in the Actions and Share Menu sections.
If another user account on your Mac has the same issue, log in to that account and repeat these steps.


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The GREAT Relationship you've always wanted!
Creating GREATness in Relationships™ through 1. Marriage Mastery, 2. Parent Training, and 3. Self-Mastery.
Stephen Colbert and Evelyn "Evie" McGee-Colbert have been married since 1993. This is what he had to say when John Oliver asked him, "What friendship have you had which has impacted you the most?" His answer is sincere and poignant. When one values their partner this much, you can imagine the pains he gladly takes to treat her well and protect their relationship.
Mark Hamill is just cool all-around. We all know this... What few know, though, is that Mark Hamill has been married to the same woman, Marilou, for thirty-seven years. And relationships that make it, and make it well, over the long-haul are really cool! And are especially rare in Hollywood. Read the full story here...
While this short film is fictional, the type of love is not. I have known so many of these simple GREAT Relationship Masters who quietly and unassumingly love and serve their partners.
In this cute ad a young couple talks to an older couple about marriage.
As one Facebook friend said about this video, "So cute! Nothing sexier than a faithful companion :)". True. I couldn't agree more. And that's what these GREAT Relationship Masters in the fun and touching video understand.
This video depicts a married couple with debilitating disabilities—the husband with Parkinson's Disease and the wife suffering from a stroke.
A college dorm mate of mine, Aldo Edwards, shared the following lovely moment where he witnessed two GREAT Relationship Masters in action:
"I saw an ancient fellow, bent over with age, shuffle slowly, S-L-O-W-L-Y around his table
I've had so many young people talk to me who are afraid of marriage... because how could love really last a lifetime, especially when so many have seen so few great examples of marriage, if they've even seen any at all? As in anything great in life we must study the masters. Stop studying the marriage idiots, folks. Study those who know what they are doing. Here's one example of what love really looks like over the long haul.
You need to see this video as this this young husband wakes up groggily from anesthesia after yet another surgery to find to his great surprise that he's married to "the prettiest woman I've ever seen. Are you a model?" He's further surprised and overjoyed to learn that she is his wife!
In his book Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery, Richard Selzer recounts this incredible exchange between a lover and his beloved: I stand by the bed where a young woman lies, her face postoperative, her mouth twisted in palsy, clownish. A tiny twig of the facial nerve, the one to the muscles of her mouth has been severed. She will be thus from now on.
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If you're a romantic sap like me, then read on! Our Anniversary Tradition typically includes 5 Things: 1. The Anniversary Logo; 2. The Love Song Playlist; 3. The Growing Bouquet of Roses; 4. The Fancy Schmancy Dinner; and 5. The Getaway.
Jonathan Sherman, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist from MarriageEnvy.Com speaks with Utah Family Law TV regarding marriage therapy as divorce prevention.
"Don't you ever say that again about your fathers, because they are not cowards. You think I am brave because I carry a gun? Well, your fathers are much braver because they carry responsibility..."
This is article is long. It's not short and pithy. There are no quick fixes to depression and suicide. Quick, cliched, trite, pat answers don't work. Real answers take time and patience and lots of empathy and love. I am going to share some things here, though, that aren't elsewhere from my clients and my experiences together which may be helpful in addition to all the great information that is out there on this topic.
As a family therapist and parenting expert for 20+ years I have heard mom after mom after mom tell me how guilty they feel because they didn't do this or that right in their parenting, how they should have done, or should be doing, more, who are stuck in the comparison trap of how other mom's seem to be able to do it all, and on and on and on. I have a three words for them and three words for you...
I remember when I started to realize that others aren't the expert in my life. That I had something unique and powerful to contribute. That I could...
A LIE I often hear is some variation of: "Happiness is outside of me" or "I'll be happy when...." Here are some insights from Hinduism, Christianity, and Buddhism on experiencing happiness now.
Too often we base our behaviors on our emotions: so if we feel loving to our partner we act loving, but if we feel upset we act upset. And while that makes sense, it also makes for relationships that are only as stable as our emotions... which means not very. Instead...
I give you the first ever Batman vs. Superman vs. Spider-Man DANCE-OFF!! Cast your vote in the comments below!
Claire said, "I had no clue!" :-) Well done, Ray. Congrats to you both!
If you've experienced mental illness, or have a loved one who has, you'll appreciate this song...
"Mental Illness" song by written and sung by Kerry Courtney. I've been listening to this amazing song almost obsessively. I was so moved by it that I reached out and contacted the singer/songwriter, Kerry Courtney. Happily, he replied back. First, the song (lyrics below) and then our conversation.
"Every tear on every face tastes the same."
Suffering is the human common denominator. We are all in this together. So let's, please, be there for one another.
Why VW songs for Rock Therapy? Okay, that's pretty obvious: Vintage VW's are super chill. The VW Bug and Bus are cultural icons of the ideal of "peace, love and happiness, baby!" And the wonderful irony is that the Volkswagen was started by the polar opposite of that ideal, Adolf Hitler. He wanted an affordable people's car. Fortunately, he's gone and this car for the people was co-opted by the hippie movement (a group of people that he would have despised! Ha!). These songs all capture what the Bugs and Buses have come to represent to so many: "Peace, love and happiness.' They are vehicles you drive because you are in no hurry, have minimal ego, don't mind getting dirty fixing it up, and aren't afraid to figure out how to wrench on it a little... because for a long time it was poorer people (the people's car) who couldn't afford a "nicer" car. Funny thing is that these cheap little cars, weren't cheap in quality, and their design (in both form and function) was simple, elegant and brilliant. That's why they are still around, sought after, and universally enjoyed by owners and fans alike.
This is my ongoing list of made-up band names. Now if I only had a band to go along with the name...
Do YOU hate rap? If so, why? Do YOU love rap? What 5 rap songs would you have picked instead?
In a recent post a friend and colleague stated he didn't like rap. Fair enough. Like what you like, of course. I stated that I would attempt a full-on conversion to which he said, "Challenge." The challenge I accepted was to convert him to rap in just 5 rap songs. I concede that I may not succeed at that task. People like what they like. There are certainly plenty of rap songs I don't like either. But maybe I can at least increase his appreciation a bit. My objective is 1. to make much more of this than is necessary ;-) and 2. that people (not just him) won't discount an entire genre because of not liking some of what's been heard.
Two days ago I started a "Fav Long Songs... GO!" list on FB. To provide balance, Yin Yang, and "opposition in all things," I now request YOUR...
Fav love songs... GO!
Greatness is earned, not given
AC/DC sang, "It's a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll." The great lesson we learn from Rock royalty is simply that: In music, as in life, greatness isn't handed out just because you want it. Examine the rock royalty below and think of the long road each took to rise to the top of an often impossible industry. They worked hard, sacrificed and practiced long, long, long hours, usually for years before they "made it" and became "overnight sensations." They will all tell you that none of it happened "overnight."
People often hit the wall where there is no way out--the get discouraged, pessimistic, fatalistic. These mindsets are understandable when life gets hard and it feels like you've exhausted every avenue. I love to teach my clients possibility thinking...
One night while working in the garage I heard the "If you like pina coladas" song and the more I listened to it I thought, "Man, that is THE stupidest love song ever." Then I thought, "Is it? Could there possibly be a contender who could take on such a stupid song for the title?" And so I whipped up a quick graphic and posed the question on Facebook. See their contenders and please feel free to add yours below (or on my FB page).
Q: "I had an affair that was emotional and involved kissing. We didn't have sex. My wife found out and has been very upset. I have ended it. My wife just sent me a text saying she ran into my ex-girlfriend. What should I do?"
A: This question was sent to me from a former client. I replied as follows: Prepare yourself to engage well and actively listen to whatever she has to say. I would suggest responding in the spirit of what we've discussed in the past: AAA: Accept, Attend, Apologize.
A: Prepare yourself to engage well and actively listen to whatever she has to say. I would suggest responding in the spirit of what we've discussed in the past: AAA: Accept, Attend, Apologize.
I received the following urgent text from a teenage female client, who at one point HATED coming to counseling and now, I'm grateful, trusts me and reaches out when she needs help. This is our text exchange (any identifying information or names have been changed or omitted to protect confidentiality). Bear in mind, as a text transcript, some of the conversation may seem disjointed, but I'm sure you'll follow along just fine.
HER: "Hey, it's me. I need help. I really need advice."
Q: I am dating a man with ADHD. Things are going well, but after having been through a bad marriage with a husband who had serious unresolved problems I'm leery of entering another marriage with someone with a disorder. Do you know where I can find some information on understanding and living with ADD/ADHD? I think knowledge will help resolve my fears and concerns. Thanks Jonathan, for all of your help—it is such a blessing to me!
Q: I was wondering if you have any information or input on dating a man that is not yet divorced. I have been talking to an old friend that reached out to me. His divorce will be finalized very soon. After a week or so of communicating I respectfully told him that I feel that right now is not the right time for us to be talking and that once his divorce is finalized, and some time has passed, if he wants to still contact me, I will be there. He understood and thanked me for my honesty. I honestly feel pretty bad about it though. I think what I would like is validation that what I did was right.
Q: A Facebook friend asked me: "I have been struggling with a relationship lately and came across the following list of relationship advice in an email and I love it so thought I would pass it along to you. I also would like to know from your professional experience which ones you agree with and ring true to you.
Q: "My husband forgets to wear his wedding ring and it hurts my feelings. He says he just forgets and that it's not personal. Should I make a big deal out of it or let it go?"
Q: I have a quick question with probably no easy answer. Our son is three years old and he's exploded into a hellion almost overnight. Right now he is really having a problem with hitting. My first impulse, of course, being to reinforce the very behavior I don't want by slapping him back. Obviously, that won't help. Do you have any suggestions on what we can do to curb that? Or any websites that would offer some suggestions or resources? Thanks! —A Mom
QUESTION: "Why would you talk about sex to a group of LDS singles?!"
This was a question on one of my evaluations from a recent workshop on "Speaking Manglish and Womanese: Bridging the Gender Gap". My thought in reply to that question was, "Why WOULDN'T I talk about sex to a group of middle-aged singles, many of which have been married before?" Many of these singles have had sex in the past and likely will again. Especially when sex and intimacy are one of the BIG conflict areas in many relationships, why wouldn't I discuss it candidly and respectfully in a way that can help many couples?


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Joseph's family tradition propels him to Majors
BALTIMORE -- Caleb Joseph never wanted to end up at Lipscomb. He thought he'd go somewhere bigger -- maybe Vanderbilt or Arkansas.
When Joseph finally ended up there, he realized that it was always what made the most sense.
BALTIMORE -- Caleb Joseph never wanted to end up at Lipscomb. He thought he'd go somewhere bigger -- maybe Vanderbilt or Arkansas.
When Joseph finally ended up there, he realized that it was always what made the most sense.
"I wanted to try and go somewhere bigger," Joseph said. "Things got messed up. I tried hard not to go there and I really didn't have any other offers. It was weird how it all happened. I was kind of forced to go there, but looking back in the end, it was definitely where I should've been."
Caleb's father, Mark Joseph, played for the Bisons in the 1980s. His grandfather on his mother's side, Gary Waller, also played there. The Josephs are a baseball family, and the small school in Nashville, Tenn., is their baseball home.
Mark Joseph played at Lipscomb when it was still just Lipscomb College of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Waller, who also played basketball for the Bisons, was a fixture around the program, and Mark grew close with him before he even knew he had a daughter.
Those two ultimately helped bring Caleb -- and his brother Corban, who plays in the Yankees organization -- to love the game.
When Mark graduated from Lipscomb, he, his wife Lori and his children lived in a house that Waller bought. It was even closer to the baseball stadium than the dorms Mark lived in as a student.
"We would just walk down the street, cross Belmont Boulevard right there into the campus and go right there and watch my brother Morey play baseball," Mark said.
Mark would pack Caleb and his two younger brothers up in the double stroller and make the short trip to the stadium. Attending games became a quick, cheap entertainment option for the young children. Caleb estimates that even before he became a Bison, he had been on the Lipscomb campus "hundreds of times."
"I grew up there," Caleb said. "I knew the place inside and out."
Even when they weren't at the stadium, baseball was a centerpiece of Caleb's daily life. When most children would watch Barney or other children's shows as parents, the Josephs could turn on WGN or TBS and keep Caleb entertained for hours with the Cubs or Braves.
When Caleb turned 4, it was finally time to take to the diamond himself. Almost 40 years ago, Waller started the Lipscomb-Green Hills Baseball League for 5-year-olds to 13-year-olds. It wasn't as competitive as the officially sanctioned Little League in the area, but it let Caleb get an early jump on his career.
"His granddaddy, he kind of cheated to let Caleb and Corban start at age 4," Mark said. "You're not supposed to start until 5."
Until he was about 14, Caleb was coached in the league by his father.
He was "very drill-oriented," Caleb said, and taught him all the fundamentals that he needed to play the game the right way. And even when Mark stopped coaching Caleb, he was there to make sure he continued the disciplined baseball that he was taught.
"Even when he stopped coaching, he came to every single game," Caleb said. "It didn't matter where it was. He was at every single game."
Caleb also played his father's position up until his senior year of high school, and he nearly picked it back up in college. He began as a shortstop -- as the most naturally talented player on the team often does -- and when Franklin High School needed a catcher during Caleb's senior year, he offered to switch over.
In college, Caleb stuck with the position because it granted him immediate playing time. He could have played his father's position, but it was then occupied by future Angels Draft pick Tadd Brewer.
Once Caleb got on campus, he was home. He played for the Bisons for three years before being selected in the seventh round of the 2008 Draft.
During those three years in college, the Commodores and Razorbacks each reached the NCAA Tournament three times, but as a senior, Joseph etched his name in Lipscomb lore in a way that neither his father nor grandfather could.
For the first time in school history, the Bisons qualified for the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament. And then they won it all. In his final season at his family's school, Joseph led Lipscomb to its first NCAA Tournament.
"It worked out being there. I really enjoyed my time," Joseph said. "I was happy that I ended up going there."
David Wilson is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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Denver's historic Brown Palace Hotel for sale
DENVER — The investment group that owns Denver's historic Brown Palace Hotel says the property is for sale.
The Denver Post reported Monday the owners decided the time was right to put the 121-year-old hotel on the market.
It wasn't immediately known if the owners had established an asking price. Hotel general manager Marcel Pitton said the sale is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2014.
The triangular-shaped building, built in 1892, was an early example of an atrium-style hotel. It has hosted several U.S. presidents and other dignitaries, including members of the Beatles.
The complex includes the 241-room Brown Palace and a 231-room Comfort Inn.
The current ownership group includes the hotel's management company, Quorum Hotels and Resorts. The group has owned the hotel for 30 years.
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Developing a FOSS based school ICT program outlineSunday, June 29th, 2008
Yesterday met with Subha-di (Das Mallick of Bal Vividha) and Malini (Intel) at the meeting at the Indumati Sabhagriha at Jadavpur Vidyapeet . The occassion was to review the Master Trainers Program from Pragati which is supported by Intel and to felicitate outstanding contributors to that effort.
FWIW, Dr. Sthanapati, Director, BITM (Birla Industrial & Technology Museum, Kolkata) has proposed a series of camps with funding from Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt of WB. Comet Media Foundation will be the ICT program partner in that endeavor and as such we are supposed to be developing the program outline. The backward district of Purulia will be the pilot site.
Based on the brief discussions yesterday, there are plans to involve Pragati, Intel and others in the initiative. The deadline to get everything in place is November 2008.
So this is basically a call for help and volunteers… any takers so far?