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Sanger first used a newsletter to spread the word about her findings and views, and was arrested and indicted for sending obscene material via the mail. Her speaking career began after those charges were dismissed, in 1916. By the 1920s, she was traveling to spread the word internationally and opening clinics to record women's medical histories and distribute information about birth control, the precusor of the International Planned Parenthood Federation she later founded.
Her 1925 speech, The Children's Era, addressed the results of overpopulation and a lack of birth control options: Children who were "unwelcome, unwanted, unprepared for, unknown," with poor health, hunger, abandonment and abysmal living conditions. It's a spirited speech. After asking why so little progress had been made in helping children, despite good intentions and philanthropy, she used this analogy to answer:
Before you can cultivate a garden, you must know something about gardening. You have got to give your seeds a proper soil in which to grow. You have got to give them sunlight and fresh air. You have got to give them space and the opportunity (if they are to lift their flowers to the sun), to strike their roots deep into that soil. And always -- do not forget this -- you have got to fight weeds. You cannot have a garden, if you let weeds overrun it. So, if we want to make this world a garden for children, we must first of all learn the lesson of the gardener. So far we have not been gardeners.Later in the speech, she answers critics of the birth control movement, noting how they use subtle but sexist comments to attempt to sideline her:
When we protest against this immeasurable, meaningless waste of motherhood and child-life; when we protest against the ever-mounting cost to the world of asylums, prisons, homes for the feeble-minded, and such institutions for the unfit, when we protest against the disorder and chaos and tragedy of modern life, when we point out the biological corruption that is destroying the very heart of American life, we are told that we are making merely an "emotional" appeal.Just two years after this successful speech, Sanger organized and spoke at the first World Population Conference in Geneva--and ran up against a stunning effort to discourage her work by erasing all public acknowledgement of women's role in the conference:
Despite almost single-handedly putting the conference together, Sanger was asked by Sir Bernard Mallet, president of Britain's Royal Statistical Society and conference chairman, to remove her name and those of her (female) assistants from the official program on the grounds that "the names of the workers should not be included on scientific programs." Despite Sanger's insistence that all of the women involved were as much participants as the scientists on the program, and even a protest strike by the clerical staff, Sanger realized the intensity of the opposition she faced. To salvage the conference, she convinced her assistants to accept the situation and allowed the program to be printed without mention of the women's names (including her own).Here's what you can learn from Sanger's 1925 speech:
- Alliteration helps you make a compact, memorable message: Describing the children as "unwelcome, unwanted, unprepared for, unknown" helped Sanger and her listeners recall those words, and underscored the negative conditions into which they were born.
- Focusing on the children helped her make the case for the mothers: Knowing women would be blamed for their conditions and the repeated pregancies they faced, Sanger appealed to her audiences -- audiences she hoped would supply funding and political clout to change anti-birth control laws -- using the stories of children to unite her listeners and forge support for the services for mothers. It's a tactic still in use today.
- Analogies help persuade and create images in the mind's eye: From comparing her listeners as poor gardeners, or when describing the chaos of social services as a busy train station, Sanger made analogies a frequent tool in this and other speeches. As a result, she was able to summarize complex policies and social concepts in ways any listener could appreciate, and later repeat.
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Dana Jackson celebrated her 100th birthday by marrying her 87 year-old fiance Bill Strauss at Rosewood Health Care Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Apparently, the wedding game has change quite a bit in Dana's century on the planet: "Gettin' married wasn't a big thing back when I was young. It wasn't no big thing."
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A research collaboration led by MIT has received a five-year $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation and the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office of the Department of Homeland Security to study new approaches to the detection of shielded nuclear material.
The approach proposed by MIT involves a new method for producing monoenergetic gamma rays which can penetrate materials and can clearly differentiate between ordinary materials and special nuclear materials (SNM) such as uranium, while reducing the radiation dose by a factor of 20 relative to previous approaches. The new system will combine a unique radiation source with new concepts in detectors and new approaches to inference and data analysis algorithms that can clearly delineate between potential threats and benign materials using both statistical inferences and physics-based simulations.
The overarching goal of the project is to develop a novel approach to the active detection of shielded nuclear materials while in transit with an easily relocatable low-dose system. The system approach will be such that a fast screen can be made to rapidly clear the vast majority of objects which pose no threat and, if a potential threat is detected, to use the same system to positively identify the presence of nuclear materials.
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text: cowdery Posted May 28, 2006 We started to talk about the late Mr. Frank in another thread, but he deserves one of his own. Frank died in January. Here, from Forbes, is his obit.I started this thread specifically to comment on something Gary said in the other one. Frank's genius was in building brands, not necessarily in creating them. He tended to spot something that already existed and see its undeveloped potential. One thing he seemed to be good at doing was not letting the past cloud his vision of the future. In Jagermeister, he took something that was viewed primarily as something akin to a medicine and repositioned it as a frat boy party drink. He recognized that young people are ignorant of and indifferent to history and tradition, so why not a French vodka?I never met him, but he supposedly was a lot of fun. As I said in the other thread, one of the old lions. We won't see his kind again anytime soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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I ran into Tonx and Kyle the other day. Very fun. Got a chance to catch up, talk about Greece, theories on various aspects of espresso, our shared hatred for Monsooned Malabar, the fun times in Charlotte, IP thieves, Belgian Ale and the future.
It sounds as if things are very exciting for those boys. I'm sure we'll all be interested to see what the future holds.
I also (finally) wrapped up my article for Barista Magazine. It was a struggle. As Andrew Barnett said, "you're trying to turn a 300 page book that you care passionately about into a single magazine article." I worry that people might not get it. I worry that it might seem bizarre or obvious or obscure or just poorly written.
I guess I always kind of feel this way once done.
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There was an interesting conversation on Twitter yesterday about the personalization of information via algorithm-based filters. It was started by Megan Murray, and Thomas Vander Wal, Gordon Ross, and Susan Scrupski quickly joined in with their viewpoints. Rachel Happe and I were late to the conversation, but we were able to interact with some of the original participants.
.The gist of the conversation was that some consumer social services (i.e. Facebook, Google Search, Yahoo News) have gotten rather aggressive about applying algorithms to narrow what we see in our personal activity streams. As a result, we aren't able to see other information that might be useful or entertaining in our default view; we may only digest what the algorithm "thinks" is important or relevant to us. Or we must switch to a different view to see additional information (e.g. Live Feed v. News Feed in Facebook). Even worse, in some cases, the other information is simply not available to us, because the service doesn't provide a way to override the algorithm that excluded it.
It was also noted in the Twitter conversation that the current crop of enterprise social software lacks sophisticated personalization facilities. In fact, it works the opposite way of consumer social services; the entire activity stream is usually exposed to an individual, who then has to narrow it by manually selecting and applying pre-defined filters. IBM, Jive, NewsGator, and others are beginning to use algorithms to include certain status events and updates in the stream, and to exclude others, but their efforts will require fine tuning after organizations have experimented with these nascent (or yet-to-be released) personalization features.
The default view of an enterprise activity stream should be highly personalized to the context in which an individual is working (e.g. role, business process, location, time, etc.) Optional views should allow individuals to override the algorithmically chosen results and see information relevant to a specific parameter (e.g. person, group, application, task, tag, etc.) Finally, an individual should be able to view the entire stream, if he or she so desires.
Why is the latter important? It introduces serendipity into the mix. Highly personalized information views can increase productivity for an individual as they do their job, but at the expense of awareness of what else is occurring around them (I wrote about this earlier this week, in this post.) This condition of overly-personalized information presentation has been called a "filter bubble". The bubble is a virtual, protective barrier against information overload that is analogous to a plastic enclosure used in hospitals to shield highly vulnerable patients from potential infections.
Organizations must consciously balance the need to protect (and maximize the productivity of) their constituents from information overload with the desire to encourage and increase innovation (through serendipitous connection of individuals, their knowledge and ideas, and information they produce and consume.) That balance point is different for every organization and every individual who works in or with it.
Enterprise social software must be designed to accommodate the varying needs of organizations with respect to the productivity versus awareness issue. Personalization algorithms should be easily tunable, so an organization can configure an appropriate level of personalization (for example, InMagic's core Presto technology features a "Social Volume Knob" that allows an an administrator to control what and how content is affected by social media. Different kinds of social content from certain people can carry different weight or influence.) More discrete, granular filters should be built into social software so individuals can customize their activity stream view on the fly (I made that case, just over a year ago, in this post.) A contextually personalized view should be the default, but enterprise social software must be designed so individuals can quickly and easily switch to a different (highly specific or broader) view of organizational activity.
What do you think? Should personalization be the default, or applied only when desired? What specific filters would you like to see in enterprise social software that aren't currently available? What role does/could portal technology play in the personalization of organizational information and activity flows? What other concerns do you have about information overload, filter bubbles, and missed opportunities for serendipity and innovation? Please weigh in with a comment below.
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UPDATED: State police officially ID man shot and killed by Norwich police
Norwich — State police have officially identified the man shot and killed Sunday by city police officers after they said he pointed a gun at them as 52-year-old Michael Dugas of 172 Laurel Hill Ave.
Norwich police said at 7:18 p.m. Sunday they received a report of a man with a gun in a neighborhood park lin the area of Laurel Hill Avenue and Center Street. The caller hung up when asked for more details.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man who told them that he had a gun. The man was despondent and refused to follow the officer's commands.
Police said they attempted to communicate with the man for a period of time, when he suddenly drew a handgun from his pocket and pointed it at them.
Several officers fired at the "gun-wielding" subject in self-defense, Norwich police said. The man was taken to the William W. Backus Hospital, where he later died.
Paul Johnson said he was taking out his garbage when another neighbor told him Dugas was in trouble by the park.
Johnson said he went down to the park and saw several police officers around Dugas, who was illuminated by a spotlight. He said that when Dugas made a "movement," he heard about 15 gunshots and saw Dugas fall to the ground.
Johnson stressed that Dugas was a "super-nice guy who wouldn't hurt anyone" but had struggled since his wife died.
As is routine in any officer-involved shooting, the state police and the New London State Attorney's Office have taken charge of the investigation.
State police Sgt. Donna Tadiello said state police are investigating how many officers were at the scene and who discharged their weapon. It is no certain how many officers will be placed on administrative duties as a result of the shooting.
Sunday's shooting is the fourth officer-involved shooting in the city in the last year. The most recent occurred on Jan. 7 when Officer Jonathan Ley was shot four times by Jason Razzino, 30, during a Cedar Street standoff. Razzino committed suicide after an hours-long standoff with police.
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Ever hear of the Procter & Gay company in Morenci?
The firm manufactured fishing lures and it could have been a simple operation in someone's garage or living room.
Chad Miller found a photo of their product in a book about Michigan-made fishing lures and he's seeking additional information.
The text in the book indicates they were made by the son-in-law or brother-in-law of the person who made the Strike Master lures in Versailles, Ohio.


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Here is the inspiration photo for the challenge.
Here is my take on it.
I was inspired by the colors (hot pink, mint, kelly green and kraft) in the photo and used them for my card. I used the lovely snowman from the Swanky Snowdudes set. He is stamped on PTI's Stamper's Select White cardstock and colored with Copic markers.
The background is created by dragging a piece of watercolor paper through a pool of ink created by smashing (ink pads) a little bit of shabby shutters and lots of tumbled glass distress inks onto my craft sheet plus lots of water. I then stamped the snowflakes from the same stamp set with tumbled glass distress ink. The sentiment is also from the Swanky Snowdudes set. The seam binding is dyed with the leftover ink from making the background.
That's it for now. Find out all the details for the challenge here. Have a fantastic day, my friends! =)
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Adobe flash player version 10 (code-named "Astro") has been released and available for download. It has many new features such as:
+ Visual performance improvements
+ 3D effects
+ Custom Filters and Effects
+ Advanced Text Layout
+ Enhanced Drawing API
+ Performance improvements and much more.
You must uninstall any currently installed Flash Player before installing the beta under Linux or Mac / Windows computer. Open Firefox and type following at url box:
(Fig. 01: Flash Player 9 installed)
Method #1: Install Ubuntu flash 10 Player
Visit this url and grab .deb file. Uninstall old flashplayer 9 ( if installed ):
$ sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree
Now, install Flash 10 (make sure Firefox is not running):
$ sudo dpkg -i install_flash_player_10_linux.deb
Start firefox and type about:plugins. You should see list of plugins including Flash 10.
Method #2: Install Flash Player 10 Final in your home directory
If you need to install flash plugin in your home directory, type the following commands. To uninstall type the command:
$ cd ~/.mozilla
$ rm flashplayer.xpt libflashplayer.so
Visit adobe website to grab flash player 10 tar.gz (tar ball). Download and install flash player 10 (please exit any browsers you may have running):
$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
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Copyright(C) 2002-2006 Adobe Macromedia Software LLC. All rights reserved. Adobe Flash Player 10 for Linux Adobe Flash Player 10 will be installed on this machine. You are running the Adobe Flash Player installer as a non-root user. Adobe Flash Player 10 will be installed in your home directory. Support is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/ To install Adobe Flash Player 10 now, press ENTER. To cancel the installation at any time, press Control-C. NOTE: Please exit any browsers you may have running. Press ENTER to continue... ----------- Install Action Summary ----------- Adobe Flash Player 10 will be installed in the following directory: Mozilla installation directory = /home/vivek/.mozilla Proceed with the installation? (y/n/q): y NOTE: Please ask your administrator to remove the xpti.dat from the components directory of the Mozilla or Netscape browser. Installation complete. Perform another installation? (y/n): n Please log out of this session and log in for the changes to take effect. The Adobe Flash Player installation is complete.
Now open Firefox and type about:plugins:
(Fig. 02: Flash Player 10 installed)
You can now view any flash based site (see featured demos and videos on official site) or video from Youtube video sharing site 🙂
(Fig.03: Flash 10 demo featured at official site)
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1333?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12622371#action_12622371 ] Michael McCandless commented on LUCENE-1333: -------------------------------------------- bq. This is rather expensive. Integer.hashCode() merely returns its value. Constructing a new Integer is unnecessary. Duh, I didn't realize that's the hashCode function for Integer. I like you're new hashCode. bq. I'll probably add copyFrom(Token) as a means to initialize one token to have the same content as another. There are a couple of places that this is appropriate. I like this, but maybe name it reinit(Token)? bq. Also, are the reinit methods used? I think we could use it in further places (I didn't search exhaustively). DM if you can pull together a patch w/ these fixes that'd be great! > Token implementation needs improvements > --------------------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-1333 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1333 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Analysis > Affects Versions: 2.3.1 > Environment: All > Reporter: DM Smith > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 2.4 > > Attachments: LUCENE-1333-analysis.patch, LUCENE-1333-analyzers.patch, LUCENE-1333-core.patch, LUCENE-1333-highlighter.patch, LUCENE-1333-instantiated.patch, LUCENE-1333-lucli.patch, LUCENE-1333-memory.patch, LUCENE-1333-miscellaneous.patch, LUCENE-1333-queries.patch, LUCENE-1333-snowball.patch, LUCENE-1333-wikipedia.patch, LUCENE-1333-wordnet.patch, LUCENE-1333-xml-query-parser.patch, LUCENE-1333.patch, LUCENE-1333.patch, LUCENE-1333.patch, LUCENE-1333.patch, LUCENE-1333.patch, LUCENE-1333.patch, LUCENE-1333.patch, LUCENE-1333a.txt > > > This was discussed in the thread (not sure which place is best to reference so here are two): > http://email@example.com%3E > or to see it all at once: > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/lucene/java-dev/62851 > Issues: > 1. JavaDoc is insufficient, leading one to read the code to figure out how to use the class. > 2. Deprecations are incomplete. The constructors that take String as an argument and the methods that take and/or return String should *all* be deprecated. > 3. The allocation policy is too aggressive. With large tokens the resulting buffer can be over-allocated. A less aggressive algorithm would be better. In the thread, the Python example is good as it is computationally simple. > 4. The parts of the code that currently use Token's deprecated methods can be upgraded now rather than waiting for 3.0. As it stands, filter chains that alternate between char[] and String are sub-optimal. Currently, it is used in core by Query classes. The rest are in contrib, mostly in analyzers. > 5. Some internal optimizations can be done with regard to char[] allocation. > 6. TokenStream has next() and next(Token), next() should be deprecated, so that reuse is maximized and descendant classes should be rewritten to over-ride next(Token) > 7. Tokens are often stored as a String in a Term. It would be good to add constructors that took a Token. This would simplify the use of the two together. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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ARLINGTON — A citywide crackdown on illegal camping, panhandling and drug crimes has kicked off in Arlington with updated city codes and plans for a new satellite police station in Smokey Point.
The new police station is expected to be operating within 30 days, Arlington Public Safety Director Bruce Stedman said. The city is still pinning down a location.
Stedman plans to have some of Arlington's 27 officers work from the Smokey Point station. This would give police a stronger presence in an area where business owners are worried about crime and the homeless, Stedman said.
Smokey Point is one of three areas in the city where problems have been particularly prevalent, city administrator Kristin Banfield said. The others are Haller Park and Twin Rivers Park.
Newly approved city codes give police more authority to address panhandling and illegal camping, activities often associated with drug use, Stedman said.
The Arlington City Council unanimously approved the code changes July 7.
The new language makes it illegal to ask for money, food or anything else within 300 feet of an intersection, park, school zone, day care, nursing home, bank, parking lot, bus stop, or highway on or off ramp. It also prohibits begging on a bus; within 25 feet of an occupied handicapped parking space; or within one foot of another person.
Unless a private property owner gives permission, camping or keeping things on someone else's property is also prohibited.
People can be fined up to $1,000 or sentenced to 90 days in jail for violating the new regulations.
The city still aims to provide resources to people who are homeless, Banfield said. Arlington works with United Way and the state Department of Social and Health Services.
"The people we're focusing on are the ones with drug addiction issues who have burned every last bridge," Banfield said.
Marysville has also moved to cut down panhandling and drug crimes. Marysville and Arlington started their Keep the Change campaign last year, urging people to say no when asked for money.
It's important not to give money directly to panhandlers, Banfield and Stedman said. If people can make a living that way, they have no motivation to get off the street.
Drug users, particularly heroin addicts, use panhandling to fund their habit while camping in the woods around town, Stedman said.
"Our problem is that this community is so giving, so these individuals are sometimes making between $200 and $300 a day by panhandling," Stedman said. "I've been barraged by community members, by business members, about the crime that these individuals bring."
He said police respond to hundreds of call each year at the Walmart in Smokey Point, mainly for shoplifting. Elsewhere, they've found camps in the woods littered with trash and used hypodermic needles.
"It's just a bad situation," Stedman said. "The citizens of Arlington are done. They've had it."
Stedman, who has been Arlington's Public Safety Director for about five weeks, said each 12-hour shift of police officers handles up to 70 incidents, some of them 911 calls and others initiated by a police officer while patrolling. About 25 of those incidents are usually related to drug crimes, trespassing, illegal campfires or panhandling. Arlington police plan to roll out a community policing plan in August at National Night Out. The goal is to get people who live and work in Arlington involved with reporting illegal activity and being aware of problems in their neighborhoods.
"We need everyone involved," Stedman said. "We want people in on this."
The updated city codes took effect Tuesday. Banfield said the city has been working since July 7 to educate the homeless about the new restrictions.
"In the past few days, they're getting harder to find," Banfield said. "So they're getting the message that they need to move along."
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text: Tomorrow, the Space Shuttle will lift off from Cape Canaveral for the last time. This launch marks the end of a 30-year space shuttle program era. The Shuttle program wasn't just a bridge between earth and space, but the most ambitious engineering project the world has ever seen. The bravery of the astronauts that flew it, the ingenuity of the scientists that designed it and the diligence of the engineers who built it has inspired a generation of dreamers and game-changers across the world. From one game-changer to another, Aprilia USA, known for its advancements in two-wheel technology, invites you to share in our tribute to America's Space Shuttle Program and last flight. Please check out the video tribute from Aprilia USA.


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Last night I went to a Memorial Tribute arranged by a co-worker and friend whose father passed away unexpectedly a few weeks ago. I have been to my fair share of funerals, "Shiva" sittings, and memorials over the years, but I have never had the honor to experience one like this. It was a true celebration of a life, and an evening filled with much more laughter than tears. There were probably 400 people in attendance, and a heavy presence of both law enforcement professionals and leather clad bikers, two seemingly disparate communities, yet my friend's dad was clearly beloved by both.A Story Well Told...One by one, dozens of family, friends, and former co-workers took to the podium to share very personal, emotional, and overwhelmingly funny stories of their experiences with, and love for, my friend's father. To say it was inspirational would be a gross understatement. I felt I was witnessing an incredibly special moment, driven by pure love for someone who clearly had been an incredibly special person. While I never had the chance to meet my friend's dad, hearing the stories and seeing the slideshow of so many captured moments, I could clearly see his spirit and influence in my friend, and even in my friend's young son. Yes, it was sad, but it was also very beautiful and filled with hope. Influence And Impact
Clearly, my friend's dad touched many lives, and lived his own life to the fullest. Trite as that may sound, from what I witnessed and learned, in this case it really is true. It was wonderful to see how they celebrated him now that he is gone. As I walked to my car after leaving, without hesitation I took out my phone and called my own parents, something I know I don't do often enough. Though I never met him while he was alive, meeting him now, through the stories told, and the shared experience of their telling, my friend's father has indeed impacted my life too. There's Always Room To Learn
I think I learned many things last night, but the one thing I want to try harder to focus on is to celebrate life now. I want to celebrate my life and all that I have to be grateful for, and I want to celebrate the lives of my children and my family and all the people that I love. I don't want to wait for the memorial. How about you?
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St. Maarten Café set to re-open
When St. Maarten Café abruptly closed at the end of January after 26 years, the outpouring of nostalgia and grief was immediate. A Friends of St. Maarten Café Facebook group had 350 members by 6pm on the day this news was reported at readthehook.com, and some of those commenting describe bursting into tears at hearing the news. The following day, a vigil was held outside the door of the restaurant, with people leaving flowers and cards. Owners Jim and Lisa Roland, who finally chose to retire, said they were stunned by the reaction.
Today, the Facebook group has 795 members.
And now there's some more stunning news. Thanks to a group of long-time patrons and investors, St. Maarten will reopen.
"We always used to joke about how we should all get together and buy the place," says Tim Mulholland, a Charlottesville-based information technology executive, who, along with four fellow members of the UVA Trigon Engineering Society's alumni network, partnered with recent St. Maarten managers Russ and Nicole Hamilton. The New St. Maarten Trading Company LLC closed on the sale of the restaurant last week.
"It's nice we can come in and keep it the same old place," says Russ Hamilton. "It's nice to take over the legacy."
Mulholland says that dedicated St. Maarten fans can join the fun by becoming Founder Mug Members. A membership is $500 with the proceeds directed to start-up costs and working capital. The membership includes an array of benefits, including a new 24-ounce mug.
There's no set date on the grand re-opening, but both Mulholland and Hamilton predict a March opening. Stay tuned.Read more on: St. Maarten Café
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You never know how much a place like maarten's means to you until it is gone. St. Maarten's is a great place, and I am looking forward to being able to have a go to place on the corner again.
They better have some good biscuits and gravy!
So happy it's not becoming another ho hum Trinity bar.
Trinity bar? Do they serve sacramental wine?
It would be nice to see citizens of the community be as quick to act for something productive to the local society, as they are to "save" their local liquor hole. Glad to see Charlottesvillian's have their priorities straight. Put that much passion into something with more noble and lofty goals, and really make a difference.
The Native: You might not want to be so quick to speak out with such accusations. You are completely unaware of what else any of these folks do with their passion, time and money. Perhaps you should consider giving them the benefit of the doubt instead of throwing around unfounded statements. Might make Charlottesville a better place if everyone wasn't so constantly accusatory.
The Native: St. Maarten has been a productive member of local society for more than two decades. Jobs, taxes, meals tax and so on. Not everything needs to qualify for a Nobel to be worthwhile. It is clearly important to a fairly broad segment of local society...strengthens the community
The Native: Please do no say such hurtful things. Besides stories like this, are fantastic, and this is a small business, that got a second chance. People, including myself and my husband don't even really drink anymore, but sure have had many a meal after the football games and has became the go to place for us wen in town. St. Maartens - live on, and we are so happy about it. If you aren't, thats too bad. You don't need to go.
I see you didn't have the stones to post that comment with your name, Native.
I hope they raise enough capital to add windows to the Wertland St side. It's an absolute must if that place is to succeed. With many outdoor options on the Corner it just doesn't appeal to students as a dark hole with outdated marine/tropical theme. And student money is what's going to keep the doors open. Love the place, but be realistic and recognize the shortcomings. Reopening as Maartens part deux without addressing the issues that caused its demise is recipe for closure, again. Good work by the community coming together to help out a great owner/couple.
The place was successful for 25 years without windows.
A lack of windows was not what caused its demise.
I didn't mean to state that the lack of windows was the sole cause for its closure. I love the place, but don't tell me windows absolutely wouldn't help bring in more folks.
Would they come in through the windows?
look folks, SkipD is a comedian.
I'm thrilled its reopening. I've never been a regular, but when I want to go out its the place I go. I like that the students leave it alone, that's what makes it so enticing to me when I go out on a Friday night. Its also been a place of memorable times for me. Its where my husband and I had our 3rd date and its the place my best friend and I went to the night before my wedding to blow off some steam. So glad to see people being proactive, way to go guys!
Hard to imagine anything more productive for local society than keeping a locally-owned small business running. I've always loved this place and can't wait to visit Maarten's redux when I'm back in Cville.


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I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the passing of Father Roberto Busa, one of the most influential figures in the digital humanities. Busa's doctoral thesis and much of his later scholarship focused on studying the works of Thomas Aquinas. Famously, in 1949, Busa approached IBM founder Thomas J. Watson and convinced him that computers could be used to study the vast corpus of text written by Aquinas. Computers in the 1940's weren't used for searching or studying text -- but Busa spent several decades demonstrating how they could.
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The Caps lost, 2-0, yesterday to the Philadelphia Flyers to even the series at a game apiece. The series moves to
It still seems that there are games when the Caps look like they're trying to cut corners, and this looked like one of them. For all intents and purposes, the game was decided in the first period, specifically when the Caps failed to put bodies in front of Flyer goaltender Martin Biron on four power plays that yielded five shots and no goals.
The Caps, meanwhile, played too loose on defense, allowing R.J. Umberger to split the seam at the Capitals blue line and take a long pass from Braydon Coburn so that he could break in alone and beat Cristobal Huet. Then, Mike Green was taken off the puck and off his feet as he was moving up ice, creating a two-on-one the other way for Mike Knuble and Jeff Carter on Shaone Morrisonn. Huet made the initial save on the Knuble shot, but Carter followed up for the goal that would end the scoring.
The Caps did not play well, but neither did they play so poorly. Huet, who gave up two goals on the Flyers first eight shots, stopped the last 33. Alex Ovechkin, who was dormant for long stretches of Game 1, had five shots, attempted six others, and had five hits. The second line – Matt Cooke in particular – played in a bit of bad luck as Biron saved his best work for that line in turning away chances.
If there was a big difference between this game and game 1, it was possession. The Caps tilted the rink steeply toward the Flyer end in game 1. In this game, especially as it wore on, the reverse was true. Part of that was losing the battles in the circles. The Caps were 58 percent on draws in game 1, 44 percent yesterday. Sergei Fedorov was the player most victimized in the reversal, going 55 percent in game 1, 32 percent yesterday.
Another part of it was lack of follow up. The Caps enjoyed a nice flurry in the first period right after the Flyer's first goal in the first period with Boyd Gordon and Brooks Laich taking turns on Biron, which ended in a penalty to the Flyers. And then, immediately thereafter, a flurry from Alexander Semin, Ovechkin, and Nicklas Backstrom. However, that was more or less it, as the Caps got pushed to the outside...
One thing that occurs to us looking at the numbers is this…of the 24 shots, 16 came from the top two lines of forwards. That left eight shots for 12 other skaters. No other forward had more than one (and none of those in the second period as the Caps were trying to close the two-goal gap). The defensemen had a total of four. They were taken out of the game in the offensive end of the ice. The Flyers aren't getting to an Alex Ovechkin, but they are making guys like Mike Green and Tomas Fleischmann pay a price. Although Biron played well, he was given too much time off between facing the top scoring lines. Even if the third and fourth lines, and defensemen don't score – they're not expected to put up big point numbers – they are going to have to make Biron work a little harder, to tenderize him just a bit for the big guys to do their work.
Series take on a personality, eventually, but so far that has not happened. What does seem to be coming into focus, though, is that this series is going to turn on how well
This is best to four, not best to one (you'll get sick of seeing that in these spaces, if you're not already), and the series is 1-1. Wholesale changes are not needed, but unleashing the fury – as the saying goes – for 60 minutes is. If there are to be any changes between now and Tuesday, we're wondering if Tomas Fleischmann sits in favor of Eric Fehr (Fleischmann looks overmatched physically in this series). And an attitude adjustment in their own zone is in order as Huet is spending too much time picking Flyers off his sweater. If the Caps (not to mention the officials) allow the Flyers to jostle Huet with impunity, it will be difficult to get to four.
The eight-game winning streak is over. Now, they have to stop the bleeding, and at this time of year, losing consecutive games would constitute the sort of bleeding to be avoided. They might have to bleed in more conventional ways to do so. Much will be (and is being) made about the Flyers' orneriness in this series. The Caps have actually outhit the Flyers, 72-61, in the two games. But here is another way to think of that…are the Caps taking a hit to make a play? They were not doing that on the power play yesterday (and for a fair portion of even-strength play), preferring the artistic to the functional. The Caps won both games in Philly this year; it should not be an intimidating experience, much as the fans and players will try to make it one.


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Facebook is probably the first platform you think of when seeing the words "photo tagging." Now, Instagram's plan for tagging is coming into focus.
Called Photos of You, Instagram says it's now as easy to add a person to a photo as it is to add a hashtag. Currently, your Photos of You section is only available to you, and Instagram recommends that you use this time to get used to the feature before it's rolled out completely on May 16.
Here are a few things to keep in mind regarding the new feature.
•Only you can add people to the photos you upload. You cannot add people to anyone else's photo, but anyone can add you to a photo as long as you haven't blocked the user. Also, visibility matters. If the photos in your account are public, anyone can see what's on your profile. But if you have your profile set to private, only your confirmed followers can see your content, and that also goes for Photos of You tags.
•Any account is eligible, so you can tag a friend or a business such as the Chicago Tribune. [Power tip: Tag your favorite photos of Tribune Tower with @chicagotribune. We love to see those.]
•Photos of You is its own section on the Instagram app, so you'll receive a notification when you are tagged.
•Tags can be automatic or you can approve them manually.
•You'll need the latest version of the App (3.5) for either iOS or Android. Both are available in the iTunes Store and on Google Play.
Because Facebook owns Instagram, I was expected a bit of a learning curve. I must admit that I'm impressed at how simple the process is.
To add someone to your photo as you are uploading it, simply tap "add people" from the share screen, near where you enter the caption. Tap on a person and then start typing their name. You'll see suggestions in a menu, and you can search for someone if they don't pop up. If you make a mistake, just tap the name and an "x" will appear to remove it. If you need to or prefer to tag at a later date, you can go back to the photo, tap "..." under the photo and then tap "add people."
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Finally, if you aren't happy with being tagged in a photo someone else uploaded, you can remove the tag under the "more options" menu.
As with any social media, be aware of what photos are being shared and check your tags often to ensure nothing embarrassing or incorrect is being posted. In other words, make sure that photo of some guy dancing on the bar isn't the subject of an email from your boss.
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Yother, Henry (1810-1900)
Henry Yother (1810-1900), a pioneer Mennonite (Mennonite Church [MC] ) bishop, was born near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, a great-grandson of Hans and Anna Yoder, immigrants from Europe in 1720. In 1845 he was ordained a minister, and in 1857 bishop. He was associated with Bishop John D. Overholt (1797-1878) and minister Martin Loucks (1798-1869), serving at the Pennsville and Stonerville meetinghouses near Scottdale, Pennsylvania. He preached in both English and German. On 27 May 1862, at the Oberholtzer meetinghouse in Mahoning County near Columbiana, Ohio, he preached the first English sermon in that congregation at the funeral of Lewis Landis. In 1864 he moved to Cullom in Livingston County, Illinois, and in 1871 to Gage County, Nebraska. In Nebraska he was not officially connected with a Mennonite congregation, but until his death in 1900 he traveled among large and small congregations of Mennonite pioneers of Kansas, Nebraska, western Missouri, and Iowa, conducting baptismal and communion services, and was instrumental in ordaining ministers for smaller congregations. The groups he served were Mennonites (MC), Amish Mennonites, and Russian Mennonites. The Evangelizing Committee of Elkhart, Indiana, arranged for him to spend time traveling among the churches and scattered members, serving their spiritual needs. He was instrumental in bringing about the organization of the Kansas-Nebraska Mennonite Conference.
Yoder, Edward. "Henry Yother (1810-1900), Mennonite Preacher and Bishop." Mennonite Historical Bulletin (June 1944).
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Googoosh (born on 5th May 1950 (15th Ordibehesht 1329)) is an Iranian pop singer and former actress. Her career in the performing arts has spanned 5 decades. Following a 21-year performing ban imposed by the conservative government of Iran (where she continued to live following the 1979 Islamic revolution), Googoosh finally left the country in 2000 to undertake a world tour, re-establishing her status as the most successful Iranian artist of all time. The phenomenal success of these concerts was testament not only to her lasting quality as an artist, but a tribute to generations of Iranians who, despite over two decades of silence, demonstrated their continuing love and loyalty to an enduring star of a bygone era. In turn she rewarded their devotion with proof that she continues to remain relevant to today's audiences, showing that she is a star not only of the past, but of the present and the future. Personal life Googoosh's first husband was Mahmoud Ghorbani. He was a music promoter who had helped Googoosh make a name for herself throughout the '60s. They married in February 1967.They had a son, Kambiz,who currently lives in Los Angeles and who is also in the music industry. Ghorbani was extremely abusive to Googoosh. After about six years of marriage, Ghorbani and Googoosh divorced in late 1972. In 1975, Googoosh married Iranian actor Behrouz Vosoughi. They divorced fourteen months later, in 1976. During the late 1970s, Googoosh became involved with Homayoun Mestaghi, but after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Googoosh served a three-month jail sentence because she was living with him outside of marriage, which was illegal under the Islamic regime. Several years later, Googoosh divorced Mestaghi. She married director Masoud Kimiai in 1991.They divorced in 2003 Faegheh Atashin, nicknamed Googoosh, was born in 1950 in Tehran. She lost her mother when she was an infant and moved with her father to Tehran. Her father, Saber, was an entertainer and a comedian, and he encouraged Googoosh to sing in bars and cafés in Laleh-Zar Street of Tehran when she was only 5 years old. Her singing at such an early age prevented her from getting any kind of a primary education. In 1960, when she was only 10 years old, she had a successful role in the movie The Runaway Angel (1961), a film by George Obadiah. Her first experience with cinema, however, was a movie by the title of Hope and Fear (1960) in 1958. Googoosh was discovered by Iranian composers for her natural singing talent, where she created a unique style in modern Iranian music and became a pop culture icon among the Iranian youth. In 1969, the notorious "mini-joupe" dress was a fashion among young Iranian girls who imitated Googoosh. Her famous short haircut in 1975 is still popular among females in Iran. Googoosh is said to have been a victim of underworld organizations who controlled cabarets and bars in Tehran. One of the underworld bosses, Parviz Ghorbani, the owner of "Shokoufeh Nou" cabaret was the brain behind conspiracy against Googoosh where he made created enormous debt in her name. In 1973, she married Ghorbani against her will to pay her debts. She has a son, Kambiz, from her first marriage. Googoosh starred in many popular movies, among which were Bita (1972), Honeymoon (1976) (Honeymoon), Hamsafar (1975), Mamal Amricayi (1975) and Dar emtedad shab (1978) are the most popular. She also starred in 3 Crazies (1968) with Garshasb Raoufi and Mohammad Motevaselani. Her acting career ended with the 1979 revolution in Iran. She acted with Behrouz Vossoughi, the most popular actor of his time, in several movies and later joined Saeed Kangarani in the erotic movie Dar emtedad shab (1978), which was well-received by Iranians, as well as other Middle Eastern countries. Critics, however, never considered Googoosh a successful actress. In 1976, she married Behrouz Vossoughi, but their marriage only lasted for one year. Before their marriage, Vosoughi was already engaged to Pouri Baneai, another popular actress. This marriage, however, ended the friendship between Banaii and Googoosh. With the Islamic commotion of 1979, Googoosh stopped her 25-years of singing and acting career for good. She also refused to leave Iran and consistently rejected lucrative offers for recording new albums outside the country. According to Parviz Khatibi, the late Iranian director, Googoosh left Iran right after the revolution and stayed in New York for a while. This stay, however, was so short that many Iranians don't remember it. She married Masud Kimiai and choose to resides in an apartment in the north of Tehran. On July 2000, Googoosh finally broke 21 years of silence by announcing an unexpected, but much anticipated, North American tour, starting in Toronto. 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The Blues produced a stunning performance to complete a double against the Hurricanes, outclassing the visitors in all facets of the game at Eden Park. The Hurricanes arrived in Auckland on the back of a four-match winning streak but they were no match for the Blues, who had previously defeated their rivals in Wellington in round two.
Frank Halai, Charles Piutau, James Parsons and Tom McCartney had the 23,387 Eden Park crowd in raptures with tries either side of half-time, while the visitors, starved of possession and field position, mustered only a dropped goal and a penalty to Tusi Pisi and Beauden Barrett respectively. With the win, the Blues climbed into second in the New Zealand conference on 27 points, two points behind the Chiefs.
Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett may have placed Pisi at fly-half to bolster the middle defensive channel, but their blindside needed attention after the Blues struck when Piri Weepu embarked on his first snipe down the short side. Receiving Weepu's offload, Piutau breezed through the challenge of Julian Savea before handing onto Chris Noakes, who found the barnstorming Halai on his inside to score unopposed under the posts.
The Hurricanes remained in the hunt through Pisi's tactical kicking that turned into pressure as the Blues fumbled around in their own half, and Blues coach Sir John Kirwan would have had his half-time spray on the tip of his tongue as Barrett landed a penalty goal to pull the visitors within a single point after Pisi had slotted a dropped goal.
The Blues bombed a number of try-scoring opportunities with poor handling, and Hurricanes prop Ben Franks stopped another with the highlight moment of the first half when he sprinted back to haul down Halai. But Piutau darted across the chalk on the half-time siren, after a period of sustained pressure in which the impressive Steven Luatua had been held up over the line, and the Blues went into the break with an eight-point buffer more illustrative of their dominance.
The Blues picked up after half-time where they had left off before the break, and Parsons crossed soon after the restart. Piutau then looked to have scored a second try, but he was held up by a fine defensive effort. The Blues would not be denied for long, however. Finally able to build pressure for an extended number of phases, it was all too simple as McCartney muscled his way over to secure a much-needed bonus point and put the result beyond doubt.
Savea thought he had scored a consolation try at the death, having intercepted a loose pass from Luatua, but the score was pulled back because the Blues backrower had put a foot in touch while making the pass.


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Yet today, when it ought to have been 15 weeks 5 days, our little one laid so silently without the flicker of a heartbeat. Our little one has left us to be home with the Lord without a din, not giving Mommy the slightest pain.... Doc said our little one departed just days after the last scan.
It just reminded us not to take things forgranted. Yes, we thank God for the two that we have, going through each pregnancy without a glitch. Each life is really a miracle from Him, the heritage from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is His reward.
"All things work together for the good of those that love the Lord and are called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
Guess God has his plans for us to go through this. It's sad and painful to see our little one go without knowing why. However, probably time is just not right for us to cope with another. We will just have to rest our all in Him.
We will miss you little one and we know one day we'll see you in heaven in the Lord's bosom.


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- Au Privave
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In 2000 when Blue Note upgraded 1958's House Party as part of the label's superior Rudy Van Gelder series, they augmented the title with a ten-plus minute driving blow of Charlie Parker's "Confirmation" as a well-chosen bonus track. Now the effort is bookended by some primal Bird, which was always a forte of the assembled coterie. In addition to sharing three of the five sides with the RVG edition of The Sermon! (1958), there are two selections from the August 25, 1957, confab of Lee Morgan (trumpet), George Coleman (alto sax), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Eddie McFadden (guitar), Kenny Burrell (guitar), and Donald Bailey (drums). The remaining three were recorded precisely six months later on February 25, 1958, with a slightly amended lineup featuring altoist Lou Donaldson (in for Coleman) alongside Tina Brooks (tenor sax) and the ubiquitous Art Blakey (drums) providing unique contributions of their own. "Au Privave" is a refined piece of indisputable bop mastery as Smith commands the combo through an incendiary and driving rendition that grooves unforced flair and organic charisma. Morgan bandies about with Smith and Brooks behind the flowing support of the amended rhythm section of Blakey and Burrell. Even at 16-plus minutes, the pace and timbre of the performance begs for more. "Lover Man" is splendid and sincere as Donaldson drives right to the heart, unreeling stunningly lyrical leads behind Smith's distinguished progressions."Just Friends" is a true gem and one of the two cuts not duplicated on The Sermon! Beginning with McFadden, each musician is given room to stretch and reveal his identity as both an ensemble player and soloist. "Blues After All" is a soulful outing that offers up arguably the most sublime and understated bop on the album. Concluding House Party is the aforementioned cover of Bird's "Confirmation," which is as stinging and incisive as its opening counterpart. It also questions why one should spend time reading about genius when the real pleasure lies in the experience of hearing it.
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Loving Your Spouse with a Whole Heart
- 2012 7 May
Editor's Note: The following is a report on the practical applications of Dr. Greg Smalley and Dr. Shawn Stoever's book, The Wholehearted Marriage: Fully Engaging Your Most Important Relationship, (Howard Books, 2009).
The passion and intimacy you wish you and your spouse could enjoy together isn't just a pie-in-the-sky dream. That kind of marriage is within your reach. But it's possible only if you both devote yourselves wholeheartedly to your relationship – fully engaging and giving 100 percent, without reservation.
Here's how you can put your whole heart into your marriage:
Recognize where love comes from. Do you find yourself thinking that you're not in love with your spouse anymore? Perhaps you feel like you just don't connect with your spouse. Maybe you feel alone, even though the two of you are still living under the same roof. Have you chosen to settle, compromise, or go into survival mode in your marriage? Worse, have you given up and started looking for love somewhere else?
It doesn't have to be that way. No matter how discouraged you may feel, it's possible to experience love for your spouse again. That's because love comes from God – who is always willing to give you a fresh supply of it – rather than from you. You don't have the pressure of trying to generate love for your spouse when you don't feel it. All you need to do is go to God in prayer each day and ask Him to fill your heart with His love.
When you open your heart to God daily, you'll receive from Him all the love you need for both yourself and your spouse. The love in your heart will naturally overflow into your relationship with your spouse. So remember that God is the source of all love, and love is always available to you because it flows through you whenever you open your heart to God.
Open your heart. In your marriage, the issue isn't love; it's the state of your heart. Ask yourself daily: "Is my heart open or closed?" If your heart is closed, your marriage will start to shut down because you're blocking the flow of God's love into it. But if you open your heart to God and keep it open every day, you'll be inviting God to pour out His love through you into your marriage.
Give your heart a voice. Become aware of the emotions you're experiencing, and learn how to manage them in healthy ways. Keep in mind that God has designed your emotions to work together with your thoughts so you can make the best possible decisions. Your emotions give you valuable information that you can then process through your thoughts.
- Ask God to help you accurately identify what you're feeling each day in various situations.
Rather than judging your emotions, consider what they are trying to tell you. When you feel frustration, joy, sadness, hurt, fear, or any other type of emotion, what does that mean?
- Once you've figured out what you're feeling and why you're feeling it, start guiding your emotions toward what you want to feel in your marriage.
Identify your specific desires for your marriage. Then, instead of expecting your spouse to give you what you want (because he or she is bound to fall short), turn to God with your desires. Regularly pray about what you want your marriage to be like, and trust God to bring about the transformation for which you're hoping, as long as you and your spouse cooperate with Him.
- Bring your negative emotions to God and ask Him to replace them with positive emotions in your life.
Whenever your emotions get stirred up, rather than blaming your spouse, consider what you may be doing yourself to intensify your own feelings. Look at your thoughts and thought patterns, interpretations, judgments, perceptions, expectations, fears, past hurts, beliefs, family-of-origin issues, and anything else that may be affecting your emotions. Then consider how you can best respond to your emotions.
- Avoid unhealthy actions like ignoring, suppressing, judging, or minimizing your feelings; viewing your feelings as facts; impulsively acting on them; or spewing them on others.
Figure out some healthy responses from which you could choose to manage any emotion that comes your way: taking deep breaths, praying, going for a walk, journaling, talking to a friend, cleaning your house, reading a book, etc.
Deal with a wounded heart. Life in this fallen world wounds you and your spouse's hearts by attacking them with false messages (such as: "You're not valuable"). The messages on your hearts affect how you see yourselves and how you interact with the world.
- Ask God to help you identify the false messages that have attacked your hearts and wounded them.
Does your heart make you feel: rejected, abandoned, disconnected, a failure, helpless, powerless, inadequate, inferior, invalidated, unloved, undesirable, worthless, judged, ignored, unimportant, misunderstood, disrespected, defective, or some other harmful message?
Then replace those lies with biblical truth.
- Search the Bible for specific verses that line up against the lies with which you've been struggling, and memorize those verses.
- Pray for the Holy Spirit to renew your mind so you can see yourself from God's perspective and think right thoughts about yourself.
- Talk to some people you trust (such as friends, mentors, or a trained psychologist) for counsel and encouragement.
- Care for your heart by nurturing yourself (such as by maintaining a close prayer connection to God, nurturing healthy friendships, setting healthy boundaries in your life, journaling your feelings, eating whenever you're hungry, and sleeping whenever you're tired).
Deal with a fearful heart. Create an emotionally safe environment for you and your spouse to relate to each other, so both of you feel safe to truly open up and be known at a deep, intimate level. Each of you should be able to open and reveal who you really are and know that your spouse will still love, understand, accept, and value you no matter what.
- Avoid behaviors that erode trust, like:
criticism, angry reactions, threats, withdrawal, sarcasm, broken promises, nagging, judgment, harsh words, defensiveness, manipulation, teasing, deception, negative assumptions and jumping to conclusions, bringing up the past over and over, and refusing to forgive.
- Recognize your spouse's value.
Ask God to help you honor your spouse -- no matter what – because he or she is God's priceless gift to you and has a position in your life that's worthy of great respect. Treat your spouse in valuable ways, such as by: praying for and with your spouse, listening to your spouse with your full attention, validating your spouse's feelings, considering your spouse's point of view, notice your spouse's good qualities, thank your spouse for what he or she does for you, serve your spouse in ways that are meaningful for him or her, honor your spouse's boundaries, spend lots of time with your spouse, be honest and trustworthy with your spouse, forgive your spouse, and reassure your spouse of your unconditional love for him or her.
Deal with an exhausted heart. If you don't intentionally plan regular time with your spouse and time to recharge yourself, the busyness of life will take over and your marriage will suffer.
- Slow down the pace of your lifestyle and simplify your schedule.
Build in plenty of time for rest, reflection, and prayer. Learn when and how to say "no" to pursuits that don't relate directly to your core values, so you'll be free to focus on what's most important and let the rest go.
- Get rid of stuff that clutters your house and demands your time and energy to deal with it. Refuse to allow our culture's standards to define your value by what you look like, what you do, or what you own.
- Find your true value in the fact that God has made you and redeemed you, and He loves you.
Ask God to help you become whole and full emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically so you'll have the energy and resources necessary to love your spouse fully and unconditionally.
Fight for your spouse's heart. Conflict is inevitable in marriage. But it doesn't have to harm your relationship; it can actually strengthen it. If you and your spouse respond to conflict in a healthy way, conflict will become the doorway to intimacy between you because it will deepen your understanding of each other.
- Consider how both you and your spouse tend to react to conflict now.
Responding with "fight" behavior – defensiveness, anger, going into fix-it mode, escalation, criticism, sarcasm, blame, or belittling comments – won't promote the intimate connections you want to make. Neither will responding with "flight" behavior: withdrawal, negative beliefs, shut-down mode, isolation, numbing out, over-functioning, stonewalling, or passive-aggressive behavior.
- Instead of becoming your spouse's adversary in conflict and causing your hearts to close to each other, open your hearts to God.
Pray for the ability to embrace, appreciate, and deal with you and your spouse's differences in healthy ways. Ask God to show you what emotional buttons your spouse is pushing through the conflict and how that makes you feel. Also ask God to reveal how you're pushing your spouse's emotional buttons through the conflict. Then pray for the power you need to gain control over the conflict and use it to accomplish something constructive in your relationship.
Care for your spouse's heart. Your spouse has an amazingly valuable and incredibly vulnerable heart, just as you do.
- Keep the promise you made in your wedding vows to care for each other.
- Communicate to understand by agreeing on when it's a good time to talk, agreeing on the goal of each conversation (connecting emotionally, or trying to fix something), and checking during the conversation to make sure you're still both staying on track and understanding each other.
- Avoid communication pitfalls, such as trying to figure out: who is right or wrong, who is to blame or at fault, and what was said or what really happened.
- Avoid destructive behaviors like: criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling. During difficult interactions, say to your spouse: "Help me understand" so he or she knows you truly care.
- Ask God to open the eyes of your heart toward your spouse and give you compassion for him or her.
- Respect how valuable and vulnerable your spouse's heart is by treating it gently.
- Set aside your temptation to blame your spouse and focus on simply caring for him or her instead.
- Express empathy ("I feel what you're feeling, and I want to share in your joy or pain.") and validation ("What you're feeling matters to me and you matter to me.") toward your spouse.
Speak to your spouse's heart. Give your spouse words of encouragement every day.
- Honor, motivate, and call out your spouse's spiritual gifts and natural talents.
- Find out what wounds and fear your spouse is struggling with, and what you can say to encourage your spouse to pursue healing.
- Consider people's most common intimacy needs – acceptance, affection, appreciation, approval, attention, comfort, encouragement, respect, security, and support – and do what you can to help meet your spouse's intimacy needs through your marriage.
- Understand people's love languages – words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch – and express your love for your spouse in ways that best speak his or her specific love language.
Celebrate with your spouse's heart. Bring fun and laughter into your marriage often. Humor increases intimacy, reduces stress, and increases positive emotions. Intentionally turn toward your spouse each day to help prevent drifting apart. Spend as much time as you can together.
- As much as possible, do your everyday chores and errands together rather than separately.
- Pray with your spouse often. Share your dreams with each other regularly.
- Schedule dates whenever you can.
- Talk frequently about what God is doing in each of your lives.
- Learn something new together, such as through trying a new activity or taking a class.
- Serve others together by doing volunteer work side-by-side.
- Surprise your spouse by doing something unexpected every now and then (such as by playing a loving practical joke on him or her or planning a romantic getaway trip).
Reminisce about the positive events that have happened over the course of your marriage, and recall what qualities about each other first attracted you to each other. Protect your fun activities from being ruined by conflict by agreeing to talk about issues at other times instead of while you're trying to have fun together.
April 28, 2009.
Adapted from The Wholehearted Marriage: Fully Engaging Your Most Important Relationship by Dr. Greg Smalley and Dr. Shawn Stoever. Published by Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, West Monroe, La., http://christian.simonandschuster.com/.
Dr. Greg Smalley is the coauthor of eight books, including The DNA of Relationships for Couples and The Marriage You've Always Dreamed Of. He is the director of Church Relationship Ministries for the Center for Relationship Enrichment at John Brown University and is also the founder of the National Institute of Marriage.
Dr. Shawn Stoever currently serves as a senior director for a nonprofit ministry called the WinShape Foundation, and he previously served as director of training for the Smalley Relationship Center.


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