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Guide to the Branson DeCou Archive, 1920-1941
Guide to the Branson DeCou Archive, 1920-1941
Collection number: MS 38The University Library
Special Collections and Archives
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
- Special Collections and Archives
- University Library
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz, California, 95064
- Email: email@example.com
- URL: http://library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/
- Processed by:
- Visual Resource Collection staff
- Date Completed:
- 1972
- Encoded by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
Collection Contents
Series 1 Photograph Albums 1920-1941
Scope and Content Note
Africa, California, Canada
Algeria, Tunisia
Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
Java, Singapore, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Mombassa (Kenya), Zanzibar, Tanganyika, Republic of South Africa, Natal
Zululand (Natal), Bechuanaland (Botswana), Rhodesia, South Africa, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, West Indies, Martinique
Hawaiian Islands, Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia
Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Bali, Java
Portugal, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Egypt, Italy, Japan, China, Philippines, India, Austria, Central Europe
Ireland, S. S. Normandie (ocean liner)
England, Scotland, Wales
England, Holland, Germany, Belgium, France
Switzerland, Germany (Rhine), Belgium, Holland, England, Ireland
France, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark
France, Russia, Finland, Denmark, England
Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, France
Belgium, Holland
Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Monaco
Italy, Austria, Germany, France
Italy, England
France, Switzerland, Italy
Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, France, England, Holland, Denmark, Sweden
Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria
Madeira, Spain, Italy, Capri, Sicily, Israel, Egypt, Rhodes (Aegean Sea), Turkey
Syria, Israel, Egypt, Italy
Spain, Morocco, Algiers, Carthage, Tunisia, Italy, Sicily, Yugoslavia
Turkey, Russia, Greece, Bermuda, Canada (Quebec), California, Arizona, New Mexico
Sweden, Russia, Denmark, France, West Indies, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba
New Mexico, California, Washington, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Madeira, Portugal, Spain, France, New England
Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah, New Mexico, Madeira, Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Denmark
Alaska, Canada
Canada, Wyoming, California, Montana, Washington, Oregon
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming
Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Utah, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado
Bahamas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, California, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Idaho
California, Alaska
California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Florida, West Indies, Curacao, Haiti, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Antigua, Venezuela, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico,
Peru, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, California, Arizona, Mexico
Panama, Colombia, Equador, Peru
Hawaiian Islands, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Java
Hawaiian Islands
Unbound photo album containing Thailand, Cambodia, Japan.
Unbound photo album containing Europe, architecture, sculpture, painting.
Series 2 Notebooks and Travelogues 1920-1941
Scope and Content Note
British Columbia and the Selkirks
Canadian Rockies, v.1
Canadian Rockies 1942
China and Korea
Egypt, Living Pageant of the Nile
Granada and Alhambra (Spain), and France, notes
Glorious Switzerland: The Spell of Lake Geneva
Glorious Switzerland and Danzig and Zoppot, notes
Leningrad and Moscow
Magnificent Iceland and Norway
Our American Wonderland Series: Colorado
Our American Wonderland Series: The Pacific Northwest and Glacier National Park
Our Romantic California and our Pacific Coast
Springtime Motoring in California
Venice and Northern Italy
West Indies
Yellowstone Park
Series 3 Lantern Slides 1921-40
Scope and Content Note
Germany - 348 images
Ireland - 265 images
Italy - 1460 images
Russia - 285 images
California - 737 images
Cuba - 79 images
South Pacific
Series 4 Photographs 1921-40
Scope and Content Note
Series 5 Negatives 1921-40
Scope and Content Note
Switzerland, Italy, Sicily, Germany, Alaska
Passion Play 1931
Series 6 Resource Material 1921-40
Scope and Content Note
Series 7 Artifacts 1921-40
Scope and Content Note


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What do you own stock in sears? Lol. Remember those crappy yellow tape measures with the replaceable blade? That's when I stopped buying from sears. Also when you bring In a broken ratchet they give you a rebuild kit or a rebuilt ratchet not a new one off the shelf.
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".....The changing face and focus of education were experienced by the Rotary Club of Cleveland Tuesday.
Keri Randolph, director of learning for the Southeast Tennessee STEM Innovation Hub, led the Rotarians in an exercise to compare new learning styles with those most of the audience experienced in school.
"STEM (the acronym for science, technology, engineering and math) is about engaging kids in the learning process and getting them doing things hands-on," Southeast Tennessee STEM Innovation Hub managing director Tracey Carisch said. "It's also about a different way of learning, so that kids are learning how to think and learning how to problem solve and learning how to work with their fellow classmates on projects."
This focus connects the classroom with real-life scenarios, giving the student a better sense of how they might use this information in the future. Carisch said they have also emphasized partnerships with local businesses to give students an opportunity to see science and math in action.
"What we want to see is kids engaged and teachers as facilitators," Randolph said.
She pointed out that the new approach gets students engaged and allows them to talk in class. Carisch said this gives the students a sense of ownership.
Having a STEM focus goes beyond adding more classes to a class schedule. According to Carisch, such a focus is about incorporating these subjects into other areas of studies and connecting them.
Read more: Cleveland Daily Banner - STEM changing the face and focus of education..."


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Zagreb, Croatia (AP) Both President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin are putting the best face on Washington-Moscow relations at a time of rising tensions.
Putin says a new cold war is not in anyone's interests and urged friendship between NATO and Russia. But he also questioned why the military alliance still exists in the post-soviet union era. He spoke to reporters in Bucharest, Romania, after a NATO summit that included a meeting Friday between Russia and the alliance's 26 leaders.
A senior Bush official says the president welcomed Putin's comments at the meeting and considered them constructive. The official talked to reporters on condition of anonymity as Bush traveled from the NATO summit to an overnight stay in Zagreb, Croatia.


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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Actor Jack Klugman, best known for his portrayal of sloppy Oscar Madison on the TV version of "The Odd Couple," died Monday afternoon at the age of 90, the Associated Press reported. The AP cited Klugman's son Adam as its source. No cause of death was mentioned. Klugman battled throat cancer for many years, losing his voice as a result of 1989 surgery. He spoke in a rasp thereafter. Klugman first came to public notice when he played Juror No. 5 in the film version of "12 Angry Men" in 1957. In 1959, he began a two-year Broadway run in the musical "Gypsy," playing Herbie, the long-suffering manager of the title character and her sister. Klugman was one of the busiest actors in Hollywood during the 1960s, making numerous television appearances in such shows as "The Twilight Zone," "The Untouchables," "Naked City" and "The Fugitive." From 1970 to 1975, he co-starred with Tony Randall on "The Odd Couple." Though the show was not a huge hit for ABC DIS, -0.76% it got solid ratings and received critical acclaim. In 1976, he began another long TV stint as a gruff medical examiner who usually suspected foul play on NBC's cmcsk "Quincy, M.E."
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Release Notes: This release adds some important improvements that many users have been asking for, and also marks the fork of Fix8Pro, the commercially supported version. C++11 compiler support is now required. Windows NuGet package support, multisession (client/server) support, and default configuration settings were added.
Release Notes: This the first minor release since the GA release. It adds to and improves stability and reliability as well as adding new features. Included in the release: Redis and memcached persisters; Win64 support; hub support; and numerous issues fixed.
Release Notes: This release adds native SSL support, simple built-in resiliency/failover, and stable, production-ready, full system documentation, including for the API.
Release Notes: API updates, performance improvements, and pre-GA production issues. Note that there have been changes to the Fix8 API. Applications will need to be modified to build with this version.
Release Notes: There were a number of issues reported relating to repeating groups, and running on different platforms, which have been resolved. This release has been tested on ARMv7 (32 bit). Decode latency has been reduced by a further 10%. Jira tickets FX-76, FX-93, FX-94, FX-95, FX-96, FX-97, FX-99, FX-100, and FX-101 have been fixed.
Release Notes: A lot of work has gone into this release. Decode latency has been reduced by a further 20%. In a side by side shootout with Quickfix, Fix8 now comes in under 5us for a NewOrderSingle.
Release Notes: This release builds on Windows; the planned GA release will be postponed until the Windows port has had time to settle in. It fixes tickets FX-72, FX-73, FX-74, and FX-75. Merged from evdubs. Fixes the spec for pre-release to Fedora (now builds on f20 rawhide). Adds ReliableClientSession::has_given_up(). An issue where gcc locked up with a compiler-generated traits file has been fixed. The _traits.cpp file has been reduced by 40%. Compile errors with gcc 4.8.1 have been fixed. XML chr entity parsing is no longer broken. The extended entity set has been fixed. The XML parser now provides meaningful errors.
Release Notes: This is another pre-GA release. It adds more bugfixing, fixes Jira tickets FX-67, FX-68, FX-69, FX-70, and FX-71, fixes a race condition in Singleton, adds a backup of the persist file instead of purging after a sequence reset, adds a forced logout message should it contain an error text, fixes server crashes when a reliable client attempts a sync reconnect, and fixes the reset sequence number not truncating the BDB persist database.
Release Notes: Bugfixes (persistence and reset sequence numbers). C++11 compatibility. Merges in fixes for FX-64, FX-65, and FX-66.
Release Notes: Encode and decode performance was improved. For the same message, Fix8 encodes 3.2 times faster and decodes 2.3 times faster, averaging 2.7 times faster than Quickfix.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/02/skype_on_ipad/
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Posted in Networks, 2nd August 2011 10:28 GMT
Skype has finally arrived on the iPad – after one false alarm. Now anybody can talk into a gigantic, oversized iPhone.
Skype's VoIP service has several advantages over Apple's newborn video-conferencing service FaceTime: it works over 3G, it is "presence aware", it works with non-Apple gear, and best of all, it can call any phone in the world.
This could be you
Facetime couldn't be more basic, and it isn't clear yet whether Apple plans to invest in it, or leave it fed but locked away in the basement, like Apple TV. Last year industry sources confirmed that Apple wanted to do away with SIM cards altogether and put the network authentication in software – indicating that it wants to be free from network controls altogether.
For now, Apple needs the carriers as distribution partners, and users need those masts. The day of cutting the tether is still a long way off. ®


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79th Class of Central City Flower Girls
(Editor's note: The biographical information that follows is based on material that each honoree's family gave to the 2011 Flower Girl public relations committee. The co-chairs of the committee then submitted the information to The Denver Post).
The Flower Girls who are high school seniors:
Abigail Allyn Fries, an honors student Wheat Ridge High School. She is an avid golf and tennis player and plans to attend Colorado State University. Abigail's father, Robert, has served on the Central City Oopera House Association board and chaired its Historic Restoration Committee. Her sister, Stephanie Sugar, was a Flower Girl in 2001. Abigail's interests also include yoga, cooking and traveling.
Elizabeth Sarah Gall, a member of the George Washington High School International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. Her step-grandmother, Pearle Rae Kortz Levey, served on the CCOHA board for many years. Elizabeth participates in Irish dance, interpretative speech (comedy), drama programs and is a member of the National and Spanish honor societies. She also has served on the teen board at the Jewish Community Center and spent the summer as an assistant art teacher at the Mizel Arts Center. An avid conservationist, she helped develop her high school's recycling program, one of the first in the Denver Public Schools.
Kathleen Antonia Hansen, an honor roll student and member of the varsity tennis team at Regis Jesuit High School. Her father's family has been in Colorado since 1930 and her mother's family since 1950. Her sister, Caroline, was a Flower Girl in 2005. Kathleen Hansen was a Continental League All-League Athlete in tennis, won first place in the State American Softball Association Championship, is a recipient of the Regis Raider Award in tennis and has volunteered at Father Woody's Haven of Hope and at the St. Francis Soup Kitchen.
Mariah Lawson Himelspach, a senior at St. Mary's Academy and plans on attending a university where she will pursue a career in medicine. Her great-grandmother was born in Telluride in 1898 and lived in Denver as a young woman. Her parents have been in Colorado since 1973 and are both attorneys in Denver. Her mother, Leslie Maureen Lawson, is a former Denver District Court judge. Mariah plays varsity field hockey and lacrosse, serves as Student Council treasurer, is a member of the National Honor Society, a Mile High Scholar and has volunteered at Warren Village and the Trinity Church sandwich line. Mariah also has a strong interest in Kazakhstan, which is where she was born.
Isabel Victoria Hoyt, a senior enrolled in George Washington High School's International Baccalaureate program. A fifth-generation native Coloradan, Isabel is captain of GW's varsity cross-country team and is active in the Student Senate. She received the GW All-School Leadership Award in 2009. Her mother, Heidi Hoyt, was the Flower Girl chairman in 2009. Her maternal grandfather, Franz Hummel, founded Hummel's Delicatessen in Denver in the 1940's while her paternal grandfather, Doug Hoyt, executed the Morrison Trust which contributed to saving the Georgetown Loop train, among other Colorado historic entities, and was a developer of Vail and Roxborough Park. Isabel also heads the Invisible Children Club at GW, served as a teacher's assistant with the Denver Summer Scholars program and plays classical piano.
Mikaela Jane Hutchinson, a member of the National and Spanish honor societies at J.K. Mullen High School. Her parents are both Colorado natives, and her grandparents on her father's side have been in Denver for over 50 years. Mikaela is the recipient of the J.K Mullen High School Torch Award, given to those who best exemplify excellence and achievement in all areas of student life, and is on the Honor Roll, the varsity swim/dive team and the volleyball team. She also has spent many hours volunteering for such organizations as Mullen Summer Camp, Mullen Senior Citizen Prom, Johnson Center/Holly Creek, Clothes for Kids and Newborns in Need.
Kathleen Josephine Koenigs, a senior at Regis Jesuit High School where she is a cadre leader of the Justice League. She is a member of the Mile High Rowing Team and has been recognized by the Society of Women Engineers for Academic Excellence in Science and Math. Her mother, Jeanne Collopy, has been a member of the CCOHA board of directors. Kathleen volunteers at Place Bridge Academy, where she works with refugees, enjoys ballroom dancing and playing the piano.
Elizabeth Ann Nicholson, a senior at East High School, where she is a member of the National Honor Society, the student council, the student board of education, plays varsity tennis and was a finalist for the Constitutional Law Mock Trial team. Her great-great-grandfather, James F. Burns, came to Colorado in 1890. Her aunt, Ann Nicholson Naughton, was a Flower Girl in 1974.
Heidi Anne Ripley, managing editor of the Cherry Creek High School student newspaper and co-president of the French Honor Society. Her cousins — Elizabeth, Katherine, Priscilla and Virginia Lichty — were all Flower Girls. Heidi is the recipient of the CCHS Physics Award, is the president and founder of the Wordsmith Club and this past summer was a peer ambassador at Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy.
Abigail Samantha Rosenblum, a senior at Colorado Academy and fifth-generation native whose ties to Central City date back to the late 1800s, when her family first lived in the mountains before settling in Denver and starting the Samsonite Luggage Company. Abigail plays on the Colorado Academy tennis team, is an inductee to the Spanish Honor Society and has served as a member of the Rose Youth Foundation board. She volunteers with her synagogue and traveled to Costa Rica this past summer to help build a school in a small, rural town. She's also a runner, plays guitar and is helping to run a start-up cookie company with her family.
Anne Evans Schneider, a Dean's List senior at The Laurenceville School in New Jersey. Her great, great, great aunt, Anne Evans, was the daughter of the first territorial Governor of Colorado. Her grandmother, Anne Evans Freyer, then Sweeney, saved the Central City Opera House in 1932 and founded the state's first historic preservation nonprofit: The Central City Opera House Association. For more than a century her family, which includes the Cheesman and Evans families, have had an impact on the state of Colorado. Her aunts Anne Freyer Harril and Cornelia Grey Freyer, as well as her mother, Diane Freyer Schneider, were all Flower Girls. Additionally, Miss Schneider is active on the Tennis, Squash and Lacrosse teams, and volunteers as a tutor for children in Trenton. She is a talented cook and just completed a Culinary Internship at the three-star restaurant, The Farmhouse, in Bedford, New York.
Erin Yoshiko Semple, a senior at George Washington High School and is enrolled in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program.
Kathryn Paige Sparks, a senior at East High School where she is a varsity volleyball player, having served as the JV team Captain. A member of the National Honor Society, she is also active in volunteering at the Denver Rescue Mission and recently chaired the Parr-Widener Walk in 2009. Her strong interests in global affairs and politics will guide her future plans for college. Additionally, Miss Spark's family has strong ties to Colorado Springs and our neighboring state of Wyoming.
Lucy Bond Stockdale, a senior at Kent Denver School. Her ties to Colorado run deep. Her stepfather's maternal ancestors, the Halleck and Taussig families, came to Colorado in 1860s. She has had two step-cousins, Carly and Lucy Jones, and a step-aunt, Jill Cowperthwaite, precede her as Flower Girls. Lucy plays varsity volleyball, basketball and lacrosse at Kent, where she also is a peer mentor and will have provided over 60 hours of community service with Freedom Service Dogs by May, 2011.
Shea Corinne Sweeny, a senior at Colorado Academy. She is an honor roll student and has been involved in numerous school plays and performances at the Curious Theatre Company. She is a fifth-generation Coloradan, her great-grandmother by marriage, Anne Evans Freyer Sweeney, was a Flower Girl in the 1930s. Additionally, she is a member of the Colorado Academy playwriting group and has volunteered for 4 years at the Denver Zoo. Recently she was selected to represent CA at the Student Conservation Congress in Washington DC.
Carolyn Anne Swisher, a senior at Cherry Creek High School where she is the Varsity Field Hockey Team Captain. She enjoys volunteering as a Wyldlife Leader at Campus middle School and is an active member of Key Club. Miss Swisher is preceded by her mother Anne Cozart Swisher who was a Flower Girl in 1975.
Miss Swisher also enjoys volunteering at Sunday school, swimming and playing the guitar.
Caroline Elizabeth Tryba, a senior at Brooks School in North Andover, MA. She has received High Honors since arriving at Brooks in 10th grade and was the recipient of the National Latin Exam, Cum Laude in tenth grade. Miss Tryba is a second generation Coloradoan and has been on the Brooks School Community Service Board for 3 years while also holding Varsity positions on her school's Squash, Tennis and Cross-Country (captain) teams.
Additionally, Miss Brooks is a world-traveler, helping with non-profit organizations around the world in exciting destinations like Siberia, Mongolia and Costa Rica. Miss Tryba has an extensive list of volunteer projects including working with such organizations as Walk for Hunger, Hike for Hopes, Habitat for Humanity and the Brooks School International Exchange Program.
Sarah Gorham Wilkins, a senior at Cherry Creek High School (CCHS). During her junior year, she was awarded High Honors – Honor Roll and is a member of the National Honor Society. Miss Wilkins is also an accomplished musician, playing both piano and clarinet. In 2010, she was selected to participate in the European Tour for the Colorado Ambassadors of Music, performing in Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. She is a fourth-generation Coloradan and is preceded by her aunt, Laura Hite Hargrave, as a Flower Girl. Sarah has been a member of the CCHS Marching Band for four years. She is also very involved in community service working with such noted organizations as Big Sisters, Exceptional Kids, the Anschutz Medical Complex and the Sewall Child Development Center's Autism Day Camp.
Elsa Bentley Woolley, a senior at Colorado Academy. She is the captain of the Varsity Tennis Team at CA and is an integral part of the school's Chamber Choir and Chanteurs singing group. Miss Woolley's great grandparents immigrated to Colorado in 1924. She will be a first generation Flower Girl. Elsa was selected to sing in the Honor Choir of the South Western Association of Choral Directors meeting in Denver during 2010. She will also serve on the Community Leadership Team, direct the food committee for Project Hope and participate in the Faces of Diversity and Salsa clubs during her senior year at Colorado Academy.
Caroline Parker Adams- Miss Adams is a junior at Kent Denver School where she is an active member of the Varsity Tennis and Cross Country teams. Her poetry was recently printed in several national publications. Caroline's family has been in Colorado over 100 years and her Great Aunt Phyllis Gottesfeld was a Flower Girl in the 1950s.
Additionally, Miss Adams interests include photography and volunteering for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Callan Elizabeth Bechter – Miss Bechter is currently a junior at St. Mary's Academy. Her family has been in Colorado for more than half a century, arriving in the 1940's. Miss Bechter is a member of the cross-country running team and a leadership representative on the student association at St. Mary's Academy. She has attended many Central City Opera performances, including a Flower Girl presentation when a family friend's daughter was presented.
Additionally, Miss Bechter volunteers at "Warren Village", a housing facility for low-income, single parent families. She also enjoys English horseback riding, traveling and history.
Christina Jane Chase- Miss Chase is a junior at The Hills School in Pottstown PA where she is participates in Model UN and Mock Trial. Her Godmother, Maureen Barker is a long time supporter of CCOHA and with her encouragement Christina has previously attended several operas in Central City. Additionally, Miss Chase is an athlete playing on her schools' lacrosse, tennis and synchronized swim teams, and is the recipient of the Scholastic Art Award in 2010. She is a Special Olympics figure skating coach and recently worked this past summer at Geneva Glen Camp as a leadership trainee.
Jennifer Elizabeth Clinton – Miss Clinton is currently a junior at East High School and is an avid, year-round swimmer, making the varsity swim team her freshman year. Miss Clinton is a direct descendent of Mrs. Spenser Penrose whose husband built the Broadmoor Hotel & Resort in Colorado Springs, and who were very active with many other philanthropic projects around Colorado. Miss Clinton's mother, Suzanne Yale Clinton, was presented as a Flower Girl in 1977.
Additionally, Miss Clinton is on the National Honor Society and volunteers at "Warren Village", studies Japanese and plays the flute.
Genevieve Arceneaux Crawford- Miss Crawford is a junior at East High School where she is a member of the EHS Constitutional Scholars team and the Jr. Branch president of the peace education organization CISV where she has travelled to Germany this past summer to work with students from 15 countries. Miss Crawford has long family ties to Denver and is the daughter of Madeline Collison who is currently co-President of the Central City Opera House Association Guild.
Additionally, Miss Crawford's grandparents, John and Dana Crawford, saved and then redeveloped historic Larimer Square and other historic properties in lower downtown, including the Oxford Hotel.
Magdaliene Marie Kopriva DeLine- Miss DeLine is currently a junior at St. Mary's Academy (SMA). Her maternal and paternal grandparents were from Denver. In addition to being an excellent student, Miss DeLine is co-captain of the SMA Volleyball Team and swims on the varsity swim team. She has also served on the Student Counsel and is an ambassador for SMA and volunteers her time at "Warren Village".
Additionally, Miss DeLine enjoys hiking, skiing and just being in the great outdoors of the Colorado Rockies.
Chloe Beth Dinsdale – Miss Chloe Dinsdale is a junior at Sterling High School and has attended many Central City Opera performances. She is a member of the National Honor Society, an Academic Letter recipient and plays varsity Tennis and Volleyball at Sterling High. She is also an active volunteer supporting such organizations as the "Salvation Army Bell Ringing Christmas Campaign" and the Northeastern Junior College "Hope Scholarship Gala".
Additionally, Miss Chloe Dinsdale has participated in the Future Business Leaders of America program and worked at the Bank of Colorado during the summer.
Jillian Lynn Dinsdale – Miss Jillian Dinsdale is a junior a Sterling High School and has attended many Central City Opera performances. She is a member of the National Honor Society, an Academic Letter recipient and plays Softball and Tennis at Sterling High. Additionally, Miss Jillian Dinsdale has participated in the Future Business Leaders of America program and enjoys ballet, modern, jazz and tap dance.
She is also an active volunteer supporting such organizations as the "Salvation Army Bell Ringing Christmas Campaign" and the Northeastern Junior College "Hope Scholarship Gala".
Emily Francis Fisher – Miss Fisher is a junior at Kent Denver and is a fifth generation Coloradoan on both sides of her parent's ancestry. Miss Fisher enjoys participating in community service projects and has worked closely with the Denver Botanic Gardens. Her activities include skiing, soccer, school debate team, school newspaper and fitness. Her interests include writing, languages (Spanish) and photography.
Meghan Susannah Gahm- Miss Gahm is currently a junior at Arapahoe High School. She is on the High Academic Honor Roll and is an award winning cheerleader on her school JV team, recently placing third in the state regional competition. Her family has been in Colorado since the late 1800's. Additionally, Miss Gahm also volunteers with special needs children and is an active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Key Club.
Francesca Louise Lipinsky DeGette- Miss Lipinsky DeGette is a junior in the George Washington High School International Baccalaureate Program. She is a 5th generation Coloradoan and the 4th generation to attend Central City Opera performances. Like her mother, Francesca has attended the opera since she was a little girl. She is active in Student Senate and this past summer was a Page at the US House of Representatives in Washington D.C. Additionally, Miss Lipinsky DeGette is involved in the GWHS theatre program and enjoys playing the guitar, banjo and singing.
Katherine Fitzgerald McDermott- Miss McDermott is a junior with Honors at East High School where she is a member of the Varsity Women's Field Hockey and Lacrosse Teams. She is a third generation Coloradoan and sings with the East HS Honor Choir. Miss McDermott's mother, Carol, currently serves as the CCOHA Guild co-Vice President of Membership.
Additionally, Miss McDermott is an officer in the East Key Club and recently spent her summer in Costa Rica with a global, Spanish-service learning organization.
Abigail Tyler McLagan- Miss McLagan is currently a junior at East High School where she is a member of the Seraphim Choir and Varsity Field Hockey team. As a fifth generation Coloradoan, Miss McLagan's descendants date back to 1877 and 1889 on her mother and father's side of the family. Her great, great grandfather Dr. George B. Packard, Sr. is considered the "father of Children's Hospital" which was incorporated in 1908. Her mother, Annie, currently serves as the CCOHA Guild co-Vice President of Membership.
Additionally, Miss McLagan is on the Winter Park Junior Ski Patrol and is an active volunteer supporting the CCOHA Guild and has attended many Central City Opera performances.
Alena Joan Payne- Miss Payne is a current junior at Regis Jesuit High School and is very involved with Student Council and the Link Crew. She is a member of the Varsity Cross Country Team and has competed at state the past two years. Miss Payne's grandmother, Joan Payne, was a CCOHA Guild member for many years and worked on the renovation of the Association's houses in Central City.
Additionally, Miss Payne is on First Honors Roll and volunteers her time with St. Nektarios and the "Saddle Up" Foundation.
Elizabeth Putnam Sawyer – Miss Sawyer is a junior at Denver East High School and is a fifth generation Coloradoan. The Sawyer family has been in Colorado since the 1880's and Miss Sawyer is preceded in being presented as a Flower Girl by relatives Mary Regina Sawyer (1981) and Emily Katherine Sawyer (2002). Miss Sawyer's father had the pleasure of being an escort at the 1978 Flower Girl presentation. Miss Sawyer enjoys skiing, tennis, and playing field hockey and lacrosse.
Also, she is a member of the Key Club and participates in the school newspaper. Lastly, she is a volunteer at the Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center and Habitat for Humanity.
Sara Lyford Schumar – Miss Schumar is a junior at St. Mary's Academy and has played on the varsity Golf and Softball Teams since her freshman year. She is a fifth generation Coloradoan and has attended many Central City Opera performances. Miss Schumar also enjoys baking, cooking and reading and volunteers at the "Hope House of Colorado". Her mother, Ashley Lyford Schumar, was presented as a Flower Girl in 1978.
Ellen Gates Toll – Miss Toll is a junior at Kent Denver and enjoys soccer. She plays competitive soccer and has been a member of the Kent varsity Soccer Team since her freshman year. Miss Toll's relatives first came to Central City in 1869. Other relatives of Miss Toll's settled in Black Hawk, Georgetown and Del Norte in the 1870's.
Miss Toll's grandfather, Giles, enjoyed Central City Opera as a boy in the 1930's. While at school back East, Giles presented a report on Central City Opera to his classmates, assuring them that living in the West provided rich cultural experiences.
Additionally, Miss Toll will be playing Volleyball this fall and enjoys piano and photography. She also volunteers with Breakthrough Kent Denver and would like to go to college back East following her graduation in 2012.
Courtney Diane Wham- Miss Wham is a junior at Kent Denver School where she enjoys playing volleyball and basketball. She is actively participates in Model UN and choir. Her maternal Grandmother, Nancy Van Derbur Knowlton was a Flower Girl, and she has attended Central City Opera events since she was a child. Coco's mother Julie is a past Chair of Central City Opening Night and of the Antique Show.
Additionally, Miss Wham frequently volunteers at various animal shelters including the MaxFund and the Feline Fix where she assists with surgery, and helps foster and adopt out homeless kittens in Denver. Her interests also include skiing and sailing.


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CHAPEL HILL – Musician, entrepreneur and UNC alum Catie King has forged music and business together in a way that serves the community. King's venture, Resound Magazine, is the final feature of our LaUNCh Chapel Hill summer series.
Check out Kings' song, "Maybe Tonight," on her second album Catch and Release.
When King isn't working on her music, the Raleigh Native is busy in LaUNCh growing Resound Magazine, a national network of locally focused digital music magazines run entirely by student journalists.
"The way I like to put it is the local music scene here, and it seems in other localities, is that it is over-fragmented and under-served. Resound serves as the connective tissue between all of the parties participating in local music to create a dynamic, to create a dialogue, external and internal," King said.
King said the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area has a flourishing music scene, but as an emerging artist, she had a hard time finding outlets to share her music.
"I thought about how it took a year and half to get my album reviewed by the Daily Tar Heel, and that seems a little ridiculous. And I still haven't gotten a single play on XYZ [WXYC] which is a frustration shared by most UNC student [musicians]. Also with my experience of trying to find other musicians and other venues to play in, finally giving you the time of day so you can book a show. I was sitting back and trying to figure out why it took so long," King said.
King wrote on the magazine's web site that "every city has a soundtrack. It's our job to play it." The magazine features traditional media coverage of the local music community, including news, reviews, and interviews in addition to multimedia and social content. King said she is launching the next branch of Resound Magazine at the College of Charleston and plans to add more colleges across the country in the coming months. She said she has a particular interest in colleges with music business programs.
The passion for music has always been there, King said, but she laughed about her road to becoming an entrepreneur, saying she stumbled "face first" into it. King, who graduated from UNC in May with a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and a minor in etrepenuership, took a course a couple of years ago called "Launching the Venture." The class was taught by Ted Zoller, who oversees LaUNCh and serves as the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at UNC Kenan-Flagler.
"Without that course, I have no idea what I would be doing right now. It has connected me with dozens of important local entrepreneurs and experts. I have the materials and the know-how to be able to execute on the idea. I didn't have that a year ago," King said.
King launched Resound in April of 2012, and when the opportunity to be a part of LaUNCh Chapel Hill came about this past spring, she knew it would lead to great opportunities for growing her venture.
"I think the best part about, especially being around such young minds, is it gives you a sense of possibility that you don't have otherwise," King said. "You feel unhinged and able to dream past your original vision. I try to get in here as early as I can everyday to try to convince myself that I have a real job and everyone keeps asking me, 'When are you going to get a real job?' And I hope that's the question for decades to come."
If her world weren't already busy enough, she released her third album, Suspended EP, in May. This month King returned from a trip to Los Angeles, California, where she met with a record executive in the music industry and also explored opportunities to expand Resound.
You can catch King live on August 29 as part of the Oak City 7 concert series in Raleigh.
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Those first weeks after the birth, you are just worn out and tired and it can be pretty difficult to get anything done. If you run your own home business, though, you will probably find that you have to get things done anyway. Here are a few tips to make it work.
- Sleep when the baby does. Yes, even if you have a big pile of work. Since newborns don't sleep for long periods of time, you need to get your rest when you can. A worn out mommy isn't good for working or parenting.
- Wear your baby. Using a normal baby carrier is best if you work at the computer, since a sling can get in the way. Or wear your baby in a sling on your back. This keeps the baby nice and content while you can continue to work.
- Get a swing or bouncy seat . . . or better yet, both! Movement calms fussy babies and if you find yourself up against a deadline with a colicky infant, that bouncy chair will become your new best friend! Swings are even better, just make sure it's one that lies down since a newborn can't sit up in a swing designed for older babies.
- Accept help. If someone offers to take the baby for an hour, let them. Even if it's your mother-in-law. I wouldn't do this all the time, but the truth is, it isn't possible to work and care for a newborn without a bit of help. You can use the free time to either work or sleep . . . you decide.
- Write everything down. Those post-pregnancy hormones combined with lack of sleep can drain your brain. To avoid forgetting things, keep a notepad handy and write down deadlines, ideas and projects on it. It can also help to plan your day out ahead of time.
- Be prepared for major changes. If you worked at home before the baby, you'll want to jump right back in, but it doesn't work that way. Just accept that you will be running at a much lower capacity for a while and decide that it´s ok. After all, the important thing is to be with your baby. Make sure you schedule time to just play and spend time admiring those tiny toes, it can be too easy to miss things when you are frustrated about not being able to work when you want to.


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KinderBach: Simply Discover Piano
iOS Universal Education
★ Winner of GOLDEN APP AWARD by Apps for Homeschooling.com
★ 86/100 - AppoLearning
★ Top 10 Music Education App for Children - Smart Apps for Kids
★ "my kids love it!" 5/5 Score - Apps for Homeschooling.com
KinderBach presents the video teachings of Karri Gregor, Professional Musician and Artist with decades of teaching experience and thousands of students. KinderBach is a unique method of teaching very young children to actually PLAY PIANO, read NOTES, learn INTERVALS, RHYTHM, & music PATTERNS. Developed with children ages 3 - 7 in mind, your child will play songs and read music along with Karri Gregor and the characters of KinderBach.
•The most fun and engaging piano and music app on the App Store
•Improves all forms of musical skills including the Piano.
•Try the first game and two lessons for free, then choose which lessons you wish to purchase for your children. Lessons can be purchased one at a time, or at a reduced rate for entire levels.
•No subscription required, once you purchase a lesson it is yours for good.
•Hours of content for children of all ages over 3 levels, each containing 10 lessons.
•Dozens of video lessons allow your children to work directly with Karri Gregor to learn concepts and skills.
•Keyboard included in the app for use during video lessons.
•Six Mini-Games are unlocked as you purchase further lessons to learn more advanced concepts. The first Mini-Game is included with the application along with Lessons 1 and 2.
Each Lesson gives users 5 entertaining videos which teach core musical concepts regarding the Piano. Students either play along at home on their own piano, or use the keyboard included in the app underneath the lesson videos. In addition there are printable pages for most lessons, a tactile reinforcement of the concepts being taught. Each Mini-Game goes further to teach specific concepts such as key lettering and positioning, pattern and rhythm recognition, timing, and other topics in a fun and interactive manner.
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•Unlike other music and piano applications, KinderBach features the full lessons you would receive through KinderBach's in-home or by mail services and Piano lessons.
•Beautiful Artwork and high-quality music make KinderBach one of the most loveable and child friendly learning experiences on the App Store.
•6 Mini-Games in total are available to be unlocked as you progress through the lessons, covering core concepts in a fun and interactive manner for players of all ages and abilities.
•30 Lessons comprised of 5 videos a piece give the user hundreds of hours of musical and piano lessons that are sure to build on and improve their skillset.
★ "We really like how the music and activities in the app can be easily repeated at home and in the classroom." -KinderTown.com
★ "We find that the program is so fun and easy to implement that we believe any parent, with or without music background, would be able to teach the program confidently at home." -TheiMum.com
★ "The program is just a joy and never seems tedious. I had my little sister out for a visit this week, and all the kids here from ages 4 – 10 were all waiting for turns to use the app." -AppsforHomeschooling.com
•This is a universal app that will work on all devices with 1 purchase.
•This app does NOT REPORT ANY USER DATA. All performance and personal data is stored on your device.
•This app DOES feature in-app purchases, they are how you purchase new lessons.
•This app does NOT contain any advertising.
•This app DOES contain external links back to KinderBach's Website as well as to other age appropriate games.
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Put yourself in the recent grad's ballet flats: You're 22, living with your parents after four years of freedom, stuck watching golf with Dad and trying to sneak in quietly at 2 A.M. after a night out. It's like high school all over again, but not.
The (jobless) boomerang kid still needs to live her life—and for that, she'll need an allowance. And in fact, 34% of adults aged 18 to 24 get some parental help. Here's how to work it out.
First: Only dole out what you can afford. Your kid's allowance should be part of your budget—and it should never cut into retirement savings.
Work out what your kid needs to cover her costs (cell plan, date nights, gas). Stick to that amount, say Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D. and Rosemary Lichtman, Ph.D., consultants in family dynamics and founders of HerMentorCenter.com. You want to be supportive, but not limit her incentive to work, save, and move out.
As for you, grads: This isn't like the allowance you got when you were kids. Talk to your parents about how you fit into the bigger picture of your family's finances.
And if the job hunt drags on, find ways to bring in some cash (even if it means dog-walking, housepainting, babysitting). You'll feel productive—and your parents will appreciate the help.


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AUSTIN (AP) – An educational expert says public-school students in smaller classes tend to do better on standardized tests and even eventually become better citizens.
Northwestern University economist Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach testified Thursday at Texas' sweeping school finance trial.
She cited a 1970s study involving kindergartners through fourth graders in Tennessee that found that those in smaller class had improved test scores.
As adults, she said, the same kids are more likely to have gone to college, own their own homes and be saving for retirement. They are less likely to have been convicted of a crime.
Whitmore Schanzenbach also noted that steep budget cuts have forced many Texas schools to increase class sizes.
She said that will eventually hurt test scores and may lead to long-term negative life effects for students.
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So — Hockey Day in Canada ended with a line brawl.
Actually, the last game of the day, Canucks-Flames, started with a line brawl. Calgary's Bob Hartley put his punchers out there for the opening faceoff, John Tortorella followed, and voila.
UPDATE: After the period, Tortorella tried to ... talk to Hartley, maybe. Yes, he went to Calgary's locker room.
Good news for Tom Sestito: He didn't get one of the five game misconducts, so Keith Olbermann has some other potential targets.
Here's the full penalty list:
And here's a look at the penalty box in the immediate aftermath. That's a lot of dudes.
0:02 into the game: pic.twitter.com/7aDzmZplNM — Marc Dumont (@Dr_Habs) January 19, 2014
The Canucks' bench: Basically the opposite.
Oof. It's like the audience at a Panthers game in there. RT @jhiitela: Canucks bench right now... pic.twitter.com/Q3hIulKO5A— Pass it to Bulis (@passittobulis) January 19, 2014


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The following people were arrested on felony charges by law enforcement agencies in Davidson County, and, unless noted otherwise, were either placed in the Davidson County Detention Center or released from custody and are scheduled to appear in Lexington District Court on the date given:
• Lauren Olivia Moore, 22, of 910 W. Fifth Ave., was charged with breaking and/or entering and larceny after breaking and entering, $2,000 secured bond, July 22.
• Darline Kaye Wilcox, 50, of 5209 Prudencia Drive, McLeansville, was charged with attempt to obtain controlled substance by fraud, $500 secured bond, Aug. 5.
• Leroy Denard McNeair, 43, of 315 Eighth Ave., was charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, $5,000 secured bond, July 30.
• Margaret Byerly Lackey, 63, of 1151 W. Green St., Thomasville, was charged with trafficking opium or heroin, possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a schedule II controlled substance and simple possession of schedule II controlled substance, $50,000 secured bond, July 31, Thomasville.
• Samuel Green IV, 31, of 2300 Shadow Valley Road, High Point, was charged with felony flee/elude arrest with motor vehicle, $1,000 secured bond, July 17.
• Bobby Omar Luckett, 26, of 16531 Cypress Thicket Drive, Cypress, Texas, was charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana of up to one-half ounce and possession of drug paraphernalia, $25,000 secured bond, Aug. 2.


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Ugh. Don't even read this. I'm basically crying into the void here. Thanks for giving me a space to do it...
D-Day -- this one, at least -- was in the second week of June.
She and I have been together for 12 years, married for 4. Non-monogamy has never been okay in our relationship. I have been clear about my need for this from the beginning, and I have never failed to hold up my side of the bargain. She cheated on me once very early in our relationship. She did it again, far more seriously, in the third year. Each time it was with a man from a previous relationship. After the second time, I almost left but did not. She entered into intense therapy to try to resolve childhood traumas. We went to counseling. I agreed to try to move forward. We married in year 8.
Last spring (2012), I discovered that she had begun exchanging inappropriately warm messages with yet another old boyfriend (her first boyfriend). The messages were not sexual, but deeply emotional, and most importantly she hid them from me. I confronted her. I thought we were past this kind of thing and couldn't believe that she had allowed it to enter into our lives after so much time. She said that I had every right to be upset and that it was a wake-up call for her. She said that she would make sure that I knew about any contact, that she would be more aware of maintaining lines, that it truly was just a rekindling of a friendship and old patterns of communicating, but nothing more.
In June of this year, one year later, I discovered a new truth. It turns out that one week after telling me last spring that she never wanted me to worry, that she was deeply sorry for reviving deep pain from early in our relationship, that she would do anything to protect me and us, that she would never hide anything more from me again, she opened a secret email account and continued corresponding with this guy. She travels during the summers for work to the place where this guy lives. She met with the guy and they began a full-on PA.
I did not know. There was fuzzy time during the weeks that she was traveling, but not so out of the ordinary that I grew overly suspicious. When I asked her about it, she gaslighted me, saying that she hadn't heard anything from the guy since the spring, that I needed to trust her, etc. I should have known.
After effectively spending a good portion of summer 2012 together, they continued their email correspondence in fall 2012 and then met for another secret rendezvous in January 2013, this time in the city where we live. I was told that she had a weekend work trip. It turns out to have been a getaway with this guy.
The email correspondence continued through this spring (2013). The trauma of last spring plus a thousand little inconsistencies had made me increasingly suspicious, increasingly crazy. Completely out of my mind and fed up with the gut feeling that something was not right, I finally searched for more correspondence and found it.
When I confronted her, she told me everything. At first it was reluctant, but then it all gushed out. She gave me access to the secret email account. She stopped corresponding as far as I know.
She made the decision to travel again for work during this summer, and thus we have been basically separated for a month and a half. We talk everyday, often for several hours. She says she wants to try to repair things with me. She says that she has cut off all contact with the guy. She says that she wants to go into addiction therapy (for impulse control, not substance abuse), having gained new insights into her own issues through all of this. She says she wants me and our relationship, if we can mend it. She says she cannot believe that this all happened.
Me? I am still reeling. I feel awful pretty much all the time. I have a wife whom I deeply love and sincerely wish to be happy. I have a wife with whom I am unbelievably angry. I have a wife toward whom I am unbelievably resentful. I have a wife whom I absolutely, positively do not trust. I have a wife who I believe does, in fact, love me and does, in fact, want to be in our marriage. But I do not trust that she will ever be able to do it.
I am able to state all of this very clearly to her and to myself, yet I am painfully unable to give up hope that she might be able to figure it out. I know, at least, that I would be a fool to continue in such a marriage unless I am guaranteed that I will never find myself here again, that I am guaranteed to receive the love and respect that I deserve. I know that such guarantees are not really possible. I would advise anyone else that they are impossible.
Yet I cannot just say "it's over." And so I am stuck. When is enough enough? I feel so weak. So ashamed by my weakness. Yet I cannot fully close the door yet. She says she wants to try and I love her. Yet I don't know how to get back to solid ground from where I am.
If you have read this far, thanks for doing so. Is there any possibility for me to secure guarantees that she will never do anything of this sort again? I cannot take a leap of faith this time. It just seems like such a terrible, terrible, terrible waste.
PhantomLimb posted 8/6/2013 00:14 AM
I'm still pretty new here, too... and a pretty foggy BS... so I will let the veterans give more thorough advice...
That said, as someone who read the entire post and cares deeply for others who are going through what I'm going through... my initial response is, no, she isn't capable of being who you need her to be. And you deserve much better than that.
I'm really sorry you are going through this. But know you aren't "weak." Having the strength to love people despite their faults isn't weakness. It's shows the strength of your character. You just need to make sure that you don't let that strength become a vice by not pulling yourself out of a situation that is becoming increasingly toxic for you.
Trust me, you can't save her. She has to do it for herself.
[This message edited by PhantomLimb at 12:14 AM, August 6th (Tuesday)]
Josephine01 posted 8/6/2013 00:22 AM
I am so sorry that you find yourself in this position again. I wish I could give you some hope for your relationship. There will be people along soon to advise you. I just want you to know that I feel your pain and that you have been heard and I read the whole thing.
I wish you success in becoming happy with or without your WW.
To answer your question, I don't think there are any guarantees when it comes to WS. Most of the time one needs to follow their gut. It sounds like you know what that is telling you to do. I know this is hard. It is the worst hurt that I have experienced so far. But you can get through it. This site is full of people just like you. Check out the healing library to the left of the screen
You will find strength. Are you in IC? This seems like it would be a positive step to help yourself.
As I lived in denial for a long time, I can relate a little bit to your situation.
lovelymrsm posted 8/6/2013 00:26 AM
I am so proud of you for writing this post. I just started posting tonight also. I just joined SI after our 5th dday.
I understand your pain. I'm living it too. There are amazing things in the healing library that have helped me understand my feelings and start healing.
Keep posting and reading
gonnabe2016 posted 8/6/2013 08:40 AM
I'm seeing a pattern here....
She says she wants to try to repair things with me. She says that she has cut off all contact with the guy. She says that she wants to go into addiction therapy (for impulse control, not substance abuse), having gained new insights into her own issues through all of this. She says she wants me and our relationship,
She says she wants to try and I love her.
"She says she wants...." = pretty words right now.
Words that you will use to hold on to hope....but they really are nothing but a waste of oxygen and time right now.
She says that she has cut off all contact with the guy.
Well, she said that she had stopped contact last year.....and she was lying, right? So she thinks that you should just believe her....why?
She says she cannot believe that this all happened.
Really. Well, how incredibly 'passive' of her. *This* would not have happened if *she* hadn't been an active participant.
She is not some small little rowboat at the mercy of the high seas.
She is an adult woman with free will and the ability to make choices for herself.
See here's the deal....I want to get good grades. I want my kids to eat healthy. I want clean toilets. The caveat is this: No matter how badly I 'want' something, it usually takes ACTION on my part in order to make it happen. My toilets are not just going to magically clean themselves just because I 'want' them to, kwim?
My stbx was all 'talk' and no 'action.' It was frustrating and stupid. I told him one day: You're like the guy that says that he wants $1M, but then just sits on the couch all day, watching ESPN in your underwear, while bitching that you're not a millionaire yet.
Your WW is a serial-cheater.....which is not an automatic 'toss her aside' because I do believe that people can change. However, the person has to REALLY want to change and be very, very pro-active in taking the steps necessary for that change to occur. That person has to be committed to the change.
You are not a weak person for allowing your WW a chance to change.
After reading your story, I think you might be served well to detach from her a bit because based on what I read.....the odds are way more likely that she will be a repeat offender because her cycle seems to be that she gets caught and does 'just enough' to hold on to the relationship, and then starts up again. She seems to be unable to consider the effects of her behavior on you and your relationship.
And I'll bet that the whole "this is a wake-up call for me" line won't work on you this time, right?
Enough will be enough for you.....when enough becomes enough for you.
Some people reach 'enough' very quickly, and others take longer. And some never get there.
[This message edited by gonnabe2016 at 8:52 AM, August 6th (Tuesday)]
84CF posted 8/7/2013 20:47 PM
Thank you for your time and thoughts, everyone.
PhantomLimb: no, I can't save her. I just am not sure why part of me obviously still thinks that she will save herself and change the behaviors.
Jose: yes, I am in IC. It was the first call I made after finding out.
Lovely: hang in there.
Gonnabe: yes, definitely a pattern that I am trying to break. It's very hard for me to say, finally, no more chances. But I think that may have to be the outcome here. As I said, I cannot and will not take a leap of faith. I just wish there were some other way.
Ugh. Who needs all of this. I cannot believe that I am back here again. Have to concentrate on the fact that it's actually a new place to be, not an old one.
Thanks again, everyone.
Lionne posted 8/8/2013 00:00 AM
Gonnabe hit the nail...actions. You'll will never "get over this." But you can learn to live with it, you can repair your life you can live a new normal. Your wife has to do most of the heavy lifting.
There book HOW TO HELP YOUR SPOUSE HEAL FROM AN AFFAIR is short and sweet and lays out her job pretty clearly. She needs to take those steps, work that program carefully and diligently until, well, until you don't need her to anymore. That could take years. So be it.
Hugs. Post here, too. We listen.
TrustGone posted 8/8/2013 00:49 AM
I am sorry you find yourself here, but it is a great place to let your feelings show without judgement. I know you love your wife, that is obvious or you wouldn't still be trying to hold on. The truth of the matter is she checked out of the marriage a long time ago. They all have pretty words after they get caught, but it's the actions that really tell how sincere they really are. She choose to leave again for the summer. That says alot for how committed she is to the marriage. If she was truely remorseful she would be home trying to fix herself and the marriage instead of taking off for the summer. She knows what she did before while seperated, why would she do it again right after another DDay?? It sounds like she may be regretful for her latest A, but not remorseful. There is a big difference in the two.
She sounds like she is a serial cheater and you can't fix that. Only she can fix herself and it doesn't sound like she put a lot of effort into that.
I am sure this is not what you want to hear, but I am being truthful. I lived for over 20 years with a serial cheater. He was always sorry after the fact, then after a while he would do it again. I finally got enough and filed for D. Then I married another guy who I thought would never even think of cheating, but he also cheated on me for 3yrs, which I am currently dealing with.
Only you can say when enough is enough. You are the only one that can say what you are willing to put up with and for how long. Being a BS over and over again drains the life out of you until you wind up hating not only the WS, but also yourself for putting up with it and thinking they will eventually change and realize the hurt they are inflicting on you. So far I haven't really seen the remorse from either of my WH's. They both say they loved me and they are sorry, but after awhile it is just words that mean nothing anymore.
I think you know what you have to do and it hurts so bad to have to do it, but you have to save yourself. You are the only one that can control how your life turns out. Do you want to continue to be cheated on? Do you want her telling you she loves you as she is heading out the door to met another man? Do you want to continue to live through this kind of pain? Do you want her to continue to lie and manipulate you? Do you want her to throw you crumbs everytime she cheats to keep you as her back-up plan? Please read up on the 180 and start implementing it. It will help you detach enough to think about what you really want in life. (((HUGS)))
84CF posted 8/10/2013 08:17 AM
Really hurting today.
She is slated to return to my city in 10 days. The question is whether she returns home. I hear essentially two things from her: 1) she wants to return to try to work things out -- give it one year, she says; 2) she also says that she does not know what she wants.
I can't tell what this means. I told her that no amount of work on our marriage was going to fix the lying and cheating. I am not perfect, and I'm sure that I could learn to be an even better communicator in our marriage, etc. But I also have no control over whether she lies to me and cheats on me, and I refuse to take responsibility for that. Those are her problems that only she can solve, and unless she is willing to recognize that and actually do something about it, there is no chance of a happy marriage for both of us.
I just feel so awful. To anyone out there: Am I wrong in my thinking here? Any recommended adjustments/further thoughts?
womaninflux posted 8/10/2013 08:25 AM
Your posts say a lot about what SHE wants. What do YOU want?
Also, have you considered the possibility that she is a love/sex addict with intimacy disorder? It certainly sounds like she is. You should do an internet search (there are a lot of helpful websites with info on this addiction) and see if some of her behaviors are in line with this issue.
jjct posted 8/10/2013 08:30 AM
You are absolutely correct about:
no amount of work on our marriage was going to fix the lying and cheating.
She doesn't know what she wants?
That's a weak attempt to reel you in to "fix it for her" mode.
Whatever you do - just take care of you. ok?
doggiediva posted 8/10/2013 08:46 AM
As was previously said only you will know when enough is enough..In the meantime working on you ensures that you will find direction and clarity in this mess.
My thoughts and prayers are with you that you won't be stuck in M or in house separation longer than you want to be because of finances(like me)when you do get the clarity of knowing when enough is enough..
Wishing you strength and peace
84CF posted 8/10/2013 08:53 AM
Thanks, womaninflux and jjct and doggiediva.
What do I want? 1) Truly, I want peace and well-being. 2) However, I also still want her to get it together so that I can be with her and still have #1. It's very difficult for me to give up on #2 when I believe that part of her wants that, too, even though my gut knows that my giving up is likely the only outcome here.
I'm not so lost that I can't see how my thinking is problematic here, but I'm trying to be honest about where I am.
[This message edited by 84CF at 8:54 AM, August 10th (Saturday)]
gonnabe2016 posted 8/10/2013 09:52 AM
It's very hard for me to say, finally, no more chances. But I think that may have to be the outcome here. As I said, I cannot and will not take a leap of faith. I just wish there were some other way
Over the last 3 years, I kept giving stbx 'chances.' Chance after chance after chance. And he blew every single one until I was forced to look at the situation and see that there was NO scenario in which staying with him was palatable. It actually got to the point where hearing him say "I want to...", or "I'm going to...", or even "I'm sorry...." became very strong triggers for me and I would shut down instantly when I heard them because we'd BEEN through that song & dance before and I knew that the final move ended up with him dropping me on the floor instead of helping me to land gracefully on my feet.
I also still want her to get it together so that I can be with her
I hear ya. BTDT. And it's very, very hard to 'let go' when your spouse is *saying* the 'right' things to you. But until SHE sees that she needs to 'get it together' for herSELF and starts actually taking steps to work on it......you just have to look at her and know that she is still that *same* person regardless of the drivel that is coming from her mouth.
Last Week:
She says she wants me and our relationship, if we can mend it
But Now:
return to try to work things out -- give it one year, she says; 2) she also says that she does not know what she wants
TBH, there is not too much worse than hearing your serial-cheating spouse tell you that s/he isn't 'sure' of what s/he wants and it really is a ticket to the LimboLand/More Cheating train for you. (Pssst --> that destination sucks. I don't recommend it.)
And like jj, I get the impression that she is expecting you to be the one to 'fix this' and make it work......( and FYI, I tried that one too, and ended up in the previously mentioned sucky destination)
Brandon808 posted 8/10/2013 09:55 AM
I apologize for the bluntness but your WW is broken.
You cannot fix her because she does not want to be fixed.
She feeds on this drama, this conflict. She has shown it to be a consistent pattern...the only consistent pattern.
Separate from her until she genuinely gets help on her own. Get IC for yourself and be prepared to lose the M in order to (perhaps) save it.
StrongerOne posted 8/10/2013 13:03 PM
84cf, you are getting great advice here, and lots of support. I'm going to be super blunt -- because you need to take care of yourself. Get std testing immediately. Don't have sex w your wife until she gets tested and you get the results directly from her doc. If you do have sex w her, use protection.
catlover50 posted 8/10/2013 15:20 PM
Your WW needs to be doing everything in her power to fix herself and then win YOU back. Anything short of a heroic effort is wasting your time IMHO. You are not getting anything close to that at this time.
She knows you. She knows what she has to lose. You have nothing to prove. She does.
Make her fight for you. If it takes months of separation for her to get it, fine-- you will be busy getting your strength back and working on you. If she never gets it then she's not worth it!!! YOU are the prize, and should not have to convince her of that.
So sorry you have to deal with this nightmare.
fallingquickly posted 8/10/2013 15:46 PM
Hugs 84CF,
But I also have no control over whether she lies to me and cheats on me, and I refuse to take responsibility for that.
is an important realization you have made.
I had two DDs and some TT after that. He continued to cheat after the first DD. Like you, I wanted to believe him and believe in him. I found out it had been going on for years, at least his trying to pick up women. I now believe there is more that I don't know, but it truly doesn't matter anymore. I came to the conclusion that things were not going to change. Oddly, for me, that realization occurred with a relatively small thing. A refusal to answer an unimportant personal question and then finding out that he was hiding an activity I would not have been mad about if he had told me in the first place.
There will come a point where you know things aren't going to change. Sometimes we hang on for a long time working our butts off to facilitate that change. I held out for over two years. That was after years of alcoholism and bad treatment. I am mostly at peace with it but I also have doubts at times. It's not like a switch flips. It's more like the scales tip too far one way and they just keep going.
I truly mourn what could have been. However, that just wasn't what was really happening. He was leading a different life than I with different values and morals.
Think it through. Think for yourself if this is what you really want. Are you staying because of who you want her to be or who she really is?
84CF posted 8/10/2013 20:07 PM
Wow. Just, wow.
So, there has been fuzzy time in the last week and today I found strange credit card charges. I called her on it, and she had explanations. Then I called her on another bit and caught her in a big lie about where she said she was this afternoon.
"Why are you still lying to me?" I said.
"I don't know," she replied.
"You've been seeing him?"
"You need to find a new place to live," I said. And I hung up.
This is really going to hurt in the morning. I'm in complete shock. What is the point of lying to me at this moment? So, so sad. At least I know.
[This message edited by 84CF at 8:07 PM, August 10th (Saturday)]
OK now posted 8/10/2013 20:50 PM
Your wife sounds like she is addicted to the high of cheating relationships and there is little to no chance she will stop. I believe she is waiting for you to do the dirty work of ending the marriage and she keeps giving you reason after reason to do so.
Its sad and painful but you have to file and begin the process of terminating your relationship. She's a selfish liar who cannot be trusted and she has little respect for you or your marriage.
Let her go. There is a better future out there.


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Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe returned to the witness stand Thursday, crying as she described the singer "begging for relief" from medical issues and treatments she said were "horribly painful."
It was the second day of testimony for Rowe, who married Jackson in 1996, and is the mother of his two oldest children. They divorced a few years later. Rowe met the singer while she was working for Beverly Hills dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein.
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