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Cook, 29, unexpectedly went into labor Saturday morning. By the time she was able to call 911, it was too late, and the baby was on her way.
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When Cook's mother, Elaine, arrived at the hospital, she hugged her 4-year-old granddaughter. "I told her, 'I'm so proud of you. I can't believe you helped your mommy,' " she said. "Kaleigh said, 'Grandma, there was blood everywhere, and I was so scared. But it was fun!' "
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The 19th Century
Transition to the 19th century
-Influence of:
Enlightenment Ideas
Revolutionary War
-Schooling was used to teach traditional values
"Animated by a Protestant commitment to social perfectibility and the republican spirit of national advancement , along with the model of the factory system, these [reformers of the 19th century like Horace Mann] offered the school as a solution to a host of social problems, and as a tool of economic and political development" (Rury, 2013, p.76)
Protestant Ideals
How have the foundational ideals still affected our national identity and our attitudes towards education?
Parents at the Beginning of the 19th Century
"The belief that children should be taught obedience and respect for authority clearly dominated much of American education" (Rury, 2013, p.62)
Physical punishment was used at times in school and at home
Traditional values (Protestantism!) and authority were key
Withheld affection
Parents at the End of the 19th Century
"[Horace Mann] demanded that their regime of unquestioned authority and fear be replaced by an approach featuring mutual respect, affection, and the love of knowledge. Mann wanted adult authority in classrooms, but believed it best achieved by observing courtesy and compassion" (Rury, 2013, p.84).
Physical punishment discouraged
Love and mutual respect
Are parents the problem with education? Or is it the culture of the US/cultural expectations of children that are more problematic?
"Urbanization and economic development helped to spawn a movement to improve the common schools and expand their purview [or scope of influence]" (Rury, 2013, p.70)
Redefining schooling as "preparation for life" (Rury, 2013, p.65) where life means work.
Schools were most influential and centered in cities
New Industrial Revolution: growth in cities
5.3 million to 75 million
"As cities grew, a host of institutions were established to cope with new social problems" (Rury, 2013, p.67)
Think police, asylums, and jails. More people means more problems!
"Questions of poverty and destitution, crime and social conflict, along with greater cultural variety, seemed to call for institutional responses. Education was also viewed in this light" (Rury, 2013, p.67)
Class Distinctions
Upper class, growing middle class, urban poor
Urbanization + Industrialization = Bigger Wealth Gaps
"This was education for citizenship, but it was also preparation for the emerging industrial order, a society increasingly marked by social and economic distinctions and the rule of the clock and efficiency" (Rury, 2013, p.65)
Schooling was marked by separation of classes
Ex: high schools were for elite only
Class Distinctions
Do we still view education as a solution to social problems?
Is it truly, in your opinion, a "fix all" to social inequity?
Are we wrong to put all of our hopes into education to fix social problems?
How is your answer to these questions shaped by your experiences and values?
Changing Women's Roles
Teaching: "There was a widely shared belief that women should occupy a respected but largely delimited domestic role in the division of labor, although non-White women were often expected to perform hard labor" (Rury, 2013, p.81)
Horace Mann's View
Mann supported women's education (Republican Motherhood idea is still around)
The role of women as teachers began, for the most part, here. Mann believed that women had the "maternal disposition of patience and affection" (Rury, 2013, p.79) and were also cheaper to employ.
Have women's role as the primary educators affected education?
Is women's dominance in the teaching profession a positive or negative thing? Is this still true in today's society?
Lancastrian education
Single schoolhouse with one teacher
Older students used as "monitors" or teaching assistants who oversaw lessons (Rury, 2013, p.68)
Thought of as a good system at the time b/c it was cheap, efficient, and followed the factorization idea
"Preoccupied with order and efficiency, highly structured routines and uniformity of expectations, these schools represented a factory-like approach to education" (Rury, 2013, p.68)
The Beginnings of Reform
Schooling became disputed when it was suggested that schools should be larger, more expensive, and a more central aspect of social life
"This and the nation's rapidly developing transportation network, and improved communications, were symbols of progress and the superiority of American civilization. Reformers wanted to depict schools in the same light: They would improve each succeeding generation, uniting the country in a common set of values and forging a national identity" (Rury, 2013, p.75)
Taxing education became a largely disputed topic
Should there be any taxing? If so much?
Economic development starts with an educated population
Education = common morals and standards of behavior
Horace Mann
"The age of the common school" (Rury, 2013, p.76)
Publically supported education that accepted all religions and cultures
"Longer school terms" (Rury, 2013, p.76)
Requirements for teachers: training and testing
"Mann suggested that schooling also could help bridge a widening gap between the wealthy and the laboring classes, promoting social harmony in an era of marked disparities in social status" (Rury, 2013, p.78)
Big Idea
School is a public responsibility and it should be free and open to everyone. Education is worth it (economically and socially)!
"They all believed in the central importance of individual character as a key element of social progress. Without virtuous people, in their opinion, society was doomed, so proper moral development— through families, churches, schools, and other institutions —was seen as essential to national survival. Personal industry and self-discipline were deemed key to moral development, as was private property. This was an ideological perspective well suited to the capitalist social order, and the common schools everywhere trumpeted the virtues of private enterprise as a superior economic system" (Rury, 2013, p.80)
"Beginning in the 1840s and escalating quickly after the Civil War, millions of European immigrants came to the United States, many seeking jobs in the burgeoning industrial economy. Industrialization appeared to have produced a new class of unskilled, impoverished workers, and a high degree of cultural and social diversity" (Rury, 2013, p.64)
Immigrants = increase in cultural/ racial diversity
Came to be laborers, mainly in cities
White Protestants worried about increasing diversity causing there to be a lack of common values and shared identity
"Educators worried about the immigrants that industrial growth attracted to American cities, and they designed institutions to prepare children for changing work roles and citizenship" (Rury, 2013, p.58)
Some minority groups (Catholics, Blacks, other racial minorities) formed their own schools because they were not accepted by the majority – White Protestants.
High schools were exclusive accepting less than 1/10 of the potential students, which DID include women, but not Blacks or Native Americans
Charity schools for minorities were typically primary or elementary schools, but during the 19th century secondary or high schools began to develop
How does immigration still affect education today?
How are minorities at a disadvantage in today's society? Think education & bigger picture.
General Schooling
"Schooling became an increasingly significant social issue as the industrial revolution unfolded. The nation's total investment in education grew dramatically, as larger segments of the population attended school for greater lengths of time" (Rury, 2013, p.64)
Compared to today:
Schooling did not take up as much time in an average person's life & didn't have as big of an impact on one's future
Large differences in education in different regions
The South (run by white plantation owners) were concerned about literacy spreading to slaves and causing rebellions
Common Ideas: schools should be "supported by property taxes, should have greater uniformity, should be nonsectarian, should last for more than six months, and should be staffed by trained, professional teachers" (Rury, 2013, p.82)
"There was widespread commitment to using education to unify the American people, so that the nation could realize its manifest destiny of world leadership" (Rury, 2013, p.81)
High School
"American secondary schools prepared students for a host of commercial and educational purposes. Although attendance was small at first, high schools eventually became one of the most significant educational developments of the 19th century" (Rury, 2013, p.69)
Boston's English Classical High School established in 1821 to give students a well-rounded and practical education intended to prepare students for careers dealing with commerce and government
Subjects included history, math, literature and writing, political economy, science, geography (Rury, 2013, p.85)
High School
"They were a part of the popular education system, yet they were designated to serve social and academic elites" (Rury, 2013, p.85)
Required entrance exams: exclusive enrollment (no working-class kids)
Kids wanted to go to high school which led to more academic consistency within school systems
Competed with private and semi-public secondary institutions
BUT controversial because paid for with tax money while only serving a small segment of the population
Controversy was offset by their popularity w/ the new and growing urban middle class
Urban high schools were better: better teachers, better resources, etc.
High School
"Even though these institutions served a small fraction of the nation's school-aged population, they had come to be seen as an indispensable feature of the educational landscape" (Rury, 2013, p.89)
Prepared students for ministry and teaching positions
Transmitted "high culture" but college education had few practical uses outside of that
At end of the 19th century, college began to focus more on research and more diverse career paths rather than classical studies (Greek/Latin)
Focus on recitation/memorization
Throughout most of the 19th century colleges dominated by "classical curriculum and an academic culture with traditions handed down from colonial times" (Rury, 2013, p.89-90)
In 1862, 1890 Morrill Acts (Land Grant College Act): Agricultural and mechanical schools (government gives money to promote agricultural research/mechanical development)
"[Harvard's Charles] Eliot introduced an elective system that allowed students to choose courses, with few requirements— a reform later modified to feature a required core" (Rury, 2013, p.90)
Rury, J. L. (2013). Education and Social Change: Contours in the History of American
Schooling. New York, NY: Routledge.
The American way of life was established
"If the 19th century was the age of the factory, the school became a parallel institution concerned with preparation for industrial life" (Rury, 2013, p.65)
Transportation, mainly the railroad system, connected many parts of the United States and was a source of pride and identity for Americans
• Greater value on education in general
• Child laborers did not have the same opportunity to attend school
Impact of Industrialization on Attitudes towards Education:
• Model school system after factory with hierarchical organization, emphasis on efficiency, order, and uniformity
Standardization was a positive thing
How does the interconnectedness that grew out of a national transportation system & growing urban centers affect education?
Does the fact that we are one huge country pose more problems for a national education system than it solves?
Industrialization: Transportation
Do we still associate industry and mechanization to our methods of schooling?
"Education for citizenship" (Rury, 2013, p.65)– is this phrase still true?
How do you see it (or not) in your own education?
Do you think that a public school education is more affected by this idea than a private school education?
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a) provincial
b) subterfuge
c) blasphemous
d) zealot
noun a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows; verb support and strengthen; prop up with a pillow or bolster; add padding to
a) vertigo
b) pensive
c) bolster
d) portend
noun something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
a) stagnant
b) subterfuge
c) agrarian
d) affidavit
adj. characterized by profanity or cursing; grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
a) seminal
b) persevere
c) pariah
d) blasphemous
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a) paragon
b) cursory
c) ostracize
d) latent
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c) commodious
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b) affidavit
c) agrarian
d) collusion
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b) portend
c) stagnant
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b) collusion
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noun a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans; a fervent and even militant proponent of something
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b) latent
c) furtive
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a) provincial
b) bolster
c) subterfuge
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verb indicate by signs
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b) blasphemous
c) portend
d) conspicuous
adj. relating to rural matters
a) seminal
b) provincial
c) furtive
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b) paragon
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d) subterfuge
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c) portend
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This is one of my favorite animes. I remember seeing it back a long time ago on Fox-Kids, before I even knew the word "anime".
My favorite monster was Pixie. Not only was she a VERY BEAUTIFUL humanoid chick, but she also KICKED BUTT when fighting by spamming Hadouken at her opponents.
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And of course this show has spawned tons of cool fan art like this.
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So what did you guys think of the show? Did you like it or not? I'd like to hear your opinions of the show.


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Mixed Signals from Men
Dear Ronnie – The Dating Coach
I've been talking to this cute guy for three months. We have gone out a few times and it's been a blast. But, he keeps giving me different signals so I feel confused about us. Sometimes he acts like he likes me and sometimes he acts like he doesn't.
Is He Into Me?
Most of the time I contact him first, usually by text. He does respond but doesn't really initiate. What do you think I should do? What's your professional opinion on this guy?
Texting Gal
Dear TG,
Initially, the best thing to do is let the man lead – that's the only way you can know if he is really interested. What does that mean? Don't text, email or call him, UNLESS he does so FIRST.
During the beginning of dating, letting the man lead will help you gather important information about your date. How often does he text or email? More importantly, how often does he call and want to see you? Some men are happy to text quickly, but don't really spend the necessary time connecting to build a solid relationship. This can be a sign of lacking interest, laziness, casualness, etc.
That's why I recommend that all my dating coaching clients who are dating over 40 or dating after divorce hold off on contacting the guy. Give him a chance to show you what his intentions are. Observing a man's actions is so much better than his words to find out if a guy is really into you.
However, you've already been interacting and sort of dating for a few months. So you can't really start over which makes things a bit more difficult for you.
I'm going to take a risk and be really honest and direct with you since you did ask for my professional opinion.
Mixed Signals – What His Inconsistency Tells You
A man who is inconsistent can be a symptom of several unwanted dating behaviors. He might be sending mixed signals because he's:
- Dating lots of women
- Not emotionally available
- Not sure what he wants
- Keeping you "on the line" as a time filler
- Wanting a source for intimacy that doesn't require much effort
However, one thing I am most certain of and I'm sorry to say this, he's not seriously interested in you. And when a man isn't seriously interested, you have very little leverage or power to change things. So, please heed my advice and don't bother trying.
Make it a point to go out and flirt with some new guys to find a man who will consistently call, text and see you. You deserve so much more from a romantic partner. Don't put up with this nonsense thinking its going any where. If you find yourself wondering "Is he into me?", that's a sign.
I suggest that you move on to find a man who wants a relationship with you. In case you need help recognizing that in a man, here's what to watch for:
- He'll call at least once a week or more
- Take you on dates at least once a week
- He'll text in between and stay in touch
- He wants to get to know you
- He'll try to please you and win you over
- He'll introduce you to friends and family
- He'll ask you to be exclusive (this can take a couple of months)
If you meet enough men, you'll find a good one and the right one for you!
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By his own admission, Billy Miller was on his way to joining an elite but unfortunate group. "After their playing days are over, many NFL players' lives fall apart: 80% go bankrupt, 50% get divorced, many experience both. For guys who, at one point, were on top of the world, it's a staggering statistic."
By the third year of his football career, Billy was heading down that road, "living recklessly," in his words; partying and spending; trying to keep up with the older guys. How he caught himself before a major fall and transformed his life to one of focus and purpose is an inspiring story.
Billy Miller was born in Los Angeles and spent the majority of his childhood in South Central L.A. "I didn't grow up with a lot of money; didn't have a whole lot of role models," he said. "My parents worked hard to try to keep a roof over our heads. It was me, my mom, my dad, and eventually we had my brother, and then my sister.
"I saw my first shooting around five; I probably saw my first dead body at eight. We had an alley behind our house and there was a lot of drug activity going on, and sometimes those deals went bad. When you grow up in a neighborhood like that, you're never able to really be yourself, because you're always concerned about what could happen next. You're always on guard."
From the time Billy was very young, his father planted the seeds for ideas and dreams that would set him on his path in life. "When my dad was frustrated because of a situation we were in, he would always tell me that I would be better than this. He was really fond of football and always told me, from a very young age, 'You're going to play in the NFL one day.' And, he said it so often, I believed that was what I was going to do. It kept me focused. I didn't look at it as pressure. It gave me something to try to change in my life; a goal to set for myself: to not be satisfied with my environment, to not settle, to not go down the wrong path and do things that would keep me away from that goal.
"Now, did I believe that I was actually going to the NFL? Absolutely not. But it was just a dream and a goal that kept me on the straight and narrow. My dad definitely started that dream in me."
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You need to be more careful with words. Don't say "a majority" if the number is 35% or "most of them" if it is 18%.
funny, I just posted another stats piece this morning that includes Mission street, but only by individual blocks
and yes, I saw the prostitution area of Capp, looking at the DBF files but 16th and Mission is really really high up there
stop posting bullshit about "Crime!" bla bla bla, crime this, be careful of that, most dangerous this, most dangerous that. how about talk about the real issues that affect our community and the people who have lived here for DECADES and maybe why some people do commit crime or only have limited options that give you limited resources…brain power, duh! sheitt
ok, well here's something that isn't a crime but is a real issue that does affect our community, including those of us who've lived here for decades
there's some brain power for ya
Battery is not bullshit. Battery is what helps keep the wards full at SFGH. Battery hurts when it is a bottle to the head or a knife to the back. Anybody who has lived in the mission for DECADES will know that battery cannot be explained away by saying the perps have limited options.
Something valued at $900 can be sold hot for $100 to $150 no problem. Get caught, break even?
How is that a dis-incentive to a thief?
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In comparison to today's insistence on the instant, more than a month is forever. Here are some photos from my visit to Thailand, forever ago.
Two days into Bangkok, we visited Wat Arun. Across the river from a majority of the city's other sights, it was thankfully not nearly as crowded as the Grand Palace. Any attempt I made to capture its entirely failed, but even from just this detail, you can see it's an amazing structure.
A day trip to Ayutthaya is definitely recommended if you have time. This is a glimpse of Wat Mahathat, the most famous wat among many in the ancient Thai capital. It's where the buddha head rests among roots.
We rented bikes while in Ayutthaya and got hopelessly lost trying to find a floating market by following a series of arrows. Only near the end did a sign have the date: 2005. The reward for our journey was to discover a completely out of the way wat. The only people we saw were a few children playing near the broken structure. Inside the wat without a roof, behind what's left of the altar, was the broken buddha's torso. On top rested these broken golden pieces.
The next day I was determined to visit the Grand Palace and one of the roads on the way there was decorated with these shops on both sides. Altars and statues stood facing the street, including some scarily life-like ones. The monk is a statue. The guy next to him is not.
I won't scare you with other photos from the Grand Palace because almost every one is filled with 'people mountain, people sea' (unless it was only of the roof). With luck, there was only one person in here – a little girl stopping to take photos with her iPad. The future in action.
After a week in Bangkok, we headed for Chiang Mai. We arrived on a Sunday evening, just in time to catch the last hours of the Sunday Market. It was a grand affair and spanned almost the entire width of the old city. I was determined, and dragged my friend all the way to the other end, oooh-ing and aaah-ing at all the offerings on display. By the time we headed back, it was after midnight and the market had disappeared with amazing speed. This was one of the views on the way back.
Chiang Mai is the perfect city to bike in and I spent at least two days getting lost in and around the old city. Some people prefer motor bikes because they can see more and go farther, but there's nothing like wandering and stumbling upon hidden treasures. Although if you're on bicycle, stay away from the major streets near the river to the east! It takes much bravery.
The road we took out to the river wasn't too crowded and we ended up spending a good while lazing in the shade of an ancient tree by the water. There, we spotted this man as he fished, fished, fished, fished and fished.
Later, wandering the streets on bike again, I came across another market only just being set up this time. People were all business and concentration and didn't seem to notice a stranger slowly passing through.
Having been in China this past year, the weather in Thailand soothed my soul. The air was pristine to me and skies have never been so blue.
Near the end of one of our Chiang Mai days, we came to a part at the southwest corner of the old city. There were ponds, people finishing up picnics… and an entire army of pigeons. There, we caught this sunset.
Chiang Mai was a fantastic place to spend New Year's Eve. The square itself was too crowded and we opted to sit just south of it by the water. Paper lanterns filled the sky as more and more wishes were sent. Then there were fireworks. A lot of fireworks.
The temple atop the hill west of the old city, Doi Suthep. When no camera can capture it all, I focus on the details. The colours, gold of the stupa, red of the temples, blue of the sky, were so rich and bright and it was an amazing place to be for New Year's Day.
Chiang Mai in general is an amazing place to be, any time. It was tempting to stay there forever and our guesthouse especially was a wonderful place to be. The city has everything you could ask for including (but not limited to) history, exploration, markets, friendly people, calm side streets, unique shops and cafes, an active nightlife and most importantly, spectacular food. And it was affordable too! Looking through photos now only makes me wish I were there…


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When I spent a year or more without dating in my twenties, the No Man's Land where I wandered was noticeably unpleasant. I felt cold and cut off without some kind of relationship, and I wanted interaction with men — make that a man. But it just wasn't happening.
My solo status left me wanting.
It isn't that I craved marriage; if anything, that state of (theoretical) permanent coupling was not on my radar. But a romance was a different matter. Much as I loved my women friends, I wanted to share my life with a man, or at least, to know what it was like.
Ten years later, looking back from diapers and toddlers and waking at all hours, from working in the middle of the night to get everything checked off my list, and from superficial conversations on the weekends with my spouse, I was too busy and too tired to think about anything more meaningful than getting through the next 12 hours. Or even to miss the blissful bubble of single life I once wrapped around myself…
Ten years after that, I was in No Man's Land again. I was divorced, raising kids alone, and disenchanted with the world of male-female interaction. It may be more accurate to say I had no time, no energy, and was in far too vulnerable a state of mind. When I did have an interest a few years later, what I frequently faced were long periods of "no signs of life."
Of course, I was also fortunate in experiencing some wonderful dating adventures. So if you want to date — get out there!
I also experienced my share of infatuation, falling in love, falling out of love, and what I now think of as being "duped and dumped." (My, my… how naive we can be at times. How fickle, the online meet-and-greet process. But ah… those excellent lessons in reading people that we pick up from those encounters.)
Here I sit, a few years later, and happy that my life is rich in the ways that count for me: two healthy sons, a small but caring coterie of friends, a good man to love. And yet, were that man to exit stage left for any reason, I am at a point where I cannot imagine wanting to pursue another relationship. Never say never (they say), but I am content as a single, content in the quiet, relieved that my sons are (nearly) raised, relieved that I may possibly be able to focus on myself a bit more in the coming years.
Were I to find myself in No Man's Land, I doubt I would perceive it as such. I would be "me" living my life. Me, wholly owned. Me, just fine.
That realization doesn't mean I don't love the man in my life dearly. But it is a recognition that I am strong and complete and not lonely on my own.
Recently, a new female acquaintance mentioned to me that she wasn't currently involved, she wasn't a mother, and in fact she had never been married. When she interjected this comment in a conversation that only peripherally included reference to my parenting status, I thought about the position I had put her in, albeit unintentionally.
Maybe she was feeling like she had to "get it out there" that she wouldn't be able to schmooze with me in that "oh, yes, I know" way that mothers do, that married women do, and that divorced women do, that women actively dating do.
And I hoped I hadn't made her feel uncomfortable.
Although we didn't dwell on relationships, I did mention that there is someone in my life (he walked through the house when we were on the phone; she had to have heard him). And I thought back to my years of being single and in No Man's Land when many of the women I knew were pairing off, marrying, and starting families. At the time, it bothered me that I was still solo. Or rather, the stigma of being unattached in any way left me feeling uncomfortable in their company.
I also thought back to Round 2 of No Man's Land, specifically in my life after divorce when I was no longer in the "exclusive club" known as marriage, and nor was I in a relationship. Many of my (coupled) friends and acquaintances couldn't quite fathom that. At least, not when my single "situation" seemed to become my long-term new normal.
Listen. I'm delighted when I hear of marriages, remarriages, new babies and other joyful events. Family is vitally important. But why do we still define our women in relation to men? Why do we ostracize women when they aren't paired up? Surely it isn't as simple as wanting to be around others who are "like us."
Will we ever stop doing this — making assumptions about their worth, their lives, their priorities, their tastes, their values, their anything?
Here's what I know about my new acquaintance: She's smart, pleasant, confident, down-to-earth, creative, relaxed, team player — all sounds pretty good, doesn't it? — and I imagine that if we have occasion to encounter each other on a more regular basis, we will enjoy getting to know one another.
Whether or not there is a romantic partner in her life?
Who cares!
What she thinks about the world? How she treats the people in her life? The way we work together?
The answers to these questions matter, not her relationship status — particularly at this stage when I am no longer dealing in diapers or homework helping on top of my work schedule. However, the way she relates to friends, family, co-workers, associates… her interests, her curious mind… her sense of humor… these are worth exploring and talking about.
In the days after divorce when I wasn't dating, I was surprised when people would ask me if I missed being married, if I missed going out, if I missed having a man in my life, and so on and so on. Yes, there were times I missed intimacy, both emotional and sexual, but basically my boys kept me busy, my work or looking for work kept me swamped, my interests are many, and I'm virtually never bored.
And I repeat: I happily keep my own company, and I'm glad this is the case.
I understand that this isn't true for everyone. Many people need far more socializing than I do. But shouldn't we strive to be content with who we are as individuals? Don't we do a better job of bringing a full and confident self to a relationship when we are? Shouldn't we stop judging our women by the presence or absence of partners?
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Born in Toledo, Ohio, and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Anita Baker began singing in a Baptist church choir at the age of twelve. Four years later, while singing with the band Humanity, Baker was approached by bass player David Washington of Chapter 8 to audition for the group.
In 1975, Baker subsequently joined Chapter 8, the most popular group of Detroit at the time. They spent a couple of years playing in and around Detroit and eventually signed a record deal with Ariola. The self-titled album came out in fall 1979, with two singles hitting the R&B charts - �Ready for Your Love� and �I Just Wanna Be Your Girl�. The label Ariola Records later ran into financial trouble and the company was purchased by Arista, whose executives refused to renew Chapter 8�s record deal while Baker was a part of the group. After being rejected, Baker went back home to Detroit and got a job as a receptionist for a local law firm.
In 1981, Otis Smith, the man behind Chapter 8�s contract, formed his own label, Beverly Glen. Remembering Baker�s vocals, he got her telephone number from a Chapter 8 member and called her in late 1982. Baker refused the job at first due to her duties as a receptionist. However, she agreed to sign with the label and try again with a music career. It would prove to be a smart move.
In 1983, Baker released her debut album, The Songstress. This album was a moderate success, which paved the way for a host of bigger things to come; two of the album�s singles, �Angel� and �No More Tears�, became smash hits on the R&B charts. By the spring of 1984, Baker had five chart hits and was close to a gold record. However, there was no answer when she asked Beverly Glen about a new album.
In 1985, Baker got a major label contract with Elektra Records, a division of Warner Music Group. She released her second album, Rapture, in 1986. Choosing her friend from Chapter 8, Michael J. Powell, as her producer, they created a masterpiece. It was this album which established Anita Baker as a world-wide musical tour de force and a household name. It was also this album that afforded her the opportunity to stretch her skills; she wrote �Been So Long�, �Watch Your Step� and �Sweet Love�, which along with �Caught Up in the Rapture�, �No One in the World�, and �Same Ole Love� became major R&B and Adult Contemporary chart hits during 1986 and 1987, with �Sweet Love� becoming a top ten pop hit as well. By the time Rapture had completed its chart run, it had sold eight million copies worldwide and also earned Baker two Grammys.
In November 1986 when she was returning to Detroit to receive the key of the city, she got engaged to Walter Bridgeforth Jr. whom she�d met on an earlier trip home in January. They were married on Christmas Eve 1987.
In 1987, Baker collaborated with The Winans on the single �Ain�t No Need to Worry� and this single lead Baker to her third Grammy award. At the same time, she also worked on her follow-up album Giving You the Best That I Got in between a busy performance schedule. This album was released in October 1988. She worked with Michael J. Powell again, and the album became a critical and commercial success, which sold another five million copies worldwide. It features such hits as �Just Because� and the title track, which became Baker�s biggest pop hit, reaching Number Three on the Billboard Hot 100 while going to number one R&B and Adult Contemporary. Critics noted that, single-handedly, through her first two albums, �Anita Baker has set a new standard and helped redefine the sound of contemporary music recorded by female vocalists in the �80s and the �90s.�
Baker returned to the studio in 1990 for her third Elektra album, Compositions. On it, Anita wanted to be more involved in song writing and wished to experiment with jazz. Baker wrote seven of the songs on this album, including the hits �Talk to Me�, �Fairy Tales�, �No One to Blame�, and �Whatever It Takes� (written with Gerald Levert) and �Soul Inspiration�. The album was mostly cut live, meaning that the rhythm section was playing as Baker sang. The album was produced by Michael J. Powell and included musicians Greg Philinganes, Nathan East, Paulinho da Costa, Vernon Fails, Ricky Lawson and Stephen Ferrone. Baker�s involvement in the whole recording process gave the album a personal touch and for the effort she received her seventh Grammy award.
Though the three singles from Compositions all failed to reach Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart (�Talk to Me� came closest to the top 40, at Number 44 pop), they still became Top 20 hits on the R&B Singles Chart and were also moderate Adult Contemporary hits. Compositions peaked at Number Five on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, Number Three on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Number Four on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums, and still was certified Platinum by RIAA.
After almost five years of touring, performing, and recording non-stop, Anita took a break, only entering the studio to record the jazz standard �Witchcraft� with Frank Sinatra for his 1993 Duets album.
In January 1993, Baker gave birth to her first child, a boy named Walter Baker Bridgeforth. Five months later Baker started working on her fifth album, and during the recording sessions she became pregnant again. In May 1994, with most of the album completed, Baker gave birth to a second son, Edward Carlton Bridgeforth.
Her fifth album, Rhythm of Love, was issued in September of 1994. After she ended the partnership with Michael J. Powell, Anita produced most of the album. However, this time many famous producers like George Duke, Arif Mardin, Barry Eastmond and Tommy Lipuma also contributed to the album. Rhythm of Love was mainly recorded in Baker�s home due to her pregnancy, and she wrote five out of twelve songs. She selected �My Funny Valentine� to be the last song, a song that proves that Anita should do an all-jazz album in many fans� opinion.
This album sold exceptionally well, selling one million copies in its first week; peaked at Number Three on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and Number One on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The first single, �Body and Soul,� became Baker�s first top 40 pop hit in over five years. It was certified double platinum by RIAA and received her eighth Grammy for the second single, �I Apologize�, for best Rhythm and Blues vocal performance female in 1995.
After the Rhythm of Love album, Baker spent most of her time with her family. She appeared in a jazz-influenced soundtrack to the Billy Crystal directed 1995 film Forget Paris. For this movie, Baker paired with popular Pop/R&B crooner James Ingram to record �When You Love Someone�, which is produced by David Foster, and was also written with Foster, Carole Bayer Sager and Ingram. The song was nominated for a Grammy award, however, lost out in its category. She also recorded the theme song to the NBC television hit show �Mad About You� with its star Paul Riser. The vocal performance of the shows theme was jazzy and slower than the original. The song was put on a �Mad About You� CD which may still be available.
In August 2000, Baker began to record her long-awaited new album. However, in May 2001, she had filed a lawsuit in federal court against an audio equipment rental company she said ruined some tracks recorded for her new album. She alleged that a 24-track tape machine she rented produced random popping noises. Due to the delay of the new album, Atlantic Records parted ways with her in December 2001. Rhino Records released her compilation, The Best of Anita Baker, on June 18, 2002, and the international version had different tracks and title, Sweet Love: The Very Best of Anita Baker. On May 3, 2004 this compilation was certified gold by RIAA.
Two years later, in March 2004, Blue Note Records announced that they had signed Baker to an exclusive recording contract that would result in at least two albums. Bruce Lundvall, president/CEO of EMI Jazz & Classics, signed her after she approached him to record for Blue Note. At the same time Rhino Records released A Night of Rapture: Live, a compilation that contains nine live tracks and three multimedia videos recorded in the late �80s.
In September, after a decade, Anita Baker finally released her long-awaited original album My Everything. Co-Produced by Barry J. Eastmond and Baker herself, she wrote or co-wrote nine of this album�s ten tracks, including a duet with Babyface, �Like You Used To Do.� Though she had been out of the limelight for so long, this album became a critical and commercial success. It debuted at Number Four on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and Number One on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies.
In October 2005, she released her first Christmas album, Christmas Fantasy. Once again produced by Baker and Barry J. Eastmond, the album mixes traditional Christmas carols (�God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen�), standards (�I�ll Be Home For Christmas�), re-imagined classics (�Frosty�s Rag�), Broadway show tunes (�My Favorite Things�), and three new songs by Baker and Eastmond (�Moonlight Sleighride�, �Family of Man�, and �Christmas Fantasy�), all tied together with Baker�s warm, rapturous voice. She received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance in 2007 for the song �Christmas Time is Here.� To date, Anita Baker has four Platinum albums and three Gold albums.


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Help I Have No Friends
Now whether you suffer from shyness or maybe you just don't know how to get started and meet people – learning how to make friends can sometimes seem a little daunting. But really it's not that hard to make a friend if you know where to look and what to do.
To get started we'll look at where to meet people and then what to do when you get talking to people. We'll go from first contact to proper friendship and you can apply these techniques practically anywhere no matter how socially comfortable you are. We focus mainly on doing this from a shy persons standpoint (seeing as Over Shyness is about overcoming shyness after all) but the extroverts who just have trouble meeting people can use these techniques just the same.
Rather than sitting around asking yourself why do I have no friends, add in a bit of a push and move onward and upwards and start finding friends. If you want to make that kind of attitude a part of your life and regularly go out and meet friends then make ones, and make ones who you can keep. Let us show to how to meet friends through our circle techniques in the training program.
Places to Make Friends
All you need to do in this position is throw yourself into something new. You can walk into a local hangout and just sit down, or join an activity and just see what happens. Really this will come down to how socially confident you are. If you feel comfortable getting out on your own and talking to strangers then it's just a matter of actually getting out as much as you can. It's a numbers game – go to enough things and you'll just end up talking to people. But if you don't feel comfortable doing this then don't worry.
If you really don't feel comfortable talking to people at all then you might want to consider looking at how to overcome shyness before getting started on something like this, because friendship sites alone won't do the job. You don't want to force yourself into situations which make you panic and worsens your shyness. You're probably going to have to break your comfort zone a bit if you're having trouble meeting people. But if you feel you're shy, but confident enough to start trying to meet people then I have a perfect suggestion for you.
Join something new. Simple, I know. But hear me out for a moment.
There are plenty of social activities you can choose from which not only means that you're going to meet people. But you might also find something you really like doing and it gives you an instant conversation stater because you're both trying something new. It's easy to start something like this as working together once a week at the class and expanding on that to friends outside of the class (we'll look more at this in a minute). And keep in mind that if you do become friends with them – that might also expose you to their friends. Bonus!
I like to choose activities which involve a social element. you'll be too occupied mentally and even physically to ask yourself 'why do I have no friends'. I tend to find places like the gym as quite anti social and a lot of people don't talk everyone's me time is switched on, but a class which involves working other people means it's easy to talk to people and can be a lot of fun. Try to find something which meets at least once a week and don't keep yourself limited to one class. You can find listings online pretty easily on websites like CraigsList and there's usually posters and leaflets about things going on on a board or window somewhere. Even the most boring places have something going on, it's just a matter of looking.
It could be a class, a club, a sports team. Don't be let down if you find one you don't like – just keep going to things until you find something (and people) you like. If you really can't find anything? Try starting something yourself. It can be as simple as putting a sign up looking for someone to jog with or as complex as renting a hall and starting a club.
This is the ideal way I suggest to make friends. But if that doesn't do it for you I do have a few other suggestions you could consider.
- Friends of existing friends or family
- Work
- Volunteering (this is a great one)
- Neighbors
- Online
Make New Friends Online
I did say we'll get to the idea of making friends from home and here it is. The common conception is sitting alone on the internet is anti-social and for the most part shy people certainly do use this as an escaping mechanism to keep busy and maybe have some social interaction.
But the internet can also be a useful tool for meeting people. You can use a website like Meetup to find people with similar interests (or find new interests while you are at it)! Or you can do what you would normally do and try to meet people while you are at it. Even if you meet people gaming for example (which is generally considered anti-social) if those people live in the same city you're spending time talking and you enjoy the same activities so that can lead to a friendship outside of the internet.
What doesn't help so much is meeting people across the world who you won't ever really meet. Sure, this might give you people to talk to online but if you really want to grow yourself a social life you're going to need to make the extra effort to meet people in your local city or area. That or you'll really need to have some air miles saved up. It is entirely possible to make friends around the world but meeting them isn't as easy as meeting someone who lives ten minutes away.
Facebook is also a great way to meet people locally who are interested in an activity or friends of existing friends. It is also a great ice breaker to talk to people a little online before you actually meet them.
Now that we've looked at where to make friends – lets look at what to do when you've met someone you're getting along with.
Talking to People
When you're ready to try and 'cross the line' and ask them to do something outside of the activity then keep it something easy. This is the most important step and this is what will change your relationship from 'the person they know in the class' to actual friendship. You may even never find yourself saying 'why do I have no friends'. You can meet people within classes and groups and that's great – but if you want to move it further than that then you need to make the effort. Sometimes you will be the one being asked – which is great – but don't sit around and wait for that to happen.Now the first rule I want to stress straight away is don't try to force it. If you do that things can start to get a little awkward and you can come on a little strong. Plus you don't always get a good picture of someone right away – you really want to make sure you're going to get along before you start pushing for a friendship. It might happen on the first time you see them, it might take some time. Just keep your cool and settle for interactions within the activity to begin with.
This step can be pretty hard for people who have a problem with shyness. It's why I suggest looking at improving your shyness before you reach this step but even the shyer people out there will meet people they just click with. I just think people that work that way – sometimes no matter how shy you are you just meet people who you get on really well with. I do have a few tips to help you get into this stage though.
- Get contact info early. A class can be a great excuse to swap phone numbers, email addresses or Facebook friends. Don't push for it but you can keep it as easy as "hey would you like to swap numbers so we can let the other know if we're running late for class next week?"
- Don't wait for other people to make plans. Ask if they'd like to do something and if they do have a reasonable when and where and check if that suits them.
- Be nice to everyone and accept every invitation. This simple bit of advice can change everything for you.
Making Better Friends
Once you've met people and started to meet them outside of the original setting etc… you want to grow on this. Now there's no real set rules on growing a friendship since if you've come this far it'll just happen naturally. But you do need to keep in touch and continue to make an effort.
Even as you continue to meet more people you need to continue to make time for the people you meet. You need to work around each others schedules and not fall into the trap of just letting a budding friendship fizzle for an imagined slight.
That said – if it's reaching the point where a friendship is too one sided then I'd suggest not putting everything you have into it, it simply will not be worth your time. It's important to tell the difference between someone who is just too shy to ask you to do something, and someone who's not worth your time. You're going to have to judge this for yourself and it doesn't involve being rude to them but just not trying to force something which isn't there. One of the important parts to learning how to make friends is learning which friends are worth keeping. You may also need to learn how to deal with rejection.
Really everything you need to start making friends is right here. If you follow it and keep what I've told you in mind then you'll be making friends pretty quickly. After this – making friends is really just rinse and repeat. With every step it's going to become easier and easier until you build a social life around you as big was you want it to be. Making friends is really just a numbers game, get out there and meet people until you click – it's as simple as that. I won't muffle about this too much that what we have a nice set up of a training program for you. But at the end of the day only you can push your self hard enough to make new friends.
How to Make New Friends
There are a lot of ways to find yourself wanting to learn how to make new friends. You might have just moved somewhere new or your social situation around you changed. You might have let your social life fade away or maybe it just isn't big enough for your liking. Whatever the case we're going to look at how to make friends and help you improve your social life. Most of our focus is on people doing this while dealing with shyness but the same advice will work for anyone.
How to Make New Friends When You're Shy
A lot of the things I'm going to suggest are not going to sound appealing to people dealing with shyness. While the outcome of an improved social life is appealing the actual steps to get there might seem a little scary. First of all this fear can be a good thing. Breaking out of your comfort zone is never done easily – that is why it is called the comfort zone.
You might want to look at our guides on how to overcome shyness before trying some of these steps but it really comes down to you personally. It is not always a great idea to throw yourself in front of situations which are really going to scare you. That can just cement the ideas of shyness even further but a big part of overcoming shyness is exposing yourself to meeting new people.
Exposing Yourself
It's all about exposure.
When you're dealing with shyness you can learn a lot of techniques and methods for overcoming your shyness but you need to be constantly working on your social skills and that involves exposing yourself to meeting people. Making new friends whether you actually feel shy or not involves the same thing. Exposing yourself to as many people as possible is the way to make friends whether you're meaning to at the time or not. You can't meet friends sitting at home alone (well you can… but we'll get to that).
Sure you will meet plenty of people who you don't really talk to or get along with. But finding friends who you can actually get along with is a numbers game and the more people you meet and talk to – the better chance you'll have of making friends. It is all about meeting people with similar interests in a setting where you actually have a chance to talk. You might pass a potential best friend in the street and the two of you do all the same things but if you don't have a chance to actually talk it won't do you any good. So keep on exposing yourself to strangers as much as possible and we'll look at how to turn a meeting into a friendship.
Where to Make Friends
I can't really just give you a list of places to meet people and make friends. First of all the potential list would be far too long I don't think it would be possible to ever really finish it but mostly it depends on you. Anywhere where you can expose yourself to meeting new people is great.
Ideally you'd like it to be related to an activity but it can just as easily be someone walking along the street. If you meet someone while walking along the street they might be willing to give you the time of day but they're probably not looking for a conversation. If you meet them during a class or activity where you're spending time together then you're far more likely to actually form a new friendship.
Take every opportunity you can to get out and meet people. Do things you wouldn't normally do and go to activities whether you have tried them before or not. Talk to people and sooner or later you will find people you get along with and have a chance to form a friendship.
Using Connections
A great way of making new friends is by meeting the connections of existing ones. Go out with family or friends when they're meeting friends or work colleges for example and you're exposing yourself to a whole group of new people. They might just consider them 'people they know' but if you happen to get on then you've potentially made yourself a new friend.
Meeting people like this is usually pretty easy. You might be invited by friends to go hang out with their friends and you say yes! If they don't ask you can always tell them you're bored and looking to meet people so they know you're looking for the invite.
Look at People Differently
While you can meet people who your friends don't really consider friends you can also do that in your own life. Look at the people around you who you haven't actually considered friends but maybe you see them fairly often. People at your local gym or neighbors. People at your class or job or perhaps people you used to be friends with but lost contact with.
It is entirely situational but just remember that making new friends doesn't always have to mean new people. Don't limit yourself to one or the other though, try to meet new people and talk to the people you've already met.
Turning Meetings to Friendships
There's a few things you need to keep in mind at this point. Not everyone is looking to make new friends. To some it won't occur to them you're wanting to be friends, others won't have the time, others just might not like you (don't worry about it) and others might actually be too shy to be warm to your approach. It can depend on a lot of things and a pretty big one is how and where you meet someone. If you walk up to them in the street and just start asking about their plans for the weekend you're probably going to freak people out. If you go along to something and start asking questions about whatever you're doing that day then you'll probably find yourself in a conversation.
And there's a million ways of getting into a conversation with someone. But even if you've spent a few hours at something getting along with someone you need to actually be able to meet people again or keep in contact if you want to make a friendship out of it. There are a lot of ways to do this and again it is situational but I can give you some ideas at least.
- If you're at a set event or activity you can ask if they're coming again.
- If you discussed another activity or a movie for example you could suggest meeting again to do/see that.
- If you have a friend in common suggest meeting up together again.
- If they've told you about something you could ask for a chance to learn more about it.
- If you've told them about something and they genuinely seemed interested you could offer a chance to learn more about it.
- If you've met through a friend get them to arrange another meeting in a group setting. Multiple social meetings will lead to a pretty easy friendship if you get along.
- You could just flat out ask for their number or ask if they wanted to meet up.
If you're shy this is probably the hard part. But if you keep exposing yourself to meeting people then it will get easier and easier. If you're having trouble keeping a conversation going with people as you meet them you could look at the guide on how to keep a conversation going or how to talk to strangers.
Making friends is a numbers game. You need to meet people and hope you get along. A law of humanity is that not everyone likes each other. Different things separate us all the time and there's only so much we can do about it. So don't worry about the people who are obviously not interested. Don't push for something which won't work and just keep looking.
Make New Friends but Keep the Old
Sometimes people seem to use the excuse that making new friends will ruin existing friendships. They use the excuse to stay inside their comfort zones with people they feel 'safe' with rather than meeting new people and they can tell themselves "Oh I'd be making new friends if it wasn't for…" but this is just not the case. There's no secret to being able to make new friends without ruining existing ones.
You've probably heard the saying that relationships are hard work, right? Well that doesn't just apply to dating or marriage – it applies to friendship as well. No matter how much time you're spending with the new people you meet you need to keep in touch with, and make time for, your existing friends. If you make plans with someone make sure you stick to them and certainly don't cancel for someone else. You can also take the chance to see different friends at the same time and introduce them but don't feel that you have to. It's good to mix with different social groups separately.
Now I've mentioned this before but it seems like a good place to remind you again. If you're working on overcoming shyness and your existing friends have come to expect you to be shy then they might 'test' you if you start to come out of your shell at meet new people. It's usually subliminal and they don't realize they're doing it but it often comes after making a change from the norm. Other friends might be happy for you but whatever the case you need to remember to make time for your old friends.
Having No Social Life
There's plenty of reasons for not having a social life (or the more dramatic version: I have no life) so we took a proper look at it. It might be just a matter of putting yourself in the right situation to meet people or the problem might run a little deeper. You might also have to look at little more specifically at your situation such as having no friends in college. Some situations are easier than others to work with and build a social life. Anyone can do it but some will just have to make a bigger change to their current lifestyle than others.
Making Friends
Once you can get yourself into a position to meet new people and feel comfortable talking to them we take a look at the skills needed to make friends. We also take a more specific look at social skills training for adults. A common mistake people make is thinking that you need to be younger to adjust your social ability. In fact it's the most common excuse we hear.
It's also complete nonsense.
It's the same kind of nonsense when people tell me they're just shy people or they have no personality.
Dealing With It
We've covered guides on dealing with loneliness and dealing with rejection. But I don't do hand holding with no purpose. I'm very big on if you have a problem you get it sorted. You can deal with problems like this by learning to overcome shyness and improve your social skills. It takes some time and work but it really is that simple.


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I Am Having Problems With My Husband and He Is Thinking of L
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I Can'T Make Myself Like My Husband'S New Friend...My husband has one friend at a time that he will hang out with. The one before this "new" one, that friendship was ended because his friend disrespected me to a group of my husband's coworkers, and my husband took up for me. However, this "new" one hasn't seemed much better...
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