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text: This week I have been listening to the book on CD "It's Not My Fault", by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, in my studio during work. Wow, this book has a ton of great information in it, so much so, I have now purchased the book knowing that I need to go back and look at some things more closely. I have never been a big fan of self-help books. I am not above them by any means, I just prefer a good novel. But after a personality assessment that I had the privilege of participating in, several months ago, I was shown some specific areas in my behaviors that definitely need improvement. The assessment also came with an hour of counseling on how to interpret the results and some things that I can do going forward. I have to say that the hour with Greg Wiens and Ken Love has to be some of the most productive time I have spent in a long time. Since that meeting, a day has not gone by where I am not thinking about that assessment and my next steps for improvement. This book is just one in a long list of books that I want to read in order to be the best that God has made me to be. Here is a quote from the book, "That which you desire will require more of you than you are today." Now that's the kind of stuff that I can grab onto.

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In 1500, a portuguese explorer and navigator, Pedro Álvares Cabral, arrived in my warm Brazil. One of our legacies from this fact is we're the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese instead of Spanish. So it was a pleasure to be interviewed by Publico, a Portuguese daily national newspaper. If you want to check the online article click here.
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Temecula, CA – Coming back to town recently, I couldn't help but notice the story about the missing eleven year autistic boy being hunted for in neighboring Menifee. On the surface this
At 12 o'clock yesterday investigators were called to the home when mom, Shawna Smith, wouldn't give permission to search the property. Officials thought it was extremely fishy especially after someone reported finding human remains on the property [a tip]. After she still did not allow officials on her property an emergency restraining order was obtained. They went right to the site where the 'tip' said he was and he was discovered as we know now, in a shallow grave close to a tree.
A body that matched the description of Terry Dewayne Smith Jr. was found partially exposed in a shallow grave on the family property, Menifee police Chief John Hill said at a news conference. The body has been positively identified, Hill said, adding that the death was the result of "a domestic issue" at the house.
Hundreds of volunteers from various agencies searched the desert Sunday before being stopped on
He said that he last saw Terry Saturday night when he told Terry to stop following him as Skylor walked to a friend's house, leaving the younger boy alone at the house while the mother was playing pool with friends.
"The brother was walking away from their residence, turns back, sees that Terry's following him and tells Terry, 'Hey, go home,'" Deputy Albert Martinez told The Desert Sun this week. The teen, whose name was not yet released, was the last one to see Terry near his Menifee, Calif., home Saturday, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department previously said.
Asked for additional comment yesterday, Skylor said he is no longer giving interviews. He said his mother was unavailable and also is not accepting interview requests.
As a result, 16 year old Skylor Atilano, the step brother of Terry Smith, was arrested on suspicion
Skylor lived with Terry, Terry's mother, Shawna (also known as Bekkah) Smith, and a 14-year-old sister, Mary Atilano.
Skylor and his 14-year-old sister, Mary Atilano, are stepchildren who moved with their mother to California, but Terry Jr. stayed with his father until about a year ago. At that time, he said, Terry Jr. visited his mother in California and asked to move here.
Skylor is in the 10th grade at Paloma Valley High School. In a now deleted post on his Facebook page, Atilano paraphrased the movie Step Brothers saying: "The bitch only keeps me and the retard around to fuck us."
He had been actively searching for his brother and implored his Facebook friends to the same; he subsequently thanked them for their efforts.
Judging by his Facebook posts, Atilano may have recently broken up with a girl, as of April 2013, he declared he was "in a relationship." He wrote on July 4:
Officials have already spoken to dad for DNA test and dad was given confirmation. Terry Smith Sr. is reported by CBS LA to be living in West Virginia.
He told them last night, "I thought there was something fishy about the whole story to begin with. Things didn't add up." His father also added that he hadn't spoken with his son in several months but that the last time he did, Terry asked him could he come and live with him in West Virginia, reports NBC 4.
Terry Smith Sr. also contradicted several reports that his son suffered from autism. Shawna Smith told the media at the beginnings of the search that Terry Jr. was autistic, but high-functioning due to medication. But Terry Smith Sr. told NBC 4: "Nope, nope, nope, in fact, when everyone in West Virginia heard that, they all flipped because they know better. He was a hyper little boy, he might have had ADHD."
Terry Dewayne Smith Sr. supported the claims of two of Terry Jr's former teachers, who told Menifee 24/7 the boy is not autistic, as his mother has told police.
"He is not autistic," insisted Smith, who said the boy lived with him in West Virginia after Smith and his wife Shawna divorced -- for the second time -- in 2007 and Shawna moved to California. " He might be a little hyper, but he has not been diagnosed autistic. I think he might be ADHD, because I believe his mom told me he got medication for that. But that's all."
A posting on a Facebook page devoted to the search said Terry's family worried he might have wandered off without food, water or special medication.
Dawn Berning and her daughters Hannah, 12, and Danielle Stiff, 22, were some of the first residents to volunteer in the search for the boy.
On the first night, they searched abandoned trailers in the hills around town in the pitch dark. In later days, Berning went from her 10-hour shift at the local casino to pass out flyers into the wee hours.
She and her daughters fought back tears after learning a body had been found at the boy's address – and they said their grief was also layered with anger after learning a family member had been arrested.
"I'm devastated," Berning said. "To see something like that happen in our community tears me up. I'm angry. I feel used."
At press time no charges had been officially filed. Various sources contributed to this updated story.


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My husband and I facilitate a Manifesting Workshop at our Unity Church. As a consequence, we read a LOT of material, but we've never come across anything like Living on Love before. Five stars are not enough. It's a great yarn with amazing insights. We both read it in one sitting.
Everybody else can put their put their pencils down because Klaus Joehle says it ALL so simply and entertainingly that you can start practicing Living on Love as soon as you close the book. No affirmations, no treasure-mapping, none of the usual think-yourself-rich trappings - Living on Love just cuts to the chase, and anyone can do it right away.
Klaus began experimenting with meditation to go into the future and retrieve winning numbers for the Canadian sports lottery. He was successful! But beyond that, he discovered the power of sending love to his bills, food, his son, who was running with a bad crowd - I could go on and on because Klaus takes us along on his adventure as it unfolds. Some parts are hilarious.
After reading an online version of the book, one of our Manifesting Workshop members sent love to her family checking account over the holidays and, despite the seasonal glut of expenses, she unexpectedly had money left over to spare at the end of the month.
You think you've heard this all before, but trust me, you haven't. Not like this. Living on Love goes far beyond prosperity. My husband and I started sending love to one another, and we're honeymooners all over again. We were so excited, we started corresponding with Klaus, and he sent us this story:
"I'll give you an example. We just had a big storm here. Hundreds of big trees where blown over in a straight line 200 feet wide. We live in the center of this strip that was destroyed, but if you stand in our yard you see nothing of it until you step off my boundary. You would need to see it to fully understand, it's very bizarre. We slept through it. In the morning I saw the last part of the storm from our yard, but it was as if we were in a bubble."
Living on Love is as plain as the nose on your face, but most of us just never see it. Sometimes it takes genius to point out the obvious. Love is within us, it's powerful, unlimited, and freely available to us all the time. All we have to do is tap into it and direct it wherever we want. What could be easier than that?
Do yourself a favor and check out Klaus Joehle's website to learn even more. And buy this book! You'll be telling everybody you know, too. It deserves to become a bestseller.
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Is a true story of one mans life his discovery of the power behind sending love, The effect it has on our universe, people around us and the paths we choose to take. You will find Klaus has a unique style of writing, sincere, captivating and full of humor. Klaus manages to bring you the feeling of sitting right there with him, he not only takes you on the path with him but also leaves you with the instructions to discovering your own path. I have found that by following the instructions to sending Love that are described in this book. The link To making my dreams become my reality. This book is truly A great contribution to the universe.
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After centuries of secrecy an empowering secret about Love is revealed. A true story that will make you cry and laugh. This is a truly amazing discovery.
What if after many years of studying so called ancient wisdom, you find yourself stuck? All the information is there but nothing seems to be working. Then one day, out of work and out of money, you come up with a brainstorm. You take all the information you learned about meditation, remote viewing, out of body travel, and so on. You decide to mentally travel into the future to see what the results of tomorrow's sports lottery will be. But just as the money starts rolling in you run into your future self. You ignore him! So another future self comes to see you, to change the past or maybe to change the future. What if your future self offered you information about Love that has been kept secret for centuries? Information that will make all your dreams come true. Would you let go of the easy money? As you take this book home, so you will also need to choose.


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Yes! You can learn to play the violin as an adult.
On her popular YouTube channel, my client Marijke shares her experiences and progress as an adult beginner on the violin.
She's been playing the violin for about 1,5 years now, is learning fast and her YouTube following is like a small community.
If you are looking for some pep talk to start playing the violin or to gain motivation in your practice, make sure to watch the video below:
As a regular customer in my violin shop, she has some nice gear and is very creative with it. She bought a five string electric violin (Bridge Lyra) and plays with carbon fiber bows from my own brand.
Check out how she makes her electric violin sound like a cello in the video below:
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Many artists, musical and otherwise, use their craft to provide a visible platform for the issues they believe in. Their activism becomes interwoven with their art. Indigo Girls have long been known for voicing their political and social views in both their actions and song. From their early days in the 1980's of raising funds for soup kitchens and HIV/AIDS support in Atlanta, and their co-founding of the indigenous environmental justice organization Honor the Earth in the early 1990's, Indigo Girls have continued to evolve as activists. In recent years, they have continued to focus on Honor the Earth as well as immigrant rights, voter advocacy, the anti-death penalty movement, gun violence prevention, queer youth rights and support, as well as support for mentally ill populations. They have emphasized the need to work against sexism, racism, queer-phobia, and to work across the lines of rural and urban definitions, within all of their community-based activism, to build coalitions in order to bring true liberation to us all and truth to power.
Amy Ray teamed up with Emily Saliers while in high school, and soon the duo became a staple in the Atlanta music scene. In 1981, their independent music career began with a basement recording called Tuesday's Children. One thing led to another, and they signed with Epic Records in 1988. Despite almost polar-opposite styles, they met on the common ground of harmony and the love of meaningful music. Ray brought fire and earth, Saliers the wind and water. The alchemy proved magical, and their brand of folk-rock hit at just the right time alongside the successes of Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega, and 10,000 Maniacs.
With an extremely loyal and passionate fan base, they sold millions of albums and garnered numerous awards over the years, but that was never really the point. More importantly, they expressed themselves creatively, poetically, politically, and spiritually. Each release pushed The Indigo Girls' musical boundaries. They incorporated elements of folk, country, rock, pop, punk, and soul into their evolution, giving each album a fresh sound without losing sight of their art or themselves. To give back what was given to them, Ray founded the not-for-profit Daemon Records in 1990. The label's mission is to support local artists at a grassroots level, to teach young artists how to further their own careers, and to keep the independent spirit alive. Ellen James Society, Kristen Hall, Gerard McHugh, James Hall, Rose Polenzani, pH Balance, John Trudell, Utah Phillips, Danielle Howle, Three Finger Cowboy, and The Rock*A*Teens, among others, have all passed through the school of Daemon.
Inspired by the music of these bands and the Southern punk/indie rock scene, Ray embarked on a solo adventure in 2000. Traveling around the Southeast with guitar and amp in tow, she wrote, rehearsed, and recorded Stag, teaming up with The Butchies, The Rock*A*Teens, Danielle Howle, and 1945, with a quick stop in NYC to play with Joan Jett, Kate Schellenbach, and Josephine Wiggs. Stag hit the streets in March 2001, and changed her trajectory from that point on. The depths and intensity of her artistry and emotions are revealed in awe-inspiring punk performances on its ten songs, giving Ray a forum to more fully express her political stances and questions of self. Stag was followed by the similarly themed Prom in 2005. Ray issued Live from Knoxville in 2007. Following several well-received Indigo Girls albums, she released the introspective solo offering Didn't It Feel Kinder in 2008, MVP Live in 2010, and Lung of Love in early 2012 - all on Daemon. The latter contained guest vocal spots from Brandi Carlile and My Morning Jacket's Jim James. In early 2014, Ray released Goodnight Tender, her first country album. Guests on the set of tunes include Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, and Susan Tedeschi. Her current release is a live record from a 2014 show at Seattle's Triple Door theater, a riff on Goodnight Tender, The Tender Hour covers songs from her country record plus her earlier releases with her stellar and versatile band.
In 2015, Indigo Girls released One Lost Day, and Indigo Girls Live With the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra in June 2018, and will be recording a new album in January of 2019 in the U.K.
Amy Ray and her band's new country album, Holler will be released on September 28th 2018. It was recorded live to tape at her mainstay Echo Mountain Studio in Asheville, NC, with the added power and swagger of horns and strings that harken back to the country music of the late 60's. Holler features special guests: Alison Brown on banjo, Kofi Burbridge on keys, Derek Trucks on guitar; Vince Gill, Brandi Carlile, The Wood Brothers, Justin Vernon, Lucy Wainwright Roche and Phil Cook on harmonies. Amy and her band will be hitting the road throughout the Fall of 2018 and beyond.
Based in Minnesota, but with roots in Tennessee, Chastity grew up surrounded by country and soul music. In the full gospel church of her childhood, she played saxophone and drums and found her singing voice and a passion for music. Her first show was in Knoxville, TN, and then it was on to Minneapolis. Since then, she's been featured on NPR's "Favorite Sessions," CMT, American Songwriter, the London Times, Paste Magazine and others. Chastity has toured the U.S. and abroad, appearing on the U.K.'s Later…with Jools Holland. For much of 2016, she toured alongside folk icon/activist Ani Difranco.
"What I've realized is that the personal is political," Brown said in a recent interview. "Just by me being a bi-racial, half-black, half-white woman living in America right now is political. Just being a person of color, a queer woman of color, for that matter, is freaking political. My focus, as far as this record, I guess it's really been psychological. I'm really intrigued by the perseverance of the human spirit and the complexities and contradictions that we embody as human beings."
"Silhouette of Sirens is comprised of snapshots of memory, both lived and imagined. Not all of these tunes derive from this, which is why I say, 'both lived and imagined.' Some are love/sex/relationship-inspired, which in my opinion make the pain one might experience more bearable. In James Baldwin's essay, 'The Artist Struggle for Integrity,' he says, 'I tell you my pain so that I might relieve you of yours.'"
Light is a central character on Silhouette of Sirens. Even the title speaks to this push and pull between danger and safety, shadows and shiny lights, and the things we can reach out and touch as opposed to the things we only hear in the distance. "What is even happening? One can only guess," Brown sings in the opening track "Drive Slow," embracing an uncertainty and sense of wonder from the beginning of the record. By the third track, she's carrying us along with her on a journey inward. Like many masterful songwriters, she has the ability to make her stories feel intensely personal yet open-ended; even in "Carried Away," it's hard to tell whether she's singing about a romantic rift, an abusive friendship, or the havoc that anxiety and depression can wreak on an unguarded mind. " "Don't leave me here all alone / For so long you've been my light in the dark," Brown sings on the album's centerpiece, "My Stone," while the sexy, Prince-channeling acoustic funk jam "Whisper" beckons the listener to come closer, to dance with her in the dark, to "whisper in my ear all that you need."
"I think it's about different types of heartbreak, and how one deals with it," Brown says of the album. "And not the heartbreak of a coupled relationship; just living life, and the experiences that break your heart. There are these moments on the album where it's like, 'this is intense.' And then hopefully, there are moments where it's alleviated — as I feel like life is. Life is hard. Every tree, every plant, everything you see in the natural world, just through a growth process, you see how hard it is to grow and bend towards the light."
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Greenbelt holds annual dog splash party
Zoey runs by in a flash of long, black hair before splashing into the outdoor pool at the Greenbelt Aquatics and Fitness Center on Saturday. Hot on her heels is her brother Milo, who also has black hair, though it's cut short for the summer. Neither like to swim, but that's not keeping them from getting wet up to their knees.
They were two of roughly 50 dogs at Greenbelt's seventh annual Pooch Plunge, an event that allows dogs and their owners to swim together before the pool is drained for fall.
"We started the Pooch Plunge seven years ago with about 50 dogs, and now we have closer to 100 that have registered," said Greenbelt Animal Control Officer Susie Root. Root said that pre-registration was completed at the Labor Day Festival, but she suspected many dogs and their owners didn't participate because of the overcast sky and below-70 degree temperature.
Root said the Pooch Plunge began seven years ago after hearing of a Midwestern town that held a similar event. Greenbelt differs from other cities because they actually let the owners swim with the dogs.
The Aquatics and Fitness Center staff started winterizing the pool Monday, which consists of draining only some of the water. The rest is left in to keep the sides from caving in due to changes in ground temperature, said Aquatics and Fitness Center Supervisor Stephen Parks.
One issue Parks usually sees after Pooch Plunge days is that hair accumulates near the drains, so the staff shuts off the filters and allows the hair to float to the top, where they can clean it off.
Bowie resident Beverly Palau brought Zoey to see her brother, Milo, who is owned by Dana Tompkins of Greenbelt. This is the one time of the year the long-haired mixed breeds get to see each other, and it's become something of a tradition. While driving through West Virginia in December 2006, Root found Zoey and Milo in a box marked "Puppies" on the side of the road. Though the two are separated the majority of the year, they share many common characteristics.
"She likes running water, but doesn't like to swim," Palau said. Tompkins added that Milo likes when he's sprayed with a hose.
Also among the Pooch Plunge participants were Greenbelt resident Eva Fallon and her dog Aurora, a white Samoyed. Though Aurora has no trouble swimming or running along the pool, she is about 80 percent blind and completely deaf, Fallon said.
"I take her swimming here because it's good exercise and it's good to be around other dogs," Fallon said.
Fallon said it would be good to take Aurora swimming as practice for next year's summer canoe trips.
"I've had Samoyeds before and they were really awful swimmers, so I thought it was a good idea to bring her out here in a clean, safe environment to practice," Fallon said.


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Back-analysis and interpretations of driven and bored pile tests data in Bangkok sub-soils
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As a necessity to support an increasing magnitude of loads from tall buildings and long span bridges, the piling practice in the Bangkok Plain has moved several phases from driven pre-cast reinforced and prestressed concrete piles of smaller cross sections to spun piles and large diameter bored piles. The Chao Phraya plain in which the Bangkok city is located is low-lying and consists of a broad basin filled with sedimentary soils which form alternate layers of clay, sand, and clay. The upper clay layer is soft and highly compressible followed by a stiff clay layer extending to about 20 m or so and then followed by a layer of sand. Driven piles are normally taken down to this upper sand layer. However when the demand for a higher capacity arise, these piles cannot be extended in length due to construction problems and as such bored piles are needed to be taken down to as deep as 50 to 60 m. Below the upper clay layer there are eight interconnected aquifers from which ground water is pumped from deep wells. Thus in the design of piled foundations aspects such as the negative skin friction due to pile driving as well as deep well pumping are also needed to be considered. Some of the experiences gained over a period of 30 years in the study of piled foundations in the Bangkok Plain are briefly presented in this paper.
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A woman reportedly overhears conversation of how to dispose of body in Dollar General, according to the incident report filed at the Banks County Sheriff's Office. The woman said a man was on the phone in the store and overheard things such as "take him to the coast where there's deep water so he will sink" and "I don't care if he has a badge." The cashiers confirmed to a deputy that the man stated he held a gun to a South State teller's head, but they didn't believe it because "he comes in with stories all the time," including that he had Vin Diesel's car and he dates girls 19 years old and in their 20's.
Other incidents report to the sheriff's office last week includes the following:
•stolen/lost tag from a utility trailer in Maysville.
•man was arrested for a domestic disturbance at the America's Best Inn in Commerce. The victim said the offender hit her multiple times in the face and threw her outside of the room. She went to a room next to the one the incident took place and had the occupants call 911. The offender said she was drunk and "probably been hitting herself" and that she had been "acting crazy" all afternoon. No markings were observed on the offender.
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Whether you are just starting to think about what type of lunch box to buy your soon to be kindergartner or are in the process of making the last few lunches for a graduating senior or are somewhere in the midst of the chaos of it all…lunch is a meal that most kids are going to eat every day for the 13 years between k-12. In fact, given the normal 180-day school year, during those 13 years of school, that is 2,340 lunches…more if you pack lunch for summer camp and less given snow days, sick days, and half days…and pizza day at school!!
I always packed the boys' lunches…not because they were not capable and not to make them co-dependent. If I was at a client or busy or in some way incapacitated from lunch making ability, they made their lunches without complaint. I did it most of the time because it gave me one more connection with them during the day. Whether I had time to put a goofy note saying "I LOVE YOU!!!!!!" Or "good luck on your test" Or "remember to go to the orthodontist after school"…it was one more time that they knew I was there, that I loved them, that they were never really alone. When they ate the sandwich I made or the yogurt I packed or the oatmeal bar I baked, I was there in that lunch bag, taking care of them one more time, watching their back, keeping them safe. I can't protect them from bad guys every second. I can't make them look a second time before crossing the street. But hopefully my voice is in their head saying "put your seat belt on, tie your shoes, don't text and drive, finish your lunch, wash your hands, and I love you and I love you and I love you forever no matter what."
A little silly, I know. They are essentially all grown up. And maybe that is why I still make their lunches. They are so self-sufficient in so many ways, but when you do something sweet for someone just because you can, not because you must, the recipient cannot help but feel the love. If your school has a hot lunch program so you don't send lunch, you can still send a midday text (you know they are checking their phones at school even if they are not supposed to) saying, hope your day is great. I love you! Or something silly. When my oldest is at school, I text him lines from favorite tv shows that we have laughed at together and I get a smiley face back. Another connection. A moment's interaction. Another lunch. Mom is still there. She's always there. The sun always rises. Mom always loves me. Kids deserve that…something that they can count on.
So… the lunches…keep them healthy with an unexpected treat from time to time. Yogurt, oranges, cheese sticks, whole grain breads, water bottles. But always pack the love on top so they get that first. One day they will be packing lunch for your grandchildren, and I think that they will remember to put the love in the lunch box too.


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On Hadith Authentication
How do hadith scholars grade ahadith? Do they all share the same criteria or are there different views? Have they restricted their efforts to scrutiny of the chain of narration (isnad), or did they take the content (matn) into consideration too? What should I do if I am troubled by the content of a particular hadith?
There is general agreement amongst hadith scholars on the criteria for hadith authentication. Some criteria relate to the transmission (isnad), and others to the content (matn).
Transmission Criteria
There are five principal conditions which must be satisfied for the isnad. Lack of any of these conditions generally implies weakness in the narration. (However, weakness does not necessarily imply uselessness or total rejection of the narration. There are different grades of weak narration. As in a court of law, even a dubious witness' testimony, though not totally credible, might still cast some light on matters.) Read more
Mutawatir and Ahad Hadiths
Authority of Ahad and Mutawatir Hadith
A mutawatir narration is one which is:
narrated by a multitude of narrators
their numbers being such that experience / common sense rules out the possibility of their all having colluded to lie, or of their all having made the same mistake or fabrication by coincidence
with such numbers being present in each generation (level) of the chain of narration
the chain ending with something which was directly sensed (e.g. seen, heard) by the initial narrator (as opposed to something s/he concluded or hypothesized).
[see: Sharh Sharh Nukhbat al-Fikr, by `Ali al-Qari, (being a commentary on Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani's summary text and commentary), pp. 161 ff.]
We encounter this type of narration often in the mundane aspects of our lives. It is by such narrations that we have come to know about distant lands which we have never visited, and similarly about events and people in the past, yet because of the certainty conveyed by these narrations, we do not doubt the existence of these entities. For example, we know about the tyranny of certain world leaders of our day, the poverty of Haiti, and the fact that there is a US-led war going on in `Iraq, because the numerous, abundant reports we have heard about these things have served to corroborate one another to the extent that we have become convinced without doubt that these are incontrovertible facts. Read more
Ibn Hazm on Authority of the Sunnah
The Authority of the Sunnah
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"Since we have clarified [in the previous section] that the Qur'an is the source of reference for laws, we looked into it, and found therein the obligation of obedience to what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has ordered us, and we found [Allah] the Mighty, the Majestic therein describing His messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), [translated], "He does not speak of his own desire. It is only an inspiration with which he is inspired." Q[53:3-4] Thus, it is proved for us thereby that inspiration from Allah, the Mighty the Majestic, to His Messenger, can be divided into two categories: one of them [being] recited inspiration compiled in a miraculous form, which is the Qur'an, and the second [being] narrated inspiration, neither compiled [into a single book] nor of miraculous composition, and that is the narrations which have come from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), his being the explainer on behalf of Allah, the Mighty the Majestic. Allah, the Exalted, says, [translated], "…in order that you may explain to people what has been sent down to them." Q[16:44] We found [Allah] the Exalted obligating obedience to this second category as He obliged obedience to the first category, without any difference, for [Allah] the Exalted, has said, [translated], "Obey Allah and obey the Messenger." Q[5:92 and others] Read more


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — U.S. consumers spent more money at online stores such as Amazon and electronics and appliance stores such as Best Buy, as retail sales rose sharply for the second straight month.
Sales at U.S retailers increased a seasonally adjusted 0.5% in October, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. That follows a strong 1.1% surge in September.
The pace of sales in October suggests the fourth quarter got off to a good start since consumer spending accounts for the bulk of U.S. economic growth. If the level of spending is similar in November and December, the economy would likely grow faster than the third-quarter rate of 2.5%.
The data isn't adjusted for prices, but economists expect no monthly change in consumer prices during October. The consumer price index is due for release Wednesday.
Other data on Tuesday also suggest further improvement in the U.S. economy. Wholesale prices eased 0.3% — the biggest drop in more than a year and a half — and a survey of manufacturing executives turned positive for the first time in six months. See story on producer prices.
Millan Mulraine of TD Securities said "the economy appears to be clearly on the right track and moving in the right direction."
Yet economists also point out that consumers have reduced their savings to finance their most recent purchases. Unless wages rise or companies hire more rapidly, consumer spending probably cannot sustain its recent pace.
"Consumers, which account for 71% of the economy, continue to spend," said BMO senior economist Jennifer Lee. "That's great news for growth, but where they're getting the money to spend is a little concerning."
Auto sales, meanwhile, contributed a much smaller portion of retail sales in October than they did in September. Auto-related sales rose 0.4% last month after a 4.2% spike in September.
Excluding the auto sector, retail sales rose 0.6% in October. Auto sales can swing sharply from month to month and mask underlying retail trends.
Tampa, Charlotte among gainers.
• U.S. homeownership at 18-year low
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected retail sales to rise a seasonally adjusted 0.2%, or a scant 0.1% minus autos.
The biggest increase in retail sales took place among electronics and appliance stores. Sales jumped 3.7%, the fastest rate in almost two years.
Sales at nonstore retailers — Internet companies and mail-order catalogs — rose 1.5%. That was the biggest increase since January.
Sales also rose 1.5% among do-it-yourself and garden stores, 1.1% for grocery stores and 1.3% for shops that sell sporting goods, books and music.
Consumers were able to increase their spending on discretionary items partly because they had to spend less on fuel to drive to nearby stores. Gasoline stations reported a 0.4% decline in sales.
Americans also spent less at department stores (-1.2%), clothing stores (-0.7%) and home-furnishing stores (-0.7%).
Overall retail sales are 7.2% higher compared to one year ago, and they have increased 7.6% in the past three months.


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Scotland has long been a place of medical discovery and Action Medical Research has contributed to this country's innovation, funding over 70 projects at Scottish institutions in the last 30 years alone. This charity-supported research has had a major impact on healthcare, both in the UK and internationally.
We are currently working with the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (CSO) to jointly fund one or more project grants.
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Judging by the company's second-quarter conference call yesterday, semiconductor equipment maker Novellus
Novellus has certainly had some challenges of late. Though a leader in niches like electrofill and a big player in deposition, the company had been hurting from tighter margins, higher warranty costs, and share erosion to big players like Applied Materials
For this quarter at least, though, things are looking up. The company boosted its sales, profit, and bookings guidance and did so by meaningful amounts. And assuming it reaches the midpoints of these new numbers, year-over-year revenue growth will be in the low 20% range and earnings-per-share growth will be close to 60%.
Of course, the big old elephant in the room is just what's going to happen in the semiconductor industry. After all, demand for chips from the likes of Intel
Certainly, Novellus's story of improving efficiencies and strong demand from memory chip makers is good news. But then, it should also be good news to some extent for others, like Applied Materials, ASML
Novellus isn't my favorite chip equipment company, but that's just my opinion. Do your own due diligence and decide for yourself. Just remember, though, that this is a devilishly tricky industry for investors with long-term holding preferences -- it's cyclical, highly technical, and extremely competitive.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
8:56 - Time to take a break from my historical fiction novel about the Boston Molassess Flood of 1919 to look for adult entertainment, or barring that, pornography.
9:01 - Google Image Search for "Sarah Michelle Gellar with stuff shoved up her butt" turned up pictures of her elbows...elbows not shoved up her butt.
9:05 - Hmm, a porn directory. My gateway to nubile young girls.
9:06 - Thank you pop up blocker.
9:10 - Hirsuite? Color me intrigued.
9:13 - This is interesting.
9:14 - No. Too much hair. Too much...hair.
9:17 - This redheaded Asians site is one of those examples of taking two things and mixing them together for terrible results, like pineapple pizza.
9:20 - I'm passing on the pissing.
9:23 - An anus should not be that far open. Not without something holding it open, like a forearm.
9:24 - Interesting tattoo; placing it on the stomach ensures it will never be regretted later in life.
9:30 - The tit to cock ratio should never exceed 2:1 in favor of breasts.
9:32 - Maybe I should try some video and leave the pictures to the "artists."
9:45 - All porn cameramen are gay. That's the only explanation for the extreme close-ups of balls and hairy ass. That or mis-en-scene.
9:49 - Back to pictures. Nice blonde.
9:51 - Nicer brunette.
9:53 - THi s is good.
9:54 - riae
9L55 - djsjjjjjj
9:56 - Oh God...what have I done?
9:59 - Well, it looks like Starbucks is closing for the night. See you later.
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This is a funny post. Thanks for the laugh.
- Gorilla Bananas said...
Does anyone check the MILFs are really mothers? How about your friend Nader looking into to this, he's always championing the consumer.
- Jai said...
I'm more worried about the MILFs maybe being grandmothers. MILFs should not look like they're 40 or worse - there's the whole "ILF" part to take into consideration, after all. People with different opinions should stop wasting time and just start searching for "sexy grannies" or "mature raisin-looking women" or "what is wrong with me".
- ChrisV82 said...
Student - Thanks for the comment!
GB - Sadly, I think Nader's days of investigating boobs - outside of the ones in Congress - are long gone.
Jai - I prefer my MILFs to be in the 30-40 range, maybe going to 45 or even rarely 50. I also prefer them to be, say, under 180 pounds. So really, any MILF site that has 70 year olds and whale women is committing consumer fraud.


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The Mid Lancashire Football League will be holding the two semi-finals of the prestigious Guildhall Cup on Friday, March 25.
The first game to be held at Croston Sports Club is between two Premier Division sides, Southport and Ainsdale Amateurs and Bolton United, at 11.00am.
The second semi-final is a local derby between Preston Wanderers of the Premier Division and Chipping from Division One.
This will be played at the Sir Tom Finney Stadium at Bamber Bridge, at 7pm.
A spokesman for the league told the Evening Post: "We would like to place on record its thanks to both Croston and Bamber Bridge for the use of their facilities, particularly given the very bad weather."


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Born in Portland, Ore., and raised in Juneau, Alaska, he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1946 and later earned a master's degree from the Catholic University of America.
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The New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship (NEEBF) was organized in Kennebunk, Maine on January 2, 1844¹. In 2001, there were 10 churches located in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire with a possible membership of 600. The NEEBF holds quarterly sessions. They have thirteen articles of faith, advocating beliefs which include the inspiration of the Bible, the deity of Jesus, general atonement, local church autonomy, and premillennialism. G. Richard Mountfort serves as President (2001).
- Encyclopedia of American Religions, J. Gordon Melton, editor
- For Your Enrichment (a brochure of the NEEBF)
- Profiles in Belief: the Religious Bodies of the United States and Canada, by Arthur Carl Piepkorn
- Profiles in Belief is apparently in error when it says that the New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship was organized in the 1940s by Congregational-Christian Churches that preferred not to become a part of the United Church of Christ. Perhaps this group was confused with the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches. The Fellowship's brochure gives the 1844 organizational date.
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When I was in Quebec, the locals all bought their maple syrup in a tin can and told me this was the best quality and cheapest way to go. The fancy glass bottles were just for the tourists.
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Media critics who say journalists have no business delving into the sex lives of U.S. Reps. Henry Hyde and Dan Burton are probably well-intentioned - but misguided about how and why investigative reporters do what they do. The controversy has led me to reflect not only on the current controversy, but also on the difficult decisions I made a decade ago as the first independent biographer of business tycoon Armand Hammer, public figure extraordinaire, whose private life was messy to say the least.
When a public official excercises influence over policy and thus over fellow human beings, that official should expect scrutiny of actions and words, of any disconnect between performance in the public arena and behavior while off stage. Journalists are not the only people capable of doing the scrutinizing. But because nobody else has that job description, journalists have accepted the responsiblity, sometimes reluctantly, sometimes eagerly.
Whether reluctant or eager, journalists must go through two states of decisionmaking. Not all of my colleagues agree, but I think the first stage ought to be automatic - learning as much as possible about the public official when a disconnect seems at all likely. It is the vacuum cleaner approach to information-gathering: Sweep the carpet (and beneath the carpet), picking up everything possible. It takes searching skills developed through experience to do the job well, but it should be seen as an ethics-free process.


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I can say for sure that there is at least some truth to this theory - I was a Roma in France during WWII, and wound up in a "Research facility" in a concentration camp. I remember some of what was done to me was having my fingernails and toenails repeatedly ripped off. I was absolutely terrified of getting my nails clipped when I was little, and had to look away when anyone was doing anything to my nails. I still can't stand the thought of or execute a scratching motion with my hands, even in the air. I almost threw up when a friend of mine got her nail caught in the door at work and it came off; I can't even type it out without getting super anxious.
TL;DR, if you ever discover that you were a victim of the Holocaust in a past life, for the good of your mental health, please don't try to find those memories.
I used to cry and flip out whenever my mom clipped my finger and toenails when I was a kid. Huh. My dad had a hangnail once and that also triggered a lot of freaking out. Parents were mighty confused about that.
I am so terrified of bears that it's hard for me to feel comfortable in the woods anywhere where bears have been seen in recent times. It would make more sense for me to be nervous about wildcats, but the idea of stumbling across a bear preoccupies me for some reason. If it has anything to do with a past life I am happy enough to be ignorant of that. I like to think instead it is because most of nature that I have visited throughout my life are in areas where bears haven't been seen in centuries so I'm pretty ignorant of how to handle a bear sighting should I experience it.


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Dave Winer recently released his most cutting-edge product, RiverBrowser. It is the "river of news" living at Radio3.io, which is his new linkblogging tool, where you can post a link simultaneously to Twitter, Facebook, a WordPress blog, and your Radio3 page.
The RiverBrowser depends on River4 or earlier (e.g. River 3). River4 is software running on the node.js framework that converts OPML subscription lists (of RSS feeds) into a JSON file, that is then rendered as a river of news. Setting up River4 is pretty darn complicated if you are not comfortable with Unix and Amazon Web Services.
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When I went to visit Toronto this past weekend, I had to lug a suit bag with me. The idea of bringing along my Canon 5D Mk II digital SLR (dSLR) and associated gear and lenses was too daunting, so I brought along my little Canon A570IS point and shoot (P&S) camera instead.
It has been quite a while since I used a point and shoot, so the experience felt novel to me. Those little cameras certainly have a few things going for them:
- It can be carried in a pocket and easily held with one hand.
- Since the camera fits in a pocket, you don't need to constantly advertise that you are carrying it.
- It can fit into small spaces, allowing for unusual compositions.
- Subjects are not intimidated by such a small camera.
- The tiny shutter is very quiet.
- The relatively low value of the camera makes you less worried about loss, damage, and theft.
- There are fewer condensation problems, since the smaller camera and lens have less thermal momentum.
- The camera takes ubiquitous AA batteries, rather than expensive proprietary cells.
- The camera can automatically detect faces, and focuses on them.
- For a small camera, a small tripod is sufficient for long-exposure shots. It is also easier to brace a small camera on most horizontal surfaces.
- The camera is so light, there are no problems with carrying it around everywhere, for hours.
Of course, there are a few reasons why I missed my 5D. By far the most important is image quality. The sensor in the A570IS is small and produces visibly noisy images at 200 ISO, and ones that are terrible at 400 ISO and up. By contrast, images from the 5D look very decent at 2500 ISO. Because of the superior lenses, shots taken on the 5D also look better in more subtle ways. The 5D also has a more accurate viewfinder; the shot that ends up on your memory card looks much like the one composed through the viewfinder, with minimal cropping and parallax problems.
80% of the time, the ideal option would be something that is about the size and weight of the A570IS but which has the image quality of the 5D Mk II. The rest of the time, the size and weight of the 5D would actually be preferable. In particular, all the dedicated controls spread across the 5D body make it easier to choose the ideal settings for a particular shot quickly.
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Super GT has officially released an English promotional video for the 2012 season. Super GT has the fastest GT cars, the hottest race queens and awesomely modded cars (unlike other touring cars, Super GT cars, especially GT500 cars, are heavily modified). What it lacks is just the right promotion.
We seriously think that the organizer should hire a better marketing team to produce the promotional video. May we suggest the marketing team who produced the video of Subaru BRZ GT300?
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812,671. Flooring units. PIODI, R. May 24, 1957 [June 27, 1956], No. 16585/57. Class 87(1) A rubber &c. flooring unit has undercut tongues 2, Figs. 1, 6, on two adjacent sides and corresponding grooves 3 in the other two sides, each tongue having one end flush with the bottom of the adjacent groove and its other end spaced from the adjacent corner of the unit. The grooves may be closed at the ends remote from the tongues (Fig. 9, not shown). The tongues and grooves may be interrupted and spaced by gaps; in a rectangular unit, the groove in the longer side may be continuous to facilitate sliding engagement with an adjacent unit while the groove in the shorter side is interrupted and can be engaged with the spaced tongues on an adjacent unit by a "snap action".; An alternative form of tongue, Fig. 8, has a crosssection consisting of an arrow-head 12A connected to the unit by a stem 12B, the head 12A being slightly smaller than the part 13A of the groove while the stem 12B is slightly longer than the part 13B. The surfaces 15 above and below the tongue are inclined so that the angle c is less than 90 degrees. Intersecting grooves 5 are formed in the lower face of the unit and the upper edge may be rabbeted at 7, Fig. 6. The unit comprises an upper layer 1 of hard rubber and a lower layer 4 of softer, preferably spongy, rubber or a rubber mix with a cotton filler.


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Monday, September 14, 2009
First day of school....
8 comments:
- Katy said...
So cute! It is a little quieter with two out of the house isn't it! Cole is loving school too, makes it so much easier on us Mom's! :)
- September 14, 2009 at 11:06 PM
- Everyday Becky said...
My nephews are so cute!
- September 15, 2009 at 8:59 AM
- Em said...
Very cute. Luke is such a tough kid. At least he knew he'd have his brother there with him! So neat that Aunt Sally and Uncle Mike got to go see their classroom too!
- September 15, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- Heidi said...
Such great pics Ang. You've got some handsome boys there! Wait until you get 4 out of the house! It's a little too weird! I can't wait to see you guys. Will aunt Sally and Uncle Mike be there too?
- September 15, 2009 at 12:29 PM
Those are two handsome boys! They look so grown up.
Thanks for posting...
- September 15, 2009 at 7:15 PM
- Sally Jo said...
Yeah! Now I have some new material for my desktop! Only, which one do I choose first? Grandma
- September 15, 2009 at 7:19 PM
- The Jernigan Family said...
2 down 2 to go. I know I am going to be the one that is a mess when Sage goes to school. I am going to be one of the crazy stalker mom's who watches through the window all day lol. I am sure my parents will want to be there too, but it is awesome that you had them and Ben there too on this very exciting day. I can't believe how big all the kids are getting....you must be one proud mommy! Love you guys!
- September 20, 2009 at 9:16 PM
I hate to admit that I don't keep up with all these blogs. Here it is almost Thanksgiving and I'm just looking at them for the first time in ages. The pictures are wonderful,they are growing up so fast. Please tell them that I love them and wish I could see them more than once a year.
- November 7, 2009 at 9:45 PM


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Kybella is an FDA approved injectable for eliminating excess fat under the chin. It works by rapidly absorbing and eliminating fat cells and slowing down fat accumulation. The body utilizes its own metabolic processes to clear the destroyed fat and keep the other cells and tissue intact. Kybella is the brand name for Deoxycholic acid and it is a natural chemical present in the body used for breaking down and absorption of fat cells. A Kybella injection latches onto unwanted fat tissue in the body thereby destroying the cell and dissolving outer cellular membrane. The fat cells discharge their contents into the body where they are finally burnt off and metabolized.
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You might be required to receive series of injections around your chin during Kybella session. Treatment of fat beneath your chin requires only 1-3 vials but can be more in certain scenarios. Kybella sessions only take about 10-20 minutes. After injecting Kybella, it has to be metabolized by your body, typically taking a few weeks before the fat melt will become noticeable. Some patients might experience a 50 percent reduction in fat after undergoing just two sessions and a reduction of 70 percent after four sessions. After completing six sessions, the excess fat around their jaw often is completely eliminated thereby giving them a stronger and younger appearance.
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The FDA has recently approved the usage of Coolsculpting for smaller treatment of the body, especially for regions such as under the chin. CoolMini is the applicator that allows patients to eliminate their double chins. It is a body contouring treatment that doesn't require any surgical operation or injetions for the removal of unwanted fat cells. It involves the use of a non-invasive applicator to induce controlled cooling of the skin surface with the aim of freezing and destroying unwanted fat cells. Unwanted fat cells are eliminated from the body through metabolic means.
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The Labor Department on Wednesday announced a proposal to push back the implementation of a controversial retirement savings rule by 60 days, giving officials more time to determine whether the rule should be revised or eliminated.
Without a delay, the fiduciary rule would take full effect April 10. But under the proposal, which will be officially published Thursday, the rule would not take full effect until June 9.
The move comes after President Trump signed a memo last month asking the department to reevaluate the rule, which requires brokers working with retirement savers to put their clients' interests ahead of their own. By delaying the rule, the Labor Department is buying more time to comply with the president's request to look into whether the rule harms consumers by limiting their investment options.
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The fiduciary rule, which aims to protect retirement savers from conflicts of interests, has been more than six years in the making. The Labor Department first introduced it in 2010, but the efforts have faced fierce resistance from industry groups and financial firms that argue it could raise legal costs for firms and leave savers with fewer choices.
After the rule was finalized last year, it faced multiple court challenges from business groups seeking, unsuccessfully, to block the regulation. At least three federal judges have ruled in support of the regulation. The most recent decision upholding the rule came last month, a day before the Labor Department began the process of proposing a delay. That decision is now being appealed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups that oppose the regulation.
Consumer groups who support the rule are worried a delay could open the door for opponents to find ways to weaken or eliminate the rule. Advocates say the rule can help retirement savers by making it more difficult for brokers to recommend investments that are expensive or complicated. "Millions of Americans who are trying their best to save and invest for retirement will be hurt by today's proposed delay," David Certner, legislative counsel at AARP, said in a statement.
Opponents of the rule argue it can have the unintended consequence of making it harder for some firms to work with savers who have small account balances, which are less profitable. They say that some brokers may decide to stop offering certain products that they fear would face more scrutiny under the rule, a shift that would leave some investors with fewer options.
"The delay will allow the new administration an opportunity to review the rule's impact on investors and the market, while providing firms additional time to prepare for potential changes to the rule," Kenneth Bentsen, president and chief executive of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, a trade group, said in a statement. "We are already seeing the negative consequences of the rule on the marketplace," he said, adding that some firms have said they will discontinue some products.
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"As we've seen these developments emerge in the markets, you can see the enormous potential that the rule can deliver," said Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America, a nonprofit organization that advocated for the rule. "All of that hangs in the balance during this reconsideration."
Once the proposed delay is published, the Labor Department will take comments for 15 days about the possible effects of the delay. After reviewing those comments, the department is expected to issue a final rule making the delay official.
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The following post was written by Rehtaeh's mom, Leah Parsons.
As the days turn to weeks and the months turn to years parents who lost their children are forever in a fog like state about time. Writing down the word "years" makes me hesitate because if I write it down it feels a bit truer. I was never in denial about anything regarding Rehtaeh's death. However, our brains are so amazing in their emotional protection skills and for that I have to be thankful. The moments of truth are raw and searing -suddenly out of nowhere a glimpse of an imprint that she left on the world leaves me feeling like someone kicked me in the stomach all over again. A memory appears, a smell, a handwritten note, a familiar song just when the brain was resting. The state of rawness arrives – the emotional impact of losing a child. Imagine if the brain allowed this reality to be revealed more regularly? This protection mechanism from our minds,the knowing – is itself a miracle.
This week I have had several occasions where I was reminded about societal views of death, which relate back to not wanting to face death. Feeling uncomfortable often results in awkward moments. Parents who lost their children walk around feeling like they have a stamp on their forehead like everyone can see their loss. The result of child loss for many parents that I have spoken to is similar. We lose friends and family who just don't know how to "be" around us any longer. We have people who just want us to "be" the way we were before our loss. We tend to lose many people either by our avoidance or by their avoidance.
There are common phrases, saying and attempts at saying "something" that make grieving parents cringe. Before this tragedy, I would have probably made the same comments because I didn't understand either. I have written about these previously, but just wanted to bring some awareness about grief once again. Grieving parents usually walk away from people feeling like "no one understands" and how could they? However, this usually results in us feeling more isolated and alone. Some things to consider before saying these words.
1) Are you feeling better these days? Or anything that implies telling us we should be moving forward, move on, etc… is hurtful. Everyday we are struggling emotionally and the pain sits just under the surface. There is no such thing as moving on. We feel like warriors for making it through another day.
2) Our children are in a better place? Really? Because the best place for us would be right here on earth with their family, friends living their life.
3) "Well, you can be Thankful for"…… This list can be endless. Such as she is no longer suffering, etc. There is not a long list of thanks when a child dies please avoid all of these.
4) God needed another angel… No! He did not.
5) You're only handed what you can handle…. Well, if that were true, then Rehtaeh would still be here. Why was she handed more than she could handle?
6) At least….. Yes, people have said "at least you have other children to focus on" anyone who has more than one child and reflects on "which one could I live without?" would see how "at least" should be removed from the dialogue all together.
7) "You're so strong, if that was my child, I would not be able to be as strong as you." All parents have the fear of losing their child and all parents who lost a child felt it would never happen to their family. The truth is we don't know until it happens, how we will cope with the pain. Being Strong (whatever that truly means) also implies that being strong somehow lessens the love felt for our child.
8) Avoiding our child's name is probably the worst pain. Stating "we didn't want to bring it up and cause you pain" Our child's name is with us 24/7 just like our living children and other members of our family. Their life and our love for them is like a second skin. Bringing up their name acknowledges that they matter and they always will. Pretending they were never here does the opposite.
9) Expecting a parent to move through the stages of grief as if there is a certain time frame and set of emotions that works for all is just not true. How does it make a parent feel if they don't meet the "guidelines" set out?
10) Finally, asking a grieving parent about their child or sharing a memory in general conversation or merely stating…"I think of you" etc… goes a very long way in making the grief feel less alienated.
I am fortunate to have this page with so many people who are kind, caring, loving and full of support. Most grieving parents do not have the same support. Don't avoid parents who lost their children. One day a man came up to me and said " I know who you are, can I give you a hug?" He hugged me and walked away. I will never forget that kind gesture and it was so kind and loving and was exactly the right thing to do.
Of course we all handle grief differently, but the list of what "not to do" seems pretty common in club that no one wants to join.


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