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Tips for Surviving the Holiday Blues as a Single Parent
We know the holidays are tough for many Single Mothers Outreach parents. We hope this article will help. We also invite parents to attend SMO Thanksgiving and Holiday events to find other parents in the same circumstance and consider spending the day together.
Getting By When You Kids Are Visiting With Their Other Parent on the Holiday
By Jennifer Wolf, About.com Guide
For many single moms and dads, the holidays are characterized by stress, anxiety, and – in the years when it's the other's parent's turn to be with the kids – an ever-present ache.
When it's not "your year" to celebrate Thanksgiving Day or Christmas morning with your children, what helps you get by and survive the holiday blues? In addition to doing what's worked for you in the past, try applying a few of the following suggestions for making the best of the holiday this year.
1. Maintain Your Integrity
Feeling angry and resentful about not spending the holiday with your kids is natural. However, the only thing worse than how you already feel would be missing your children terribly and being ashamed of how you behaved when it was time for them to go. As hard as it is, do your best to put aside any negative feelings about the visit and make an effort to be supportive of your children's relationship with the other parent.
2. Find Other Ways to Celebrate the Holiday Together
Work with your kids to plan an alternative holiday celebration in advance of the big day. Begin by asking each of your children to tell you which aspects of the holiday they most appreciate, and work to incorporate those activities into your own personal celebration time. Keep in mind, too, that finding a creative way to celebrate the holiday together is just as important to your kids as it is to you!
3. Take Care of Yourself
Use the time apart to pamper yourself. Sleep late and treat yourself to things you really enjoy, but rarely get to do. Simply talking in a movie or curling up with a good book can be rejuvenating activities that also serve to clear your mind and restore your sense of well-being.
4. Get Together With Friends
Don't spend the day of the holiday alone. Instead, get together with some friends or your extended family. If you enjoy hosting events, invite some friends over for an informal wine and cheese party. Everyone needs a break at this time of year, and sometimes the most casual gatherings with friends become our fondest memories of the season!
5. Count Your Blessings
This is also a perfect time to reflect on all that is good in your life. Sit down and make a list of the ways in which you've grown personally in the last year. It's been challenging, and there have been steps along the way that you wouldn't wish upon your worst enemy. But at the same time, you've become a stronger person. Take some time to acknowledge how far you've come and treasure the blessings you've been given.
6. Help Someone Else
One of the best ways to curb your own sadness is to focus on helping others cope with challenges of their own. Visit the web site Volunteer Match to find local opportunities to volunteer your time, from holding babies at the local hospital to serving meals or passing out blankets to the homeless.
7. Be Productive
You may find that tackling a large project, such as cleaning out your "junk drawers" or painting a room, is a therapeutic way to spend your time. In fact, some projects, like getting caught up on your monthly bills, may even help you meet your goals for the New Year.
8. Refocus
While your kids are away, take some time to reflect on your personal goals and priorities. What is really, ultimately, important to you? And does the way you live your life everyday reflect those priorities? If so, how? And if not, how can you take small steps toward aligning your day-to-day actions with your highest aspirations for yourself and your family?
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We think every single parent should take our Financial Peace University program. Here's why.
A Time to Collaborate
by DaAnne Smith
We had our first Savia Community Partners meeting last week and I must say, I continue to be excited about the opportunities to work with the Domestic Violence Center, A Light of Hope, and Real Life Church to serve Santa Clarita families.
It only took a few days in our new location to realize that we had been isolated in our old space. Here, there are plenty of people to share work with and there is such a spirit of cooperation. For example:
We will be holding a Chamber Mixer on Wednesday June 19. Linda Davies, Executive Director of the SCV Domestic Violence Center, took the lead to set up the event with the SCV Chamber of Commerce, but all the partners, including Focus Building Solutions (the only for-profit partner here), are all helping to cover the expense. We are also planning to have Michael Crain from Smart Business Evolution come to train the partners on how to give exceptional customer service, something that is important to everyone who works here.
We also plan to share childcare expenses by holding some of our programs at the same time. And just this week, we walked three parents over to the Domestic Violence Center to help them receive services in addition to our own.
The result? Better services for all the families we serve. And that is collaboration at its best!
DaAnne Smith is the Executive Director of Single Mothers Outreach, whose mission is to empower single parents and their children by providing hope, support, and resources so that families can become self-sustaining.
Make a Mother's Day | Celebrating Single Moms
On Saturday May 11, several single moms were treated to a special tea in their honor. Invited were students, graduates from our financial training program, workshop participants and volunteers.
Four women were honored for their achievements over the past year:
- Academic Achievement- Lanette Hight
- Financial Achiement- Jeny Vazquez
- Volunteer of the Year- Denice Arditto & Aura Arredondo
Raising Great Children in a Single Parent Home | A Daughter's Story
We love stories of children from single parent families who become wonderful adults and a credit to their parent. Dana is one of those children. We hope you enjoy her story. -SMO
by Dana Abel
My parents divorced when I was 8 years old. We moved from La Crescenta to Santa Clarita when I was in 5th grade. The divorce was extremely hard on my two brothers and I especially because the reason my parents divorced was because my dad was an alcoholic. After many years dealing with the alcoholism my mom finally gave my dad the choice – alcohol or his family. He chose the alcohol. My brothers and I blamed my mom for years for ripping our family apart until we grew up and realized that it was necessary. When we moved to Santa Clarita in early 2000, we had a tiny two bedroom condo in Canyon Country in which I had to share a room with my mom. We had little money and had to get assistance with school lunches, food from the food pantry and clothes from Goodwill. I was in Junior High at the time and it was extremely hard for me to make friends and fit in with the "popular" crowd at school. Canyon Country little league would help with donations for the boys and I to play softball and baseball. My mom got involved in the SMO during the time we lived in the condo. We were able to benefit from Christmas presents, Holiday meals, clothes and food. I am now 23 years old, in my last semester at college, working for a drug prevention program called DFYIT (Drug Free Youth in Town) in the Hart District for the City of Santa Clarita and getting my teaching credential to be a high school teacher.
During my time at College of the Canyons I set up a small charity event for SMO through a communications class, supplying a park (North Oaks), donated food from Oggies and a donated bouncer for a fun meet and greet for single mothers and their children.
I donate my clothes to the Closet on Main but I always wish I could help more.
I just wanted to thank you for all the love and support SMO has done for the families in Santa Clarita.
'Dangling a Lifeline' for Single Parents
by Amy Storms
"Pray for lifelines," writes Melanie Lightbourn-Rowe, "and don't drown while one is dangling right in front of you!"
Two years ago, Melanie found one such lifeline in front of her: Valencia's own Single Mothers Outreach. Newly divorced, and new to the Santa Clarita Valley, she was in desperate need of support. At a friend's recommendation, Melanie tried SMO.
"I got so much more than I had bargained," she says. "I was introduced to [Programs and Services Director] Jennifer Kennedy for the first time and was completely impressed, not only with the level of professionalism with which I was handled, but with a great support base from the beginning."
Since that day, SMO has been a much-needed resource for Melanie and her two boys. She has participated in the monthly Shop the Closet and annual Adopt-a-Family events, but her favorite program at SMO is Financial Peace University.
"I had a ton of financial issues that I didn't know how to resolve," Melanie writes. "But through FPU, I was able to pay off my debt and focus on saving for emergencies. Empowerment is SMO's specialty, and I've been empowered in such a way that when I am able to make large contributions, SMO will be at the top of my list."
Being debt free let Melanie return to school without excuses. She recently obtained her M.Ed. in Educational Administration and Leadership Policies, and she hopes to become a middle school administrator this fall.
Melanie admits that she isn't yet where she'd like to be, and she credits Single Mothers Outreach with helping her strive for more. She inspires others to do the same.
"As single parents," Melanie says, "we are not hopeless, nor are we crippled by our circumstances. We are uniquely strengthened because there is something that resides in us that pushes us to greatness."
Today, Melanie "dangles the lifeline" of SMO in front of others, too. She has invited several single moms to the local office.
"We seldom seek help for ourselves because we are proud to be self-sufficient," Melanie notes. "I had to place my pride in my back pocket. I realized that if a little help goes a long way, then a lot of help could change a life! And that is what SMO provides."
Please shop at Closet on Main, located in Newhall, CA. All proceeds benefit the families Single Mothers Outreach serves. For more information on Single Mothers Outreach, call 661-288-0117 or visit www.singlemothersoutreach.org.


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So I got some new gear for my battle station of a desk -_- Almost done completing a set of Steel Series equipment but I dont want to splurge even more on a keyboard when what I got is pretty dope already. OH well, maybe when after the first few rounds of TWL for Battlefield 3 (12v12) starts ill consider pushing them a sponsor form. Who knows, maybe my dreams are right around the corner.
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You'll feel like an "O.C. Local" in this charming, 2nd-story home in Downtown Ocean City – where fun and relaxation are a way of life! #6 2nd Street is a 4BR, 3BA home in a great location – only 1/2 block from Beach & Boardwalk. Short stroll away from hundreds of unique shops, fine restaurants, thrilling amusement rides, and all sorts of recreational activities. Home features an attractive open layout, hardwood flooring, washer/dryer, and FREE Wireless Internet access. Enjoy Ocean views as you relax on the enormous wrap-around Balcony. Worry-Free Linen Service available for an additional cost. Non-smoking. No pets.
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Loved the proximity to the beach and boardwalk and the outside porches where we could sit and listen to the live music that was playing at the carribean bar across the street!! The washer and dryer was a big surprise as the information on line specifically stated there was not washer and dryer. It was a huge plus! We loved the entertainment room for movies and TV as well!!
All of OCMD's classic hot spots are just a short walk away, so you'll never have to battle traffic or pay for parking! So much to see and do! Here are just a few of the nearby attractions & conveniences (all within 1/2 mile):
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Old Wireless SSID (Router Name) Still Showing Up
I had an old Airport Extreme router called Blue Steel (after Zoolander). I hated it, so I sold it and got a Linksys which I also named Blue Steel. After having numerous wireless problems (showing it was connected but not getting internet, etc) I decided to rename my new router to something else, lets just call it LINKSYS for the story's sake.
So my new router is named LINKSYS and I can connect to it without problems, but for some reason Blue Steel is still showing up in the wireless list despite it literally no longer existing.
A few things to note as I have searched far and wide for a solution to this...
1. I have gone to every computer/device I have and completely removed it from the networking prefs (from auto-connecting).
2. If I try to connect to Blue Steel (which still shows up after over a month) the password works, but it doesn't provide internet.
3. The Blue Steel router was sold on ebay and is over a thousand miles away from where I live. (IE, there is no chance that I gave it to a friend who is using it.)
With all that said, I did some network stumbling today and of course Blue Steel still showed up, but it was being broadcast on Wireless Channel 149. Just so you know, US routers can only broadcast on Channels 1-11.
So there you have it. I don't believe in ghosts so we can cross that off the list, but why the holy hell does my other router's SSID remain???
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Very odd indeed.
Have you removed the Items from Keychain Access as well and preferred networks.
Probably a cache file somewhere....
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No, that's an incomplete understanding of the truth. US routers that are broadcasting at 2.4 GHz (in simplified terms, 802.11b or 802.11g) only broadcast on channels 1 - 11.
BUT, US routers that are broadcasting at 5 GHz (in simplified terms, one frequency used by 802.11a or 802.11n) have a much longer list of acceptable channels, and channel 149 is completely valid. It's also legal in the US.
Is your Airport Extreme Base Station the model with two radios?
Do you have any other computers in the house that are "Sharing" 802.11a or 802.11n? Even if you aren't aware of any, perhaps you should check specifically. Any other routers or router-like devices at all? Could your modem also have a wireless router in it, for example?
Could one of your neighbors have set up a network with the same name "Blue Steel"? Although it's a bit difficult to imagine them using the same password, unless you set the password as something connected to Blue Steel, like, say, "Zoolander".
In your network stumbling, did you get any further information (hopefully the BSSID, basically the MAC address) about the "Blue Steel" device? What is it?
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I checked Keychain Access and indeed, there was a Key for Blue Steel there. I deleted that on all my computers. Not sure about where I would find cache files. Blue Steel is still showing up.
Yes, it was the one with two radios. Very much past tense.
I checked sharing on all my computers and none of them have 'Internet Sharing' enabled (I figured as much but I checked anyway just to answer all your questions). I have no other Wifi routers and my my modem is a plain jane unit from Time Warner. I am 100% sure it is not a router.
Using iStumbler 'Blue Steel' shows up twice:
1) Channel 11 - Mac Address 0:26:b0:fe:9e:d7
2) Channel 149 - Mac Address 0:26:b0:fe:9e:d8
I posted a screenshot of the info from iStumbler.
Thank you for helping me with this!
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00:26:b0 is Apple. So it's showing that somebody has an Apple device, with two separate channels (in other words, an Airport Base Station with two radios), with the same SSID as you used to use, that accepts the password that you used to use. Yeah, it does sound like a corrupted cache file.
Can you install a stumbler on some device that was never connected to the old Airport Base Station and see if it detects the Blue Stumbler SSID? (For example, if you recently got a new iPhone 4, install a stumbler on it and check with that!)
Also, if you walk around with iStumbler (I'm assuming it's installed on a laptop), where does the signal strength get strongest? Does the reported signal level change at all? If you go outside, does the reported signal level diminish or increase?
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I actually do have an iPhone 4, but I haven't activated yet (and might not be doing so until next Wednesday... its complicated). But I will be sure to update you when it first tries to connect.
I will point out that Blue Steel still shows up on my current iPhone though. SO literally every device is seeing this phantom router.
And while I did at one point name my LINKSYS router Blue Steel. I have thoroughly checked it for any signs of "Blue Steel" in the config files and nothing shows up.
I'll run those net stumbler test later... (walking around).
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MBIA's volatile credit protection
It's rare that prepared official testimony moves markets. But that's what happened when MBIA CEO Jay Brown appeared in front of the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance yesterday — a body which, it's fair to say, rarely appears in the news.
Brown's testimony would be well worth reading even if it hadn't moved prices on MBIA's CDS substantially — they opened the session at about 45 points up front, which means you have to pay 45 cents to insure MBIA's debt against default, and rapidly rallied to 38 points. The move is even more impressive when you note, as Zero Hedge does, that they'd already tightened in from 55 points a couple of weeks ago.
There are three things going on here, which it's worth trying to separate: the news from MBIA, the effect that news has on MBIA's creditworthiness, and the implications for markets.
The news is the most important thing. Brown explains in his testimony that MBIA, having guaranteed a number of mortgage bonds, has paid out substantial sums of money as those bonds have failed, including $2.5 billion on Countrywide-sponsored transactions and $1.3 billion on transactions sponsored by what is now Ally Bank. But Brown is not happy about this: he reckons he was lied to by the banks in question, and so he's pursuing them to get his money back.
In a typical transaction with a bond insurer, the sponsor of a transaction would make a series of representations and warranties in the governing documents to provide assurance that the loans in the pool met certain criteria – and recourse in case they did not. These reps and warranties were critical to us, as these criteria were a key determinant of the quality of loans eligible to be included in the loan pool – and consequently, how the pool could be expected to perform…
MBIA accepted the risks that the collective pools of loans – having the characteristics represented and warranted by the sponsors – would not perform as anticipated and perhaps lead us to have to satisfy the trusts' obligations to its note holders. MBIA insured only the risks for which we bargained and for which insurance was solicited. Notably, we did not accept the risk of loss on loans that should never have been in the transaction in the first place…
In the second half of 2007 we began to observe increased delinquency rates in some of our insured transactions. The delinquency rates were highly inconsistent with the purported quality of the loans, so we hired law firms and forensic diligence firms to investigate why this was happening. Their results were stunning. We learned that over 80% of the loans in the pools we insured were in fact not eligible to be included in the transactions, because they violated the guidelines and other terms of the contracts.
MBIA, then, is in a big fight with Countrywide (now owned by Bank of America), Ally Bank (now majority-owned by US taxpayers) and others. It's trying to get those banks not only to reimburse MBIA's losses on loans which violated the banks reps and warranties, but also to take back all loans which didn't meet advertised standards, whether they've defaulted or not. If it succeeds, it will look much more creditworthy than it does right now.
Brown's testimony is reasonably compelling: he explains that MBIA's losses on prime mortgages are much bigger than its losses on subprime, which are actually zero to date. With subprime, he says, he knew what he was insuring; with prime, MBIA placed too much trust in those reps and warranties. And it's fully entitled to hold the originating banks to the representations they made when the deals got done.
On top of that, rumor has it that MBIA is commuting deals, most recently with a UK fund called Protium. Essentially, Protium held about $4.5 billion of debt which was insured by MBIA, and on which MBIA was making occasional payments as and when they came due. It negotiated with MBIA and got the monoline to make one big payment, in return for wiping out any future obligations. The deal's good for Protium, which gets lots of money up front and which no longer needs to worry that MBIA won't be around to make the payments it's obliged to make. And it's good for MBIA, too, which pays out much less, in total, than it would if it left the agreement untouched. What's more, if MBIA manages to put back bonds to the originating banks, it could actually make a substantial profit on the transaction, with the loss being transferred to the banks.
All of this is doing wonders for MBIA's creditworthiness. At 39 points up front, the cost of insuring against an MBIA default is still high, and prices in a significant probability that the company will not be able to pay its obligations. But the price is much lower than it was just a couple of weeks ago, and anybody who had bought protection on MBIA is facing significant margin calls and mark-to-market losses. (Zero Hedge reckons Morgan Stanley might be one such player, and that the price on MBIA's credit default swaps could go even lower if Morgan Stanley is forced to close its position.)
This is all a prime example of the kind of volatility that happens in the CDS markets. It's called "jump risk": credit derivatives are qualitatively different from, say, interest rate swaps, in that they can exhibit equity-like levels of price volatility. If you trade such things on margin — and pretty much everybody in the market does trade on margin — then you can be faced, overnight, with demands for very large amounts of collateral indeed. That's one reason why exchanges don't particularly want to try to implement central clearing of such instruments: if a big player finds itself unable to meet a large and sudden margin call, the exchange itself could lose billions of dollars.
I don't know how much credit protection has been written on MBIA, but I suspect it's a lot. Like much of the derivatives business, it's a dangerous and volatile business to be in. And that's one reason it's important that government oversight of the derivatives market be beefed up — it simply can't be allowed to continue on in an unregulated manner. There's far too much tail risk in the market for that.
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"anybody who had bought protection on MBIA is facing significant margin calls …"
Yes, obviously.
"… and mark-to-market losses"
No, not in general. The whole point of a *hedge* is to lose money when the thing you are hedging gains. The liquidity demands might be gruesome but mtm accounting rules reflect the credit gain in the asset. Of course, in this case the asset might lose too, if MBIA succeeds in repudiating its insurance; then the CDS would be Texas hedge. But that is not a general property of CDS.
"MBIA's credit default swaps could go even lower if Morgan Stanley is forced to close its position"
It is doubtful that anybody will be "forced" to do anything; MBIA is pretty small potatoes compared to the CVA losses realized when spreads came back down in 2008. But when you delta hedge a credit exposure with CDS, you have negative gamma, meaning you sell your losers and buy your winners when you rebalance the hedge.
I guess the larger issue is the whole business model of insuring for the end of the world looks pretty flawed does it not?
Lets make a deal I'll take on 2 trillion dollars of risk slowly over time for… oh I don't know 10 billion in premium. Then when everything goes south I'll refer you to the fine print and say that you missrepresented the risk… the whole system is a sham.
The FDIC system works because of (and only because of) the federal backstop. Taxpayers have never directly spent a penny on FDIC insurance because the clean banks pay for the dirty ones… however in times of crisis only the link to the "full faith and credit" via the treasury backstop prevents bank runs. Ask Shelia she'll tell you the same thing.
Insurance providers have no such divine backstop and so you get what you paid for… insurance that's basically uncollectable. It still probably serves it's purpose though… you can tell your widow and orphan investors that their crap bonds are safe because their insured… they bought it the last time around they'll probably buy it again right?
all you people crack me up about the insurance burden, by the way you all calculate things all life insurance would be basically worthless. What would happen if everyone died in a certain pool of insured. There would be no money. Do we expect this to happen…no we don't…just like we should not expect millions to default all at once. The reason for the high default is due to bad credit and lending habits.
It like insuring a group of people for life insurance and all of them have cancer, but you are not told and in fact you are assured they are an average group.
Quick translation of what the MBIA guy is saying:
We didn't bother to do any proper due diligence on the debt we were insuring because traditionally it was money for old rope. Now we have lost a ton of money we are pointing the finger at the banks because traditionally this is the one-way bet clients have with the sell-side. Needless to say we will not be correcting the description of our company to the more accurate – "A company run by a bunch of overpaid incompetent dimwits who just followed the herd into a profitable market. A shaved chimp could do our job better".
Oh and you are not meant to "make money" on a hedge, the point is to limit the downside on your overall trade. I know that the people over at ZeroHedge hope one day to get past page 1 of "Finance for complete idiots" but once they do it is on page 2.
The testimony has little to do with MBIA's credit swap tightening. It really started on Monday with a Bloomberg story by Shannon Harrington that reported on plunging spreads as the smart money realized the insurer was far healthier than most people believe.
The dumb money in the trade? Morgan Stanley. After that it's been a piling on of investors trying to replicate the trade by of one of the best CDS dealers.
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Jason Wright: Heaven delivers a warning
By Jason Wright
Stephanie Robinson of Toms Brook is a wife, mother, friend and Christian. She's also a very thankful soul, and she wants heaven and everyone in between to know it.
As sure as the East Coast has been an icebox, and as real as the snow in her front yard, Robinson has no doubt that on a recent stormy morning, heaven delivered a timely warning -- one that may have prevented her life's storyline from taking a painful twist.
During the storms that have piled up snow and driven down temperatures, the mother of three has enjoyed watching her children take advantage of the unusual number of school closures. One late-January morning, with area schools closed and the majority of her rural county roads quite treacherous, Robinson bundled up her 7-year-old daughter Lillian as she has many times before.
The sweet snow angel was eager to enjoy the fresh snow still falling in the front yard and was certain to spend at least an hour doing what kids do best.
Just a few minutes later, however, the adventurer returned and announced she was done.
"Why are you back in so quickly?" her mother asked, reminding her that it had taken longer to winterize than she'd actually spent enjoying the winter wonderland.
Lillian shrugged her shoulders. "I don't really know." Then, without clarification, she took off the layers and carried on. Robinson was curious, but returned to her own morning routine.
Ten minutes later, they heard a knock at the door. Robinson pulled it open to find a woman who'd just lost control of her car on the rural two-lane highway in front of the family's home.
Where had the woman's vehicle slid to a stop?
In the family's front yard. Robinson looked out and saw it occupying the same patch of earth where Lillian might have been building a snowman.
Before long, a neighbor passed by and offered to help tow the vehicle to safety. Soon the grateful woman was off on her way, and when the excitement settled, Robinson took time to teach her daughter by acknowledging the sacred prompting from the Holy Ghost. They knelt together in their house to pray and give thanks.
Two days later, Robinson, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, drove to the Washington D.C. Temple to give thanks again, this time in the Lord's house, and to be reminded of the sacred covenants she holds so dear.
When I asked my friend for permission to share her story, I invited her to offer any insights or lessons she might have learned. "Well," she said with her trademark humility, "I don't have much of my own wisdom, but a quote by Thomas S. Monson comes to mind -- 'Decisions determine destiny.'"
Robinson noted that if each of us would heed heaven's promptings, as Lillian did, we would always have what's best for us -- whatever that might be. "As for me," she said, "I chose to go and give thanks in the temple because I know Heavenly Father wants me to serve him and others. I want to choose wisely and give thanks for all I have so that I will be close enough to him to hear my own promptings when they come my way."
She's clearly full of much more wisdom than she realizes.
A few nights ago, I shared the Robinsons' experience with my own family. I explained to my children that lessons from heaven, particularly when they involve little ones, only take root when we help connect the dots. Instead of a memory likely to be lost like a single snowflake in a massive yard, the moment will become a spiritual anchor for young Lillian. The details may melt away over time, but she'll never forget that promptings from above aren't just reserved for moms and dads.
The Robinsons will always speculate whether something dramatic and drastic might have occurred on that snowy January morning.
Maybe not.
But, because of a loving Heavenly Father and the power of promptings, it doesn't really matter.
They'll never have to know.
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|4–6 Day Summary
|7–9 Day Summary
|Juneau City and Borough
|369 km
|A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Fri afternoon will be washed away by heavy rain (total 57mm) on Sat night
|A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Tue morning
|A dusting of snow giving way to moderate rain (total 18mm) heaviest on Sun afternoon
|Prince George
|593 km
|Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning
|Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Wed night
|Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon
|Campbell River
|733 km
|Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sun night
|Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon
|Heavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Thu night
|773 km
|Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun night
|Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon
|Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Thu night
|Grande Prairie
|814 km
|Mostly dry
|Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu morning
|A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Fri night
Outdoor Activities near Metlakatla
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Tide times close to Metlakatla:
|Closest tide times
|Ketchikan (Alaska United States)
|2 km ESE
|Second closest tide times
|Ward Cove, Revillagigedo Channel (Alaska United States)
|8 km WNW
|Third closest tide times
|Vallenar Point (Alaska United States)
|15 km WNW
|Fourth closest tide times
|Coon Island, George Inlet (Alaska United States)
|17 km NE
|Fifth closest tide times
|Hassler Harbor, Annette Island (Alaska United States)
|20 km SE
Ski Resorts close to Metlakatla:
|Closest ski resort
|Shames Mountain (Canada)
|202 km ESE
|Second closest ski resort
|Ski Smithers (Canada)
|291 km E
|Third closest ski resort
|Eaglecrest Ski Area (United States)
|369 km NW
|Fourth closest ski resort
|Bella Coola Heli Sports-Big Mountain (Canada)
|476 km SE
|Fifth closest ski resort
|Bella Coola Heli Sports-Tweedsmuir Park Lodge (Canada)
|493 km SE
Mountains close to Metlakatla:
|Closest mountain peak
|Crow Lagoon (Canada)
|116 km SE
|Second closest mountain peak
|The Volcano (British Columbia) (Canada)
|130 km NNE
|Third closest mountain peak
|Seconed Canyon Cone (Canada)
|132 km NNE
|Fourth closest mountain peak
|Tow Hill (Canada)
|141 km S
|Fifth closest mountain peak
|Favor Peak (Alaska (United States))
|150 km NW
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i see your wits holding by a thin hope's strand
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your wasted, time to face it
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An astrological discovery that would make Luke Skywalker a little homesick is making waves this week — a faraway planet has been found to have two suns.
A team of experts used the NASA Kepler space telescope to discover the planet, which orbits around two large stars — similar to Tatooine, the fictional home of Skywalker in the Star Wars films.
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I signed up with Jail Call Solutions and found out that is a company that does fraud to people who have loved ones in jail.They take your money and do not provide the service.
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CM Punk was not at last night's RAW and was not in the script that they went to air with. So we said that we would have an update on this story and now we do.
One person in WWE creative said on Friday that Punk wasn't even discussed but didn't rule out a surprise return. Most people within WWE didn't know Punk would not be appearing for sure until Monday afternoon.
There was never a script written that included Punk in any way, beyond the few mentions that were made. There were going to be other mentions, by who we don't know, but those were nixed from the script.
Last night's RAW opened the way it did because WWE officials felt that if they ignored the Punk situation, the chants would become more powerful as the show went on. The feeling was that if they addressed it at the start of the show, the crowd would settle down some. This is all according to Pwinsider.com.
Reportedly earlier on the site: Dave Meltzer noted that his source called him immediately after RAW and said, "I was lied to." Meltzer added that it didn't come from anyone in WWE, and he was told from someone who is a major name in the business that he trusts for the past 20 years. Meltzer said that if it did come from WWE, he would have flat out said that Punk would be there. That is the reason CM Punk did not appear on Raw last night, because he was simply not there.
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//So as of right now my laptop is in the shop and I might get it back in two days but not to worry my replies are saved in my drafts and I'll get to them once I pick my laptop up from the shop.
//I should make more gifs and Icons for King Tut.
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|Hello King Tutingham Mc Butt
—-[△]—; Has this grey creature lost its mind? Surely it has since the creature did just insult the great pharaoh's royal name. He certainly didn't like the nickname. " I am the great King Tutankhamun or you can simply call me King Tut! But the rest of what you said I will not tolerate!" And with that, the Pharaoh snapped his fingers which signaled two loyal guards to drag the anon away to the dungeon.
"Yep!" Matu still held out his for the older boy pharaoh as he got another cookie for himself. He began eating it. It tasted very good. After all, his father had made it.
—-[△]—; The pharaoh gently took the cookie out of the boy's hand and begins to inspect it. He first gave the cookie a quick sniff before nibbling on it cautiously. "Hm, these don't taste bad at all…Tell me little one, who made these delicious cookies?"
"That's because adults are good for basically nothing, kiddo."
—-[△]—; "That is—rather true actually, except for my long dead father.. Oh and my Vizeir Ay…Oh my dear, you are a new one to me, with all that blue, you must be some sea Goddess of the oasis."
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Can work as an ice breaker, starter maker, or just a simple little ask meme.
- "Am I dead?"
- "Another one?"
- "And what if I don't?"
- "Are you afraid of God?"
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- "Are you sure it's okay?"
- "Are you sure there were no survivors?"
- "Can I trust you?"
- "Can we go now?"
- "Can we not fight tonight?"
- "Can't or won't?"
- "Do you even care about how I feel?"
- "Do you expect me to believe that?"
- "Do you have any idea what you just did?"
- "Do you love me?"
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- "Do you want to talk about it?"
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- "How long have you been there?"
- "Is that blood behind your ear?"
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- "Mind if I sleep here tonight?"
- "Really?"
- "Tell me: have you ever been afraid like this?"
- "That's the best you could come up with?"
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- "Was I the only one who thought that?"
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- "What do you keep writing in that notebook?"
- "What do you want with me?"
- "What happened?"
- "What if you stayed this time?"
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- "What's in it for me?"
- "What's in it for you?"
- "When have I ever lied to you?"
- "Where did you go?"
- "Where did you last see it?"
- "Where's the rest of the body?"
- "Who are you?"
- "Who did this to you?"
- "Why are you so angry?"
- "Why are you so calm about this?"
- "Why do you have this urge to control people all the time?"
- "Why do you keep doing this to me?"
- "Why do you have to make everything about you?"
- "Why does it always have to be alcohol?"
- "Why don't you come over here and prove it?"
- "Why is the truth so important to you?"
- "Why should I help you?"
- "Wouldn't that be nice?"
- "You don't remember me?"
- "You expect me to believe you haven't done this before?"
- "You've been pretending all this time?"
(Source: narcissistic--monstrosity)
—-[△]—; "Tch, one of my guards slipped and dropped all my delicious pungent fruit all over my royal floor.. Hmph. Typical."
//Getting to replies now
|Hello King Tutingham Mc Butt
—-[△]—; Has this grey creature lost its mind? Surely it has since the creature did just insult the great pharaoh's royal name. He certainly didn't like the nickname. " I am the great King Tutankhamun or you can simply call me King Tut! But the rest of what you said I will not tolerate!" And with that, the Pharaoh snapped his fingers which signaled two loyal guards to drag the anon away to the dungeon.
"That grey face is mean." Matu commented. The child shadow looked at King Tut and offered the older boy a cookie. "Want a cookie? It's a chocolate cookie!"
—-[△]—; The grey face creature is suicidal if they are insulting me in the flesh." The pharaoh released out a soft sigh, shaking his head from side to side then stopped once hearing the child offer him a cookie. "A chocolate chip cookie? What are these cookies you speak of?" He looked at the cookie in the child's hand then arched an eyebrow. "Is it edible?"


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With the diameter of a small apartment block this giant stone was easily large enough to completely block the Alpine Julierstrasse Road between Rona and Mulegns in Switzerland.
Local mayor Adolf Poltera, 67, said: "We have had a few problems with stones on the road so we put up a protective wall – but against a block this size nothing helps. I must admit I've never seen a block quite this big come off the mountain – I'm only glad that there was no one on the road at the time."
The eighty square meter rock knocked fully grown trees aside as if they were matchwood as it was crashing through voltage electricity through before coming to rest exactly in the middle of the road – completely blocking it to traffic.
Emergency services said that they expected that the clean-up work would take some time not just in breaking up the rock – but also in securing the many other rocks that it knocked loose on its way down the slope.
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Local Martin Ruth, 24, whose car was caught in the traffic jam that formed the next day said: "There are signs warning beware of the rocks – but I don't think even the tank would have survived if that rock had landed on it."
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A Romanian police officer has resigned after a video that has split the country showed him beating a 13-year-old girl in custody who was part of a gang of convicted killers that preyed on the elderly.
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National History Museum shows ancient gold coins returned from UK
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Romanian woman gives a birth for free in Serbian hospital and then leaves a baby
Hospital staff in the northern Serbian town of Pozarevac where shocked when a Romanian woman entered there, gave birth and then secretly left abandoning the baby.
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Romanian businessmen discuss cooperation with Oman
Businessmen representing Romanian companies will stay in Oman for two days discussing possible ways of cooperation between the two countries.
Serbia is a homeland of vampires, not Romania, claims American journalist
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Via Hilda Grahnat.
Oh wow, the collection has really grown. I blogged about these back when only two were available.
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Just when you thought the Chicago White Sox were turning a corner before the All-Star break, bam … reality drilled them right in the jaw on Wednesday night.
The White Sox took a 4-0 lead into the eighth inning against the Boston Red Sox, but the bullpen blew that lead in the final two innings to fall at Fenway Park, 5-4.
What's really a shame for the White Sox was wasting another sharp outing from ace Chris Sale. In 7 2/3 innings of work on Wednesday, Sale only gave up four hits, while being credited for one earned run and struck out six on 107 pitches (80 strikes). The storyline coming into Wednesday's game was Boston manager John Farrell not selecting Sale to the American League's pitching staff for the Midsummer Classic in Minnesota next week.
One of the discussions after the game that swirled around was the questionable decision by White Sox manager Robin Ventura to take Sale out after 108 pitches and two outs in the eighth inning. If Sale would have stayed on, the next Red Sox hitter was former AL MVP Dustin Pedroia. Sale was pulled and Pedroia drilled an RBI single to start the late rally for the BoSox.
Jim Margalus of SouthSideSox.com broke down the situation exactly how a reasonable spectator should have viewed the situation:
So, the attention turned to Robin Ventura's role in the mess. After all, he pulled Chris Sale after 108 pitchers with two outs in the eighth, with just a runner on third. Surely he could've faced Dustin Pedroia for a few more pitches — it wasn't a critical situation, and given how well he had been pitching, he could've retired Pedroia in five or six pitches and close out his eight scoreless innings with a respectable pitch count of 114 or so.
Your ace is on the mound. He's dealing as usual. All you need is one out to escape the inning with a runner in scoring position. Why not give Sale a chance to at least finish the inning against a stellar hitter in Pedroia?
The move came back to bite the White Sox in the end as Jake Petricka and Javy Guerra gave up five runs on five hits in the last two innings.
Once again, the White Sox bullpen issues make themselves known and it costed the Good Guys a game they basically had in hand.
All is not lost however, as the White Sox have a chance to win the series on Thursday afternoon at Fenway. The battle of the Sox concludes as Jose Quintana will get the ball for the White Sox, while Jon Lester starts for the Red Sox. First pitch is scheduled for 3:05 CT.
White Sox Notes:
- In the last three wins for Chris Sale, opponents are hitting a mere .125 in at-bats that ended with a changeup. Going into Wednesday's game, Boston was hitting .184 against changeups in the last month.
- Jose Abreu drilled his 28th home run of the season in the first inning. Only Mark McGwire (33) had more before the All-Star break in his rookie season. "El Oso" indeed.
- Conor Gillaspie hadn't homered until the month of July. Gillaspie hit his third home run of the season on Wednesday.
Oh, thanks for coming, Johnny.
Remember, Thursday ends the Final Vote for the last All-Star Game positions. #TargetSale … or you don't love the White Sox.
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• Loss of consciousness
• Trouble with balance
• Lethargy
• Seizure
• A black eye
• Blood leaking out of an ear or trouble hearing
• Severe headaches
• Blurry vision
• Nausea or vomiting
• Trouble speaking
• Difficulty using one side of the body such as arm and leg weakness.
Sources: Dr. Andrew M. Naidech, co-medical director of the Neuro Spine ICU, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Dr. Richard E. Temes, director of neurological critical care at Rush University Medical Center
Spring brings lots of bumps and bruises and no one takes a child to the doctor for every skinned knee.
But overlooked head injuries that need medical attention can be dangerous.
Chicago physicians stress that children and the elderly are more likely to suffer serious head injuries caused by trauma to the brain.
The news of actress Natasha Richardson's untimely death due to head trauma helped save 7-year-old Morgan McCracken of Ohio from a similar life threatening head injury. Doctors recommend cautious scrutiny after a head injury for anyone if a person experiences symptoms such as blurry vision, headaches, or nausea.
But Richardson's symptoms were not evident at first, though brain trauma had occurred. Traumatic brain injuries account for approximately 50,000 deaths annually, according to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The number of people with such injuries who go untreated is unknown.
Children and teenagers are prone to injuries from athletic activities, said Dr. Richard E. Temes, director of neurological critical care at Rush University Medical Center, while the elderly can slip and fall. Such injuries can be particularly dangerous.
"In young children, the skull isn't fully hardened, and they are typically less coordinated," Naidech said.
"The elderly are more likely to have brain bleeding from even small amounts of trauma," Naidech said, adding that these types of injuries are quite common, and the range of injury runs from inconsequential to fatal.
Elderly patients injured in the head from a fall will most commonly suffer from a subdural hematoma, said Temes. A vain pops on the surface of the brain and bleeding occurs. The condition develops slowly as the blood clot that forms gradually expands.
"It's not unusual, especially with elderly patients who fall, for this to go on for days and weeks," Temes said.
Trauma is an umbrella term for any external force that leads to brain damage, said Dr. Andrew M. Naidech, a co-medical director of Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Neuro Spine ICU.
Another type of injury, Temes said, is an epidural hematoma, the injury believed to have caused Richardson's death. A brain injury or skull fracture causes an artery to burst. This causes bleeding between the skull and the fibrous dura, a covering around the surface of the brain.
The danger with such an injury is that arteries bleed very quickly, within minutes and hours, Temes said, while the symptoms seem very mild at first.
"A simple headache doesn't seem important and people don't seek out medical attention, but the bleeding is ongoing," Temes said.
Unless the cause of an injury is obvious, such as gunshots to the head or motor vehicle accidents, the most important screen for traumatic brain injury is an examination by a competent health care professional, Naidech said.
If patients get medical attention quickly, an easy surgery that can remove the blood. Temes said. Otherwise, the blood on the surface of the brain expands so quickly that it causes increasing pressure and the patient goes into a coma. People taking blood thinners or aspirin are especially susceptible because the ability of the blood to clot is impeded.
"The patient seems normal and then, in a matter of moments loses consciousness," Temes added. "Natasha Richardson seemed fine but during this time bleeding was continuing, and it just became too late."


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|Renton - 5.9 mi
Renton is situated in King County, Washington, USA. It's a place worth exploring and it's the perfect destination for those who like a walking trail in a peaceful...
|Federal Way - 6.9 mi
Federal Way is a city in King County, Washington of United States. The city is located in between Seattle and Tacoma and is also known as commuter town by few people.The name of the...